Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-06-19
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria 9sEetie'i
Washington, ID. O., June ~.

Washington, ID. O., June 10.
Sscretsry Taft is now preparing bis
rssignation ss seer tary Of war and ex-
pecIs } present it to the president later In
the day. He will leave Washington 81
four o'clock this afternoon for Cincinntu
to confer with his brother, Charles +.
Taft. ON the political situation.
He will 90 from Cincinnati to New Haven
arriving at the latter city Monday
afternoon. 1t is announced tnat
General Luke E. Wright, former
governor OF the Philippines and later
ambassador, TO Japan, will succeed Mr.
Taft IS secretary Of war. Secretary TAFT
placed his resignation in the hands ct
the president later in the morning. II
will not become effective until July !.
Official announcement Is made at the
Whit, House of the resignation oil Mr.
Taft as secretary of wsr, and the sppolnt-
ment of Luke F. Wright, of Tennessee,
to succeed him.
Official announcement 10 mace ~ Tue
White House of the resignation OF Mr.
Taft as Secretary of War, aud the aP-
poiutmeut of Luke E. Wright, OF Ten
nessee, to succeed him.
The following correspondence was
given out at the White House &c z p
m.
Washington, June Is, 1908.
Mr., President | hereby tender my
resignation as secretary of war to tsk'
effect Jnne 30th next.
Very respectfully yours,
WIN. q. TAFT.
Hon. w. II. TAFT:
Your resignation is hereby accepted
to take effect June SOth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
June 10, 1908.
The following telegram from Senate
LaFoIlette was received BY Secretar!
Taft today: "While the platform Is dis
appointing In some fundamental provls
ions aud omissions, aud shall claiu
the right to say so, congratulate yo'
most sincerely, and in the fact that yo'
are more nesrly in accord with the bodl
Of republican voters than the platform
shall do all in my power to insure you
election" Mr.. Taft has received tele
grams of congratulations from all the
other defeated candidates.
The president today appointed jane
A. Fowler, of Knoxville, Tenn. TO b
assistant attorney general in place o
Edward r. Ssndtord, appointed U. 3
Judge for the Eastern and Middle dis
tricts of Tennessee.
Adsler b. Coates has been appointed post
master a. Acorn, WestmOreland county, va.
and James 3. Evans at Buckhall, Prince
| William county, Va.
| Hundreds of kilograms Of enthusiastl9 con
/ gratulations upon his successful CANDIDACY
| for the presidential nomination poured in al
! night and day in Secretary Taft's office. b.
| the time be had arrived from his house thu
/ morning the stack was more than 100 deei
and by the time he re urned from the Cabine
meeting they numbered fully 1000. Thes
messages came from all parts of the world
| from all the unsuccessful candidates, grea
leaders of the party throughout the country
| Wal street fnanciers, leaders Of the coloret
race, prominent labor men, bishoDsin foreigl
| lands. Americ' an ambassadors abroad, proml
nent citizens of the Philippines and official
of the japanese government in Toxic. Robert
Taft arose early and got his telegram in a.
follows: Congratulations for gre,t victor!
| for the whole family" The following came
from Booker T. Washington Tuskegee: "Boti
| hearty aud sincere congratulations. Yol
more than deserve it all. | feel quite SURF
| you will be triumphantly elected to the pres
dency and that my race will assist in bring
| ing about that result" Kilograms contain
ug the most sincere congratulations were re
| oeiyed from each of the defeated candidates