Show SECOND DAY OF mi TAfT IN OFFICE Several Important Matters At Attended Attended 1 tended to and Then Hand Handshaking HandT Handshaking T shaking Began NEW PRESIDENT IS SLOW CANNOT ANNOT WORK OFF A CROWD OF CALLERS QUICKLY Washington March 6 GAU All but two of the nine nino members of President Tafts TaWs cabinet are now In office Six including Secretaries Knox Meyer Ballinger Wilson and Nagel and Postmaster Gen General General Genera eral era Hitchcock took the tim oath of office In Inthe Inthe Inthe the cabinet room today Attorney Gen General General eral Wickersham was sworn In yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day and Secretary Dickinson and Secre Secretary Secretary tary MacVeagh will vill present themselves for duty within a week or so 90 President Taft has Issued a tion calling congress In extraordinary session March 16 While there was vas noth nothing nothIng nothIng ing In the call which hinted as to the purpose of the session cession its Us object has heretofore been stated to be b to revise the tariff and an transact no other busi bust business business bustness ness Public Demands a Change The weather calamity which overtook the national capital on inauguration day however has created such a public pu demand for a change of date for the in inauguration Inauguration Inauguration that the prediction of con congressional congressional congressional gressional action on this question seems to be general The Tho continued existence of the na national national national conservation seems seems to tobe tobe tobe be assured notwithstanding tho the action of congress which has haa been interpreted to discourage the continuance of this body The president today conferred with the committee of representatives of the national and state bodies of this organ organization organization The position of the executive is said to be that the commission was as appointed by President Roosevelt as a consulting body bod on the question of con conservation conservation of the natural natura resources of the country and that the states indicated their willingness for cooperation by ap appointing appointing appointing pointing consulting committees That such an arrangement can be carried on without cor approval and without federal expense seems to be the decision reached Day of Handshaking President Tafts second day at the White house was one of handshaking and glad words Delegation after dele delegation delegation gation gatlon was received His Bis methods in inthe Inthe inthe the art of mixing were demonstrated to be different from those of President Roosevelt Mr M Taft takes more ore e than thai did his predecessor In making the of his callers and insists c knowing not only their full fult names blAt their residence and matters of fam tam family family ily fly history The result is said s l l to be that it requires as much time timo for him to meet ten men as it did for Mr Roose Roosevelt velt to greet a hundred The ceremony of administering the oath of office to the six members of the Taft cabinet who presented themselves at the White house today which was performed by Chief Justice Fuller was witnessed by President Taft The Inci mc Incident Incident mcdent dent recalled to the new president the incident of his own oath at the tho In m The chief justice hi in reading Tie 4 oath obligated Mr Taft to faith faithfully faithfully faithfully fully execute the tile constitution Instead of the office of president This slip sUp has lias been the subject of much pleasantry between Mr Taft and his secretary of state who it Is said remarked at the time in an undertone to Mr Taft Dont do it ft Conference With Correspondents Mr Ir Taff Taft had his first conference as president with the corps of Washington newspaper correspondents at the close of the day da lIe He greeted tho the score or more men personally and stated that in fairness to himself it would bo be his poll poli policy cy that quotation mark marks should not em cm embrace embrace brace statements of news which might be given out at the White house When he desired to make mako a formal statement It would he ho said be addressed to con congress congress congress gress or be embodied embo led in a speech This Tills polity polky is a continuation of that which has heretofore prevailed It being con considered considered considered the prerogative of the president not to be quoted in the public prints in any case e except in formal statements William Loeb Jr whose nomination to be collector of the port of New York was as confirmed by the senate today was presented with a silver loving cup of heroic design by the official staff stare of the White house Members of the Taft family who are in the city dined at the White house to tonight tonight tonight night as the guests of the president and Mrs Irs Taft Secretary Cortelyon announced to tonight tonight tonight night that he expected his successor Franklin MacVeagh to reach Washing Washington ton some time Sunday and that the treasury portfolio would be transferred to him on Monday next |