The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-03-18
CONFIRMS CABINET
Senate Approves Taft's Sc
lection of Aides.
SEVEN TAKE OFFICE OATH
All But MacVeagh and Dickinson En-.
ter Upon Their Duties-carpente
Takes Place Of Loeb as Presi
dents Secretary.

Washington. Mar 6.--All the mem.
bers of President Taft's cabinet ex.
cept Secretary OF the Treasury Mac.
Veagh, Secretary OF War Dickinson
and Attorney General Wickersham
were sworn in to-day. Personal bust.
ness keeps Secretaries MacVeagh and
Dickinson in Chicago for week. The
attorney general took the oath of of.
flee yesterday
The senate yesterday confirmed all
the nominations as had been expected,
ana the cabinet members, who have
been sworn in, began their duties to-
day.
Has Conference on Tariff.
An important conference took
place between President Taft and the
Republican members of the ways and
means committee. The committee
framed tariff bill which 1t is under
stood contains provision for the col
lection of an inheritance tax, one of
the suggestions for raising revenue
contained in the inaugural address of
President Taft.
President Taft told the committee
there would be no delay in the official
proclamation calling the extra session
Of congress for March 15. His mes
sage to this session, he said, would
recommend that It confined its work
exclusively to tariff revision that there
might be no unnecessary delay in en-
acting this most important law.
President Taft yesterday gave him
self up heartily to the demands of his
friends and thousands of inaugural Wis.
itors who wished to shake his hand,
zee his smile and get word to carry
home with them.
Philander C. Knox had the honor o.
being the first caller on President
Taft, who took his seat at the desk,
abandoned Thursday by Theodore
Roosevelt, in the White House build
ing at precisely $3.50 o'clock in the
morning. A 15-minute interview Mr..
Knox said had its importance, but not
for publication.
Gov. Hughes of New York, Gov.
Prouty of Vermont, and the senators
and many of the representatives from
those states next had the ear of Pres
ident Taft and gained his consent to
attend the celebration, July and s
next, of the discovery of Lake Cham.
plain at Plattsburgh and Burlington.
Senator Root is to be the principal
speaker at the former place.
Receives Several Governors.
After reviewing the "crack" Seventh
regiment, New York infantry, the
president returned to the east room,
where he received with their STATS,
the governors of New York, Rhode Is
land, Vermont, New Jersey, Illinois
and Missouri. Many political clubs,
civic and military organizations, were
also received.
Fred w. Carpenter took the oath of
Office as secretary to the president at
three o'clock along with Col. William
Crooks of the White House executive
iorce, who is notary. President Taft
signed Mr. Carpenters commission.
Wendall w. Michler, who has been
Mr.. Taft's assistant secretary and
stenographer, was made one OF Mr..
Carpenters assistants, taking the
place made vacant by the transfer of
Assistant Secretary Latta to the po-
sition OF executive clerk. William
Loeb, who was President Roosevelt's
secretary. was appointed collector of
the port at New York