The herald., 1897-03-06
THE cleveland CABINET
Failed to Attend the Inaugural
Ceremonies
NO PLACES WERE PROVIDED
Either Ia the Parade or on tho
Platform
NO PLACES WERE PROVIDED
Somebody's Oversight Wns Discovered Toe
Late for correction--Uumors Of Rup-
ture Have No Foundation
Associated Press Special wire


WASHINGTON, March 5.-The fall~
ure of President Cleveland's cabinet to
attend the inaugural ceremonies held
In the front of the capitol yesterday and
the absence of Secretary Olney from the
whole proceedings was due to soma
slight oversights of persons charged
with the preparation of the inaugura-
tion program with which neither the OLE
nor the new administration is charge
able. There is no established precedent
for the attendance of the cabinet of the
retiring president at the induction of his
successor. When 1t was noticed by the
cabinet members that no place had been
set down for them in the official program
in the line of escort to the capitol they
had no feeling on the subject and were
prepared to accept any plan gracefullyl
However, 1t was de0med best to call at
tention to the senate committee to this
matter and this was done, but a further
lapse occurred somewhere and provision
was not made for them. Before the es-
corts started for the capitol the oniis-
sion was discovered by General Porter
and President Mckinley, and the cabi-
net was placed in proper position In the
line as Mr.. McKinley's personal guests
all save Secretary Olney who could not
be reached in time with the news OF the
arrangements.
The idea that he absented himself
from the White House because Of rup-
ture of relations between himself ana
President Cleveland is secuted by the
friends of both. 1t is propably true that
there had been a difference of opinion
between the president and Secretary
m 10 fra n
spondence In the Ruiz case to congress-
but there was nothing approaching Z
rupture of the friendly relations, ana
the president and his secretary parted
on good terms.
There was another hitch in the pro-
ceedings at the copitol Vhich unfortu~
nately added to the impression that the
cabinet had been slighted. This was at
the time when the assemblage in the
senate chamber was about to repair 10
the inaugural platform outside. There
were no seats prepared for the cabinet
so upon leaving the chamber the meme
bers who had already arranged to take
luncheon with Secretary Lamont, went
directly to his residence on Lafayette
Square instead of going out on the plat~
form.
The following letter explains how
Liliuokalani obtained access to the eens
ate during the proceedings:
United states senate, Comm1ttee on
Foreign Relations, Feb 26, 1897. Hon.
Richard Olney, Secretary of State, Sir:
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani is desirous OF
witnessing the Inauguration of the pres-
fdent and vice-president-elect on the 4th
of March and she has made application
through her friends for two seats. one
for herself and one for her escort.
"It is impossible for the committee on
arrangements to provide these places
except in the diplomatic, gallery but az
the tickets to that gallery are to be sent
to you for distribution, the committees
does not feel at liberty to assign seats
in the gallery to any one.
"It is, however. the judgment OF the
committee on arrangements that You
provide seats for the ex-queen out OF the
sixty to be sent to you for the use OF the
diplomatic corps. Yours respectfully
JOHN SHERMAN, Chairman"