The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-27

dropped. and some whose names are
not even though of now will be taken
up.
Distribution of Cabinet ofices.
1t almost goes without saving that
New England will have one Of the cab
met places and that that>cabinet place
will go to Massachusetts. New York
win also have a cabinet place. It now
has three. Ohio, too, will have one of
the cabinet places, and probably an
other will go to the Pacific Coast.
Probably one will also he given TO the
South. 1t seems to be taken for grant.
ed that the Southern member of the
cabinet will be secretary of War Luke
+. Wright, Gold Democrat and former
Governor General of the Philippines
He is as much a favorite of the Pres
ident-elect as he is of the present Pres
ident. 1t would be a very natural
thing for Mr.. Taft to keep Mr.. Wright
in his present Office.
1t is also certain that fully half of
the present cabinet would like to con-
tinue. One of them is Secretary of
the Interior Garfield, who comes from
Ohio and who was one of the first Taft
men in that State. No one can tell
vet how Mr.. Taft feels about that.
| Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, who
began his service in the cabinet of
Mckinley in March, 1897, is also very
anxious to stay. He comes from
good section for a Secretary of Agri-
Internationally he climbed on the
Taft bandwagon rather late and there
is a lively opposition to him, iof which
the President elect is fully aware.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Oscar Straus is also very anxious to
continue. He comes from New York
and was formerly Cleveland Demo-
crta.
Cortelyou Wants to Make Money.
1t seems to pc taken for granted
that Secretary of State Root and Sec
rotary of the Treasury Cortelyou, both
of New York; Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf, who comes from California,
and Attorney General Bonaparte, who
comes from Maryland, will not serve
after March 4. Perhaps Secretary
Root could stay if he wanted to, but
he has little desire for further cabinet
honors. Secretary Cortelyou wants to
make some money. He was not in very
cordial mood toward the Taft candi-
dacy and will be willing to step out.
He, too, has enjoyed all the cabinet
distinction he desires and is today the
possessor of fewer worldly goods than
any other man who is numbered in
President Roosevelt's official family.
There will be several new members
of the cabinet. 1t is quite possible
that none of the present cabinet will
be chosen. Every man of them will
L.. l. Il.
4. That is a custom which every mem
Der of the cabinet observes. OF
course, it may happen that President
elect Taft, in the course of the next
two or three months, will ask some of
them to stay, either for while or
during his entire term. These invita-
tons will be looked for eagerly by the
men who are loath to depart from the
glamor of official life in Washington.
general impression prevails that
Republican National Chairman Frank
II. Hitchcock will be invited to n seat
at the cabinet table of the new Presi-
dent. There is no particular warrant
for such an impression, beyond the
fact that it would be nice recogri-
ticn of the young politician who was
at the head of the organization during
the campaign. Mr.. Hitchcock is poor
man, has depended upon his salary for
a living, and, of course, will be look
ing now for some new employment. He
is bachelor and might be able to
save something from cabinet officer s
salary of $4,000 a year. 1t is very
certain that Mr.. Taft will give him
some lucrative office.
Secretary to the President.
The Secretary to the President is
regarded as a place next in rank to |
that of member of the cabinet. The |
salary is only $4,000 year, but it is
a very responsible position, is one that |
places the incumbent in very confiden-
tial relations to the President and is |
also a stepping stone to a large salary |
in the business world. 1t is as good |
rs settled that that will go to Mr. |
Fred W. Carpenter. He was with Mr.. |
Taft in the Philippines, was his pri- |
vate secretary in the War Depart |
ment, which place he resigned to re-
main with Mr.. Taft during the cam-,l
paigp. He is good stenographer,
among other accomplishments, and that
has become requisite for a Secretary
to the President.
President Roosevelt, following the |
custom in such matters. will have to |
look out for his present secretary, VIII
liam Loeb, Jr In that connection he
may ask Mr.. Taft to help him out, |
unless Mr.. Loeb chooses some employ.
ment for himself in business. 1t has |
been stated, with some show of au-
thority, that Mr.. Taft thinks of in
viting Mr.. Loeb to be Secretary of |
the Navy. Very likely Mr.. Loeb
would accept, for he has been ambi-
tious to enter the cabinet. Then he |
has been very active in Mr.. Taft s
behalf and has performed very valu-
able service toward Mr.. Taft non,i
nation and election.
The New Attorney General.
One of the most difficult cabinet pc.
sitions the new President will have to
fill is that of Attorney General. Upon
that official will devolve a vast amount
of very important legal work. With
the advent of the government into
the busting of trusts and the eurbing
of great trade combinations, the At
torney General, in some particulars,
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