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Who are the men who are to help
McKlnley run his administration? A
wore of well-known politicians have
been suggested, but not all arc abso
lutely assured nt this writing. The
slates made tip are likely to bo broken.
There Is no more uncertain thing than
a cabinet before the Inauguration of
a president. When Grant's first cabi
net was announced, live of the appoint
ments were surprises, and not n single
secretary had been anticipated with
certainty. As It was, the cabinet was
changed rapidly after he was Inaugu
rated. Alexander T. Stewart, who had
been named for secictnry of the treas
ury, could not serve according to the
law, which preventH a merchant from
holding that position, under a line of
$3,000. HawlhiH. his secretary of war.
died in September following, and
Borle, who was secretary of the navy,
served three months, and then asked
Grant to allow him to resign.
Lincoln's cabinet ministers weie not
surely known before he came In, and
they were changed very rapidly there
after. Some of the members of the
cabinet were arranged for at the time
of the convention by the promises of
some of Lincoln's friends, and I have
heard It said that Pennsylvania went !
for Lincoln at Chicago In 1SG0 on con
dition that Simon Cameron was to go
Into the cabinet. This deal was made
without tho knowledge of Lincoln by
David Davis and Leonard Swett. Lin
coln did not like It, and It was long
beforo he would consent to let Cam
eron hnve the place. He finally gave
him the war department. After the
administration began he did not like
him as secretary of war, and wanted
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to get rid of him. He succeeded in do
ing this through Leonard Swett and
Thurlow Weed. Judge Grosscup, who
was a partner of Swett, told me the
story. He says that Weed made Cam
eron think that he was going to lose
both his reputation and his health by
continuing In the position. Weed came
from Now York to see Cameron. As he
met him he started back and ex
claimed: "My God, senator! Are you
sick? You don't look at all well."
Old Senator Cameron, who had a
constitution of Iron, and who, you
know, was over 80 when he died, re
plied that ho was In his usual health,
but Weed went on:
"Well, you don't look It. You have
lost somo weight since I saw you last,
and your color Is not good. I fear
you are working too hard, Cameron."
Mra. Cameron was present when this
last remark waB made, and Bhe said
she agreed with Mr. Weed that her
husband was working too hard. After
dinner that night Mr. Weed advised
Cameron to get out of the department.
He told him he thought the war was
going to bo a failure. He said it would
end only In the loss of thousands of
lives and millions of property, and that
Cameron as secretary of war would be
cursed from one end of the United
States to the other.
After somo time Cameron became
alarmed and said: "But suppose 1
want to got out, Mr. Weed. How can
I do it without seeming to be either a
coward or a failure?"
To this Weed replied that he did not
know, but that he would tako a walk
and think It over and see If somo ar
rangement could not bo made. As ho
went out ho spoko to Mrs. Cameron
again about her husband's health, and
eho told him that she wanted Mr. Cam
eron to leavo tho cabinet. In nn hour
or so Mr. Weed roturned and told
Simon Cameron that he had hit upon
a good plan nnd that was for him to
accept tho mission to Russia. "But."
replied Cameron, "It has not been of
fored to mo." "As to that," said Wood,
"I know that I can fix matters with
Secretary Seward and you will get
your appointment. This will give you
a good excuse for resigning." To this
Cameron consented. Weed saw Seward
and the president and the appointment
was made.
Gen. Charley Grosvenor told me once
a curious story, as to how Garfield's
cabinet was formed. He denies that
Blaine forced hlmsolf upon Garlleld.
Ho says Garfield felt very friondly to
Blaine, nnd that ho had thought of him
as secretary df Btato oven before ho had
written his lottor of acceptance, say
ing one day: What a splendid chief
of Btaff Jim Blalno would make."
"Garflold, in fact," said Gon. Gros
vonor, "wrote out his first cabinet
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slate the night he was elected. It
was at half-past 10 when he got a
telegram from Chester A. Arthur as
suring him that New York had given
him U0.000 majority. Gen. Swalm, who
was with Garfield at Mentor at tho
time, said, as they looked over tho
telegram, "That settles It, general. You
are elected; but before you go to bed
sit down here and write out a cabinet."
