The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-08-19
THE CABINET
ON THE STUMP
SHAW. HAY. TAFT.
MORTON, MEECALF, MOODY,
PAYNE AND HITCHCOCK MAX
ING SPEECHES.

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WASHINGTON, July 22.-Secretary
| Shaw will practically begin an extern
sive campaign tour tomorrow at Col
! egt Point, l.. l., not far from oyster
Bay, the home of President Roosevelt.
| Although no itinerary is fixed for the
Secretary of the Treasury it is known
that he will be one of the busiest speak
ers on the Republican side i'm the COM
! ing campaign and that he will be much
sought.
Secretary Shaw will leave Washing
ton tonight for Long Island and his
speech will be delivered tomorrow after
noon at 4 o'clock to a Republican gath
ering that is to celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of the birth of the party.
! In sense the speech will open the
| campaign, as Secretary Shaw will prob
ably talk on the money question and
rasp the Democrats along that line.
The Secretary viii spend Sunday with
/ President Roosevelt at oyster Bay and
they will talk over the conduct of the
campaign and the features that are to
be brought out by Republicans.
Secretary Shaw is an attractive ora
tor. His strong point is his knowledge
of monetary tariff problems. He is re-
garded as one of the best stump speak
ers in the country. His reputation in
that line was made i'm the campaign of
1896, when he was the principal cham
pion of sound money in the middle west
1t was in this year that he was elected
governor of Iowa.
The appearance of Secretary Shaw on
the stump sgnalizes the entrance into
the campaign of a number of the cab
met officers In some quarters objec-
tons are folnH to members of the cab
met taking Inc stump, the position be-
ing taken mat the voters ought to be
allowed to pass upon the acts of an ad-
ministration without oratorical intiu-
ence from the administration. These
objections, however, have generally
been regarded as having little weight,
and win certainly not prevent as many
cabinet officers as desire from making
speeches as often as they please, or as
the national committee desires, for even
the cabinet officers will be under orders
from their former colleagues. George B.
Cortelyou, and will speak when the
campaign opens only upon his request
and direction
Secretary Hay is a polished orator
but he is not favorable to stump speak
ing, and may not go on the stump at
all He is expected to make one or two
addresses before gatherings that suit
his tastes. but he win not undertake a
stumping tour. Secretary Taft is for
chile and able talker on the stump, and
is receiving many invitations to make
speeches. He will accept some of these
invitations, subject to the direction Of
the national committee. Secretary
Morton of the Navy Department will
probably do little speaking, as he is a
business man who has not heretofore
participated in politics to any impor-
tant degree Attorney General Moody
is an old campaigner and will be asked
to make some speeches. Postmaster
General Payne will make few speeches
and Secretary Hitchcock is not a stump
man.
Secretary Metcalf of the Department
! of Commerce and Labor is an attract
i've speaker and is at ease in any kind
of a gathering. He will be requested to
make some speeches, especially in the
west, and will comply, and Secretary
|
ers in various western states.
Mr. Wilson is an effective speaker,
not ornate but invincible before a
gathering of armer.. The bulk of the
+ cabinet stump speaking will be done by
Secretary Shaw, who likes the work,
and who is not afraid of aggressive
tactics by the opposition.
Secretary Shaw has been asked to op-
I en- the campaign in four states-Michl-
p gan, Colorado, California and Washing
e ton--but he has not accepted any of the
1 invitations, awaiting a conference with
? Secretary Cortelyou. The appearance
, of the head of the Treasury Depart
ment on the stump will be more than
usually interesting, because it is pretty
we'll known among his friends that he
{ is to be a candidate for the Republican
nomination for President i'm 1908. Mr.
Shaw will follow the footsteps Of Nc
= Kinley, who made himself widely ac-
, quainted with Republican leaders ir
: different states in his campaign toul
for his party in 1892 and I'm previous
years.
Senator Knox Of Pennsylvania wht
has just retired from the cabinet viii
be another of the strong Republican
orators this year. He will make a mum
Der Of speeches. He is not skilled IN
oral pyrotechnics, but is a smooth, con-
vncmg speaker, careful i'm his state
ments. He will be one of the cards OF
the Republican program for many rea-
sons chiefly because of his successful
conduct of the Northern Securities case
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