Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-30
CLEAN SWEEP is THE TALK
Not Even Secretary Wilson to Stay
as Advisor.
NEW MAN FOR EVERY PLACE
Of These Knox and Hitchcock Only
Are Sure Things and Ballinger
a Strong Probability.

! James r. Garfield, Secretary OF the In-
terror, will not be in the Taft cabinet
| and he will not be an ambassador of this
country abroad. He will return to Cleve-
| land, Ohio, his home, and resume the
practice of law, retiring from public life
| except in the interest he will take in
national and local politics
| Secretary Garfield who called on Presi-
dent Roosevelt today in the course of
departmental business. admitted that he
would not be an adviser of the next adj
ministration and stated that he had made
all preparations to go back to Cleveland
| Mr.. Garfield had no knowledge of TIE
cabinet slate Mr.. Taft was forming, and
did not wish to discuss a we'll founded
| report today that there is to be IA clean
sweep of the Roosevelt cabinet. In spite
| of this. however, it can be stated on good
| authority that there is widespread inn
preston in high circles in Washington
| that the Taft cabinet will not contain a
| single member OF the Roosevelt cabinet
| of today, the only possible exception be-
| ing George Won L. Meyer, who is pretty
| generally slated for Secretary of the
! Navy. or at least for some other cabinet
position than he now holds. The impress
| sion even grows that Mr.. Taft will start
with a clean slate, and that he will leave
out both Mr.. Meyer and James Wilson
| Secretary of Agriculture.
Clean Sweep Arguments.
The important fact that Mr. Garfield
/ a mar ic IN ba in
cabinet, lends strong color to the view
/ that new men are to make up the Of
| fetal family of the next President. An
other interesting fact in the same connec-
| tion is that every official or semi official
| announcement far made has been of
new men-men not identified with the
| present administration. -@-.s. .-'
As to Secretary Wilson there has been
absolutely nothing direct from MIR. Taft
| TO confirm the reiterated reports that the
veteran IoWan is to serve in the next cabl-
! net. Every report has been based upon tine
| acknowledged fitness of Mr.. Wilson for
the place he now holds and upon the high
regard and esteem in which the farmers
and the public generally hold him
| He has made amarvelously satisfactory
| head of the Department Of Agriculture.
| the ramifications of which now extend
| into almost every phase of American life,
! but today il is seriously doubtful whether
/ he will sit at the cabinet table after
| March 4. 1t is likewise seriously doubt
| ful as to Mr.. Meyer. With MIR. Garfield
| out Of the game, Secretary cortelyou
going into business life, Secretary StrauS
! left at the post. Secretary Newherry pre-
! pairing to go abroad and admitting that he
! is nu longer under consideration the
! clean-sweep proposition, coming from the
/ excellent source il does. has more adher-
/ entS today than at any other time.
Only Two Certainties.
Accepting il as correct the cabinet Ger
! tainties at this time would be narrow ed
| down to just two men-Senator knox for
| Secretary of State and Frank II. Hitch
! cock for Postmaster General, with the
| strong probab biIity OF r. \. BalInger of
| Seattle as Secretary of the Interior
! The failure of Mr.. Taft to place Will
| liam Loeb. jr, in the cabinet is now un-
! derstood to be in pursuance of his policy
/ of making cabinet of new timber out
/ and out The same policy would exclude
/ the warm personal friend Of Mr.. Taft
! Secretary Wright Of the War Depart
J meut. Mr. Wright has been slated by
some of the cabinet euessers to remain
for a year 50 with Mr.. Taft. but Mr..
/ Wright will not be in the cabinet after
| March /. II lie is TO he taken care OF il
| Il government position it will probably be
! as interstate commerce commissioner or
in connection with The Panama canal.
Wickersham Said to Be Fixed
There has been no official announce
ment from Nj Taft as 20 George w
| Wickersham of New York. but excellent
authority puts him in the Taft cabinet
as Attorney General. This authority is
most positive in the assertion. George
r Sheldon. treasurer of the republican
+. national committee ana friend of
/ WickerSharn called on President Roose-
/ welt today. Sheldon was not at the
/ White House on cabinet business. though
! lie conferred with the President about
! the case of George S. Terry. nominated
as assistant treasurer of the Ini ed
states at New York. The nomination has
been held up by the Senate finance com
rnittee. and President Roosevelt has been
pat down WaDbling more OF less as
to Withdrawing the nomination.. NJ. Shell
don. vino largely responsible tor the
selection of Mr. Terry, came htre. to tell
the President that the fight on Mr. Terry
X being conducted IN New York by
friends OF men who hope TO oo.ain the
30 uion If Terry Is knocked ou, Mr.
Sheldon asserts that Mr. ;er.H - fuzzy
qualified tUr the Job.
Woodruff Doing Some Thinking.
7 Timothy W. odrIf admitted IT the
White House today that he is doing some
hard thinking. It's all about the c4m-
paisu oG Gov Hughes for direct primari RIGS
y
morning from Augusta. He went 10 tie
White House and pIt in ne time con
.erriafs with PreS.den; Roosevelt about
New YORK matters. MIR. WCodruft would
aIr..t nothing when he went away except
II aI he il looking into the matter OF
primal les. Investigating as bard as lie
-ua. Il want 10 know something ot The
ST bjcCt N IdE own account, said the
New York republican leaoer. 4 do not
4rdre 10 te IDt INTO the anti-HuGhes col
Grau jrst because ! am Hot aCcr.4 y. This
Pr.tuary propoSit on without looking into
, IL myself" Neither did Mr.. Woodruff
care tC accept tire primary plan al the
governor. Nnd when lie was making
these feN cautious ren ark!. Repl esen,a-
tive Parsons Cf New York. ancthe. Ieade.
up Il tree on this question. was urging
him 70 zeal away fTo'~' fiirtter remarks
Gov. Hughes has them all que sing
about This urinary business. They doo't
i<now how f&r ne - being backed by ~.
people. and the program among them is
10 investigate" and erend as much
time doing this possible SO as tc
rave opportunity % watc. the rend OF
sentiment. The truth /. they dol
want to swallow the primary proposit tion
and they don't want TO comm them
tsclves right away Gov Hughes friends