Gen. Garlleld laughed at this, but llnn
ally consented, saying, "Well, Swalm,
let us see how near we are together.
You sit down at that table over there
and write out a cabinet. When you
have Mulshed turn your paper face
downward upon tho table. 1 will do
the same here and we will turn the
papers over together nnd compare
them." Uoth then sat down nnd be
gan to write. When they had lln
lshed on both slates was James G.
Maine, and Allison was upon both for
secietaryshlp or the treasury. Of the
others all but one were changed beforo
the Inauguration, and Allison, you
know, would not accept."
Garfield was the first president under
whom Senator Allison refused a cabl
et place. I understand that he has
been uppermost In President McKln-
ley's mind as the head of the state dc-
partment, but that the president-elect
has wanted to know whether ho would
refuse or not before he offered the po
sition. I get this from men very close
to McKlnley. Senator Allison told me
oncu that he could not take the In
terior department under Garlleld be
cnuse he did not want to antagonize
Gov. Klrkwood, of Iowa, who was then
a leading candidate. It was on ac
count of the ambition of Clarkson, an-
other Iowa man, that he refused the
secretaryship of the treasury under
Harrison. Tho story of tho manner of
this refusnl has never been told. Sen
ator Cullom, who was one of the actors
upon the occasion, Is my authority. He
said to me tho other night:
"It was Just lifter I had been elected
to the sennto and some weeks before
President Harrison had come on from
Indianapolis to Washington to bo in
augurated. I had to go west to thank
my legislative friends for their sup
port, and on my way I Intended to
stop and cl! upon the president-elect.
When I goc on the train I found Sena
tor Allison there. Ho was also going
west, and wo rodo together. During
the Journey ho told me that President
Harrison had asked him to come out
to sec him, nnd that ho wanted him to
he his secretary of the treasury. Sena
tor Allison told mo that ho could not
accept the position, and that he was
going out to refuse It. As we drew near
Indianapolis I noticed him becoming
more and more restless. He evidently
did not like tho Job of having to re
fuse Harrison. At last he said:
" 'Now, Cullom, I have been thlnk-
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Ing how you can help mo In this. Wo
will call upon Harrison togother and
I will boo that he talks to you first.
You can thus prepare his mind for my
refusal. You can tell him that I have
ome out for this purpose, and ho wll
ot be surprised when I speak.'
"This I promised to do," continued
Sonator Cullom. "When wo got to
Indianapolis wo went direct to Presi
dent Harrison's houso. It was about
dinner time when wo arrived and we
nt once sat down to tho table. After
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dinner was over, when we were out In
the smoking room and hail about fln
inlshcd our cigars, Mr. Allison said:
Now, Mr. President, Senator Cullom
is anxious to get away this afternoon.
Ho told me that he only wanted n few
moments with you, nnd If you don't
object I will go Into the other room
and finish my cigar, and you cnu have
your conversation here.' This wns as
sented to by President 'Harrison, nnd
Allison went Into another room.
"Well," continued Se .ator Cullom,
"afler we wore alone and had gono
over the general topic, of the occasion,
I directed the convcit-ailon to the cabi
net and then said: 'Gen. Harrison,
during our trip out hero Senator Alli
son took me Into his confidence. He
told me you had offeied him the secre
taryship of the treasury, and he also
told me that he had decided he could
not accept It. He asked me to say this
to you during our Interview and to tell
you that he thought he could servo you
and your administration better In the
senate than In the cabinet.' As I said
this President Hurrlson pushed his
head to the front and asked me If that
was true. I could see that he was
much disturbed. He said but little
further, however. The conversation
changed. He soon recovered himself
and talked on ns though nothing had
hnppcned. I know that Allison did
refuse the place then, but I have not
hod n word with him nor Harrison
about It from that day to this."
