The sun., 1908-12-20
TAFY'S CABINET SELECTED
IN 4 DESPATCH FROM AUGUSTA
TO &. p. TAFT'S PAPER.
Herriok for Treasury, Wickersham fez
Attorney.General, MagoOn fer ~.
Loeb or Thompson for Navy. BuljinEsE
for Interior and Hitchcock p. NJ, =


Loeb or Thompson for Navy. Buljinss =
for Interior and Hitchcock p. NJ -
CINCINNATI. Dec 19.-Charles p. Tat
newspaper this afternoon printed the
following special despatch from Ans
gusta, Ga.
Cabinet Slate Secretary OF State.
Philander G. Knox OF Pennsyvafiia;
Secretary of the Treasury. Myron I.
Herrick Of Ohio Attorney General, George
". Wickersham Of New York; Secretary
of War. Charles Magoon; Secretary of
the Navy, William Loeb of New York
or Robert NJ. Thompson Of New York;
Secretary Of the Interior, Richard A.
'Ballinger Of Seattle; Postmaster General.
Frank H. Hitchcock Of Massachusetts,;
Secretary OF Agriculture. the present
Secretary. James Wilson; Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor. George A. Knight
of California.
when Philander c. Knox. the Taft
Secretary of State, comes TO Augusta to dis
cuss with the President-elect the makeup
of the remainder Of the new Administration
Cabinet MIR. Taft will ask him to approve
of Myron T. Herrick, former Governor Of
Ohio. as Secretary Of the Treasury. This
fact can be stated as coming from au-
theptic sources.
Before MIR. Taft offered the Treasury
portfolio to Representative Theodore E.
Burton of Ohio he was seriously con-
sidering Herrck for the place. Now that
he has broken irrevocably with Burton
Herriok is the approved man for the job.
THE selection OF Knox as Secretary
of State is Of vast Significance, in that
it will probably mean that most Of the
men now in the Cabinet who have figured
as great Roosevelt supporters win lose
out in the final framing Of the personnel
Of the Taft Cabinet. The President
elect is frank in his statement that he will
depend on the counsel OF Knox more than
on the advice of any other man. This
is taken to mean that the chances Of
Pinchot being Secretary OF Agriculture
and Garfield being Secretary Of the
Interior are reduced to n minimum. When
MIR Knox arrives hero within the next
week or so Mr.. Taft will submit to him
for his inspection and approval the Cabinet
list given a the head Of this article.
That Oscar S. Straus will not be in
vited TO continue as Secretary of Com
merce and Labor is admitted in all quar-
ters. And there seems to be every reason
to believe that George Won l.. Meyer of
Massachusetts will not be a member Of
the Taft Cabinet.
Others whose official heads seem slated
to fall are Garfield of Ohio and Pinchot.
1t was said when Cabinet making was
first started that Garfield would be re-
tanned as holder OF the Interior port
folio and that Pinchot on the special re-
quest Of Roosevelt would be made Sec
retary Of Agriculture. But Taft's desire
10 have as far as possible a new Cabinet
and the weight KnoS's advice will
have indicate that there is no hope Of
these gentlemen being in the Cabinet.
"No stronger indication of the value
Taft sets on the Secretaryship of State
could be obtained than his frank avowal
that Knox will have more than anybody
else the final say as to who shall be in the
Cabinet. Mr.. Taft said he would ask the
Pennsylvania to come here within the
next few days to look over the entire
list OF possibilities. That Frank Fitch
cock will not be molested in his place
OF Postmaster General is sure, because
Hitchcock 8 relations with Knox are most
friendly.
-Loeb's chances to be Secretary OF the
Navy are somewhat diminished by the
appointment OF Knox and the certainty
that Hitchcock will be in the Cabinet
When Charles P. Taft's attention was
called tonight to the apparent "inspira-
ton" Of the despatch from Augusta he
said:
Il know nothing at all OF the real facts
involved. l presume part of the list OF
names at least is all right. know that
the correspondent who sent the despatch
is alert and reliable"