The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-22
FIVE LAWYERS ARE
SELECTED BY TAFT
FOR CABINET
J. M. DICKINSON, RAILROAD couN-
Sci, WILL BE SECRETARY OF
WAR-olvEs UP $4,000 POSI-
TON.

Knox, of PennsyINnnia.
ATTORNEY observation-disclosures WICK
ershnni, Of New York.
secretary Or War. VI. Dickin-
son, ct Tennessee.
secretary OF the \nNy-ceorse
Won L.. Meyer, of Massachusetts
secretary of Commerce and La
bor-Charies Nagei, of Missouri.
Secretary os the fntertor-H. ~
BnIIinger, of Washington.
Postmaster-Generni- H.
Hitchcock. of Massachusetts.
Secretary or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
secretary Of the TREASURY
franklin McN~a or ex-Gos.
Myron n. Herrick.
PHILADELPHIA. FEB. 22.-Presi'
dent elect Taft. who arrived here yes
Ierday, has almost completed his CAD
met With the exception or the treas
ury portfolio. all places In his ofiiclsl
fomily have been filed. Franklin Mac
Veagh and Myron T. Herrick are
Candidates for the treasury portfolo.
There are five lawyers selected for
the Taft cabinet. Mr. Taft believes
There are no better authorities on law
in the country. The selection OF these
LAWYERS had been carefully planned.
constitutional legal restrictions on COT
uoration abuses are the accomplish
important issues Mr. Taft has selected
the five lawyers.
In assembling his legal cabinet the
president elect has not lost sight OF
ihe necessity of obtaining men whose
beliefs on the questions To be dealt
with coincide with his own. Mr.. TAR
nosition has been clearly embodied IN
his inaugural address and this dccu-
ment Il known 10 have received hearty
adoption and complete approval by al
fhe men selected TO be- Mr.. Tafts cap
met advisers.
II requires little Imagination. there
fore. TO picture Mr. Taft's expectancy
that when reform recommendation
snail be made 10 congress II
shall first have careful weighing as 10
lis necessity and efficiency. the great
est care i'm its preparation with a view
20 exact Justice and that 1t snail pos
sess a technical legal correClll
which VIII insure It's emclency Delore
the courts. Such measures. II Us be-
iieyed. will not only commend them-
sely.s ,so, their intrinsic merit TO me
national legislators, but may also re
expected To have behind them tue
weight OF popular approval.
with this known careful considera-
tion with regard to the lawyers IN
ms cabinet, IL Is interesting 10 hhM
romething of the personality ana l"Sai
achievements OF the latest acquisition
II NJ Dickinson, OF Tennessee, VINO
accented the war portfolio at the hanus
| OF Mr.. Taft In Cincinnati
Mr.. Dickinson will give up the po-
gition of general solicitor for the IIh'
nois Central Railway system ana
salary OF $4,000 year To become
On hinet minister He Is % years o'o'
| y native OF Tennessee, served three
lt,onths I'm the confederate army as
(boy graduated from the University or
Tennessee and finished his education
| In Germany. His grandfather was
phelix Grundy, attorney general or
the limited States; his father & dis
|,inquishel chancellor in Mississipp!.
Mir Dickinson has always been
)uemocrat. although he is a personal
friend OF President Roosevelt ana re-
NfuseG TO vote for Bryan. lie was l''I
q time -udge OF the supreme court OF
Tennessee and was appointed py
President Cleveland assistant attorney
general Cf 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
me Alaskan boundary dispute between
this country and Great Britain and MS
presentation OF this case won Tor MN
an international reputation. He mas
inst finished a term as president or
the American Bar association.