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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05

, however. came near realizing this pro-
motion.
Mr. Taft is the only Cabinet officer
below the rank Of Secretary Of state
who has lived 20 be President save
Grant who served a brief term as
Secretary Of War in Johnson's Cabinet.
/ which experience however. was no
factor in his choice as ehief execu-
, tive.
Not All Happy Families.
Two hundred ana ninety-six men
has sat in our Cabinets since the gov
eminent was established. and the aver
age Cabinet officer mas served less
than three years. excepting Secretaries
OF state and Agriculture. The only
Cabinet which remained Intact through
out. without any change whatsoever,
was that OF Franklin Pierce. jackson
had no less than nineteen advisers
and there were but six seats at his
Cabinet board beside his own wash
, inSton IL will be remembered had but
five, John Adams being the frst I'resl-
dent to have Il Secretary OF the Navy,
Taylor the first to have a Secretary OF
the Interior: Cleveland the first &c
have 4 Secretary 81 Agriculture, and
Roosevelt the frs: 10 have a Secretary
Of Commerce and Labor. BY far the
longest record for Cabinet tenure mas
been made by James Wilson. the pres
ent Secretary OF Agriculture. who. on
March 4. viii have held his portf bio
for sixteen years.
Whether Mr. wilson's Cabinet will
consist Of advisers. as did Cleveland's
first. or merely Of administrators. as
did Clevelsnd's second the public VIII
-. ar~~ .t~.N.
tration develops.
Not all Cabinets have been happy
families ny a long shot. ana even the
FIRST was q house divided against IT.
self Hamilton and Jefferson being con-
tinuaily at lOsgerheads. Washington
striving ali the while TO do equal JUS
tice to both. and Jefferson rssisnins
the state portfolio early in hts sec
Ond term. The first Adams after ac-
cepting Washington's Cabinet dis
missed IL after much wrangiine and
after fndiug that Hamilton controlled
H. although not a member. Jefferson.
who held Derter over from Adamss
administration. Clipped out with him.
and upon asking him 70 resign was
astonishec 20 find him refusing 20 20
out Then he had 20 remove him.
Madison caused comment by USING
Gsllatln. the Secretary % the Treas
ury. a. his chief adviser. instead OF
the Secretary OK state.
The ..fSitches Cabinet
But OF all Presidents. Jackson treat
ed his Cabinet MOST shsooily, respect
Ing more the advice u outside politi-
clans deTisively dubbed TIE kitchen
cabinet~ The chief Cabinet cr,sis Of
his administration. however. was due 20
bis taking sides vita tie nvch-gos-
slped-about "PeEsy o'Ne.i" wife OF
his Secretary Of War. against the
wives OF his other advisers. who broke
the Cabinet ID with pretty row. But
when Tyler came IN he found CABINET
that bsd couspirsd 20 nominate him.
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This was Harrison's. which ne held
over, and which. upon Harrisons
death. passed a vote of want OF con-
fidence" in the new President. whom
they tried 10 persuade to take the
oath merely as acting President
And even after he got rid OF them
Clay tried TO dictate his policies from
outside the Cabinet. Preparations fof
secession also disintsecrated Buchanan
Cabinet toward the close OF his admin
lstratlon. but Line oln's generally work
ed in harmony. despite the fact that
al one time over half or rs members
were Democrats-thoush Union Demo
crats. of course Johnson also had
stormy time with his official FANNY
toward the close OF his term. and was
harouered by an act OF Congress taking
from him the right OF absolute removal
Of his advisers So, when Stanton re-
fused to be removed he could merely
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WHITE HOUSE OFFICE ANNEX.

