Show TAFTS TUFTS FIRST DAY AS CHIEF Most of the Day Given Up to Shaking Hands With the Multitude REPUBLICAN TINKERS CALL IN BODY MESSAGE ON SUBJECT WILL NOT DISCUSS DETAILS OF I REVISION I Washington March 5 The Taft ad administration administration administration ministration took its 1 first stride today The Tho president named his cabinet the senate confirmed his selections and its Us members will take the tho oath of oC office tomorrow with the exception of Geerge GeQrge W V Wickersham who was sworn In as attorney general today and of or Dickinson and MacVeagh whose per personal personal personal affairs will not permit them to reach Washington for a week or more Conference on the Tariff President President Taft and the Republican members of the tho ways and means com corn committee committee held an important conference during the Ute day The committee has framed a tariff bill which it is under understood understood understood stood contains a provision for an in inheritance Inheritance inheritance tax one of oC the suggestions for raising revenue contained in the in inaugural inaugural augural address of President Taft President Taft told the committee there would be no delay in the official procla proclamation proclamation proclamation mation calling the extra session of con congress congress congress he i isaid gress on March 15 His message said would recommend that it confine Its work exclusively to tariff revision that there might be no unnecessary de delay delay delay lay in enacting this most important law He said that he would not discuss in his message the details of tariff re rc I vision leaving all such matters entire entirely entirely entirely ly to the Judgment pf congress Thousands of Visitors Aside from these Important accomplishments accomplishments President Taft gave him himself himself himself self up heartily to the demands of his friends and thousands of oC inaugural vis visitors visitors visitors who wished to shake hands with him Philander C Knox V was the first call caller caller caller er on President Taft In the V White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House A interview Mr Knox said had Its Importance but was not for publication He was rejoicing that since noon yesterday esterday when his resignation as a senator s became effective tive lie was waa simply a private citizen His rejoicing however was brief for before the day da was much older he had been nominated and confirmed as sec see secretary secretary of state Two Governors Called Governor Hughes of oC New Se York Gov Governor Governor Governor Prouty of oC Vermont and the sen senators senators senators and many of the representatives from those states next had the ear of oC the president and gained his consent to attend the celebration July 7 and 8 next nest of the discovery of oC Lake Cham Champlain Champlain Champlain plain at Plattsburg and Burlington The congratulations and good wishes of oC Cuba were extended In the form of ofa ofa ofa a memorial presented by General de deMetric deMetrio Metric Metrio Castillo Duany who came to the United States for that purpose The reviewing stand for the inaugural Inaugural ural urn parade was again occupied by b President Taft TaU this morning when he took his place there to do honor to the Seventh regiment New York infantry The Elaine Blame club of Cincinnati followed Personal Staff Fred W Carpenter took the oath as asse secretary se to the president Wendell M Id MIchler who has been Mr lIr Tafts TaUs as assistant assistant assistant secretary and stenographer was made one of Mr Carpenters assistants T M Id 1 Hendricks of oC Mr Tafts TaUs clerical force forc was given a clerkship and Wit Wil William WlllIam Witham liam ham Pannell who for years ears has been Mr Tafts messenger In the war de department department was assigned to duty at Mr Carpenters door |