The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-09
CABINET CONSTRUCTION.
DIN9LEY's DEcLINATI0N UPsETs
THE PLANS OF M'kINLEY.

Senator Aidrich s.re.,ted for the Trea.ury
PortNoiio-Henry white May ne Assist
ant Secretary OF State and Thee. Roose-
veit Assistant Secretary or tho Navy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Representative Ding
ley's formal notification to tho President-elect
that he cannot accept the ofice Of Secretary OF
the Treasury has apparently upset all tho plans
Of Major Mckinley aud his friends, and the
work of Cabinet construction must now be com-
menced anew. There is one more man in Con-
ercss upon whom IL is thought the President.
elect has fixed his eye for Secretary Of the
Treasury. and that man Ia Senator Aidrlch of
Rhode Island. The most active and influential
member Of the Committee on Finance. who
has for twenty years studied the tariff and
financial subjects. Mr.. Aldrich has several times
poem mentioned ior TINS piace' out NO mas
given no indication Of whether he would ac-
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well known mat tho Rhode Island Senator has
been anxious for several years to give up his
n,aco a, IN. sen.t. ana % aovo,a him.s,t IN
49, -" ...a -" 49, To-
tion in bis state has oon,trained him to retain
MI. ..o, uo vonld nndorh,.dlv mat. vory
.h,o ss,r.,sr, n, ,hn Tro..ury hr, ,h.rs i,
good reason for surprising that Major Mckinley
won,d No, Tool aisnos.a - oTsr hiro ,hs nIac.
kSonator Aldrich has long been an advocate or
tho nomination OF William B. Allison to tho
p...td.,,x .nd u-,, -. , , ,n., - - n,htto
iro''uehe'' u was oneoi ID troup U u puo''o
men VINO were bitterly opposed To the nomina-
tion of MCKINLEY under any circumptanoes
A,,,onuh ~ rna,..aar Az .ia.,s. aIS
hi'noakn w" h"ki""ue'' W.T. Aiur'oh uru
not favor Reeds nomination. but would have
preferred him to Mckinley. when IL was found
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'nat hi''so" oou'u ~ WIN. senator Hlurieh
served In Congress during all the time that Will
liam Mckinley was n member, and they were
1891 ...ooi.,.a a,rIn. so,.r., ua,n,,.,J.
Closely "ssoeia'oo uurins se'erai me'ho.ao'o
contests over both Democratic and Republican
tariff measures. Mr.. Aldrlch was one Of ,he
s---,---~f a.. c.. r,,...a. .,-.... -
members Oh the Suo-r nance Iommit'oe VINO
had charge Of the work OF remodelling the Nc
Kinlsv Tariff hill of 1900. inter IL had passed
the House OF representatives. ana the resiproc-
ity features Of that measure were enacted Just
as he wrote them. Mr.. Aldrlch also took n hand
in the preparation Of the wilson-Gorman law.
and 1t was he who prepared tho cotton scheduls
as Il stands to-day.
The eminent htncss OF the Rhode Island SEN
ator to be Secretary OF the Treasury is generally
the President-elect is not thought to be close
enough to warrant an offer TO n Cabinet place
or acceptance. Mr.. Aldrich. II appointed Secre-
tary OF tho Treasury. would not be handicapped
By the lack OF physical vigor. which Is the chief
reason why Mr.. Dingley declined. The Rhode
Island Senator. was SO years old in November.
and is a man OF powerful physique and capable
of no end OF hard work.
II may not have been altogether the fear OF
being physically unable to discharge the duties
OF the office which led Chairman Dingley to de-
cline 1t. as IL was known that he felt reluctant
to forego the honor OF being the author of the
new tariff law to be enacted by the looming