San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-10
M'KINLEY'S CABINET.
OF MEN WITH PLENTY
OF BRAINS AND EXPERIENCE.
Frye's Little Trick Worked Well-Ken-
tucky's Senatorial squabble
And the President Are Friendly.

President Mckinley has certainly
been a very extensively congratulated
man. Those that have come by mail
and by wire from every section Of the
world would fill several barrles, and
since the morning after his Inaugural
| ton, which was record breaker, the
president has devoted the greater por-
ton of his waking time, Sunday ex-
| cepted, of course, to receiving those
| rendered in person. In consequence
he has had little opportunity to get
down to business. The more one
considers the men chosen by President
Mckinley for his advisors, the stron-
| ger grows the conviction that this is
going to be business administration
from the jump. There are no expert
| ments. Secretary Sherman, the old
est member, has been in public life for
fOrty-twO years; Secretary Bliss and
| Postmaster General Gary were both
| born in 1S33,and both have heretofore
declined to leave their large business
| interests to accept public office, other
| than membership of the Republican
| National committee; Secretary Will
On,who was born in 1885, made good
record in Congress and was at the head
of the Iowa Agricultural colleges ecre-
| tary Gage, who was born in 1886, has
a world wide reputation as a business
man tinancier; Secretary Alger, who
was born in 1897, has good war rec
| ord and a fine business reputation;
Secretary Long, who was born in 49,
| 80, made an excellent record both in
Congress and as governor Of Massa-
| chusets, and Attorney General Nc
| Kenna, the baby of the cabinet, who
| was born in 1S43, has legal and ju-
| dicial record of which any man
| might be proud, in addition to hav-
| ing been a brilliant member of the
| House. With such advisers and his
\ own hard horse sense, there is little
/ 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
| organization of the Senate, it should
| not leave the committee on foreign re-
| lations without a head, when he offer
! ed a resolution, which was adopted
| without opposition, authorizing Sena-
| tor Davis, of Minnesota, to act as
| chairman of the committee until fur
| Their notice. As the ranking Republi-
/ can member of the committee, Senator
| Frye was entitled to the craftsmanship,
| but he preferred giving way to Sena-
| tor Davis and retaining his chairman
| ship of the committee on commerce.
| 1t is not yet certain what is to be done
! about a reorganization of the Senate,
| and it may that there will be no re-
| organization further than the filling of
| vacancies on the committees. The
| Republicans held q cacueus and elect
| ed Senator Allison, as chairman of the
| caucus to succeed Senator Sherman,
and incidentally talked over re-Organi-
cation without arriving at any con-
| clusi0n-
| Although a Republican senator from
| Kentucky is very much desired, it is
very doubtful whether Maj. A. L.
| Wood, who has been appointed by the
| governor of Kentucky to fill the va
cancy pending action by the Legisla-
| ture, which has been called to meet
| in extra session to elect a 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, Mon
tana and Wyoming. 1t is in the pow
| err of the Republican majority of the
Kentucky Legislature to elect a sena-
| tor who will have no trouble about ia
king his seat, and President McKin-
| ley and every Republican 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 a Re
publican state, but the opposition has
managed during a long period to con-
troll the Legislature often enough to
keep one senator. Now for the first
time since 1869 there are two Republic
can senators from the state, and that
Senators Foraker and Hanna will
creditably represent the state Is as GER
tain as that they have taken rank
among the leaders of the Senate.
The know-it-alls who are cock sure
| that President Mckinley and Speaker
Reed Che doesn't happen to be speaker
| inst now, but as the title will be
again conferred upon him next week,
| it need not be dropped) were not on
good terms will have to guess again.
The first man Of prominence who had
an extended conference with President
Mckinley was Speaker Reed, and VI
olate no confidence in asserting that
they are in thorough accord as to the
policy to be pursued to restore pros
perity to the country and will work
together to carry out that policy.
No less than forty-six bills, including
three regular appropriations, failed to
become laws because Of Mr.. Cleve-
ct - al n mn