Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-29
Lodge Left Out Of Inner
Circle Of American Statesmen
Walter Wellman Says That Root and Taft Are
The Red.Headed Twins Who Have Won
Roosevelt's Favor

Walter Wellman wires the follow
Ing to the Record.Herald from Wash
ington:
Important changes have occurred
In the White House circle and others
are imminent. The most surprising
OF these Is the finish Of Senator Lodge
OF Massachusetts, as a chum and con-
hdential adviser Of President Roose.
welt. Lodge Is down and out, and Sec
retaries Root and Taft. are the big
men OF the present and the future.
Secretary Shaw Is out OF favor and
will soon retire from the cabinet with.
out any regrets on the part OF Pres.
ident Roosevelt. though he will prob
ably follow his usual course and give
the retiring secretary OF the treasury
a handsome farewell. Mr.. Roosevelt
is exceedingly generous about such
things. Assistant Secretary Of State
Loomis Is going to resign to 60 into
business, and Commissioner Of Cor.
porations Garfield, n Of the pres
ident's closest friends, lost a cabinet
post when he gave to the public his
unfortunate report on the beef trust
last spring. In good time be may
secure a seat In the cabinet, but he
will have to wait, as the president
thinks this not an opportune time for
this promotion.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson Is
without doubt secure in his place,
despite the cotton report leakage and
the bitter fight that is being made on
him by certain persons and news
papers. President Roosevelt thinks
Mr.. Wilson far and away the best sec
rotary Of agriculture the country eve
had. He takes no stock In the crit
icisms Of the secretary that are dali,
spread broadcast in certain circles.
Mr.. Wilson Is particularly stronI
In that part of the work which has I,
do with the farmers and with effort
to promote scientific agriculture.
Is probable the president will er
deaor AT the earliest opportunity 4
strengthen the s%ecretary's hands O
the administrative. OF executive sid
without disturbing his prestige a
head Of the department.
MI. Wilson has done well. He Is
jealous and effective worker for tn
interests OF the farmer. The pres
dents lew Is that the cotton scanda
may have occurred under any admir-
istration OF the department. Just a
the best bank president may have
rascally clerk or cashier In his en-
ploy,
Secretary Wilson Is not the mem
Der OF the cabinet from Iowa the pres
ident would like to get rid OF.
Senator Lodges downfall Is SUI
prising to the few persons who ar
aware Of It. For many years he ha
been Theodore Roosevelt's closes
friend. II was Mr.. Lodge who mad
Roosevelt a civil service commits
sioner and gave him his first chanc'
to win distinction in the national field
II was Lodge, too, who helped Roose
welt into the assistant s~ecretaryshil
OF the navy, where he won renowi
as the man who did as much II no
o than any other to make thu
American navy the best In the worlt
In accurate shooting, and where h'
had the distinction Of ordering Ad
miral Dewey 10 sail from Hong konl
to Manila to smash the Spanish feet
Lodge has been so close 10 R0ose
welt throughout an the wears tina
no one has imagined the tie could bt
broken. But the end has come. II ha:
been approaching for a year or more
az the president gradually discovered
that his erstwhile chum was altogether
too grasping and peculiar properly tt
belong in the Roosevelt class. There !.
no denying Mr.. Lodges ability, HI
is n Of the cleverest men In public
life today. But he Is all for Lodge
and he throws his best friends dowr
when IL comes 10 a choice between
serving them and his W interests
The climax came last winter wher