The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-11-11
Attorney Gen'l Moody Plans
Retirement.
JOHN HAY WILL REMAIN
Mtyer Likely to Be the Member from
Massachusetts Shaw Undecided
Morton Will
Remain.

Boston. Nov. 1.-THE Transcript
prints from its New York correspondent
the following;
New York, Nov. 9. Some important
changes will be made on or before March
4th. This is customary whenever Presl-
dent is reelected, and ii would be espee
tally in order now when so large a part
Of the Administrations working corps
was inherited from previous President.
Twelve years Is a long time for one set
Of officers in the executive departments,
and now that eight Of these have passed
there win probably be something Of q
shakeup
John Hay will not leave the state de-
partment. This may be stated on the
highest authority. Nothing but seri-
Gus failure Of bis health would make the
President willing to consider Mr.. Hays
retirement, and although he Is not rug
ged. there is, fortunately, every reason
to believe that he will be able TO con
finue IN his great office. Seldom has
the Secretary of State been SO distinct
an Issue as in this campaign. The Hay
diplomacy has stood for some great ideas
of international policy. ia the past we
have changed secretaries Of state so Of
ten that there has been little opportu-
nifty for the development Of any con,
sistent policy, especially by comparison
with tie European monarehies, where
the head of the foreign office, If It does
not get what Il wants one year, can try
again ten years hence, or twenty, with
the same strategist III command. Our
f4tt5 ef gfa
has been about three years. Mr.. Hay,
if he serves through this Administration,
will have had ten years OF this service.
Secretary Taft in the War Depart
ment, will remain in the cabinet, at least
as long as Fuller remains IN the Supreme
Court. The President is very DESTROYS
Of having Taft as attorney general, 70
succeed Mfr. Moody, but the Secretary Of
Wars obligation to the Philippine people
and Philippine interests is sueh that he
hopes to remain where he is. This i q
detail, however, to be worked out in
the future. Moody will leave the cabi-
net--to the Presidents very great re-
gret- about March 4, It is rather prob
able that George Won Il. Meyer will be
the Massachusetts, man in the cabinet,
10 follow Moody, although not In the
attorney generals office. This IS not
settled, BY any means, since the Presi-
dent would like big Boston lawyer,
of whom he has one OF two in mind, Ia
case the man could be induced to accept
the place for attorney general, provided
Il Is decided to allow Taft to remain
where he is And, Of course there would
not be two cabinet places assigned to
Massachusetts. Mr. Meyer will doubt
less retire from the Italian mission early
in the new Administration, and ordinar-
lily speaking, stands an excellent chance
Of being invited into the cabinet.
Paul Morton viii remain in the eabi
net, but possibly will be transferred to
another post. Secretary Shaw has seem-
ingly not made up his mind what TO do.
For years he has said that he desired
to 60 ont with this term Of Office, but
Is be is an active aspirant for the presi-
Dental nomination III 1905, it seems to
his friends that he should keep before
the public, and they are urging him to
accept the Presid@ts invitation to re-
main for another term. There will be
some changes in the assistant secretaries
and perhaps ID the bureau officers Of this
department..
Postmaster General Wynne will be
transferred to some other post, after
the Ath Of March, Frank III Hitch
cock, Of Someryillo, Mass, viii probab
" he made first assistant postmaster.
lIitoheoek's rise has been rapid. A gradu
ate Of Harvard, class Of 1891, he was adj
nitted to the agricultural department
Is d clerk, through the civil service ex-
animation He made good progress, and
Id che Mckinley administration was
appointed chief Of the division 81 for
eign markets In its investigations he
made several trips 10 Europe, When
Air. Cortelyou organized the new De.
partment Of Commerce he took Hitch
cock into It Is chief clerk, and with
Corteiyoa he resigned To 70 To New
York for tue campaign 1t is assumed
that they viii go together into The Post
Office Department
Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Che Secretary
II the Interior, win retire The Com
missioner OF Pensions under him, En-
gene f. Ware, win also retire. He has
not found the office congenial although
he has conducted it with great ability,
and has come nearer TO pleasing both
the intelligent taxpayers and the vet
Grams than any other occupant of the
Office in recent years. His order seven
ty-eight regarding the age limits, viii
stand. The public printer, MIR. Frank
W. Palmer, win retire, and in 50 doing
lll a long-felt want. Secretary Wilson
81 the Department Of Agriculture win
probably stay He IS o good officer, has
4 great hold on the farmers, il a spirit
ed campaigner and there ii nobody else
fitted for The position who Is very eager
for it. It is a peculiar Office lie Is
tho only member Of the present cabinet
who came in at the beginning Of the
Mckinley administration, March 4, 1891,
and should he serve through the term to
which Mr. Roosevelt is now elected, he
would have twelve years in that post
Albert Gallatin now holds the long
distance record among the cabinet Off
GERS. Mr. Wilson may break it.
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