Arizona republican., 1912-12-07
ONCE CITIZEN
 0F PHOENIX
Eldredge E. Jordan, Now
 of Washington, Has Been
 Selected to Have the Di- rection of the President ial Election Ceremonies.


 Eldredge E. Jordan of Washington D. C. but not so very long ago of Phoenix has been selected as chair man of the inaugural committee. On ly the formal approval of the selec ton by President elect Wilson who is now at Bermuda is awaited. There was a hot contest for this honor but Mir. Jordan was agreed upon by the leaders of the various factions of democrats in as much as he had been affiliated with no faction.
 The Washington Herald speaking of the selection of Mr. Jordon says:
 This assent by the president elect, who was informed by a cablegram sent to him at Bermuda that MT. Jordan had been determined upon subject To the president elects ap prOval, is expected to come at any time, and it probably will be follow ed immediately by a statement from MT McCoombs that MT Jordan will have the honorable post. It is be- lieved to be practically certain that Governor Wilson will regard MT Jordan as persona grata, for he was chosen after a careful consideration of all the vailable men.
 William C. Cox who was promi- nently advanced as a candidate for the inaugural committee chairman ship, has been recommended for treasurer of the committee, it was said authoFitively last night. but a proposal that Robert N. Harper, who has been equally prominent with MT. Cox and MT. Jordan in the spirited rivalry for the position, be made sec retary of the committee or the if nance committees chairman, is un- derstood to have been ineffective so far.
 Selection of Mr. Jordan and MT. Cox is reported to be, in fact. the only matter definitely settled in the conferences over the problem. Democrats intimately concerned were similarly reluctant to discuss the selection of MT Jordan. The final choice was made after several conferences in which not on- ly prominent district democrats. but some Of the national leaders of the party discussed the appointment. IL is understood that two general ques- tons were the basis of the confer cnce. The first of these was whether | the candidate possessed the qualifi- cations necessary to discharge the large duties he was proposed to as sume; and the second question was whether the candidate was put for ward as the favorite or representa- tive of any faction within the dem Ocratic party.
 The latter question must be ans Wered in the negative to make a candidate eligible, it was determined. and the conferees are understood to have found MT Jordan particularly fit, in that while Mr Jordan had been an active and generous sup porter of the party. he was in no | sense a partisan to any so-called wing of democracy in the district The first question. as to qualifi- cations, required an affirmative ans Wer, of course, to make eligible any of the candidates, and it afforded the greatest difficulty the conferees | had in choosing between MT. Jordan, 1 MT. Cox, and MT Harper. All of l them are bankers, all of them men | of proven executive ability, and all i of them had a remarkable endorse ment by people of the district, and l by nationally prominent representa- 1 tlves of the states in the government | and in politics.
 "A close consideration of the re- quisite talents offered by each can 1 didate was concluded with the selec- l ton of MT Jordan, and the choice l seemed last night to meet with gen | eral approval.
 The position of chairman of the 1 inaugural committee is one of eX- treme difficulty, requiring not only @ splendid power of organizing l swiftly and surely, but fine sense of detail and a sysmpathetic tact | fulness in social management. The | office, for a day, at least, brings | the chairman into prominence, nearly 1 if not quite secondary. only to the ! president himself and it places the | chairman in intimate companiOnship
 with the president.
 Socially measured. the chairman
 ship of the inaugural committee is l one of the most powerful offices oi ] the cabinet.
 MT. Jordan, a son of Major T. C
 Jordan former probate judge of this l county spent the greater part of hi: life in Phoenix. He was for a time Il secretary to Governor L. c. Hughes II At the outbreak of the Spanish | American war he joined the Rough Riders an organization which proved the making of so many young men \ Following the war, MT. Jordan went to Washington where he ha!
 since resided. He engaged in the
 banking business there and is now
 one of the leading bankers of tht
 national capital. He has made Occa
 sional visits to Phoenix. Major Jor-
 dan and family are now living or
 the coast. The only member of tho family in this vicinity is Mrs. A. J Peters of Tempe.