The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-06
TAFT'S FIRST
DAY AS CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
Most of the Day Given Up to
Shaking Hands With the
Multitude.
REPUBLICAN TARIFF
TINKERS CALL IN BODY
MESSAGE ON SUBJECT WILL NOT
DISCUSS DETAILS OF
REVISION.

Washington, March 5.-The Taft ad-
ministration took its first stride today.
The president named his cabinet, the
senate confirmed his selections, and its
members will take the oath of office
tomorrow with the exception of George
w. Wickersham, who was sworn in as
attorney general today, and of Messrs
Dickinson and MacVeagh, whose per-
sonaI affairs will not permit them to
reach Washington for a week or more
Conference on the Tariff.
president Taft and the Republican
members of the ways and means COM
mittee held an important conference
during the day. The committee has
framed a tariff bill, which IL is UNDER
stood contains a provision for an in
heritance tax. one of the suggestions
for raising revenue contained in the in
augural address of President Taft.
President Taft told the committee there
would be no delay in the official procla-
nation calling the extra session of con-
gress on March 10. His message, he
said, would recommend that it confine
its work exclusively to tariff revision,
that there might be no unnecessary de-
lay in enacting this most important
law He said that he would not discuss
in his message the details of tariff re-
vision. leaving all such matters entire
ly to the judgment of congress.
Thousands of Visitors.
Aside from these important accom-
pIishments. President Taft gave him
self I'D heartily to the demands of his
friends and thousands of inaugural Wis
itors who wished to shake hands with
him.
Philander c. Knox was the first call
ct on President Taft in the White
House. A fifteen-minute interview, Mr..
Knox said, had its Importance, but was
not for publication He was rejoicing
that since noon yesterday, when his
resignation as a senator became effec-
tive he was simply private citizen
His rejoicing, however, was brief, for
before the day was much older, he had
been nominated and confirmed as sec
rotary of state.
TWO Governors Called.
Governor Hughes of New York, Gov
ernor Prouty of Vermont and the SEN
ators and many of the representatives
from those states next had the ear of
the president, and gained his consent to
attend the celebration, July and 5
next, of the discovery OF Lake Cham-
plain at Plattsburg and Burlington.
The congratulations and good wishes
of Cuba were extended in the form of
a memorial presented by General de
Metric Castillo Duany, who came to
the United States for that purpose
The reviewing stand for the inaug-
uraI parade was again occupied by
President Taft this morning, when he
took his place there to do honor to the
Seventh regiment, New York infantry.
The Blaine club of Cincinnati followed.
Personal staff.
Fred w Carpenter took the oath as
to the president; Wendell NJ
Michler, who has been Mr.. Taft's as
sistant secretary and stenographer. was
made one of Mr.. Carpenters assistants.
T. NJ. Hendricks, of Mr.. Tafts clerical
force, was given a clerkship. and Will
liam Pannell, who for years has been
Mr.. Taft's messenger in the war de-
partment, was assigned to duty at Mr..
Carpenters door