Mr. Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, Mo., has had a business experience which will fit him for his arduous duties as Secretary of Labor and Commerce.
Hon. James Wilson has been reappointed by President Taft as Secretary of Agriculture, a position he has held for twelve years.
Mr. Richard Achilles Ballinger, the new Secretary of the Interior, of Seattle, Wash., is of the New West. He has met a warm welcome at Washington.
VIII
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The Hall of Representatives is in the south wing of the Capitol, and is similar in form and design to the Senate Chamber, being semicircular, with a gallery of twelve hundred seating capacity extending around the entire hall.
Like the Senate, the walls are white, buff, and gold, and the ceiling panels of glass, each showing in connection with a State coat of arms the cotton plant in some stage of development.
The Speaker of the House sits at a desk of pure white marble, and in front of him are several desks for the Secretary and his many assistants.
A silver plate on each desk bears the name of its occupant. As in the Senate, the Republicans occupy the left of the Speaker and the Democrats the right.
When the House is in session the mace is in an upright position at the table of the Sergeant-at-Arms on the right of the Speaker, and when the House is adjourned, or in committee of the whole, it is removed.