I THE TAFT CABINET.
* DEMOCRAT INCLUDED. RECOGNITION OF SOUTHERN CLAIMS. NEW MINISTER EXPLAINS. [bt TsusGiurn—muss association— coprutoai.) New York, March 11. The Iroquois Club, Chicago, warmly cheered tlio explanation of Mr. Dickinson (Secretary of War) regarding why he, a Democrat, had joined a Republican Cabinet. He emphasised the fact of President Taft's affection for the South, and atldod: — "Yet lie wits unable- to select a Southern Republican without perpetuating bitter sectionalism; henco ho magnanimously choso a Democrat who had voted against him." Mr. Dickinson expressed the belief that tho South approved of his acceptance of office.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 5
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96I THE TAFT CABINET. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 455, 13 March 1909, Page 5
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