The Washington times., 1924-09-25

III "A reorganization of the Coolidge
N Cabinet, should be succeed himself
lis generally understood to be In
Chairman Butler of the
Republican National Committee
N. having taken himself out of the
"A Massachusetts, Senatorial race, which
4; he had in mind for a time, is sup
Il posed to be in line for a Cabinet
81 place, following the precedent o:
NJ Will Hays. Secretary Bascom Slemp
4 Is also due for a seat at the table
y, should the Republican plans not SO
%awry. The two places picked for
these men as reward for their
u campaign services are the Score.
a taryship of Commerce, now held by
III Herbert Hoover, and the PostmaS
ter Generalship now held by Harry
New.
M "Mr. Hoover, it Is believed, has
lhad enough of his job, which never
ibid attain the proportions 1t was
Expected to reach when he accepted
st. When Harding went in as Presi-
dent it was suggested that the rail.
roads and the Shipping Board would
d both be added to the Department OF
Commerce, which would have lifted
# into importance second only 20
SA4O OCPpA SAAAOAAS Va 0SeASOs &
4 Davis Likely to Drop Out,
q Hughes Pretty Sure to Stay. /
VI Secretary. Of Labor Davis Isl also
Z likely to drop out, according to
Il Washington gossip, and rumor. gives
a that post, if the post is still at Mr..
"a Cooldige's disposition after March a
to T. v. O'Connor, present head OF
the Shipping Board. O'Connort near.
%3ly got it, four years ago. Wilbur
and Stone, respectively Secretary Of
q the Navy and Attorney General,
both having been appointed by Cool
Il idge, will remain If the Administra,
tion continues, and Secretary OF State
Hughes likewise, for the President
Z has so thoroughly, adopted the
Hughes foreign policy that the re.
I lationship seems bound to continue.
Secretary, OF War Weeks can prob
Z ably stay on IL he wishes, but Mr..
Coolidge doubtless has more than
! Blemp and Butler among his friends
that he would like to have about
I him.
&. IF the Republican eggs really
Y hatch, the succession Of SleInD to
the Postmaster Generalship viii be
4 taken to mean that Mr.. Coolidge
y EAAACeSAA6 W ~ At again Al 115ot All
4 it is history that the Postmaster
X General does the preliminary cam
paigning through his vast patron.
age. Harry New will, it is assumed
!. be quite, willing to retire, but per.
haps not so soon, as he has in mind
taking the Indiana Senatorship
away from Jim Watson, to whose
Vaccinations he attributes the cast.
ing of the Republican Senatorial
nomination to BeVeridge two years
ago, and it was the persistence of
the New-Watson feud that brought
the Democrat, Ralston, 70 the
4 Senate. 1t may be that this ven-
delta will not be without its lnflu.
(: ence in the coming election, for if
News friends get the notion that
the President means to- jettison
their chief they viii undoubtedly
take steps in the customary Indiana
/. fashion" a
i Dame RumOr Also Fills Posts &
! With Deserving DemOcrats., 5,
Speculation of this sort is always
I interesting and reasonably safe at
!. this time. If ones prophesies fail
I, to come true they are forgotten by
Z the time appointments are really
made. If, on the other hand, The
bell is rung, one may point with
pride" to ones political acumen..
Personalities affect tremendously
our Judgment here. And our en-.
thusiasm over the advent of a new.
conner to the Cabinet Circle. is CON.
frolled in large measure by the type
of woman who is mistress of his
I, household Mrs. Butler is by way
~ hoinor oar RI Wo oh fT1 xyf-S1Ep
but she has made friends on hel
3 occasional visits to the White House
I. and those who know her say that
she would make very winning ad
(ition tor the Cabinet group. Mr.
Slemp, of course, belongs in the
''marriageable eligible" class--an6
the thought of having a 'Tparti,' in
Z the Cabinet is always appealing.
The idea of losing the Hoove:s
and the News is distinctly distaste
4 full. Neither Mrs. New nor Mrs
4 Hoover goes in for Society-witn a
u capital S-for both have other and
4 more engrossing interests. Both
y entertain delightfully."- and each wo
man has made a niche for herself
!, in the affections of those with
4 whom she is most closely affiliated
AS for the Democrats, the only
Cabinet post which Dame Rumor
seems to be trying to fill is that of
Secretary of State and for this Inn
portant office she is picking Frank
l.. Polk--law partner of John W.
Davis, the Democratic nomiuee for
President. Occasionally, also, one
Z hears the statement, "Of course, il
4 Davis is elected, he'll make Lansing
4 Secretary of State" but the theory
I? more generally accepted is that Rob.
Z ert Lansing, who was Secretary of
State when Mr.. Davis was appointed
American Ambassador to Great
Britain, will be given an ambassa.
dorial post If he wants it--anl II
there is a Democratic admlnistra-
ton. .
Either Mr.. Lansing, who. has once
filled the post, or Mr.. Polk, who
was formerly Underseeretary of
\ State, would be eHninently fitted for
the portfolio Of Secretary of State
or for a mission abroad. And Mrs.
Lansing and Mrs. Polk are both
women who would equally grace
official society in Washington or
the cosmopolitan society of Euro
. pean capital.
7 SECRETARY HOOVER
PLANS BUSINESS TRIP.
The Secretary Of Commerce, Her.
bert Hoover, viii leave Washington
October 1 for Milwaukee. From
there he will go to Troy. ". Y,