The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-21
Will Keep Silent About Ap- p0intments Until Ready
 To Make Statement
TO CONSIDER 'ERITS OF ALL CfA$ DATES
 Ss R0lla Wells P Copy of Cam paign Exp 0 es-GOmpers and Morrj . . il on Mir. Wilson
 a. emain an Hour

Trenton. N J., December 20.--Nhether William ]. Bryan or any of the other prominent democrats being mentioned by politicians generally for places in the
 cabinet Of President-elect Wilson will
 be appointed to portfolios. probably will
 not be definitely known until a few
 days before inauguration day. Governor
 Wilson said tonight that very likely
 he would not make a single announce
 ment of importance until about March 1. Within the next 2i hours he will talk
 with MT. Bryan and before New Years he expected to see Speaker Clark, Repre- sentative Underwood. Cenator O'Gor-
 man, Hoke smith. Gore and other promi
 nent democratic leaders but he indicated
 that he meant to keep strict silence about appointments until ready to make general statement on the subject. Scattering announcements will be foolish" he said, even if I had them to make. I'll wait until pretty late. The time will depend somewhat on the num- Der of written communications received. All these letters recommending individ- uals for office are being grouped, and will be taken up separately" MT. Wilson indicated he would not feel at liberty to make final decision | until the merits of all possible candidates
 had been set forth 10 him. Wants All Opinions Possible
 What I am sincerely trying to do,"
 he added, lis to see the field of choice
 and to try to get as many opinions as
 possible that are worth while" The President-eect likewise made it clear that though gossip may be heard far and wide, he would maintain pol 1 icy of silence and nothing would be
 definitely established until he made the
 announcements over his own signature MT. Wilson was asked if he believed he would encounter any difficulty in getting
 the men desired for cabinet portfolios to
 accept. It had been suggested that in the
 case of the Attorney Generalslip. noted Lawyers often had been reluetSnt to leave their practice, and for this reason many
 able men were not pushed by their | friends.
 That has not been my experience thus 1 far" replied the governor with a smile.
 I've asked some people and they have
 been quite ready with their names" Proud of Statement The governor received a call from Rolla | Wells, treasurer of the national demo- cratic committee and former mayor of St.
 Louis, who brought bound volume show ! ing campaign contributions and expendi-
 tures. fac-simile of which recently was
 filed with the clerk of the House of Rep | resentatives.
 1 The governor pointed with evident pride
 to the neat tabulations of expenditures
 and contributions with the thousands of
 names and items.
 q venture to say" he said that it's q
 better looking report than the other two
 fellows filed. It's the best eonspectus of ! it's kind I've ever seen, and is an inter. esting document, because it's the first re-
 port under the law requiring the publ.ci- 1 ty of campaign contributions" | MT. Wells said as he left the governors office that he had come merely to have | the satisfaction of presenting the report
 
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