The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-14
WISE ONES BUSY
NAMING CABINET
WASHINGTON. DO. snoc,o1

woodrow Wilson, Governor of
New Jersey, has been elected the
twenty-seVenth President of the
Chlted states and will receive I'm
the electoral college the greafest
majority ever won by the ma
nonaI Standard-bearer OF a preat
political party.
without waiting for President
eject wilson's victory TO be for
mally affirmed by the electoral
college, slate-makers were at
work wednesday picking the next
OaDlhet. The names selected
generally mentioned for the VIII
son portfolios were as follows:
secretary of State-WiIIiam
Jennings Bryan, senator Rayner
OF Maryland, or senator Bacon
OF Georgia.
secretary OF the Treasury
charles II. Crane, of Chicago. or
Representative Oscar w. Under
wood, of Alabama.
Attorney General-SamueI w.
Cntermeyer, of New York; Louis
-. Brandeis, of Boston, or ex-
Governor Folk, of Missouri.
Secretary of the Navy-WuIiam
L. McAdoo, OF New York.
postmaster General-Wiiliam
II. McCOmbS, of New York. or
Josephus Daniels, of North Caro-
line.
Governor Burk, of North Da-
kota, and Senator Obadiah Gard
ner, OF Maine, were talked of for
secretary of agriculture.
Senator O'Gorman. of New
York, was also mentioned for
Cabinet honors.
1Iere were some who believed
mat Democratic National Chair
man McCOmbS, instead of acCseDt-
ing place In the Cabinet. would
become the Presidents secretary.
by the election of Governor
Wilson aS President and Thomas
X. MARSHALL, OF Indiana, Vice
President. national Democratic
administration will come into
power for the first time since
Grover CIeVeland's term expired
In 1896, Republicans having been
III power Tor sixteen consecutive
years.
Fresidcnt-clect Wilson's victory
was truly national. He did not
draw his strength from any par
tlcular section oil the country, but
EaSt and West and North and
south unhed in giving the ma
tional Democratic ticket the
greatest sweep in the history of
american politics.
From the beIated returns
Wnloll inferred in throughout the
night and forenoon it was indi-
Gated that eX-PreSident Roosevelt
would run second and that Presi-
dent Taft would be third. These
returns indicated that Colonel
Roosevelt would have more than
twice as many votes as President
Ia1t in the electoral college.
The SiXty-(hird COnorpSS will
be entirely Democratic. and
I'reSident-elect Wilson will have
the fulI force of the legislative
branch of the government behind
him 10 back up his demands on
Congress.
Governor Wilson's immense
strength swept to victory with
State Officers throughout the
country. Leaders of the national
progressive party declare that
tie Republican party has been \
all but annihllated and that IL
will never again figure potential
ly In the political affairs of this
nation.
TAFTS STATEMENT.
One OF the most significant
features or the great popular up
heaVM was II solemn warning
issued by President Taft at Gin
,lnnau as result of the big vote
Of the PrOgressives and Socialists
tickets. Commenting upon the
obvious political unrest, President
Taft said: 1.-The vote for MIR.
roosevelt. the third party candi-
late, and for Mr.. Debs, the Social
It candidate, Is warning that
heir propaganda I'm favor of fun
ianentai changes in our consti-
utional representative govern
nent has formidable proportions.
We must face the danger with n
lear knowledge of what AZ Is"
While the American people
rave repudiatcd President Taft's
and refused Colo
lei Roosevelt third term, thus
placing Democracy In an appar-
nifty impregnabIc position, DEM
'cratlc national leaders through
mt the country united today in
ne declaration that the party I'm
'oWer must fulfill every prom
sc I'm its platform to hold the
onfidence OF the nation. They
Promised that this should be
one.
President Taft failed 10 carry
'hik SNS own State. Ohio went
ltoy III Democratic column. as
ia cw York. The Empire State
iecfed Representative William
ulcer, a Democrat Governor by