be suspended" and the Senate refus-
ing TO agree to the charges preferred
TO il against him he had to be restored
TO office. Then came Grant. inaugural
ing a new policy by leaving 20 the
head of each executive department. far
greater freedom IF action than had
been enjoyed before. Since then Cab
inets have been comparatively happy
families
II Mr. Wilson follows recent prece-
dent he will give one Cabinet berth To
one of the opposition parties Tho
present Secretary OF Treasury. Mr..
MacVeagh. is n Democrat. as was tho
former Secretary Of War. Mr. Dsckin-
son. President Cleveland placed Re
publican. Mr.. Gresham. at the head or
his Cabinet \ majority of Lincoins
Cabinet. at one time. We're Democrats.
Copyright. 1913. by John Elfreth
Watkins.t
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open the prayer and there is no fixed
order OF business which will govern
the procedure. But II past custom is
adhered 70 NJ. Wilson VIII open the
proceedings by calling the attention
OF the Cabinet as = whole to such i'm
portant questions II State as have
arisen since the meeting. Having
stated In. case. he will ask for opin-
ions from the members in turn These
expressi ms are generally given by
the members in order OF rank, but
sometimes a President will brsa.S ;hs
monotony By calling frs upon the
foot OF the table and thence up the
line. rather than down 81 No record
VIII be kept and no note taken OF the
opinions given. No one outside OF the
Cabinet circle Will he present. not
even the Presidents secretary CUES
tions brought up by the President nav
ing been gone over. the Secretaries
then. in turn. will call attention to
the matters noted in their portfolios
After the meeting has broken up the
Secretaries viii drive off in their Of
ficial carriages TO their respective Of
fees and Mr. Wilson VIII not feel in
honor bound to take the sdvice OF any
OF them.
rrr~r sf Precedence
lie order in wai~h the catiYsJ 90
tiers a room. is seated at table o.
stands in a receiving line on formal
occasions IS known the order OF
precedence and is determined by the
order Of succession 10 the presidential
office. and this order Of sUccc ssion was
f!xed according to The respective ages
OF the departments IN the history OF
the republic The state Department
having been the FIRST established. the
Secretary OF State ranks first. and 50
or. their wives ranking accordingly
At their social functions. The full Or
der is: Secretary Of STATE. Secretary
OF the Treasury. Secretary 81 War.
Attornsy &c neral. Postmaster-Seneral.
Secretary Of the Navy. Secretary OF
the Interior. Secretary OF Agriculture.
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor.
As soon az ATr Wilson is Inaugural
I'd the senate will meet TO confirm his
Cabinet. and their appointment being
considered more % a personal affair
OF the President than the choice OF
other high Federal officials. mis- seies
lions VII probably be confirmed with
out protest or contest. Senators VIII
aot feel that they should have been
consuIte5 IN the matter OF advance.
During Jacksons troubled sdninistra-
ton however. the senate refused 70
CONFIRM fancy. who had been appoint
ed as Secretary OF the Treasury dur
fng a recess OF Congress and who had
meanwhile transferred the deposits 81
the public revenues from the national
banks % various pet banks - they
we're then derfsivciv called. 50 Jack
con had 20 withdraw Taney and ap-
point Woodbury. In his stead.
Secretary uusfur ne an Importer.
Ire Constitution makes no mention
Of tn Cabinet. and there are no spe-
ciai qualifications for its officers pre-
Scribed BY statue. except IN the case
Of the Secretary OF the Treasury, who,
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from the fact that each secretary's
| WIFI will be relieved from the neces-
sity Of returning official calls in per-
i son. that she may keep open house
! throughout the week. during the social
season. In fact. cur Cabinet homes are
to our capital what our embassies are
TO foreign capitals. and Cabinet mem
bers Of wealth expend three or fouE
times their Official salaries for enter
tainment. Some. in recent years. have
expended more than their salaries FOR
the rental Of their Washington man
sions.
The 'sWomen's Cabinet,
The wives Of the new Cabinet mem
beers VIII form the "wornen's cabinet. 70
presided over by Mrs. Wilson and meet
ing occasionally during the social sea-
son 10 schedule official Inequalities, so
that there vii be no conflicting dates.
and society matrOns viii consult this
cabinet for open time before decij-
ing upon dates FOR functions. The
cabinet wives Will also receive with
Mrs. Wilson At White House functions
So the men whom the President-elect
may choose for hlse counsel board must
expect their wives to be in the full
glare of the social limelight each year
from New Year Day till Ash Wednes-
day.
The social status OF the Cabinet WAS
elevated when Congress, not so long
ago. put il directly in succession to
the presidency In case % the death Of
the vice President Before that time
when succession fell to the President
pro tempore Of the Senate and after
him to the Speaker Of the House, the
Cabinet was relocated to the social
background. especially by Senators.
who claimed precedence because they
confirmed the appointments of Cabinet
members. But under existing condi-
tions should the President die and
there be no Vice President; the Secre-
tary Of state would become acting
President. ard after him the Secretary
OF the Treasury. and so on down the
Cabinet No Cabinet member. how
ever. can succeed TO the presidency IN
less a nativc-born citizen. thirty-five
years old. and unless he. Ia. been con-
armed as q Cabinet of1cer by the SEN
ate But even since the act OF sue
cession was passed :ho wives OF Sena-
.ors have demanded frst calls from the
women OF the Cabinet.
Procedure nj Cabinet Meetings.
The Wilson Cabine; viii meet Tues
DAYS and fridays ia the iittie one-stoTy
white brick building which Presiden;
Roosevelt had built westward % the
White House. and which - connected
thereto By a covered terrace In the
Cabinet room. in thcs northeast corner
Of this structure. the secretaries VII
nee; shortly before tho hour appointed.
each bearing in a portfolio the papers
from his department. TO be called - tho
attention OF the President and OF the
Cabinet az a whole A. President VIII
son enters the secretaries will rise.
according TO custom. and ne VIII thcn
seat himself az the head Of Ions ma
hogany cable. running north and south
The Cabinet ofScsrs viii then group
themselves about the table IN the or
der Of their succession. the Secretary
Of state on Mr. Wilson's right, the
Secretary OF the Treasury on he lcfs
and thence. alternately. from right TO
left. ending with tho Secretary of
Commerce and Labor. who is the ON
cial tsii-cuGcr. The meetings VIII not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
by JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.

