The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-13
WILSON QU|ETS CABINET TALK
NEXT PRESIDENT IN NO HURRY
TO SELECT ADVISERS.
issues Statement with View to StoD.
ping Talk About Appointments
No Announcement Authentic Un-
lees Over His Signature - Will Be
"Best Listener I'm United States"
for Months Before Making De.
cisiOnS.

ior MOntiiS BEFORE Making De.
cisiOns.
Princeton, n. j., Nov. 7.-Presi-
dent-elect Woodrow Wilson has not
decided upon the personnel of his Cab
inet and he intends to keep his mind
open on the subject for q long time
before he takes office. He manifestly
was concerned today about certain
speculations emanating from Prince
ton with respect to the probable make
up Of his Cabinet. To put an end If
possible to all gossip about Cabinet
appointments, he issued the following
statement:
such speculations are perfectly
fruitless. mean to keep my mind en-
tirely open with regard to appoint
ments or the first consequence until a
final announcement is possible. 1t
Will be perfectly useless to resort to
me for confederation Of any report
because 1 shall have absolutely MOTH
Ing to answer. No announcement will
have the least authority that is not
made over my own signature. These
are matters which must be determine
ed by very deliberate counsel and not
by gossip"
There Is every reason to believe
that Woodrow Wilson, both as Presi-
Dental nominee and President elect,
has not only not discussed the franz
ing OF a Cabinet with anybody, but
will not make any final decision un-
til after he maps out his own course
Of action with regard to his admin
istration. From his announced inten-
ton Of being the 'best listener in the
United States" for few months, It Is
probable that until he has talked with
party leaders and taken counsel with
people all over the country he will
not let his mind deal specifically with
appointments.
The Prestdent-elect said tonfeft
that he considered the time between
his election and his inauguration a
period In which he should listen very
carefully to the ideas Of the men en-
lightened and Informed on notionsY
questions and that 1t was ~ public
duty" for him to do so.
The President elect was confront
cd tonight with reports about his pro-
posed vacation, Efe aaid any definite
announcement that ne waa going 10
the Bcrmudas was NOT authorized
For the reason that am Eoiny asyay
to rest" he addeo. 4 Will have 10
announcement Of my plans to make
until the day before start" He said
II he did take sea trip he certainly
would not go on a private yacht, but
would go q any other person would,
on a regular steamer. He is anxious
for vacation and it Is nhely he will
get away within a fortnight.
Governor Wilson had a busy time
with his correspondence and tele-
grams today. Callers came in a steady
procession Tn spite Of the rain and
muddy roads. President Edwin A.
Alderman, Of the University Of vIr-
ginia, and Dean Richard Dabney, Of
the same institution, paia visit Of
compliment
Peyton Cochran and Col. Armi-
stead Gordon, both Of Staunton, Va,
the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson,
came to invite him to visit the little
town again. They told him they were
arranging for birthplace jubilee"
for him. He promised to come and
they left 1t to him to select a con-
venient date. The President-elect
said 1t probably would be during the
month of December, though he was
not sure whether 1t would be on or
near his birthday December 2S, when
ne will be ss years old.
BEN TILI.MAN, JR., BRINGS SUIT.