The evening times., 1897-02-03
THE PRESIDENTS PLANS
He Will Go Direct to Princeton
After the Inauguration.
THE PREPARATIONS TO MOVE
The Cabinet Are Also Getting Ready
for the Day When the Mckinley
Administration VIII Go Into Of
fice-Some Have Definite Plans
for the Future and Some Have Not

The President and his family are getting
ready TO move. Great boxes are being
packed and trunks gotten down from The
garnet and piled with belongings and
souvenirs OF the past four years stay in
Washington.
Secretary Thurber is buslly engaged in
| experimenting the work and expects with
in three weeks to have the mansion ready
Tor delivery to Major Mckinley promptly
| at noon on March 4.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland will
follow the usual custom OF outgoing Presi-
| dents and leave the city Immediately after
returning from the Capitol, their destina-
tion being Princeton, where upholsterers
and painters are bUsly engaged in put
ting things in shape for the new tenants.
| The house owned by Mr.. Cleveland in New
! York VIII still be held by him, but 1t is
doubtful if he is much there in the future
| II is pretty definitely decided now that
hereafter Princeton will be the winter
home OF the President and his family, and
that Grey Gables will be used as their sum-
/ mer residence.
Members of the Cabinet are also fol-
lowing the plan Of the Presidents family
and many are preparing TO leave soon
after the incoming administration assumes
charge, although some few will probably
linEer here during the spring
Secretary Olney will return directly To
Boston aud resume his Law practice az
corporation attorney. The lease on his
house expires March l ; and it will be but
few days later before lie departs from
the city.
Secretary Carlisle owns a large house
here and is expected TO remain until the
edrly summer, although nc definite plans
have yet been formed.
Secretary Lamont expects to live in
his house until the last OF March and then
returns to New York The other Cabinet
officers will not stay here long after March
4, and except Secretary Herbert all have
definite plans.
Mr.. Herbert is yet uncertain as to his fu-
ture movements. He may determine tuiive
in this city and begin the practice of law,
but others believe he will not fail % return
70 Alabama and again enter politics. Hispo-
sition at home. however, does not promise
early political preferment, owing to the
strong free-Silvcr sentiment and the Secre-
tary's intense gold-money attitude.
Assistant Secretary McA doc, OF the Navy
Department, proposes going to New York
and begin law again, aud Gen. Doe, Of tie
War Depa rtmcnt, will go to his Wisconsin
home and resume his former practice. Mr.
Curtis, OF the Treasury, goes back to New
York city, and Mr.. Hamlin, uf the same Ce-
partment, returns TO Boston. Solicitor Gen
eral Holmes Conrad will go TO Winchester
and Logan Carlisle will probably rennsin
close to his father.
This is the season for all high officers OF
the government to turn their thoughts
hOnewHrd and begin to speculate what it
has cost them to live in Washington during
tie past four years As a rule the Cabinet
las not been a wealthy one, but in this re-
speCt it has compared favorably with that
of General Harrison. Secretary Francis, the
most recent addition TO the Presidents Of
fiCial family, is perhaps the richest OF the
number, with Secretary Lamont next. Sec
retary Olney has a large income. but lost
possibly thirty thousand a year by giving up
lns law practice TO enter the Attorney Cen
erals office. Secretary Herbert is not
rich man, nOr is Postmaster General Wilson.
Attorney General Harmon goes out of the
Cabinet with less money than when he en-
tered. and probably Secretary Morton does
likewise. Secretary Carlisle has never made |
much money, but is comfortably situated. |
lie owns a house worth S25, 900 and has |
some means Every member OF the Cabinet |
agrees, however, that it is very costly |
TO have with the government. |
for few can live here on less than Sc, 900 |
B. year.