Evening star., 1901-09-18
AGREED TO SERVE
Members of Cabinet Accept Their
Reappointment.
TO CARRY OUT M'KINLEY POLICIES
President Roosevelt VIII Return
Friday.
CARRY OUT M'KINLEY POLICIES
PROPOSED CANAL TREATY

The first cabinet meeting Of Presidene
Roosevelt was held yesterday afternoon at
8 o'clock at the residence of Comma nder
| Cowles, the Presidents Washington home
until he goes to the White House.
| The President asked the members of NJ.
| Mckinley's cabinet to retain their port
foios throughout his term and announced
| that his administration would follow the
policy outlined by President Mckinley in
| his Buffalo speech.
He expressed the hope and expectation
that every member would serve through
| out his term, for, he said, he rendered the
| appointments as If he had just been elected
| to the presidency, and was forming an
original cabinet. The President said. how
! ever, there was one difference between the
| present tender and that of an original offer,
namely, under the present circumstances
| they were not at liberty to decline
| Upon being asked by q member If resig.
| nations should be formally presented in the
| usual manner the President answered that
/ his action at this meeting had preclude6
| the necessity of presenting designations.
The discussion turned upon the policy OF
the administration, and Mr.. Roosevelt an
nounced that he regarded the speech Of
/ the late President at Buffalo Pan American
| exposition the day previous to the tragic
shooting outlining the policies to be
followed by the administration.
| The cabinet members, with the excep.
tion OF Secretaries Hay and Long, accom-
panied the remains Of the dead President
| to Canton to participate in the funeral
| ceremonies.
| Secretaries Hay and Long remained In
Washington at the Presidents request, Mrs'
| Roosevelt thinking that some members OF
| the cabinet should continue in Washing
| ton.
| Besides holding the cabinet meeting Presi-
dent Roosevelt saw a few callers during
! the afternoon. At 7:3O O'Clock he and Com
! mander Cowies left the latter's residence
| for the Pennsylvania railway station to
| take the train to Canton.
The Reappointments Accepted.
All members of the cabinet have accepted
the reappointments rendered by President
Roosevelt, and will remain members of the
administration on precisely the same terna
| as IL they had accepted original appoints
ments. The manner in which President
Roosevelt made the tender rendered 1t inn
possible for the members of the cabinet to
take any other course in the premises. It
Is different from original tender of appoint-
ments because they are already in the po.
-sitfons and cannot decline, but must re-
sign their places More than this, they all
believe In the sincerity Of the President IN
desiring their services and in return they
wish to assist him to the full extent OF
their power to carry out the policies OF
former President Mckinley. which Mr..
tion.
The Isthmian Canal.
Another feature Of the relations of the
new President with the last administration
became known today, which was to the eff
feet that Mr.. Roosevelt has been fully ad.
vised and has approved of the negotia,.
tions in progress relative to the proposed
isthmian canal. Mr.. Roosevelt was con-
suited because he was Vice President and
because he would be the presiding officer
of the Senate when the treaty resulting
from these negotiations was under cone
sideration.
The President VIII Return Friday.
President Roosevelt will come back to
Washington Friday, and viii take up his
executive work. 1t is not known whether
he will go to the Presidents room in the
White House for that work. Mrs Roose-i
welt has gone to Oyster Bay to arrange;
for returning to Washington to live. 1t is
understood that she will take charge Of;
her portion of the White House next Wed-
nesday. She may not at once move in,
but she will assume charge and make ar-l
rangements for the family to occupy the
building. j
AS this is the case it is presumed that
those things belonging to Mrs. Mckinley.
will be taken away before that time These
effects do not include furniture, bed clothI
ing and such articles. which are furnished
by the government but many articles Of
bric-a-brac and souvenirs. The White,
House attic is filled with gifts that they
were unable to use. On his various trips
many beautiful and valuable articles were
presented to President Mckinley and his
wife. Some of these are at Canton, but
most of them are here A fine oil painting
of President McKinley's mother hangs In
the private part of the White House, and
will, of course, be taken to Canton. There I,
are also paintings of other members of the
family.
The Presidents office itself contained lite
tie that personally belonged to Mr.. McKin.
ley. Most Of the furniture has been there
for years and through various Presidents.
President Mckinley used the cabinet room
for his office. President Roosevelt may do
like Presidents Cleveland and Harrison and
use the large room just east of the cabinet
room as his office. That room contains
nothing that was the personal property
of the dead President.
I, The Presidents Private Secretary.
William Loeb, President Roosevelt's pri- I
vate secretary, was "a the White House to>4
day looking into the details of the work IN
the executive office. Mr.. Loeb has been
with President Roosevelt since the latter
became governor of New York, and his re- /
lations are as close as were those of Sec,
retary Cortelyou to President Mckinley.
Mr.. Loeb is well and favorably known to
public men in New York. He was a steh
nographer In public Offices at Albany for q
number of years, and exhibited marked
ability. He was selected by Gov. Roosevelt
from a large number of stenographers who
had worked with the governor. Mr.. Loeb
possesses executive ability and tact OF q
high order. 1t Is not yet determined what
his relations to President Roosevelt will be,
The chief executive has not yet taken up
matters, although it has been stated that
he has asked Secretary Cortelyou to re-
main with him.
Mr.. Cortelyou's friends are not aware Of
his own intentions. 1t has been said that
Mr.. Cortelyou may sooE undertake the
rat lon Qf a m he
Of the late President. There has also been
talk that he would go into business, and
that he had received a number of gratifying
offers. Several months before he was shot
President Mckinley told friend that he
intended to provide for life for Secretary
Cortelyou upon retirement from Office.
Movements of Naval Vessels.