The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-13
The Presidents Cabinet.

Secretary OF State. JOHN HAT
Secretary OF the Treasury. ...... LYMAN J. GAGE
Secretary OF Wal. ..,.."............ .ELMU ROOT
Secretary OF the Navy. ...........J JONI ID. LONG
Postmaster General. ....... cHARLEs EMORY SMITH
Attorney neral............ .PBILANDER @. KNOX
Secretary OF the Interior. ETHAN ALLEN HrroHoook
Secretary Of Agriculture .......,... jams WILSON
OF these gentlemen Mr.. ROOSEVELT
wrote on October 4, 1901, when he had
been in office three weeks, TO an intimate
and honored friend:
"If possible I should IKE 70 got ono or moro mem.
bers of tho Cabinet who are in close touch with
tho people. carrying weight when they explain the
policies, purposesAnd acts Of my administration
This is the one point In which the present Cabi-
net 10 not a. strong as Il should be. I do not be-
ncve that . nnsr. ADLER. moro high minded body
Of public servants was ever got together around
. President; but there IL no one OF them. with the
possible exception Of Root cwho is 10 busy that he
can hardly ever speak,. who osn appear before the
country with the prestige OF q great political leader
70 explain and cnampio my Administration
I'll could at any time al this want I should most
ardently desire 70 do 50. In other words, for q
Cabinet place the man should. II possible. DO not
only eminently nt for tho administration Of his
department. but also. II possible. . party leader of
weight
The first changes which President
ROOSEVELT made in this Cabinet Of
praiseworthy men, including NO one
however, with the possible exception
Of Mr.. RooT, who could appear before
the country with the prestige Of a great
political leader TO explain and champion
his Administration, took effect on January
Q. 1902, when Secretary GAGE retired
from the Treasury Department, to
be succeeded by LESLIE NJ. SHAW, who
had twice beer Governor Of Iowa, and
Postmaster General SMITH gave way TO
HENRY G. PAYNE, an experienced Repub-
lican politician in Wisconsin, who had
been secretary and chairman Of the
Young Mems Republican Club since 1872,
for seven years secretary and chairman
Of the State and county committees, a
member of the national committee, adele
gate to several national conventions, and
postmaster of the city Of Milwaukee.
On April 20 of the same year Secretary
LONG quit the Navy Department, in
which Mr.. ROOSEVELT had once acted as
his assistant. Mr.. ROOSEVELT named to
succeed him WILLIAM HENRY MOODY,
a graduate OF Harvard, who had served
in four Congresses as a Representative
from Massachusetts. Mr.. MOODY con-
tinued as Secretary of the Navy until
July 1, 1904, when he was appointed
Acknowledgement, the Office he now has,
PHILANDER c. KNOX having been elected
a Senator from Pennsylvania. Mr..
MOODY was followed in the Navy Depart
ment on July 1, 1904, by PAUL MORTON
Of Illinois, who had had no previous
experience In public office and who
retired on July I, 1905, to enter the in
surance business. To fill the vacancy
then created Mr.. ROOSEVELT appointed
CHARLES JOSEPH BoNAPARTE of Mary
land, grandson Of the King of West
phalia, a Harvard graduate, who had
been identified with numerous reform
movements and who had served the
Government as a member Of the Board
OF Indian Commissioners, 10000.
The Fifty-ninth Congress created the
Department OF Commerce and Labor and
on February IS, 1908, Mr.. ROOSEVELT
appointed GEORGE BRUCE C%ORTELYoU,
his secretary, who had served Mr.. MCKIN-
z in the same capacity, az its first
Secretary. Mr.. CoRTELYoU served until
July /, 1904. when he resigned to be-
come chairman OF the Republican ma
tional committee. Mr.. CoRTELYoU was
out Of the Cabinet until March 9, 1905,
when he reentered it as Postmaster
General, succeeding ROBERT j. WINNIE,
a Washington journalist who after SER
wing as First Assistant for some time had
been appointed head Of the Department
on October 10, 1904. In the Department
of Commerce and Labor Mr.. CoRTELYoU
was followed by VICTOR H. METCALF,
who had been a Representative from
California in three Congresses.
On February IA, 1904, Mr.. RooT left
office and WILLIAM H. TAFT of Ohio,
Governor Of the Philippines and a former
Judge on the United States bench, be-
came Secretary of War. Mr.. Roor was
out Of the Cabinet only seventeen months,
for on July 20, 1905, he returned to Wash
ington as Secretary Of State, taking the
place made vacant by the death Of JOHN
HAY. The result of these changes is
that the Cabinet now consists Of these
gentlemen:
Secretary Of State .ELIHu ROOT
Secretary OF the Treasury ......... LESLIE M. SHAW
Secretary OF War. .............. WILLIAM II. TAFT
Secretary OF the Navy. ..... CHARLns J. BoNARARrE
Postmaster General. ....... GEORGE n. CoRrKLYoU
Attorney Genera, WILLIAM II. MOODY
Secretary OF the Interior. ETHAN ALLEN HIrcHoocK
Secretary OF Agriculture. .........-.JAMEs WILSON
Secretary OF Commerce and Labor v. H.. METcALE
On March 4 three changes will be
made in the list il Mr.. RoosEvELT's
plans do not miscarry. Mr.. MOODY will
become an Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court and Mr.. BoNAPARTE will
become Acknowledgement Mr.. NET
CALF will take the place of the head Of
the Navy Department vacated by Mr..
Bonaparte. OSCAR STRAUs Of New York