The record-union., 1897-01-14
Soon to Pay Visit to the President
Elect at Canton.
Ohioans SO Confident He Will Be-
come a Member of the Cabinet
That They Are Beginning to Spec
nell Will Appoint to the Vacancy in
the United States Senate.

CANTON (O.), Jan. ia message
received here from Washington to-
night makes it reasonably certain that
Senator Sherman's present intention is
to accept the position of Secretary of
State in Major McKinley's Cabinet. 1t
was intimated to Senator Sherman sew
eral days ago that Major Mckinley
would be glad to know whether he
would be inclined to accept a Cabinet
position. Senator Sherman's incHna-
tions We're not in that direction original
ly, and his first thought was, according
to friends here, that he ought to remain
in the Senate, but after careful con-
sidera tion Of the subject it seems to
him that he can perhaps be of more
service TO the country and to his party
at the head of the Department of State.
If present arrangements are not changed
and there is nothing to indicate they will
be, Senator Sherman will occupy the
leading place in Major McKinley's Cab
met.
Major Mckinley had an unusually
large number of callers to-day. Among
them was CongreSSman-elect G. B. Lam
dis of Indiana. Said he: Il think the
Republicans will be able to hold In
diana, but it win be a matter of difficult
ty to do so unless there is a general and
genuine revival of business within the
next year and a half. The free silver
sentiment is not dead in Indiana, and
will live as long as times are bad. The
suggestion of John Sherman for Secre-
tary of State and Charles Emory Smith
of Philadelphia for Secretary of the
H.,
Indiana, and both appointments would
be regarded as strong and fitting ones"
Major Mckinley gave two hours of
his time to-day to the we'll known por-
trait painter, 7. H. Chartran of Paris,
and George Peixotto of New York. NJ.
Chartran is painting portrait of Major
Mckinley for a number Of Pittsburg
gentlement who expect to present it to
the Carnegie library in that city.
SHERMAN DECLINES TO TALK.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. - Sena tor
Sherman this afternoon declined abso-
lutely to discuss the Cabinet gossip con-
Meeting his name with the portfolio of
the State Department. He even went
so far so to refuse to answer the ques-
ton whether he was going to Ohio to
1t is understood from another source,
however, that Mr.. Sherman will leave
the latter part of this week, ostensibly
for his home, but that he will stop off at
Canton and have conference with Mr..
Mckinley at the latter's request.
SHERMAN'S SUCCESSOR.
COLUMBUS (O), Jan. Ex-senator
Sherman, if report from Canton be true,
will enter President McKinley's Cabi-
net March 4, 1897 The Ohio Legisla-
ture will not be in session at the time,
and the vacancy will be filed by Gov
ernor Bushnell. The Governor is at his
home in Springfield, quite ILL., The con-
ditiOn that now confronts him has been
anticipated, but he has not publicly ex-
pressed himself as to what action he
would take. Though he has recently
stated that he was a candidate for re-
election as Governor this year, and not
for the Senate, it is generally expected
that after he is elected Governor he
viii come out as a candidate to sue
ceed Sherman for the regular term in
the Senate. 1t he should appoint Han
ma to the short term it would make him
a formidable opponent for the regular
term. 1t is expected that Bushnell will
appoint State Chairman KurtZ to the
vacancy. kur-tz will be willing to stand
aside at the end of the short term and
let his chief succeed to the regular
term without opposition. To shut Bush
nell out of the race for the Senate the
Sherman Republicans have proposed to
have the candidate nominated by the
State convention at the same time the
candidate for Governor is selected.
Governor Bushnell cannot accept both
nominations at the same time with good
grace.
WHO WILL BE IN THE CABINET?
CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-A special to a
morning paper from Washington says:
1t is reported from the Senate side of
the Capitol that Major Mckinley has
announced his intention of completing
the work OF constructing the Cabinet
by FEBRUARY lst. After that time he
will devote his attention almost ex-
clusively to filling the administrative
bureaus and a few of the more import
ant foreign missions, which will require
attention early in the coming admins
tration. talk with a number of men,
pCiS VI (oiAs2AS7o W liO nave recently Dpen
in Canton and in close communication
with that source of supply for Cabinet
gossip seem to unite with reasonabl
harmony on the following slate:
State, John Sherman: Treasury, ex-
Governor w r. Merriam of Minnesota
or Senator Cullom of Illinois; War De-
partment, Senator Hawley of Con-
necticut; Navy Department, Cornelius
n. Bliss of New York; Interior Depart
ment, Joseph McKenna of California:
Attorney General, Judge Nathan Goff
of West Virginia; Secretary of Agri-
culture, Representative James Will
son of Iowa; Postmaster General, Mark
A. Hanna or Henry c. Payne of Wis
consin.
1t is not pretended that this is the
correct slate of Cabinet appointments,
but the prediction is freely made that
while there will be shifts in the posi-
tions. large proportion of the men
named will sit around the council board
at the White House after the 4th of
March,