The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-25
MUCH DIFFICULT WORK
THE SITTING PROCESS rs PRAC-
TICALLY OVER.
New York Problem of Representa-
ton Will Probably Be Solved
This Week-A Great Deal of Cab
met Timber Has Been Pushed
Forward, and There is Much Still
Held in Reserve-Alger's Friends
Are Fighting Hard.

Canton, O., Jan. 24.-There is a grow
ing impression that the cabinet will
be practically completed within three
weeks, with its possible exception of
one place.
Though Major Mckinley may decide
within the next ten days upon the
eight men who are to form his official
family, it does not follow that the final
appointment of 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 cast of the cabinet may not
be arranged before March l. The sec,
retary of state is, of course, decided
upon, and the secretary of the treas
Try will be definitely determined, and
so will the secretary of the interior,
but the portfolios of war, of the navy,
of agriculture, of justice and the post
office department will be a good deal
shifted about.
The president-elect desires to fill the
more important places as soon as pos
sible, in order that some time may be
given to the work of choosing assist
ant secretaries and the organization of
the departments. A good deal of
progress in the work of cabinet making
will probably be made this week.
WOODFORD'S CHANCES.
Major Mckinley has practically fin
ished the sitting process and he has
listened to as many suggestions on
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 have caused the president
elect TO be informed that if he so de-
sired he would be told where he might
discover some hitherto unexpected
timber for his cabinet. The New York
problem of cabinet representation VIII
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 president, and, paf-
sonaIly, is on most agreeable terms
with him. Major Mckinley is more
intimately acquainted with General
Woodford than any of the other New
York men who are now talked OF as
cabinet possibilities. The president
elect has a high opinion of Mr. Wood
fOrd's ability, and if political cOndi-
tions continue to be as favorable as
tain to be the next secretary of war
or the naFv.
MAY BE ALGER
General Ayers 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 been
dropped for the time at least. from
the list of those who are being seri-
ously considered. There will be. in all
probability, a cabinet officer from Wis
Consin. Michigan or Minnesota, and if
Mr. Pavne or Mr.. Merriam is not
chosen, it is almost certain that the
general will be hOnOred. unless Lyman
J. Gage should be made secretary of
the treasury, in which event his ap-
pointment might be deemed a sufficient
recognition for all that general section
of the country. The doubts about Mr. !
Cages political faith and economic
creedS having been removed within the !
last "A hours by the visit of a Chicago /
gentleman to Canton. it may be safely /
assumed that his appointment is being
more seriously considered than ever ,
though it 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.
TARIFF LEGISLATION.
Information received here today and /
during the last ten days makes it GER |
tain that the senate of the United |
States will be favorable to the enact
ment OF protective tariff legislation. /
Major Mckinley is said to be more in
terested in restoring confidence and |
prosperity than he is on the mere fill |
ing of offices, and a good deal of his |
time which the public thinks is occu-
pied with questions relating to pat
is really, it is said consumed |
in thought and discussions bearing on |
policies.
Major Mckinley attended church /
and spent the day quietly.
How Gage is Viewed.
Canton. o., Jan. 24.-Lyman J. Gage of !
on baS baer acrivalv diSc11cSad bero