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Show PRESIDENT TUFTS FIRST HI IN TIE WHITE HOUSE Bend List of Nominations to Senate-, and Machinery of Nation Under New Administration Is Now in Working Order. Washington. President Tart's first day as the chief executive of the nation na-tion was a very busy one. The president named his cabinet, and the senate confirmed his selection, selec-tion, so that the new officers are now I In charge. President Taft and the Republican members of the ways and means committee held a important confer-; ence during the day. The committee nas framed a tariff bill, which it is understood contains a provision for an inheritance tax, one of the suggestions sugges-tions for raising revenue contained In the inaugural address of President Taft. Aside from these important accomplishments, accom-plishments, President Taft gave him-" self up heartily to the demands of his Iriends and thousands of inaugural visitors who wished to shake hands vith him. Philander C. Knox was the first caller on President Taft in the White House. A fifteen-minute interview, Mr. Knox said, had its importance, but was not for publication. He was rejoicing that since noon Thursday, when his resignation as a senator became be-came effective, he was simply a private pri-vate citizen. His rejoicing, however, was brief, for before the day was much older, he nad been nominated and confirmed as secretary of state. Governor Hughes of New York, Governor Prouty of Vermont, and the senators and many of the representatives representa-tives from those states, next had the ear of the president and gained his consent to attend the celebration July 7 and 8 next, of the discovery .of Lake Ohamplain, at Plattsburg and Burling-;tn. Burling-;tn. The congratulations and good wishes of Cuba were extended in the 'orm of a memorial presented by General De Metrio Castillo Duany, who came to the United States for mat purpose. The reviewing stand for the inaugural inaug-ural parade was again occupied by President Taft Friday morning, whea he took his place there to do honor io the Seventh regiment. New York - infantry. The Blaine club of Connecticut Connec-ticut followed. Fred W. Carpenter took the oath .-as secretary to the president. Wendell Wen-dell M. Michler. who has been Mr. Taft's assistant secretary and stenographer, stenog-rapher, was made one of Mr. Carpenter's Carpen-ter's assistants. T. M. Hendricks of Mr. Taft's clerical force was given a clerkship, and William Pannell, who for years has been Mr. Taft's messenger messen-ger in the war department, was assigned as-signed to duty at Mr. Carpenter's door. Vice-President Also Begins Work. Promptly at noon Vice-President. Sherman called the senate to order tnd after Chaplain Hale had delivered deliv-ered an impressive invocation the roll was called and a committee appointed ap-pointed to call upon the president ;md notify him that the senate was organized and ready for business. At 1:30 the president's assistant secretary sec-retary arrived with a list, of nominations, nomina-tions, as follows: Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, ro be secretary of state. Franklin MacVeagh of Illinois, to ie secretary of the treasury. Jacob M. Dickinson of Tennessee, o be secretary of war. GeoTge W. Wiskersham of New Vork, to be attorney general. Frank H. Hitchcock of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, to be postmaster general. George Von L. Meyer, of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, to be seerefairy of the navy. Richard A. Balllnger of Washing-on, Washing-on, to be secretary of the interior. James Wilson of Iowa, to be secretary secre-tary of agriculture. Charles Nagel of Missouri, 1o be pcretary of commerce and labor. Huntington Wilson of Illinois. In be sristant secretary of state. Beekman Winthrop of New York, '0 be assistant secretary of the navy. William Loeb, Jr., of New York, to 'p collector of customs far the dis-rict dis-rict of New York, New York. Lewis Dalby of Virginia, to be an ndian inspector. |