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I. who JKOSHOKKMOfi.JCaiCTARY uiulor Iliu iifw tii'iiiiiK"im.it uiu jlv.n a wiilfliiK room ut ili"lr own-Mr. own-Mr. 'In I in nhtii"i loruiH k luil miKlit l.f rulli'd a b'Kitl fiimlly MoHt of Ihi ini'inhtTH am law-yi-ra of tlio Aral rank, ami II Ih 1111 upon n-rrvl Unit tlicy ii ai.lrcli'il bi'iauai. of tlnlr hiKh Hhlllly. Thnre an- no humor hooka 1111 iihiuh. and iKmka on ai nornl lilaiory autiJ.M 1h in ilii. orlirc II brury of Ibe tt'hllv I lonac. Ni-w hook aholvca navo bt'en put In uml un ihiii aic liumlri'ila of lha brnwnlHli ri'd ciihtoiI voIiiiih h uhl. h holo ki'n Iliu law book It la mill that 111I1I110I 111 --l -luxe tlti'MO da InkH on Ih" aiMiihlunr" of a ron-11I111II011 ron-11I111II011 of Inwyrra Aa nn iiuiniili' ol thla It may be aultl that oim day Iho pn-aldi nt In tulkln. to boiiii ni'WHiap"r i-orri'Hpiiiiili.iitA kiilct Ihnt 1111 inatior Ii it t Hiil.l.rt n brum luil In 1 ho nihln.t riHitn ut' t hul Iliu" tin- IIioiikIiih of I'Mtviuih wont from Ih" auitK"Hii.il aiibli'i'l lo tliv manor ol the hi ri-iiKi li nliiK of ih" anil IniHl luwa W'hii I iho prt'Hliliiu hhI.I at Dial II 1 11 In prnr-Hnilly prnr-Hnilly Ini" of niimt of Iho pi or.. 111 hohhIoii ol U111 ml, In. ! for II la known that wlillo Mr. Tuft Ih ii II I i 11 i h lo can y mil III" Hihihi-vi'II polli h a. he waul 10 juiiroh Ih. 111 wlih iho I it w ho Dial no roiiHiliuiluiiiil IhiwH can bo loiiuil In thorn by iiioiiiih of wlih h 111 lor Iho In hi inn nilnna on the nurt ol iho 1 i'Miiioih. tin. iiulliv 11 1 Ik l t tind a iiioaii. o( . apo I II iuiih! not Ii" auppoHoil lor 1111 IiihIiiiii iluii bo ! oiiuho niiiht of Mr. Taft'a rahlnot luombora are I liiwyiiH. liny havo no nvnoiilliuia In llfo 10 turn I ihoiii uhIiIo fio'iuonily from iliolr voiiiilona Take j ih" rmikliiu iiioimIioi of iho t-ahlui'i lor tiiKinnoo. I'hllnmlor rhaM Kno Iho hoiioiiiiv of anno la a ilovoloo of Iho outdoor Mfo, and Ih no loHa aa Ivo In opt n air purHiilia than wna I'i io hlont .tnoHovoli, thoiiKh It la I ruo tluil Mr Knoi dooa ' not rnn for Iho puraull of kiiiiio nor for tho atudy j of nnliiral lilf"y Tba aoi roniry of alnio, h. n la not illni uaa lull nialtora wlih Iho pioKlili nt. or Ih not nixiKod In alrulithtoiiliiK out IntorniillonHl IiiiikIoh. Ih olib or playlna K"lf or driving a pair of Iiihi. aplrliod horHoa Tboro are fi-w moro ardonl lovm-a of "th" nnblo horHo'" (hull Si.croiury Knox Ho rliloa oc-niKlonally oc-niKlonally and ho la not nvomo in iiiklnn a II vo bur rod ! II hla niounl la a Juiupor. nml If the gale hiipiiona In bla way Tho aorrotary'a rblot dollKhl l driving On hla I'otiiiHylvnnla (arm nour Valloy Korgo. the acona of lh awful wlnlor which .ia paaHod by the rontlnontiil army under Conrge WaHhlngion. Mr Kno hna ninny horaoa nf approrod pedigree, and muny dulry anlinnla alao of nnlod forbonra Frunklln MnrVeagb, the aorrotary nf the troaa ury. who la the aocond ranking ofTlrer In Mr Taft'a cabinet, la a merchant, allhough In early days be aludied law. Mr MucVeagh la nnl given particularly lo Ihe atrenuoua life aa It la viewed generally. He la murb of a walker and haa a love of nature wnlch leada him afield on many a ramble, but lor lamea. and for shooting, tba secretary sec-retary cares lilt la Up near Dublin, New Hampshire, the treaaury ihlof baa a country boms and there on lb rocky .oil hr luli aa bla boal . IToila 10 hoar to cut-ilviiie cut-ilviiie a (union Tbe croiiii y haa road tba Htorv art 1 on by Mra 1'hoiiiliut Thoinna, tlm widow nl Iho glial orihi'Hlia loador, a aiory wkirb told bow ho 11111I0 a eticceaa-tul eticceaa-tul ganlen on the rock bound hills of Ibe nonh Mr MacVengh baa pruMiod by tho milling and wlillo bla garden pop bupH Ih 1 iiunl to lhat planned and cultivated by .Mra Thoinaa, It comulna many of the floworn ol Iho kind Hint make pliuiaani what people