New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-19
No SPLIT In THE CABINET.
SOME CHANGES COMING.
President Not Seeking Reuenge on
Stand Pdtters."

oe-7ed has caused no split in the Cabinet and
t;ction exists among the Presidents officisI
advisers
There is as was related In thess dispatches
,,s, night a wide difference Of opinion in the
c.bjnet. Secretaries Shaw. Wilson and Metoaif
not agreeing with the President, and the re-
rnainder OF the Cabinet approving the square
deal for ourselves" but a simple difference Of
orinion does not indicate friction, and there Is
~, warrant whatever for the statement that
secretary Shaw will resign in advance Of the
dale ne has already set. February l. 1906.
Mr.. METCALF TO RETIRE.
Several Cabinet changes are likely to occur
-srt fall and winter. Secretary Morton has
-aadv announced through these dispatches
his intention Of retiring from public life next
<eu Il is now said for the first time that the
es-ra-ar, Of Commerce and Labor. Mr.. Metcat,
-;,l retire about the same time as he desires to
5s-,o,a his attention to his private interests.
The Attorney General who has remained in
-ha cabinet only at the urgent request of the
President will also. in all probability. decide
\ that he cannot neglect his law business much
longer and win probably return to Massa-
c,,,setrs 70 practise law about the time.
Fevord these there are no indications Of Cabi-
net chances at the present time. except for
-ha possibility that Postmaster General Cortel-
z,7;, may be induced head tho reorganized
Eoultable Life Assurance Society.
attorney. General Moody stands squarely with
+be President on the most favored nation
nollcv," and so does Secretary Morton. but
neither Mr. Shaw Mr.. Metcalf does, and it
e a reasonable presumption that when their
rlaces are filed. they will be within year,
no stand patter' need apply.
REASON FOR PRESIDENTS POLICY.
Although various "standpatters" are prone
n attribute the Presidents new policy to an
effort 10 secure revenge on the men Of their
faith who so effectualIy defeated the Presidents
efforts to secure proper modification Of tbs tariff
schedules in the last Congress, especially in the
House their assumption is entirely unwar-
rauted. A clear perception OF the grasping
policy Of the combinations, enabled, by reason
Of certain improperly high tariff schedules. to
charge extortionately high prices for machinery
and material TO be used the canal. led the
President TO render, at the request Of Secretary
Taft and the commissioners. the decision made
public Monday. The fact that this decision will
Of itself prove a powerful object lesson to the
people at large and Will doubtless result in
vigorous a popular demand for tariff readjust-
ment that the "standpatters" vii be unable
to withstand it is purely incident, although
& very gratifying one to the President.
The intention of the President to express him
Z
Eity Of tariff readtustment in the message which
he Will send to Congress next fall was announced
in unequivocaI terms in these dispatches long
before the inclusion Of the United States among
the most favored nations" was enunoiated, and
naturally anything which will tend to impress
on Congress the good to be attained by carry
ing out the Presidents recommendations will
not prove ungrateful to him.
"sTANDPATTERS" GLOOMY
The few "standpatters' now in Washington
take a gloomy view of the situation They had
supposed that the refusal Of the House to ar
range for recess meetings Of the Committee on
Ways and Means had so discouraged the Presi-
6Sat that he would content himself with striving
for railroad rate legislation. the agitation for
which has been constantly aided and abetted by
certain "standpatters" with the hore that it
would entirely eclipse the tariff issue in the pub
lie mind. For that reason, the present attitude
Of the President has proved a shock to those who
have lulled themselves into fancied security, and
now they are ready to concede that nothing can
save them from the necessity Of needing the
Presidents recommendations ana oveTbauins
certain Dingley schedules when Congress meets
IN the fall.
In the light of present facts the foresigAted-
ness Of Senator Aldrich IN securing from Sem
ator German pledge that the Democrats In
al The coming extra session stands out as a re.
markable example of the perspicacity Of the
Rhode Island sta tesman. II is also noteworthy
that The Senator from Rhode Island who al
ways exercises an effective supervision over the
selection Of members OF the Financs Committee
q which he is chairman, has secured in the las.
few years several new members, such as Sen
atoTs SPooner and Hansbrough, who are IA
vorable 10 tariff readiustnent, and it is a fair
Presumption that the successor of Senator O.
4. Platt on that committee viii also be required
10 furnish evidence that he is "of the faith
before ne is chosen.
CANNON on KNOWING WHEN TO LET GO
There are strong indications that Speaker
Cannon has had his TO the ground TO some
purpose, for he delivered 10 the newspaper men
al the White House to-day a little homily on
knowing when 10 let 60" He remarked
apropos Of the Panama Canal decision:
It's great thing to know when to let go.
Let ne give you an inside tip; knowing when
70 quit is the principal part OF craftsmanship"
From which it may be assumed that the
Speaker has arrived at the conclusion that the
stand pat" proposition is a good thing to let
go og.
Speaker Cannon did not warm up to any de-
cided extent when asked for his views on the
Plan of purchasing goods for the Panama Canal
abroad if prices in the home markets are higher
All that 1 have TO say on that subject have
said before he replied and il could go IN
just that much Of a column
The Speaker illustrated by measuring off half
the length OF his forefinger.
No. don't know Of a bit Of news" he con-
tinued as he proceeded to climb into his auto
mobile VIII you fellows tell me If there Is
anything going on? No. suppose there is not