Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-26
He IS TIRED Of SHAW.
Walter Wellman Says President
Will Welcome Retirement of
Iowa Cabinet Member
WILSON'S PLACE is SECURE
WILSON'S PLACE is SECURE

The President Said to Have Unlimited
Faith in Secretary Of Agriculture,
But Has Become Tired Of Present
Secretary Of Treasury--Lodge Also
Down and Out.
Washington. July 26.-Wellman's
special to the Record Herald:
Important changes have occurred n
the white house circle and others are
imminent. The most surprising of these
is the finisl, Of Senator Lodge, OF
Massachusetts, as chuln and conf
Dental adviser Of President Roosevelt.
Lodge is down and out, and Secretar-
les Root AMI Taft are THE big men Of
the present and the future. Secretary
Shaw is out of favor and will soon re-
grets on the part of President Roose-
welt, tho he will probably follow. his
usual course and give the retiring sec
rotary of the treasury handsome
farewell Mr.. Roosevelt is exceedingly
generous about such things. Assistant
Secretary of State Loonlis Is going to
resign and go into business and Com
missioner OF Corporations Garfield, one
of the presidents closest friends. lost
a cabinet post when he gave to the
public his unfortunate report on thu.
beef trust last spring. In good time
he may secure seat In the cabinet.
but he will have to wait as the presi-
dent thinks this not an opportune time
for his promotion.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
without doubt secure in his place, de-
spite the cotton report leakage and the
bitter fight that is being made on him
by certain persons and newspapers.
President Roosevelt thinks Mr.. Wilson
far and away the best secretary Of ag-
riculture the country ever had. He
takes no stock in the criticisms of the
secretary that are daily spread broad
cast in certain circles.
I Mr.. Wilson is particularly strong In
that part OF his work " hich has to do
with the farmers and with efforts to
promote scientific agriculture. 1t is
probable the president win endeavor at
the earliest opportunity to strengthen
the secretary's hands on the admins
trative or executive slice without dis
turbing his prestige as mead Of the de-
partment.
Mr. Wilson has done we'll. He is a.
jealous and effective worker for the
interests of the farmer. The presi-
dents view is that the cotton scandal
may have occurred unGer any admin
istration OF the department, just as the
best of bank presidents may have a
rascally clerk or cashier in his en-
ploy.
Secretary Wilson is rot the member
of the cabinet from Iowa the president
would like to get rid Of.
The minute that Lodge went down
Taft came up. Mr.. Roosevelt is so
constituted that he likes to have two or
three strong men to lean upon. One
at least. He is self-reliant enough, but
he loves to have confitiant with whom
he can talk over everything he thinks
and proposes to do. Lodge was once
In that relation. Then it was Taft
Now it is to be Root and Taft. 1t is
safe to say that t4lest. two men will
have far more influence at the white
house than all the other members Of
the cabinet put together during the
next three years. . Taft is not ambi-
tious. Shaw is. The secretary of the
treasury is crazy to be president. The
president likes Taft and doesn't care
much any more for Shaw. It is only a
question Of time wherl Mr.. Shaw re-
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in Iowa.
Now that a demand for reciprocity
and tariff reform by some method Is
springing up in the country, it is in
structive 70 take stock in another reas-
on for the downfall Of Senator Lodge.
1t was he more than any other senator
who led the way in "burking" the
treaty. Mr.. Lodge put
In the fatal amendments, and when the
door was once opened other senator's
rushed in, like the conspirators who
Caesar. ard in a few mo-
ments it was all over. Mr.. Lodge was
lmpelled to kill the Newfoundland
treaty in order to curry favor with the
fishermen and fishpackers
because his son-in-la'w, Mr.. Gardner,
Is the congressman from that district,
and eager. to retain his seat. This sort
Of thing completely disguised President
Roosevelt When the arbitration treaty
business closely followed, Mr.. Lodges
name was wiped off the slate as one
81 the white house coterie.
In case the reciprocity movement
to anything practical, which Is
M to this time quite doubtful, 1t would
be we'll for ambitious statesmen to
bear in mind Mr.. Lodges fate. Mr..
expects to be president for
more than three years yet, and he is
not going to be a candidate for re-
election. While in the white house he
,roposes to have a great deal of sport,
and his own way Just as often as he
IAN get it.
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