New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-07
CALLS SPECIAL SESSION
PRESIDENT TAFT PUTS
PURPOSE INTO EFFECT.
Sir Cabinet Members S5c0rn In
White House Reception-Gft
from Brooklyn Club.

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congress TO convene on March 10 The call,
u-b3cb does not mention the object for which the
,necial session IS summoned. is as follows:
Bv the President Of the United States of
America proclamation:
whereas Public interests require that the
congress of the United States should be con-
,,eued in extra session at Il O'Clock noon on the
ee+aer+h 6ay Of March. 1909. TO receive such
Communication as may be made by the EXecu-
tive: ,,-.,,;o.,, 1y,-. --.e+ 1,ras-
,sent ~ The United States Of America, do here
nv rroclaim and declare that an eXtraordlnary
- requires the Congress of the United
<s.s+ss 70 convene in extra session at the cap
a. IN The city Of Washington, on the nfteenth
daz- of March. 1909. at y o'clock noon, at Wnc s..
n -arsons who shall at that time be entitled 10
G. as members thereof are hereby required 10
'ah I5 10 ,,r5e- nv hand and the seal Of the
$50 states Of America. the sixth Gay 81
sTa-cb in the year Of our Lord one IhouSano
SIN Hundred and Nine. ana or the hoepehu
-Nill1 - - T-ri-rd States the one hundred and
enc o. WILLIAM H. TAFT.
BY the President
secretary of State
..u members of President Taft's Cabinet took
..a 18th Of ofsce in the Cabinet room at the
1,-.i.. House Just after 10 O'Clock this morning
18th was administered by Chief Justice
T-,,s- If the Supreme Court Of the United
s..+es The oath was administered in the Ioi-
lowing order; -
p-Ilonder c. Knox. Secretary of State; Frank
>, ry;,cbc,ck Postmaster General; George Won
Never Secretary OF the Navy; Richard A
srso1Bnrer- Secretary of the Interior; James WI
son Secretary Of Agriculture. and C-iaiisS
Xarel Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
george Wickersham took the oath OF office as
Attorney General yesterday. and Mr.. Dickinson
will not reach the city for some days MI Mac
veagh viii assume office March s
President Taft. Secretary Carpenter senator
Burton. of Ohio: Richard p Harlan son OF JUS
+ice Harlan. Of the Supreme Court and JohH
barrett. director Of the Bureau OF American
I,snrblics were present during the ceremony
bennington Wilson, appointed Assistant Sec
-a+a-v Of state in succession to j c O'Laugh-
lin also took tie oath of office to-day as dlo
testr,an Winthrop Assistant Secretary OF
,hA NAVY. Immediately after beng SWORN III
Secretary Knox. in company with the Teurlhs
escrs-arv. Robert Bacon, made a tour OF the
5.+fsra,r bureaus of the department win MI
Wilson Then the new Secretary setIled GOWN
- tho routine business Of the department NE
diplornatic corEs will meet Nj Knox on next
Thursday. z
AZ soon as the ceremony had been completed
president Taft received several hundred persons
~, GAINED admittance TO his Offices by reason
90 r,airv ACCOMPANIED by Senators or Repre-
ssn,a,izes The outer Office was crowded and
g The line uassed through the Cabinet room,
7rbsra the President stood. he shook the hand Of
each person. The line from the outside seemed
rot 10 diminish but Senator AldrfCh Of Rhode
Island. interrupted the reception proceedings by
g long conference with the President
While the friends Of Senators and members
,t-ere being received IN the Office building several
thousand persons gathered in the East Room.
being delegations with proper credentials, and
,,hen Mr Taft had disposed Of the first crowd
he went to the East Room where the hand
shaking process continued Tor some time.
President Taft to-day considered the future
Of the national conservation commission This
question was raised by an amendment TO an
appropriation bill and the members Of the joint
committee on cooperation. which includes Sen
ators Nelson. Of Minnesota and Milton. of Flor
ida representing the conservation commission.
and Governors Wilson Of Kentucky. Dineen Of
Illinois. and Ex-Governor Pardee Of California.
representing the state organizations took up the
questions with Nj Taft to ascertain his con-
struction Of the amendment The position Of
the joint committee is that Congress has no
jurisdiction 10 legislate the commission out OF
existence in view Of the fact that it is an ad-
visory board. appointed by the Executive and
serving without compensation.
The members OF the Union League Club. OF
q bronze tablet, on which were engraved the
farewell words OF Abraham Lincoln.
Among the several thousand persons whom
Nj Taft received were delegations from New
Orleans. Oklahoma, Kansas and Maine. In
welcoming them TO the White House Mr. Taft
remarked that although he had come in like a
hon-having reference to the blizzard on the
18th Of March-he hoped TO 60 out like a lamb.
II is observed that President Taft has not yet
struck the stride IN handshaking that Mr..
Roosevelt had acquired in his seven years in
the White House. President Taft insists on
hearing the full name Of the person introduced
and seems in no hurry TO pass him along and
grasp the next hand. Observers who have seen
both men in action say that Mr. Roosevelt
would shake one hundred hands in the time it
takes Mr.. Taft TO meet ten persons
Collectively and individually. the nine mem
beis Of the Philippine commission. through
Governor General Smith, have sent to President
Iaft hearuest greetings and best wishes for a
prosperous and happy administration.
The Governor General also sent to the Secre-
tary OF War Tor transmission 10 the President.
resolution adopted on March i nv both bouses
OF the Philippine Legislature expressing admira-
ton and respect for the President. coupIed with
the wish that his administration may abound
WIN All KINDS or blessings and benefits for the
Americans and for the Philippine people. A
preamble to the resolution recites that the es
Establishment OF civil government in the Pb,lin-
pine Islands. the Inauguration Of 2 Pb,l,nnine
national elective assembly and the right nov,
enjoyed by the Filipino people TO participate d.
rectly In the making OF their own laws we're
brought about through the efforts, ability and
energy Of Mr.. Taft
The swearing in Of the Cabinet officers to-day
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