The state department and tho treas
ury promise to be among the hard
working positions of the. next admin
istration. Most secretaries of the
treasury have complained about thu
work. Folger and Manning and Wln
dom are popularly supposed to have
died from overwork in the treasury
I called the other day at tho state de(
pnrtment to seo Secretary Olney, and
ask him about the work of his office1.
Ho would not talk, but I could sec that
he thought ho had plenty to do.
Whether overwork In tho state depart
ment caused Gteshnm's death Is a ques
tion. I am told that he did not Ilka
the bustle of public affairs, and It U
i elated that when he was postmaster,
general ho grew sick of the position
and wanted to get out of It. One day,
it is said, ho entered the house of a
friend in Washington, and, throwing
himself upon the sofa, exclaimed: "I
would not be a cabinet officer again for
a salary of $4,000,000 a year." Still it
was after Uils he accepted the port
folio of the treasury and later on con
sented to bo Cleveland's secretary of
state.
I visited, the other afternoon, tho
room In the White House In which
are to be held the secret councils of
Maj. McKlnley's administration. The
cabinet room is on the scend floor of
the White House, just nt the head of
tho stairs between tho library, which
will probably form Mrs. McKlnley's
sitting room, and the largo room over
tho east room and the green room,
which will be tho president's office,
and in which President Cleveland is
spending tho last days of his admin
istration. Further on is the prlvato
secretary's, room, the whole suite on
the cast side of the second floor con
stituting the business portions of tho
executive mansion. The cabinet room
is plainly furnished. There are eight
straight-backed chairs with leather
cushions for the cabinet ministers and
a swinging chair of wicker and wood
for the president. President McKln
ley v Ml sit nt the head of tho table,
with his different ministers at the right
and left, according to their order of
precedence. During the meetings of
the cabinet no one Ib admitted to this
room. Sergt. LoefTler, the president's
prlvato messenger, sits at the door
and there is no chance for cabinet se
crets to leak out except through the
ministers themselves. Frank G. Car
penter in Detroit Free Press.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Cmue and KftVct.
Hero is a little rider to the hlstor)
of tho Shrewsbury church spire and the
Darwin memorial. I am told that 'While
,t Is undoubtedly true that -the steeple
vas damaged by tho storm, and also
hat tho Darwin memorial was then In
contemplation, it is also true that the
parBon of tho damaged church was the
only one In Shrewsbury who had not
subscribed to tho memorial. I cannot
gay whether this is true, but It ought to
be. Iondon Truth,
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A Unique Collection of
The most unique collection of stamps
which any one ever heard of is owned
by a woman in Mnghamton. N. Y.
Not so much doeu the oddness He In
the stamps themselves as In the meth
od of arrangement. There are Sl'.'J.dOO
of them, and they completely cover
every portion of a bed loom set, con
sisting of bedstead, diwser and chairs.
Tho stamps are secured to the set with
tho aid of glue and then covered with
hcny spur varnish. Tho stamps can
bo wushed In their present condition
without Injury. This curio of collec
tions Is owned by Mrs. George Wilson
of 191 Vcvdul avenue. Miwhumton. N.
Y. The beginning of this strange col
lection dates back many year. The
first chnlr of tho set that was decorat- !
ed wns'iiwiied by n colored family In
Virginia In the. middle of the last cen
tury. Gradually the chair passed from
hand to hand until nt last It came
Into tho possession of Mrs. Gcnrgo
Yancey, a colored woman who now
lives at Ovid, N. Y enjoying that
which mo rarely comes to man or wom
Vlrglnla In the middle of tho last cen
tury of life. This chair Is noticeable In
the accompanying Illustration, which
was drawn from a photograph, by Its
goncral quaint appearance and Its par
ticularly straight bnck. It canm from
the banks of the James river when
Mrs. Yancey had been given her free
dom and Journeyed north to New York
Btato. She made a present of the chair
to Mrs, Wilson, and It was with the
Idea of beautifying and preserving the
furniture that Mrs. Wilson began dec
orating with postage stamps. Since
this undent relic of colonial days has
been adorned In this unique manner
seven other attlclcs of furnltiiro havo
received similar treatment, until now
tho whole forms ono of the most pp.
collar results of the curio collector's
art that Is oxtant.
