Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-03-15
WASH1NHTON LETTER.

President Mckinley has certainly
been a very extensively congratulate
ed man. Those that have come by
mail and by wire from every section
of the world would fill several barrels,
aud since the morning after his in
auguration, which was a record
breaker, the President has devoted
the greater portion of his waking
time, Sunday excepted, of course, to
receiving those rendered in person.
In consequence he has had little OPP
portunity to get down to business.
To- day is the first time that the mem
bers of the new Cabinet have been in
charge of their respective depart
ments, although they were all sworn
in Saturday The more one consid-
ers the men chosen by President Nc
Kinley for his advisors, the stronger
grows the conviction that this is 60
ing to be a business administration
from the jump. There are no expert
ments Secretary Sherman, the old
est member, has been in public life AZ
years; Secretary Bliss and Postmaster
General Gary were both born in 1888,
leave their large business interests to
accept public Office, other than mem
bership of the republican National
Committee; Secretary Wilson, who
was born in 1886, made good record
in Congress; Secretary Gage, who was
born in 1888, has world wide reputa-
ton as business man and fnancier;
Secretary Alger, who was born in
1887, has good war record and fine
business regulations; Secretary Long,
who was born in 1888, made an ex-
cellent record both in Congress and
as Governor of Massachusetts, and
Attorney General McKenna, the baby
of the cabinet, who was born in 1843,
has legal and judicial record of
which any man might be proud, in ad-
dition to having been a brilliant
member 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 i'm
portant matters.
Senator Frye made sure that if
there was to be a squabble over the
organization of the Senate it should
not leave the committee on Foreign
Relations without head, when he Of
fered a resolution. which was adopt
ed without opposition, authorizing
Senator Davis OF Minnesota, to act as
Chairman of the committee until
further notice. AS the ranking re
publican members OF the committee,
Senator Frye was entitled to the
Guardianship, but he preferred Civ
ing way to Senator Davis and retain
ing his Guardianship Of the Commit
tee on Commerce. 1t is not yet GER
tain what is to be done about reor-
ganization of the Senate, and it may
be that there will be no reorganiza-
ton further than the filing of vacan-
cies on the committees. The Iepub-
licans held a caucus and elected Sen
ator Allison, Chairman of the eau
Gus to succeed Senator Sherman, and
talked over reorganization without
arriving at any conclusion.
Although republican Senator from
is very much desired it is
very doubtful whether Maj. A. T.
Wood, who has been appointed by
the Gov. of Kentucky to fill the va
cancy pending action by the legisla
ture, which has been called to meet |
in extra session to elect Senator will
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
Montana and Wyoming.
1t is in the power of the republican
majority of the Kentucky legislature
to elect Senator who will have no
trouble about taking his seat, and
Pesident Mckinley and every repub-
lican in Congress expects them to do
so promptly. The Senators appointed
by the Governors of Florida and Ore
gon are on an entirely different foot
ing from the Kentucky appointments.
Ohio is generally spoken of as re-
publican state, but the opposition has
during a long period to con- |
troll the legislatu re often enough to |
keep one Senator. Now for the first
time since 1869 there are two repub-
ican Senators from the state, and
that Senators Foraker and Hanna will
represent the state is as
certain as that they have taken rank
the leaders Of the Senate.
The knOw-it-alls who were cock