The morning times., 1897-01-04
WORKING ON HIS ADDRESS
President-EIect Writing His In
augural Speech Today.
HANNA WANTS THE SENATE
Cabinet Portfolio to Be Finished
by the First of March-Senator
Cullom Does Not Think Illinois
Will BE Represented. But Iowa
May.

Cleveland. o., Jan. 3-Ma ior Mckinley
expects TO set to work on his inaugural
address tomorrow morning and To finish
il by the end OF the week, if the office
seekers give him an opportunity.
He feels that the time between the
present and inauguration is very short, and
said this evening there would be so much
TO do that the few weeks remaining To
him would slip by very swiftly.
Major Mckinley wants to get the prin.
cipal portfolios of his Cabinet assigned
in u fortnight or three weeks, but the
Cabinet as a whole win not be completed
till March /.
During Ma jor McKinley's present visit to
Cleveland it is probable that Mr.. Hanna
Will come 10, some decision about his re-
lation 10 the next administration, though
his movements will to considerable de-
gree. be regulated by Senator Shernan's
fInaldeterulnatloninr respect to the Cabinet
Tie Impression grows that Senator Sher-
mans friends in many parts of the country
are urging him TO accept the portfolio OF
State if il is offered him, and it is also
true that some OF them are suggesting
TO Major Mckinley that Senator Sherman
would make an excellent Secretary Of
State and one whose manifest fitness for
the position would strongly impress the
country.
Hanna as Senator.
Mr.. Hanna apparently wants to go to
the Senate, but If Senator Sherman does
not go into the cabinet the way is firmly
closet s>--e inst him.
Senator S. M Cullom, OF Illinois, was
Major Mckinley this morning. He said
the opinion prevails among Senators that
Mr. sherman, while, perhaps, not quite
willing 10 go into the cabinet, seemed to
regard the proposition with less disfavor
than formerly.
Senator Cullom said he had no desire
ut this tine to leave the Senate, and that
he was not to be considered n cabinet
possibility. II is his belief that Illinois
may not be represented in the cabinet at
all.
BE discussed the Senatorial contest and
expressed the opinion that iii the event
OF prolonged and bitter contest the prize
might faIl 10 the lot Of Gov. Tanner him
self. Senator CuI!on sand the impression
existed among ms collea CUES in the United
States Senate that Mr. Allison would not
be inclined to give up his present career
to accept a cabinet portfolio, but remarked
that he hoped the Iowa Senator could be
prevailed upon TO become Secretary of
the Treasury.
New Quantity Proposed.
If neither Mr Allison nor Mr. Dingley
should he in Major McKinIey's cabinet, a
new quantity for Secretary OF the Treas
ury would have to be found and that the
chances are that the President elect will
treat the country to something of a sur
prise.
4 good deal of speculation about the New
England member of the Cabinet has been
heard in the last day or two, both here
and in Canton. If Mr.. Dingley remains
at the head of the Committee on Ways and
Means, another man from this section Of
the country Will be invited to accept a
Cabinet position.
The names of Senators Proctor of Ver-
mont and Lodge Of MaSsach usetts are dis
cussed not a little. and the selection of
either Of them by Major Mckinley should
occasion no surprise, for tn ough Mr.
Lodge supported Speaker Reed in the
contest for the nomination il is known that
the PrrSident-elcct harborS no iIl-feeling
on that account.
If a Secretary OF State is not chosen from
New York 1t may be set down as certain
that Cornelius n Bliss may be set down
for a place in the Cabinet. There has been
no change in the situation so far as Mr.
Bliss is concerned, nor is there likely to
be, save in the contingent just mentioned