The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-18
ROOSEvELT's CABINET.
Speculation Concerning 1t In Wash
inuton.


natural order of events President
Roosevelt is likely eventually to sur
round himself win Il new caDile..
i'recedunt 1avOrS such course. freSi-
dent Arthur accep,ed the resisnations
OF Garlields cablnet and other presi-
dents have done The same in previous
years. The practice is Daseu upon lh~
reasonable assumption that the man
who becomes Responsible iOr the al
ministration of the government would
wish to select as his advisors ana
helpers men whom he personally
knows. Such course uoes not nee
essarily signify lack OF confidence III
the cabinet OF his predecessor.
In the present instance, however, il
is not expected that the new presi-
dent will make clean sweep and
star. to Duild cabinet from the
ground. The position in which Presi
dent Roosevelt nnds himself is not
strictly analogous 10 that of Arthur
or of any previous successor to the
presidential office. The caDlnet Off
GERS who will hand in their reslgna-
lions are nearly all men who nave
served through one administration
and part of another and have be-
come identified with one of the most
successful periods of government the
country mas ever known. They have
ueen friends and counselOrs OF ono
of best loved and most respected
OF american presidents. TO brush
them aside and spurn the wisdom ac-
quirel by experience at an especially
,rying period of transition would be
an act more radical than RoOSevelts S
friends here expect.
In fact. the prediction is lree.y
made that many will be surprised al
the conservative lines upon which the
Roosevelt admins ration will be run.
One of mis- earliest tasks Will be to
correct the popular notion of his char
acterlstics and to convince the coun-
| try a, large and particularly the finan-
cal world that his government Will
not be conducted from the back OF a
| Ducking broncho.
when the transition period is pass
| ed and the country mas recovered
| from the shock ana uneasiness which
are inevitable to sudden termina-
| tion of one regime and the beginning
OF a new one in new hands and pro
| ,ected on new lines, it is reasonable
| OF expect that certain OF Mckinley S
cabinet will find business and person
al reasons for insisting on the accep-
tance of their designations and grad
ually new cabinet will be construct
ed.
Already speculation has been in
dulged in as to who will be chosen by
the executive Lodge has been talked
on as secretary of state to succeed
Hay. 1t is freely predicted that Long
will insist on giving up his portfolio
as secretary of the navy and stories
have been revived of friction which
existed between Long anu Roosevelt
when the latter was assistant secre-
tary of the navy. This is change
which is not impossible within the
not distant future, and in this connec'
ton it is more than likely that one
Crowninshield and others will be con-
lronted with reorganization which
may mean sea duty for them.
Secretary Gage has been so pros
trated by the tragic happenings OF the
last eight days that his health is i'm
paired and his friends predict that nc
will be unwilling to remain long as
part of the play when Hamlet is left
out. Root is an old frien1 and mum
cipal co-worker of Roosevelt and he i
about the only one who is generally
slated to remain. Hitchcock. secretary
of the interior, has not been lons
enough in his Office to make him ar
important part of the government
system and he will easily be spared
In his department Secretary of Agr!
culture Wilson, has given a most sat
isfactory administration. He is ont
o. tue three cabinet members wht
nave held from the beginning OF Nc
.inley's first term. Gage and Ions
are the other two.
In the state department Sherman
was succeeded by Day, who was sue
ceeded by Hay. Alger was succeeded
in the war department by Root, Attor