The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-10

Colonel Harrison Gray Otis of
Los Angeles Speaks for
California.
Suggests the Names of Judge Way.
mire, JUICE de Haven and
Elwoo1 Cooper.

CANTON. OHIO, Dec. 9.-Cabinet booms
resounde ed throughout the day at Canton.
The claims of Henry C. Payne were urged
with good deal of force. General Powell
Clayton, who is thought to be a Cabinet
possibility, had private conference with
the President-elect, and Colonel Harrison
Gray Otis of Los Angeles, CAL, talked
about Cabinet position for representa-
tive for the Pacific Slope States.
A delegation of three Wisconsin men
ex-senator PhiIeius Sawyer, Governor
elect Schofield and ex- Congressman Isaac
Stephenson-cal Cd Major Mckinley
this afternoon and told him that the Re-
publicans of their State hoped he would
appoint Mr.. Payne to the Cabinet.
Henry C. Payne said ex-senator Saw
yer, lis a practical, high-class man OF
affairs and keen, able political leader.
He is in every way fitted for Cabinet po-
sition, and we feel that his appointment
would be good thing for the country
and for the party. The wing of the party
in Wisconsin which is not quite friendly
to him is neither potent nor important at
this time, from our point of view."
Goyernor-elect Schofield and Mr.. Steph-
enson were equally earnest in urging Mr..
Payne for recognition.
General Powell Clayton of Arkansas
talked in private with Major Mckinley.
General Clayton secured the solid delega-
ton from his State for Major Mckinley in
the st. Louis convention. and managed
the speakers bureau at the New York
headquarters of the Republican National
Com mittee during the campaign.
General Harrison Gray Otis of Califor-
MIA called on Major Mckinley late this
evening concerning Cabinet possibilities
on the Pacific Slope. He said:
I'VE would like to have the far West
ern States represented in the Cabinet.
Judge Waymire of San francisco has been
talked of as Cabinet possibility. He is
good man and an excellent lawyer. ELL
wood Cooper of Santa Barbara, who is a
scholarly man, q .first-class business man
and highly successful practical farmer,
would make, l think, an excellent Secre-
tary of Agriculture. One of the most
available men in the State is Judge ]. ).
de Haven of San Francisco. He is man
of fine character and one of our foremost
lawyers. He has been successful JUS
tice on our Supreme bench, and is one Of
thecleanest, ablest and most thoroughly
high minded meh in the West. He.l is
we'll known by Major Mckinley"
Mrs. Mckinley, accompanied by beI
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Lafayette McWil-
liams of Chicago. will leave here to-mor
row night for visit of several days in
Chicago at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs
McWilliams. Major Mckinley will re
main in Canton.
The visit OF Henry E. Cooper, Hawaiian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and his secre-
tary, Benjamin Lodge Mark, to Major Nc
Kinley naturally caused a good deal Of
comment.
Minister Cooper called on Major Nc
Klnley this afternoon, and was invited to
private conference. Mr.. Cooper said that
there was no treaty of annexation in
process of negotiation at Washington.
Major Mckinley did not indicate to the
Minister what his views concerning the
relations of the Hawaiian Islands to this
country were. The interview was short
one. but it was long enough to raise a
cloud of rumor and gossip.
Among the other callers to-day were
Congressman J. T. McCleary OF Minnesota,
Judge Jacob R. Blair OF Utah, Webb Hayes
of Cleveland, James Parmelee OF New
York and Captain A. L. Cope of Columbus.