The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-22
AMONG THE
SECRETARIES
GOSSIP Or CHANGES IN PREsl.
DENT RoosEVELT's CABINET.
Taft May be First to Disrupt the Pres.
idential Family II He Goes to su.
preme Beneh-H,teheoek. Shaw
and Moody May Retire.

Washington, May 21.-(SpeciaD-
While there continues TO be occasion
al gossip about probable changes in
the cabinet Of President Roosevelt, 1t
seems assured that there will be no av.
cancies until Secretary Taft retires to
go TO the supreme bench Of the United
States this fall. Associate Justice
Brown has made a gap in the bench by.
retiring. and Secretary Taft has un.
ger consideration an offer OF the ~.
cancy Many people believe that he
will not accept the offer and that he
president offered him the place il is
said that he really hopes MIR Taft will
not accept Taft is by long odds the
most popular man in the cabinet He
is enc OF the two men the president
coasults on nearly everything The
ether is Secretary Root Both are talk.
cd about for the Republican nomina.
ton for president two years from now.
BY reason OF the radical tendency Of
the times. Mr. Root is believed TO be
out Of the running, having been Tor
years the principal attorney Of a mum.
Der Of large corporations. When Mr..
Taft was upon the federal bench as
circuit Judge he ssued a number Of in
juncuCns in labor disturbances and
he believes that would put a stop TO
his being a presidential nominee. His
friends do not agree with him. As 10
Taft, II Is a question Of going upon
the bench now or waiting and having
a try" fcr the presidency, for which
It is universally admitted he IS splen-
didly equipped.
So II looks as II the first break In
the present cabinet may occur with
the transfer OF Secretary Taft TO the
supreme bench. After that there are
three men likely 20 retire. They are
Secretary Hitchcock of the interior de-
partment: Sertary Shaw Of the treas
ury. and attorney General Moody.
Secretary Hitchcock has been "doped'
as a cabinet quitter for a long time.
but he stays and Is expected 20 stay
much longer yet. He went 10 the cab
met in 1899, having been ambas-
sador Of this country 20 Russia when
named by President Mckinley as one
Of his cabinet adyisrs. Next TO Sec
retary Wilson he has been in the
In the cabinet longer than any man
there. He has had a somewhat stormy
career in his fights vita cattle barons
and government land thieves In the
west and Is not liked by senators and
representatives.
Secretary Shaw intended to get out
Ct the cabinet last February but was
asked 20 remain longer. He consented
TO DO so and Il is stated that he will
not go out before next March and pos
sibly not then He Is an avowed presi-
Dental candidate and is watching the
game in that direction with a close
eye He has proven an efficient ofhcer
Attorney general Moody is scheduled
To 20 out Of the cabinet next March
10 resume the practic of law in Massa'
chusetts. Several times before there
has been talk OF this, but the pres
ident has each time persuaded Mr.
Moody TO stay with him. It is gen
eralIy understood that when Mr.
Moody retires, Secretary Bonaparte'
now in the navy department, will be
made attorney general, leaving va
cancy IN the navy portfolio. This may
be hlled by the promotion Of assistant
Secretary Newberry, who halls nom
Michigan.