The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-08

SECRETARY SHERMAN.
out the commissions, administer the !
paths, and install the members of the !
cabinet in their several departments. |
The commissions were signed by the |
president early in the day and efforts
were made to have all of the new cabi-
net assembled in the presidents office
at 10:30 to be sworn in by the CHIEF JUS
tice of the United States. In the mean
time many senator's, representatives and
officials called. Mr.. Wilson, the new
secretary of agriculture, was among the
early callers. There came steady line
of prominent public men.
Mainly Calls of Courtesy.
Senators and members of the house
were ushered into Private Secretary
Porter's office and thence to the presi-
dent as fast as circumstances would
permit. The calls were mainly those
of courtesy, although several OF the
congressional party were accompanied
ty applicants for office. General Alger
Cornelius n. Bliss, and Mr.. Gary, mem
bers of the new cabinet, arrived at lO:lo,
and went directly to the presidents
apartments. While this was proceeding
within the private office, the general
crowd in front of the mansion was over
running the marble portico ana aoJa-
cent walks, making the building dlrl-
cult of ingress or egress. The F1fteentn
Ward Republican club of Philadelphia,
in silk hats and drab coats, arrived
about 10 o'clock and were received by
the president in the east room.
Tho members of President McKinleys s
cobinet were sworn in at 1880 O'Clock
In the blue room at the White House.
except Secretary of the Treasury Gage,
who was sworn in at the treasury de-
partment.
FormaIitics in the Blue Room.
II WAS a simple but impressive cere-
monv All of the members of the new
cabinet except Mr. Gage had assembled
for the ceremony in the blue room, and
the formalties of administering the
oatbs we're begun at once. Mr.. Sher-
man being the head Of the new cabinet,
took the oath first, the chief justice ad-
| ,,,inisterine II while the venerable
statesman held up his right hand and
renaated the constitutional obligation.
Tben followed the other cabinet officers
T., the order of their rank. Justice Gray
NJ Massachusetts administered the oath
[ TO John d. Long, secretary OF the navy
ord also a citizen of the old Bay state
| For this same reason of locality justice
Rrown. formerly of Michigan. admins
tered the oath to General Anger as SEE
retary of war. All the other oaths were
administered by the chief justice
swearing in of Mr.. Gage.
Mr. LYMAN j. Gage of Chicago tool
The oath of office in the secretary's Office
an the treasury department at noon
chief Justice Fuller, another Chicagoan
administered the oath in the presenc'
of a distinguished company, which In
oI,ded relatives and friends OF Mr.. Gage
,art of the Illinois delegation in con
gress and the principal officials OF tn
traoenrv Chief Justice Fuller came
Cow minutes before IL. accompanied %.
Az McKenney, the clerk of the suprem
court who carried the new secretary
ooronoission. Mr. Gage and the cnie
iustice stood behind the secretary's des
facing the spectators, with Secretar
Corlisle I'm the background. Both MI
COCO and the chief justice raised thei
migbt hands. Chief Justice Fuller read
,ng the oath and Mr.. Gage repeating
after him sentence by sentence.
Congratulated by Carlisle.
xyher the oath had been repeate
cacretarv Carlisle stepped forward an
took his successors hand, saying
,,a,t IN congratulate you and wish yo
49,, success." Senator Cullom OF Ill
nois was the next to offer congratuia
,,ons Then Mr.. Gage signed the oat
"a was surrounded by his friend
An,ong the witness of the ceremon
were. Mrs. Lyman ]. Gage. Represer
4 Vices Aldrich. Belknap, Hopkins an
: uoss of Illinois; McCreary of Kentuck
"a uarmer of Pennsylvania; Secr'
.ar,es curtis. Hamlin, and Wike; Coml
{ seller EckIes. Charles q. Dawes. WI
Is to succeed Mr.. Eckies; Mrs. Jaw.
Henry Loomis Nelson. editor OF hsrps, pc,
weekly; Mr.. l.. u. Letter. anu MI
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