ara givi 11 In cull old fin-hloned guideaa. Mr. Tnfl coiiHiilla bla tronHiny ihlof almut econ-ouiloa econ-ouiloa In govorninoiii. It wna Mr. MacVeagh who waa uakod aa nn.n aa Mr. Tall 'mk office, lo pro vl.lo waya and meniia to aave miuiey In the differ-out differ-out dopnrlmonia. Tho iiiorihnnt rnhluot member hail the advantage of a long huaineaa training nml II did not lake hlnl long 10 illai-iivnr Ihnt II wna poaallilo 10 aave many lluuiMinda of ilollura by pulling hiialnoaa mothoda In i-fli-il In the different dif-ferent hiiri-nua of government. It waa found for Iiihiiiiic", thai a good ninny biireuua of the dopnrl-tin dopnrl-tin inn wore In tho habit nf pun baaing iholr aup-pll.. aup-pll.. liidopomli ntly. Tho roauli of thla wna that .011,0 of ih.ni were pnyliig unuh more money for Mime 111 llrli h limn wna being puld by olhora ll.loiin In piii.hii.4i. iiioiIiihIh haa come and It haa coino nli-o In ninny other llm-a, the not re-i"i re-i"i b. Ing lhat fnilo Ham a pinkotlKKik la being t-uvcil 11 giioil mniiy ihr'iHiinilH of dollara yearly. lai-ob M Uli-kliihon, the aocreiary nf war In Mr Tufl'H rtililnot, Ih n Honttieiti 11. an nml a homo, oral II miiv n om a Mule curlmo. lit llral thought, hut II U a fai l Him iho nriuy nltliora In the main, mo Kl.nl 1I111I a Hoiiiheiner la iho ihlof nl iho war department licHplte the aliunde of aiinio m.-tiio i-ruilr Hniiiliern r emlioia nf coiigroaa nn nrmy luoHtloiiH geiioially, iho anulheinora fool kindly lownid the oftli-eia anil men of the aorvlce. There Ih komeihliiK in the mllltnry III" Hint nppenla to ihiin. 11 nd while the nhVlal aimiln-rn lomnrruta eoiiorallv nro outKpokon ugaliiht kluit they cull Iho ihiiigor nf a groat Mnnding army, the military oHialillKhmont aa It la haa iholr lympaihy alwnya. nml their aiipport frequently The kocroiiiry of nr coinoa from that aectlon nf H10 couhiry whore everybody loves bnraoa, and be Ih nn exception to Hie rule He la a golf player play-er nbo. ami thlh furl perhnpa mnkoa htm appeal to Mr Tuft's avu pmhl.. )nt bh inn. h ua does ihe furl that Iho aei-roinrv Ih a gn-al lawyer Hecre-I Hecre-I a iv lilrkliiHon la not nerving In WaHhlngion In nn nfluinl cnpai-lty for the nral (line. Yenra ago he wna the nhriHinnt atlnrnoy gonorul during the Inat 'Jl n-.niitha nf the Cleveland ailmlnlairutlon and he waa munacl fnr the gnvorninont afterward In the matter nf Ihe aetileinont of the Alaskan boundary riliputo When Iho prealdent haa a particularly knotty problem In legislation on hand and needs to study It from a legal standpoint, be goes over It hlinaelf first. Juat aa a Judge on the bench does with submitted sub-mitted evidence, forms his own "pinion, and then calls In Ihe "supreme court" of bis cabinet which Is composed of Ihe groat lawyers. Knot, Dickinson, Dickin-son, Wlckersbam, Nagel and llallthger. It Is possible pos-sible thst Vr. Tuft depends Just aa much upon tho legal opinion of bis secretary of war as bo doss upon that of hla attorney gsneral. At any rata the war secretsry Is accounted by Mr. Taft i i n. one nl Iho legal llghlH ol the I nil el I Simon If an nicount were kept II aeema likely Hint Iliu Vl-Ha paid lo tin While limine, by tiling" W Wicker ilium the iiiininey g. iioral, would be Inlillil lo l.llt Ilii III I'-r llli'n" paid I,) nn other riibliii't i.llli lul Mr W IrVomham In III chnlge nf Ih" pronecuHoll ol Ilia Inw breakers which Iho giiveiiiinent la cairylug forward, and Iho nitutitcy general knnwH. na Ihe country ktiowa. Hint the legal opinion of III" prealdent la worth while. Mr. Wlckcrahuiii, when ho waa Ural mentioned lor a 'j J rfiHhKLIN nucVtAGH.JtXMTAM II Or THE TffCAJUHY I'l cnhliiot ponltlun wna culled by tba 13 prcnH of the country "Ihe gtoiil 1111 'J known" Ml. Ii kcrnham la no loiiRer unknown. Ilia pnnttlim aa lb allornoy for tho fiiltcd Hlniea tu all Its civil aiul Llluillial