The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-05
HARDING MAKES
SENATE Speech
Presents His Cabinet NOmi.
nations i'm PERSONAL
Confirmed
NO OPPOSITION TO
HIS SELECTIONS

Presentation OF Nominations First Of
fetal Act of New President New
Secretary OF Treasury on Hand to BE
Sworn i'm at Once.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-President
Harding presented his cabinet nominations
to the senate yesterday afternoon in per-
son and they were confirmed by that body
in less than 10 minutes.
The President later signed the commits
sions of his 10 official advisers, who en-
tered today upon their new duties, sue
ceeding the men who served Woodrow VIII
son.
In appearing before the senate in exec
utiye session, the new chief executive re-
vived custom inaugurated by George
Washington. but in disuse since the days
of Thomas Jefferson. He explained that
during his administration he wished to
maintain close and amieable relations
with the legislative branch. ana for that
reason had appeared personally to present
his cabinet selections.
Presentation of the nominations was
the first official act OF the incoming preSl-
dent and occurred within less than an
hour after he had taken the oath of Office.
He had discussed the question with senate
leaders before his Inauguration, and when
he concluded his inaugural address the
senate assembled.
While quorum was being obtained
Mr.. Harding waited in his room off the
senate chamber. During the wait he
came to the door for a minute 10 smile
| greetings to newspaper correspondents in
the corridor. He had scarcely reentcreG
| the room before the arrival of Senator
| Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator
| Underwood OF Alabama. the Republican
and Democratic leaders. who had been APP
I pointed by Vice President Coolidge to in
{ form the President that the senate wa,
4 ready to receive communications from him
! Mr.. Harding said He desired to present
| his message III person and was escorted
/ into the chamber, the doors to which pre-
/ viously had been closed with all spectator:
and newspapermen excluded. The Presi
dent was escorted across the familiar
room where he served six years before hi,
call to the higher office and to a place OF
/ the rostrum beside Mr. Coolidge
/ Facing his former colleagues. the presi
dent spoke for perhaps five minutes in
happy, cordial vein and then read tn,
in his hand. He asked for early action il
order he said. that there might be n,
hiatus in the governments affairs
Starting with Senator \. Il. Fall o
New MeXiclOa courtesy because of hi
senate membership-the senate wen
tiiAouSu tu' iiSt anu tptljli nAu ali. one U'
one. No objection was raised. all com
mittccs to which the nominations ordi
narily would have been referred. havin:
been pOlcd i'm advance
The cabinet officers as confirmed were
Secretary of State-CharleS Evan
Hughes of New York
Secretary Of the treasury-Andrew vii
liam Mellon of Pennsylvania
Secretary of war-John w. Weeks O
Massachusetts.
Secretary of the navy-Edwin Denb,
of Michigan
! Secretary of the interior-Albert B. Fal
of New Mexico.
!, Secretary of agriculture-Henry {
Wallace of Iowa.
Secretary of commerce-Herber
Hoover of California
Attorney general-IIarry III. Daughert
of Ohio.