The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-22
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Cabinet Of Progressives.
The country, probably will not |
have to wait much longer to learn
the names of the men chosen for
service in the cabinet of Wood
row Wilson. The politicians and the
correspondents have made many cab
inets for Mr. Wilson, and it is en-
tirely probable that some of them have
made good guesses, but from the WORT
which comes from Trenton 1t Is cer-
tain that II the right cabinet has been
named by anybody it has been sheer
guess work, for the president-elect has
kept his own counsel in the matter
and, moreover, has said some things IN
a degree denunciatOry of those VINO
would try to do his naming work for
him.
Members of congress who have been
to Trenton in an endeavor to hnd
out definitely what the Democratic
chieftain intends to do in the way OF
cabinet making apparently learned
only one thing. and of course 1t is pos
sible that they did not learn this one
thing accurately. The chances are,
however, that they did, and interviews
with the returned ones show that they
all are convinced of this: Every
xryin ha nrnQr9S-
sive Democrat"
Members of the coming dominant
party who have thought 1t worth "hlie
for advicereceiving purposes to go 70
New Jersey have come back seeming
ly convinced tha no conservative Dem
ocrat will sit at the next presidents .
table of council. This bit OF news may
not be to the liking of a good maSy
Democrats of the United States. but IL
must be set down here in the way OF
news as being the apparent Deiiet OIL
both conservative and progressive
Democrats who have talked TO MT.
Wilson about the construction OF MS
cabinet. No names are given, Du'
men who will talk about 1t say that all
the names of the ultra-conservatlves
of the party may be discarded when
tables are being made of the possible
cabinet selections.
Conservatives Resent This.
There is something OF a Ahow OF re
sentiment among the conservative
Democrats in Washington because o'
the course which they seem to thinf
Mr. Wilson is to follow. The conser
vatives point even to Roosevelt. whom
they do not like at all. as an example
of what a progressive can do to pal
ance things. They are urging that Mr
Roosevelt, Progressive. invited SOM
conservatives into his cabinet In or
der that he might get the benefit o
both sides of every discussion.
There is no weeping evident Il
J Washington in the ranks OF the pre-
gressive Democrats or in those OF tn
conservative and progressive Reput
licans because of the apparent detel
, mination of Mr.. Wilson to surroun
himself with men who will urge tina
the administration make things move
The reason for the dearth of tear
, among the progressive Democrats
apparent The progressive Republic
ans like to see things moving eve
/ though motive power is supplied by
. Democratic engine. The conservativ
, Republicans are glad that the pres
/ dent-elect is going to get move on
because they think the machiner
Z will 20 to smash before the year
journey is up. So 1t is that everybod
1 apparently is happy except the conse
e vative Democrats.
= Now in trying to name a cabinet Il
a Mr.. Wilson in the face OF his silent
: on the subject a start can be mac
q by eliminating the conservative chic
e tains of the Democratic party, that
: those of them who are charged
r their opponents with attempts In Il
t past to block downward tariff revisit
0 and to check legislation OF the kir
e attempted by their progressive ct
e leagues.
= Field Rather Limited.
There are eighteen or twenty OF u
progressive Democratic chieftnil
e who, as members Of congress view
Il are of the cabinet type. 1t would
T. curious, therefore, IL among a lit
|" more than a score of names that ha
n been mentioned as of men certain
II sit in the cabinet room the rig
ID names should not have been hit upc
n There will be a great chance for the
'f told you SOS" on the day that Mr.. w
Is son names his advisers.
le II must not be understood becau
Mr.. Wilson apparently intends
x name none but progressives for ca
M net Office that all of them will be m
n of the ultra-progressive type. 1t seeI
oi to be generally conceded that Obadi
lie Gardner of Maine will be made sec
re tary of agriculture. He Is progr
y sive without being in any sense ra
y cal and 1t is probable that two
III three men of this type may be Civ
n, precedence, but none Of them probal
will be markedly conservative enou
~ to give the conservative leaders II
d. Martin of Virginia and Simmons
e. North Carolina an opportunity to
IN happily he has recognized u.s."
at There Is no reason today to chan