I-RTT,. inferesr in Mr. Wilson i.
- focused now upon his Caoine'
i selections He Will have nine
and p.rbaps ten, official advisers
ysbereas Washington had but FIVE. and
their salaries will be $4,000 per an
nur-half again as much as the Roose'
,-or, Cabinet received when they took
chair oatbs Washinston's Cabinet re
csivad only A fourth OF this figure, OF
,anc, a year. excepting Jefferson, his
Secretary of state. who was aIio"eo
e. 500 But dollar went iarthe. i"
.rosc davsr as Evarts explained after
s5owing the incredulous Lord Cole
rfdre whsxs washington threw coih
80 ~, denomination across the Poto-
mac.
IT, ,.rouisitss OF the Wilson Cab
-, ,.uI he few. The government also
1u-nisb~. each Cabinet officer several
carrsapes for winter and summer use
and enough spanking horses 10 keep
,bssa going night and day. as needed
TIL purchase Of these teams comes ou'
of the departments ppropri@''o" iO-
..trsnsportation,'' and the men "ho
driv. and care for them are upon 'he
roll< as laborers. The late secretary
Of Agriculture Morton made sIeA.
showing Of economy by buying one OF
his officisl carriages second hs"u - oi'
a diplomat When IT arrived al tne
department stables il was fouhu 70 %
saorned on either side by glarins
coat-of-arns. and the resourceful sec
-e,xrv had this insignia erased and
so~csd,nr green tree added in its stead.
Tbs late secretary Bayard also MADE
-. nj, with the plain people" by forbid
ding his family TO use the department
team
unve Use Of Naval Vessel.
A. Wilson's Secretary OF the Navy
wiz have az his disposal one Of the
sisnatch boats OF the navy. on which
he can make inspection tours amid the
Iuxuries Of a private yacht. the DOL
min being now generally used Tor
mis- purpose. All % the members OF
the Cabinet will have the use OF Of
ices Of fine appointment. betting the
dignity Of their station. the most lux
urious OF all being the Official quarters
OF the Secretary OF state. VINO. IN ao-
diti0n 10 his private ONCE suit, mas
reserved FOR his use pretenuously
appointed apartmt ADJOINING. Vnere
ne receives the representatives OF the
foreign powers. But in. luxury OF aD-
continent MS quarters 49,
hose Of the Attorney General. VIII )se
onicc suite occupies the mansion al
vermont Avenue and X street which
vvas occupied once by Cornelius Van
derbilt and which vas the former home
81 Archibald Lowery. IN wealthy
r,.hc~ Of the Duchcsse de ARGOS The
elerloaI force OF the Attorney Gen
.raTS once occupies a former hotel ad-
ioinInr. which also the goveEnm nj has
leased and which for some years Ia.
b~ea connected with the Dowcry man
ION nv doors cut through the walls.
The other Cabinet heads have their
on,crs IN frcscoed rooms To- the rcspec-
I've department buildings owned BY
the government. save the secretary Of
Commerce and Labor. who 10 situated
+, |, rented once builcins on Four
fccnth -srcst fa~ine the willard Hotel
An idea % the burden Of ofsciel hos
pitauty failing upon each member OF
the wilson Cabinet may be CLEANED
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-13
CHARGES
DROPPED BY
The HOUSE
Following Resignation Of the State
Auditor Impeachment Proceed
ing Ends-Statements Is
sued Meyer and Wyand

