Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-03-04
M'KINLEY'S CABINET.

1t is not improbable that the "of-
fetal family" of President Mckinley
may be grouped as follows:
Secretary of State-John Sherman.
of Ohio.
Secretary of the Treasury-Lyman J.
Gage, of Illinois.
Secretary Of War-Gen. Russell A.
Alger, of Michigan.
Secretary of observation-disclosures
Wilson, of Iowa.
Postmaster General-James A. Gary.
of Maryland.
Secretary of the Navy-John D.
Long, of Massachusetts,.
Secretary of the Interior-John j.
McCook of New York.
Attorney General-JudgeJ Joseph Nc
Kenna, of California.
JOHN SHERMAN, SECRETARY OF WAR.
The premier of the Mckinley cabinet.
Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, was
born at Lane lster, Ohio, May 10, 1928.
1t lacks but one year of half a cen
fury since John Sherman was chosen a
delegate to the whlg national conven
ton of 1848. 1t is more than forty years
since he entered the House of Repre-
come into the Senate with President
Lincoln's first administration, for he
took his seat in that body March 49,
1861. Mr.. Sherman was always an ac-
tive man in public office, but the genius
did not find its most favorable field for
expression until the financial legisla
ton of the war time came up, and
thence forward his name is linked with
q In rxy 90 nf hn q
championed the national banking sys
TEN when it was deemed an innova-
ton; he shaped the refunding act and
that providing for the resumption of
specie payments which he, as Secretary
of the Treasury under President Hayes,
put in operation. When Garfield sue
ceeeded Hayes Mr.. Sherman returned
to the Senate.
LYMAN GAGE, SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY.
The career and character of LYMAN
j. Gage, president of the First Nation
al Bank of Chicago, one of the fore
most fnanciers Of the country, and
President elect McKinley's choice for
Secretary of the Treasury, are crafty
ing for the strong evidence they bear
of beneficient force in humanity. The
story of his life upholds faith in human
nature and human endeavor.
Mr.. Gage is more than banker. He
is Chicago's foremost citizen, and there
never has been movement in Chica-
go which was for the good of the city,
for the good of the people, or for the
good of what Mr.. Gage never calls the
common people" in which he has not
borne an active part.
He began his career as a banker at
the age of seventeen in Rome, N. Y
Then he was office boy in the Oneida
Central Bank of that town, to which
his parents had removed seven years
before. Their old home had been De
Ruyter, in Madison county, N. Y,
where Lyman Judson Gage had beer
born on June 20, 1886. He stayed in
Rome two years and then went West
to seek his fortune. taking Horace
Greeley's advice. This expression is
not used because it is a saying. 1t il
the truth. Lyman Gage heard of Gree
leY's observation and determined to
take the advice.
GEN. ALGER, SECRETARY OF WAR.
The career of Gen. Russell A. Alger
who will have the war portfolio il
President McKinley's cabinet, is an en-
couraging study for those who have
life still before them, with it's RESPONSE
biIities to meet and its prizes to win, il
| their destiny has selected them fol
winners.
At thirteen years of age he was left
an orphan, with a parents RESPONSE
bilities. He had brother ond a sis
ter, both younger than himself. That
was his Inheritance. worldly goods
he was absolutely destitute. He found
places for his little dependents and let
his own services for his board and
clothing and three months schooling
each year. after time receiving small
monthly wages as farm hand and at
tending the Ricbfield Academy for sew
eral terms in the winter season.
When he reached the age of twenty
one he was qualified to teach a district
school, aud took up that occupation,
| which in SO many instances has been
the stepping stone to ruture distinc
tion. Both the President and Vice
President elect have been teachers in
their youth. With the modest reforms
from this labor he assisted his brother
and sister and prepared himself to en-
ter law office. In year or two be
was qualified for admission to the bar
and went to Cleveland, Ohio, to enter
upon his profession.
When the war broke out he enliste d
in Michigan cavalry company and in
June, 1865, he was brevetted major
general for gallant and meritorious
services"
This war being over he returned to
Michigan and entered upon the lumber
business, He employed new methods
INV ivk. l.
use of railroads to remove logs from
the forest he was able to extend the
business very rapidly. His ventures
prospered and his wealth rapidly in
creased as he extended his operations
to other States and Territories. While
he is a multi millionaire, his public
spirit has grown with his resources, and
he has realized that possession of great
wealth also carries cOrrespOndingly in
creased responsibilities. The almost
incredible statement is made that in
business career of nearly thirty years,
although having thousands of men in
his employ, he has never had a strike
or any kind of difficulty with his work.
men.
JOHN D. LONG, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.
Inc new Secretary OF the Navy was
born in Buckfield, Me-. October 81, 1885,
He was the son of parents who had
neither poverty nor riches, but pos
sessed the golden mean which enables
SO many New England rural families
to look forward to sending sons into
the world we'll educated. well trained
to try their chances in the learned pro-
LESSONS. After preparatory course
at Hebron Academy, Mr.. Long entered
Harvard, where he graduated in 1857,
some months before he had attained
his nineteenth birthday. Ii 9 was prom
inent for number of years in Massa-
chusetts politics, having been in turn
member of the Legislature, Lieutenant
Governor and Governor for three
terms.
Mr.. Long was elected to the Forty
eighth. Forty ninth aud Fiftieth Con
crosses. where he confirmed on the
stage of national affairs the reputa.
ton he had won in Massachusetts A.