Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1889 — The Cabinet in Session. [ARTICLE]

The Cabinet in Session.

St. Nicholas. The President presides, seated at the bead of the long table, facing north, on his right are seated the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, and Post-master-General; on his left are the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Attorney-General; and opposite to him, at the foot of the table, is the Chair of the Secretary of the Inteiior. The private secretary occupies a seat at a small desk facing the southern window and near the President, This arrangement is not in accordance with the ord6r of precedence observed by Congress in establishing the Presidential Succession. If the At-torney-General and Secretary of the Navy should change seats, bringing the former fourth and the latter sixth, —the rank alternating across the table,—the order * ould be strictly correct. The sessions of the Cabinet are informal a flairs. No persons except those named are permitted to enter the room daring the councils, and no official record of the proceedings is kept. The business done or discussed covers all leading subjects belonging to the various branches of administration on which the President may desire information or advice,—department reports concerning special matters of importance, appointments to office, and questions of general administrative policy. Mayor-elect Grant of New York la worth half a million.