VI' ceodltiga keopa blin coiiaiuiilly In the light. Tho allornoy gonornl looka like a aliideni Mwyera say of blin that he hna one of the keenoal and moat analytical minds known lo the profoanlon Mr. Wlckershaiu raroa very little lr tho outdoor life and perhaps lie Ih a man who by temporal it would not nave appeal, ap-peal, d in Ihe lennt to a pronldeiit Ilk.. Theodore ItooHcwIt, but tho atlorney geiienil baa illveralnna whlih occupy hi" leisure hmira, and they are ill v.iniima ol which, un ailnnably the cuuntrt will npp'iove Ho la Intero.ted In the wollnre of nl leant a iliuen rhnrlinhle urgnnlMiHona and on of bin bell, fa la thai: "ll Hlvea twice who glvea quickly " Mr. Vt vemlinm la ItnmoiiHoly Interoaled In the welfnie ol iho blind. He la a director of a grout Now York Inallliiilon which cures for and edu cans iblldi-.n who have Inst Iholr sight. Frank II Hllchcn.k. who Is Mr. Tuffs pnsimss tor goiiorsl. Is a bachelor, dovoiod lo Ihe outdoor llle. a lover of birds and boaala and a studonl nl nearly every brunch 'of natural hlaiory. Not only la Ibe iKiatmnatrr general a aludent nf nnlure, bill ho hna dime an I1t.11 . line amount of work slung set online lines Three yours ngo bml summer Ihe writer of thla arllcle weni 10 Oyster Hay, the homo of I'reHbionl II, yell. Mr. Hitchcock waa there alno, and sev irul li.iiira were spent In bis com puny III Ihe gioumlH mil i lug Hi" f.'ttiicr prenldeiil s home Theie In u deep l'no.1 lunl beyond Iho IlilOHovoll Ih vii and gui, Ii 11. ami limn Iho wihiiI on lhat mini itiei day tin re came constantly, songs of blfda. many ilir.ei.iit s Ics HliiKlng 1 alter the other oth-er Many of the notes ihnt wen. hoiitd worn thuae of illlIi rent mherH of the II11I0 warbler family. birds wlinno notes are so similar Unit It Is Impos fhlo fur liny except Ibe most seimltlve ear to differ ontliito beiseen 1 hem. Mr. IIIicIk-.m k lil. ntm. d one bird niter nnnUior simply by bearing lln song. Once nn 11 1I1110 ibe poHtinuater general claHHllled III.imiU bltils lor a inunouin of mitiiral hlmnry with which ho was ciinneelod (me ol the ties between Ibe preni-nt iHisiiiinster general and for r I'realdent ItiHinovelt wna their cnminoii love of nature. Hecroiary ol Iho Inierlor III. hard A. Iliilllngor hna h w diver-duns except Hint of golf. Mr. Ilullln-gor Ilullln-gor was burn In Iowa r.u years ago. and nearly all his life has boon spent In mine purl or the west When James Wllsnii, secretary of agriculture, was Mi-kcd mien what hla diversion waa ho an awoiod. "Infilling " Thla Idea ol itlvoralon la one Uml la'held largely by men who rombliie tho lovo of mituta with agricultural Inmlnct. One of Mr WINon s diversions Is story tolling They a.iy In Washington that If hla homely sayings could b" gathered and put Into a bonk, the reader would gel a rund or humor and wisdom combined. Wlii-u Charles Nugel, Mr. Tut fa secretary of commerce and labor, Is noi engug-d In ibe work or his department ho Is thinking over mutters of education edu-cation and art. Mr. Nagel la to some extent a devotee de-votee of the outdoor llle. but he la prone lo giving much of his time 10 Die atudy of nialtora permitting permitt-ing to Hie Hchiiola Tuning Mr. Tail's cabinet all In all It Is Just about as human a hody of men as cun bo gutbered tngotb er. There Is nn Imprcnnlun prevalent thut Iho members mem-bers ol this Washington olllclul family ara rather nf what Walter Hcoil calls, "the dry as-dust" mate rial, but there bus boon a misunderstanding appar ently concerning the nature ol these advisors of the president. They know thulr law and thoy know their agriculture and their finance, but while the) know how 10 study they also know how to play, hul not one of them knows bow to play ono whit bet ter tban does their chief, who Is about as Jolly a man personally aa tho United States bas yet pro duced. |