Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-31
MKINLEY TO GO SLOW
orrIcr-sEEKrNs NEED NOT
HURRY ABOUT FILING rApERs.
The CABINET AND THE TARIFF.
gouteIIe. Reed, and "a Second Admin
fstratiOn Tor the Ohioan-A yir-
glnia Romnncc-Isnppa Sigma
Banquct-Dcfcat of Dubois

lsoccial)-If Republican gossip at the
Capitol goes for anything, the Virginia
ana other oficc-scekers from the South
need be IN no hurry in pressing their
claims According to the best RepubM-
can authority. the Prcsidont-elect has
resolved on cautious. careful. go-slow
policy. and everything will be done with
Rn eye 20 secure the next nomination.
Tor Mr. Mckinley will want TO serve two
terms
Mr. Mckinley viii so into Office under
farly good auspices. He will not be
nutagonized. to any considerable extent.
nnd every effort will be made for the
continuance Of the rule OF the party.
nrd for the presidential succession. He
has, however. a sufficient opposition in
bis own party TO justify him in the go
slow policy in the matter Of making ap-
po'ntments so as to be able to hold his
opponents IN check The latter have
already developed the fact that Mr.. Nc
Kinlcy will not be allowed to dominate
every hing. and this is indicated by the
features Of the new. tariff BILL now being
drafted by the Ways and Means Com
mittee OF the House. Friends Of the
President-elect on the committee have
failed 10 have the new bill constructed
on the lines Of the old Mckinley bill.
The new tariff law will be conserva-
tive measure. the passage Of which may
be aided by Democratic votes If they
are needed in the Senate This is first
Cos ha gE
the Mckinley faction. McKinley's
friends. therefore. will have TO be eau
tious in the House. and the idea OF Han
mas going into the Senate has been. 1t
IS said, practically abandoned, on the
ground that he would be regarded by
the older senators as a spy for the Presi-
dent. who would be informed of their
every action and utterance.
APPOINTMENTS TO LIE OVER.
Mr. Mckinley has. therefore. resolved
on the cautious. gO-slow policy in the
making OF appointments. IL is safe TO
say that all Of the internal-revenue, Gus
tom-house. and post-ofiice appointments
VIII be laid over until the terms Of the
incumbents expire. and then Auntil their
successors are appointed. a majority of
these offices may not be filled until to-
wards the close Of Mr.. McKinleys Ad-
mlnistration by which time he would
have selected the men 10 secure him the
reorganization, and then. I'm case Of his
reelection, he could reappOint them near
the close of Administration No. 2. and
thus keep them IN office for a double
term
50 that, IL WIN be seen, the Republican
ohice-seekers in Virginia will have ample
Ens so no their applications, get recon-
81 ff.rTa Ind bring
the proper influences TO bear on the
powors that he. Ii is more than likely
that instead ~ the ru'. 4 'dr5t come,
first served" being carried out the case
will probably be reversed and the men
who put IN their applications last will
carry of the best official plums. The
longer Mr.. Mckinley puts off the appoint
ments the better for him. and the strong
er he will be for the nomination by the
next Republican National Convention.
The office-seekers should regard this
information in a friendly way.
CABINET MAKING SLOW.
The Cabinet-making process is also a
slow one. not because Mr. Mckinley
wants II so. but because he can't get hold
Of available material The blatant Bou-
telle of Maine. was said TO be slated
for Secretary Of the Navy, and II was
agreed that he was the man for the
place, having served in the navy during
the war and being now chairman of the
House Committee on Naval Affairs,
where he has served several terms. 1t
turns out. however, according TO the Re-
publican sources of information, that
Boutelle and Speaker Reed are not on the
best Of terms, and that the latter would
resent the appointment of the former as
an affront. OF course, it is settled that
Reed will be the next Speaker and as
chairman Of the Rules Committee Of the
House. will have control of the manage
ment Of the tariff bill. Mckinley wants
that measure passed as promptly as
possible. so as TO get before the Senate,
and be- disposed of as early as possible.
lie would like to see IL 90 into effect at
the commencement Of the next fiscal
year-the 1st Of July. 1897. On this ac-
count the President-elect cannot afford
10 offend the all-powerful Speaker, who
is also his opponent for the next 4oml-
nation. and 50 Boptelle had to be left out
ln the cold.
They are now trying to make Long, OF
Massachusetts. AttOTney-General as a
concession TO New England for the Bou-
telle black-eye.
Representative p. ]. Otey has intro
duced a resolution requesting that the
Committee on the District OF Columbia
Inquire into the necessity OF requiring
q fagman at the crossing Of railways al
New York avenue and Fourteenth street,
view view to the protection of life ana
property. ~
Mr Otey has also presented a petition
of the businessmen Of Roanoke city
protesting against the passage OF the
ticket-brokerage bill.
A VIRGINIA ROMANCE.
Every now and ther romance which
charles Reade could have exaggerated
or paul Bourget could now exaggeratei
into "a novel reaches the House Com
rnittee on Invalid Pensions In the form
OF evidence supporting n claim embodied
In a private pension bin. There has been
introduced a bill increasing the pension
OF Mrs. Harriet J. Hutter. Mrs. Hutter
viii be remembered by old ST. Louisans
as Miss Harriet Risque, the beautiful
daughter Of Major James Beverly Risque,
one OF an Old Virginia family distn-
guished for It's soldiers I'm the Revou-
tionary war and in the War Of 1912. In
the latter war Major Risque commanded
a battalion Of Virginia infantry.
Miss Risque was the niece OF William
Clark whom President Madison, in 1913
appointed Governor Of the Territory OF
Missouri and who served until lS23, When
Missouri was admitted TO the Union. Sne
frequently visited at Governor Clark
home In ST. Louis. and was married there
!n 1893 10 Captain George G. Hutter
Or The sixth United States Infantry
Captain Hutter served with distinction
through the Black Hawk and Seminole
Wars and later through the Mexican
war; under General Scott His dealh
occurred in 1850, and shortly after the
death of Major Rsque, who died aitcf
mfetlug with severe financial roVerseS.