The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-03-05
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY AND HIS
CABINET.

Il is doubtful IL any administra~
ton in the history of the country
ever went ineo power under more IA
yorable auspices than that installed at
Washington yesterday. The respect and
eonfidenee felt for President Mckinley
is not confined to members of his own
party, but he viii have the good will
and loyal support in the policies out
lined by his inaugural address OF thou
sands OF patriotic citizens all over the
country who have never affiliated with
the republican party. The interest
shown by the outgoing administration
in its successor has been unprecedented
from a retiring administration towards
sne of the opposite party. Not only
has Mr. Cleveland gone out OF his way
to give Mckinley an insight as to the
condition of the governments affairs,
but Secretary Olney is known 20 have
repeatedly conferred with Senator Sher-
man since 1t was announced that the
latter would be the new secretary OF
state. and 1t is said he has taken oc-
casion to give him a knowledge of GER
tain pending matters which the new
secretary could only have acquired az
ter many months OF slow ana laborious
INVESTIGATION and examination Of the !
department records and correspondence. /
Everything was done, too. by the mem |
bers OF the retiring administration that
could be thought TO give eclat and dig |
nifty 10 McKinley's inauguration cere-
monies.
Mr. Mckinley is especially fortunate
in the class Of men he has chosen as
his confidential advisers. and eacn one
Of them has been selected with special
reference 10 his fitness for Lne duties
assigned him. All are men or high
Standing in the states from which they
are drawn. and those chosen for the
more important and onerous positions
are men of national reputation, I'm {
whom all intelligent Americans have
full confidence. Their names and port
folios are as follows: ,
Secretary Of State-John Sherman, OF
Ohio.
Secretary Of the Treasury-Lyman J. :
Gage, of Illinois. Z
Secretary Of War-Russen a. Alger, Ii
Of Michigan
Attorney General-Joseph McKenna,
Of California
Postmaster General-James A. Gary +.
81 Maryland :
Secretary Of the Navy-John d. Long.
q massachusetts.
Secretary Of the Interior-J ]. Nc
Cook. Of New York.
Secretary Of Agrculture-James VIII
son, Of Iowa.
The geographic selection is excellent.
sherman, Gage, Alger and Wilson are
chosen from 1.-THE great Middle West,
the scene Of the hottest fighting in the
memorable campaign of 1896, and the
arena in which the national victory
was won. McCook and Long repre-
set the East-New England and the
old Middle States. Judge Cary repre-
sents the border states which have
fallen into line with modern progress
and intelligence, while the great Pacific
coast has a representative in Judge Nc :,
Kenna, of Cahforia. h
No republican in the nation need ft
hesitate to give his allegiance to the
new cabinet. This country has grown u
80 great in population that there are =
thousands of men in political life in =,
4very state who are fitted by education
training and natural talents for any d
position of great responsibility and le
nigh trust in the nation; yet they are k
to the millions of their fell pl
low countrymen of other states and
,ther sections Of our widely extended ., =
iomaan. Hence there has been. ever Z
Iince the days of Lincoln, a movement ,