St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-01

eral nominations will be disposed Of.
NO NEWS TO WILSON.
When Representative Wilson was
told by reporter of the Associated
Press that his nomination was sent
to the senate today, he spoke freely
of the fact that he had known for
several days of the presidents in
tention. Being somewhat run down
in health and wearied from his
work in congress, Mr.. Wilson will
rest for a time, probably for
month, before assuming the duties
of his new office. Part of his vaca-
ton will be passed in West Virginia
and part of it in visiting friends
elsewhere.
Senator Faulkner, of West Vir-
ginia, was presiding over the SEN
ate when the nomination of Mr.. Will
son was presented. Mr.. Faulkner
said the appointment was splendid,
and could not be better. He was
pleased to see West Virginia so
recognized and SO ably represented
in the cabinet. Senators Voorhees,
and Villas also spoke highly of the
appointment Senators Villas and
Mitchell of Oregon, members of the
postoffice committee, said they eX-
pected to see the appointment con-
firmed at the first executive session,
without going over a day, as is the
usual custom with appointment.
mittee room of the ways and means
committee for some time after his
nomination had been sent to the
senate, and many members found
him and offered their congratula-
tions.
WILLIAM L. WILSON
is best known to the country in con-
nection with his recent tariff work
in congress. He has been a tariff
student since he first entered con-
gressional life in 1882, but it was not
until the present congress that he be-
came chairman of the ways and
means committee, and, as such, the
official leader of the majority in the
house.
Prior to his first election to con-
gress, in 1882, he had taken little
part in politics, except in being a
delegate to the Democratic national
convention at Cincinnati and SUBJ
sequently an elector-at-large from
West Virginia. Early in 1882 he was
chosen president of the university
of West Virginia. This would have
fixed Mr.. Wilson's sphere of work
had it not been for a political rue
ton and party split at his home in
Charleston, w. Va, Which was set
tied by the opposing factions unit
ing on Mr.. Wilson. The campaign
was a hot one. Mr.. Wilson finally
won by nine votes. He was then re-
elected to six successive congresses.
He received good committee assign
ments from the first, going on judi
ciary, appropriations and ways and
means. His experience shortly after
the war as a professor of law in
Columbia college equipped him for
the work on the judiciary commit
tee. In the four congressional eras
of recent tariff changes-the Morri-
son BILL the Mills BILL the Mckinley
bill and the Wilson bill-Mr. Wilson
took leading part. He did much
of the work in constructing the
Mills bill and he and Representative
Breckenridge started on a success
full tour. of platform speeches
throughout the East, indorsing Pres
ident Cleveland's tariff revision mes
sage.
During the Mills-Crisp contest for
the speakership Mr.. Wilson cast his
lot with Mr.. Mills, and when Mr..
Crisp won he designated Mr.. Spring
er chairman of the ways and means
committee. When reelected speak
er, however, Mr.. Crisp named Mr..
Wilson chairman of the ways and
means committee, and in this capa-
city he framed the measure which
was the basis Of the present tariff
law.
The fact that President Cleveland
intended TO appoint Mr. Wilson to
the position has been known for
several days to the most intimate
friends of Mr.. Wilson, and to. Mr..
Wilson himself. The selection is one
Which the president made of his own
motion, without any urging from Mr..
wilson's friends, and largely in rec