Show I FOR TREASURY Chicago Financier Said to Have Been Offered the Portfolio by the New York Feb s eb 21 Taft today completed his cabinet by b the offer of the tho treasury portfolio and Its accept acce t ance That the offer was Wag made to an anI l accepted by bO Franklin MacVeagh of Chi Chicago c Chicago l cago is as near n ar a positive statement of what is believed to te Ce the fact as may be made in the face of an absolute refusal by Mr Taft to throw any light the situation Mr Taft justifies his silence on the ground that no c some time ago de declared declared declared he would give out no Information regarding the makeup of his cabinet until he was as ready rend to announce it in its en In spite of strong belief beller that Mr I MacVeagh had accepted the portfolio it was reported that the name of A B K Hep burn of ot New York former comptroller of the currency curren C had figured largely lar el in the th conference on the tho subject It is assumed that should anything eliminate Mr Mac from the list lIat Mr Ir Hepburn would be bo selected Mr Ir Tafts Taffs request brought Frank H Hitchcock from Washington early today and tho the two were in lengthy conference twice Jame James H president of the th tho Yale alumni of this city cIt received Mr Ir Tafts promise to come here and address the association on March 13 18 0 |