New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
CAGES CHANCES EXCELLENT
.ur CHICAGO FINANCIER WILL PROBA-
RLY ENTER THE CABINET
-. vvcoRD CLEAR AND HE is IN THOROUGH
uAHMoNY WITH THE REPu uBIlCAN POLICY
-cARrNEr TALK AT CANTON.
far TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiBuNE1

u one Of his Chicago friends and spent the
,.., o. the day In comparative quiet at home
There is n good deal Of talk about Lyman D. /
c.se Of Chicago. and the Treasury portfolio
..njsht 1t seems that the doubts about MI
e.ss's Rcpublcanism have been cleared away.
us has always been with the party. save on
~. occasion He is in thorough harmony with
,h. Republican policy of protection and has
,h,,cv Endorsed the ST. Louis platform. Mr.. |
c.se Is now more than Cabinet possibility, |
,.sa decided probability
% Ross Appleton. OF Brooklyn arrived here |
,onicht lie will suggest to Major Mckinley
,he appointment OF Andrew Jacobs as Naval
omcer Of the Port of New-York
Interest in Cabinet-making centres about the
,ace OF Secretary OF the Treasury. II one may
Judge from the enormous volume of CORE
.nondence which is pouring into Canton, and
,,on, the number of delegations which come to
ace Major Mckinley in the interests of various
MON who have been suggested for this place.
tho rublic is displaying a degree of concern
which Z, has seldom evnced Considering the
6ran,ial condition of the country and the
r,oninent place financial topics have occupied
:, rublic discussion for the last two years. IT is
not strange that the candidates for Secretary
o, the Treasury should be discussed from one
end ot the land to the other
Other things being equal. the President-eect
would prefer to appoint Western man 10
the Treasury PORTFOLIO but he will not permit
Geographical considerations to rob him OF good
oncer: so if the most available man Is found
IN the East that fact alone will not prevent his
appointment.
Senator Culom. whose position In respect 10
Cabinet appointment has been singularly
strong and dicnified one is not a candidate for
.nv place under the Administration and has
aistinctlv said that he does not desire Cabi-
net PORTFOLIO but on the other hand il is known
,ha, the President elect esteems him highly
and has considered him with reference to more
than one place. Senator Cullom. if appointed
n the Cabinet. would doubtless receive 'he
offer ot the portfolio of the Interior Tor the
reason that Major Mckinley has determined
that that place shall he given to a western
man. Gossip which was without warrant mas
connected the name of Senator Cullom with the
Treasury portfolio. but he Is not under COZ"
sideration for that place.
The pressure for Federal appointment Is ao-
solutely without precedent. The result or TINS
:, ,na, tho Cabinet IS being very slowly made.
New possibilities and candidates are beng de-
vs,oned dailv and il will not be surprising II
tho cabinet is incomplete when Major Mchm-
lev leaves Canton for Washington President
Harrison selected his Secretary OF Agriculture
and the New-York member OF his Cabine' zen
| eral Tracy. after he reached washington, ana
pr..ident GARFIELD it is recalled. selected his
pos.master-General about midnight on March d
THE NEw-ENGLAND MAN
There "a pretty strong suspicion here which.
indeed amounts 10 a certainty, tnat 'he >e"
\ England men who came here day or TWO AK"
l N suggest the appointment OF /. JeHe'soii
Coolidge have no reason 10 think their Hiss'o"
/ url he successful 1t has been known In can
.;.,ht hat q
i sscbusetts man who is likely to be appointed
l IN the cabinet is Ex-Governor John ID. Long
L Indeed matters have gone so far that 'he ap
I nointnent Of any other man than MI. ion5
i rromld no wellnigh impossible. and when the
| Cabinet slate is finally completed me nai"e
o,Mr Long will doubtless be founS Cor. on q, are
u THE GOOD Republicans of Massachusetts are
| w no means unaware of their wantj IN the WdS
3. Federal appointments. and glance at .he t
LIST OF applications 1eNeals the iaCl 'hat @ w
people Of this Commonwealth ask ior 20 ,". anr
nnmber cf important places than those OF al!
other State. Ohio not excepted io
4 There is already some speculation cohceihins
4 the ofsca ~ First Assistant Secretary OF state.
