The San Francisco call., 1897-01-25
PLENTY OF TIMBER
FOR THE CABINET
Every Available Man in the
Country Suggested for
a Place.
Nearly All the Portfolios Have
Been rendered, But There
May Be a Readjustment
Cold Comfor Gwen a Nebr askan Who
Urged the Claims of His Own
State.

CANTON, OHIO, Jan. A-There is a
growing impression that the Cabinet will
be finally completed within three weeks,
with the possible exception of one place.
Though Major Mckinley may decide
within the next ten days upon the eight
men who are to form his official family, it
does not follow that the finai appointment
of places and portfolios will be made
within that time. Most of the men who
are selected for the Cabinet will doubt
less be shifted about from time to time
| and the final complexion of the Cabinet
may not be arranged before March 1. The
| Secretary of State is, of course, decided on
and tie Secretary of the Treasury will be
| as definitely known as will that of the In
terror Department, but the portfolios of
war, of the navy, of agriculture, of justice
and the Postoffice Department will be a
good deal shifted about. The President
| elect desires to fill the more important
| places in his Cabinet as soon as possible,
| in order that some thought may be given
as to the work of choosing assistant secre-
taries and the organization of the depart
ments.
| A good deal of progress in the work OF
Cabinet making will probably be made
this week. Major Mckinley has prac-
| tically finished the sitting process, and
| he has listened to as many suggestions on
one hand and protests on the other as he
| has time for. The whole situation has
| been thoroughly canvassed, every avail
able man in the country has been sug-
gested for appointment to the Cabinet
and legion of almost unknown quantities
| @ha T. 20 ha
convinced that if he so desired he would
be told where he might discover some
hitherto unexpected timber for his Cab
! met.
The New York problem of Cabinet rep
resentation will probably be solved this
week. The current gossip is that General
Stewart L. Woodford will be the New
York member OF the Cabinet. He i:
highly esteemed by the President and
personally is on most agreeable terms
with him.
Major Mckinley is more intimately &C
quainted with General Woodford thar
with any of the other New York men wh'
are talked of as Cabinet possibilities. Th
President-elect has a high opinion o
Woodford's ability, and if political condi
tions continue to be as favorable as the
now seem to be, he is pretty certain to b
the next Secretary of War or the Navy.
General Alger's appointment to tn
Cabinet is not regarded as certain, but tn
belief that he will be in it grows, and thi
notion is strengthened by the knowledg
) that ex- x-Governor Merriam of Minnesot
and Henry c. Payne of Wisconsin seen
almost to have dropped, for the time a
least, from the list of those who are beinl
seriously considered. There will be in al
probability Cabinet officer from Wiscon
sin, Michigan or Minnesota, and if MI
Payne or Mr.. Merriam is not chosen it is al
most certain General Alger will be, unles
Lyman ]. Gage should be made Secretar.
of the Treasurv, in which event his ap
pointment would be deemed sufficien
recognition for all that general section @
the country.
The doubts about Mr.. Cages politica
faith and economic creeds having been re
, moved within the last twenty-four hour