Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-18

partment. The oath of office was ad-
ministcred to Mr.. Straus by Frank II.
Larned, chief clerk of the bureau of
immigration.
Secretary Metcalf, In reinquishing
the duties of the Office formally ex-
pressed to those about him his great
personal regret at the severance of re-
lations which always had been so pleas
ant. He assured them, however, that
Mr.. Straus would maintain similar
cordial relations with the people of the
department
Will Follow Predecessor
Secretary Straus. in a brief address,
expressed the desire to continue the
present relations that existed between
Secretary Metcalf and the officials of
the department and said that it would
be his policy so far as might be possi-
BILE to continue the policy of his prede-
cessor He said he would take his cue
from the man whose strength lies in
the fact that he could depend upon and
enlist the hearty cooperation of those
about him. AT that conclusion of the
address Secretary Straus and Secretary
Metcalf held an informal reception of
the bureau heads.
o. E. Weed, one of the clerks of the
department, has been selected by Mr.
Straus to be his private secretary. Leon
Clark, who has been private secretary
to Secretary Metcalf, will continue with
Mr., ;d.etcillf ar alike iratsas ~ m tits'
navy department. :
MetcaIf Takes Oath
Secretary Metcalf arrived at the navy
department with Secretary Bonaparte
at 10 O'Clock. The oath of office was
administered by Solicitor Hannah of
the navy department in the presence
of Assistant Secretary Newberry, Rear
Admiral Rixey, surgeon of the navy;
Assistant Secretary Murray of the de-
partment os commerce and labor, and
the bureau chiefs of that department,
who went to the navy department. in
body after Mr.. Straus had been in
Quoted into Office.
Secretary Bonaparte, in a brief ad
dress, congratulated the new secretary
upon the compliment implied upon his
choice for the Office of secretary of the
navy. No office, he said. exists of great
er moment to the honor, the vital in
trest and even the national life of our
common country.
Secretary Metcalf responded, declar-
ing that he always had taken an in
tereSt in the American navy. His first
assignment as a member of the house
of representatives, he said, was to the
came intensified.
The secretary then received the Off
GERS and employees of the navy depart
ment.
Is Attorney General
At IL o'clock Charles ]. Bonaparte,
the retiring secretary of the navy, took
the prescribed oath as attorney general
and entered upon his new duties. The
oath was administered by Mr.. Sorn-
burger, the appointment clerk of the
department of justice, in the presence
of Mr.. Eonaparte's predecessor, william
Fl. Moody; the assistant attorney gen.
erals, the solicitor general and the prin-
cipal officers of the department of JUS
tice. Mr.. Moody was the first to re-
ce,ve congratulations. Mr.. Bonaparte
declared he would be guided in the per-
formance of his duties by the example
and counsel Of his predecessor.
Moody Is Justice
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-William II.
Moody formerly attorney general, to-
day entered upon his duties as an as
sociate justice of the supreme court of
the United States, thus bringing the
court up to its full membership. He
was inducted into office at the begin
ming of today's sitting of the court.
Having, as is customary In such
cases, taken the regular oath of office
in the robing room before entering the
court chamber, he was preceded into
the latter apartment by all the other
members of the tribunal When he
reached the desk of the clerk of the
court he stopped, while the other MEM
bers continued to their seats, Mr.
Moody was garbed, as were all the
other Justices, in a long flowing robe
and prepared to begin the duties of his
office from the ceremony of Inaugural
tion should be completed.
Fuller Introduces Him
AS soon as the opening Of the ses-
sions had been announced by the court
crler Chief Justice Fuller proclaimed
the presence OF the new associate, say
ing 1t gave him pleasure TO present him
to the members of the bar. Under in
structions Of the chief justice the clerk
then read Mr.. Moody's commission and
administered to him second oath
known as the judicial oath.
In his affirmation Mr. Moody made sol
emn promise to administer Justice with
out partiality to do equal right to poor
and rich and to properly perform all
the duties OF the office in accord with
the constitution of the United States.
He was then escorted by Marshal J.. M