Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1901 — SHAW IN CABINET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHAW IN CABINET.

TO SUCCEED GAGE AS HEAD OF TREASURY. lowa's Governor Accepts the Portfolio Offered by President Roosevelt—Secretary Wilson Is Not to Be Displaced Because of the Selection. Gov. Leslie M. Shaw of lowa has formally accepted the offer made to him to become Secretary of the Treasury and the fact was officially announced Wednesday night at the White House. The understanding is that Gov. Shaw will take charge of the Treasury Department as soon as he can relieve himself of his official business in lowa. As nearly as can be learned he will go to Washington in January and Secretary Gage is arranging his affairs to be able to leavo at any time before Feb. 1. In announcing the acceptance of Gov, Shaw it was officially stated also that this appointment would in no way interfere with the retention in the cabinet of Secretary Wilson. It is known that President Roosevelt has a high regard for the Secretary of Agriculture, who has made a greater record than any one previously in that office since it was established in 1889, not even excepting the famous “Jerry” Rusk of Wisconsin. The announcement at the White House that Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is to remain in charge of his department and that his relations to the administration are not at all affected by the selection of another cabinet officer from lowa,

seems to be well received throughout the country. Mr. Wilson is "known far and wide as the most successful and progressive head the Agricultural Department has ever known. President Roosevelt has been greatly impressed with the many evidences of Mr. Wilson's usefulness, and despite a difference of opinion between them as to the Cuban reciprocity question, the President and the Secretary are on the best of terms. In selecting Gov. Shaw, President Roosevelt did so without consulting any one. He has known him for many years, having campaigned in the West with him on several occasions. The Governor is one of the original gold standard men of the West, and, long before the single standard became an emphatic issue, he was making speeches for it. Several times he went as far East as the New England States, urging the single standard as the measure of value. Although only 53 years old, he has been prominent in politics for more than a fifth of a century. He removed to lowa early in his lite and has been actively identified with the affairs of his State for many years. He is now concluding his second term as Governor and, it is said, could have been renominated for a third had he sought a renomination. When President McKinley declared against a third term Shaw was mentioned as a presidential possibility by Senator Allison and other lowans. He is a banker of considerable local distinction and a lawyer of no mean repute.

LESLIE M. SHAW.