enforcement of the reforms inaugurated by President Roosevelt. He

justified appropriations, as his predecessor had done, for maintaining a

suitable army and navy; advocated the conservation of our natural

resources, the establishment of postal savings banks, and direct lines

of steamers between North and South America.

Copyright by Clinedinst, Washington.

President William H. Taft and Governor Hughes

on the reviewing stand at the inauguration, March 4,1909.

The cabinet was made up of men largely gathered from private life, a