The morning times., 1897-03-04
The Departments Are Ready for
the Coming Transfer.
THE SECRETARIES ALL BUSY
Routine Business the Rule Yester-
day-Plans of the Present Cab
met OffiCers-They Are Pre-
pared to He-enter Private Life.
Future of Subordinate Officials.

character and quite .as much OF that class
OF business was transacted, probably, as
upon any other day IN the past year.
In the State, War and Navy Depart
ments building the three Secretaries in
terchanged farewell visits, met and
talked with their chief assistants at in
| tervais, attended to the current busi-
ness and gave brief audiences to visitors
| The many corridors OF the massive struet-
ure were thronged all day the ouU-or-
town people being attracted there by
the many things interesting to sight
st.rs.
The War Department closed for the day
at IL O'Clock TO enable the custodian to
make arrangements for Comfortably hous-
Ing the Seventeenth Regiment, United
| states Infantry, which arrived in the after
noon from Columbus, Ohio, in charge OF
Col Poland. Several big wagons were
backed up to the curbstone at g O'Clock,
from Which the equipage and other belong
! lngs of the biuecoats were being trans
Ierreu To The building. The Command will
have place in the parade today
Inc Secretary oil the Treasury was be
sleGed by callers during the entire morn
| Ing, but owing to q press of business but
| Few were admitted Among those who
| called to pay respects and was admitted
was eX-secretary Foster
| he Postmaster General was a par
| uculaTIy busy man, and, like Secretary
! CariiSe, was obliged TO deny visitors
| a number of important items of De-
! partInental work came up Unexpectedly
| and required Immediate and careful con
| sideration.
Secretary Herbert was another OF the
! department chiefs who was Obliged to
| deny admission TO visitors, receiving only
| those OF Prominence, 10 whom courtesy
was due, and those who came on business;
| and the same may be said of all Of the
others.
What the plans OF the retiring officials
are is a question that has been fire.
quently commented upon. 1t may be said
that they have all perfected their ar
engagements for return to private life
They will go into business, each to his
liking almost Immediately after the change
comes.
Secretary Olney, the premier of the
Cabinet, will go back to Boston Just as
soon as he can close up his household
here, and resume the practice OF the
law. He has had under adyiserueut for
long time an offer from Harvard Uni
versity OF the chair of International law.
but has finally declined the place. though
deeply gratified at the compliment con-
yeyed in the invitation.
Secretary Lamont will take an actual
rest for time after he turns over his
office tn Gen. Alger He has packed I'd
his household effects and will take his
family, all the children included, on a
sIS-week toIr in the South, stopping mostly
in Florida. He will return north from his
trip to New York and take active charge
or the various business interests which he
has never altogether relinquished during
his occupancy OF the office of Secretary
OF War.
Secretary Carlisle has not yet fully
decided whether ne will open a law office
In New York city or Louisville, Ky, but
his friends are OF the opinion that ulti-
mately he viii decide in favor OF New
York
Secretary Herbert has already an
nOunCed his intention OF opening law
office in Washington and taking up the
active practice OF the profession which
he surrendered some years ago to enter
Congress.
Attorney-General Harmon will re-enter
his old law firmin Cincinnati
Assistant Secretary of the Navy McAdoo
will go back to New York ana take ND his
legal practice where he laid il down to
enter the Navy Department
Assistant Secretary Joseph Doe was also
lawyer when he was induced to join in
administering the affairs of the War De
partlnent- He will go back to his home,
which is In Milwaukee, and again seek to
make up the time he has lost in the prac-
tice of the la W during his offciallife.
There are three Assistant Secretaries in
the Department OF State but there are
indications that in not more than one in
stance viii there be any change made for
months to come. That change viii be In
the office of the Third Assistant Seere-
tary, now held by W w. Baldwin. He came !
to the department last year from New York,
where he had good connection in a legal
way in the firm of Baldwin & Boston To
this he will return, never having surren-
dcred his firm relations.
Postmaster General Wilson settled his |
plans for the future several weeks ago by |
accepting the post of president of Wash |
ington and Lee University, at Lexington. |
Va. 1t is an office to which he is es- !
pecially adapted, and both his own inclina- |
tions and those of the family have ALWAYS /
been strongly toward an educational |
career. Mr.. Wilson will be in Washing |
ton practically all the time between now /
and July, taking perhaps an occasional |
trip to bis old home, at Charles town, w.
Va, and probably making a brief trip to
Lexington to acquaint himself with his
new duties
Secretary Francis will in all probability
return to st. Louis within a fortnight of
the change of administration. He mme-
diately will resume the direct conduct of
the brokerage business of the d. R. Francis
Commissionhouse, and also reunte his ties
to various commercial institutions of St
Louis, many of which he sacrificed to be-
come Hoke Smiths successor Il S Secretary
of the Interior.
Secretary Morton will go back to his
splendid home, Arbor Lodge, just outside
OF Nebraska City, Neb. He had planned
to leave here with his sister on the Mon
day following the 4th, but Miss Morton is
now seriously i'll with pneumonia, and,
unless her condition is greatly improved
the departure will have to be deferred
The three assistant secretaries of the |
Treasury are lawyers, and they will re-
sumo practice, Mr.. Curtis in New York
Mr.. Harnlin in Boston, and Mr. Wike at his
home in Pittsfield, Ill. Mr. Bowler, the
Comptroller OF the Treasury. will also re-
turn to the practice Of law at Cincinnati
MIR. Eckels, the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency, will very likely retain bis present
position until his commission expiros in | ;