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New Cabinet Changes Shaping Nation’s Direction
The article surveys rapid cabinet reshuffles in the McKinley era, noting the frequent posts, eventual stability in three core offices, and key appointments including Elihu Root as war secretary and John Hay as secretary of state. It traces 1898 changes, the evolution of the cabinet, and lists the members serving in the fall. It also notes women railway guards in Italy and a large number of barber shops and barbers in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selary Alger
New York
Elihu Root
Lyman Gage
the Treasury
John D. Long
Navy
James Wilson
McKinley
James A. Gary
Maryland
Charles Emory Smith
Pennsylvania
John Sherman
Spain
William R. Day
Ohio
Day
Peace Commission
Paris
Canton
United States
Department of State
John Hay
London
Stephen
Lyman J. Gage
War
John W. Griggs
Charles 2. Smith
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
the Interior
Agriculture