Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-11-01
OFFICIALS CHANGE BERTHS
First of Month Date for Secretaries
to Move at Washington.
M'HARG LEAVES FOR NEW YORK
Solicitor Earl Becomes Acting Secre-
tary of Department of COM
merce and Labor-New
Treasurer Comes.
M'HARG LEAVES FOR NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, oct, 81. Important
changes in office and a new swing in the
administrative work Of the treasury will
occur tomorrow. Two acting secretaries
will step out Of office, one into private
life and the other to other official duties
With the departure today of Ormsby
McHarg, assistant secretary OF Commerce
and Labor for New York, Solicitor Earl
Of that department becomes acting secre-
tary. Mr. McHarg has been acting secre-
tary for a goodly portion of the last few
months, in the absence Of Secretary Nagel
He has been trying for some weeks to
leave public office in order to assume
his new duties as member of the firm OF
Noble, Jackson & Hubbard in New York
City, but stayed on pending the selection
of his successor.
1t is understood Secretary Nagel favors
as Mr.. McHarg's successor a man living
In the middle west. Mr.. Nagel, who is
expected here November 7. has conferred
with the president and will make the an
nouncement shortly.
The new tariff board begins its work
tomorrow, although the members of the
board have held several meetings.
Mr.. Reynolds retirement as assistant
secretary of the treasury becomes effective
tomorrow. His successor probably will be
announced shortly
The commercial agreement with France
under which reciprocal low rates of duty
on imports prevailed expired at midnight
tonight and tomorrow the full rates under
the new tariff law will apply on all i'm
ports from France. Both the United States
and France planned to afford every ia
cility today to importers on both sides OF
the Atlantic to get in their goods under
the lower reciprocal rates up to the last
moment
New Treasurer Comes In.
! The change in the office of United
States treasurer takes place tomorrow, Lee
McClung, once conspicuous as a colleg,
gridiron hero. taking the oath Of office
as successor of Charles H. Treat. Every
time new treasurer takes office, a com
| plete count Of the moneys in Uncle Sans
cash box is necessary and for severa
months a large number of employees will
be kept busy.
Mr.. Treat leaves behind him a numbe
of reforms Probably his most radica
change was the formation of a COMMITTEES
composed of the chiefs of the various
treasury division.
This committee, or "treasurer's cabinet.
|
Mr.. Treat managed to do away with
great amount of duplication.
During the formative period of the Payn
tariff bill Mr.. Treat was called upon go
! expert advice by members Of both house
OF congress. His reward came in a bill
increasing his salary from $1,000 to $500
a year lie also was active in advising
the members Of the monetary commission
Strong efforts were made to have MI
Treat retained. Hundreds of letters ar
on file in the department, asking his re
tention. Five state banking association
petitioned the president to keep Mr.. Trea
in office, 1t is said.
A. Piatt Andrew, who recently returne
from Europe with Chairman Aldrich of tn
senate finance committee and the none
tary commission, of which Andrew is a
expert attache, will take the oath of of
flee as director of the mint tomorrow