The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-24
PROSPECTIVE CABINET
 CHANGES ANNOUNCED
OFFICIAL STATEMENT CHEN OUT AT THE WHITE
 HOUSE.

CarteIyOu to be Secretary of the Treus-
 ury; Meyer, Postmaster General
 Bonaparte, Attorney General; Metcnlf
 Secretary of the Navy and Oscar S
 straus, Secretary of Commerce and
 Labor--Latter Now Ambassador to
 Russia.
 Washington, Oct. 23-The following statement regarding prospective changes in President Roosevelt's cabi- net was made public at the White house tonight:
 october 23, 1906.-On the retirement of Secretary Shaw and Attorney Gen. eral Moody from the cabinet the following changes will be made: Secre- tary of the treasury, Hon. George B. Cortelyou; postmaster general Hon, George Won L. Meyer; attorney general, Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte; secretary of the navy, Hon. Victor H. Metcalf; secretary of commerce and labor, Hon. Oscar s. Straus.
 The general understanding for some time has been that Attorney General Moody will retire on the first of the coming January and that Secretary Shaw will follow him on the fourth of March. On the first of the year, there fore, MT. Bonaparte, now secretary of the navy, will succeed MT. Moody as attorney general and he will in turn be succeeded by Mr. Metcalf, the sec- retary of commerce and labor, the lat ter's place being filled by MT. Straus. MT Cortelyou, now postmaster general, will take Secretary Shaws place on the fourth of March at which time MT. Meyer is to become postmaster general.
 The announcement of the prospective changes in the cabinet was made late in the afternoon, following protracted cabinet meeting earlier in the day at which 1t Is understood the whole mat ter was considered fully. The changes contemplate the introduction of two new men in the cabinet, MT. Meyer, who is to be postmaster general, and MT Straus, who is to be secretary Of commerce and labor.
 The fact that MT. Meyer was to have place in the cabinet has been known for some time, but the name of MT. Straus has been mentioned only inci- dentally, if at all, in connection with the circle of the presidents advisers. The transfer of Messrs Cortelyou to the treasury, Bonaparte to the attor- ney generalship and Metcalf to the navy has been generally accepted as among the probabilities for some time, although it has been known that both MT Bcnaparte and MT. Metcalf were for time loath to leave their present positions because they had become so fully identified with the work of their departments.
 Mfr Meyer, who will become postmas- ter general is ambassador to Russia, to which place he was appointed March 6, 1905, having been promoted to that office following his service as the ann bassador to Italy from 1900 to 1905, He is a native of Massachusetts and was well known as a bushes man.
 The appointment of MT, Straus caus- ed considerable surprise, as it will be thu first case where a citizen of the Hebrew faith has been a member of the presidents cabinet He was born De- cember 3, 1850, and is well known as merchant diplomat and author. He represented the United States as min lister to Turkey on two different occa- sions and was appointed by President Roosevelt to fill the vacancy caused by the death of eX-President Harrison as member of the permanent court of ar- bitration at The Hague.