The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1909-03-04

TAFT has announced re cabinet of.
fcers for his admins ration which will
oren with his inau ,u"ation into Office
March I. with the announcement he
ondrmed The selection of Franklin
MacVepgh. the Chicago merchant,
who. It has been rumored for some
time. wa billed for place among the
new executives advisers.
Aides Of New President.
The complete cabinet is:
Secretary of state-Philander Chase
Knox of Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the reasury-Franklin
MacVeagh of Illinois.
Secretary of war-Jacob NJ. Dickin-
son of Tennessee.
Attorney General-George w. Wick
crsfam of New York
Postmaster General - Frank III.
Hitchcock of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the navy-George Won
L. Meyer of Massachusetts.
Secretary of the nterior-Richard
A Balinger of Washington.
Secretary of agricuture-James
wilson or Iowa.
Secretary of commerce and labor
Charles Nagel of Missouri.
Jacob NJ. Dickinson. who is a Chi
cagoan, besides having residence in
Tennessee. was chosen as secretary
of war to fill the position which Mr..
Taft held before he became a candi.
date for the office to which he was
elected last November.
On Senator Knox the president Will
rely more than any other of his cab
met His admiration for the eminent
Pennsylvania is Of long standing, and
he believes that in him he has found
a man who will steer a clear course in
any storm that may arise during his
coming administration. II has been
on his judgment to a great extent that
the other selections for cabinet officers
were made.
Frank II. Hitchcock and George Won
l.. Meyer give Massachusetts a double
representation in the Taft administra.
tion. but II is understood that Mr.. Taft
could hardly avoid taking both these
men.
Chicago Gets Two.
Chicago. in a sense, has really two
representatives In Mr.. Dickinson and
Mr.. MacVeagh although the former
is officially credited TO Tennessee in
the south. The south i'm a sense gets
second representative in Charles
Nagcl of 81. Louis, who Is 10 he seCre.
tary of commerce and labor, succeed
ing Mr. Straus of New York.
The Pacific coast and the far west
is represented by Richard A. Ballin-
ger, whose knowledge of the questions
arising I'm the distribution of lands
and of forest preserves is believed to
fit in eminently for the Office of secre'
tary of the interior
Mr.. Taft evidently believed that in
the presidency Ohio had been given
a full share of the honors, and Is
known to have appreciated the fact
that a number of eminent Buckeye
statesmen showed a becoming modesty
In refusing to push their claims for
recognition.
Presidency Enough for ohio.
This is notable in the case of form.
er Gov. Herrick, whose friends urged
him for the secretaryship of the treas
ury, but which he discouraged them
from pursuing to a conclusion. James
r. Garfield, whom Mr.. Ballinger will
succeed in the interior department, is
understood to be slated for one of the
European embassies.
The great middle west will have
Secretary Wilson of Iowa as its rep
resentative. He will continue as head
of the department OF agriculture, and
no selection made by Mr.. Taft will re
ceive more widespread approval. Dur
ing the IL years that Mr.. Wilton has
been secretary of agriculture he has
shown an efficiency that made any
other suggestion for the ONCE impos
sible. On March he will have made
a record In length OF service OF cabinet
officers.