The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-01
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A CABINET

kN-oht4HhNo aye INiH0.
some other Pacific Coast State this
time.
OF course. New York State Repnbli-
cans would have fit, if a President
should organize his cabinet without
one of their number being in it. Sec
rotary Elihu Root could have remain
ed at the head of the State Depart
ment, if he had not consented co be-
come the new Senator from New York
No New Yorker, of special promis@.
has been brought forward for a cab
met place yet, unless one makes an ex-
cepfion for William Nelson Cromwell,
of Panama Canal fame, who has been
mentioned for Attorney General. Of
his ability as a lawyer there is little
question, but his legal career has been
associated with the big trusts and COM
binations, and it is doubtful whether
his appointment as Attorney General
would be at all popular He was ideE-
tilted with Mr.. Taft's campaign and
has had much to do with the War De-
partment in Panama Canal matters. He
was also one of the large contributors
to the Republican campaign fund Of
course, there is plenty of cabinet ma
terial in New York, but Mr. Taft is
having no easy task determining upon
the New York man for cabinet place.
Problem as to New England.
Then there is the problem Of
Southern member of the cabinet and
of New England member of the cab
met National Chairman Frank n.
Hitchcock is to be Postmaster Gener-
al. Nominally, at least, he resides in
Massachusetts, although he is an
all of the time for the last fifteen
years in the District Of Columbia. New
England has had a man in the cabinet
in every administration for the last
fifty years and wants real New Eng
lander, identified with the politics and
interests of one of the six New Eng
land States, in Mr.. Taft s cabinet. Tt
is glad to have Mr.. Hitchcock come
into Mr.. Taft s cabinet as New Eng
land man, but hopes that some other,
who has passed his time there, will be
chosen, too. Massachusetts, has gener-
ally had the cabinet member from that
section and is now pressing for the
continuation of George Won L. Meyer,
at present Postmaster General, in the
cabinet in some capacity.
But this is complicated by the ef-
forts to put Chief Forester Clifford
Pinchot in as Secretary of Agrieul
ture. Mr.. Taft thinks most highly of
Mr.. Pinchot, who, however, is a native
on Connecticut and has remained a
Connecticut man, although he has lived
outside of the State for many years
H.
District of Columbia than of any
State OF course, if Mr.. Pinchot and
Mr.. Hitchcock are both to go into the
| cabinet, New England could not hope
for any other cabinet appointments.
| Wright Will Remain.
1t seems to be settled for the pres
ent that Secretary of War Wright will
| continue into the Taft administrat ton.
As he comes from Tennessee, he will
be the Southern member, but Mr..
Wright is Democrat and may remain
in the cabinet only for while. Mr..
Taft wants to recognize the Souther.;
Republicans, as he is trying to encour.
age them to build up a virile party in
| that section.
1t is not improbable that two OF
| even three members of President
| Roosevelt s cabinet will be taken over
for brief terms and be expected te
give way within the next year or two
for men of Mr.. Taft IS own selection
He does not feel as free, of course
to make clean sweep Of the Roose
welt cabinet members as he might, hat
| he come into Office without feeling
some obligation to his predecessor, al
though as man of long cabinet expe
rience and of special familiarity will
administration affairs, he has less neet
of old hands at the head of depart
ments than President new to Wash
ington life would have