The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-01-01

sentative Theodore +. Burton place Mt
his council table, but if he should de-
eide finally to do that. he would be
confronted with the problem whether
to retain Secretary of the Interior
Garfield. For Secretary Garfield, like
Mr.. Burton, not only comes from Ohio,
but from the city of Cleveland.
West Wants Interior Portfolio.
Then, again, the West, particularly
the Far West, has traditional claim
to the Interior portfolio, because that
department has to do chiefly with mat
tiers that interest Far Western people,
and if he should decide to keep Secre-
tary Garfield in the cabinet it might
become question whether to retain
him ms Secretary of the Interior or
move him over to the Department of
Commerce and Labor, where Mr.. Gar
field has served rs Commissioner of
Corporations, so that the West could
have one of its men at the head of the
Interior. Mr.. Taft has already told
the Pacific Coast Republicans that he
recognizes their claim to place in his
cabinet. In recent times California
has had the Pacific Coast member, but
Mr.. Taft has indicated that it may be
some other Pacific Coast State this
time.
OF course, New York State Republic
cans would have n fit, if a President
should organize his cabinet without
one of their number being in it. Sec.
retary Elhu Root could have remain.
ed mt the head of the State Depart.
ment. if he had not consented to be.
come the new Senator from New York.
No New Yorker. of special promis.,
has been brought forward for a cab. :
met place vet. unless one makes an ex.
ception for William Nelson Cromwell,
of Panama Canal fame. who has been
mentioned for Attorney General. OF
his ability as n LAWYER there is little
question. but his legal career has been
associated with the big trusts and com.
binations. and IL ia doubtful whether
his appointment as Attorney General
would be Mt all popular. He was ider.
tilted with Mr.. Taft,s campaipn and
has had much IN do with tho 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.
teral in New York. but Mr.. Taft is
having no easy task determining upon
the New York man for a cabinet place.
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in every administration for tbe last
fifty wears and wants real New Eng
lander. identified with the politics and
interests of one of the six New Eng
land States, in Mr.. Taft Is cabinet. tt
is glad to have Mr.. Hitchcock come
into Mr.. Taft's cabinet as n 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 eff.
forts to put Chief Forester Clifford
Pinchot in ms Secretary of Agricul-
ture. Mr.. Taft thinks most highly of
Mr.. Pinchot, who, however, is a native
OF Connecticut and has remained
Connecticut man, although he has lived
outside Of the State for many years
and is now more resident of the
District of Columbia than of any
State. OF course, if Mr.. Pinchot and
Mr.. Hitchcock are both to 90 into the
cabinet. New England could not hope
for nnv other cabinet Announcements.