Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
HITCHCOCK SURE
OF APPOINTMENT
WILL BE NEXT POSTMASTER
GENERAL UNDER TAFT
SLATE or PREsIDENT-ELEcT
DEFINITELY ANNOUNCED
Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son Only Cabinet Member Who
Will Retain Present Position.
Taft in Philadelphia
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the University of Pennsylvania, in eel
ebration of University day.
A walking stick, used by Benjamin
Franklin, and by him presented to
Lafayette, will be a gift by the uni
versity to the president-elect.
After the celebration Mr.. Taft will
be a guest at luncheon at the First
troop, Philadelphia city cavalry, and
at night will attend the Pennsylvania
university alumni dinner.
Mr.. Taft expects to leave for New
York Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Taft admits he is making head
way in the selection of a secretary of
the treasury, but maintains that the
place is not yet filled.
Franklin MacVeagh and Myron T.
Herrick are two of the men under con-
sideration.
Cabinet as Slated
With this exception the Taft cab
met is complete. and when officially
promulgated shortly before his inau-
guration will be found as follows:
Secretary of state-P. C. Knox of Penn
sylvania.
Attorney generaI-GeOrge w. Wickersham
of New York.
Tennessee.
Secretary Of navy-George Won L. Meyer
of Massachusetts.
Secretary of commerce and labor-Charles
Secretary Of interior-R. A. BaIIinger of
Washington.
Postmaster general-Frank II. Hitchcock
of Massachusetts.
Secretary of observation-disclosures Wilson of
Iowa.
1t will be observed that in this list
are five lawyers. 1T may be stated that
this fact is not a mere coincidence, but
is an accomplishment which has been
carefully planned and striven for by the
incoming president.
Constitutional legal restrictions on
corporate abuses are the accomplish
ments he will strive for. In assembling
his legal cabinet the president-elect has
not lost sight of the necessity of OBJ
questions to be dealt with coincide with
his own.
Mr.. Taft's position was clearly en-
bodied in his inaugural address, and
this document is known to have re-
ceived hearty adoption and complete
approval by all Of the men selected to
be Mr.. Taft's cabinet advisers.
Will Resign Position
J. M. Dickinson of Tennessee, who
accepted the war portfolio at the hands
of Mr.. Taft in Cincinnati yesterday,
will give up the position of general So
licitor for the Illinois Central railroad
and salary of $4,000 a year to be-
come a cabinet minister.
He is between 54 and 55 years Of aga,
a native of Mississippi, served three
months in the Confederate army as a,
boy, graduated from the University of
Tennessee and finished his education in
Germany.
His grandfather was Felix Grundy,
attorney general of the United States.
his father distinguished chancellor
in Mississippi. Mr.. Dickinson has al
a personal friend of President Roose-
welt and refused to vote for Bryan.
Mrs. Dickinson is from Mississippi,
was a daughter Of General Overton,
and both are related to prominent old
southern families. He is the owner Of
the famous old Belle Mead manor
house and immense estates three miles
out from Nashville. in which city he
began his law practice.
He was for time judge of the su-
preme court of Tennessee, and was ap-
pointed by President Cleveland as
sistant attorney general of the United
States. serving under Attorney General
Harmon.
Mr.. Dickinson was selected by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to present the argu-
ment of the United States before the
joint high commission which adjusted
the last international boundary dis
pute between this country and Great
Britain. He has just retired as presf-
dent Of the American Bar association
H. w. Taft, brother Of President
elect Taft, reached here tonight from
New York.