The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-03-01


strangers" Washington will be the
best lighted city in the world. The
semi-southern sun will do its duty by
day, but at night between dusk and
midnight, which is supposed to be
Washington's turning in time. 10000
multi-colored incand scent lamps
strung in festoons between the capitol
and the treasury will illuminate the
broad thoroughfare of Pennsylvania
avenue The capitol is to be illumi-
mated. One search light will throw
its rays upon the dome bringing out
the Goddess Of Liberty into proper
relief while another will make the
Washington monument float against
the evening sky"
Cabinet of Prosressives.
The country. pHbably 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 word
which comes from Trenton it is Ger.
tain that II the right cabinet has been
named by anybody 1t 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 wnt
would try to do his naming work for
him.
Members of congress who have been
to Trenton In an endeavor to mo
out definitely what the Democratic
chieftain intends to do in the way OF
cabinet making apparently learned
only one thing, and of course it 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
man in the cabinet will be a progress
sive Democrat"
Members of the coming dominant
party who have thought 1t worth while
for advice.receiving purposes to go 10
New Jersey have come back seeming
ly convinced tina 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 many
Democrats of the United States, but II
must be set down here In the way OF
news as being the apparent BELIEF OF
both conservative and progressive
Democrats who have talked to Mr..
Wilson about the construction OF his
cabinet. No names are given. but
men who will talk about 1t say that all
the names of the ultra-conservatives
Of the party may be discarded when
tables are being made Of the possible
cabinet selections.
Conservatives Resent This.
There is something Of show Of re-
sentiment among the conservative
Democrats in Washington because Of
the course which they seem to think
Mr.. Wilson is to follow. The conser-
natives point even to Roosevelt, whom
they do not like at all. as an example
of what q progressive can do to bal
ance things. They are urging that Mr..
Roosevelt, Progressive, invited some
conservatives into his cabinet In or
der that he might get the benefit Of
both sides of every discussion
There 10 no weeping evident In
Washington in the ranks Of the pro-
gressive Democrats or In those Of the
conservative and progressive Repub-
licans because of the apparent deter.
mination of Mr.. Wilson to surround
himself with men who will urge that
the administration make things move.
The reason for the dearth Of tears
among the progressive Democrats il
apparent. The progressive Republic
ans like to see things moving even
though motive power il supplied by q
Democratic engine. The conservative
Republicans are glad that the presi-
dent-elect IL going to get move on"
because they think the machinery
will 60 to smash before the years
journey IL up. So it is that everybody
apparently is happy except the conser-
vative Democrats.
Field Rather Limited.
There are eighteen or twenty Of the
progressive Democratic chieftains
who, as members Of congress view 1t,
are Of the cabinet type. It would be
curious, therefore, II among q little
more than q score of names that have
been mentioned as of men certain to
sit in the cabinet room the right
names should not have been hit upon.
There viii be great chance for the II
told you SOS" on the day that Mr.. Will
son names his advisers.
1t must not be understood because
Mr.. Wilson apparently intends to
name none but progressives for cabi.
net office that all Of them will be men
of the ultra-progressive type. It seems
to be generally conceded that Obadiah
Gardner of Maine will be made secre.
tary Of agriculture. He il a progress
sive without being In any sense q radi-
cal and It u probable that two or
three men Of this type may be given
precedence. but none of them probably
win be markedly conservative enough
to give the conservative leaders like
Martin Of Virginia and Simmons Of
North Carolina an opportunity to say
happily he has recognized u.s."
L.