The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-08
ANOTHER CABINET CHANGE.
SECRET tRI HITCHCOCk 10 RE-
TIRE ON MARCH 4.
james 70. GarneId VIII Succeed HIm-AuOr.
~ne.-Gcneral Moody 10 he Justice OF the
supreme Court Herbert Knox smith
for Commissioner OF C~orporatIOns

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Missouri, Secretary Of the Interior, will
retire voluntarily and be succeeded by
James r. Garfield Of Ohio, at present Com
missioner of Corporations in the Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor. The
President at the same time made formal
announcement of his intention to nominate
William II. Moody of Massachusetts,,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. for Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court to succeed Henry B.
Brown of Michigan. who has retired. Other
Official changes were announced as follows:
William A. Richards of Wyoming, Com
missioner of the General Land Office, has
resigned, to take effect March 4 next. Her
bert Knox Smith. Assistant Commissions
OF Corporations. will succeed Mr.. Garfield
as Commissioners.
A successor to Mr.. Richards as Commits
sioner of the General Land Office has not
yet been chosen.
The official announcement Of the impend-
ing changes giveh out at the White House
is as follows:
The President Dur the appoint
HicHJ VI hlOOI Cy-NChCIdl NiOOOy Us tusLlCo
. Of the Supreme Court to succeed Mr.. Justice
Brown.
The Secretary of the Interior, Mr.. Hitch
cock, has informed the President that he
would be unable to stay after March 4. Mr..
Hitchcock has for some time felt that the
very ~exhausting work he has been engaged
in for over eight years in the Interior De-
partment was wearing on him so as to make
IL impossible for him much longer to re-
main. At the Presidents earnest request
he consented to accept a reappointment
on March 4. 1905, at the time of the Presi-
dents Inauguration. But he then stated
that he could not say how long he could
stay. and he feels that now he must insist
upon being relieved after March 4. The
President urged him TO accept the Am
bassadorship to France, but Mr.. Hitchcock
feels that he is entitled to absolute rest
and was obliged to refuse the offer. The
President went carefully over with Mr..
Hitchcock the choice Of a successor who
could be- depended upon to carry on with
absolute fidelity the present policies Of the
Department. and agreed with Mr.. Hitchcock
that the best man to carry on the exceed
ingly onerous. difficult and responsible
work of the Department was James z.
Garfield, the present Commissions OF
Corporations. Mr.. Garfield has accordingly
been notified that he will be appointed on
March 4. when Mr.. Hitchcock ~retires.
Commissions Richards has informed
the President that in accordance with his
intention expressed to Secretary Hitchcock
last May he will resign, his resignation
10 be effective on March 4. This will COM
plete eight years Of service in the Land
Os.ce, four years as assistaHt commissioner
and four years as commissioned. His
successor has not yet been determined
upon.
The Assistant Commissions Of Corpora
tons, Mr.. Herbert Knox Smith. will
succeed Mr.. Garfield as Commissioners OF
Corporations"
The announcement OF Secretary Hitch
cocks retirement, though not unex-
pected, occasions general regret in official
circles. He was called to the Cabinet to
succeed Cornelius N. Bliss Of New York
under President McKinley's first admin
istrstion. He brought TO bear on his adj
ministration the careful business methods
and high standards Of ability and integrity
which he had employed in a long and sue
cessful business career. Through bis per-
Eonal efforts the gigantic land frauds and
timber frauds OF the Northwest we're I'M
ehrJnou ana many IuSu pEONHlucthb OIAlOinis
BUSINESS and professional life were convicted
and sert to prison. His dragnet caught
and convicted United States Senator John
L.. Mitchell and Representative Williamson
of Oregon. Representative Binger Herr
mann OF the same State was indic ted and
il now awaiting trial. The result Of this
work deprived the State Of Oregon during
one term of its entire representation in the
national House OF Representatives. Senator
Fulton was the only man in Congress from
Oregon capable of discharging his oElcial
duties.
Secretary Hitchcock was in a large meas
ure responsible for the action Of the Presi-
dent ia starting the suits to cancel the
patents TO millions Of acres OF valuable coal
lands In Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and
Idaho, which tho Government authorities
allege wers obtained by railroads through
fraudulent entries. The Secretary's latest
important fight was with the Standard Oil
Company, which has acquired by purchase
and Assignment valuable oil leases in the
Indian country Of Oklahoma, and which
Secretary Hitchcock declined to approve.
Secretary Hitchcock has maintained for
two years that there was a conspiracy on
the part OF the railroads to secure control
of the undeveloped coal and oil lands with
a view 70 a monopoly OF the countrys tuei
supply, and the policy OF his administra-
ton has been to combat that tendency.
The President and Secretary are now at
work on O sweeping order Withdrawing
from all forms OF entry many millions OF
acres of public lands known TO contain coal.
This order viii soon be promulgated, and
Secretary Hitchcock regards It as the CROWN
ing triumph OF his administration.
Only last week Secretary Hitchcock
refused to approve the application OF q
Western man, who sought to be recognized
a. attorney for an Indian tribe before the
Department because he was a clerk for a
member OF one Of the Indian committees OF
Congress. This illustrates Secretary Hitch
cocks watchfulness even in small matters.
Sometimes his rules were regarded as harsh.
As the result he was not popular among
Senators and Representative, some OF
whom, 10 before stated, he convicted OF
crime along with their friends and ap-
,aank~A~