New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
FIRST OF ALL A TARIFF LAW
MAJOR MKINLEY'S DETERMINED AT
TITUDE
THE NEW ADMINISTRATIONS WILL BEND IT'S
ENERGIES TO GIVING RELIEF TO TIE
BUSINESS WORLD AT ONCE.
ETSINESS WORLD AT UNIt.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrDUNE.l

BUSINESS WORLD AT ONCE.
tBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIDUNE1
Canton. Ohio. Dec 26.-"Major Mckinley has
more of mind of mis- own than any President
we have had since the days of Jackson said a
prominent politician to-day who had just held
an interview with the Presldent-elect and who
during the days before the St. Louis Convention
not Mckinley man. The politician IN
question had been talking with the President
J. elect about the proposed extra session OF Con-
gross and the revenue tariff bill which the new
Administration will ask to have passed imme-
! diately.
Major Mckinley, as has been stated many
times will call an extra session of Congress i'm
medately after his Inauguration. The new
House and Senate will organize at once. MI
Reed will in all probability be reelected Speaker
hut how far he will allow the Administration 70
I influence him In the selection OF his new ways
and Means Committee Is still problematic.
Whether Mr.. Dingley will again be a member o.
this committee or whether he will go into the
Cabinet depends to great extent on MT Reed
attitude. At any rate the new Administration
bill will be introduced without delay in the
House Major Mckinley and his friends do not
anticipate a great deal of trouble in getting the
measure In question through the House. When
il goes to the Senate however the real fight VIII
come The most careful canvass has been made
or the new Senate. Counting the silver Kepup-
licans who will insist a silver rider those WHO
will vote for the Administration bill nave not d
sufficient majority to pass it. They must nave "
pon,,hlican Senator from Kentucky. and they
will need the assistance Of one or two Demo-
cratic Senators if the measure Is to meet VIII"
success.
II is quite probable that the president
elect has some enemies In both prahches VI
Congress No President was ever inauSu'a'eu
who had not These men VIII use every e"-
doovor IN make, his Administration failure
Major Mckinley realizes this fully Inc Hia''c'
has boon talk d over numberless times mere III
/ canton hotveen the Major and the friends who
coroo to see him He is absolutely convinced
,ho, tho stringent business situation cannot now
be hettered without the passage of a judici"usN
nro,arod revenue tariff bill. This bill VIII ne
rronared with an eye single to the good OF the
/ country and not with view OF helping par
ticula- class or industry. or with p''l'lca ""-
iect This bill the President-elect Is sahsu'ne
will pass at the approaching extra session. -
! il does not bring the country relief at TINS OPP
,ortunity the next House Is almost certain 10 III
! Democratic and in that event Mr. Mckinney
/ hands will be practically tied during MS "ho'e
/ ADMINISTRATION The situation. therefore. for
| the President-cloct is a trying one ne mas
oo,.er been = fighter in politics. His policy has
always been to harmonize and yet ne mas give"
his friends. one and all. who have come here, the
i,nrcssion that the bill in question must he
passed or there will be war To the khiie pc
t,,ocn the President and those who fight it.
The rumor that Major Mckinley has assumed
this attitude has got abroad in Washington
! and has caused shade of apprehension
on the faces Of those who havet special
! hills Of n local nature to pass or those
who have pledged certain patronage to men
I'm their several states. 1t Is tact 'hat
Major Mckinley was nominated and elected
| without a single place being given or prom
isc implied He will 60 20 Washington anso-
/ lufev free in this particular. and tins VIII give
hin, . qreat advantage over other Presidents
who have preceded him He is in an excellent
rosition to n~ht If il becomes necessary ana
there can he no question that he Will strongly
favor a tariff bill after his own matured IDEAS
and in accordance with his views OF the need OF
the country The question whether or not Nc
Einlev's Administration is to he a successful one
will be answered therefore during the first year
Of its existence.
Under these circumstances it is rot surprising
,bot the selection Of a Cabinet subordinates
itself in the President elects mind tc the pre-
u,ninarv work necessary To pass the new Dill.
Tho Cubau question will receive thorough con
sidoration bv the new Administration, as VIII
oil tho other grave questions that come TO IT,
I'm, the dominant idea in the President-electS
mind is to relieve the business pressure under
which this country Is suffering. Men VINO are
i'm the Senate to-day and VINO under ordinary
circumstances would bc invited into the Capl-
net cannot be spared from the Senate during
the coming crisis 1t is a question whether or
not Mr. Dingley can he spared from the house
Mr. Allison is probably the Presdent-elects
drs, choice for Secretary of State, and yet If
MIR Allison is taken from the Senate at TINS
time there is almost certain to be bitter ilght
in iowa as to his successor. In fact. that sue
G., sor might not be in his seat in the senate al
. ,in,o when if il were otherwise. the tariff bill
would pass
So if is that while Cabinet sossips have been
abroad in the land since the election. there has
been absolutely no foundation for their conject-
rres During the month of January the Pres-
6ent-alect will make up his mind as 70 the most
imnortant of the portfolios Mr.. Allison will in
all probability be the secretary of state. Either
Mr. Hanna or Mr. Dingley or, under some cir
cumstances Mr. Bliss. Of New-York, VIII be
Secretary Of the Treasury. II has practically
narrowed down to these three men Mt Gary
of Maryland will be either Secretary or ihe
Navy or PoStmaster-GoneraL The cohlniha,ioh
;hat has asked for Mr.. Garys appointment Is
very strong and can be Of particular assistance
To the new President. senator PROCTOR OF YER
mont may 90 into the Cabinet. although II is
doubtful Ex-Governor Merriam or Minnesota
H.nr,. & Payne of Wisconsin. and Judge Way
mirc Of California are all lcaclhs posSipll.l,rS
and nothing more rms Is the re@' S''"''''"
as il exists to-day.
Major Mckinley is more intent on the passage
Of ID tariff bill than anything else and to gam
his end n. will become Of the most
AGGRESSIVE lighters who ever entered the w hi'"
Housc if that is necessary. He VIII give no
quarter nor asl; any until that bill passes: his
cabinet Will be selected with the idea or tor-
wtrdng the prospects Of the bill. and every
thing he is doing to-day has lts Inspiration III
,hat idea The Inaugural Address will he a