The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-11-24
Washington Hears Hints Of Pos
slbIe Changes Ii President
Wilson's offlciallFamiS
SECRETARY or INTERIOR
MAY GO UP STEP HIGHER
Far Western States Likely TO
Play Promhsntytart In. the
Coming Administration
By ERNEST q. WALKER

By ERNEST q. WALKER
mail Special TO The Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, November IL
With fhe5Hatiohal count completsd and
washington as the federal seat, get.
ting back to normal, q new ad minis
tration is just a-borning. 1t win be
IKE the old administration, of course.
tn essential features, but Washington
remembering vividly for the mo.
meqt that, the new administration was
porn out of the West and especially
Const. -. g., IL $751;, %. -
3 Il need hardly be said that Cali.
tornla has stood well with President
Wilson and his chief assistants in the
lsst three and half years, and per.
hpps II need hardly be said that. IA
Sonsid erations, california q likely 70
stand even better in that quarter dur.
ng the next four years. President
wilson, TO be sure, IL almost tbe Inst
nan TO allow sectional cons,deTations
o weigh oVermnGh, but the West must
Ie considerably in his mind for long
@hile becahse of thrilling election
vents Of recent days. H.'t
!, He has had q most ranablei member
Of his cabinet since March 4, 1918. in
Franklin X. Lane, Of California, score.
tary Of the interior. One, need not
consult the oracles to assert that Mr..
Lane will continue in high Official sta
tion with the new administration. He
likes public life, but no better than
! the public service and the President
like him. Cabinet prospects, after
March 4, rest solely with President
Wilson, and he may not say very
4 great deal on that score for the pres
emit But il is q very safe guess that
Mr.. Lane can remain as secretary Of
the inferior If he wishes. a.
However, Mr.. Lane is an ambitious
man and President Wilson wbnld IN
toubtedly like to crafty the ambition
Il such useful helper. II need ocGa-
ion no surprise if Secretary Lane's
, "ervices Us head of the American side
/ Il the cormissi to arbitrate difficult
. ies with Mexico became o medium for
new position. For instance, IL Seq
etary Of State Lansing should for any
eason desire not to serve in another
administration, Secretary Lanes eRgi-
,ility is evident. The Californian
! las a, very great opportunity to com.
rose the status as to Mexico and thus
arm the gratitude of the country.
And If for any reason Mr.. Lane
honld be selected for a higher post,
he name of Represe NATIVE Kent, of
I 'alifornia, will be very much men.
= Toned as a secretary, of the interior in
/ he second Wilson administration. 1t
r 5 patent already to Washington that
he Progressive vote, in the West, and
:articularly in California, swung the
lection in marvellous fashion to vii.
on. Head and front in that category
as been the, California representative,
lie best known II not the only quite
mon.pure independent in the ma.
Onm house of recent years. Mr.
sent is certainly familiar with int,
Tor department. questions and prob
ms. He is man of affairs, having
n excellent standing at Washington
nd in touch with conservation forces
throughout the country. He has been
"giVelv Identified with Conservation
or . number of years. Several months
go Mr., Kent wrote President Wilson
iedglHg support to his administration
Nd 10 his campaign for reelection
'h"th"r Mr.. Kent is rendered any of
Ice by President Wilson or not, he viii
crtainly be an influential man with
he lattcr's next administration.
)uhfeine Court Vacancies
The Far West has GENERALLY been
recognized alike in the cabinet, the Su
feme Court aud all high official group,
intended to be Of a thoroughly ma
'ioHal character. Three or four changes
'nfthe personnel of the supreme cotift
Z may be expected in the nature 'oi
'hinSs during the next four years, and
* one or more Of these nominations may
20 TO the West, OR, more likely, to Cali
!. forhia. hgain Mr.. Lane's name comes
to- mind; for he has been much men
!. toned as Supreme Court timber. Tho
resent Californian on the court, Asso
eiate Justice Joseph McKenna, of BE
hicia, is now 'seventy.three and eligible
to retire if he wishes. ...'-..,- : f..
A number of California Democrat,
are holding tolerably good positions
here-Alexander T.. VOgelsang, as as
Sistant secretary of the interior; Ste
Nhen T. Mather, as assistant TO the
secretary of the interior; Anthony
Caminetti. as eOmmissioneT-general OF
immigration, and so on through quite
list There are Nevada Democrats
too, such as Clay Tallman, commits
sioner of the general land Office Most
if not all Of these will now probably
hold on through another four years,
The peculiar manner in -''"h the
election WIS decided by the West. and
rortiGnlarly nv California. for Wilson
will. Il anything. make the tenure of
all federal officials in California more
. secure.
California and Nevada ever have
matters Of moment TO their own people
for consideration of congress. Some
Of these matters are purely lc3al aud
others have also federal Importance
such as legislation for the naVv a"d
legislation that deals with P"tiyitics
and developments on the Pacific In
all these California probably wilt ..
a better Oosit,on to spenk pO"e'f"l,r
and e0nvinciRRlv in the next four