The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-04

and Chicago. the new secretary OF
war, was born in 1851 at Columbus.
Miss. He graduated from the Uni.
versity of Nashville in 1872 and after.
ward studied law at Columbia college
at the University of Leipsic and in
Paris. He served several times by
special commission on the supreme
bench of Tennessee and was assist
ant attorney general of the United
States in 1S95.97.
Postmaster General Hitchcock.
The first cabinet officer selected by
Mr.. Taft after his election was Frank
II. Hitchcock of Massachusetts, who
gave up his place as first assistant
postmaster general TO manage sue.
cessfully the Taft presidential cam.
paign. He has been given the Office
Of postmaster general in the new cab.
met. Mr.. Hitchcock was born at Am.
herst, o., I'm 1867, and graduated from
Harvard in 1891 and from Columbia
Law school in 1894. Since 1891 he
has been a government official.
NageI Has Commerce Portfolio.
Missouri has been rewarded for its
switch to the Republican column by
the appointment of Charles Nagel as
secretary Of commerce and labor Mr.
Nagel is a leading lawyer of st
Louis and the west. He was born In
Texas in 1S49, moved to st. Louis
when a child and graduated from the
st. Louis Law school in 1878. He has
been senior member of the law firm
of Nagel & Kirby, professor in the
st. Louis Law school and a trustee
of Washington university. In 18S1-8S
he was a member of the Missouri
house Of representatives, and in 1898
81 was president of the st. Louis city
council. He is a member OF the Re
publican national committee and fol
years has been an intimate sTiend oI
Mr.. Taft. He was one of Mr.. Roose
yelt's most enthrFiastic supporters
Navy Under Meyers Charge.
President Taft's secretary of tn,
navy, George Won L. Meyer of Massa
chusetts, has had wide experience a,
business man, legislator diploma
and cabinet officer He was born IL
Boston in 1858 and graduated from
Harvard in 1879. He then entered
business and has been prominently
connected with a number of financia
and mercantile concerns. His caree
as a public official began in 1889
when he was elected to the BostoI
common council. He then served OF
the board Of aldermen, and in 1892-9I
he was a member of the Massachu
setts legislature, the last two year.
being speaker Of the house In 190t
Mr.. Meyer was sent to Italy as Ameri
can ambassador, and in 1905 wal
tranferred to Russia. In January
1907, President Roosevelt called hin
home to enter his cabinet as post
master general. This portfolio he hal
relinquished for that of the navy. Mr.
Meyers home is Hamilton, Mass.
5aIllnger Secretary Of Interior.
After about one years service al
commissioner of the general land of
fee, Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle
Wash, has entered the cabinet al
secretary of the interior. He is
native of Iowa, having been born II
Boonesboro in 1853 After attendln,
the University of Kansas and Wash
burn college at Topeka, he went /,
Williams college, graduating in 1888.
and afterward studying law and re
moving to Washington He wa
United States court commissioner II
1S9O-9z and later was Judge of tn,
supreme court in Jefferson county
Wash.
Attorl ey General WIekersham.
George w. Wickersham, who be
comes President Taft's attorney gen
eral, has had the reputation OF beinI
one OF the ablest lawyers In New
York city. Born in Pittsburg in 1858
he studied civil engineering in Lehigl
university and in 1880 graduated from
the law school Of the University o
Pennsylvania. For two years he prac
ticed law in Philadelphia. In 1884 n,
became associated with the law firn
Of Strong & Cadwalladare, to wlficl
Henry W. Taft brother Of the presi
Gent, belongs.