Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-11-16
HOKE SMITH
MAY BE MADE |
SEC. OF STATE
If BRYAN TURNS IT down
Other GuGSSGS Made as to
Next Cabinet

Washington, D. c., Nov. 15.-Gossip
about President-elect Wilson's prob
able selection for cabinet places con-
tinues actively in Washington, not
withstanding the admitted fact that
the President-elect himself has not
made up his mind regarding the per-
sonality of any of his advisers, and
will not seriously undertake the work
of Cabinet construction until the be-
ginning of the new year.
But among the statesmen drifting
into Washington are some who have
had more or less close relations with
the President-elect for many months
and are in a position to give shrewd
guesses regarding the inclinations OF
Governor Wilson in the matter of the
making-up of his official household,
They know in a general way the type
of men he is most likely to select for
his advisers and have a good ground
work on which to base judgment of
the ideas that will guide him in the
geographical distribution of Cabinet
places. The following Cabinet slate is
the result of talks with men of this
kind who have been intimately ascot
ated with Governor Wilson during the
recent campaign and before. 1t con-
tains some names that have not been
mentioned heretofore in Cabinent
guesses:
Secretary of State-William Jen-
nings Bryan. In the event that Colon
ell Bryan declines the honor, Senator
Hoke Smith, of Georgia.
Secretary of the Treasury-Charles
r. Crane, of Illinois.
Secretary of War-William f. Nc
Combs, of New York
Attorney General-Louis Brandeis,
of Massachusetts, or A. Mitchell Palm
CT, OF pennsylvania.
Postmaster Genera!-Albert s.
Burleson, of Texas.
Secretary of the Navy-James D..
Phelan, of California
Secretary OF the lnterior-Josephus
Daniels, of North Carolina.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
John Lind, of Minnesota
Secretary of observation-disclosures
Gardner, of Maine.
No one will attempt to say that
there has been hint of any kind from
the President-elect that justifes the
assumption that anyone of these men
named is certainty, unless it is the
vague report that Mr.. Wilson has made
up his mind to tender the highest
place in his Cabinet to Colonel Bryan
Yet, while this slate is much of a guess
as any that has appeared, 1t has the
merit of being based on the opinion of
men who from intimate political asso-
citation with the President-elect should
be able to gauge fairly accurately the
elements that the next President will
take into account in selecting his off
ial advisers. How much of this spec
ulation as to what the President-elect
viii do is influenced by the feeling as
to what it would be wise for him to
do, remains to be seen from future de-
velopments, but the present opinion of
those close to Governor Wilson is that
this slate will show more men cor
rectly placed than any combination
yet suggested
Aside from the general feeling that
Colonel Bryan will have the refusal of
the post of Secretary of State, all
Cabinet speculation appears to agree
on two other points: That Mr. Nc
Combs can have portfolio if he wants
it, and that Pennsylvania and Texas
are to be recognized through the APP
pointment of Representatives Palmer
and Burleson, respectively.
The slate here given introduces two
new names-Senator Hoke Smith for
Secretary of State in the event that
Colonel Bryan does not accept the post
if rendered him, and John Lind, the
popular former Governor of Mime
sofa, selection, it is said, that would
be telling answer to the impression
that Governor Wilson'e enemies have
attempted to create that he is hostile
to healthy immigration.