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M'KINLEYS DUTIES MANY.
FIRST HE RECEIVES GOV. LOwNDEs
AND HIS STAFF.

At II o'clock lie Makes a Formal
Call of Two Minutes Duration oIn
President CIeveIand-,At Noon tho
President and Secretary Thurber
Returns the CnII--ln the Afternoom
Mckinley Holds "A Number of Com
ferenees on the Subject of His Cabs
inet-HIiss Finally Agrees to Ae.
cept POrtfoIio.
Washington, March s.-The Presidents
elect was In an excellent state of health
this morning. He rested well. and was
exceedingly pleased with the quiet din
ner and evening which he passed at the
white house with President and Mrs.
Cleveland.
AT 1880 o'clock Gov. Lowndes of Mary
land, accompanied by his staff. called and
were received in the hotel parlor.
Late this afternoon there were a num-
Der OF conferences at the rooms OF the
President-elect on the subject of the cab
met.
1t was II o'clock when the Presidents
elect drove up 10 the white house In the
rain to make the customary formal call.
Quite a crowd had collected near the
portico in anticipation of his arrival and
hats were removed with a slight cheer
when he alighted, followed by Secretary
j. Addison Porter and Chairman Bell CG
the Inauguration committee. Mr.. McKin-
ley acknowledged the ovation by smil-
ingly lifting his hat and noddlng to tho
assemblage, and then walked quickly into
the main corridor. whence he was at ones
ushered through the great stained-glass
screen to the blue room where President
Cleveland and Secretary Thurber stood
expectingly.
The hand grasp of the president was no.
tlceably cordial In greeting his successor
and while the two secretaries and Mr.. Bell
drew aside, President Cleveland asked In
teresungly regarding Mrs. McKinley's
health and assuered Mr. Mckinley that he
would be able to take part In to-morrow's
physical ordeal In spite of the pain he was
suffering. The interview was brief for
the President-elect had remained at the
white house last night until 10 o'clock dis
oussing the Inauguration arrangements
and the affairs OF state which are left over
to worry him, and besides the visit was
purely one of courtesy in acknowledge
ment OF last nights hospitality. Within
elect and those accompanying him drove
away.
President Cleveland and Secretary Thur
ber returned the call at noon.
The throng of callers at the white house
shows no lessening. Among them to-day
were Capt. Robley Evans. who Is perfect
ing arrangements for a ducking expedition
on light house tender to begin Thursday
night. Justice White OF the supreme
court, Commissioner of Patents Seymour.
Marshal Wilson, Josiah Patterson Of Ten
nessee Gen. John NJ. Wilson. chief OF en-
glneers, and a host of congressman, who
wanted pet measures placed on top of tho
heap on the Presidents desk and who all
went away satisfied that this would be
done.
In spite Of the rain, Inauguration
crowds came in droves and tracked mud
over the rich carpets OF the east room,
which was the only apartment open to
the public.
1t is announced that this morning Cor
nelius N. Bliss agreed to reconsider his
determination to remain In private life
and consented to enter Mr.. McKinley's
cabinet as the representative OF New
YORK state. It Is understood that the po-
sition to which he is for the present as
signed is the vacant post of Secretary OF
the Interior, end that the formal tender
OF cabinet position was made to him
this afternoon by Mr.. Mckinley. But MIR.
plisS NeW 1Ofk Iflends want MIN 70 De
Secretary OF the Navy and he would pre-
fer that portfolio himself for the reason
that he Is not lawyer and the traditions
Is that the post of Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall be occupied by lawyer.
Gov. John d. Long of Massachusetts.
who has been slated for Secretary of the
Navy and who did not expect to reach
here until some time tomorrow, has been
communicated with by telegraph and
asked 20 come 20 Washington immediate-
ly. 1t is apparently the intention to asld
him to become Secretary of the Interior.
50 as to leave the navy portfolio open for
Mr.. Bliss
Prominent republicans who have heard
the statement that Mr.. Bliss Is 20 be n
member OF the cabinet express great satis-
faction at this solution of the New York
problem. Mr.. Bliss Is acceptable TO all
the factions.
If the arrangement ss above outlined Is
carried out, the new cabinet will be as
follows:
Secretary Of state-John Sherman %
Ohio.
Secretary of the Treasury-Lyman ].
Gage of Illinois.
Secretary Of War-Russell A. Alger OF
Attorney General-Joseph McKenna Of
California.
Postmaster General--James A. Gary Of
Maryland.
Secretary Of the Navy-John D. Long OF
Massachusetts,
Secretary OF the Interior-Cornelius N.
Bliss OF New York.
Secretary of Agriculture-James Wilson
of Iowa.
A committee of the Sigma Alpha Epis-
lon College fraternity called on Mr.. Nc
Kinle ythis morning and presented him
with a beautiful diamond-set badge-the
official emblem Of the society. Mr.. Nc
Kinley Is a member of this fraternity ana
takes great interest In It.