The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-03-01
INTEREST CENTERS
ON next CABINET
MeREYNoLDs, RUMoR HAS 1T,
MAY BE APPOINTED AS NEW
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
FARRAR is ALSO MENTIONED
Selections Of Bryan, MeAdoo, Daniel.
and RurIeson certain-New
Place to Be
Filled.
FARRAR is ALSO MENTIONED

washington, FeD. ct.-Chtef interest
In the cabinet situation in Washing
ton now centers about the attorney
generalship and report that James
G. McReynolds, Of New York, is fore
most among those under consideration
for the place by President-elcct VIII,
son. Coupled with MIR. McReynolds
name as probability for this port
folio is that OF Edgar Fl. Farrar. Of
New Orleans. former president of the
American Bar association.
Gossip Eliminates Farrar.
i Men high in Democratic councils de
clare that McReynolds and Farrar have
been under consideration for. some
time, but that late developments seem
to point to the selection of the former
who was assistant attorney general in
l903-07 and has long been specially re
tanned by the United States in trust
prosecutions.
Though Democrat, MI McReynolds
was engaged to prosecute the govern
ment's suit against the tobacco trust
and had charge Of that case from the
beginning until the dissolution of tbs
American Tobacco company. He made
a particular study of the tobacco trade
and manufacturing conditions and
when 1t came to the arrangements for
the dissolution decree his knowledge
OF the tobacco brands and the intrica
cies Of the trust organization proved
! OF great value.
Native OF Kentucky.
Mr.. McReynolds is native Of Ken
lucky. a graduate of the Law depart.
ment Of the University Of Virginia and
practiced law for many years in Nash.
vile, Tenn. He located in New York
In 1907.
Other developments Of the day
served to confirm the 11ality of the Sc.
/ aections Of Messrs. Bryan, tcAdoo,
!! Daniels and Burleson. and disclose
various steps by which other names
= gradually have been eliminated from
consideration.
II developed also that Representa-.
tive A. Mitchell Palmer, OF Pennsyl.
vania, has been offered and had de.
ciined the war portfolio, assigning as
the grounds for his declination that he
was a Quaker whose antecedents did
not comport with the direction Of the
war establishment
Another Portfolio Declined.
Another definite offer Of a cabinet
portfolio disclosed was that to Mayor
Baker, Of Cleveland, which also was
declined because Of public interests
Mr.. Baker had at Cleveland
Aside from these developments OF
the day were largely negative, show
Ing how the field had been narrowed
by the exclusion Of all holdover posi-
bilities from the present cabinet; also
the conclusion that there would be
no names drawn from the senate o,
house Of representatives other than
that Of Mr.. Burleson.
The remaining cabinet names are
pow said to be settled, hut the places
each Is to occupy still remains open
to change. These cover the attorney
generalship. secretary Of interior, sec
rotary Of commerce and labor and sec
rotary of agriculture.
An Additional Place.
It Is probable also that the positioz
as secretary Of labor will be create
within the next few days, the senat
having passed the house bill, so th
Mr.. Wilson win have an addition
cabinet place to MI.
The personnel OF these remaining
places is not disclosed. but gossip wal
active yesterday including Mr. Bran
deis in the list, probably as secretar,
Of commerce and labor.