Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-03-27

mia; secretary of the Interior Hepburn
of Iowa; secretary of agriculture, Sib-
ley of Pennsylvania. This by no means
exhausts the list of eligible Republic
ans in the house On the Democratic
side two or three first rate cabinets
might be selected, but as Democrats
are not in the cabinet making business
just now there is no use in naming
them.
Consequently those lachrymose patri-
OTIS who thought the country would go
to what Mr.. Mantalini termed the
demnition bowwows unless President
Roosevelt retained the Mckinley cabi-
net may pluck up courage to look the
world in the face. In fact, in changing
his cabinet and getting one to his own
liking he is following both the prece-
dents and the law of nature. Tyler
got rid of the elder Harrison's cabi-
net, Fillmore did the same with Tay-
| lor's, Andrew Johnson was impeached
| for endeavoring to unload one of Lin
coins, Arthur bounced all of Garfield's
except Bob Lincoln, whom he retained
L
Roosevelt would have been acting with
less sense than he is usually credited
with had he not discarded cabinet
members whom he did not want.
A Chief Justice In Posse.
On dit that Mr.. Chief Justice Fuller,
eighth of the line, will retire under the
/ law next January, when he can do SO
on full pay. What is perhaps more
important, it is whispered that Senator
John e. Spooner of Wisconsin is slated
as his successor. AS Chief Justice
Fuller is in good health, mental and
physical, and is not compelled to re-
tire until he chooses to do so, it is to
| be hoped that he will hold on till
March 5, 1905, so that a Democratic
president could appoint a Democratic
chief justice, a consummation devout-
ly to be wished. For instance, what
magnificent chief justice Senator Jo-
seph W. Bailey would make!
1t will be remembered that Mr.. JUS
tice Stephen J. Field, Democrat, held
on long after he might have retired on
that President Cleveland should not
appoint his successor. Evidently he
was not enamored of Grover.
If it is destined that we are to have
another Republican chief justice, Sen
ator Spooner is as good man as the
party contains. He holds high posi-
tion in the senate and is on all hands
conceded to be a great lawyer. There
are no blotches ON his character, and
he would preserve the ermine unstain-
ed. In private life he is most genial
gentleman. He is frequently and fa-
vorably mentioned for the presidency,
but if the chief justiceship is offered
to him he will most likely accept it on
the theory enunciated by one of the
most brilliant of my constituents that
"a bird in the hand is the noblest work
of God"
The chief justiceship is a position of
great power and dignity 1t assures
the incumbent a comfortable living
and high social position for life. 1t
is supposed to confer a species of earth
ly Immortality, yet how many Ameri-
cans could name offhand the men who
have occupied that exalted and great
ly coveted station? A great many
know that John Jay was the first chief
justice. All intelligent people know
that John Marshall and Roger B. Ia
ney were among his successors. OF
course it is matter of common knowl-
edge that Melville w. Fuller now pre-
sides over the most august and power
full tribunal on earth, but who and
what manner of men were the other
four? Truly did Horace Greeley say.
"Fame is a vaporp