Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-03-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
President Mckinley Oongratu-
lated.
Cabinet oHicers Take Charge of Their
Departments ~ Davis, Chairman of
Foreign Relations Committee.
The Senator From the
state of Kentucky.

very extensively congratulated man.
Those that have come by mail and
by wire from every section of the
world would fill several barrels, and
since the morning after his inaugu-
ration, which was a record breaker,
the President has devoted the great
er portion of his waking time, Sun
day excepted, of course, to receiving
those rendered in person. In conse-
quonce he has had little opportunity
to get down to business. To-day is
the first time that the members of
the new Cabinet have been in charge
of their respective departments, al
though they were all sworn in Sat
urday. The more one considers the
men chosen by President Mckinley
for his advisers, the stronger grows
the conviction that this is going to
be a business administration from
the jump. There are no expert
ments. Secretary Sherman, the
oldest member, has been in public
life forty-two years Secretary Bliss
and Postmaster General Gary were
both born in 1888, and both have
heretofore declined to leave their
large business interests to accept
public office, other than membership
OF the Republican National Commit
tee; Secretary Wilson, who was
born in 1885, made good record in
Congress and at the head of the Iowa
Agricultural College; Secretary
Gage, who was born in 1886, has a
world wide reputation as business
man and financier Secretary Alger,
who was born in 1887, has good
war record and a fine business repu-
tation Secretary Long, who was
born in 1888, made an exeellent re-
cord both in Congress and as Cover
nor of Massachusetts, and Attorney
General McKenna, the baby of the
cabinet, who was born in 1S43, has
a legal and judicial record of which
any man might be proud, in addi.
ton to having been brilliant mem
Der of the House. With such ad-
visers and his own hard horse sense,
there is little danger that President
Mckinley will go wrong upon any
important matters.
Senator Frye made sure that if
there was to be squabble over the
organization of the Senate it should
not leave the committee on Foreign
Relations without head, when he
offered a resolution, which was
adopted without opposition, autho-
rizing Senator Davis, of Minnesota,
to act as Chairman of the Commit.
tee until further notice. As the
ranking Republican member of the
Committee, Senator Frye was en-
titled to the Craftsmanship, but he
preferred giving way to Senator
Davis and retaining his Chairman
ship of the Committee On Commerce.
1t is not yet certain what is to be
done about a reorganization of the
Senate, and it may be that there
will be no reorganization further
than the filling of vacancies ON the
Committees. The Republicans held
caucus and elected Senator ALI
son Chairman of the Caucus to
succeed Senator sherman, and in
cidentally talked over reorganiza-
ton without arriving at any con-
clusion.
Although a Republican Senator
from Kentucky is very much de
sired, it is very doubtful whether
Mai, A. T. Wood, who has been ap-
pointed by the Governor of Ken
lucky to fill the vacancy pending
action by the legislature, which has
been called to meet in extra session
to elect a Senator, viii be seated.
All the precedents are against him.
Within the last few years the Senate
has refused to seat men appointed to
similar vacancies by the Governors
of Washington, Montana and Wyo-
ming. 1t is in the power of the Re
publican majority of the Kentucky
Legislature to elect a Senator who
will have no trouble about taking
his seat, and President Mckinley
and every Republican in Congress
expects them to do 50 promptly.
The Senator's appointed by the Gov
ernors of Florida and Oregon are OF
an entirely different footing from
the Kentucky appointment.
Ohio is generally spoken of as q
Republican state, but the opposition
, has managed during long perio'
to control the legislature Otter