The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 HE members of a Presidents cab (O met nowadays are appointed and
 dismissed without attracting much attention, yet some of them while in office wield considerable influence. The President may not be influenced much by tbe advice of a majority of the cabinet, but, as a rule, there are always two or three members whose ideas on grave pup lie problems he is very glad to hear.
 President Roosevelt is making still more changes in his cabinet, with the view, probably, of strengthening that body , The retirement of Secretary Hitchcock of the interior department on March 4' and the promotion of MT. Garfield, now commissioner of corporations, Will COIL rrcnt the latter with tasks that will test his abilities thoroughly. Secretary Hitch cool, has been an indefatigable worker in a department where he has been obliged to fight graft and was able to unearth gigantic public land frauds, securing many convictions. Mir. Garfield has no slight task to equal the record of MT. iltch- cock.
 With the retirement of Mir. Hitchcock there will remain in the cabinet only one or President Mckinley's cabinet ap- nointees-Mr James Wilson, secretary or agriculture, now serving his ninth year. the longest record of any cabinet official. NIr Root. althouglein the Mckinley cabi- net was recalled by MT. Roosevelt and promoted.
 The apopintment of Attorney General Moody to succeed Justice Brown on the beneh of the supreme court of the Uni ted States is, of course, gratifying to Massachusetts but perhaps many promi- nent attorneys may be pardoned for hoH- ing ne will be able to settle the most lm- portant suits concerning violations or the antitrust law which he is now handling as attorney general before he assumes his duties as an associate justice or the judicial body which renders decisions m such cases Judge Moody, however can be depended upon, we believe, 10 give every one a square deal. By his accept ance of this judgeship the cabinet loses n strong member and the Massachusetts republicans cannot longer hope he will accent a nomination for governor.
  aparte, who is to succeed Mr. Moody as attorney general, is lawyer Of ability, vet he will be on trial, citizens at large not being very familiar with his legal at tainments. MT. Bonaparte's successor as Secretary of the Navy, Mr.Von L. Meyer, who earned an enviable reputation as an ambassador. has yet to demonstrate how efficiently he can administer the affairs of that very important office.
 President Roosevelt has made perhaps more changes in his cabinet since his ac- cession to the presidential office than any other President Nevertheless even Wash ineton had three secretaries of state, two secretaries of war and three attorney generals. Jackson had four secretaries of state, five secretaries of the treasury, three secretaries of war, three attorney gen. erals and three secretaries of the navy. And so the list could be extended.
 In Washington's time there were only four cabinet officers-Secretary of State. Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War and Attorney General. Now there are nine, each receiving sS000 salary.
 In the early days the office of Secretary of State was considered as the stepping stone to the presidency. Jefferson, Madi- son, Monroe J. e. Adams, Van Buren and Buchanan all served as secretaries to preoedinC Presidents. Since Bucharans time, however, no Secretary of States has been chosen President although Seere- taries Webster. Calhoun, Cass, Blaine.