Show iano C khoat mt sta M win ineaz w w at PA kl hak sl ameritt 10 1 4 ta H H coc I 1 07 ml f ae y I 1 jr ve va IV A MAI tafak 7 ay I 1 4 Y te I 1 0 A S ifa y bew yf 4 rf R OR P V sr y 4 abc g v 17 1 7 rux 3 4 ra C aar rw 7 o 0 PRESIDENT TAFTS r FICK SKETCHES OF THE vint EMINENT raen EN FORM ING HIS CABINET P C KNOX HEADS THE GROUP an Is secretary of state franki n macveagh chicago mer chant holds the treasury I 1 0 jacob M D clinson tennessee democrat to manage the army affa rs of the agricultural depart ment left in james wilson wilsons s hands philander chase knox of pennal vania secretary of state in the cab inet of president tatt taft wa born at brownsville Browns ville pa in 1853 he was graduated from mount union college ohio in 1872 and three years bater was admitted to the bar paring during the years 18 6 and 1877 he served as as distant united states district attorney lor for the western district of pennsyl vania in the latter vear he formed a law partnership with james 11 reed which till exists and which has rep resented many large corporations in eluding the carnegie company mr knot knox entered president Pre Adent mckinley Mc hinley s cabinet as attorney general in april 1901 serving until 1904 when he was el acted united states senator from pennsylvania Pen sylvania the latter position he resigned to become the head of lent dent tafts cabinet W ison lson reta ns H s place only one member of the roosevelt cabinet retains his portfolio under mr tatt taft that is james wilson of iowa secretary secretary of agriculture so ex cellena had been bis his work in that post tion that there was no nc serious talk ot of mal ing a change bora born in scotland in mr wilson came to the united states in 1852 and three years later settled in iowa in 1861 he engaged in farm ng in tama county he ile was a member of the iowa assembly tor for three sessions and speaker of the house for one session and also was a member of the iowa state railway commiss on in IS 18 3 he was elected t to congress serving two terms and was sent to the national legislature again for one term in he was regent 0 of f the state university ol 01 iowa in 1870 4 and in 1890 was made director ot of the agricultural ex peri pediment ment station and professor of agri culture at the iowa agricultural col lege bilies la ia in iri 1897 he became secretary ot of agriculture macveagh for the treasury franklin macveagh secretary of the treasury was born on a farm in chester county pennsylvania bradu abed from yale in 1862 and from columan Colum bli law school in 1861 he be gan the practice of law in new aorl city but ill health forced him to aban don it and in 1865 he went to chicago and engaged in the wholesale grocery business in this and other commer cial pursuits he has amassed a large fortune before entering the cabinet he disposed of his holdings in the big grocery firm and resigned as director of the commercial national bank of 0 chicago mr macveagh has always been interested in movements tor for the public belfa e locally and nationally dickinson Dickin soh Is war secretary jacob M dickinson ot of tennessee tennesee and ch cago the new secretary of war was born in 1851 at columbus miss he graduated from the varsity ot of nashville in 1872 and after ward studied law at rt columbia college at the university of 0 leipsic and in paris he served several t times I 1 mes by special commission on the tiie supreme bench of tennessee and was assist abs ant attorney general ol 01 the united stites in postmaster general hitchcock the art cab net not officer selected by mr air tatt taft after ris I 1 eillon was fiani 11 Ill hitchco telco k ol 01 lassach isetts who gaie mp lap his place as first assistant postmaster general to manage success fully lie be T aft president al campaign he has been given the office of post master general in the new cab net mr hitchcock wao wa born at ambers t 0 0 in 1867 and graduated from har vard in 1891 and from columbia law lav school in 1894 since 1891 he has been a government official nagel has commerce portfolio missouri has been rewarded tor for ilg inq switch to the republican rep the hp of charles nag nagel I 1 wa wi secretary of commerce commer cr and labor mr nagel Is a leading lawyer of st louis and the west he was born in texas in 1849 moved to st louis when a child and graduated from the st louis law school in 1873 he has been senior member of the law firm of nagel kirby professor in the st t louis law school and a trustee of washington university in 1881 83 he was a member of the missouri house of representatives and in 1893 97 was pres dent of the st louis city coun ea 1 he ile is a member ot of tl ti e lican national committee and for years has been an intimate friend of mr tatt taft he was one of mr roosevelt s most enthusiastic supporters As an attorney mr nagel was identified with several important cases dealing with the numerous complications in the a affairs if a I 1 r s of the five civilized tribes in III the then indian territory navy under meyers charge president taft tafts s secretary of the navy george von L meyer of massa chu has had wide experience as a business man legislator diplomat and cabinet he was born in boston in 1808 and graduated from harvard in 1879 he then entered business and has been prominently connected with a number of financial and mercantile concerns his career as a public offic al began in 1889 when he wag was elected to the boston common council he ile then served on the board of aldermen and in 1892 9 95 96 6 he was a member ot of the massachusetts ture lure the last two years being speaker ot of the hou house S e in 1900 A mi it meyer was sent to italy as amer american ic an ambassador and in 1905 was vas transferred to rus sia sla in january 1907 president roosevelt called him home to enter hig his cabinet as postmaster general ibis portfolio he has hag rel re squished for that ot of the navy mr meyer meyers s home la is hamilton mass ball nger secretary of interior after about one year s service bervice as commissioner or of the general land of fice richard A ball nger of seattle wash has entered the cabinet as secretary of the interior he is a native of iowa having bavine been born in boonesboro Boone Dooner boro in 1858 after attending the universo ty ot of Kati kansas sats and wash burn college at topeka he went to will am college graduating in 1884 and afterward st dying law and re moving to he ile was united states state t court commissioner in and later ater i atas as bidge j dge of the supreme co in jefferson county wash attorney tt orney general Re wickersham george W wickersham who be comes I 1 resident tift T ift s attorney gen eral era has had the reputation of being one of the ablest lawyers in new aorl city born dorn in fix pittsburg in 1858 ho he studied civil engineering in lehigh university and in 1880 graduated from he ehe law school of the university of pennsylvania for two years he law in philadelphia in 1884 he became associated with the law firm of strong S Cadwal ladare to which henry W tatt taft brother of toe dent belongs |