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Show CABINET MAY BAVECBANGES Uy, Hitchcock and fa!! to i;t. Cortelyou iVlay Be Secretary of War, and Taft Chief Justice. President Boosevelt Especially Desires De-sires to Retain the Secretary of tho Navy. "WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.-Cablnct slalemakers are already busy. Tlrey have figured out that Secretary of the Interior Inte-rior Hitchcock probably will retire; that Secretary of Agrlculturo "Wilson may not care to remuln at the head of the department de-partment which he has made ono of the most popular arms of the Government; that Secretary Shaw maf go, and that Attorney-General Moody will open a law office In Boston after March I next. The basis of much of the gossip published pub-lished is that tho President proposes to surround himself with young men of his own choice; that heretofore ho has been handicapped by I1I3 promise made at Buffalo Buf-falo to continue McKinley's policies, and, therefore, had to select for high positions posi-tions only men known to be McKlnley men. His Own Selections. Tho truth is- that the President, while ho fulMUcd his promise to the letter to continue McKinley's policies, used his best Judgment In selecting members of his Cabinet and invariably selected men of his own personnl choice. McKinley's friends did not attempt to hamper him In this respect. Secretary Shaw was tho President's choice, and his relations with tho President Presi-dent during tho three years ho has been in the Cabinet havo been so cordial and friendly that there Is not the slightest reason to believe that he will retire on March A. On tho contrary, there aro many reasons for believing that the President Pres-ident will insist upon his remaining at tho head of tho Treasury department, where he has made a record so enviable that he enjoys the confidence nnd esteem of every conservative banker In the country. coun-try. Mr. Mood, Secretary Morton, Secretary Mclcalf, Secretary Taft and' Postmaster-General Postmaster-General Wynne wcro distinctly personal appointments, so was the selection of Mr. Cortelyou as tho first secretary of tho Department of Commerce and Labor, although al-though It can be said of this appointment appoint-ment that the lato President McKlnley contemplated making It previous to his -assassination. Cortelyou's Future. It Is conceded that Mr. Cortelyou will return to tho Cabinet, but In what capacity ca-pacity has not been determined. For sentimental reasons, It wnB presumed that ho would like to he Postmaster-General, because he bosran his Washington career as a minor clerk In the Postofllco department. de-partment. Mr. Cortelyou himself has never said that he wanted tn bo Postmaster-General or that he preferred that portfolio to any other In the Government Govern-ment It Is by no meojis settled that Postmaster-General Wynne will not continue to occupy his present position after March 4. The Prcsdent Is very fond of him and believes that he has made a good official. His familiarity with the details of the department seems to olc-tato olc-tato the desirability of retaining him at its head. Mr. Cortelyou Is Just as likely to succeed Secretary Taft as the head of tho War department when the next vacancy on the Supreme bench occurs. That will be created by the voluntary retirement re-tirement o" Chief Justice Fuller, who Is considering tho advisability of retiring under the ago limit act next March. When Secretary Taft consented to take the war portfolio It was with the understanding un-derstanding that ho would be appointed to fill tho firBl vacancy that thereafter occurred on tho Supremo court bench. Tho retirement of Mr. Moody from the oftlce of Attorney-General Is foreshadowed by the steps which ho has taken to open a- law of lice in Boston. When he was Secretary of the Navy it was generally understood that ho would leave the Cabinet Cabi-net on March i, and there Is no reason 10 believe that he has changed his plnns since assuming the duties of Attorney-General. Attorney-General. "Wants Morton to' Remain. The' one member of his Cabinet about whose plans the President Is In doubt, but whoso services he Is especially desirous de-sirous of retaining, Is Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton. Mr. Roosevelt regards re-gards Mr. Morton as the most valuable public official that has come to Washington Wash-ington in a generation. Thoroughly familiar fa-miliar himself with the Intricate and complicated com-plicated dotalls of the Navy department, he appreciates the magnitude of tho task which Mr. Morton assumed when he be-camo be-camo the chief of that department. Mr. Morton has applied to the department tho same methods which enabled him to conduct with distinguished success the traffic department of ono of the greatest railways In the world The President appreciates ap-preciates how difficult It must be for a young man who can draw a salary of $50,000 from a railway to abandon It for the sake of earning $SO0O a yunr as a Cabinet officer. Secretary Hitchcock will retire voluntarily. volun-tarily. The success of the Republicans in Missouri in electing a majority of tho Legislature of that Stalo will have the effect of mak'ng him a candidate to succeed suc-ceed Senator Cockrcll. Whether that happens hap-pens or not, the Secretary wants to retire re-tire to attend to his own personal business. busi-ness. The retlrcmsnt of Secretary Wilson Wil-son Is by no means certain. |