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1851, but became a citizen of Tcnnes-
leader of the bar. He held several
judicial appointments and was coun-
sci for the United States in the Alaska
boundary dispute.
Recently he has been living in Chi
cago, but retains his Tennessee citi-
zenship. He gives up a $35, 600 a year
position with the Illinois Central rail-
road Co. to enter the cabinet at s12,-
ooo, which will not pay the cost of
living in Washington. His selection
surround himself with strong legal adj
NisorS.
Judge Dickinson's friends say his
most striking characteristic is his re-
m%arkable administrative power. His
thinking is straightforward. He sees
strength is hard work. A few years
ago Il complimentary dinner was given
him in Nashville. The invitation cards
showing his steps to prominence. The
inscription was: He works While
others Sleep
In personality Judge Dickinson has
the generality Of a big man. He is 6
feet 3 inches tall and weighs 27O
pounds. He has accumulated wealth
and his wife has riches. Politics cuts
small figure in his appointment. When
a boy Judge Dickinson "a a soldier in
the confederate army. What part he
took in political affairs generally a
with the democratic party.
Deserted Law for Groceries.
Franklin MacVeagh. who is to head
the treasury, is not a %financier by pro-
fession, nor a politician in practice. yet
he is a scholastic expert in both. He
studied law in youth and then aban-
dohed it for a business career in Chi
cago as a wholesale grocer. Next to
Mr.. Wilson, he will be III Oldest mar
in the cabinet. He is a Yale man of
the class of 1862, and now is close to
20 years of g In Chicago public life
he has been a useful citizen. Thirty
i've years ago he was president of the
Citizens association that accomplished
many reforms In municipal affairs, and
frequently he has participated in move
mentS for better government. He was
strong for civil service in local govern
ment. In 1894 he was the unsuccessful
candidate of the democratic party of
illinois for United States senator. More
recently he has inclined toward the re-
publican party.
Being a mar of wealth and having
varied interests. he studied the theory
of nance and the practice of banking
With such clear mind that the bank rs
of Chicago indorse him cordially for
the treasury.
Charles Nagel, of st. Louis, is one of
the leading lawyers Of that city and
one OF the active republicans who sue
ceeded in turning the state away from
democracy. Missouri demanded a cab
met place n Mr.. Nagel was selected.
He is an extremely tall, slender man,
with q thin face and brown hair, tinged
with gray. His age is 60. He was born
in Texas. but most Of his life has been
spent in st. Louis.
George. o Lengerke Meyer, now
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rotary Of the navy, represents the
wealth and the culture of Boston. He
is u Harvard graduate Of the class of
1873. and has large invested interests.
He will be the wealthiest man in the
cabinet. ..I..e,
Office Holding as Recreation.
For many years Mr.. Meyer has in
dulged in public life. starting as q
of the Boston common coun-
Gil and later becoming speaker Of the
state legislature. He entered the dip
lomatic corps In 1900 as ambassador to
Italy. going next to Russia. Returning
to Washington in 1907, he was made
postmaster general. His house will be
the most prominent rendezvous OF
cabinet society.
Richard A. Ballinger, of Seattle,
Wash. the new secretary of interior
was brought up on a Kansas ranch and
for a time was a cowboy. He studied
while riding his pony n made long
Journeys every week to recite Latin
lessons to a learned steward at Fort
Larned. A minister who lived near his
fathers ranch taught him Greek.
AT Williams college, in Massachu-
sets, where he managed to go finally
for higher education, Ballinger met
James r. Garfield and the two men be-
came close friends. Two years ago, Mr..
Garfield, as secretary of the interior,
brought Judge Ballinger on from Seat
tie to be commissioner Of the land Of
flee. and introduced him to membership
in President Roosevelt's n ten
mis- cabinet. Now the westerner sue
ceeds his friend in the federal cabinet.
For IL years James Wilson has pre-
sided over the department of ag%ricul-
ture, the farmers friend, the benevo-
lent autocrat of all the country's agri-
culture. He has helped make the farm
ers rich and prosperous. taught them
how to get greater yields from their
p%loughed acres. Administrations come
and go. but they make no difference to
"TaIna JIM" as old friends call the sec
rotary in his Iowa home. No president,
not even Roosevelt, would think OF in
terfering with the agricultural depart
The old secretary-he IL "A now