Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-31


~ when the spellbinders have
"a ceased 10 bind, the red fire has
a IA all been consumed--except a
little saved over for post-electioti jolli-
+ t1cation--and everybody Is waiting to
see who will be the real who's who In
America, the question of those who will
constitute the cabinet of the successful
candidate assumes Importance. Early
i In the campaign Mr.. Taft met all in-
Il dnirfes us to his future appointments
with the noncommittal assertion that
L there would be time enough for such a
matter after the votes had been count
ed In his favor. Mr.. Bryan returned
about the same answer, with tho ad :
ditional observation that he didn't SEQ
7 how he could promise man job
when he was out of one himself and
uncertain as to his prospect Of getting
one. .573' lJ5
At this time the public knows both
these leading candidates pretty thor
oughly. 1t can elect whichever one II
wills, and that is precisely what 1t will
do on next Tuesday. 1t is just as GER
tain that the successful presidential
career OF the man chosen on that day
Will be determined largely by the quail
ftygof those whom he calls In to sit at
4
these important aids to good govern
ment the people have no part. but 1t Is
not the less a matter Of supreme in
terest on that account.
Sometimes It is possible to make
conjecture almost as valuable as tcsti-
,n0ny. In an attempt to forecast the
composition Of the cabinet, should Mr..
TAFT be given the privilege of selecting
one, conjecture is made almost easy by
the facts in the case. AS the direct and
self acknowledged heir of Mr.. Roose-H
welt and his policies 1t Is but logical 70
infer that Mr.. Taft as president could
not afford to dispense with the counsel
of some of those who have made the
administration policies possible.
a Different Proposition.
Should the will of the American peo-
pie on next Tuesday permit Mr.. Bryan
A to go to the White House such q fore
cast would be quite different propo-
sition.s 1t Is not that cabinet timber is
not plentiful enough in his political
household. but rather because the long
retirement Of his party from power has
not brought 1t to the front. 1t i3 for
this reason that Mr.. Bryan's task
might not proyetto be an easy one. In
selecting the men to head the execu-
tive branches Of the government he
would be obliged to consider not only
the fitness Of those chosen, but various |
other requisites of almost equal impor-
lance.
TO satisfy the expectations Of par
Sty just come into power Is one of the |
most trying undertakings which fall |
within the province of triumphant |
political leader. That is practically |
what Mr.. Bryan will be expected to do
in the event OF his election, and he lis
not the man to Shrink from such a re-
sponsibility. All the signs indicate that
should he have the opportunity he
would select cabinet differing widely
in Its composition from those he would
have chosen In 1896 or 1900 He has
grown rounder and more comlfehcn-
slye In his political tt temperament Per-
haps ne has not become less radical
but 1t Is certain that he has far more
patience with conservatism.
Secretary. Of State.
AT the beginning or the campaign It
would not have been easy for the spec |
lulative American citizen to have pick |
ed out secretary Of state for Mr..
lBryan's possible future acceptance. It |
is an Office demanding on the part of
its incumbent rare knowledge OF inter
national political methods and a highly
specialized diplomatic facility. Many
of our secretaries of state have pos
sessed these qualifications, and most
of them have been jurists OF the high,
est rank.
With tho publication OF Richard OIL
ney's cordial letter in support Of the
Bryan candidacy the task OF the anna
teur cabinet maker became less COM
The subsequent disclosure OF
the entente cordiale existing between