Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-08-16
AN ENGLISH VIEW.
How Well Posted English Writers Usual
Handle American Subjects.

Handle American Subjects.
The cabinet of President Mckinley Of
the United States is composed of repre-
sentative 1nen from several of the prov
inces, a few facts about each of which are
here given. The premier, the Right Hon
John Sherman, has once before served in
an American ministry, having been chan
cellor of the exchequer some years ago.
He is the general who made the celebrated
march to the sea through the province of
Georgia during the civil war. He is a ma
tive of the province of Ohio, ON the Pacific
coast, and is now "A years of age.
The new chancellor of the exchequer, the
Right Hon. Lyman J. Gage, has never be-
fore held office, except when he represented
the territory of Columbia in the parliament
of Kentucky. His home at present is at
Chicago, a thriving village in the north
western part of the territory of Indiana,
where he has extensive banking and other
interests.
General Russell A. Alger is the secretary
for war. Like Mr.. Sherman, Mr.. Alger
also was born in the province of Ohio. He
was in active service throughout the Amer
lean war, commanding brigade of Mis-
was General Alger who captured Vicks-
burg, an important town on the New .Jer-
sey coast, thus compelling General Jetfer-
son Davis to capitulate. Since the war
General Alger has held the office of govern
or general of the province of Michigan
and also that of commander in chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic of Texas,
He is thoroughly familiar with the details
of his department and will make good
war secretary.
The new minister of marine is John
Davis Long, who was born in the province
of Maine in 1888. Soon after his arrival
at maturity the Right Hon. Mr.. Long was
elected by his native constituency to repre-
sent them in the legislature of Massachu-
sets Bay. Later he was successfully ap-
pointed lieutenant governor and governor
of the state of Boston, and also represent
ed that state in the American house of
commons.
The Right Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss, the
minister for the interior, is Massachu-
sets man by birth, but never before held
any office, either parliamentary or provin-
cial, although he was appointed governor
of the province of New York in 1885, which
appointments ne declined.
The new postmaster general is the Right
Hon. James A. Gary, a native Of Uncas-
ville in the district of Connecticut, on the
shores of Lake Superior Mr.. Gary has
been resident of the state of Baltimore
for many years and has taken prominent
part many times in political agitation. He
was nominated for governor of the state of
Baltimore by the Republican Democrats
in 1879 but was defeated by the candidate
of the Democratic Republicans.
The post of attorney general is assigned
to the Right Hon. Joseph McKenna, who
was born in the state of Philadelphia, near
the Canadian line, but who moved to the
province of California, in the Rocky noun
tains early in life. Mr.. McKenna has long
been identified with public affairs in that
growing commonwealth, having represent
ed it in the provincial parliament Of Col.
orado for many years Later he was sent
to the congress at Washington where he
sat until President Harrison made him a
judge of the supreme court of California.
The Right Hon. James Wilson, minister
of agriculture, is the only member Of the
new ministry who was not born in Ameri-
ca. Mr.. Wilson is a fellow countryman,
having been born in Scotland. Emigrat-
ing to America, he went to the Pacific coast
and settled down in the province of Iowa.
He received his appointment as member
of Iowa parliament in 1868 and afterward
was promoted to the federal congress at
Washington to represent the province OF
Iowa. London Pell Nell Fudget