The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
TAFT CABINET
 IS TALK NOW General Wright Will
 Remain. SEEMS TO HAVE WON SPURS Repubs Disappointed at His
 Work. Wilson VIII Be Continued and Hltch- cock Takes Postomce Portfolio But What Is to Become
 of CortcIyOut
BY ALFRED J. STOPPER.

Bf ALFRED J. STOFER.
 Washington. Nov. 7.---(Special. )-- Cabinet construction for Judge Taft will occupy much of the time of tho distinguished ohioan between now and the time he Is inaugurated as Presi- dent. But before he really makes up his own mind as to who will consti- tute his chief advisers other people will doubtless be busy discussing the names of men who they think ought to become members of the Cabinet. Indeed, immediately after the cleo ton they went at 1t with a will and probably long before Judge Taft has had chance to make up his mind the other fellows will tumble to the con- clusion that they probably know who are to be at the head of the various departments of the Government.
 Most people without actually know ing anything about 1t have assumed that Secretary Wilson will remain as Secretary of Agriculture. He has broken tho record for modern times in holding on to his position. If he lives until next March he will have served twelve continuous years.
 As is well known. Farmer Wilson, as he Is often called, halls from the great agricultural State of Iowa. Many years ago he served In the House of AIOtH 1Onds anu ud8 Al~ ways been a staunch Republican.
 Through the influence of the late Senator Allison he was primarily sug- gested for a place in the first Cabinet of the late President Mckinley.
 Secretary Wilson, who was born in Scotland. is a practical farmer, and re- gardless of political affiliations men who have closely observed his admin istration of the high office he has filled have generally given him credit for the many things accomplished for the betterment of the condition of tillers of the soil so far as the national gov ernment can aid them. Farmer Will son, although advanced in years, is hale and hearty, Ills mind is active. and there Is every indication that he could at least serve effectively through President Tafts term, if the latter de- cides to retain him.
 For months public men have been of the opinion that in the event of Republican success, Frank Hitchcock would be appointed Postmaster General in the Taft Cabinet. He is thought to be as good as slated for the position, The feeling is widespread that by Yir- the of his position as chairman of the National Committee he is entitled to a Cabinet place. He served as First Assistant Postmaster General under George B. Cortelyou when the latter was head of the Postoffice Department. Cortelyou appears to have discovered Hitchcock in fact and Is in a measure responsible for his having been put to the front.
 To Care for Wright.
 The understanding is that President Taft is quite likely also to retain Gen.. Luke E. Wright of Tennessee in his Cabinet as Secretary of War. They have been mighty close friends out in the Philippines and Judge Taft is known to be personally very fond of General Wright.
 Some people. however, are saying around this town that because the South did not come up as the Repub- lican managers expected and throw couple or more States to the Repubii- can candidate for President. Judge Taft might not retain the Tennesseean in his present position. Judge Taft was not only anxious but somewhat hope full that he would carry two >of the Southern States. These were Ken lucky and Tennessee. Misinformed people kept telling him that on ac- count of the bitter fight between the Patterson and Carmack factions in Tennessee and the running of two Re- publican tickets in the State for the local offices there would be a sufficient number of Democratic bolters to en- able him to capture the electoral vote of the State.
 He was made to believe that in the cities of Memphis, Nashville. Chatta- nooga and Knoxville thousands of Dem ocrats would refuse to support Bryan and rather than have their votes lost would cast them outright for Taft This expectation was not realized.
 General Wright has never yet claim ed that he is a Republican. On the other hand in the campaign speeches delivered by him he was careful to let 1t be known that he was a Southern Democrat in a Republican Cabinet, and. that for the best interests of the country he thought Southern Demo- crats opposed to the policies. advocated by MT. Bryan should vote in this con- test at least for Judge Taft. That was the special argument to Southern people made by General Wright in his speeches at Richmond and Baltimore.
 Somehow the returns from those cities did not indicate that the advice of the Secretary of War had any great effect, for in comparison with the re- suit in the Mckinley Bryan campaigns Baltimore gave more support this time to Mir. Bryan than at the previous cleo tions.
 There is much quiet talk among Re- publicans that Taft ought to put a Republican in the place of General Wright in view of the fact that the Southern States voted the same old way. as they express 1t. If they had hearkeneo unto the call of General Wright 1t would have been different. they argue, and they would have no excuse for even complaining of retain ing A so-called Democrat. They are disappointed that the South declined t be influenced by General Wright for many had predicted that his influence would be powerful and probably result in the breaking away of Tennessee and possibly Kentucky from Bryan. and a heavily reduced majority in Virginia and North Carolina. As to Maryland, they thought surely Taft would get from 10000 to l5,O00 majority over Bryan. In addition to Wrights plaint- i've appeal to Baltimore Democrats to cut loose from their party there was Colonel Bonaparte in the Cabinet also, and he is a resident of Baltimore. More than that every newspaper in Bal timore was against Bryan. and still with all these influences at work the lighting Democracy of Maryland put up a contest that has won them the ad- miration of the entire country.
 The result in Maryland would dis pose of Bonaparte even If Judge Taft