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Show TAFT AND' CABINET Dickinson Is Only New Member Who Is Not Present Washington. March 9. President ' Taft's first cabinet meeting convened at 11 o'clock today. All tho new mem- j bers of the cabinet except Mr. Dlcklu- I son, who is to bo secretary of war, j were present. President Tart had determined de-termined not to permit the members of his cabinet to discuss the business transacted, and when the meeting broke up at 12: 15, Secretary Knox announced an-nounced this ruling: "Tho President haa decided to pur- I suo the policy of his predecessors and do his own talking," said Secretary Secre-tary Knox. ! Provious to the meeting. Secretary Knox had a conference with Mr. Taft, I and the President also received several sev-eral callers. The callers included Governor Ide of tho Philippino islands; is-lands; Senators Nixon of Nevada. Carter Car-ter of Montana and Clerk of Wyoming; Wyom-ing; former Senator Fulton of Oregon and Elmer Doer. Chief Justice Fuller and members of the supreme court of the United States formally paid their respects to ' the President at the White House to- I day. ' j i |