The Ordway new era., 1908-06-26
,uxe E. WRIGHT OF TENNESSEE.
TO 6E THE NEW SCENE
TARY OF WAR.
PRESIDENTS EUL0CY
coNFEpERATE CAPTAIN. PHILIP
PINE GOVERNOR. AMsAs'
sApoR TO JAPAN.

V.,s,ln,.rou secretary Taft Fridns
nr,.s, nrrd rr lh,. President his rrsignh'
tlou. to take effect June 3oth, ahd u
Wa annuunccd at the whit" i"ns'
that Lux. f. Wrirh, Of Trunrs7ce VIII
b,. npputnlrd secretary of war {" sue
coed MI Taft
I'm making this appointment 'h'
President was influenced sohl'"HH' ~
tb,. drslr, to recognize IN m 'mphall'
way that there is no longer any H'Nl"
rr between the North and tn" Sou'h.
and that All Americans are In Thought
and deed ou"- a.,
Tn, correspondence between III"
President and secretary Tait rrIhtlhS
tu the lat.cr's resignation, is bil'I.
Secretary Taft simply SAID in ms FcsiE
nation.
4 hcrrh, tender my resignation AS
secretary Of war, to take effect June
3uJh next
The President. in his reply, said
Your r, siguation is hereby accept
ed. to taxi effect June goth.
II was stated at the Whit" iiouS"
that as the President had given out u
formal statement concerning his hlIh
esteem for secretary Taft. 1t was NOT
deemed necessary to repeat what was
then said
The statement given out at tho
White Hogs. concerning MIR. Wrights
appointment says.
AS Philippin" commissioner ana
later as VICE governor and governor.
he won n" affection and regard OF IN"
army to a high degree, and many OF
the most distinguished of the men whU
served In the army at the time he was
In the Philippines hav" urged his ap-
pointm"nt because they felt in pccu-
liar way that he was their champion
and In Il peculiar way understood them
and their needs This Is especially
true as regards the men who wcr.
Union veterans of the Civil War. FOR
these grew to feel that he was always
specially interested in their welfare.
Moreover. his great administrative"
and legal ability both peculiarly fit
him TO deal with the problems In the
Philippines. Panama and Cuba. for the
work OF tn" war department is now
such that only man with special iii.
ness and unusual training is able to do
justice to IL.
OF all III" men in the country. the
President feels that Mr. WI! ;ht Is the
man best fitted 10 take up the WORK
Of III" department which for the last
seven years has been under the con.
troll. first of Root and then of Taft.
AS young man he was captain
In IN" Confederate army. He is one or
the leading lawyers not only of his
state. but of the entire South. He has
also been foremost in advocating and
Inc Loo tt,.sV fat..
colorcd people. He first definitely cs.
tablishcd his reputation in the terrible
days Of the yellow fever epidemic at
Memphis. when he practically made
himself mayor of the town and took
charge of all the relief measures. show.
Ing what may justly be called heroic
devotion to duty and Indifference to
his own life. together with the mas.
terful qualities of successful admin,
istrator in great crisis. He was him.
self struck down by the plague he was
fighting, hut lived to see 1t stamped oui
and himself TO take part in Introducing
into Memphis the hygienic measures
which have since made 1t one Of the
model health cities of the world.
He rs appointed by President Nc
kinley as one of the Philippine com.
mission ard enjoyed Mr.. Mckinley's
heartiest confidence. being selected as
one of the Southerners who were in
sympathy with his administration. BY
President Roosevelt he was promoted
first to be vice governor and then gov.
ernor of the Philippines and was ar.
terward made ambassador to Japan.
I'm all positions he served with sig.
nal fidelity and ability and has been in
hearty and outspoken agreement with
the administration in all its main mol.
icies''