The San Francisco call., 1897-03-10
THE PRES|OENT IN
SHAPE FOR WORK
Holds a Cabinet Meeting
and Receives Many
Visitors.
Some D-op In to Pay Respects,
Others to Present Claims
for O fee.
Several Ser ors S cure U1inter.
ruptei Interviews On the Sub.
jet of Patronage.

dent Mckinley started work this morning
with a clean desk. He and his clerical as
sistants were up with the mail. While at
Canton jor Mckinley took time By the
iorelock. Every letter relating to an otfi-
cial subject was answered there, with the
result that when he entered the White
House he did not have a mountain OF cor
respondence to clear away.
The first regular Cabinet. m Getting of the
new administration was held this morn
ing at II o clock. President Mckinley in
tends to keep up the practice of holding
conferences with his official advisers twice
a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, at the
hour named. Whether rainy weather was
or was not the cause ofit there was great
falling off in the forces of office seekers
that came to the mansion this morning.
By II o'ciock, when the Cabinet met. they
had all gone.
Senators Allison, Hawley, Elkins and
Cullom were among the early callers.
Major Wood, the newly appointed Sena-
tor from Kentucky, who has not been ad-
mitted to his seat, also dropped in. Clark
E. Carr OF Galena, ILL.,, who has held office
with a brief intermission ever since the
day of Lincoln, and who wants to return
to Denmark as Minister, and J. d. Elliott,
candidate for District Attorney of South
Dakota. saw the President
The Missouri Congressional delegation
came in body to pay its respects. Con-
sressmen Hit OF Illinois and Grosvenor
CT Ohio had little chats with the Presi-
dent. General Powell Clayton of Arkan-
sas, who will probably be Minister to
Mexico, had the Presidents ear for awhile.
Ex-Congressman Grove l.. Johnson of
California, who made some sensational
scenes in the House of Representatives
during the debate on the Pacific funding
bill, made brief call.
Three gentlemen of prominence, who
knew they could expect no further favors
from the Republican party, wandered in
merely to pay their respects They were
Senators Teller of Colorado, Pettigrew of
South Dakota and Cannon of Utah, who
bolted tine st. Louis convention after the
adoption of the monetary plank of the
platform.
President Mckinley has signified his
intention of receiving Liliuokalani, the
former Queen OF Hawaii, In response to
her request for an audience. just as soon
ton by the President will be purely In
formal.
Murat Halstead was one of the hun
dred applicants for diplomatic position
who saw the President this morning.
Congressman Dalzell of Pennsylvania,
member of the Ways and Means Commit
tee, had an interview with Mr.. Mckinley
after the Cabinet meeting, which lasted
about an hour.
Sen nator Mark A. Hanna was the lead
ing visitor to the White House after
luncheon recess. He saw the President
for half an hour. Senator Foraker also
had the Presidents ear for few minutes.
Senator Cullom presented the names of
ex-Congressman Murphy, who would like
TO be an Assistant Postmaster-General,
and Thomas Needles, an applicant for the
position OIL Internal Revenue Collector for
the southern district of Illinois. One OF
to-day's callers was Daniel Hogan of
Cairo, who is also after the place MIR.
Needles wants.
Congressman Dalzell and huff of Penn
syivania introduced DR.. Hugh Pitcairn of
Harrisburg. He is Endorsed by Senators
Quay and Penrose for the Berlin Consulate
isng candidate.
Major C. w. F. Dick of Ohio, who ran
the Republican bureau at Cleveland in
the cam paign, came late in the afternoon.
Mr.. Hanna Is very friendly to him and 1t
is reported that Major Dick Will be the
next Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eraI-the "headsman" of the administra-
ton.
Other callers of prominence were Sena-
tor Hansbrough of North Dakota with a
party Of friends, Congressman Cannon OF
illinois and ex-Congressman Farquhar O.;
New York.
The name of G. ]. A. Erickson, ex-State
Senator of Boone. Iowa, was presented to
the President by Messrs. Dolliver, Allison
and Gear OF the Iowa delegation in Con.
gress for the mission to Norway and
Sweden. They also left with the Presi-
dent the petitions of NUN ber of Swedish
societies in the West urging Mr.. Eiick-
sons appointment.
Nearly thousand persons shook hands
with the President at public reception
this afternoon. Tonight several Senators
had uninterrupted conversations with
President Mckinley on the subject of