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firmed by the Senate contains no sur
prises for the general reader, this
list having been printed time and
again as the probable selection for
the various portfolios. Mr.. Bryan's
name heads the cabinet as Secretary
Of State.
Here are brief sketches telling who
is who in the new cabinet:
Secretary OF State.
William ]. Bryan, of Lincoln, Ne
braska, was born at Salem, ILL.,,
March 8, 1860. He was educated at
Illinois College, studied law, re-
moved to Nebraska, and Immediately
became noted as an orator and
leader in the Democratic party. He
vas elected member Of Congress in
1894, serving u the term, during
which he made the noted tariff
speech which brought him into ma
from Congress he entered the field
of Journalism. He was thrice the
Democratic candidate for President
in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was
appointed colonel OF a Nebraska reg
iment during tie Spanish-American
war, but saw no active service. In
the latter nineties he established at
Lincoln, Neb., THE Commoner," a
has continued to publish. He is
known as Of the foremost publ
cists Of the day, and has probably
the strongest personal following in
the Democratic party of any man
alive. To his efforts, more than to
those Of any other one man, was due
the nomination of Governor Wilson
for the Presidency at the Baltimore
Convention.
Secretary of the Treasury.
William G.. McAdoo, lawyer n
railroad president, is a native Geor-
gian, having been born in Cobb
county, near Marietta, 40 years ago.
When a lad his family moved to
Tennessee, where he was reared and
educated, his father for many years
being a professor at the University
OF Tennessee, in Knoxville. Young
McAdoo was graduated from that in
stitution. His first work after leav-
ing school was as an apprentice in a
printing office. He had taken a
course in civil engineering at the
University and soon turned his tai
ent in that direction.
Soon after becoming of age Nc
Adoo went to New York, where he
made rapid advancement as a street
railway and transportation engineer.
The most distinctive achievement
McAdoo has made was in the con-
struction of the Hudson river tun-
bafied older engineers and financiers.
He has since then been recognized as
one Of the most notable Of American
engineers.
He comes into the treasury depart
ment with a wide experience in exc
cutting big financial undertakings and
solving monetary problems of stu
rendous proportions. He was vice
chairman Of the Democratic National
Campaign Committee in Wilson's
successful campaign for the Presi-
dency.
Secretary Of War.
Lindley NJ. Garrison, of Camden,
n. j., is a resident of Merchantville,
n. j. Mr.. Garrison is 40 years Of
age, the son Of an Episcopal clergy
man and was educated for the law.
He was appointed a Judge of the
Chancery Court Of New Jersey in 1904
for a term Of six years and was re-
appointed at the expiration Of his
term, resigning to accept the port
folio offered him by President Will
SON..
Attorney General.
James c. McReynolds, of Tennes-
see, was graduated from the literary
and law departments of Vanderbilt
University, later practicing law in
Nashville, Tenn, and was prominent
in political and social circles. He
was at one time the unsuccessful can
didate for Congress of a wing of the
Democratic party in the Sixth Ten
nessee Congressional District, against
John Wesley Gaines. After his de-
feat he resumed the practice of law.
being associated with Judge Jacob
NJ. Dickinson, eX-Secretary Of War in
President H'aft's cabinet, and other