The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-03-04
CLOSING OF
CONGRESS
CAME TO AN END AT NOON TODAY
MANY CHANGES In HOUSE
AND SENATE
THE NEW MEN IN THE CABINET
Hitchcock is No More Garfield the
New Man.

Washington, March with the
closing Of the Fifty-ninth congress at
noon today, many changes took place
in the rosters of both the senate and
the house of Representatives. Over
shadowing these in immediate import
ance, however, is the shake up in
the cabinet, whereby George B.
Cortelyou becomes secretary Of the
treasury, James Rudolph Garfield,
secretary Of the interior and George
Won L. Meyer postmaster general.
Mr.. Cortelyou has little to say re-
garding his conduct Of the treasury
department, and has made public no
definite plans of management and
personnel, other than that the de-
partment will be run on the principle
Of square deal to all interests, both
great and small. The friends of the
new secretary are not so secretive
and declare that he will shortly bring
about decided change that will not
tend to make him highly popular with
the Wall street financiers. The liber-
al policy Of Secretary Shaw in tender
ing first aid to injured bankers dur
ing periods Of financial depression on
"the street" is said by Cortelyou's
friends to be at an end. Certain it
is that Mr.. Shaw smashed all pre-
vious records Of the treasury depart
ment by the loaning Of government
money to national banks. Whils his
services were highly appreciated by
the interests, they failed to meet
with the approval of the smaller bank
ers and the general public, and it is
more than rumored that the discon-
tent caused by this policy led to his
resignation.
Another reform which Mr.. Cortel-
you is expected to undertake is that
Of stopping the leaks in the depart
ment, whereby persons high in the
financial world have been enabled to
secure advance information Of import
ant fiscal projects, much to their pro-
fit and to the disgrace Of the admin
istration. Every effort will be made
to discover the identity Of employees
who have "leaked" information, and
they will be summarialy dismissed.
The retirement Of Ethan Allen
Hitchcock from the interior depart
ment marks the passing of the most
unpopular man in the public service.
All over the country the policy of Mr..
Hitchcock has been severely criticised.
\ This spirit of condemnation has often
spread to the members Of congress.
Mr.. Hitchcock has not lacked for de-
tenders, however, his friends declar-
ing that his critics were mainly land
thieves and grafters who hated him
because of his unwavering defence Of
the interests of the government and
rights Of the redskins who were his
wards. In any event, the enemies Of
Hitchcock have at least succeeded in
their long effort to drive him from til
cabinet.
1r. Hitchcock is now 72 years Of
age, while his successor, James R.
Garfield, is thirty years younger. The
latter will need all the years presum-
ably allotted to him if he succeeds in
settling satisfactorily to all concerned
the problems Of the administration
that now confronts him. The Roose.
I velt policy concerning Indian lands
and western forest reserves has met
with determined opposition ON the
part of the white settlers and the cat
tlemen, and Mr.. Garfield will need ali
his ingenuity and ability to save the
West to the republicans. That Mr.
Garfield is the right man in the righi
place and that he possesses the at
tributes necessary to bring about :
. peace among the warning interests i:
A the fi1qa hnliaf af ali who Lvour hin.