The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-25

matter af fact, almost nothing is
certain about the next cabinet or
about the personnel of the high official
list. Mr.. Taft has not made up his
cabinet and is not likely TO do so for
some time. OF course. he has some
names in mind, but the list viii be
added TO as the winter months pro-
/ gress. Some men who are now cousid.
! cred for cabinet honors viii he
dropped, and some whose names are
not even though of now will be taken
up.
Distribution of Cabinet Offices.
1t almost goes without saving that
| New England will have one Of the cab
/ met places and that that cabinet place
| viii go to Massachusetts. New York
viii also have a cabinet place It now
| has three. Ohio. too, viii have one Of
| the cabinet places, and probably an
other viii go to the Pacific Coast.
/ Probably one will also be given to the
/ South 1t seems to be taken for grant
! ed that the Southern member of the
cabinet viii be secretary of War Luke
| r. 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 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 Il
| good section for a Secretary of Agri-
extraordinarily he climbed on the
| Taft bandwagon rather late and there
is lively opposition to him. of 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 a Cleveland Demo
crta.
Cortelyou Wants to Make Money,
It seems to pe 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 C0rtelyOu wants to
make some money. he was not in very
cordial mood toward the Taft candi-
dacy and viii 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 viii
be chosen. Every man of them will
write out his resignation before March
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 a 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.
A general impression prevails that
Republican National Chairman Frank
H. Hitchcock will be invited to a seat
at the cabinet table of the new Pres-
dent There is no particular warrant
for such an impression. beyond the
fact that it would he a nice recogGi-
tiCn Of the young politician who was
at the head of the organization during
the campaign. Mr.. Hitchcock is a poor
man, has depended upon his salary for
living. and, of course, will be look
ing now for some new employment. He
is a bachelor and might be able to
save something from a cabinet officers
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 a year, but it is
a very responsible position, is one that
places the incumbent in very confden-
tial relations to the President and is
also a stepping stone to a large salary
in the business world 1t is as good
as 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
paign. He is good stenographer,
among other accomplishments, and that
has become a requisite for Secretary
to the President.
President Roosevelt, following the
custom in such matters, will have to
look out for his present secretary, WI
liam Loeb, Jr. In that connection he
nay 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-
-hority, 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-
ious to enter the cabinet. Then he
las been very active in Mr.. Taft's
behalf and has performed very valu-
able service toward Mr.. Taft's nomi-
nation and election.