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Show HfpK , . I WORK OF THE NEW CABINET K'. ij. Judge Taft confesses he is receiving Hra, . x a good many suggestions about his kBlO'fjf " cabinet. Many names are being sub- KyK,' mltted although but nlno places are LBsW'7' to be lllled. HHf'j? Mr' L,ncoln strengthened himself oy '.;r"? ' calling to his side his unsuccessful BiA competitors forthe presidential noml- BK .3' nation. This Is hardly to be expected !rf iD JudK Tafts ease. Hut one of them KpiHfc- Mr. Fairbanks would appear to be sHraiV open to a call. Governor Hughes will, Bf of course, stay at Albany Senators Jy1' ' Knox and La Follctte would haully B.V'.m caro t0 Bvc UP tnere present places Kf At least four of Judge Tafts advisers BBtjk, ' wl" nave tlloro hands full, and should iiSr "H be men of high calibre and large ex- fcyr-i, pcrlencc. We have entered, and arc Hajij.yt, entering, on big things in world poll- HRv-K tlc8' and our stat0 .Department re- HImC' quires the services of a man familiar KvF wltn 0K things. Maybe the whole yr case is stated in the fact that Mr. HE - Rl I on the eve of retiring, and HQIj,' ' that the new man must take up where BttjjW''', he leaves oft. Only the first-classman HiiWK'M' could ,10pe l0 meet t,iat emcrt'ency- HflnBbt x " The Treasury Department, always HraKo' Important, will have to apply a now IKK; tariff law and be called upon' to assist HNK'' in some new currency legislation. rHp This Congress has been Investigating LH Ihi currency needs, and the next may con- HK'" -'-IjKf tlnuc the work. Tho Presidents jlnan- W' 'lV',m, clal advisor therefore should to fa- kPtKil tffflclh miliar with money and markets and HfraJ J JawIn a word, a cood all-around man IiBHRrmdtM of national reputation and proportions. HsV:':i LBMm M'V'H. ,'a .. - V.. - We are committed to a much larger navy, and this understanding, or whatever what-ever It may be, with Japan gives to the Navy Department a value it has not before possessed. The man who presides pre-sides there will have as much business as he can very well handle. If he has exceptional qualifications for the post, and knows his way along, so much the better for him,, his chief and the country. And there Is the Department of Justice, which has been In a strenuous tussle with big trusts, and ls still at close grips with them. Moreover, Congress will have something to add to tho anti-trust law, and to the law regulating railroads, and this will tax the Industry and the ability of the new Attorney General. The ablest lawyer In the country would And use of all his talents, pitted, as the Govern ment's chief attorney will be. against tho pick of the bar In all the courts. Nobody knows the situation better than the man who deals with It. Judgo Taft has been on the ground while matters have been shaping, has h'.mselt helped to shape some of them, and having been a Cabinet advisor appreciates ap-preciates the value of the office. His party Js rich in talent, and his acquaintance ac-quaintance is so wide he should not tilplnhls task of selection. Washington Wash-ington Star, Ind'.t. |