The collection of postage stamps Is
something In which many persons nro
engaged and thousands more interested.
It is really ono ot tho fads in which
young und old find equal enjoyment.
Tho little miss not yet in the grammar
school and her mother nt homo both
pursue with equal eagerness tho accu
mulation of those little bits of gummed
paper which carry articles through tho
mall tho world over. Strange nnd
unique aro tho forms the collections
tako in order that thoy may bo prop
erly prcservod. But Mrs. Wilson's Is
the queerest of them all. Included In
tho tiny specimens of stamps which
conceal every vestlgo of woodwork
about the furniture which thoy adorn,
are stamps from everywhere thnt the
international postal system reigns and i
several places where no exchange of
mall matter has yet been agreed upon, i
All these arc arranged lu a manner as
quaint as the Idea itself. It must not
be supposed that Mrs. Wilson's patriot
ism Is of bo light an order that she
would permit any other than the
stamps of tho United States to be In
the majority. There aro the faces of
every president who has been allowed
to bo made a sample of tho steel en
graver's art from Washington down.
There are odd old stamps which most
people have forgotten ever existed,
stamps only known to the stamp col
lector ns a rule, and which would bo
Immensely vnluable by themselves.
All theso curios are of our own make,
that have borne missives on many u
strango errand.
There nro stamps which Journeyed
about In the crazy postal conveyances
which carried tho mall that was not
Undo Snm's during the days when
civil war raged relentlessly. Then
there aro stamps ot the days when
the missives from Southern battlefields
to Northern homes brought both Joy
and sorrow, tho latter quite as often as
tho formor. There aro ono or two
stamps that were used when California
was tho Golden Gato to so many for
tune seekers. Tho nation's history Is
plastered all over this furniture and the
story that might bo told about it, If
the truth wero known, would no doubt
make It vie In Interest In the eyes
of the Amorlcan peoplo with tho treas
ures of Mount Vernon, tho sacred rel
ics ot Springfield, or those remem
brances to which all the world bows at
Galena. Thero Is no particular meth
od of arrangement of this nearly a
million of stamps. Noble and peasant
are sldo by side, and tho commonest
bit of postage evidence is just as Ha
ble to have a position of honor as tho
big pleco of gummed paper with two
figures on It. Evidently Mrs. Wilson
believes with tho poet, that rank Is but
tho guinea stamp.
Of the foreign specimens of postal
necessities there aro very many, and
a 0M na they aro numerous. Tho
i queer-looking, dark colored affair that
I cones from the land ot the Cossack nnd
Rare Postage Stamps, I
t
of Tolstoi seems strangely out of place, .
lodged for life on a bit of wood In a '
town her the very oMenco of free- i
dnin Is in the air Itself. Properly !
enough, there nestles close to the re
minder' of the Little Father's country
the stately and benignant face of her
gracious majesty on whose empire the
sun never sets. Alongside of these two
is the Jolly postal emblem of Uoumauta,
while the kaiser's youthful face looks
out at you from his neighbor that once
brought a letter from the land that now
Is wrenched with the tales of SUtnboli
loft's assassination.
Then King Humbert looks out from
near by, wlille-and one may almost
fancy It sneers -a typu of the face that
frowns savagely on everything Amor
Ican Is seen. And from everywhere
peep at you countenances which
European history and current events
maku us familiar with. While tho famo
of .Mrs. Wilson's queer collection has
been limited to a certain prescribed
circle In genernl. It has gone abroad a
little, sufficiently so that Cornell uni
versity offered the lady $200 therefor
and has several times mnde efforts to
Induce her to accept the tender made.
When the stamps were received, and
they came along In joo lots, Mro. Wil
son carefully washed and dried them
and then glued them on after the stylo
of a cta.y patchwork quilt.
