Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-07
CABINET NAMED
BY PRESIDENT
CoRTELYoU SUCCEEDS WYNNE
AS POSTMASTER
Metcaf Of California VIII Take
Charge Of the Work In the De-
partment Of Commerce
and Labor
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON March 6.-This was
the first business day Of the new ma
tional administration and President
Roosevelt disposed of an immense
amount of accumulated work. Hun
dreds of visitors called at the White
House and, despite the pressure of ex-
ecutive business, the president found
time to receive and extend a cordial
greeting to most Of them.
James r. Garfield, commissioner of
corporations, had brief talk with the
president about some matters relating
to his bureau. He was followed by
Attorney General Moody, who dis
cussed with the president appointments
in his department At the conclusion
of his conference Mr.. Moody said 1t
had been decided to appoint Robert 7.
Devlin of San Francisco United States
district attorney for the northern dis
trict of California, to succeed Marshall
b. Woodwork. This decision termin-
ates a spirited contest. Senator Bard
urged the retention Of Woodwork, but
Senator Perkins and his new colleague,
Senator Flint, indorsed and worked for
Devlin.
It was decided early by the presi-
dent to send to the senate today not
only the nominations of the members
of his cabinet. but, in addition, many
other appointments about which an
agreement had been reahced. The list
of nominations included, therefore, ap-
pointments of ambassadors, ministers,
consuls general and consuls. so far as
have been decided upon. There were
few surprises in the list, as most of
the appointments made to the principal
posts already have been announced, at
least in a semi-official way.
The nominations include the names
heretofore announced as ambassadors,
and Senator Cockrell as interstate COM
merce commissioner. The nominations
follow:
Members of the Cabinet
John Hay, District of Columbia, Sec
retary of state.
Leslie M. Shaw, Iowa, secretary of
the treasury.
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war.
William H. Moody, Massachusetts,
attorney general
George B. Cortelyou, New York, post
master general
Paul Morton, Illinois, secretary of the
navy.
Ethan A. Hitchcock, Missouri. secre-
tary OF the interior.
James Wilson, Iowa, secretary of ag-
riculture.
Victor A. Metcalf, California, secre-
tary of commerce and labor.
Ambassadors and Ministers
whitelaw Reid. New York, to Great
Britain.
Robert S. Mccormick, Illinois, to
France.
George v. L. Meyer, Massachusetts,
to Russia.
Edwan H. Conger, Iowa, to Mexico.
Henry White. Rhode Island. to italy.
ENJOYS and Ministers
William Woodville Rockhill, District
of Columbia, to China.
David ]. Hill, New York, to The
Netherlands.
Henry Lane Wilson, Washington, to
Belgium.
William Miller Collier, New York, to
Spain.
Brutus j. Clay, Kentucky, to switzer-
land.
Thosam.J. OBrien, Michigan, to Dem
mark.
Charles j. Graves, Minnesota, to
Sweden and Norway.
Edward C. O'Brien, New York, to
Paraguay and Uruguay.
John B. Jackson, New Jersey, to
Greece and Montenegro, and diplomatic
agent in Bulgaria.
John w. Fiddle, Minnesota, to Rou-
mania and Servia.
Samuel R. Gummere. New Jersey, to
Morocco.
merce and labor-Edward Walter Sims,
Illinois.
Attorney for the northern district of
California-Robert 7. Devlin, Califor-
MIA.
District judges-Joseph V. Quarles,
eastern district of Wisconsin; James
Wickersham. division No. 8, District of
Alaska.
Consuls general-Robert ]. Wynne,
Pennsylvania, at London, England;
Frank H. Mason, Ohio. at Paris,
France; Alexander H. Thackara, Penn
sylvania, at Berlin, Germany; Hoffman
Philips, at Tangier, Morocco; Thomas
Sammons, Washington. at Newchwang,
China; Stanley Stoner. Missouri, at
Calcutta, India; Henry B. Miller. Ore
gon, at Yokohama, Japan; j. L. Inbro-
den, Ohio, at Shanghai, China; George
w. Roosevelt, Pennsylvania. at Brus-
sells, Belgium.