The sun., 1905-11-21
SECY. SHAW CHANGES His MIND
RE WILL NOT RETIRE FROM THE
GARNET on FEB. I.
The President Induces Him to Remain
AZ Least IntlI the End or tho session
OF Congress No Further Cabinet
Changes n President Can Prevent II.

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at Least Intll the End or the Session
OF Congress No Further Cabinet
Changes n President Gan Prevent H..
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-lf President
Roosevelt can prevent it there will he no
Further changes in the personnel Of the Cabi-
net for at least year. 1t has been generally
believed that Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie NJ. Shaw would retire about Feb
ruary l. 1908, and that, indeed, was MIR.
Shaw's intention. Mr.. Shaw had laid his
plans for European trip late this winter,
expecting to meet his wife and daughters,
who sailed last week for an extended stay
abroad
All this was changed this afternoon when
the President sent word to the Treasury
Department, asking that the Secretary step
over to the White House. As soon as Mr..
Shaw reached the Presidents office Mr..
Roosevelt asked him if it were true that he
wished to leave the Cabinet in February.
The Secretary replied by reminding the
President that when the Cabinet MEM
bers were reappointed after the inaugura-
ton last March he had expressed his desire
to retire from public life in about one year
from that time, and that he had remarked
then that February, 1905, would complete
four years Of service at the head Of the
treasury department. Mr.. Shaw was
appointed in February, 1902, as the successor
Of LYMAN j. Gage
The President told the Secretary that he
would be disappointed If he insisted on
going out as early as February, and he
urged him to remain at least until the end
OF the coming session of Congress, and as
much longer as he would. The Secretary
thanked the President, and said that he
would remain until the end of the session
Of Congress, and that the question Of stay
ing in the Cabinet beyond that time could
be held in allegiance. Congress probably
will not adjourn until May or June, and
possibly not until midsummer.
lhere were rumorS in circulation last
Saturday that Secretary Shaw had stormy
interview with the President in regard to
the question OF Government aid for the
tight money market in New York and
that the Secretary was on the point OF re-
signing. The interview at the White House
this afternoon, which had been reported
authoritatively effectually disposes of these
rumors.
1t was also made known to-day that Attor-
ney-.General Moody would remain in the
Cabinet for some time Mr. Moody has two
or three times set date for his own retire
ment, and It was arranged last March that he
Silouiu ieIndul Until uuly / lbUO. ne fTeSl-
dent hopes that the Attorney General will
not feel compelled to return to his private
law practice in Massachusetts, as early
as next July. and will try to induce him
to continue at the head of the Depart
ment of Justice until the end of the short
session of Congress, on March 4, 1907. Mr.
Moody will probably be induced.
After the inauguration last March
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock told
the President that he would ask to be
relieved at the end of one year. The
President wishes him to carry out his
work of running down the land frauds,
and it is certain that if he should live Mr.
Hitchcock will continue in his present
office for some time after March 4, 1906
and he may remain in the Cabinet for year
or more Implacable enemies of the Score
tary, some Of them high in public life, have
been trying to get him out Of the Cabinet
for at least five years past, but they made
no headway with President Roosevelt,
and they were unable to accomplish any
thing in that direction when William Nc
Kinley was President.
Mr.. Hitchcock has served longer as
Secretary Of the Interior than any pre-
decessor, and he is the only member OF
the Mckinley Cabinet, except his warm
friend and close associate, Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson, who has re-
manned in the Cabinet continuously since
his appointment by Mr.. Roosevet's pre-
decessor. Mr.. Root was a member of the
Mckinley Cabinet, but he was out of office
for some time after his resignation as
Secretary Of War and before his appoint
ment as Secretary Of State.