The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-22
MIR. TAFT'S CABINET
THE TREASURY PORTFOLIO NOT
 YET FILLED.
Franklin Macyeagh and Myron T. Herrick Are Two of the Men Who Are Now Under
 Consideration.

Consideration.
 Philadelphia. Pa. Feb. 21--President- elect Taft arrived here this morning from Cincinnati, and with Mrs. Taft. who came over from New York to join him. Is the guest of Dr. s. Weir Mitch- ell, in his Walnut Street home. Mr. Taft attended morning services at the Unitarian Church and with Mrs. Taft. drove to Bryn Mawr. where they called on their daughter. Helen, and re- turned with her in their automobile to dinner at the Mitchell residence. A conference took place between the cock. who came here at the request of Mir. Taft. Frank E. Kellogg was also a. visitor. Mir. Taft was greeted by an en- | thusiastic crowd upon his arrival and when, a few minutes later. he stepped from his automobile at the Mitchell residence, the street was blocked with people, who cheered as they caught a glimpse of the Taft smile.
 The report printed today that as President he would go to Alaska, MT. Taft said. had only the foundation that he had received an invitation for such trip and had replied that he would hold 1t under consideration. This same answer. he said, likewise applied to in- vitations to visit Denver and Seattle next summer. He has not decided what his travelling itinerary for the year will be. except that he will make trip through the South and Southwest US far as Texas.
 An address will be delivered by Judge Taft at the Academy of Music here to- morrow morning under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, In cele- bration of University Day. A walking l stick used by Benjamin Franklin and by him presented to Lafayette. will be I a gift to the University by the Presi- dent-elect. After the celebration. MT {. Taft will be the guest at luncheon of the 1st Troop. Philadelphia City Cav airy. and at night will attend tho Pennsyivinia University alumni dinner. Many other functions. such as lunch cons and dinners have been arranged, with a desire that Mir Taft attend. but his capabilities in this respect will de- | pend upon his time. He expects to leave for New York, Tuesday morning.
 Mir. Taft admits that he is making headway in the selection of Secretary of the Treasury. but maintains the place is not yet filled. Franklin Mac Veagh anu Myron T. Herrick are two of the men under consideration. With this exception the Taft cabinet is com plete and when ofYicially promulgated. shortly before his inauguration. will be found as follows:
 | secretary OL 6tako-I VI Knox, of Pennsylvania.
 Attorney General-George W. Wick ersham, of New York.
 l Secretary of war--J. M. Dickinson. | of Tennessea.
 Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel. of Missouri.
 | Secretary of the Navy--George von l.. | Meyer, of Massachusetts.
 Secretary of the Interior-R. 4. Bal | ignvar of washinRton,
 | Postmaster General--Frank H. Hitch cock. Of Massachusetts.
 Secretary of fAgriculture-James Wi'- son. of Iowa.
 | It will be observed that In this list are five lawyers. of whom Mir. Taft be- lives. there are none better in the coun- try.
 Constitutional legal restrictions on | coruorate abuses are the accomplish ments he will strive for. The extreme difIicult!es of first framing such meas ures and then of securing their enact ment have confronted MT. Taft with great force. To meet them with sue- cess he believes will require the com hined legal skill of the ablest minds he can bring to the task. In assembling | his legal cabinet. the President-elect has not lost sight of the necessity oi | obtaining men whose beliefs on the | ouestions to be dealt with coincide with his own. Hr. Tafts position ma. heen clearly embodied in his inaugura address and this document Is known tc nave received the hearty and complete annroval of all of the men selected te he MT. Tafts cabinet advisers.
 T M Dickinson, of Tennessee. whs accepted the War Portfolio at the hanu' oS MT. Taft in Cincinnati yesterday will give up the position or general SO ucItor for the Illinois Central Railwa! sysfsm and a salary of S35.00O year to hecome a cabinet member. He i' ha+ween b4 and 55 years of age. na' five of Mississippi. served three months fin the Confederate army as boy. Rrau
 uated from the University or Tennes see and finished his education m GeI
 many. His grandfather was was Irnt,a, crundy. Attorney General of the unite' States: his father. a distinguished chan cellor in Mississippi. .o,
 Mr Dickinson has always been
 Danocrat although he IS peFson"
 friend of President Roosevelt ana re
 fused to vote for Bryan. Mrs, Dickinsoi wns A Miss Overton. daughter or cen
 eral Overton and ootn are rei".Tu
 nromInent Southern families. He |
 tha owner of the famous Belle Mead
 ,,aror house and immense estates thre
 mIIea out from Nashville. in which clt
 he began his law practice. lie was 10
 a time Judge of tho Supreme Court
 Tennessee and was appointed oy Fresi dsnt Cleveland, Assistant Attorney Gen
 s-aI or the United States, serving unde
 Attorney General Harmon.
 Mir Dickinson was selected by Presi
 dent Roosevelt to present the argu
 ment of the United States before tn
 toint high commission which adjuste
 inc Alaskan boundary dispute betwee
 this country and Great Britain, and hi
 nresentation of this case won for hir
 an international reputation. He ha
 just retired as president or the Amer
 ican Bar Association
 The new War Secretary became gen
 eral counsel for the Illinois Central syI tenn under the presidency of Stuyvesal Fish and It. Is said that in the subsf f ouent controversy between Messrs. Fis !. and Hartman he was strongly on tt l side of MT Fish. It is known MT. Dick B inson's will be the hand which vi
 have immediate supervision of the Par
 anna canal construction.