The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-17
cHoATE MAY E 1T.
Ambassador to England Talked az
Knocks Successor.

Washington, June 15.-Attorney-
General Knox will not retire from the
cabinet until next December, and the
president has not begun to think seri-
ously about who shall be named as his
successor. Various suggestions have
been made.
1t has been proposed that Secretary
Moody be transferred to the depart
ment of justice. but that is hardly
probable, as Secretary Moody is to
leave the bin altogether in March,
ana the administration would prefer to
put someone al the head of the de-
partlnent of justice who can remain
there during the next administration.
Besides. Moody's transfer would neces-
state an appointment of a new sec
rotary of the navy in advance of the
time when the change would naturally
occurr. The proposal of Ambassador
Choate for the appointment has been
eddy be very glad to see the ambas-
sador a member of the cabinet. The
talk at present is mere rumor, and it
is doubtful here whether Mr.. Choate
would care to give up his place at the
court of st. James for the attorney
generalship. h only cabinet place
Which would tempt him, it is believed,
would be that OF secretary of state,
and there is no likelihood of any change
there for u long time.
AT the same time it is recognized that
the selection of Mir. Choate would be
ideal, and besides. it would give the
city of New York u voice in the cabinet
room, which it has lacked since he
retirement of Secretary Root.
Issue for the Democrats.
Philadelphia. June 13.-Leadins
democrats here are discussing the po-
litical effects that will follow the trans
ference of Philander C. Knox from the
cabinet to the senate. They predict
that the Knox episode will furnish a
winning issue to the democracy of the
nation.
here, the episode has disclosed the real
attitude of the Roosevelt administra-
ton to the trusts. The trusts and
great corporations demanded the trans
fer of MIR. Knox from the attorney gem
erals office, where he had shown dis
comforting energy in his efforts to en-
force the law, to the senate chamber,
where his energies in antitrust mat
tiers can be held in check. The admin
istration, so the democrats are saying,
acceded to he demands made by the
corporations. knowing full we'll what
those demands meant.
Iaat the democrats intend to use the
Knox episode during the campaign in
the attempt to Drove that the anti
trust attitude of the Roosevelt admin
i5tldllon is lllSlflCeTe, mat ltS attacks
on alleged illegal combinations in re-
straint of trade and against the inter-
ests of the people We're shams, and that
it is really s~ubservient to the great
corporate interests, there is every war
rant for assuming from the talk of
leading democrats, not only in this
state but in other parts of the coun-
try.
Leading democrats who have been
heard from say that the attempt of the
administration to meet expected crit
icism in the matter of having Mr. Knox
remain in the attorney generals office
until the converting of congress next
December will prove u%navailing. 1t
Will be no answer, they say. TO the
charge that the administration has
yielded to the dictates of the great
corporations.
1t is reported here that Joseph ri.
Choate, United States ambassador to
Great Britain. will succeed Mr.. Knox
as attorney general. 1t is believed that
Mr.. Choate would prefer a cabinet po-
sttion to the ambassadorship. Mr..
Choate is said to be President Roose-
veit's choice for the place. AT present,
1T is said, the president has no other
mar in mine as Mr.. KnoN'S successor.