The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-05
SEVERAL CHANGES
FOR THE CABINET
President-EIeCt Taft viii Select
Some New Ones
REWARD FOR HITCHCOCK
Campaign Manager May Be Made
Postmaster General-New Attorney
General Will Be Selected to
Succeed Bonaparte.
REWARD FOR HITCHCOCK

Washington. November 4-The usual
cabinet states. which invariably follow
the election of new President, are max
ing their appearance and political WISE
acres are busy in forecasting the names
of those who will make up President
elect Taft's official family. OF course
there is no authoritative ground what
ever for the mentioning OF specinc Names
but this does not stop the usual eonJee-
ture and gossip at the various rendezvous
for public men and it is expected that
various Taft cabinet states will make
their appearance from this time forward
with more or less outward appearance
of probability.
In the speculative comment whleh Is
being INDUCED in the name of Secretary
Root is often mentioned as likely to con-
+inue at the head of the state depart
ment is he desires to do So
IT anpears to be the general impression
that Secretary Luke Wright will be an
other cabinet officer to remain, owing to
the warm personal attachment existing
between himself and the President-elect,
including their close association IN the
Philippines during the constructive Pc
riod.
Opinion seems to be divided, however,
! as to whether Mr.. Wright would retain
the war portfolio or would be given
wider range in his chosen profession
the law-as Attorney General Judge
Wright was for eight years attorney gen
eral Of Tennessee and his father was
chief justice of Tennessee.
If appears to be quite generally ae-
cepted in the current speculation that
Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the re-
! nublican national committee, VIII De III
cluded in the forthcoming cabinet pioo-
ably as Postmaster General. post ior
which he would have practical qualln-
cations owing to his service until a rev
months ago as fourth assistant postmas-
fer general in the present administrator
a nosition he voluntarily relinquished TO
take personal charge of Mr.. Tafts in
terests. -
The defeat Of Congressman Hepburn
of Iowa, long chairman OF the inter
state and foreign commerce connnlleeee
of the House, has aroused some common
az to his availability as secretary oil
Commerce and labor. The committee oil
which Mr.. Hepburn is the head had mucn
TO do with creating the department ol
commerce and labor, and his name ma
been identified with most OF the meas
ures of commerce enacted into law "lthh
: recent years. The mention OF ms hail'
is purely inferential, however, from TN
fact that his defeat for Congress re
| moves him on March next, the date Ina
t Mr. Taft will be inaugurated
, AS TO the agricultural department tn
slate makers assume that an agricultural
= list will be named and as Secretary isoi
o comes within that class and has held III
l portfolio throughout several ADMINISTERS
2 tons. as well as being close assoclat
: of Mr. Taft, there is a disposition
/ include his name in the list OIL eonllhu
s ing cabinet possibilities.
} II is assumed pretty generally that Mr.
{ Taft will look to his own state Tor SOM
, of his cabinet material and this lead'
| TO conjecture concerning ex-GoVerhoi
Herrick. whose name has been suggested
in connection with the secretaryship D
the treasury. Governor Herrick mas lohs
been identified with financial affa1rs ah'
has taken an active interest in measure
of governmental finance and has beer
vice president of the American BANKERS
. association.
The name of A. B. Hepburn of New
York is also mentioned. Mr.. Hepburn
was foremerly superintendent OF TIT
r banking department of New York stat
and was later comptroller of the cur
rency.
-'~
come in for attention from the construc
tors. In fact, the capabilities and avail
abilities of most men in public life arr
lust now being scanned with reference
to fitting them into the various places
this preblematical cabinet list. Among
those referred to in a generaiway are wv
VINO have been actively engaged on MIR
Taft's campaign committee-Senator Muir
raw Crane of Massachusetts and Charlie
F. BROKER of Connecticut, and the activ'
head Of the organization OF repuolcai
| clubs John HAYS Hammond. The pc
sition of the last named, as mining en-
gineer, leads to conjecture about hi
availability for head of a department o
mines. If this long contemplated legisla
tive project is ever realized. however
these latter names, and indeed, all o
them are entirely the product of the &C
tive and fertile slate makers, whose yea
is stimulated with unfailing regularity OIL
the change of the presidency.