The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-02
CABINET IS FIXED.
A FORECAST MADE BY WALTER
WELLMAN.
Major Mckinley Likely to Offer
Portfolios to Messrs. Sherman,
Dingley, Merriam, Bliss, Golf,
Payne and Waymire.

Washington, Dec. 24-It is now pos
sible to give some important news con-
corning the progress which President
elect Mckinley a made in the task
of making up his cabinet slate. 1t
would be incorrect to say thai Major
Mckinley has fully and finally deter
mined whom he will ask to b his
ministers. So far only two direct of
ferS of places in the cabinet have been
made, one of these to Mr.. Hanna, Who
is not likely to be in the cabinet at all.
n the other to Governor Dingley. But
the president-elect has practically de-
termlned the composition of his cabi-
net, except as to one or perhaps two
places.
Unless he changes his mind the fol-
lowing VIII be the Mckinley cabinet
when it is finally announced:
Secretary of ~state-John Sherman of
Ohio.
Secretary of the treasury-Nelson
Dingley of Maine.
Secretary of war-Ex-Governor Will
lam r. Merriam of Minnesota.
Secretary of the navy-Cornelius N.
Bliss of New York.
Attorney GENERALIZATION Golf of
west Virginia.
Postmaster General-Henry C. Payne
of Wisconsin.
Secretary of agriculture-Judge Way
mire of California.
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There is today ample confirmation
of the report which was wired to the
Ilmes-Herald some time ago that SEN
ator ThurSton expects to be secretary
of state. The senator said a day or
two 6 that he now thought he should
take the post. At first he was reluc-
tant TO do so, but it having been rep
resented to him that there was likely
to be trouble about his reelection to
the senate, and it having also been
pointed out to him that he might have
the help of a first-clasS assistant sec
rotary, who could TAX from his Shout
ders much of the routine work of the
department, he a decided to accept.
L could give all my time to the di-
rection of u foreign affairs" said the
senator to his friend, without being
bothered by the details of the depart
Ending out of my public career"
added the senator, If I were to con-
clude with four years in the state de-
partment. | nave made a careful study
of our foreign affairs since [ became
a member of the foreign relations COM
mIttee of the senate, and L am much
interested in them"
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1t is now known that during his visit
fere a few weeks ago Mr.. Hanna, at
the request of Major Mckinley, had a
long talk with Senator Sherman con-
corning the s-ecretaryship of state. Mr..
Hanna found the senator somewhat
unwilling to take the place, but before
ne lett town he had d distinct under
standing with Mr.. Sherman that if
Major Mckinley wished it, and if it
were to clear up matters in Ohio and
avert another factional fight in the
republican ranks there, a post in the
abine would be reluctantly accepted.
Mr.. Hanna also went away with a firm
conviction that Senator Sherman is in
health and strength fully able to cope
with the important duties of the state
DEPARTMENT.
The p~resident-elect now knows, there
fore, that he can have Mr.. Sherman
for his secretary of state if he wants
him The matter is in such condition
that Major Mckinley may invite Sen
ator Sherman into the cabinet or not,
as he pleaSeS. The pr~esident-elect hes
itates between Senators Sherman and
Allison, n If it were known hi the
latter would accept, it is possible that
the choice would fall upon him, with
Senator Sherman's cheerful consent.
But there is a great probability thai
the Iowa senator would not consent
to leave congress, n on the other
hand Major Mckinley would be very
glad to serve his friend Hanna by
clearing the way for the latter's entree
to the senate. 1t is no secret that Mr..
Hanna is much disinclined to go into
the cabinet and more than willing to
go into the senate.
Senator Sherman has not yet been
formally asked to be secretary of state,
but all the chances are hat he soon
will be.
Governor Dingley's selection for the
treasury was made some time ago, as
already reported in these dispatches.
Cornelius Bliss was several weeks
g decided on also. though not abso-
lutely fixed in the nav department.
1t was settled that he should be in the
ministry. the post to be decided
later. Now there is little if any doubt
that he will be Mr.. Herbert's sue
ceSSor.
Messrs. Merriam and Payne are not
as yet quite so definitely fixed, and it
is possible one or both NAV not be
invited, though the chances are much
in their favor.
one of the first selections which the
president-elect had in his mind.
Judge Waymire, according to the
latest reports, is to be secretary of
agriculture, Notwithstanding the ad-
vocacy OF Horace Davis by the Cali
fornia delegation in congress.
The secretaryshiD of the interior is
still open.
The understanding here is that the
president-elect will not send out any
formal invitations to the men upon
whom he has decided for places in his
cabinet till after the 1st of January,
and that then five or six such letters
will be sen together. In the absence
of unexpected changes of mind or Ma
jor Mckinley's part, the men named in
the foregoing are all likely to receive
these pleasant notices of future honors
in waiting for themselves.
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What will Speaker Reeds attitude be
toward the next administration is a
question frequently asked in Washing
ton these days. 1t is known that n
of Mr.. Hanna's objects in coming to
Washington a short time ago was to
offer the olive branch to the speaker
of the house, n make him under