The San Francisco call., 1897-02-02
MAJOR KINL=EY'S
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CABINET. I'.I.! J BUILDING" |:
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. Six <. Secret j, etaryships: Are
+. Now Allotted and Duly
+. ......... . Accepted. 3. f.
Sherman, 5sI "a Gage, Alger,. Long,
{. Nc Kenna: and Wilson Have ::
E. :> s. <.;... S. : Portfolios. I.
E. Remains ffoor=the Preside nj: Elect TO
.:<Sele ct Pos TN asef sneral and
= ; &: 8. ~: Atforney:G G neral. S. :, :; i

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::::C N-FON: ONO, Feb. 1.-The announce:
nlen made ;by~*Hon: j am es:< Wilson of
Iowa. to-day. that he had been rendered
II Ire #portfoljo of Agriculture and had ac-
:eeptet.. fills: the. Cabinet :>Mith reasonable
certain ty; exec pSing the office of Attorne ey-
:: G eneTaE* and: PostInas ter Ge neral., " The
: .NtcKinDey:. Cabinet TO ate therefore m y
begiren :as:fol lows. : .:.:.:: Z =: : r.: =
:: " secretary of State sire erlnan of. Ohio. =
:: 5 Sc cretaty OF q Treasuryz+Gia age of II limo fs
~. H.. 5 etretary YKarAl ger: OF Nrichig gan
>:::see ere tary OF the Navy Long of ,Massa-
: chuset ts.+- .:c;.< | :; -
: i: :: = .ecretary= of the Interior-M cKenna of
:: Cab form ia -: 81 :: :: =: :. Z -. :: : =:
:. = :. 5 ecretary OF ricu(fure = Wilson of
r. iowa.: = :. ->~ :; III
:: ogernor Long and: .Jud ge: McKenna
=. have: not announced the Certainty of their
j. appointments and: thereis a bare possi-
>: hilLty> that*the, M Massachusetts statesman
: may be Displaced by General. Stewart L..
*Wo6dford OF New: York. -:
~: One. of the, untitled portfolios will, of
=. course; be ,given~to a New Y orker, and if
->the fore going list, giving. five of the eight
= offices in the Cabinet to the West, should
be the: fixed slate, there is no likelihood
:. lh at the.Po$toffice or Justice departments
wlfl. be directed by "a Western man. One
:; EAster ern.: and Lone Southern man. are ex-
: "pected:to: be. appointed to:'these two va
.::caircies, .prominent among the latter can
!. didafes befng< Hon: H.. Clay Evans Of Ten
:: n nesseeI since i he declination of Judge Ma
+ than; Goff. Of West Virginia. -.
:: :: addition TO his Cabinet appoin tments
40 s.NE 1,
upon Charles: G.: Dawes, of Evanston, ILL.,.
>: foF the position: Of Comptroller of the Cur
=Ttency. when e ON ptrolfer Eckels' commits
sion ex pires In 1898 or unless he resigns in
.the=meant1me::* :. ::-~-''..'. =.
::= Major. Mckinley and Mr.. Dawes sin
GeEe4y: hope Mr.; Eekels will see his way
= g Gciear>to*re ain .tis:l position for another
year, .;h!ls,prosp pectiye successor being par.
:.ticul a ri ly:anxlor that eimpression shall
:. not get abroad: that>he wants. to shorten
3 Nr:::Eckels:: :te I'm: ::
-: ~. IN ere " s*a:: scarcity Of callers at the
Mo a kinley house. to-day, which. enabled
:.th Pres esident+elect to attend to his CORE
: :spohdence and 90 over his inaugural ad.
ID ress.. Among heprpThj nent callers were
Congressman La Toilette of Wisconsin
:: and::R: g. Dorr ofsNew York.
. ::Mr Dawes was Major McKinIey's conf.
= DENTAL representative in Illinois before
the St::Louls Convention, and afterward
:. was a mcm ber of the Republican execu-
*.tivecommittee, with headquarters IN Chi
ca go. He was the leader of the original
mckinley forces in Illinois Major Nc
.Kililey wanted him in the White House
,: .::as.$ecretary, but, Mr.. Dawes declined and
picked ou: the eomptrollership, which he
@-was1Old be could have. He is civil en-
::5giIeer, a n ational bank director, the pres
1dent'of three gas com panies, writer OF a
: book:+on banking, former resident of
Lincoln, Nebr., where he was lawyer and
a. a.buslhess man, and a son of General r.
= r. Dawes of Marietta, Ohio, commander
aof the Iron Brigade. He rs only 30 years