Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-08

terly. His poison brigade then gath
cred at the Shoreham hotel in Wash.
ington on the day of the Inauguration
and, attempting to reform their
broken lines, now sought to prevent
his confirmation at the hands Of the
senate. Every agency Of opposition
that McCombs could invoke to &C
complish this purpose was put into
action, but like all his efforts against
McAdoo, they met with failure. Mr..
McAdoo was confirmed and took his
place as secretary of the treasury.
where his constructive genius in
| matters of finance was soon brought
into play, and under his magnificent
leadership the foundation stones of
the Federal Reserve system was laid,
the fruitage of which is now being
realized in every business throughout
the country.
Cabinet Selections
Frequent conferences were held at
Princeton with reference to the Sc
lection of the presidents cabinet,
and in these conferences Colonel
House and I participated. At a
luncheon at the Sterling hotel at
Trenton, Mr.. Bryan was offered the
post Of secretary Of state.
On the first of March the post of
secretary of war was still open. 1t
had been offered to A. Mitchell
Palmer, of Pennsylvania AMI had
been declined by him for an unus-
ual reason. The president request
ed Mr.. Palmer to meet him at Col
onel Houses apartment in New
York. When the president rendered
him the position of secretary of war,
Mr.. Palmer frankly told the presi-
dent that he was a quaker and that
the tenets Of his religion prevented
his acceptance of any position hav-
ing to do with the conduct of war.
The president tried to overcome
these scruples, but his efforts were
unavailing. The president then tel
ephoned me and informed me of
Palmer's declination and asked if I
had any suggestion regarding the
vacancy in his cabinet. I told him
that was anxious to see New
Jersey man occupy a place at his
cabinet table, and we discussed the
various possibilities over the phone,
but without reaching any definite
conclusion. I informed the presi-
dent that would suggest the name
of some one within a few hours. 1
| then went to the library in my home
in New Jersey and in looking over
the Lawyers Diary ran across the
name of Lindley Garrison, who, at
the time was vice chancellor of the
state of New Jersey. Mr.. Garrison
was a resident of my home town.
and, although I had only met him
casually and had tried a few cases
| before him, he had made a deep i'm
preston upon me as a high type of
equity judge.
1 telephoned the president that
night and suggested the name of
Lindley Garrison, whose reputation
as a distinguished judge of the chan
Gerry court was known to the presi-
dent-elect. He was invited to Tren-
ton the next day, and without hav-
ing the slightest knowledge of the
purpose of this summons he arrived
and was offered the post Of secre-
| tary of war in Mr.. Wilson's cabi-
| net, which he accepted.
(The chapter on Colonel Roose-
welt and General Wood is No. 81 in
Joseph Tumulty's work, Woodrow
| Wilson, AS / Know Him." The
| chapter on William +. McCombs is
No. IS. Tomorrow will appear
Chapter l., and after that the Sc
ries will continue daily in the order
of Mr.. Tumulty's chapters.
Copyright, 1921, by Doubleday,
Page & Co.