The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-06

| ate went Into executive session. The following nominations were sen,
 to the Senate by President Taft:
 Philander c. Knox. of Pennsylvania. | to be Secretary of State. Franklin Macveagh. of Illinois. to be Secretary of the Treasury. Jacob M. Dickinson. of Tennessee, to be Secretary of War.
 George NJ. wickersham, of New York. to be Attorney General. Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachu- setts.. to be Postmaster General. George V. L. Meyer. of Massschu- | setts. to be Secretary of the Navy. Richard A. BaIfinser. of Wash in ston. to be Secretary of the Interior.
 James Wilson, of Iowa, to be Secre- tary of Agriculture.
 Charles NAGel. of Missouri, to be Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
 Huntington Wilson. of Illinois. to be Assistant Secretary of State.
 Beckman winthrop. of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
 William Loeb. of New York. to be Collector of Customs for the district of New York, N. r.
 Lewis Daiby. of Virginia, to be an Indian inspector.
 John P McDowell, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Willis ton. N. D.
 As soon as the doors were closed the Presidents nominations were laid be- fore the Senate and Senator Tillman called attention to the facts relatisg to Senator Knox. He stated. however. that he had no objection to MT. Knox's confirmation. and as no opposition was voiced from any other direction he was immediately confirmed.
 The Senate then took . recess of if- teen minutes to permit the various committees to which the other Cabi- net nominations were referred to con- slider and report upon them.
 The exception was made in Senator Knox's case out of courtesy to him as member Of the body.
 The Senate was at once confronted by a question as to MT. Knox's stand the earlier session that his colleague had sent his resignation as Senator to the Governor of Pennsylvanfs. but some Senators had made q mental note of the fact that there was no other evil dence that Mir. Knox was not still . member Of the Senate. and 1t was stat ed the point probably would be raised in executive session.
 No specific opposition was made to the confirmation of any member of the Cabinet but some rather sharp com- nacnts were made by Mir. Tillman con- corning the nomination of MT. Meyer to be Secretary of the Navy and by MT. Bailey concerning MT. -Nagel, to be of Commerce and Labor.
 Says Meyer h sta Liar."
 In his remarks MT. Tillman called attention to the investigator of him by the Postoffice Department during MT. Meyers incumbency of the office of Postmaster General. The South Carolina Senator said that Meyer "ac- cused me of being a liar-when I was not" and I accused Meyer of being a liar when he was.'
 At the same time Mir. Tillman did not object to confirmation.
 The comments by Mir. Bailey upon the qualifications of Mir. Nagel had | reference te the latter's service as | counsel for the Standard Oil-Pierce oil | Company. Speaking Of this. Mir. Bai- | ley said he understood that MT. Nagel | had been an attorney for the Standard | Oil Company.
 MT. Borah replied that he had in. | this charge and found that l It's only basis was the fact that Mir. 1 Sagel for the Waters-Pierce Oil Com- pany had once passed upon the valid ty of an opinion of a court.
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