Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-20
TAFTRESICNS, WRIGHT NAMED
Change in War Department Takes
Place June 80.
SECRETARY GOES TO CINCTNNA7
There He Expects 60 Confer y -
Candidate for Vice PresideV
mOrrOw-Many TeIe-
grams Come.

WARRINGTON. June lSs-SecreNary
Taft today presented TO the president his
resignation. 20 take effect June 30, and Il
was announced at the white House that
Luke =. Wright of Tennessee win be ap-
pointed secretary Of war TO succesd Mr.
Taft. In making this appointments the
prefident was influenced somewhat By the
desire TO recognize in an emphatic way
that there IL no longer any dividing line
between the north and the south and That
an good Americans are in thought ana
deed one and the president was influenced
still more By the fact that General
Wright's personal attributes and expert
snee pre-eminently fit him for this par
ticular position.
WASHINGTON. June 1e-UsuaIly an
early riser. Secretary TAFT was a little
late in taking up the business Of the day
and It was after 9 O'Clock this morning
before he came down 10 breakfast The
principal lower rooms OF the X street resi-
dence were sim filled with magnificent
punches Of cut flowers and telegrams OF
congratulation were piled high upon a
sideboard.
The fatigues and excitement Of last night
apparently made little Impression upon
Mrs Taft and other members of the sec
retsry's family. and even before the usual
breakfast hour all OF them were down
stairs and deeply engrossed in the morn
ing newspapers. every one OF which dis
played more or less pleasing likenesses OF
the war secretary and candidate on the
first pages.
New Order Begins.
sign OF the change that has taken
place in the official status OF Secretary
Taft was the appearance OF a blue-coated
policeman. who was stationed at the curb
directly in front Of the Taft residence,
where he or one Of his mates will remain
constantly on duty, day and night. when
ever the secretary is in Washington.
When the secretary descended from his
bedroom this morning and entered the
drawing room he found his caller in the
person Of Lieutenant General Corbin, not
only known officially 10 the secretary in
that capacity and also in bis incumbency
of the governor generalship Of the Philip
pines, but also as a warm personal friend,
and last but not least. as an Ohio man
and fellow statesman. He extended his
congratulations and they were gratefully
received
A telegram received over night from a
member OF his family in the west de-
terfnined Secretary Taft to leave Washing
ton this afternoon for Cincinnati He ex-
poets to take the o'clock train and. stop
ping in Cincinnati tomorrow. will leave
that city in time TO reach New Haven
Monday to participate in the reunion OF
| his class OF 1878.
secretaTy TAFT reached the Whit Heuse
at 1913, o'clock this morning and at once
went to the executive office and conferred
with President Roosevelt.
Telegrams of congratulations received by
Secretary Tafe included ore from General
! Luke f Wright, at Memphis. saying;
/ Hearty congratulations and good
/ wishes" and one from Booker T. Wash
! ington. Tuskegee. Ala, giving assurance
/ OF negro support in the presidential con-
/ test The latter message was as follows:
Most hearty and sincere congratulations.
/ sure you will be triumphsntly elected 10
! the presidency and that my race Will as
! sist in bringing about that result
| From Governor MaEOOn.
! From Cuba Governor Magoon flashed
this message:
All Cuba joins nc in congratulations to
! you and rejoice at your nomination.
Andrew Carnegie cabled from Clashmore,
| Scotland:
| country and our party will both be safe IN
4. your hands.
Robert Taft, the secretary's son, tele-
/ graphed from Chicago:
Congratula tions on great victory from
whole family.
From Toxic Baron Kaneko cabled:
Hearty CONGRATULATIONS on your nomina'
on.
From Berlin Minister Hioko:
| Please accept my heartiest congratula
tions.
And from London Ambassador Reid sen
this message:
Warm congratulations Proud that Ohi'
has you TO lead our next victory.
Congratulations also came from the Phil
ipplnes commissioners and from Chief En-
gineer Goethals OF the Panama Canal com
mission.
After remaining with the president hal
an hour Secretary Taft returned to hi
office at the War department. but cam
back to the White House in time for tn
cabinet meeting at II o'clock.