The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-11-24
SOME PRESIDENTS CABINETS
SOME SECRETARIES FAME
GREAT THAN THEIR CHIEF.
Appointments Are Political, But Cab
met Is Usually the Presidents
Closest Advisor.


nine taflors to make a man." 50 in the
government OF the United States il
takes nine cabinet officers 20 make
an administration Primarily Ameri-
can cabinet officers are selected to be-
come the heads Of the nine great ez-
ecutive departments OF the govern
ment- As one star dfhereth from ar
other star in glory 50 one cabinet Of
ficer differs from another in oppOrtu-
nifty. ability and the power to make a
lasting impression upon the history Of
the country. These nine heads OF de-
partments are chosen by the presi-
dent and although the approval Of
the senate Of the United States is re-
Qufred to make their appointment
legal and constitutional, the prefer
ence Of the executive IS invariably
respected and the nine cabinet officers
represent his personal choice, 50 far
as politics leaves him a free agent
To be a member OF the presidents
cabinet has filled the ambition Of
many statesmen It is a place only
one remove from that to which all
native born citizens OF the United
States have a right to aspire-the
presidency itself. If there have been
disappOintments and unrealized am
billions on the part Of the great men
who have been president the world
has not heard Of them The disap-
pOintments, the discOuragements the
disailusiOnment, the restrictions that
have been experienced by statesmen
who had hoped to achieve glory and
fame as cabinet officers can be read
in the national records from the fOUn-
datiOn OF the government TO the pres
ent time. Failure to accomplish great
plans and to realize hopes Of a last
IN, III
cabinet officers embittered and disap-
pointed back into private life.
May Not Be Personal Friends.
While the president of the United
States is entitled to choose the nine
gentlemen who shall sit about his
council table as his cabinet advisors,
the political system in effect in the
United States often rObs this selection
Of its personal character. A newly
elected president may know Of nine
men in his circle OF business, social
and political acquaintance whom he
would like to have around him as
cOunselIOrs and whom he believes
would make efficient heads Of depart
ments in the administration Of gov
eminent laws and business. The ex-
igencies of politics, however, usually
compel him to choose his cabinet Of
ficers from different sections OF the
country and in acknowledgement Of
certain potent influences, sometimes
commercial, sometimes economic,
sometimes religious, and often purely
political that helped make his election
sure. The chief executive before de-
Gliding upon the composition Of his
cabinet inquiries carefully into the
qualifications, ability and character
of the men whom he will invite to sit
HE oil Int Z F7nr
pens that the first time he has come
in personal contact with his future
advisor is when he meets him to ex-
tend the invitation to him to enter
the cabinet
In the economy Of government and
in the social life at the natiOHs's cap
ftaI. an American cabinet officer Oc-
cupies a commanding position, but in
the accomplishment OF great deeds Of
craftsmanship and as power in fash
iOning the policies of the nation, the
cabinet minister's own personality,
his ability and genius can alone make
success There are conspicuous ex-
ampIes in the history Of the United
States where cabinet ministers have
dominated the executive and carved
their names higher on the pillar Of
fame than the presidents with whom
they served. The impress made on
national affairs by such men as Dan
Z ieI Webster, John C Calhoun and
7 James G. Blaine, as ministers OF state
I is greater than that OF many presi-
dents Of the United States It is not
| necessary to refer to musty history for
examples Of cabinet ministers who
have won international fame TIE
I late John Hay, secretary OF state IN
\ der President Mckinley and President
/ Roosevelt, seems yet a living actual
/ personality in the affairs Of the
/ world. If no other monument lad
/ been established by his long public
/ service, the open door policy for
I which he obtained recognition in the
far east would mark his statesman
ship for all time With his cOllea-
CUES, Elihu Root, who is now his
successor, he shared the glory Of the
late President McKinley's administra-
ton in which both men were super
Iative influences
Sherman's Earlier Fame.
! Going back a little further we find
the late John Sherman standing as
the monument OF sound finance and
marking the otherwise cOIorIess Hayes
administration from 1877 to 1881 as
an epoch in the financial history OF
the country. In the days Of the civil
war, Stanton, at the head Of the wal
department, earned the name Of be
ing the greatest secretary Of war the
United States ever had and was thu
mainstay OF the immortal Lincoln IL
the latter's heartbreaking experience.
with traitors, politicians and self
seeking army officers The $50 year
of national life OF the United State
furnished many brilliant examples o
what a cabinet officer can accomplish
and the influential part he can play il
the achievements Of an administra
ton.
1t depends largely upon the presi
dent OF the United States to what ex
r tent a cabinet officer may achiev
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