The Washington times., 1905-07-06
when Mrs. Shaw is not feeling W.
enough to be weighted down. with SUI
duties.
Cabinet REORGANIZATION.

when Mrs. Shaw is not feeling well
enough to be weighted down with such
duties.
Cabinet Reorganization.
That the Cabinet is likely to be practi-
cally reorganized before the conclusion
of the coming Congressional session. Is
commonly believed Root, Taft. Bone
parte, and Cortelyou, are listed to re-
main and become the backbone of the
new order of things.
There is a growing oppositiea to Sec
retary Metcalf. of the Commerce and
Labor portfolio. and it viii be surprising
If he remains throughout the coming
winter, on account OF the opposition TO
his policy toward the Chinese issue. Mr..
Metcalf represents the extreme Pacific
coast attitude toward this question, ana
II has even been intimated that he would
De willing to be forced out of the Cab!-
net Oh this question If he could in the
meantime make 1t plain 10 his California
constituency that he had been standing
Tor them, and thus get himself in line 10
make a try for a Senatorial seat.
The retirement of Mr.. Metcalf would
very likely open the way to giving
Cabinet seat to James r. Garfield.
though Western antagonism to him on
account of his Beef trust report would
be strong. However, he may redeem him
self by satisfying the West with u Wig
orous attitude on the oil situation in that
section.
Moody Desires to Retire.
1t is common opinion that Attorney
General Moody does not wish much
longer 10 r1fnain in the Cabinet, and
that he will, before many months, re-
tire and leave a vacancy at the Depart
nlent of Justice.
The demand for services of former
Cabinet members to practice law for
immense fees, or to occupy corpora
ton administrative offices at fabulous
salaries is so strong that it threatens
to keep the President busy holding to
his strong men.
The counter.ctin. influence just at
present is found in the fact that states
men with Presidential ambitions seem
to find the Cabinet 4 most SauSfac-
tory place from which to exploit Their Their
Presidential claims and keep them
selves properly in the public eye
Presidential Possibilities.
With Root. Taft. Cortelyou. and Shaw
all in the Cabinet and all listed Tor
places, in the Presidential race OF 1seS,
the Cabinet household presents fine pos
sibilites for gossip and interest
modest little boomlet for Secretary of
the Navy Bonaparte has been detected
at large lately; and Richard Cheatham,
of Georgia, head of the Southern Cot
ton Association, when he declared that
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson couid
carry SeVGral SOulHeIIl oedlcS az tAS
head of a Presidential ticket, started
some little gossip in the newspapers
about the Secretary of the farm depart
ment II is generally expected Mr.. VIII
son will remain in the Cabinet so long
as he wishes. though there is unques-
tionably something like an organized
movement to attack him and his conduct
OF the department.
With so many possibilities of Cabinet
changes in the near future, II is noted
that nothing like an adequate supply OF
Cabinet material has been entered fol
places. The very fact that the right
kind of men, with the necessary expe-
rience and of Cabinet dimensions in the
eye of the country, are scarce. has
embarrassed the Cabinetmakers, who
yet are confident that several changes
must be made.