Middletown transcript., 1897-03-13

VETxHEd lES come by mail and
HIEIAE] lEA by wire from
II ANlllWi every section of
~ the world would
gil several barrels, and since the morn
ing after his Inauguration, which was
record breaker, the President has
devoted the greater portion of his wax
ing time, Sunday excepted, of course,
to receiving those rendered in person.
In consequence Ire has had little OPP
portunity to get down to business. To-
day is the first time tha' the members
of the new Cabinet have been in charge
of their respective departments, al
though they were all sworn in Satur-
day. The more one considers the men
chosen by President Mckinley for his
advisers, the stronger grows the con-
viction that this is going to be busi-
ness administration from the jump.
There are Lo experiments. Secre-
tary Sherman, the Oldest member, has
been in public life forty-two years; Sec
retary Bliss and Postmaster General
Gary were both born in 1888. ard both
have heretofore declined to leave their
large business interests TO acceptpublic
| Office, other than membership of the
Republican National Committee; Sec
tary Wilson, who was born in 1885,
made good record in Congress and at
the head of the Iowa Agricultural Col
lege; Secretary Gage, who was born in
1886, has world wide reputation as
business man and financer; Secretary
Alger, who was born in 1887, has a
good war record and fine business re-
putation; Secretary Long, who was
born in 1888, made an excellent
record both in Congress and as
Governor of Massachusetts, and At
torney General McKenna, the baby
Of the cabinet, who was born in
1843, has legal and judicial record of
which any man might be proud, in ad-
dition to having been brilliant men,
Der of the House. With such advisers and
his own hard horse sense, there is lit
tie danger that President Mckinley
will go wrong upon any important
matters.
Senator Frye made sure that if there
was to be a squabble over the organi-
zation of the Senate it should not leave
the committee on Foreign Relations
without head, when be offered reso-
luton, which was adopted without OPP
position, authorizing Senator Davis, of
Minnesota, to act as Chairman of the
Committee until further notice. As
the ranking Republican member Of the
Committee, Senator Frye was entitled
to the Craftsmanship, but he preferred
giving way to Senator Davis and re-
tanning his Craftsmanship of the Com
mittee on Commerce. 1t is not yet GER
tain what is to be done about reor-
ganization of the Senate, and it may
be that there will be no reorganization
further than the filling of vaca ncies
on the Committees. The Republicans
held caucus and elected Senator Al
lison. Chairman Of the Caucus to
succeed Senator Sherman, and Incl
dentally talked over reorganization
without arriving at any conclusion.
Although Republican Senator from
Kentucky is very much desired, it is
very doubtful whether Maj. A. T.
Wood, who has been appointed, by the
Governor of Kentucky to fill the va
cancy pending action by the legislature,
which has been called to meet in extra
session to elect Senator, will be seated.
All the precedents are against him.
Within the last few years the Senate
has refused to seat men appointed to
similar vacancies by the Governors of
Washington, Montana and Wyoming.
1t is in the power of the Republican
majority of the Kentucky legislature
to elect Senator who will have no
trouble about taking his seat, and
President Mckinley and every Repub-
lican in Congress expects them to do so
promptly. The Senators appointed by
| the Governors of Florida and Oregon
are on an entirely different footing from
the Kentucky appointment.
Ohio is generally spoken of as Re-
publican state, but the opposition has
managed during a long period to control
the legislation often enough to keep one
Senator. Now for the first time since
1869 there are two Repu ubliean Senators
from the state, and that Senators For
aker and Hanna will creditably repre-
sent the state is as certain as that they
have taken rank among the leaders Of
the Senate. -
| The know-it-alls who were cock sure
that President Mckinley and Speaker
Mckinley and Speaker Reed (he doesn't
happen to be Spea ker just now, but as
the title will be again conferred upon
him next week, it need not be dropped)
were not on good terms win have to
/ guess again. The first man of prom
inence who had an extended conference
with President Mckinley was Speaker
Reed. and I violate no confidence in
asserting that thsy are in thorouhg ac-
cord as to the policy to be pursued to
restore prosperity to the country and
will work together to carry out that
policy.
No less than forty-six bills. includ--
ing three regular appropriations. sailed
to become laws because Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands failure to sign them, method