Show loebs next berth a cause of worry 1 1 WILLIAM LOEB JR S SECRETARY who has been serving tile the president and the country at the white house for several years Is causing his immediate friends more political anat oty than any other prominent republican ot of the hour there Is a time honored tradition that a retiring president of the united states must talie tak e rood good care ot of ills his secretary nail nad it has therefore there foi e been incumbent upon president roosevelt to see mr air loeb well place d before lie he starts start s tor for the dark con continent tinen t but plans for placing loeb have n habit of falling through just why no ono seems able to tell for while lie he chagnot has not gained the famo fame as secretary td the president preside tit that mr air cortelyou Cortely ills his predecessor gained there Is no denying that lie ho lias has been very vary efficient A few years ago there was a scheme afoot to elect mr air loeb pi president of a washington street railroad company lie ile became greatly interested in ili the matter enlisted some financial friends tn in now new york and bought into the stock of tile lie road quite heavily ambitious arguments were advanced regarding what mr loeb could do for the road it lias has to go before congress session after session for tidbits tid bits of legislation which arc anro very essential none the less but senators who have little liking for the president intimated that the man acho to had served as the presidents secretary would have a fine old time persuading them to vote for ill his fa bills bill 1 therefore the he owners of tile the railroad began quietly to lay plans tor for sidetracking side tracking tho the loeb presidential idea and about a year ago another was chosen to head the street railway since then secretary loebs nime name has been mentioned in hi connection with a number of good posts by pur of capitol gossip but each story has been in ili turn denied the latest report la Is that ho he will bo be como come collector of the port of new york after march 4 |