The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-06

oath of Office soon after four o'clock
In the office vacated but few hours
before by +. c. Knox. who left this
afternoon for Palm Beach
Later In the day, 1t was Mr. Bryan's
task to counterstgn the commissions
of his colleagues in the cabinet. Dur
Ing q morning visit to the department
Mr. Bryan made brief non-commtt-
tai speech to the officials of the de-
partment. Tonight these officials of
the department who are anxious
about holding their positions. are try
ing to find in Mr.. Bryan's absolutely
non-committal speech some indication
of what their fate is to be.
After Mr. Bryan was sworn in this
afternoon his first official act was to
sign the commission designating b. T.
Davis as his confidential clerk. He
then proceeded to sign the commits
sions of his colleagues as cabinet Of
icers as fast as they were prepared.
and before he left the department he
had signd a good bit of the after
moons outgoing mail.
Daniels Has Gay Party.
The scene In the office of the sec
rotary of the navy. where Iosephas
Daniels, of Raleigh. n. c.. was await
ing the ceremony which should qualify
him for his office, was gay one. The
Including the new secretary of COM
merce. Mr. Redfeld; senators. repre-
sentatives and naval officers. Soon
after the cath had been administered
to Mr.. Daniels. the Democratic ma
tional committee. headed by William
F. McCombs, It's chairman, arrived
to pay their respects to the only one
of their number TO take cabinet
position Among MIR Daniels per
sonal party were his wife, and their
three sons. The oath OF office was ad~
ministered by Ralph d. Bartlett, Of
the navy department,
On the war department side Of the
building. Lindley NJ. Garrison. of New
Jersey, had been hard at work most
Of the day. with Secretary Stimson. At
o'clock he took the oath OF Office.
He was sworn in by John @. RAN
dolph, of the war records division. who
has administered the oath of Office
to every secretary OF war since the
days of L. s. Grant. Immediately
after he had been sworn. Secretary
Garrison met the officers of the gem
eral staff, and heads of bureaus. who
appeared in full dress uniform for
the occasion by order of Mr.. Stimsou
The clerks and other employees of the
department were then introduced to
Secretary Garrison.
How They Wre Sworn In.
Franklin X Lane was sworn in as
secretary Of the interior by Associate
Justice Mckenna, of the Supreme
court. Mr.. Lane desired TO be sworn
in by Justice McKenna, because, like
Mr.. Lane, he is a Californian. and they
have known each other for years. Mr..
Lane accompanied by John H. Mar
BILE, his successor, as interstate COM
merce commissioner and friends. went
to the capitol from the interstate COM
merce commission building in a street
car. The oath was administered in
/ the clerks Office in the presence of a
score of more of Califorrians
David r. Houston. at o'clock.
formally succeeded Secretary James
Wilson, as secretary of agriculture.
The oath was administered by c. c.
Clark, the chief clerk of the depart
ment.
Albert s. Burieson succeeded POST
master General Hitchcock as post
master general, the oath being admin
istered by Chief Justice Sheppard. OF
the Court Of Appeals of the District
| of Columbia, who like Mr.. Burleson,
| is a Texan.
William c. Redffeid relieved Secre-
| tary of Commerce and Labor NageL
| becoming secretary OF commerce. the
| department having been divided by an
| act of congress signed by President
| Taft, few hours before he retired.
| William r. Wilson became the frst
| head of the department of labor this
afternoon. Both he and Mr.. Redfieid
/ were sworn in by Warren r. Choate.
! chief clerk of the bureau of corpora
1 tons.