The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-14
A SPLIT IS REPORTED BETWEEN
PRESIDENT AND THE Il
RESIDENT ELECT.
Caused by Cabinet Jobs, Roosevelt
Being Oispleased With Some Of
the Appointments That Taft
Expects TO Make.

Washington, Jan. 13.-Disagreement,
approaching the peril OF a serious
breach between President Roosevelt
and President elect Taft. is said to
have developed within the last fort
night because of the presidents de-
sire that William Loeb, Jr.. be ten
dered place in the next cabinet.
Presldent-elect Taft has disappoint-
ed the friends of Mr.. Loeb by develop
ing what to them is an unaccountable
unwillingness to carry into effect re-
peated assurances that were looked
upon as equivalent of the promise OF
a cabinet post for Mr.. Loeb. The eX-
planation made on behalf of the pres
ident elect is that he wants q cabinet
of men who win stand on their own
bottom. independent of any reputation
that may have accrued to them Incl
dent to connection with the Roosevelt
administration.
Present Jobs No Bar.
This does not mean that connection
with the Roosevelt administration is q
bar to preferment with the Taft
regime 1t merely means that men
whose standing as national figures is
dependent solely ON their relations to
the present administration, and who
but for the opportunities opened to
them by reason of their connection
with it would not have been known as
men of national caiiber will not be
given preference over those who have
made independent regulations in their
own distinctive fields of activity.
Thus, such men as Knox and Root
men of the first-class, independent Of
their connection with the Roosevelt
iatn policies; men. who in their own
their own right7are not to be regard
ed as disqualified by reason of the in
cidental fact that they We're connected
with the Roosevelt administration.
But the CoFtelyous and Loebs and
Newberrys and others of the class
looked upon as somewhat peculiarly
the creatures of Mr.. Roosevelt, are
not TO be rated so high.
Taft's Reason.
This is the explanation of Mr.. Taft's
unwillngness to place Mr.. Loeb in his
cabinet. Personally he is fond Of Loeb
and has repeated the general assur
ance that Loeb could have anything
he wanted The people who were
closest to the conduct of the ante-con-
yention republican campaign of last
year know best how much the skill
of Loeb contributed to the soothing
out OF rough spots in the road to nomi
nation.
Mr. Taft's assurance Of desire to
help Loeb to anything he wanted"
was taken by the latter's friends as
equivalent to pledge Of cabinet place.
It never occurred to them that Mr..
Loeb wasn't of cabinet size or exper-
ience. and the notion that a distin-
guished career under the Roosevelt
administration would be a bar rather
than recommendation brought
something of shock.
<Touch of Bitterness.
Indeed, there has been a touch o.
bitterness in some of the comments
from high places about the desire Of
Mr.. Taft to divorce himself from sus
picion OF TOO closely following the
Roosevelt footsteps.
People who have not been wholly
pleased with the tendencies lately
manifested have pointed out pretty
sharply that Mr.. Taft is the last man
who should make service under Roose-
welt a disqualification, in view of the
fact that he was nominated and elect
ed strictly on the recommendation OF
Mr.. Roosevelt ond on a record of SER
vice under Roosevelt,