Show cabinet surely Is possum cabinet N now OW r An alws ws r I 1 ITS TS the doubt possum cabinet now without the wit who invented that phrase after president tafts exploits in the south made tho the southern tree climber a sort of national emblem has bas received the backing of webster on top of that of newspaper parag raphers A washington man who has time on his hands looked in the dictionary tho other day and his eye fell upon the word philander the e meaning given was a south american opossum other searchers since have examined webster with the following results as regards cabinet members franklin macveagh MacVea gb A substantial householder such the secretary of the treasury certainly Is jacob dickinson A he supplanted luke wright george von L meyer A landholder husbandman this designation of the new secretary ot the navy applies also to georgo george W wicker shani isham the new dt attorney torney general g james wilson Wl lson same as jacob mr air wilson however liag has supplanted none but himself for the last 12 years frank hitchcock free boref arence to government franking privileges richard ballinger strong like a ruler powerful as as befits it a secretary of the interior charles nagel manly noble spirit spirited bd none has yet denied pos poa session bession of that quality by the secretary of commerce and labor still other searchers hunted up the Ph christian ristian names of the president and ex president and found that william means protector and theodore the gift of god |