This judicious and timely declara
=tion will be accepted 'y the read
ing public in good faith, but of
c.'urse it will have little effect
e upon the wagging tongue of Dame
humor and will not stem the tide
of speculation and discussion as to
e the probability of certain and sun
11 dry Democratic citizens of promi
e nence and distinction being invited
to assist the new chief executive in
the labor of guiding the destinies
and managing the details of the na
tional administration during the
a next four-years,
It is widely asserted and quite
generally believed, for instance,
that Col. Winm. J. Bryan of Nebraska
will have the refusal of a seat in
I the Wilson cabinet, most probably
t the chair of secreta'ry of state. Lewis
crandeis, the noted Massachusetts
lawyer, and Senator O'Gorman of
New York are each mentioned as a
possible attorney general, and the
names of Dr. E. A. Aldeilmani, presi
dent of the University of Virginia, t
Josephus Daniels of North Carolina, t
Senator Gardner of Maine, Congress- f
man Burleson of Texas, Wm. F. Mc- t
Combs of New York, Willis L. Moore,
chief of the weather service, are a
also spoken of in connection with
cabinet positions. I;
There has-been no Louisianian pub- t
licly suggested for such an honor s
up to this time, and it is not h
known whether the Democratic lead- a
'ers in this state have considered 1
the advisability of putting forth one s
of their number as an aspirant for n
the considerations of the president- e
elect, but there is no good' reason
apparent why they should not do so.
