Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-15
bALL|NGER WILL
QUIT IS Belief
IN CAPITAL
Taken for Granted Secretary of
Interior viii Retire from Cab
met General Shake-up in De-
partment Expected to Follow,
Morning Journal Bureau.
G13 MunseN Building,


NhfihnNtfff - so ANNAs AH
The departure of Secretary r.. A.
Ballinger from the cabinet. which II
is now taken for granted mere in
Washington win come some time be-
fore election this fall win be follow
ed by an o%verhauling in the interior
department.
When Ballinger goes, it is con-
tended here that Assistant Secretary
Pierce and Land Commissioner Dem
nett will retire from the department
With him. No doubt there viii BE
other changes of m in that de-
partment. All the reports from BeVer-
ly and the information coming to
light here confirm the idea that the
pHrty leaders. with the backing Of
President TAFT. have set about an
o%verhauling of large proportions,
The fact that no denial has yet
come from Beverly that Secretary
Ballinger is to go or that the ties are
TO be cut between Senator Aldrich
and the president or that the can
didacy Of Speaker Cannon for another
term is to be discouraged, is looked
on here in Washington even by those
who were skeptical at first, as mean
ing that these things have been de-
mined on.
Secretary Ballinger, in an interview
at klamath Falls, ore, has declared
he does not intend to resign and that
he win continue as secretary OF the
interior until the president intimates
he wants him to resign, Not slnce
the beginning of this administration
has political interest been at a high
pitch than it is today by reason Of
the evidences of new and important
moves blythe president at the instanee
Of his new advisers: by reason OF
.v,s. .If4I snp,YgnnsaaNfs
by reason of the clearly developing
strength of In insurgent forces. and
by reason of the apparent confidence
Of the democratic leaders that they
are going TO carry ths-peNt house.
The talk concerning the retirement
Of Secretary s~sIaIlpgsr has gone 10
the point wheIg the na1ne OF ais sue
cesor is LONG widely discusscn. The
name that is most prominently Is that
of Senator Flint of California, who
is about to retire from the senate,
He is o regular, but popular with All
his colleagues. Another man men-
toned IS William @. Thompson, prcsi-
dent of the Ohio state University. II
is even reported Thompson has an Of
nor Tor tue interior portfolio under
consideration. Still another name
talked Of is that of Bernard w. Baker
Of Baltimore, a leading exponent OF
the cause Of conservation. and o man
OF prominence in Maryland.
n is quite clear that the new lead
ers whom President Taft is apparently
consulting and who constitute n strong
power behind the throne ut Beverly,
nave made up their minds that II the
republican party is to win this tall
and President Taft is To be rcnominat-
ed. there must be some work done
that will reach down close to the
roots.
So far as the relations between
Senator Aldrich and the president are
concerned. there Is much gossip TO the
effect that President TAFT Is disap-
pointed Over the reply of Aldrich 10
Bristow on the rubber tarllt
Nothing is known here in Washington
to the truth Of this gossip.
President Tafty good words l"f
have brought the administra-
ton no end of criticism in the past
THAT the advisers of the president he
il would strengthen the party
I'm November II it were known that Al
drich has Iecn cut Off tho list 81
White House advisers is apparent
AIdrich has reiterated mat ne
to quit the senate on March
4. one interesting question ~ inns
connection is what effect the elimina-
non OF MI NANA ANIN 80 /
president viii have on the central
plan
Some disposition appears here ~
Washington to look on the announce
ment that Mr.. Cannon's aspirations TO
he sneaker again win be discouraged
by the administration as a political
stand play. Speaker cannon
is reported to have smiled "heh ne
heard the report. and to have called
attention to his help in getting legis-
Iation enacted which the president ap-
proved. u
II is pointed cut that IL make III
he difference to III Cannon's future
whether the president supports OF
Encourages his candidacy for speaker.
nasmuch as there is every indication
hat he cannot get cnough votes ~
he house. Co make him speaker again
N any event. sun. ID is admitted IN
most quarters 10 be good politics Tor
he administration TO take an anti
cannon stand.