The Ordway new era., 1913-03-14
MEMBERS OF PRES. WILSON'S CABINET
Brief Sketches Of the Advisers of the New
President, Who Have Been Confirmed
by the Senate
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Washington. March 6.-President
Wilson yesterday sent to the Senate
the names of the following as mem,
bers of the cabinet. and they We're
confirmed:
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. OF
Nebraska. Secretary OF State ~
LfNDLEf ii. GARRISON, OF New
Jersey. secretary Of War. r
T REPREsENTATIvE ALBERT BUR-
Lesson. of Texas. Postmaster Cen
JosEPHus DANIELS. of North
FRANKLiN K. Lane. Of California,
eefls'A pAViD F. F. HoUsToN. of Missouri,
Secretary of Agriculture.
= REPREsENTATIyE WI WILLIAM Ian, i, c c;
% REPREsENrArIvE FIRES WILLIAM B.
WILSON. OF Pennsylvania, Secretary
Mr.. 8ryan's Career.
William J. Bryan has been so much
in the public eye for good many
years that sketch OF his career
seems almost superfluous. Born In
Salem. ILL.,. in 1860. he was graduated
with highest honors from Illinois col
lege at Jacksonville in 1881 and re-
ceived his masters degree in 1884.
In 1883 he was given the degree OF
liz B. by Union College Of Law. Chi
cago. After practicing law in Jack!
sonville and Lincoln. Neb.. he served
as member of Fifty-second and
Fifty-third Congresses. Having writ
ten the silver plank" for the Demo-
cratic national convention of 1896 and
made a sensational speech. he was
nominated for President. but was de-
feated by William Mckinley. Nomi-
mated again in 1900. he was again
beaten by Mckinley. and then estab-
lished the Commoner and made tour
of the world. Nominated third time
in 1905. he was defeated by w. II.
Taft.
MeAdoo. the Tunnel Builder.
William Gibbs McAdoo, though a
lawyer by profession. is known to
most people as the builder OF the
great system Of railway tunnels Of
New York city. He was born near
Marietta, Ca, in 1863 and was edu-
Gated at the University of Tennessee.
In 1885 he was admitted to the bar.
and the same year he married Sarah
Houston Fleming OF Chattanooga. He
entered the practice OF law in New
York in 1892. and since 1901 has been
interested chiefly in tunnel construc-
ton there. He is president Of the
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Com
pany.
LindIey NJ. Garrison.
The selection of Lindley NJ. Garri.
son, vice-chanceilor of New Jersey. to
be secretary OF war is in line with
President Wilson's idea that the hold.
er OF that position should be a man
OF unusual executive ability. He is a
close friend OF Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. Gar.
rison was born In Camden, n. j., No.
yember 2S, 1864 He is a son Of Rev.
Joseph F. Garrison. an Episcopal cler'
gyman. and brother of Justice
Charles G. Garrison Of the New Jer'
sey Supreme Court. He was appoint
ed to the chancery court In June. 1904
and reappointed by Chancellor Man
Ion Pitney. now a Justice Of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, in 1911. for
q term of seven years.
James c. MeReynoids.
In picking James CLARK McReynolds
for the position Of attorney general
Mr.. Wilson selected n man who has
had a lot of experience as trust
buster" He is a native OF Elkton
KY. where he was born in 1862. and
a graduate Of Vanderbilt university
and the law school of the University
OF Virginia. From 1903 to 1907 ne
was assistant attorney general OF the
United States. He then returned &C