The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-18
WILSON MAYHlvE
KITCHEN CABINET
Speculation Rife as to Who Will
Be Unofficial Advisers Of
President-to-Bc.
PRINCETON MEN POSSIBLE
Justices Pitney and Lamar
Former College and School
Mates of Next Executive.

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Former College and School
Mates of Next Executive.
Washington. November 17.-Specuia.
] ton 10 already rife As to who will
probably compose the so-called "kitch-
en- cabinet" Of Governor Wilson when
he becomes President OF the United
| States. for " precedent during the
present and last administrations counts
for anything. according to some Of the
older visitors to the White House. he
IL likely to have one. with or without
i intention.
In the days of Colonel Roosevelt az
President q group Of friends who were
often with him came to be popularity
known rs the tennis cabinet" and in
the present administration Mr.. Taft has
| had arovnd him from time to time
group OF friends who might deserve
the title Of the golf cabinet" rather
1 than that Of kitchen cabinet"
Aside from what such a group Of
disinterested and friendly advisers
might be called In Governor Wilson's
case. when he becomes President. those
4 interested In the slbject are predict.
| ing that his associates will probably
be educators and jurists. especially al
his favorite form Of recreation seems
to be bicycling. Of which there are few
known devotses. unless they are among
Governor Wilson's classmates at cote
lsge who have not yet come to WASH
ington- The day after election Attcr-
ney- General Wickersham jokingly pre-.
dieted that the Cabinet room at the
White House would soon come to be
I known as the faculty ROOM but Gov.
/ ernor Wilson has many friends In lines
/ Of endeavor other than those Of educa-
j ton.
| That he would probably gather
! around him in any so-cailed 'kitchen
! cabinet" OF the future. which might
4 gradually grow into existence. as
l natural consequence OF his friendships,
= men who have been associated with
/ ties, was predicted last night by one
a OF them. who would not permit himself
TO be quoted
! Prineetsn Men Prenaaneat.
/ Among these men. the members Of
the class Of 1879 at Princeton. Of
which Governor Wilson IL graduate.
would probably take prominent parts.
| II was said. and In this class. ws.ch
| gave him a dinner Friday night In
New York. in honor Of his selection by
the people to be the next President.
there are several men Of more than
local prominence, among them Assoc
ciate Justice Mahlon Pitney, Of the
Supreme Court.
| class are Cleveland H. Dodge. q busi-
ness man Of New York: Or. \. Wood
! run. Halsey. president Of the board OF
foreign missions OF the Presbyterian
! Church. Robert Bridges. magazine
editor: DR. Jaspar HI. Germany. Lynn
Helm. president Of the California state
| Bar Association; Robert H. NcCarter.
formerly ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the State
Of New Jersey. and Representative
Charles Talcott. Of Utica ~ Y.
| In addition to Representative Tall
! colt among tn ose who will serve 1t the
] Capitol during Governor Wilson's adj
/ ndnistration a. President, and who
know him well enough to be admitted
I, to membership in the Kitchen Cab
! met" II one grows into existence. are
Senator orc orman. OF New York, whose
! seven daughters are friendly wstn
! Governor Wilson's three daughters;
| Senator MARITIME. OF New Jersey. and
| William Hughes. who IL slated TO be
selected as United States Senator from
New Jersey by the newly elected Dein-
| ocyatic Legislature OF that State.
| Justice Lamar . Seb00lmase.
In addition to Associate Justice Nah<
lon Pitney. Of the Supreme Court. Gov
ernor Wilson has another schoolmate
already in Washington In the person of
Associate Justice Joseph Q. Lamar. OF
the Supreme Court. who attended Pro-
/ lessor Berry's school in Augusta, Ca.
4, with him.
| There arc q number Of University OF
| Virginia graduates residing In WASH
ington who were at that institution IN
! 1850 when Governor Wilson was there.
/. studying political economy and gov
eminent under DR.. John B. Minor.
Richard T.. Ely. one OF the foremost
political economists Of the country, was
one II his mentors at John Hopkins
University. in nearby Baltimore. where
he prepared data for James Bryce's
book. The American Commonwealth
| How long Nr. Bryce viii continue To
remain In Washington as the Blush
! ambassador after Governor Wilson be-
! comes President. or n he will remain
uueal the change OF administfati"n
takes place, 10 pro6lematical. 20 thSe
| n a difscult for the Kitchen cabinet"
! s,aee.makers 10 cast him for the posi-
/! ton the French ambassador occupied
! IN Colonel Rooseve6S tennse cabi-
! net M. Bryce AMI Governor Wilson
/ are friends Of long standing.
| In the celebrated tennis cabinet u.
/ jules de Jusoer.nd. ambassador from
France, oocupaed . unique Dos!tsco,
! being not only . foreign representative.
bot . vry close friend Of Cosonei
! Roosevelt and, ~ the latter ruefu'ly
7 admitted, a times . much better tennis
player. TO ehjs tennis cabinet group
! belonged a1So CLIFFORD P1ncoot fosmerE
\ - 10 Y~U4eAA SR18A1. And
! Jsm>s A Garfield, Formerly Secretary
I, Of the Interior.
! Major Archibald W. Butt. who lost
his life when the Titanic went down.
was said By both President Roosevelt
an President Taft to have eesu sness
close friend. and rumor creoited n'~
win q place In the ~tennis eaosusS -
Colonel RooOovole
He yes also. 1a4sr. the eeooeee -