Oklahoma CITY, FEB. is.-ln cxecu-
tive session wednesday afternoon the
house adopted the following resoiu-
tion IN regard 70 Leo Meyer. state
auditor who resigned In the face Of
impeachment proceedings
Whereas. under the constitution Of
the state Of Oklahoma, the only iudg-
mont TO Be imposed By tho senate on
the trial Of Impeachment is removal
from office. and
Whereas in the resignation Of Leo
Meyer. the purposes Of said impeach-
ment have been fuily accomplished.
and
Whereas, 70 proceed with said trial
would involve needless expense and
valuable time Nov. therefore. be It
RESOLVED. by the house. that the
board Of managers of the house. to-
witt JE. wyand. G. L. Pinkham ana
p y Mcclure be and they are here
by directed and authorized 70 request
of the honorable senate Of the fourtn
Legislature Of the state q Oklahoma.
sitting as court 0f impeachment,
that they be allowed TO withdraw from
tile senate the impeachment proceed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-13

attorney that ] would rather resign If
the charges against me in the legisla-
ture should Be dismissed ] under.
stand this vas the agreement
did moi saborn anyone TO PERJURY
in ny behalf. ! merely called the
Young man into my office. f0r be had
been ny steuoUapher, and asked him
i be rememberedf certain things in
eonneetion With tie Jennings warrant.
and the entries for which the warrant
vas Issued be said he did. and 50
testified DO not think the house
committee is justified in accusing me
Of getting him to testify falsely in my
behalf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-13

Wazn.rEtcE. Fet la -Decst1rs oi1
.f.s4te tAs PaiiassiEa wi1 w1e4
ae ts.ssts1 TrpclTs aa-s b pirates
aow lflaz q fae sand q Tri2oa Ass-
lcr a4 gID141.T EeTs7 b. rslse1.
ne rayy Department wy not endorse
tie 1I ln,r1suced ir f1s hguse 81
aegrsss1tstive HsmWoH Moore az
prowating 1880 10 recover The a1Il
and g1us Lis1l ccnmsaas- Ril1-
sFl D Waite laval zttashe a. Rome
italy, has made i1restlgstl01 and has
resortec % Wzs-ilston t1at ~1oi1lns
q Yal1e en- " reeoTere1 and ths-
ire a-o1nt nes1s5 % raise & ro1I6
1s TO Ulc1 Sentimental purposes
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-13

Wasalng.ol Fe5 i5-Fcliowing t1s
g-bicat.o1 t1rouzao-t the country
several DAYS ago o. The 1esrBcrion
q Washington o. more tasa g70ose
in counterfeit uoney the secret ser
Tles baresl haE been besieged Tiih
applications n volid-be slelths who
believe they can help the government
rln the e0unterteiters % earth FROM
time y time tae Ast b applicants has
grorn until today there q total q
f51l on Aaad
TEyeT time biz arrest or biz
lob Of some Kind q made ~ the ser
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-13

Wasaingiag Feb l5-Trareling
agents d t2s freasarg department are
having 2 difficult tine eniosclzg the
lsT public health rule requiring in5l-
Vl9laI towels % public BIsca Ted
Jones one o. the agents told 4 gooa
5oks On himself about the individual
towel
4 vas oui IN Ksntueky in small
town and stopped for dinner a. Z
Tayzide inn After washing ny hands
I asked ior Z towel bur ras showed
one almost black az dirt told the
iandlady 7 wanted a towel that tie
one ia uss was dirty and Hnsanitary.
foa wiil ase that one q none she
said You are up better than the
otheFa Fourteen men use taat towel
every daY
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-13

A child that has intestinal wortus
is handicapped in its growth. a few
doses Of Whites Cream Nermifuge De.
stF0ys and expeis worms the child
Immediately improves and thrives
wonderfully Price 25e per bottls Sold
By Owl Drug Store and Public Drug
CO. Adv. dGw
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-13

