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Show MEETING I OF CABINET I Wilson Holds First Con- J ference With His Of- j f icial Family W ashington, March fj With the t senate meeting at noon to confirm P President Wilson's cabinet, the new j chief executive held his first confer ence with his official family today. j A new chair was placed in position I around the long table in the room in f which the cabinets of the past h' I . ' deliberated. This was intended for the occupancy of William W. Wilson I of Pennsylvania, as secretary of the new department of labor. Mr. Wil- son stepped from a lost seat in the j house to his new chair I New Cabinet Harmonious. From present appearances the fam- I ily council of the new president promises prom-ises to be a friendly and harmonious I one.. Many of them have long been I I fellow strivers in the fight for the ! supremacy of the Democratic partv j During the first few hours of the new administration the president was j I officially . if not actually counseled b. j Republican advisers in the members I of the retiring cabinet. They could not. under the law, lay down the bur- dens of their several offices until j their successors had been confirmed. j Charles R. Crane of Chicago was ' the first to have an appointment with the president. He called, he said. I merely to pay his respects. Crane May Be Ambassador. Mr Crane has been frequently men- I lioned for a diplomatic post. Though the president has made no offers as I yet, it is considered probable that Mr jj Crane will become ambassador to Rus- j The members of the new cabinet ar rived while President Wilson was j talking to Mr. Crane. Josephus Dan-iels. Dan-iels. the new secretary of the navy, ! was first, and he was followed by Llndley M Garrison, the new secretary secre-tary of war; William B Wilson, the first secretary of labor; William J. Bryan, the new secretary of state; j Franklin K Lane, secretary of the In- I terior; Dald F. Houston, secretary j of agriculture; Albert S. Burleson, postmaster general, William B Red- l field, secretary of commerce, and Jas. WkM R. McReynolds, attorney general. William Wil-liam G McAdoo, the new secretary of the treasury, was last. J Names Sent to Senate. The nominations were to go to senate at noon. Mr Bryan was the center of a group of men as soon he set foot in the executive offices. "Well, he said. "I suppose I won't have any trouble getting in here to-day, to-day, such as I had many years ago when I was In congress T didn't know Ike rules then and I called after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I didn't tell the doorkeeper who I was and I was coldly informed that no visitors were received after 4 ociock. First Official Act. i President Wilson's first official act was to acknowledge receipt of the res-ipnation res-ipnation of the Taft cabinet and all the assistant secretaries of the vari-ous vari-ous departments. Though the assist-ant assist-ant secretaries will not detach them-selves them-selves immediately, their places will be filled with new men w ithin a short time. While the president expected to send to the senate today his nominations nomi-nations for the cabinet, he will delay I announcement of the selection of assistant as-sistant secretaries. Office seekers i I will not be permitted to take up the time of the new president He issued a statement today declaring that ap plieants would have to address themselves them-selves to the heads of the different departments de-partments unless the president sent for them 1 First Statement. j The president's statement follows-"The follows-"The president regrets that he deems it his duty to decline to see applicants for office in person, except when he himself invites the interview inter-view It is his purpose and desire to devote his attention very earnestly and very constantly to the business of the government and the large questions ques-tions of policy affecting the whole nation, na-tion, and he knows from his own experience ex-perience as governor of New Jersey j where it fell to him to make Innumerable Innu-merable appointments that the greater part, both of his time and hi3 energy, will be spent in personal Interviews In-terviews with candidates unless he Bets an invariable rule in the matter. It is hio intention to deal with B.J pointments through the heads of the several executive departments Knox Meets Bryan. When Mr. Bryan quit the cabinet meeting and went over to the state department, he hesitated after leaving the White House and started for the navy department, but was Intercepted. Mr. Knox greeted his successor. Mr. Daniels was escorted to tho navy department, where Mr. Meyer greeted him. A similar 6cene was In progress at the war department where Mr. Stlmson introduced Mr Garrison. Wood Chief of Staff. Major General Leonard Wood, In accordance with the army regulations. , will continue to discharge the duties of chief of staff until the close of today to-day at least. Then automatically he will be relieved from that detail and Major General Wothcrspoon, the as- , slstant chief of staff, will act as chief until President Wilson makes a per-maneut per-maneut designation. J Wickersham Confers With McReyn-olds. McReyn-olds. James R. McReynolds. the new attorney at-torney general, spent several hours conferring with Mr. Wickersham at the department of justice. The two went over most of the most Important antl trust suits now In court and the most of the antl trust Invest! rations now under way. Mr. Icker-shnm Icker-shnm turned over to his successor the report of Attorneys Charles L. Morrl- (Continued on Page Eight) I MEETING I OF CABINET 1 (Continued from Pago Onei son and Oliver Pagan, regarding the government's investigation of the Standard Oil company, to determine whether the dissolution decree had I been violated. As the new cabinet members filed out of the cabinet offices, some had a word to say about the first meeting. meet-ing. First Meeting Harmonious. Tosephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, who was the first to come and the first to leave, paid LJ "We had a general talk. It was fine. William Jennings Bryan's face was wreathed in smiles i "It was a get-together affair and we all got well acquainted." said he "Everything "Ev-erything went Just as smooth as oil.' remarked Albert S. Burleson, the new postmaster general. "It was an Informal, inspiring meeting," meet-ing," declared William G. McAdoo. the new secretary of the treasury "The cabinet meeting was a happy, harmonious, agreeable affair, and It showed that every man had red cor- I puscles in his veins," said Franklin k K Lane, the new secretary of the in- i terior. Numerous Visitors, Visitors around the new executive offices were numerous and Secretary Tumulty was busy greeting them on i behalf of the president Mayor Now ton D. Baker of Cleveland, who de-fa de-fa cllned a cabinet place, was among those who called to pay his respects |
