The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02
new CABINET MEN
NO ENTHUSIASM OVER THEIR AP-
POINTMENT.
PRESIDENT is DISAPPOINTED.
SECRETARY WILSON'S POPULARITY
SURPRISES HIM.

Gov. Leslie NJ. shaw of Iowa, Who Is
10 Succeed MIR. Gage, Said TO BE
the UgIiest Man in the West-He
Has "Sun-Cured WhisISers, hut
They Are Attached to "A Level
Head-Postmaster General Payne's
Schemes for Penny Letter Postage
and Government ownership or
Telegraph Lines Not Meeting with
Favor.
Washington. Jan. president
Roosevelt, who is a closed reader of
the daily newspapers. has looked in
vain for burst of enthusiasm from
the Republican press over his two cab
met selections. 1t is understood that
he is seriously wondering whether OF
not he has been "gold-bricked' by his
friends in Wisconsin and Iowa. Much
to his surprise, there is general re-.
joicing in every section of the country.
by the Republican and Democratic
pr ess, over the official announcement,
given out with the appointment of Gov.
Shaw, that Secretary Wilson is to re-
main at the head of the Department.
of Agriculture. 1t is said that the Pres
ident playfully remarked to one of Mr..
Paynes sponsors, yesterday, by Jove,
General, there seems to be more re-
joicing throughout the land over the
retention of Secretary Wilson, than
there is over the appointments of Mr.
Payne and Gov. Shaw combined How
do you account for it?" The General
thus addressed, endeavored to show
that when the country is better ae-
quainted with Mr.. Payne and Gov.
Shaw, it will recognize and appre-
ciate the wisdom of their selection.
Nevertheless, it may be stated with
all seriousness that the President is
displaying considerable anxiety over
the chilling reception given his first two
attempts at cabinet making. In various
/ quarters Mr.. Payne is criticised for
advocating government ownership OF
the telegraph lines and also for ex-
pressing himself in favor of penny
postage. Those who are directly inter
| ested In the postal service are telling
| the President frankly that his new
Postmaster General viii never be able
| to get favorable constellation for either
of these propositions during the pres
ent Congress. Representative Loud,
chairman of the House Committee on
! Postoffices and Post Roads, had a long
conference with the President on this
subject on Monday, and he told Presi-
dent Roosevelt that the country is not
prepared TO stand for government own
ershin of the telegraph lines nor will
the business of the Postoffice Depart
ment justify reduction Of the postal
revenues to a penny-postage basis.
With the head of the Postoffice Com
mittee unalterably opposed TO the two
main features of the coming Postmds-
ter Generals policy. there is undoubt-
ably trouble ahead for Mr.. Payne, IL
he should attempt to force action upon
these two propositions In Congress.
The prospective Secretary of the
Treasury is merely a name TO most men
in public life, but Iowans cannot say
too many nice things about their fell
low Hawkeye. They hail him as a
man who will be a factor in national
affairs for many years to come. They
believe that he has the requirements
for any Office, even the highest They
have no doubt but that he will give
the country such an administration g
will satisfy the great banking interests
of the country.
shaw Is Hard Looking.
But while the Iowans speak so well
| of their fellow citizens qualities of
mind. they are discreetly silent on the
subject of his good looks. And well
they may. OF course there is no NOR
tai altogether devoid of some good
points in their physical make up. But
there are many whom the camera or
the man who retouches the negatives,
iIatters every time they submit them
selves to the operation of having their
pictures taken.
The punches of whiskers on each
side of his face that are so situated
as to afford some protection to his ears,
are of the sun-cured variety. Smokers
of sun-cured tobacco know that color
very well. II Is not exactly a rich gol-
den hue nor is IL exactly brick red.
Nor yet does it approximate a carrot
color. Perhaps 1t would come near the
truth II 1t We're described as a COM
bination of the three. The popularity
Of the pigment i'm those whiskers is
of more note in Iowa than the fact
that the Governor has an extra toe on
each foot.
In the matter of sartorial adorn-
ment, the Governor has no reputation
whatsoever unless 1t be that he cares
a little less for dress than did one of
his predecessors in the gubernatorial
chair, the late Senator Gear. But 1t is
expected by Iowans that the new Sec
rotary OF the Treasury will make some
concessions to the eastern notion that
a black coat is not 1T to wear after IL
has begun to take on that beautiful
olive tint that is admired more every
where else than II is on the broad
back of a mans coat The expecta-
ton is that the Governor Will spruce
up somewhat and wear his Sunday
best on all days of the week. just as
IL 1t were really necessary TO do that
to administer the affairs of the treas
ury in a business like manner.
Opposed Roosevelt's Nomination.
The fact that the Governor is not
known I'm national politics can hardly
be charged 70 his discredit. On the con-
trary IL merely arguee that he has not
been around much where the reporters
for the city papers have been. About
the only time he came into national
prominence was when he declared
that the financial plank of the St.
Louis Convention meant gold. pure and
undenled without any sort OF bl-metai-
lism. But that was only a monetary
appearance. 1t was the talk Of n short
time and then Shaw was forgotten. II
he had been In easy reaching distance
of the newspaper men he might have
become national figure. But he went
into the obscufity OF the small city In
which he lived not TO emerge again
until the Philadelphia convention.
There he attracted some attention by
opposing the nomination OF Theodore
Roosevelt with whom he is henceforth