Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-13
TALK OF CABINET CHANGES
Taft, Moody and Shaw Are Among Those
Slated for Retirement,
MACON TALKED OF AS TAFTs SUCCESSOR
Bill Introduced In House to Delay
Opening of the shOshOne Reser-
walton from June rs 60
August 10.
cFrom a star Correspondent

tory Taft from the cabinet for place on |
the supreme bench in place of Justice |
Brown has given rise to much speculation
as to the Taft succession.
Ever since II was vaguely hinted Justice |
Brown would retire. Secretary Taft's name |
has been connected with the vacancy and |
naturally the cabinet builders have been |
casting about for man to succeed Taft |
and they have found him in the person |
of Governor Charles L Magoon OF Ne
braska. Today Mr.. Magoon was APP
preached regarding the succession, but
laughingly pushed IL aside as a huge joke.
Judge Magoons thorough knowledge of the
Philippines and isthmian canal matters
would. it Is believed here. make him an
ideal secretary Of war. Judge Magoon will
sail for the isthmus on Saturday to take
up his duties governor of the canal
zone, American minister to the Panamanian
government and member of the Panama
commission
| IL is said that with the agreement that
Secretary Taft shall go upon tho supreme
BENCH it is Attorney General Moodys in
| tentlon to quit the cabinet next March,
and already his successor is predicted In
| the person OF the present secretary of the
navy, Charles J. Bonaparte The Ameri-
can ambassador to Russia, George l.
Meyer, is picked as Bonaporte's sue
cessor at the head Of the Navy department
Mr.. Shaw also retires next year i'm order
/ to enter upon his presidential campaign
which will mean at least three changes
| in the cabinet, and possibly Hitchcock
may also 20 out.
Martin Goes Campaigning.
| Congressman Martin of the Black Hills
district will leave for South Dakota to-
morrow on a short speech-making tour
| through Lincoln county. He is billed to
speak at LenoX Thursday Canton Friday
and Hudson Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Mar
| tin said so far as his senatorial ambitions
are concerned they looked exceedingly
promising and that the stalwart forces in
South Dakota would be stronger in the
coming convention than they were in the
last. Should this prove true II means the
retirement of Senator Gamble to private
life. But Senator Gamble is quite as opti-
mistic as his younger colleague of the del
egation and it is a, case of you pay your
money and you take your choice"
Fish Hatchery for Nebraska.
Senator Burkett's bill appropriating S25,-
900 for the purchase OF a site and the erec-
tion OF buildings for hsh hatchery in
Nebraska was favorably reported today
from the committee on fisheries. The bill
| Is Originally directed a new Dhu
cultural station be located at Neigh. AM
telope county. but upon reference to the
Department of Commerce and Labor Sec
retary Metcalf made the suggestion that
the precise location of the station be left
TO the discretion of his department, which
has been done.
Increase In Mexican Pensions.
: The state committee on pensions today
| e., ~
oallnger's bill providing a uniform PEN
sion of $50 per month to veterans OF the
Mexican war. There are now in round
numbers 4,5OO survivors of this conflict
and these now receive uniform rate of
! not less than S12 per month OF course,
in some exceptional cases the rate. because
of extraordinary disability due TO their
service. is much higher than the S12 figure.
Under the Gallinger bill all will receive at
least 500 per month. There are many vet
Grams of the Mexican war located in Ne
braska Iowa and the Dakotas, but the
great preponderance Of these survivors are
living in Mississippi and Texas. with con-
siderable numbers in Tennessee and
Georgia.
Representative Dawson of the Second
. Iowa district today introduced a bill trans
ferring the counties of Jackson and Clinton
I | from the nOTtnern JUDICIAL ulStflCl OF Iowa
!, to the southern district.
Delay In wind River Opening.
Z Representative Lacey today introduced
a joint resolution providing an extension
Of time for opening to public entry OF
) unailotted lands on the ceded portions OF
the Shoshone OF Wind river reservation
i. In wyoming from June l5 1906, to August
10. 1905 This extension OF time Is sought
"a conditions In early
June are not favorable and for the com
fort of prospective settlers it would b,
J. better to postpone the opening until mid
& summer. Another reason is two new rail
9 roads are projected to reach practically tC
Il the bounds of the country to be opened
d and II the opening is delayed a couple o.
10 months the railroads will be practically
o completed and greatly facilitate the trave
: OF those who contemplate making the
a. future homes on the lands to be opened.
II Reaurveys I'm Nebraska.
.e Representative Kinkaid today introduces
a bill authorizing the secretary of tn
interior to resurvey certain lands in Ne
braska. These lands. Il is asserted. wer
- not accurately surveyed when the countr!
"a was opened TO settlement, or II they wer
= the monuments have been misplaced o
4 lost sight of. The Kinkaid bill propose
n to furnish relief in having resurvey mad
4 OF the lands in township q NORTH rang
81 l2; township % north range 1S; township
,r . north, range "A; township S2 north rang
n a., all west of. the sixth principal meridian
m in Nebraska, also all lands in the count
Of Mcpherson.
Minor Matters at Capital.
Judge Kinksid today made the followin
- recommendations for postmasters: Z.
- Upton, Ericsson, Wheeler county, vice {
w. Lockard, removed; William H. BOyel
Fort Niobrara vice ]. o. Vincent, resigned
- Mayor Mattern of Des Moines. accom-
n panied by several friends, is in Washing
ton. returning from Boston, where he wen
to assist I'm the presentation of bell give
by the citizens OF Des Moines to IN
armored cruiser Des Moines.
b. Murphy, state printer OF Iowa an
OF also editor OF the VlntOn Citizen, is /
-e Washington.
7. Colonel A. J. Keller and daughter q
he Hot Springs and ]. j. Davenport OF Sturgi
he S. D. are In Washington.
n Rural carriers appointed; Iowa-Cylinde
route ?. Franklin Jones carrier, Mary Jons