The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12
Former Not wholly I'm Accord with
the Presidents Manner of Hand
ling International Affairs.
Mr.. ROOT WANTS TO GO HOME
y OF THE OLDEST MEN IN THE
ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION.
Secretary Moody TO Leave the Navy
Department Next Winter-Mr.
Payne's Important Work.

ELNOH6 PIObdDi-fNy mat NEW AdCtS VII dp-
pear In the Official family of President
Roosevelt before or soon after the next ma
fional campaign. The President. IL is under
stood, Is satisfied with his Cabinet as at
present constituted. and the changes. there
fore. will be the result Of individual desire
TO r~elinquish the arduous duties imposed on
the head Of an executive department OF the
government.
There have been three changes in Mr..
RooseveIt's Cabinet since he entered the
White House nearly two years ago. Lyman
J. Gage stepped out of the treasury and was
succeeded by Leslie M. Shaw; Henry c..
Payne followed Charles Emory Smith as
postmaster general. and John D.. Long made
a place for William NJ. Moody at the head
OF the Navy Department. Under President
Roosevelt the administration Cabinet has
been enlarged by one member as a result Of
the creation of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, and George b. Cortelyou
has the distinction OF being the first secre-
tary Of the new department.
Tt has been well known for several months
that John Hay. secretary of state, and Elhu
Root. secretary Of war. are DESTROYS OF re-
firing to private life. Both Of them have re-
manned up to this time only because of the
strong desire OF the President that they
should do so. Mr.. Root will probably stay at
the head OF the War Department until some
time next winter. How long Mr.. Hay will
retain the state portfolio is problematical.
h both OF them Will go before many
months have passed is certain.
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Secretary Hay had made up his mind TO
leave the Cabinet shortly before the death of
President Mckinley. He had accomplished a
- g.. 4 rv-s..I g. - L Al.
matte negotiations growing out of the BOX
CT" uprisings in China, and thought that the
opportune time had come for him to lay
aside the cares OF state and enjoy the rest to
which long years of patriotic service for the
government entitled him. Mr.. Hays inten-
tiens were not affected by the elevation of
Mr.. Roosevelt to the presidency. In fact, it
is stated, he communicated his desire to
President Roosevelt to relinquish the state
portfolio at once. and was only induced to
reconsider his determination by urgent rep
reservations of the President and prominent
leaders Of the party. Mr.. Mckinley and Mr..
Hay we're very much alike in many ways.
Their relations were at all times friendly
and cordial. The secretary OF state was left
absolutely untrammeled in his conduct Of
the foreign policy of the United States. Mr..
Hay is a diplomat of long experience, in
tensely patriotic and well able to cope with
the evasion and mystery of foreign diplo-
macy. He was not certain. 1t is said, that
he would have a free hand under President
Roosevelt. and. therefore. decided to quit.
He was finally induced to remain. with the
tacit understanding that he was to be in
absolute control of the foreign affairs OF the
new administration.
Up to the time Of the troubles growing out
of the blockade OF Venezuela by the allied
powers there was no friction between the
President and his secretary of state. The
President was anxious to act as arbitrator
In the Venezuelan affair. Secretary Hay
strongly opposed the idea. urging that the
controyerted issues be referred to The Hague
tribunal Mr.. Hay had his way about it. and
the questions In dispute were submitted to
The Hague for ar~bitrament.
The second difference OF opinion between
President Roosevelt and the secretary of
state arose in connection with the Jewish
petition. Acting on humane impulses the
President insisted on forwarding the petit
ton to the Cars government. Secretary
Hay advised against such a course. He con-
tended that 1t would establish a precedent
which might bother the United States in the
future. AS well might Russia make repre-
sensations to this country relative to lynch
dng In the South. argued the secretary OF
state Forwarding the petition through dip
lomatic channels. he urged, would be con-
strued by Russia as meddling in her inter
nal affairs, and this country would be GER
tain to meet a rebuff.
The official relations between the President
and the secretary OF state will doubtless be
patched up for the time. There is no open
rupture between them. Their personal reIa.
tons still remain warm and friendly. But
M Hay, Will his profound knowledge OF
international law and customs, believes that
he is able to handle the foreign affairs OF
the government. and is understood to have
manifested irritation over the action Of the
President In debating the course that has
been followed with the Jewish petition. 1t is
stated on good authority that Mr.. Hay was
not advised In advance OF President Roose.
velt's step In making public an official state.
mert bearing on the Jewish petition il
which the aanchurian question, was dragged
Into the controversy. From present indica
tons Secretary Hay will stay in the Cabi
net until the disputes between the UniteC
States and other powers. on the one hand
and Russia on the other, over treaty ports
In Manchuria. have been adjusted. wheI
that time comes friends OF Secretary Ha,
a@1EAN VI POSAa AAAa AC VIII ACtAA'
from the Cabinet.
The strong friendship OF Mr.. Root 70
President Roosevelt is one OF the considera
lions which has prompted him TO remain a
the head OF the War Department so long
Another Is his desire 10 witness the fruitiol
OF plans relating 10 the war establishment
which be himself formulated. Elihu Root /
one of the ablest men in the Roosevelt ad
ministration. Root IS a masterful man.
Ene executive, u splendid lawyer, with bust
ness experience. and a strict disciplinarian
He Is an ideal secretary OF war. In day
gone by the army ran the secretary OF war
Root directs the business OF the department
and rules the army. He believes In rigi'
discipline. and his sense OF its Importance 1
as strong as that OF a man schOoled in tn
military. Mr.. Root entered the War DE
partment at a time when IL took great cour
age TO face the work that had 10 be done
Russell A. AIger had been driven out of of
fee BY the most bitter persecution and abus,
ever heaoed upon a man In public place
AIger was a victim OF the conditions tina
surrou- sec him The unpreparedness OF tn
mar estS , e ; 7ent At the breaking out o