Kansas City daily journal., 1897-02-09
MAJOR WARMERS CHANCES.
Missouri Is Not TO Have a Cabinet
Place at Once, but When She Does
Warner VIII BE the Mnn.


The delegation of representative Missouri
Republicans, who last week visited Canton
| to present to President-elect Mckinley the
| claims of Hon. William Warner to recog-
milton in the makeup of the cabinet have
returned, well pleased with their reception
and satisfied not only that, if Missouri is
| GiveE representation, Major Warner will be
the presidents choice, but also that such
recognition can conServatiyely be said to
be among the probabilities. They learned
for a certainty that Missouri will not have
a cabinet appointment at the present time
nut they feel confident that Il way will
soon be opened which will lead to the ap
pointment of Major Warner as secretary
of the interior at no distant time.
II has been stated that Major Warner
Will probably be rendered the appointment
as first assistant to Judge McKenna who
is slated for secretary of the interior but
his most intimate friends feel that this po-
sition would be beneath his dignity and
there is little chance that he will accept If
present plan, which has been implied rath-
er than expressed by Major Mckinley, is
carried out, Judge McKenna will soon be
named for the supreme bench to succeed
Justice Field who will retire soon after the
incoming of the new administration. When
this occurs there is a strong probability
that Missouri will be represented, and that
Major Warner will be named to succeed
Judge Mckenna as secretary.
Mi. Gardiner Lathrop, who because of
his intimate personal relations with Major
Warner was the spokesman of the party
At talked to ba & &rsP9rteT for the
had been accomplished. The party was
composed of Gardiner Iathrop. Mayor c.
2. Watbridge of st. Louis Hon. D. P. Dyer
of st. Louis Hon. j. L. Bittinger of st.
Joseph, and Hon. P: D. Hastain of Seda-
liza. H,n. Robert E. Lewis, who was to
tanned b. illness in his family.
We reached Canton at 1:3O p. m. last
Tuesday said Mr.. Lathrop. We at once
sent note to the president asking him at
what hour between 3 o'clock and { o'clock
It would be. convenient for him to see us.
3 clock At that hour we went to the Nc
flnley mansion and We're ushered into the
presidents 1st eI, parlor There was not the
giving all cordial greeting and hand
shi!I, shake IT, / asked him how much time, he
ahead and talk all we wanted to-
On behalf of our party l presented the
claims, of Missouri and Of Major Warner,
dorsements, not only from the leading Re
publicans of Missouri. but from many
the Republicans of Kansas, OkIshoma In
dian Territory and Indiana, the president
giving the strictest attention.
when had concluded. Major Mckinley
said that he knew Major Warner WELL and
was glad to have his name presented by
his friends knowing hi his experience and
spoke feelingly of his acquaintance with
Major Warner in congress. and gave us at
once to understand that if Missouri is to
be recognized in the cabinet, he will look
no further for the man than Major Warm
er. The president showed himself to be
fully abreast of the situation in Missouri
referring TO Major Warmers magnificent
campaign in 1892, at which time he paid a
visit to the state.
''The president told us that, in making
uD his cabinet, he had many things to
take into consideration, including geo.
graphical location. Having already recog-
nized the Middle West with one place he
could not give any assurance at this time
of another. particularly as the portfolio
which Major Warmers friends Were seek
ing for him had virtually been rendered to
another.
I'VE were all charmed with the presi-
dents gracious and informal manner, and
we came away realizing that he under
stands the situation thoroughly. There is
a general impression among the newspaper
men at Canton that Judge McKenna will
De secretary of the. interior but a little
while before he will go to the supreme
bench, and while the president gave us no
assurance to that effect. we are all eX-
tremely hopeful that when his successor is
appointed it will be Major Warner
Il have had no communication with Ma
jor Warner since my return. and ] could
not state whether he would accept the ap-
pointment as first assistant secretary but
] am sure that his declination of this ap-