The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-03-01
WILoUN UECIOES
On 4 Of CABINET
DECLARED, ON HIGH AUTHORITY,
THAT BRYAN 70 SLATED FOR
sEcRErARY OF STATE.
MANY NAMES ARE ELIMINATED
and Agricultural lobe
Ono Man
Rejects.

Washington. Feb. 26-lt is stated
positively IN congressional quarters
closely identified with the incoming
administration Of President Wilson
TINT four cabinet appointments have
been definitely decided upon. Other
places In the cabinet are said to be
reasonably settled. with the cxcep-
ton Of tho portfolios Of war and agri.
culture. Those certain Of places are:
Secretary Of state. William j. Bry.
an Of Nebraska.
Secretary Of the treasurer, William
MoAdoo of New York. .
Postmaster General, Albert. 8. Bur.
loson of Texas,
Secretary Of the navy, josephus Dan
tells of North Carolina.
One Name Eliminated.
The name Of A. Mitchell Palmer At
Pennsylvnnia, which has heen pron,i
nenuy mentioned In connection with
the attorney generalship. Ia now def
nita1y eliminated, It appears that
cabinet. position Wa rendered 10 Mr..
Palmer and declined. tho expectation
being that ne would remain IN tn
house OF representatives to be IN
sense the personal representative Of
Mr.. Wilson tn the important legisla
ton about to be formulated,
This plan was carried into peYtAa,
execution when tho announcement a.
Representative Burlason that he voult
resign the position Of chairman of thu
Democratic houso caucus at an earl,
day. was coupled with the announce
ment by houss leaders that Mr., paA
mer would succeed a. chairman OF tn
eanoun,
Names Dcan'tssy Dropped.
Other names witch have ,,een prom
inentfy mentioned for the attornes
seneralshtp. but which are now DEF.
ntteiy eliminated from thts or othe,
cabinet portfolios are Chancellor Walk
or Of New jersey and Representativ.
Henry Of Texas.
Chancellor Walker was highly re
garded and H. la probably due to hi,
| own wishes that his name Is no Longer
considered.
The determination Of Hepresestativ,
Burleson Of Texas for the postmaster
generalshfp, had the natural effect o.
eliminating Mr., Henry's name tron
further consideration. nc being alse
from Texas.
MIR. McAdoo tn the recent campaig,
was prominent figure and was il
charge Of the Democratic forces much
Of tho time during the illness Of Ma
ttonal Chairman McCombs. He hai
been associated with some of tn.
foremost business operations in Amer
lean history, including the building
Of the soealled McAdoo system OF
tunnels under the Hudson river In
New York,
| Daniels Newspaper Editor.
Joseph Daniels Of Raleigh, NJ G.,
has long been Democratic national
committeeman from his state. He IL
the editor of the Raleigh News and
Observer.
In the last Cleveland administration
Mr.. Daniels was in Washington ~
chief clerk and appointment clerk OF
the interior department under Secre
tary Hoke Smith, now senator from
Georgia,
Representative Bur1esoR 1t Austip
Texas. has served nearly Is years IN
congress-, having been first elected Il
the Fifty-sixth congress, and he va
re-eleCted 10 the 6ixty-third eoogrees
last fall.
He was one Of the staunch support
Of representatives from the heginrAe
Of the preconvention corUt las;
spring and took q prominent part IL
the election campaign. In congress,
his chief work has been ~ a mem