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Show MANY CABINET CHANGES A favorite sport in Washington just now is the remaking of the president's cabinet. It seems to be taken for granted that there will be several changes in the personnel of Mr. Wilson's official family after the fourth of fMarch and speculation has already marked Messrs. McAdoo, Gregory and Houston as certain to retire from office., Mr. McAdoo is said to contemplate entering i banking in New York, which city, also, is reported report-ed to have enticed Mr. Gregory with a chance to associate himself with a big law Arm. Mr. Houston Hous-ton is said to bo going back to his place in St. Louis as chancellor of Washington University, where a vice-chancellor has ibeen holding down I the job as against his chief's return. Mr. iRedfleld, too, is thought to have outlived his usefulness as secretary of commerce, though his future Is "undecided "unde-cided by any gossip now afloat here; while Joseph-us Joseph-us Daniel's retention as head of the navy department depart-ment is the dark secret of life at the capital. The new cabinet is expected to show a wider geographic distribution than the present one, wherein the south and New York occupy dominating domi-nating positions. Mr. Wilson was the first president presi-dent in many years who did not have a New England Eng-land man at his council table, and it is expected that this section will now receive recognition. Senator Hollis of New 'Hampshire, has been suggested sug-gested in this connection, and the fact tnat his slate went for Wilson gives some force to the idea. But, inasmuch as 'New Hampshire has a Republican governor who would name a Republican Republi-can successor to Mr. Hollis in the case of his translation to the cabinet, it is unlikely that the Granite state will have such an honor, even . though the senate still has a Democratic majority of twelve. President Harry Garfield of Williams college is looking upon here as much more likely 1 to bej struck by cabinet lightning if a Yankee is to be taken. Mr. Garfield, though a nominal Republican, Republi-can, supported Mr. Wilson, whose son-in-law, Francis B. iSayre, Is Mr. Garfield's assistant and might be in line for promotion to the presidency 'of the college in case his superior should get a "pprtfolio. This consideration may not deter the L'president from selecting Mr. Garfield. j-j Senator Walsh of Montana is thought to be a rprobable cabinet member as a representative of u'the west, and in his case there is no situation such !s militates against Senator Hollis. , |