Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-02-27
President in His Own
Right; Counselors of J
~ His Own Choice Il
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN


- OOLIDGE and his cabinets Here's
subject that Is stirring official Wash
ington to the uttermost limits of sur
mise, conjecture, speculation and
r. DS1ySD plain everyday gossip And the rest
lIIfTTTTn1i of the country is nightly interested.
HNNllIUVU There is no speculation of course
II WMllW II as to the makeup of the Coolidge cab
Ill E@7 II met, for that is known At this writ
- Ing but one appointment remains TO
be made-that of secretary of the
department of Agriculture. Secretary Hughes of
the State department goes. Attorney General
stone has been named for the Supreme court
bench The others all stay by request of President
Coolidge-Mellon, Weeks, New, Wilbur. Work,
Hoover and Davis
should the bill for the reorganization of the ex-
ecutive department be passed there would be ere
ated new department with cabinet member
that of the department of education and relief
The coming changes in the cabinet can be most
easily yisualized by reference to the accompanying
reproduction of a photograph taken at the cabinet
meeting of January 2 AT the head of the long
table, of course is President Coolidge who became
President upon the death of President Harding,
August 2, 1923
At the Presidents right is Secretary of State
Charles Evans Hughes of New York appointed by
President Harding March 5, 1921 who will be sue
ceeded by Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota
The four next in order to the foot of the table
will all stay in the cabinet. They are: Secretary
of War John Wingate Weeks Of Massachusetts
March 5, 1920, Postmaster General Harry Stew
art New of Indiana, Secretary of the Interior HUI
bert Work of Colorado. and Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Clark Hoover (Iarch s. 1920
On the left of President Coolidge is Secretary
of the Treasury Andrew w. Mellon of Pennsyl-
vania (March 5, 1920. He stays in the cabinet
Next Is Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone
of New York who was appointed by President
Coolidge to succeed Harry M. Daugherty, resigned
He has been named associate justice of the
United States Supreme court to succeed Justice
Joseph McKenna resigned. Charles Beecher War
rem Of Michigan has been named to succeed him
AT this writing opposition In the senate to both
appointments may result in recess appointments
after March 4. -
Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur of Cali
fornia. next in order, succeeded Edwin DENLY, re-
signed by appointment of President Coolidge He
will stay
The next man is Howard NJ Gore, who was as
sstant secretary of agriculture under the late Hen
ry G. Wallace and succeeded him by appointment
of President Coolidge. Secretary Gore is gov
ernor-elect of West Virginia and goes March to
assume office, leaving place to be filled.
Secretary of Labor James John Davis OF Penn
sylvania tDiarch 8 1921 will stay in the cabinet
The place at the foot of the table is of course
vacant. as there is no vice president Mr. Coolidge
used to sit there when he vice president. 1t
Is reported that II will remain vacant and that
Vice President Charles G. Dawes will not partic
pate in cabinet meetings the Harding innovation
not having found favor in the eyes of President
Coolidge.
II told you so y arises in chorus from those who
have been predicting new Coolidge" For many
have been proclniming from the housetops
since the election that the President in his own
right instead of the official heir of Harding would
be very different President. And they point
with pride-some of course view with alarm--to
recent events in which President Coolidge has dem
,pstnted independence, assertiveness hrtnness and
determination TO have what he wants when lie