The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-05-19
1ieKINSON QUITS CABINET
Z, ,s SUCCEEDED BY HENRY
az l.. STINSoN
n.fested Candidate for Governor
- New york-Retiring Secretary
to Engage in Business,

shington. -SeCretary of War
.oh McGavock Dickinson of Ten
-. 100 the democratic member OF
. - Taft's cabinet, has resigned.
l.. Stinson of New York, re-
CIV defeated republican candidate
governor of that State. has been
- the war portfolio. This an
,aucement was made from the
sbite House Saturday,
q letters exchanged between the
.,ssident and Mr.. Dickinson no rea-
I, other than that of private affairs
giyeu for the seCretary's retire
pent.
Mr. Dickinson will go to his Ten
.ossee home Immediately upon the
Ratification of his successor. He ex-
aacts to devote his attention to bust
.oss and will not return to the prac-
ire of law, in which he was engaged
wbep President Taft appointed him
.acretary of war in March. 1908.
He is the second member of Mr.
rats CABINET to retire to private life,
secretary of the Interior Ballinger
having severed his connection with
the presidents official family only a
few months ago.
Coincident with the announcement
If Mr. Dickinson's retirement came
that of the appointment OF {. S. Mill
,ngton of Herkimer, n Y, to be as
sstant treasurer OF the United States
treasury in New York. Mr.. Stimson
was the Roosevelt candidate for gov
ernor, while Mr. Wilmington was a
former member of the house from the
Tyenty.seventh New York district,
and is a close personal friend Of Vice
President Sherman.
slr. Dickinson Is a democrat, His
presence in the cabinet Of repub-
lican president has not been looked
apon with favor by some OF Mr. Tafts
poIitical advisers, who were OF the
opinion that the office Of secretary
Of war should be held by some one
of the presidents own party, and who
also pointed out that Mr. Dickinson
might prove source of .embarrass'
nent when the 1912 presidential cam
Oaign begins. Naturally. Mr.. Dickln'
son also found that the discussion in
the cabinet of party measures was
often a personal embarrassment.
There were Others who thought Mr.
Dickinson had incurred some criticism
by his conduct of the war office. AS
vas pointed out recently, there have
been reports of friction over the Mex
lean situation between the state de
partment and the war department
In some quarters, it was asserted
Secretary of State Knox was beins
oyershadowed by Mr.. Dickinson, anC
there were reports that the former
contemplated resigning, but these me
with official denials. There had beer
no hint that MIR. Dickinson contem
plated retirement.
The appointment of Mr.. Stimsol
will give New York two members o
the cabinet, Attorney General Wick
ersham being a resident OF that State
Mr.. Stimson has had no special mill
tary training.
Mr. Stimson was born in New Yorl
September q, 1867. He graduates
from Yale in 1888 and from Harvar'
law school in 1890. He was associate
with Senator Root Of New York Il
the practice of law, and in 1906 wa
appointed United States attorney 10
the Southern district OF New lori
He resigned that position after tire
years service, but became specla
counsel for the government in tn
prosecution of the sugar trust. A
counsel in that case he won the az
miration of Attorney General Wicke1
sham and Mr.. Taft.