The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-25

General Stewart L. Woodford May be New
 York's Representative-Th Selection of
 General Alger Not Certain but Likely
 Charles Emory Smith Probability Maj.
 Canton, O., Jan. 24.-There is grow ing impression that the cabinet will be, practically completed within two. or at least three weeks, with the possible ex- ception of one place. Though Major Mckinley may decide within the next ten days upon the eight men who are to form his official family, 1t does not follow that the final appointment to places. and portfolios will be made within that time.
 Most of the men who are selected for the cabinet will doubtless be shifted about from time to time and the final cat of the cabinet may not be arrang- ed before March 1. The; secretary of state is, of course. decided upon and the secretary of the treasury will be as definitely determined and so will the secretary of the interior, but the port folios of the war, navy, agriculture. justice and post office departments will be good deal shifted about.
 The president-elect desires to fill the more important places in his cabinet as soon as possible, in order that some thought may be given to the work of choosing assistants and the organiza- tion of the departments. A good deal of progressin the work of cabinet mak- ing will probably be made this week.
 Major Mckinley has practically fin- ished the sitting process and he has listened to as many suggestions on the. one hand and protests on the other as he has time for. The whole situation has been thoroughly canvassed, every available man in the country has been suggested for appointment to the cab met and a legion of almost unknown quantities has caused the president- elect to be informed that if he 70 de- sired he would be told where he might discover some hitherto undesired tim Der for his cabinet.
 The New York problem of cabinet representation will probably be solved this week. The current gossip is that General Stewart L. Woodford will be the New York member of the cabinet. He is highly esteemed by the presi- dent and personally Is on most agree able terms with him. Major Mckinley is more intimately acquainted with General WoOdford than with any of the New York men who are now talked of as cabinet possibilities. If political conditions continue to be as favorable as they now seem to be, General Wood- ford is pretty certain to be the next secretary of war or the navy.
 General Alger's appointment to the cabinet is not regarded as certain, but the belief that he will be in it grows, and this notion IS strengthened by the knowledge that ex-Governor Merriam of Minnesota and Henry c. Payne of Wisconsin seem almost to have drop ped, for the time at least, from the list of those who are being seriously con- sidered.
 There will in all probability be 8. cab- met officer from Wisconsin. Michigan CT Minnesota, and if MT. Payne or MT. Merriam is not chosen 1t is almost cer-8 tain that General Alger will be, unless Lyman J. Gage should be made secre- tary of the treasury, in which event his appointment might be deemed suf- ficient recognition for all that general section of the country. The doubts about MT. Gage's political faith and economic creeds having been removed within the last twenty-four hours by the visit of Chicago gentleman to. Canton, 1t may be safely assumed that his appointment is being more serious ly considered than ever, though 1t is by no means certain that he will be selected, and indeed the impression still prevails here that Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia is the strongest possibility. Information received here to-day and during the last ten days makes it certain that the United States senate will be favorable to the enact ment of the protective tariff legtsla- tion.
 Major Mckinley is more interested in restoring confidence and prosperity than he is in the mere filling of offices. and a good deal of his time which the public thinks is occupied with ques- tions relating to patronage is really consumed in thought and discussions bearing on policies.
 Major Mckinley attended church and spent the day quietly. He had no call- CTS from distance, save Alexander H. Revell, one of his Chicago friends. f