Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-10-30
SOME WILL RETIRE.
Present Cabinet Not to Remain In
tact for Long.
FOur Members of President ROOse-
Veit's 0shciaI Family Are Weary
of Bearing the Burden
OF Office.
Especial Washington letter.

-CTTAHE readers of daily newspapers
are beng RECALLED with mass of
Il speculation, in lieu of fact, con-
corning the continuance of the McKin-
ley cabinet as the constitutional adj
visers of President Roosevelt. As a
matter of fact, it is impossible at the
present time for any writer or news
gatherer to make any positive state
ments on that subject. 1t is the pre-
sumption of all men of mature years
and ripe experience in national affairs,
however, that changes will occur.
From the time of the Fillmore adj
ADMINISTRATION there has not been a pres
ident who has been able TO maintain
his cabinet intact during four years of
continuous service. Buchanan's cab
met was completely changed. Lin
coin began with Simon Cameron as
secretary of war, and changed to Ed
win NJ. Stanton. His secretary of the
treasury, Salmon p. Chase was sue
ceeded by Hugh McCulloch; and there
were other changes in contempla ton
when his life was cut short by the
assassin's bullet. The cabinets of
Grant, Hayes, Arthur and Harrison
were all subjected to changes neces-
STATED by then existing circums tances.
Garfield did not live long enough to de-
Velop the possibilities of a complete
administration.
Senator Burton, of Kansas, who was
recently here, said: ct is very APP
parent to me that President Roose-
welt intends to do as he has stated,
continue McKinley's best known pol
1cies; but L am sure that he will find
II difficult to use the same instruments
that Mckinley used. Just as all arti-
sans use different kinds of tools for
accomplishing similar purposes, so diff
ferent men in positions of power and
influence must have the services of diff
ferent men as their assistants"
That changes must occur, even in
carrying out McKinIey's policies, is ap-
parent from the course pursued by Nc
Kinley himself. He had three secre-
taries of state, John Sherman, William
r. Day and John Hay. He had two
postmaster generals, Gary and Smith.
He had two secretaries of the interior,
Bliss and Hitchcock. He had two sec
retaries of War, AIger and Root. Of
the original Mckinley cabinet, only
three secretaries remain: Long, of the
navy department.; Gage, of the treas
ury department, and Wilson, of the de-
partment of agriculture.
OF the present cabinet it is well
known that four members are anxious
to retire to private life, and the others
are willing to do so. The secretary of
state, John Hay, is still suffering acute
~ because of the sudden death of his
son less than year ago. His bereave-
ment is shared by his entire family.
They want his time and attention, and
he wants to turn his back upon public
affairs and be with his loved ones dur
ing his few remaining months or years.
Secretary Long was an invalid when he
entered the cabinet, and he has never
recovered his health.
To one of his personal friends the
postmaster general recently said: at
was only because of our most lovely
and agreeable personal relations that
] consented to remain with President
Mckinley during a portion of his sec
ond term. His charming manner and
personal magnetism made it almost
impossible for anyone to say him nay
on any proposition. His friends not
only admired the man, but loved him.