Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-11-28
TAF rs CABINET 4
| DIFFICULT PROBLEM
MANY New Statesmen Mentioned
/ for a Place Therein.
BURTON LIKELY TO Be
| NEW SECRETARY OF STATE

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,resident-EIect TAFT said He Was in
Hopes That Mr.. Root Would Retain
the secretaryship, but Mr.. Root Has
. Yearning in His Heart for a SEN
atorial Tosa.
Washington, Nov. 24.--It simply is
Impossible keep away from the
ubject OF Presidentelect Taft's cab
bet. Judge Taft announced that II
sould be some time after the Christ
las holidays before he seriously I'M
erfook the task Of selecting his OF
cial advisers, but not day goes by
ut that the volunteer assistants 40
lot Mace some new man Ia Taft $
fhcial family Any republican states
IAN who hasn't been mentioned for
place in the Taft cabinet has right
b feel sighted.
Your correspondent decided some
me ago that he would accord the
resident-elect the privilege Of Sc
citing his own cabinet ministers,
tr. Taft having publicly intinated
bat he felt quite equal to the re-
,onsHbility. But because unsolicited
I'D perhaps unwelcome advice is not
be thrust upon the next president
no good reason why the selection
less considerate amatner cabinet
nilders are not properly subjected to
scussion. Those who persist in go
e to the relief of Judge Taft in the
after appear to be having most
fflculty in finding the right man for
s secretary of state. Most of them
Va Elihu Root slated to continue in
e premier portfolio, until Mr.. Root
gan to evidence signs of senatorial
Earnings. Now they are all at sea.
There is a considerable faction that
hnts to place Representative Theo-
IRE E. Burton, Of Ohio at the head
the state department, but as Mr..
lrton is running for Senator For
er's seat and is being doomed for
eaker Cannon's job, his selection
the premiership doesn't give gen.
al satisfaction. Besides, while it is
mitted Mr.. Burton is equipped in
lectually for the place, he lacks in
her respects. The secretary OF
hte is the one member of the cabi-
h who has social obligations which
b of any consequence to anybody
L themselves. The secretary of
he has to entertain the diplomatic
rps and nomentous questions of
rid policy may be determined by
sort of dinner he gives the ann
ssador from Timbuktoo or the min
err from Dahoney. Now. not only
Mr.. Burton a crusty bachelor with
lie knowledge of and less liking for
social stunts in which diplomats
bulge, but he is a dispeptic-looking
lividual and probably wouldn't rec
nize a good dinner should he meet
on the street. Mr. Burton is a
ox-worrn, a deyourer of weighty
ngs in the original Greek, and
tin and Sanscript. No doubt he
uld be able to tell you the scien-
&c name OF the diamond-back ter
in, which flourishes on the eastern
o of Maryland. but served at his
lie he couldn't tell it from cod fish
Is. And as for canvasback duck,
yond the fact that it is aythya val
IBERIA he takes no interest in the
a. Clearly he would be misfit is
place where gastronomy and dip
lacy are SYNONYMOUS terms.
hose who urge those weighty rea-
against the selection of Burton
succeed Root find their ideal
sign minister in George Won Len
Ike Meyer, former ambassador to
y, former ambassador to Russia,
at present postmaster general.
are isn't 'nything in the art of
ling diplomats which Mr. Meyer
sn't know fIe picked up lot
useful information around Rome
St Petersburg, and, besides. he
the natural gift Mr.. Meyer is
8lgent in drawing room and when
sits at the head of the mohogany,
said, those gathered round the
al board forget there is any high
allegiance than those to Bacchus
Epicurus.
borrower, Mr.. Meyer has the where
d to feed the whole hungry tribe
liplomatics. while Mr. Burton is a
Of moderate means. In his ann
sadorial capacity at Rome and st,