Show r 01 sll 10 W 01 01 NA 1 CABINET CABINETS S GRAND OLD 01 D MAN thus far all efforts to d drag james wilson ot of iowa secretary of agriculture into the taft ballinger pinchot fight have been unavailing the grand old man of the cab cabinet laet says nothing and saws wood 0 in his long years as a it cabinet officer secre tary wilson haa has seen many he ile should and doea know by this time how to conduct him self in out euah h matters if president tatt taft calls up on mr wilson for information or an explanation he will get it no doubt the president already haa baa it IL but the old newspaper correspondents ul of washington know it Is useless to try to get mr air wilson to enter into any controversy he ile can close his mouth tighter than any man in wash ington when it Is necessary secretary tary wilson not only ahra the distinction of having served longer as a 1 net officer than any other man but he has seen a procession ot of 1 rs as his associates by any other man jn the i days of albert gallatin Gal lathi latia who now has second place as a long term net officer beer there were not as many cabinet places aa as at present and amol in days i it t was not customary to male mate so many changes while mr air wilson has been in office there have been five secretaries of 0 john n sherman william IL day john hay ellhu root and philander nox there have been four senet aries of the treasury lyman 3 gage leg 1 iw georgo george R rt elou telou and franklin Yran kiln macveagh there have been secretaries barles of war russell A alger ellhu root william 11 taft luke right and jacob na M dickinson there have been five at attorneys tornes general W griggs philander C knox william 11 moody charles J bonaparte george W there have been seven postmasters general s A gary chatles charles emory emary smith henry C davne robert J wynne D cortelyou george von L meyer and frank if hitchcock there been i six secretaries of the th na navy nay y john D long william H moody les J bonaparte victor 11 metcalf truman it newberry and george von van eyer there have been four secretaries of the interior cornelius N bliss n allen en hitchcock james R garfield and richard A ballinger there been four secretaries of commerce and labor geore geo re io D B V cortelyou victor f oscar S straus and charles nagel AVYS NAVYS SURGEON GENERAL Y dr charles P stokes who has been app appointed anted surgeon general of the united state navy to sue suc aeed dr presley M rixey retired Is one of the youngest officers ot 0 the medical corps although only 47 years of age ho be has had considerable ex per fence in HIP the practice of his profession A grad aate of tho the college of physicians and surgeons of new york city his earliest service was in belle vuo buo hospital and the new york city hospital in february pary 1880 he was appointed an as elshant surgeon in the navy and since then hai served in many important stations in all parts ol 01 the world from 1892 to 1895 he had charge of the united states naval hospital at yokohama japan I 1 during the spanish span isha ish A american war he equipped aud and organized the medical department of the am nce hip ship solace and allot was senior operating surgeon on that ves yes ol 01 during west indian campaign during the boxer troubles in china and during philippines insurrection he be attached to the U S S buffalo duffalo and itly served on the oregon wisconsin and other vessels in pacific ic waters flom 1903 until 1906 ne was on duty in this city as pro r of surgery la in the ahval medical school and as one of the attending s to president roosevelt and his arnley family during the next two tao years the united states naval hospital at san juan P R while aged in that duty he was as summoned to washington by the navy depart t and I 1 placed in command of the united hospital chip ship relief for ice with ath the atlantic fleet in its memorable cruise around the world t SENATOR FLINT TO RETIRE RETIREE those persons vho aho have been wont to call the united states senate the millionaires club had a rude shock the other day when one of the members of the senate issued an announcement that he will not be a candidate for re election reelection bo be cause ho be money to keep up a political lotical machine and cant afford to make the taie ahe members of the senate are nat all millionaires in fact tact it Is probable tant there are fewer mn who count their wealth iri fri seven fig urea in th tin thi i senate than there are who jo 10 lo it has become a sort of understanding howler hocq er that a man must have a million to be elected a it was senator frank ill flint of california who said he was too poor to run for election again he ile it in these words it Is my desire to make public at this time determination Ae termination not to be a candidate for re election reelection to the office of united iks senator I 1 reached this decision some timo time ago I 1 have debated roa ma public ic unno announcement of my purpose however boA ever in deference Jfe rence to the earn request st fit friends in california but I 1 feel nom that it would be unfair to elf to delay this announcement any longer 5 ELKINS AN INSURGENT has senator senator stephen B elkins of west wert vir gianfa become an insurgent has he joined the lafollette ranks has ho he decided to fight the powers that be hi in the upper branch of congress congre qs these are a few of the questions being asked sinco tho the west virginian arose in tho the senate sev sey oral eral days ago and declared himself off the res er orv atlon because the senate committee reported a resolution introduced by senator lodge of massachusetts providing for an investigation of the high cost of living as a substitute i for one offered by mr elkins once during the tariff battle mr elkins showed that he Is to not entirely satisfied d to be led by the nose by certain members arm now england lie ife got what he wanted anted and it was sup d that t he would be satisfied but tt it seems that the west virginia senator has in an idea that it pays to be independent why mr elkins be independent it Is said that he Is worth than n the question naturally is repeated time and again should ild a mau with that much money allow anjo another ther man to tell him wh what at do or what he should not ilot dg it may be said that air mr elkins boa bus not joined the insurgents it may also id that lat the insurgents would ahle to hav hay him with them with elkins ilette cummin cummins Doll lver and beveridge fighting together there ie Is little afon concerning low how long the stand patters would hold out it would e a fighting squad that would be hard bard to jo beat and aldrich Is smart enouse ow it t |