Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-22
THE NEW CABINET
Gossips Already Talking About
President HarrisOn's New
Advisory Board.
Thomas Plat Said to Have the
Pull on the Treasury
Portfolio.
A Lot of Men Sure to APP
pear--Carter to Get Some
thing Real Good.

Politicians who come direct TO
Washington from the republican ma
tional headquarters are dropping in
teresting bits Of gossip regarding
President HarFison's selection of a
new cabinet, provided he Is reelected
in November. The most interesting
phase OF this gossip is to the effect
that not a man now holding a cabinet
position win be retained by the Pres
ident il he is successful.
Three OF the men that he is said to
be most dissatisfied with are Foster,
of the treasury, Tracy, Of the navy,
and EIkins, Of the war department.
All three Of these men have made
failures in a political way for the
President, Notwithstanding the fact
that he counted more upon their abil-
itv to do him good than any other
three men classed as his friends in
the republican party.
Secretary Foster, of the treasury de-
partment, has a long list Of failures
to his record in running that depart
ment, and in conducting the canvas
Of the President when he was a can
didate for denomination, and, again,
in manipulating the affairs for his
election, after the Minneapolis con-
yention had given him a renOmina-
ton.
Secretary Tracy was a total failure
20 far as his efferts were concerned in
behalf of the Presidents renOmina-
ton in New York state. He sue
ceeded in absolutely doing nothing in
the Presidents behalf, previous to
the nominating convention, and since
that time, has given the men in
charge Of the republican campaign a
good deal of trouble by attempting to
meddle in New York politics.
The President has become pretty
tired, also, it is believed, of Postmas-
ter General Wanamaker and Score
tary of the Interior Noble.
Atty-Gcn. Miller will probably not
remain in his present position either,
for, lift is possible to dose, the Presi-
dent viii place him upon the supreme
bench.
Secretary Rusk, of the agricultural
department, is probably the only man
who a stay in the cabinet if the
President is reelected, but whether
he will desire to do so or not is uncer-
tain at this time.
\ story is whispered that Mr.. Har-
rison, in order to bring ex-senator
Platt, of New York, into line for him
in this campaign, has either promised
Mr.. Platt that he viii be appointed
secretary Of the treasury, or that if
he does not desireit himself, he could
name a nan for this place.
The gossips still have it that Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew will be offered the
state department portfolio, but this
seems improbable, providing the story
is true that President Harrison has
promised to turn the treasury port
lfOlio over to Piatt.
1t is pretty generally understood
that If Mr.. Harrison is successful that
Chairman Carter, of the national re-
publican committee, would be made
secretary Of the interior, if he fails in
securing election to the senate to sue
coed Mr.. Sanders in Montana.
Ex-senator Palmer, of Michigan.
viii probably be a membero of the next
cabinet, but whether he will be in the
p~ostofiice department or some other
place has not yet been agreed upon.
There is another story that is more
interesting than any yet told regard
ing the gossip about the members of
Mr.. Harrison's new cabinet. This
one is that George NJ. Pullman, of
Chicago, is to be offered a cabinet
position. Pullman is said to be a
large contributor to the campaign
fund.