Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-13
Changes In the Cabinet.

| Changes In the Cabinet.
There has been some talk about a trans
| fer of some Of the cabinet TO other depart
| ments, but this is not likely to occur The
| suggestion has been made that Mr.. Sher-
| man would retire from the State Depart
| ment, Assistant Secretary of State Day
be made Attorney General, Secretary Long
| be transferred to the State Department.
ana Mr.. Roosevelt be made Secretary of the
navy. None OF the parties interested ex-
| pect such shaking up to occur.
The retirement of Mr.. Sherman is among
the probabilities, and it is possible though
| by no means certain, that Mr. Day will
| succeed Mr.. Mckenna at the head of the
Department of Justice, but Mr. Long ex-
poets TO remain at the head of the Navy
Department and Mr.. Roosevelt is not ex-
pected to go into the cabinet
If Judge Goff of West Virginia can be
| induced to accept the appointment he will
probably succeed Mr.. McKenna, but he
mas mas once declined the appointment. Should
Mr sherman retire the secretaryshiD of
state Will in all probability be Offered to
| Mr. Whitelaw Reid.
No Rendjustment Settled Upon,
| 1t may be stated positively, however,
that the President has not yet definitely
settled upon anything with respect to the
reconstruction of his cabinet. The question
has occupied his thoughts to a greater or
less extent and has been talked over a
little In an indefinite way among some of
the cabinet, but nothing has been decided
Justice Fields Record.
1t has been Justice Fields ambition to
eclipse the record of Chief Justice Marshall
for length of service on the Supreme Court
beach, and in this ambition he was sue
cessful during the past summer. He was
appointed in 1863 to his present position,
and heico iynfx- .,11
has been eligible for retirement on full
pay for nearly eleven years. He has been
! in feeble health for several years. but has
continued in service, though for some time
past his attendance has been rather irreg-
ular and he has not taken as active part
as formerly in the preparation of opinions.
Now that he has passed Chief Justice Mar
shalfs record he has had retirement under
serious consideration, and 1t Is thought
that an announcement will be made be-
fore long that he has taken this course.
Attorney General McKenna is regarded as
being almost certain to succeed Justice
Field. Both come from California.
Not Well Enough to He Seen.
An Associated Press reporter called at
Justice Fields residence today, but the
justice excused himself. sending down
word that he was not feeling well today
Mrs. Field would neither confirm nor
deny reports of her husbands impending
retirement, though giving the impression
that 1t was at least under serious advise
ment. At the Supreme Court it was said
that nothing was known there on the SUBJ
1ect, and that any announcement must
come from Justice Field himself. That
members of the court believe the justice
will decide to make way for q younger and
more active man is shown by the fact
that they have postponed hearing several
important decisions until the beginning of
the new year, by which time 1t is thought
quite likely Justice Field may have re-
tired and his successor be in office, though,
Of course. 1t is possible that the justice
may In the end decide to remain in office,
decision he reached several times in the
past when his retirement was contemplated
by himself.
The Attorney General today naturally
declined to discuss his probable appoint
ment to the Supreme Court bench.
The President has talked to no one about
VINO he will appoint to succeed Justice
Field. but the unanimous opinion is that
Attorney General Mckenna will be the
man. This is true of cabinet members who
are supposed to be acquainted with the
facts.
The Attorney Generals Successor.
Beyond this 1t is said to be purely specu-
latfye as to who will succeed Mr.. McKen-
ma. In cabinet circles there Is no con-
sensus Of opinion as to the successor to Mr.
McKenna- The mention of the name of
except the assurance that Judge Day is
brainy man. and would be an ornament to
the cabinet as Attorney General. Against
the talk o. mis- appointment as the head of
the legal establishment Of the govern
ment is the Presidents purpose, formed
after the last election. that only one cabi-
net officer should come from a state. I'm
less Secretary Sherman takes q notion to
retire, the appointment Of Assistant Sec
retary Day would give two cabinet officers
TO ONO. Tne same argument ts urged
against Col. McCook or any other New
York man. The opinion of one man OF |
prominence in the administration ID that q !
new man VIII be brought forward and |
recognition given to some state not now |
honored.
In cabinet circles not q syllable Of con-
III nation can be found Of the long-thrashed
rumors that Secretary Sherman may retire |