The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
M'KINLEY CABINET FORMALLY
INDICTED.
SEVEN in A SINGLE GROUP
THE WHITE HOUSE THE SCENE Sc
LEOTED FOR THE SIMPLE
CEREMONY.
MIR. GAGE FLoCKED BY HIMSELF.
Chicago Man Promised to Support
the Constitution I'm the Presence
of Illinois Friends.


members OF the cabinet, with the ex-
ception of Lyman j. Gage, took the
oath Of office at the White house at
11:30 O'Clock today. 1t was a simple
but impressive ceremony All of the
members of the new cabinet, except
Mr.. Gage, had assembled for the cere-
mony in the presidents office, where,
after brief exchange, Mr. Mckinley
and Mr.. Sherman led the way down.
stairs to the blue room, looking south
ward toward the Potomac river. Here
Chief Justice Fuller and the Justices
Of the supreme court were assembled.
The president and his advisers greeted
the justices. and the formalities of
administering the oaths were begun,
at once.
Mr.. Sherman, being the head of the
new cabinet, took the oath first, the
chief justice administering 1t, while the
venerable statesman held up his right
hand and repeated the constitutional
obligation. Then followed the other
cabinet officers In the order Of their
rank. Justice Gray. of Massachusetts,.
administered the cath to John D. Long,
secretary of the navy and also a citi-
zen Of the old Bay state. For this
same reason. Of locality, Justice Brown.
formerly of Michigan, administered
the oath to Gen. Alger, as secretary
Of war. All the other oaths were ad-
ministered by the chief justice.
The new cabinet did not return up
| stairs, but separated without the for
maltties Of a cabinet meeting. 1t was
generally understood that the new cab
met officers would take charge of their
! several departments today or Monday
An official of the state department
came over about noon to say that af-
fairs were in readiness for the incom-
ing of Mr.. Sherman today if he so de-
! sired.
Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, took the
| oath of Office in the secretary's Office
in the treasury department at noon.
Chief Justice Fuller, Of the supreme
court, and Chicagoan, administered
the oath in the presence of a distin-
guished company, which included the
relatives and friends of Mr.. Gage. part
of the Illinois delegation in congress.
and the principal officials Of the treas
ury The secretary's room was opened
at IL o'clock to the guests, who had
been invited to witness the ceremony.
They were received by Secretary Car
Isle and Mr.. Gage and Private Secre-
tary Van Sender. Many ladies were
in the party, and it had the Semblanca
of a social gathering during the time oe
! waiting for the chief Justice. Chief
Justice Fuller came a few minutes be-
fore II, accompanied by Mr.. McKenny,
| the clerk of the supreme court, who
carried the new secretary's commission,
which had been signed by President
Mckinley this morning. Mr.. Gage and
the chief justice stood behind the secre-
taEy's desk, facing the spectators, with
| Secretary Carlisle in the background
Both Mr.. Gage and Chief Justice Full
Ter raised their right hands, the chief
l. Justice read the oath and Mr. Gage
|, repeated it after him, sentence by SEN
tence.
The first sentence was, st, Lyman
J. Gage, of Illinois, do solemnly swear.
but Mr.. Gage declared Il Lyman j.
Gage, of Chicago, Ills" the emphasis
which he put on the added word Chi
cago' inspiring a smile.
When the oath had been repeated,
! Secretary Carlisle stepped forward and
took his successors hand, saying: 81
want to congratulate, and wish you
every success"
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, was next,
to offer his congratulations. Then Mr..
Gage signed the oath and was sur
rounded by his friends.
DUTIES ASSUMED.
The oath Of office taken, the new
cabinet officers lost little time in en-
tering on their official duties. The
installation of John Sherman as sec
rotary of state was accomplished with
out hustle or confusion and with as
little ceremony as possible. Secretary
Olney had expected to hold over until
Monday, having been requested to do
SO by the president and Mr.. Sherman,
so that it required some haste on the
part of the messengers to prepare his
Office for the immediate evacuation,
made necessary by notice that Mr..
Sherman would take the oath at The
White house with his fellow cabinet
officers. This change in the programme
was brought about by the discovery
that Mr.. Sherman could not add his
name to the proclamation calling a
special session Of congress until he had
qualified as secretary of state
Secretary Sherman, for by noon he
bore that title, came over to the state
department and Mr.. Olney introduced
him to the heads of bureaus Of the
department. Mr.. Babcock, who had
been appointed private secretary had
been initiated by Mr.. Blandford, the
retiring private secretary, into the du-
ties of his office and had taken up his
quarters in the ante-rOom ready to
stand as buffer between Secretary
Sherman and the great army Of ap-
plicants for places under the state de-
partment expected to appear as soon
as the directing power has been com
pletly transferred. The new secretary
did not remain long in his office, but
as soon as the introductions were over
he turned over the responsibility for
the signature Of the mail to Assistant
Secretary Rockhill, and went home
for the day
There was more interest In the in
duction into Office Of the secretary Of
war and the ceremony was more pic
turesque. Secretary Alger came over
to the war department from the White
house with Gov. Scofeld, of Wiscon-
sin, and a full staff, making quite
procession as they marched through
the corridors. Secretary Lamont re-
ceiVed his successor cordially and then
the officers Of the war department be-
gan to greet their new chief Before
this was under way, the secretary
pleased the crowd of on-lookers greatly
by giving kiss to his pretty daugh-
tiers, who stood by to see their father
enter upon the duties of a cabinet Of
ficer, Everybody who knew Gen. AL
ger had an opportunity to shake hands
with and congratulate him as Secre-
tary Alger. The reception lasted for
long time
Over in the navy department a very
similar ceremony was going on. In that
case Mr.. Herbert stood close to Secre.
tary Long, and. as the employees of the
navy, from the heads Of the bureaus
TO the messengers, passed In line and
were introduced to the new secretary,
they stopped q few PAGES further
along to express to Mr. Herbert their