The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-06
CORTELYOU FOR TEE TREASURY
AFTER 4 BRIEF TERN As POST
INSTRUMENTAL.
Secretary Shaw Means TO Retire IN June
A New I. :. District Attorney for
This Dlstrlct-Morrls and sheffield
Tal.ed Of-odelI'Here, Piatt Coming.


Tslked or 0dell'Here. Piatt Coming.
President Roose velt's friends in New
York city spoke yesterday with degree
OF certainty that suggested conviction
concerning an lmportan. change in the
Presidents Cabinet shortly TO occur, as
follows:
Immediately after March 1 George b.
Cortelyou chairman of the Republican
national committee, is TO be made Post
master General, to hold the place until
about June s. when Leslie NJ Shaw Of Iowa.
Secretary OF the Treasury, is 70 retire and
to be succeeded by Mr. Cortelyou. Mr..
Cortelyou desired to be Postmaster GEN
eral-chef of great department where
once he was clerk. That sentiment is to
DO gratiAed Mr. Shaw desires to retire
dent will eventually appoint Mr.. Cortelyou
TO this post in the Cabinet.
Many Republicans havc urged that Mr.
Cortelyou should not retire as chairman Of
the Republican national committee.
1t was made known that the President
Is considering the advsability of appoint
Ing either ex-Assemblyman and ex Police
Commissioner James r. Sheffield OF Robert
c. Morris eK-president Of the New York
Republican county committee. United
States District Attorney for the SouthernDis-
trict OF New York to succeed Gen. Henry l..
Burnett. who has had the Office seven years.
The Presidents personal choice. 1t was said,
is Mr.. Sheffield, but following his r1ile he
will accept the recommendations OF the
two United States Senators. Mr. Platt and
Mr. Depew.
Chairman Odell Of the Republican State
committee was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
yesterday. lie had a talk with Lieut..
Gov Bruce and Senator Raines, The
subject OF the conference was the make up
Of the Senate and Assembly committees.
but it was said by the three after they parted
that they had been only talking over some
preliminary matters, and that the real work
OF putting together the legislative COM
mittees would not begin until To- day or
tomorrow, when Senator Plat and Speaker
Nixon will be here TO take a hand.
Mr.. Odell also conferred with Regent
Edward Iauterbach and SENATOR Elsberg
of the Fifteenth district and Senator Horace
White Of Syracuse. MIR Elsbcrg has de-
sired for "a number Of years to he chairman
Of the Senate Committee on Cities, the place
held 10y Senator White. IL was learned last
night that Mr. White desires to remain at
the head of this important committee and
that he has been assured that his wish will
be gratfied. Gov. Higgins and Francis
Hendricks Of Syracuse. the Republican
leader Of Onondaga and the friend of Sena-
tor White, are as close as two fingers on
hand.
One Of the bills introduced at Albany
on AeduesIny Sepufpr Htarletf'a
which provided that no domestic or foreign
corporation should contribute, directly or
indirectly. money for Use at primary or an
election under penalty OF forfeiture OF
is charter When Mr. Odell was asked
last night what he thought Of this bill.
from the standpoint Of chairman OF the
Republican county committee, he replied
with steady eye:
It's a good bill and ought to pass. |
have never got any money from the cor
porations TO help me in the campaign work
and II it is a fact that some organizations
IN this state have been getting money from
the corporations il i time that that source
Of revenue should be cut on.
Mr. Ode would not commit himself last
night as to the possibility Of d committee
being sent from Ain any to investigate
public Lighting.
There are already lot OF bills at
Albany he said, which seem to aim at
graphing with this matter, and until we
find just what these bills are likely to ac-
compiish il will he impossible to forecast
what action will be taken by tie Legs
laiure
While the conferences which will begin
to-day will be attended by a large number
OF Republican leaders from up the state
and from this city. there will not be the usual
rivalry tins year for tho committee chair
uiauship- Nearly all the chaiunon OF the
important committees are back again,
which will prevent many changes