Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-11-21
AS to Cabinet Changes.

| We encounter, nowadays. a vast
amount of most engaging twitter about
coming changes in the cabinet, etc.
| So innocent and melodious is it all
| that only sense of public duty could
nerve us to the cruelty of sitting it.
| AS matter of fact, we love to hear
how Jones is to be dropped from this
place and Brown appointed to succeed
him; how Robinson loses job here
| and Smith gets one there. 1t makes
excitement, stimulates gossip, and
booms the gayety of nations. But we
feel to interpose with the confident
assertion that the president is at this
moment concerned in almost anything
more deeply than in a reconstruction
of his cabinet or his policy.
To tell the truth, there is now as
little thought or prospect of any
change in the cabinet after March 4 as
of but one possibility. and that has
always existed. Mr.. Griggs, the at
| torney general, one of the ablest mem
bers of Mr.. McKinley's official family,
makes very serious pecuniary sacri-
| fee in holding public office and, there
| fore, neglecting his large private in
terests. This sacrifice, however, is no
greater today than it was when he
| first came on to Washington, and we
have no more reason now than we had
! then to assume that he will refuse the
| position which he has filed with such
| conspicuous success. Indeed, as is
| well known in administration circles,
their environment. They constitute a
harmonious and smoothly working
machinery. They are willing to re-
main, and the president is anxious to
| have them do SO. Secretary Gage is
another cabinet officer OF whom it was
said that, after the conclusion of Mr.
McKinley,s first term. he would gladly
retire, like Horace or Cincinnatus, to
some remote and happy grove. But
! Mr.. Cages work has been conSpic-
uously fruitful, and he will remain to
preside over its completion. The
president is not concerninghimself with
! those who have fallen outside the
breastworks. He is not conducting a
political dispensary for the treatment
of wounds and bruises. His first
thought is for the public usefulness of
his administration and for the contin-
ued welfare of the American people,
who have honored and promoted him
so enthusiastically.
Nor do we believe that there will
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ment's policy in China and the Philip
pines, or really important changes in
our diplomatic establishment abroad.
The president will not consider any
proposition looking to the slightest
departure from his attitude of human
ity and civilization as regards the
Chinese, nor will he entertain sug-
gestion, no matter how influential it's
source may be, involving the very
least surrender of our rights in the
Philippines.
Our attitude in China will remain
unchanged. Our plans for the Philip
pines will be pushed at all costs, to a
successful conclusion. Our relations
with foreign courts and capitals will
be left, practically without exception.
in the same capable hands to which
they are now confded. Mr.. Choate
and Mr.. Hay will not relieve each
other. Mr.. Porter will not be ousted
to reward some distinguished cam
paign worker. In word there are
to be no transformations or surprises
The stability for which the people
asked is now assured. The same triet
hands are at the helm. Washington
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