The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-06
NAMES SENT IN
< CONFIRMED IN
SHORT ORDER
Senate Approves Official FAM
lily of President William
H. Taft.
Few POINTED REMARKS
! BY SENATOR TILLMAN
BAILEY ALSO COMMENTS UPON
SELECTION OF STANDARD
OIL ATTORNEY.

Washington, March 5.-Promptly at
boon today Vice President Sherman
jailed the senate to order and, after
chaplain Hale had delivered an i'm
pressive invocation. the roll was called
md a committee appointed to call upon
he president and notify him that the
senate was organized and ready for
business.
The session attracted large gather
ng, and much interest was centeTed
Upon the new senators. The Cherokee
strip" as a part of the Democratic side
)n the extreme right hand of the vice
president is known, was rendered inter-
esting by the location there of Senator
Root among the new senator's 1t is in
This portion of the senate that are To-
eated the insurgents" the new Repub-
lican senators who are not altogether
pleased with their committee assign
ments, and who are inclined in retalia-
ton at times to revolt from the policies
Of the majority.
New Senators Sworn In.
Senators-elect Smith of Maryland
and Chamberlain of Oregon, both of
whom were prevented from reaching
the senate in time to be sworn in yes
terday, took the oath of office.
Senator PenrOse stated that his col
league, Senator Knox, had sent his res
gnation as United States senator to the
governor of Pennsylvania, and asked
hat his name be stricken from the roll
IF the Sixty-first congress, it having
Just been called by the clerk. The vice
president ordered that this should be
lone.
On motion of Mr. Hale. the senate
took a recess until 100 p. m. to permit
The notification committee to perform
is duties.
At 1870 o'clock the senate reassem-
0led-' Senator Gallinger announced that
The president would Immediately send
n a communication. The presidents
assistant secretary Immediately an
peared with a host of nominations. in
eluding those of the cabinet positions.
and, on motion of Mr.. Aldrich, the SEN
lte went into executive session.
Knox Confirmed.
As soon as the doors were closed the
Presidents nominations we're laid be-
ore the senate, and Senator Tillman
allied attention to the amendments re-
atlng to Senator Knox. He stated.
ioG{ver. that he had no objection to
Hr~ KNOX confirmation, and as no op-
POSITION was voiced from any other di-
lection, he was Immediately confirmed.
The senate took p recess of fifteen
minutes to permit the various commit
ees TO which the other cabinet nom
nations were referred to consider and
eport upon them. The usual excep-
ion was made in Senator Knox's case.
tut of courtesy TO him as a member of
he body
Cabinet Nominations.
Philander c. Knox of Pennsylvania.
be secretary of state
Franklin MacVeagh of Illinois. TO be
iecretary of the treasury.
Jacob VI. Dickinson Of Tennessee. to
pe secretary of war.
George W. Wickersham of New Yorl-
o be attorney general
Frank II. Hitchcock of Massacbr-
etts, to be postmaster general.
George Won l. Meyer OF Massacbu
etts, TO be secretary Of the navy.
Richard A. Ballinger of Washington
be secretary of the interior.
James Wilson of Iowa, to be secretary
agriculture.
Charles Nagei of Missouri, to be ser
etary of commerce and labor.
Huntington Wilson of Illinois. to be
-ssistant secretary of state.
Beekman Winthrop of New York. to
le assistant secretary of the navy.
William Loeb, jr.. of New York. tn no
ollector of customs for the district of
Jew York, n. Y
Lewis Daily of Virginia, to be an In
ian inspector.
Tiilman on Meyer.
No specific opposition was mazda 70
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