The Detroit times., 1909-02-22
FIVE LAWYERS ARE
SELECTED BY TAFT
FOR CABINET
J. M. DICKINSON. RAILROAD couN.
eel, WILL BE SECRETARY OF
WAR-oivgs UP $4,000 POSI-
TON.

Secretary OF stste--Philander Z.
Knox, OF pennsylvania.
Graham, OF New York.
Secretary of war. VI. Dickin-
son, OF Tennessee.
Secretary OF the Navy-Geor9e
Won l.. Meyer. of Massachusetts.
Secretary OF Commerce aud La
bor-Chsries Nagel, OF Missouri.
Secretary of the Interior-H. A.
Baliinser, OF Washington.
Postmaster-Gener III.
Hitchcock. OF Massachusetts.
Secretary OF Agricuiture--James
Fraskiin Mcveash. or es-Gov.
Myron IT, Herrick.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 22.-Presi'
dent.elect Taft. VINO arrived here yes
terday. has almost completed his cab
met. With the exception OF the treas
ury portfolio, all places In his Official
femily have been filed. Franklin Mac
Veagh and Myron T. Herrick are
candidates for the treasury portfolio.
There are Ave lawyers selected for
the Taft cabinet. Mr.. Taft believes
there are no better authorities on law
In the country. The selection or these
lawyers had been carefully planned.
Constitutional legal restrictions on cor
pOration abuses are the accomplish
ments he will strive for. To meet the
important issues Mr.. Taft has selected
the five lawyers.
In assembling his legal cabinet the
president-elect has not lost sight or
the necessity OF obtaining men whose
beliefs on the questions 10 be dealt
with coincide with his own. Mr.. Tart
position has been clearly embodied In
his inaugural address and this dccu-
ment Is known 10 have received nearly
adoption and complete approval by all
the men selected 10 be Mr.. Taft's cab
met advisers.
IL requires little imagination. there
fore. TO picture Mr.. Tafts expectancy
that when a reform recommendation
shall be made 10 congress IL
shall first have careful weighing as To
its necessity and efficiency. the great
est care in it's preparation with view
10 exact justice. and that IL shall pos
sess a technical legal correctness
which will insure its efficiency before
the courts Such measures. IL Is be-
lieved, will not only commend them
selves for their intrinsic merit 10 me
national legislators. but may also re
expected to have behind them the
weight OF popular approval
s. With this known careful considera-
ton with regard to the lawyers in
his cabinet, II Is interesting 10 know
something OF the personality and legal
achievements OF the latest acquisition
-. NJ. Dickinson, OF Tennessee, VINO
accepted the war portfolio at the hands
OF Mr.. Taft in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Dickinson will give up the po-
sition OF general solicitor for the ILL
nois Central Railway system. and a
salary Of $4,000 a year to become a
cabinet minister. He Is 81 years old.
Il native Of Tennessee, served three
raonths In the confederate army as a
boy Circulated from the University OF
Tennessee and finished his education
in Germany. His grandfather was
Phelix Grundy. attorney general OF
tie United States: his father q dis
tinguishel chancellor in Mississlpp!.
Mr.. Dickinson has always been a
Democrat, although he Is personal
friend OF President Roosevelt and re-
fused 10 vote for Bryan. lie was for
a time Judge of the supreme court OF
Tennessee and was appointed by
President Cleveland assistant attorney
general Ct the United States. serving
under Atty Gen. Harmon.
Mr. Dickinson was selected by Pres
ident Roosevelt to present the argu-
ment OF the United states before the
Joint high commission which adjusted
the Alaskan boundary dispute between
this country and Great Britain and his
presentation OF this case won for him
an international reputation. He has
just finished u term as president OF
the American Bar association.