Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-04
SHAKE Up ta ROSTERS o. SEN.
ATE AND HOUSE Or Rec.
REsEsTATtsEs
cabinet MEMBERS
Treasury and lntsrtor Department
Have Mes Hssds-Te Try Standard
oit-suprsme Court Rate Nearing.

Washington. March with the
closing of the 5sth congress At noon
today. many changes took place 10 the
rosters Of both the senate and the
house Of representatives. Overshad- |
owing these In immediate Importance.
however. Is the shake~up In the cabi-
net, whereby George d, Cortelyou be-
comes secretary OF the treasury. Jas.
Rudolph Garfield secretary of the in.
terror. and George von l.. Meyer post.
master general
Mr.. cortelyou has little TO say re-
garding his conduct OF the treasury
department. and has made public nc
definite plans OF management and
personnel. other than that the depart,
ment will be run on the principle OF
4 square deal to all interests. both
great and small. The friends Of the
new secretary are not so s~ecretive, and
declare that he will shortly bring
about a decided change that will not
tend to make him highly popular with
the Wall street ~finaneiers. The liber
al policy OF Secretary Shaw In tender.
: ing first aid TO injured bankers during
periods OF financial depression on
> the street" In said by Cortelyou's
friends 10 be at m end. Certain It Is
that Mr.. Shaw smashed all previous
records Of the treasury department by
the loaning OF government money to
national banks. While his services
were highly appreciated by the lin.
terests' they failed TO meet with the
approval OF the smaller bankers and
= the general public. and 1t Is more
than rumored that the discomfort
. caused by this policy led to his res
ignation.
Another reform which Mr.. Cortelyou
Is expected TO undertake Is that of
stopping the leaks In the department.
whereby persons high In the financial
- world have been enabled TO secure ad.
y vance information of important fiscal
~ projects. much to their profit and to
- the disgrace Of the administration
20 Every effort will be made to discover
,, the identity of employees who have
leaked" information, and they will be
NJ summary dismissed.
r. oarfields Succeeds Hitchcock.
" The retirement OF Ethan Allen
Is Hitchcock from the interior depart
n. ment marks the passing Of the most
BY unpopular man in the public service
al All over the country the policy Of Mr.
Hitchcock has beer severely criticiz
ed, and this spirit of condemnation
has often spread TO the members Of
congress. Mr.. Hitchcock has no
lacked for defenders, however. hi.
|" friends declaring that his critics were
mainly land thieves and grafters WHIT
hated him because of his u~nwaverins
defense of the interests of the gov
eminent and the rights of the red
skins who were his wards. In an,
event, the enemies Of Hitchcock hav,
N at last succeeded in their long effor
Dk to drive him from the cabinet.
ha Mr.. Hitchcock is now 20 years O
n age, while his successor. James r
IN. Garfield, Is 50 years younger. TIL,
n latter will need all the years esuma
bly, allotted to him If he succeeds il
no settling satisfactorily to all concerne,
m. the problems Of administration which
its now confront him. The Roosevelt
policy concerning Indian lands an,
av western forest reserves has met will
,e- determined opposition on the part O
the white settlers and cattlemen. an,
up Mr.. Garfield will need all his ingen
uity and ability to saw the west t
nv the republicans. That Mr.. Garfield /
the right man in the right place an,
that he possesses the attributes nee
essary to bring about peace anon,
up the warning interests is the firm be
lief of all who know him.
cd To Try Standard Oil.
EN- At Chicago today the Standard Oh
company of Indiana will answer Il
Ike federal court to eight indictments re
IN Gently returned by a federal gran,
jury In that city, charging the corpo,
H. alton with the acceptance of rebate
in. on oil hsipments to Whiting. Ind. Fed
eral Judge Lands will sit in the tria
m of the case. and District Attorne,