The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-11-16
President Invites His
Cabinet To Stay.
HE MAKES AN ADDRESS THANKING
MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT
ASKS Continued Servlce-Each Membrr Re.
sppnds-While Nine Make Promises,
All VIII Probably Remain.

Washington, Nov. 13.-President
Mckinley today announced clearly
and forcefully to the members of his
cabinet hls desire that they should
al remain with him during the four
years of his coming administration.
Ills wishes were made known in an
acknowledgement at the cabinet meet
ing at the White House today. Re-
sponses were made by all the mem-
bers present, and while there was no
definite pledge from any Of them that
they would accept the portfolios thus
rendered afresh, there was on the
other hand no definite declination.
Today's proceeding setting forth
the wishes Of the President IN the
matter relieves the members of the
customary obligation of rendering
their resignation at the end of the
term, unless they have made "a ire
vocable decision that it will be i'm
possible for them to continue in Of
Ice. 1t also sets at rest all specula
ton and slate. making of tho coun-
try's political prophets, for it is IN.
derstood generally that there ia but
one doubtful factor in the homoge.
neity of the present cabinet. That
factor is Attorney General Grggs,
as he holds his present position ut a
great financial sacrifice. Still Mr..
Griggs replied in terms of warm ap-
pseclation to the complimentary le-
marks of the President, and voiced
no intention of retiring from his
present position.
This is not the first time that the
President has expressed to the men,
bers of the cabinet his pleasure at
the support they had given him. He
said as much in general way at
the last cabinet meeting when the
members, several of whom had been
scattered by the political campaign,
got together for the first time and
congratulated him upon the outcome
Of the election. Today the Presi-
nent evidently had prepared for the
occasion, and in his address reviewed
the work of the administration in the
last four years-four of the most ex.
citing years the country has known
in three decades. 1t was a surprise
even to the cabinet mombers them
selves to note how accurately the
President had fixed in his memory
the sequence Of events and how calm
ly he relinqnished the personal cred
it for successful strokes of policy or
prudence and attributed the honor
to the member of his Official family
in whose immediate department the
matter in question had arisen.
He said that if the result of the
recent election was On endorsement
of his administration 1t was no less
an endorsement Of the men who had
stood by him in the time of stress
and necessity. The credit for sue
cess, he said, lay with the heads of
his various departments, and he
should shrink from entering upon
another four years Of Office unless he
could be assured that he would have
with him a majority at least Of the
men who formed his present official
household. He said he knew that in
asking them to remain with him
there was scarcely one who could do
80 without some sacrifice either of
money, leisure or personal molina
ton. At the same time be said he
should feel happier if all of them
could crafty hiswish. .-
Secretary Hay was the first to re-
spond. He said that for his part he
deeply appreciated the compliment
tary reference made by his chief, and
he thought there was not member
Of the cabinet who would sever such
pleasant official relations without re-
gret, and even then only in case Of
the moat urgent reasons for retire.
ment
Secretaries Gage, Long, Hitchcock
and Wilson, Attorney General Grlggs
and Postmaster General Smith each
spoke in turn and in much the same
vein. Secretary Root was the only
member absent from the meeting,