PRESENCE OF MIND.
The Mtiln IVmlntril In Licking llor
In cr.
Here Is a story the truth of which
I do not vouch for says a writer In the
New York Advertiser: The scene re
minded one of that odl picture, "When
shall we three meet again?" It was
at a busy corner on Broadway and n
mlddle-nged woman who had evidently
been out shopping sauntered nlong,
looking from one side to tho other,
wondering If there was anything sho
had forgotten. When everything was
In a bolter and skelter, everybody was
lu haste, either to catch a train or
boat, this woman mado a bold effort
to cross tho streot, but beforo gottlng
far sho was cut off by n car and a
piano wagon druwn by two muleB. For
a moment everything wns In confu
sion. Women on tho sidewalk nearly
dropped for fear that tho woman would
bo crushed to death beforo their eyes,
but tho men laughed when they saw
this flimsy woman start to return to
the pavement; but alas, she was over
taken by tho piano wagon. Tho wo
man, seeing what a predicament she
was In, gave a little leap and landed
on tho polo chains of tho wagon, tho
driver, moanwhlle, endeavoring to Btny
his team. Bofore ho had succeeded
the woman was gracefully sitting on
the wagon pole, with an arm over tho
neck of each mule. The mules showed
no surprise, bqt simply stared at each
other as If to sny: "Well, Dick, do you
want this now woman?" Tho other
mulo persisted In strolling along and
licking tho woman's faco. She did not
laugh, nor did she scream, and after
a half-mlnutc of amusement tho driver
brought his team to a standstill nnd
tho woman wob safoly landed on the
other side of the street.
A LADY'S MAID DISCHARGED.
Hlio TrleU In (let the I.mly lloiup, hut
tliu I.mljr Wouldn't .
A handsomely dressed blondo wear
ing diamonds, who answered to tho
namo of Allco Browor, was arraigned
In tho Butler Btreel pollco court, Brook
lyn, yesterdny morning chnrged with
Intoxication. Sho had been arrested,
by Policeman Oallagher of tho Sixth
avenuo street station lato Friday night.
He said ho found two women strug
gling in Sixth nvontto and ono was try
ing to get tho othor to go home.
"You're discharged." said the blondo
to tho woman who was trying to get
her homo; "you are not fit to attend a
lady."
Tho pqllceman said tho maid Anally
went home, but the blonde sat with her
feet In tho gutter until sho was arrest
ed. A man who was in court informed
Justice Walsh that tho woman was his
wife, but that her namo waa not Brew
er. He said shohad attended a dinner
und had taken too much wine. Sho was
found guilty, but sentence was sus
pended. Didn't Mrun o llu Caught.
"Don't you lot mo catoh you In
hero again," roared tho grocer as ho
spanked tho boy that had been filling
his pockets with ginger snaps.
"It's your own fault that you caught
me this time," sobbed tho otruggllng
kid.
KEEN ENJOYMENT.
It Wu Only mi Impi-rimlnii lint It 0T
llllll I'lrimnrr.
The policeman's beat led him past
i a fence which was formerly In demand
fur the display of theatrical posters, but
which has been abandoned, says the
Washington Star. It Is oloquen' with
descriptions of glories that have drl
sled and departed. A shy-looking man
stopped to look nt the old postets and
he lingered so long that the policeman
grew suspicious and walked up und
down the block suvcral times In order
to make sure that ho was not wultlnr
to signal to a confederate to plan somi
nefarious excursion.
"1 I hope I do not annoy you," tna
shy-looking man said deferentially.
"I ought not to be doing this; It's not
generous or kind of me. But I can't
help It."
"I don't seo that you are doing any
harm at present."
"Of course you don't. You're not a
mind reader. It was my guilty con
science that spoke. I havo a vindic
tive nature and I can't master It. I'm
one of those people who dislike Great
Britain on general principles. I can't
got rid of the feeling that tho stamp
act was a personal Insult, and every
once In n while I forget myself and
want to enlist In Georgo Washington
army. Every time anybody suggests
some mentis of twisting tho lion's tall
It Is all I can do to keep from getting
up and howling with gleo."
