The sun., 1908-12-20
WRIGHT and WILSON TOSYlI
TAFT WILL KEEP TsEO -
THE PRESENT CABINET. s

AUGUSTA. Ga. Dec. Ie.--It 10 prssltosI|,t
certain now that Gen. Lulke =. Wfiel
viii remain as Secretary Of War ~ ~
Taft Cabinet. Gen. Wright. - erns@
Der of the Roosevelt Cabinet. was ~
tually a man of Mr.. Taft's eeieoiit1
Mr.. Taft recommended him % Be k.z
successor in the War Department AA
wants the South to havo ct least one fs49
In his Cabinet. and Gen. Wright win ak
doubtedly be the representative
It lis known also that Mr.. Taft inttAd
to keep Uncle Jimmy Wilson aa Secfz.
tary Of Agriculture. 1t ID doubtflil -
Mr.. Wilson will remain through the fosIz
years Of the Taft Administration. L s
said that Secretary Wilson'S ainhittd4
Is to break the record for length OF cab|s
net service. This he will be able 70 Is
by having only year in the Taft Cslz
net. Persons who have come FORWARD
with candidates for Secretary of A9Ile
culture have found that Mr.. Taft issfliz.
posed to leave Mr.. Wilson at the head of>
that portfolio as long as he desires 20 nte5 {.
With the exception Of these two poit}
there will probably be an entirely he<s
Cabinet deal. Mr. Taft has not heard
when Senator Knox will be here. bat ~
will probably come the early part q
next week. It is expected that the IafI
Cabinet will have been pretty. defnit1if
settled by the time the Senator leat1s
Mr.. Taft said to-day that the Tfeaa1iy
portfolio is still open. Ex-Gov. Mytol
T. Herrick Of Ohio and Postnaaster.d den-
eral George Won L. Meyer are the K1o6<
possibilities. tia known thtk
Mr. Herrick was being seriously ooneid
cred by Mr.. Taft before he offered }{ia
post to Theodore Burton. Now that
Burton has been thrown overheard ti44
chances are that the appointment VII
go to the other Ohioan.
Mr.. Taft had no visitors to-day H
spent the day on the golf links and 10 k'l4
office going over the mail. When asked
in regard to the report that he win eaII
an extra session Of Congress for M4nat
15 he said that he had not yet masss pr
his mind as to the date. He would do
he added, without first ooHellts
ing the Republican leaders in Congness
In the evening Mr.. and Mira. Taft W6.1z
to the Grand Theatre and saw Jamna x
Hackett in aThe Prisoner OF x@1dt
As the Taft party entered the theatv6 l'i,
orchestra played america and the en-
tire audience arose. Cheers followed
and Mr.. Taft bowed his aciknowiedgmphf
WASHINGTON. Dec. io.-AltheuGhl oIlf~
rent gossip has recently placed Il (hps
Cabinet of William H. Taft at least ffteest
Dr. twenty men more or less pronaine4
n public or private life the fact is vel
Known TO close friends Of Judge Taft s.
Washington that he has really mzde iiit|s
progress toward the formaticn = h's
Cabinet. When the acceptancs 81 The
state portfolio by Senator Knox w63
made public at Augusta, Ga. yesterday
Mr.. Taft acted with the dehbefats pus.
,ose OF letting the country know as early
Is possible what character Of man he pr1.
posed to place at the head OF f6roinn
lffairs under the Administration That
Judge Taft also let it be known that h9
Expects to confer freely with @anatos
Knox as to the other Cabinet appoinf.
nents is accepted here as denotinn )
lefnite intention on the part Of Jtidf4
Taft to assure the people Of tho cbuptFy
hat he intends TO select as his advisers
he kind of men who viii inspire coasie
lsnce throughout the country. Men
4 calibre who have to be urged ara boin6
ought for
Frank H. Hitchcock viii bs POST
naster- General. In appointing Nc
Hitchcock to this Office and r1aiing
i'm q member OF his Cabinet JudRo
aft. it is believed. was influencsd -
ONE extent by the custom which hes
rown up in recent years Of appointing
I the head of the Post Offios Departures
man who has proved himself q suoo6ss-
ul politician and campaign manager.
he first appointment Of this kind II I1le
ears was that Of Henry G. Payne Of Nise-
onsin, and that was followed by the abs
ointment OF George B. Cortelyou 1f
lew York. Mr.. Payne was for sol6e
me acting chairman Of the Rspuhiio1n
ational committee and Mr., CortaIyos
'as chairman OF the committees durint
he successful Presidential oampsiyn #
Do4. .t,t a
Only one member Of the present Cahlnet
was learned to-day. is likely to be :
lember Of the new Cabinet. althouah Il Il
arely possible that two OF the prssert
eads OF departments will be rsfsibet.
/ least for a time. The fixture e tii5s-
osed to be Secretary Of War buise
fright. although his continuancs' a.
lember Of the new Administrator lnsY
OF be g. matter Of years. Postmaster-
eneral Meyer will. many persprs bSlIeye
e appointed Ambassador to Great Britain
: any rate. 1t Is not expected that 10
i'll be continued as n member. Of The
abinet In the new Administrations
The man who will be Secretary of ti4s 4
avy after March I is believed not 10
ave been selected. although there ARE
,me chances that the present Seognfery.
rIman H. NewbeTy Of Michigan, ~is'
,ntnue at his post for sone time. The
aly other man who has been prpfni-
sntly mentioned In connection with this
ppointment 10 William Loeb, Jr., Gocro-
ny to the President. but 1t is well settled
lat Mr.. Loeb will not be appointed 70
le Cabinet
Secretary James r. Garfield win leave
10 Interior Department on March 4
ut 1t is believed that MIR. Taft has
ot yet determined who his succeseor
lall be. In connection with this ofica
10 name OF Richard A. Ballinger Of eeattls