The record-union., 1896-11-07
Senator Proctor May be rendered the
War Portfolio
Representative Boutelle OF Maine
Urged as Successor to Secretary
of the Navy Herbert - Senator
Sherman Spoken of For the Treas
urv-.I,dpe McKenna'S Name Men.
toned in Connection With the
-Generaisfip.

CHICAGO. Nov Ga special from
Washington says: Slatemakers are at
work here already framing a Cabinet
for President-elect Mckinley, and the
names mentioned range from Speaker
Reed for Secretary of State down TO
John G, Cowan of Nebraska for Attor-
ney-General.
1t has been suggested that Mr.. Nc
KinIey might follow precedents and ten
der the portfolio of the State Depart
n!ent to Speaker Reed, inaSmuch as the
latter was the nearest competitor for
the nomination at st. Louis. On the
other hand, however, it is believed a
reelection to the Speakership for the
Fifty-fifth Congress would be more ac
ceptable to the big man from Maine
than the post of Premier of the new Ad-
minstration.
Next in line with Speaker Reed, ac-
cording to the Cabinet fiXers, stands
Henry Cabot Lodge, who would make
an ideal Secretary of State. Such an
appointment would be popular in the
East and New England in particular,
owing to the vigorous Americanism of
the present associate of Senator Hoar of
Massachusetts,.
Three other names are also mentioned
in connection with the Department of
State-Senators Allison of Iowa, Davis
of Minnesota and Sherman of Ohio
having supporters for this position at
the head of the diplomatic branch of
the Government. Senator Sherman is
also named in connection with the
Treasury portfolio.
Senator Proctor Of Vermont is men
toned for a return to the War De-
partrnent where he was Secretary un-
DER President Harrison, but in the same
connection the name of General Alger
Of Michigan is also suggested. Rep
resentative Henderson of Iowa and eX-
Senator Manderson of Nebraska have
also come to the front as being among
the possibilities for Secretary OF War.
Representative Boutelle of Maine, now
Chairman of the House Committee on
Naval Affairs, is being urged as the sue
cessor of Secretary Herbert in the Navy
Department, and his friends say Mr..
Mckinley could not find a man for this
place better posted than the Maine Con-
gressnlan.
In making up the Cabinet, the West is
not being disregarded, and a very pop
ular name for Postmaster General is
that of Representative Babcock of Wis
consin. Chairman of the Republican
Congressional Committee. There is
some talk, too of Mark Hanna for this
portfolio, as we'll as II. Clay Evans of
Tennessee, who was defeated in his
ce-Presidential aspirations by Mr..
Hobart
Ex-Governor William r. Merriam Of
Minnesota and ex-Congressman La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin are well thought Of
for the Secretaryshfp of the Interior De-
partment.
1t is frequently urged that a graceful
act Of courtesy would be to tender the
post of Secretaryship of State to ex-
President Harrison, but it is considered
doubtful whether he would accept
c. w. Fairbanks Of Indiana, who
would like TO succeed Senator Noorhies
is also named as a Cabinet Minister In
embryo.
For Attorney-General the names OF
Judges McKenna and McComas of Calf
fornia and Maryland, respectively, are
most frequently heard, and Captain j
G. Cowan OF Omaha is considered among
those entitled to be heard on this sub
tect.
New York would like to have the Sec
retaryship OF the Treasury and Cor
71e1ius y. Bliss and T. G. Platt are favor
ties for the position.
Senator Quay Of Pennsylvania is also
named I'm connection with the Navy De
partment.
IT Is believed that Secretary Morton
viii be succeeded in the Agricultural
DaDartnent by a Western man, and
Governor Merrill of Kansas is promi-
,,entIv mentioned for this place.