"I don't see what that has to do with
the case."
"Do you observe tho names of Eng
lish actors that appear there?"
"Yes."
"Every one of thorn wns a shining
light at home. They hnd to bo coaxed
and pleaded with beforo they would
consent to leavo tho public whoso Idols
they were. Tho way tholr managers
talked about It In tholr Interviews al
most brought tears to my eyes. But
once here, they very rarely go away
except on short vacations. Season af
ter season they nro with us to tell us
how much they nro missed at home.
And whenever I think of tho manner
In which the English public Is deprived
of all this flower of Its dramatic tal
ent, yearning In vnln for It year after
year, It makes my bosom fairly thrllj
with fiendish Joyl"
TO PROTECT WILLS.
A ConiH'i'tlrut Judgo'ii 1'Iaii fur Currying
Out ii Ti-nlutor'n Wlihp.
From tho Hnrtford Times: Tho only
practical and simple scheme for the
prevention ot attacks on wills Is that
proposed by Judge John II. White of
Hartford, and defeated by tho legisla
ture of 18D5. It provides that ovory
person on making a will may doposlt
it with a legal officer, who shall give
public nolico that n will has been bo
offered, and that all who wish to at
tack tho capacity ot tho testator shall
have a certain time In which to offer
evidence and bring the matter to a de
cision. If no objection to tho testator's
capacity is made within tho time speci
fied, tho will cannot bo attacked on
that ground after his death. Tho con
tents of tho will aro not disclosed, oven
to its ctiBtodlan. No ono has any
ground to attack It becauso ho is loft
out or gets less than he thinks ho
should havo. Evidently peoplo will
think twlco bofore attacking tho testa
mentary capacity of n man who is
thero to defond hlmsolf, especially
when thoy nro uncertain how ho has
devised his property, and mny bo bit
ting off tholr own noses. As Mr.
Swlveller remarked about the rooms
at Bevls Markls: "Tho contingent ad
vantages aro extraordinary." Under
this law there would bo no premium
on will-breaking. Tho proposed law
docs not require any ono to deposit his
will. It merely gives to overy person
an opportunity to make sure that his
intentions regarding his property shall
bo carried out and a growing scandal
diminished. Another Idea is that the
legislature pass an act directing the
judge In his charge to the jury, In case
of will contests, to Instruct them as
to the weight ot evidence and tho ver
dict that Is demanded by tho law.
These will cases present questions of
law about which the Judge knows more
than the Jury; and wo can conceive of
no moro Infamous practice than that
of breaking' a will on technical points,
when tho intent ot tho testator Is clear.
Something should bo done to stop tfits
continued and growing raid upon wills
Itnpnrutlon,
John Butts, Sr. I want to leavo my
property to my two sons one-tenth
to my youngest son, John Butts, and
nlne-tcnthB to my oldct son, Itoyal
Chesterfield Cljnuncoy do Poyster
Butts.
Family Lawyer H'm! Do you think
that's quite fair?
John Butts, Sr. Yes; I want to make
some kind of reparation to Royal for
allowing his mother to give him such
a crackjaw name. TIt-BltB.
"SCRAPS."
There aro 3,37!) Americans living V.
Australia.
Tho queen has sixty pianos at Os
borne, Windsor and Buckingham pal
ace. Fleet street In London is being wid
ened and It cost $150,000 jto move back
one tavern.
There aro still 20,000,000 square miles
ot tho earth's surface that have not
been explored.
Thero are 870 prisons in Asiatic and
European Hussla, with tho total num
bor of 100,913 prisoners.
Forty-flve carloads of walnuts, val
ued at noarly $70,000, wero sblpp&d
from Fullorton. Cal this year.
Wild dogs aro becoming numerous in
the vicinity of Wilcox, Ariz., wher
they kill a great many young calves.
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