The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-02
PATRONAGE PIE
FOR THE FAITHFUL
President viii Have Plum TO Pass
Around Before March A.
Many Willing Ones
mail Special TO The Advertiser)
BY ERNEST q. WALKER

PRESIDENT Wilson'S cabinet has now as
good as agreed to serve on into the new
administration. There have been
eleventh,hour changes in those deci-
sions, nevertheless. A Democratic sen.
ator said at the Capitol the past week
that announcement about Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo had really sur.
prised him, for the secretary had told
him personally more than once during
the presidential campaign that what
ever happened ut the polls he (Mc-
Adoo) must retire from Office on March
4 and earn some money.
The secretary has large family
more or less dependent upon him, and
being a man of moderate means, finds
such opportunities for private employ
ment as would naturally come TO him
at the present stage very alluring.
Much Patronage
Even with members of the cabinet
sticking fast the President will have
dispose Of. In all probability much Of
this will have been well determined
upon by March 4, including new diplo-
matte nominations. 1t is the custom
to call the senate in extra session on
March for the purpose Of confirming
forthwith nominations the President
wishes to make, Such session of the
senate may be expected beginning
March 5, to last only few days. II
il unlikely that the house will be in.
cluded in the call. which will have to
do with executive business solely.
Supreme Court Rumors
,Rumors of retirements from the SUI
| pTeme Court of the United States were
to be expected after the election. A
few days ago there was one Of these
minors regarding Associate Justice
| McKenna. He has been on the bench
eighteen years and was seyenty-three
years old last August. Associate jus.
tees are eligible for retirement on full
pay when seventy years Of age II they
have served ten years. Associate Jus
tice Hughes is similarly eligible for re.
tirement -Four of the nine justices
are now classed as Democrats, and by
the close of the new administration il
| is quite probable at least six of the
nine will be Of the dominant party
faith. ..f.-. .,.g ~,
Pie For New England 49,, n....
| Of course politicians would not bt
politicians were they not lining up IL
\ all States and sections of the country
4 with particular reference to the voting
last November and the Democrats,
prospects for the next four years. This.
is quite strikingly illustrated in New
4 England, & All those northeasternmos
States save Vermont voted for Presi
| dent Wilson four years ago, but New
England was not given overmuch o.
recognition. % Certain Democratic
groups and organizations in New Eng
land got in very bad with the Presi
dent, But to the general surprise
New England almost followed into tn
Wilson fold last November, thus EN-
phasizing that President Wilson is YER
popular with the Yankees. in their long
time Republican strongholds. Reeentl
there have been signs that the Pres
dent feels a lively appreciation for III
support the New England States CAV
him. There has been no section of til
country where he and his policies wer
more vigorously attacked, but It al
pears these attacks in reality won hil
friends. .,i g-,h -,s3"r '.... =
One New England man, whom Pres
dent Wilson has stood staunchly by,
George Rublee, of Cornish, New HAM
shire. He is not Democrat but
Progressive. The history Of his nom
nation as member of the federal trad
e commission, where he has done exec
lent work, and of Senator Gallinger
efforts to prevent the confirmation
I, Rublee in the senate, is quite fresh
mind The President has continued
= support of Rublee but a decisiC
: whether Rnblee shall be nominated
the senate again must soon be made.
Senator Hollis, of New Hampshi
claims that Senator Gallinger's tacti
!, against Rublee are responsible for ii
! Granite State going by less than OF
! hundred votes for Wilson. Undoubte
4 ly, a great many people regarded b
T Gallinger opposition to Rublee as u
! just. ~, -
I Special Recognition ,... a..&'. ...
Anyhow, New Hampshire as the SC
. Democratic State this year in Ne
England Is looking for special reeo
!. milton and probably will get it. Rubl
4 will probably be renominated for me-
bership on the federal trade comm
|. sion, IT it is thought best to precipits
q fight with Senator Gallinger. T
a nomination failed of confirmation
Il only two or three votes and a eanys
q Of the situation is under way to asc,
a tain whether better success could
"a expected at another test ss"' 81
IA Senator Hollis, as the senior Den
cratic senator from New England, "
n be the administration spokesman FIR,
5. that section for the next two yea
n. Congress at this session is likely to I
large the interstate commerce comm
q. sion. In which event Senator Hollis "
II urge the nomination of Ex,Represen
ID tive Raymond b. Stevens, of the Grt
to lite State, as an interstate CONNER
commissioner. 49,. d.. ~.
r. But the President has been Taisi
re up trusted lieptenants in the sem
L, from other sections and should be W
n. strong at the north end of the Capt.
I'd for the next four years. Senator Wal
to of Montana, seems to be one Of
Democrats who is coming fast.
~ win be majority leader after Marcel
at and has ability. His management
Of the Western campaign gave him n
n prestige and probably his voice will
BIO very potent in Democratic affairs, s
IA ator ktlee Pomercne, just reelec
to from Ohio, an unusual success for
ck Democrat from the Bnckeye State