The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-07

year later he became managing clerk
OF the firm of Strong and CadwaIader.
Of which President Taft's brother IS a
member. and eventually was taken
into partnership.
NIT. WiCkGTSham Is counsel for a
large number of corporations. among
them the lnterborOUgh Railroad. and
as attorney for the railroads IN the
famous Chicago Traction case came
into considerable public prominence.
He Is fond Of travel. usually spend
ing a portion OF jGC year abroad and
Is d devoted equestrian. He has a
country residence At CcdaThUTSr
Long Island, and also home i'm New
York City.
Charles NaseI.
Charles NageI, OF ST Louis. the
new secretary OF commerce and labor.
Is better known among lawyers and
educators than to the public at large,
although he served as a member OF
the Missouri house of representative
and IS a member Of the republican
national committee. lie IS a native
wCSteTneT- having been born in Colo
RADIO county Texas in 1919 He
comes of professional ancest oTS. his
father. Dr. Herman NaEeI, being one
OF a family OF four brothers OF whom
three are physicians and his maternal
grandfather and great grandfather
were .cleTgymen. In the height Of the
Civil War the pronounced union SEN
timents of Dr. NageI compelled him TO
remove from Texas TO ST. Louis. Here
Charles Nagel soon entered the St.
Louis High School. Graduating from
there he TOOK a two years course in
the st. Louis Law School and then
went to the University OF Berlin,
where he took special course in
law and political economy. Return
ing 10 st. Louis in 1873 he was ad-
mitted 10 the bar and soon took an
active part in municipal affairs. In
addition 10 beiuE a member of the
lower house of state legislature, he
was for four years president OF the
city council OF ST. Louis. Although
he has taken an active part in poll
tics and has an extended law pTaC-
ticC. he has found time TO give much
attention 10 educational matters. He
nils a prOfeSSOrShIp in the St Louis
Law School; is a member of the board
of trustees of the public library. or
the board of trustees of Washington
University, and member of the
board of control OF the st. Louis AIu-
scum Of Fine Arts. Mr.. Nagel, as the
Missouri member of the republican
national committee. served during the
recent campaign as a member of the
executive committee and was IN
charge of the western headquarters.
Socially, he has been active in his
native city, being member of the
University Club, the Commercial
Club. the Round Table and Country
Clubs. and also Of the Metropolitan
Club in Washington City.
Frank n. Hitchcock.
Although the youngest member of
the new cabinet, Frank II. Hitchcock,
Mr.. Taft'5 postmaster-generaI, is
probably better known to the general
public than any OF his colleagues by
reason Of the prominence he obtained
as chairman of the Republican ma
tionaI committee in the recent cam
paigu- AlT. Hitchcock is only forty
two years of age. and since he left
school has been in the employ of the
government He IS native of Ohio, !
but received his education in Mas
SaChusetts, to which state his parents
removed while he was quite young !
Graduating from Harvard in 1891, he |
obtained a clerkship iii the depart |
m0ut of agriculture. ] GtCE Secretary |
Wilson made him ChiCi of the diViS- |
ion of foreign markets, and when the !
department OF commerce and labor /
was organized he was made its first /
chief clerk. In Nj ROOs>vCItS first /
campaign ne was assistant secretary /.
OF the republican rational committee, /
and was later appointed first assist /
ant postmaster general. He resigned !
that position when the Taft campaign /
was opened TO take charge Of Mr. /
TaftS interests. Subsequently, he /
was elected chairman Of the Repuh- |
Ijcan national committee, which post /
be still holds. During his first years /
as d government clerk in Washington /
lIr. Hitchcock found time to take Il /
law course at Columbian University,
and on graduation was admitted TO 4
the bar in the District Of Columbia /
and three years l1tCT was admitted 10 /
practice before the supreme court OF /
the United States Among other as
SOCIatiOuS he Is a member of the /
American Economic Association, the
American Statistical Association and /
the American Association for the Ad- /