ings nov pending therein against Leo
Meyer, state auditor, respondent
Wyane Issues Statement.
Representative wyznd made the
following statement.
by bis resignation The stare
auditor has Withdrawn himself. 81 far
as the legislature is concerned. from
an extremely psrilous situation. He
is the first 70 90 of The close corpora.
ton q grafters which have MIXED ths
people oi this state Of hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars in the last few
years. Mountains Of evidence incrim-
mating him and the nine Of ten other
men making up this corporation had
accumulated against him.
That there had been perjury com
mitted In the county court here in The
state auditors behalf, the aouse i'm
peaebment board learned soon after ii
soi to work An emDloye Of the
auditors office had plainly periured
himself sent for the young mans
father and brother-in-la1. and tod
them the situation. Last night fhey
came TO me and told me the young
man wanted 70 make a clean breast of
the matter.
This be did. He said that the
auditor had called him into his Office
and asked him to TESTIFY so-and so;
that be vas heavily in debt and with
bis salary Tor the next three months
hooked 70 the loan sharks. that he
feared instant dismissal # he did nos
comply with the auditors request
That he had perjured himself as con.
sequence, and was sorry he mad done
50.
4 advised him to Immediately re.
sign This be did Wednesday morn.
ing a short time later ] accompanied
Mr. Ledbetter. the aasitors attorney
TO the governors office. where tie
auditors resignation was rendered and
accepted
Meyers Statement.
"A resigned at the request Of my
wife and my old mother stated Leo
Meyer former state auditor oi Okla.
homa, Wednesday night p am broke
have no money to further fight the
unscrupulous tactics the attorney gen
eral has used IA this persecution
against me decided to resign and
get out Of the maddie
80 lar as any close corporation Of
graiters IS concerned have had no
part IN such, and ! have never pronted
by one dollar stolen from the stale.
nor have I ever received one stolen
dollar There may have been lots sf
grating done. but II SO. it has just
been put over me. I've been too mnoa
oi a good fellow. maybe. IN ms desire
to accommodate that part Of the pub
lio having business with my office
but have never taken one dollar
from the state OF Oklahoma that did
not belong 70 me. nor have / ever
knowingly allowed anyone else to do
so.
Neither did resign because Of ans +
ailesvs confession simply told ms
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-02-13

ings nov pending therein against Leo
Meyer. state auditor. respondent
Hyano Issues Statement
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-10
Should be Mailed Early

In order to insure prompt delivery,
Postmaster General Burleson has ad-
vised that all Christmas packages be
mailed early.
Office patrons should secure money
orders and mail their packages in the
forenoon.
Rural patrons should have their
mail properly wrapped and addressed
before going to meet the rural car
rier.
Carriers have all they can do to
serve their route ON the evening train.
If he is detained only one to five min
utes unnecessarily at each box he Will
be two hours behind time.
If patrons will do their part we will
endeavor to give them perfect ser
vice.
Postmaster and Rural Carriers.
Emmett, Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-10
MAN. MONKEY AND THEIR
PARASITES

The Investigations into many disea-
SEES which have been carried ON in re-
cent years have emphasized some UNI
usual relationships among animal spe
cies. In blood studies, for instance,
the same results are obtained in some
cases in monkeys as in man. A re-
cent writer remarks that embryology
paleontology and comparative anato-
my may have taught the same gener-
al facts, but it comes as somewhat of
shock to many to realize that mans
kinship to the monkey goes so far as
'blood relationship Few persons
are as yet aware of the fact that this
relationship of man by no means APP
plies to all the monkey tribe, but to
only that group including such examp-
les as the champanizee, orang, gorilla
and gibbon, and not to the more COM
mon monkeys. This distinction is of
unusual scientific interest. V. l.. kel-
logg, entomologist of Leland Stanford
Junior University, has furnished a
new and somewhat startling kind of
evidence of the relationship of man to
/ the anthropoid group of apes in dis
tinction from others of the monkey
tribe. 1t is based on the contention
that the presence of parasites of the
higher animals, including birds and
mammals, is governed more by the
relationships of the animals than by
geographic range or any other envir-
onmental condition. If this is correct
the kinds OF par~sites found on indi-
vidual ar'"'als will indicate to some
measure their relationship.
According to Kellogg, the parasites
of birds and mammals are of two
groups, namely, the biting lice. feed
ing on the feathers and tair, and the
sucking lice, feeding on blood Ger
tain mites may perhaps also be as
signed to this category, but the fleas
cannot be, for they hop on and off
their host, and all their immature
life is non-parasitic and wholly apart
from their future hosts. The biting
lice, of which nearly two thousand
species are known, occur chiefly on
birds, while the sucking lice, of which
less than a hundred are known so far,
are confined to mammals. No bit
ing lice have been found on man or
any anthropoid ape. Sucking lice oc-
cur on man. Representatives likewise
have been found on the anthropoid
gibbons and chimpanizees. The other
tailed monkeys which, in contrast with
the man-like apes, are shown by the
"blood relationship" tests to be unre-
lated to man, harbor parasites of an
entirely distinct kind. The resemb-
lance of man to his simian cousins
crops out in this most unexpected
fashion.
How these remarkable affinities of
host and parasite are preserved is not
easy oexplain. The California ento-
mologist responsible for the facts re-
cited states that he has often become
in the course of collection, the tempo
rary host of various bird-and mammal
infesting biting lice, but these para
sites all seemed as anxious to escape
as he was to have them. And they
did escape; or, if they did not, they
The Prescott daily news., 1913-12-10
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