The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-26
SHAW 1T WILL BE
Official Announcement Given Out at
the White House.
NesO York. Sam Special ServScS

Washington, Dec. 26.-Official announce
ment is made from the White House that
Governor Leslie NJ Shaw of Iowa will be-
come secretary of the treasury, and that
his acceptance of a position in President
Roosevelt's cabinet will not affect the
position Of Secretary Wilson. It has been
known among the mutual friends of the
president and Secretary Wilson for some
time that they held such cordial relations
as to indicate the continuance of the lat
ter as member of the cabinet, regardless
of other cabinet changes.
Mr.. Wilson is specially qualified for the
direction of the department of agricul-
ture by reason of his experience as a
practical farmer who has employed scien-
tific methods. He Is also recognized in
Washington as a broad gauge man whose
views on public questions in general are
practical and representative of the plain
people and make his counsel valuable in
the cabinet
President Mckinley found Secretary
Wilson a good adviser during the war
with Spain and afterward because he was
in touch with the western people and fol-
lowed the sound common sense views
which represented the patriotic spirit of
the country.
Mr.. Wilson was the first man in public
life to declare that the flag which Dewey
unfurled over Manila bay should never be
withdrawn, and that the Philippines must
become American territory. While other
statesmen waited he spoke out, and the
country indorsed his utterance, so that
President Mckinley, after his trip to the
west, gave the official assurance that the
flag raised in Manila would never be
hauled down.
President Roosevelt while recognizing
geographical lines in making up his cabi-
net does not feel called upon to recog-
nize state lines. The two men who are
to become members Of the cabinet are
from the west and they peculiarly repre-
sent the western sentiment.
Governor Shaw is the presidents own
choice for secretary Of the treasury. No
one made the suggestion that he invite
Shaw into his cabinet. But he knew the
popularity of Shaw in his own state and
the west, and he knew that his financial
views, in perfect accord with the republi-
can platforms were supported by the re-
publicans Of the west. Iowa will have
two members of the cabinet, but both of
them are more than Iowa men. They are
both western men, who represent the
great agricultural section of the country,
as popular in Illinois, Nebraska and the
west as in their own home state.
With Shaw, Wilson and Payne repre-
senting the Mississippi valley, the next
change in the cabinet will probably be to
select a man from the west fully ac-
quainted with the needs Of the mountain
section and the Pacific coast for secretary
Of the interior. When Secretary Long re-
tires an eastern man will succeed him as
secretary of the navy. 1t is supposed that
Governor Shaw will be inducted into his
new office some time in January
Governor Leslie M. Shaw Is recognized
as close student OF economic matters, is
one of the states biggest men politically
and a power in national affairs to tie ex-
tent that he has placed his name among
the presidential possibilities for 1904 He
practiced law for twenty years and be-
came one of the leading attorneys Of lowe.
He is president OF the Bank of Denison.
his home town, and OF the Bank Of Ma
nila, and as such has attained a practical
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