The herald., 1897-02-02
THE AGRICULTURAL CHAIR
Will Be Filled by ex.Congressman Wilson
OF Iowa
Charles G. Dawes Chosen to Control
the Currency-McKenna Chances
Still Considered Good.
Associated Press Special Wire

DES MONIES, Ia, Feb. 1.-Ex-Con-
gresham James Wilson of Iowa an
nounced tonight his acceptance of the
cabinet portfolio recently rendered him
by President-elect Mckinley To rep
resentative of the Associated Press Mr..
Wilson said: 'It is true that have been
invited into President-elect McKinley's
cabinet. I have accepted. That is all
there is to- say about the matter"
1t is general known that Mr.. Wilson
will be secretary of agriculture, he hav-
ing wired to Senator Allison today that
that portfolio had been offered and ac-
cepted.
James Wilson was born August 16,
1885, at Ayrshire, Scotland, his parents
belonging to the farming class. His
parents emigrated to Connecticut in
1852. and began farming in the vicinity
of Norwich. They came to Iowa in the fall
of 1856, buying government land in Tama
county. James is the oldest of family
of fourteen children, seven boys and
seven girls. James was sent to the
twelfth Iowa general assembly to get
stock acts enacted, changing the GUS
tom of permitting stock to run at large.
Ilc vas IS-ClCCleQ W lllS I'LL lCSIllL anu
fourteenth general assemblies, being
speaker of the house in the last assembly
in which he served. The code of 1873 was
enacted while he presided. He was
elected to the forty-third congress dur
ing his last term in the house and was
reelected to the forty-fourth congress.
He retired at the end of his second term
to his farm, when he was appointed by
Governor Sherman as a member of the
railway commission. After serving one
year he resigned to take his seat in the
forty eighth congress. At the end of
this congress he again retired to his
farm, when several editors of the coun-
try papers arranged with him to write
weekly letters for their papers, which he
has continued to do until the present
time.
In 1891 he was elected director of the
Iowa station and professor of agricul-
ture of the Iowa agriculture college, a
position he held up to the present time.
DAWES BERTH.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.--Charles G. Dawes
said: "The Associated Press report that
have been rendered and accepted the
appointment of comptroller Of currency
is true. have much regretted the early
publicly which has unavoidably at
tached to the matter, for it seems to
have given rise to the inference that 1
had some desire or eXpecta ton of sue
ceeding Eckels prior to- the expiration
Of his commission in 1898. I can say for
myself and I think that speak for I'll
concerned, that 1 sincerely hope Eckels
may see his way clear to the retention of
his position until the expiration of his
commission. His distinguished services
as comptroISSr of the currency, rendered
amid so many embarrassments and COM
plications, have earned for him the
gratitude of the nation"
Charles G. Dawes was born in Mari
eta, Ohio, August 27. 1865, and gradu-
ated from Marietta college in 1884 and
from the Cincinnati law school in 1886.
During his college days he acquired
the profession of civil engineering and
spent his vacations at that work, be-
coming the chief engineer at the age of
19 years of the Marietta, Columbia and
Northern railroad. now a part of the
Toledo and Ohio Central system.
In 1887 he left Ohio for Lincoln Neb.,
where he became prominent lawyer
and business man. He took part in the
discussions of freight schedules of Ne
braska about the time, and after the
passage of the interstate commerce law.
He was also a student of financial ques-
tions, and in 1894 published book en-
titled "The Banking System of the Unit
ed States and it's Relations to the Money
and Business of the Country"
He has been for many years national
bank director. In 1898 he became res
ident of Evanston, Ill, having become
Interested in the Northwestern Gas,
Light and Coke company of that place.
He was the leader in the Mckinley
movement in Illinois which ended in
instructions for Mckinley at the Spring.
field convention. He was then appointed
by Mr.. M A. Hanna as the member from
Illinois of the legislative committee of
the national Republican committee. Mr..
Dawes is president of the gas companies
of Akron, O., Lacrosse, Wis, and Evans
ton, ILL.,, and is vice-president of the
Lincoln Packing company.
In 1884 he married Miss Carrie d. Bly,
mer of Cincinnati and has two children.
He is the son of Gen. r. r. Dawes of Ma
rietta, O., who was one of the command
ers of the Iron brigade of Wisconsin in
the late war, and is q great-grandson
of Mannazah Cutler, one Of the founders
of Ohio
M'KENNA'S CHANCES
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. LIN local
political circles there Is now little doubt
that Judge Joseph McKenna of the Unit
ed States circuit court will be the Pa
cific coast representative in McKinley's
cabinet. Judge McKennA was asked
tolay u he bad eormallx scceo te6 scah-