4 Tho Presldent-elect desires strong capapie
l man for the place. and one VINO mas more tS tla
l 4 common knowledge Of foreign anans. ooo-
L ral Iohn Ha, who has been prominently men
1 toned as A possible Ambassador TO Great br,'-
l ain. may be prevailed upon 10 a'ueP1 iPpb 'n so
4 place which he once occupied WIN
\ much distinction. John Russell YOUNG, ol
II PHILADELPHIA who has had valuapie dlpiomaitlo
experience in China. is talked OF ID pnI,a,
\ with the place and ex-CongressInah 'el'diiIS
II S,orer of Cincinnati. Ohio. is alsD undeI con N
\ sderation An effort. II is undeistoou' WI VIII % %
I made TO retain Mr.. Rockhil, .ne ,hpinI, p ~ will
I slstant but there II no reason TO thlhk 1t VIII WILL.
\ be elsuccessful His relations TO some ihehio.i -,
u % the Diplomatic Corps are uhPIeaSai.,t,.s' ,,s
\ strained and n is thought there VII, De 10 oii
4 tcnltv in ending a Republican who has exl'er-
u ence and ability to enable him TO dlschal G sv
the duties OF the Office in hishy sa''Si"'' ''''
/ manner , ,, n,,b
Nc notice so far as current discussion o, 'a",- n
net possibilities is concerned ,oher e of the Cabi-
\ ret will he Judge Nathan Con-: oi NeS1 VI
gnia who Is now on the United S'atss r,sI. ,. H.
and who was formerly Secretary Oh 'h' -NdNs
II James cai.y of Baltimore. who was soni"-
what sonspicuously urged for Capln y pa psa,t
II was pleasantly considered by the Ifes'u. '. i,
ssct but as he is not lawyer anu "a. a. crtb -
.asy IN md an available nan from the SCUM SCUM
who is also lawyer and represeii.a' ~,
Southern it is fair inference Carx r,"i in con-
nsc,ion ,,i,b tho Cabinet which Is now behs
formed
A.NFRPAsKAV SEES MAJOR MK1NLEf'
Lincoln N4h Jan M-Peter Jansen. ono Oh W 'nc
delegates sat.large from Nebraska 10 the R"pupN
can National Convention. IS in the city hrec' "o,
syisl, 10 Major Mckinley lie tells OF an e&'e''"eO ~
Interview with The President-clect on Caone' poS9'
II ti,ies and says
"Th. corye,s,,ion turned on the matter OF secre
ury Of Agriculture | impressed on him that 'h'
,Tcaturs interests Of ihe S9an,rNM Msio NMcKney T1e re
man from he Middle West ana MAJOR , MvN' he rnrn bel
pee TIA, he satisfied a man from the 'o'" W.
Vas needed. The Major then said: n
" Do you know Senator Wilson, OF Iowa
- replied that did and that he was me ma ~
But we have some good timber in Nebraska III
erposed.
i That Is 50 fully realize u said me MAJOR 4,
Then after A pause ne said significantly: II u
really TOO bad that Nebraska went back on us I'M
Saie should have gone Republican, -,
Ii i took his IN mean that Nebraska could no
.ssPeci cabn.t position under The circumstanceS
.na believe Senator Wilson Will be secretary o
agriculture As for the Treasury | believe eithe
lyman Gage OF Chicago or Senator cuilom VII
% the choice"
.ar Jansen says Major Mckinley is strongly II
'sor Of International bimetaDism.
SENERAL WOODFORD AND THE CABINET
General Stewart L. WoodfoId. of Brooklyn. wa