Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-22
Secretary Of Treasury Said to Be the
Only Vacant Place.
DICKINSON SECRETARY OF WAR
Meyer and Wilson Of the Present
Cabinet slated 20 Remain I'm
the One of President
TAFT.

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at the Unitarian church and with Mrs. Taft
drove TO Bryn Mawr. where they called on
their daughter Helen, and returned with
her in their automobile to dinner at the
Mitchell residence. A conference took
place between the president-elect and Frank
II. Hitchcock, who came here at the request
of Mr.. Taft. Frank b. Kellogg was also
a visitor.
Although IL was early in the morning
when Mr.. Taft alighted from his Cincinnati
train at North Philadelphia, he was greeted
by an enthusiastic crowd. When a few
minutes later he stepped from his auto
mobile at the Mitchell residence, the street
was blocked with people, who cheered as
they caught a glimpse OF the bulky form
of the Ohloan and OF the beaming Taft
smile. In giving an account of his day
here, Judge Taft ~laughingly remarked that
he had wakened Philadelphia up at the
unusual Sunday morning hour of Z o'clock.
for which he felt he owed an apology.
The report printed today that as president
he would go to Alaska. Mr.. Taft said. had
only the foundation that he had received
an Invitation for such a trip and had replied
that he would hold II under consideration
The same answer, he said, likewise applied
W h1NildlioHS 10 Vlblt DEnNeI ana bedlIlB
next summer. He has not yet decided what
his travelling itinerary for the year will be
except that he will make a trip through
the south and southwest as far as Texas.
An address will be delivered by Judge
Taft at the Academy of Music here to-
morrow morning under the auspices of the
University Of Pennsylvania in celebration
Of University day. A walking stick used
by Benjamin Franklin and by him pre-
scented to Lafayette Will be a gift to the
university by the president-eleet. After the
celebration Mr.. Taft will be the guest at
luncheon of the First troop. Philadelphia
City cavalry, and at night will attend the
University OF Pennsylvania alumni dinner.
Many other functions, such as iuncheons
and dinners, have been arranged with a
desire that Mr.. Taft attend, but his capa-
bilities in this respect will depend upon
his time. He expects to leave for New
York Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Taft admits he is making Roadway
In the selection OF a secretary of the treas
ury. but maintains that the place is not
yet filled. Franklin Macveagh and Myron
T. Herrick are two of the men under con-
slderatlon. With this exception. the Taft
cabinet is complete and when officially
promulgated SnOTtY before MS inaugural
ton will be found as follows:
Secretary of State-Philander c. Knox of
Pennsylvania.
Attorney General-George wickersham of
New York.
Secretary Of War;. NJ Dickinson of Ten
nessee.
Secretary of the Navy-George Won L.
Meyer of Massachusetts.
Secretary -of-e Commerce aDG Labor.
Charles Nagel of Missouri.
Secretary Of the Interior-R. A. B~alinger
Postmaster General-Frank H.. Hitchcock
of Massachusetts,.
Secretary OF AgricuIture-James Wilson OF
Iowa.
five lawyers. of whom Mr.. Taft believes
there are none better in the country. 1t
may be stated that this fact is not a mere
coincidence, but is an accomplishment
which has been carefully planned and
striven for the incoming president.
Constitutional legal restrictions on cor
porate abuses are the accomplishments he
will strive for. The extreme difficulties
of first framing such measures nd then
Of securing their enactment fave con-
'fronted Mr.. Taft with great force. To
meet them with success he believes will
require the combined legal skill OF the best
minds he can bring to the task. In as
sembling his legal cabinet. the president
elect has not lost sight of the necessity
of obtaining men whose beliefs Of the
questions to be dealt with coincide with
his own. Mr.. Taft's position has been
clearly embodied In his inaugural address
and this document is known to have re-
ceived hearty adoption and complete APP
prevail by all OF the men selected to be
Mr.. Taft's cabinet advisers.
1t requires little Imagination, therefore.
to picture Mr.. Taft's expectancy to be that
when a reform recommendation shall be
made to congress. It will have first had
careful weighing as to its necessity and
efficiency, the greatest care in its prepara-
tion with a view to exact justice, and pos
sess a technical correctness which will in
sure Its efficacy before the courts. Such
measures, II Is believed. will not only COM
mend themselves for their intrinsic merit
to the national legislators, but may also
be expected to have behind them the weight
of popular approvl.
With this known careful consideration
with regard 20 the lawyers in his cabinet.
It is interesting to know something of the
personality and legal achievements of the
latest acquisition-J. M. Dickinson of Ten
nessee, who accepted the war portfolio at
the hands Of Mr.. Taft in Cincinnati yes
terday.
Mr.. Dickinson will give up the position
Of general solicitor for the Illinois Central
railway and a salary Of $4,000 a year to
become a cabinet minister. He is between
80 and IS years OF age. a native Of Mlssis-
sippi, served three months In the eonfeder-
ate army as a boy, graduated from the
University OF Tennessee ana finished his
education In Germany. His grandfather
was Phelix Grundy. attorney general Of the
United States. and his father was a dis
tinguished chancellor in Mississippi. Mr..
Dickinson has always been a democrat,
although he is a personal friend OF Presl-
dent Roosevelt and refused 10 vote for
Bryan. Mrs. Dickinson was a Miss Over
ton. daughter Of General overton. and both
are related to prominent old southern fami-
lies. He Is the owner of the famous Belle
Mead manor house and Immense estates
three miles out OF Nashville. in which city
he began his law practice. He was for a
time judge OF the supreme court OF Tonnes
sec and was appointed by President Clevs-
land assistant attorney general OF the
United States. serving under Attorney Gsa-
eral Harmon.