Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-10
CONFERENCE WITH OTHERS
President Wishes to Send the Nomi-
nations to the Senate Soon.
JUDS0N TO BE TRANSFERRED
New Post of Engineer Officer Not
Determined-Canal Zone
Governorship.

A. Leftwich Sinclair. whose name has
been favorably mentioned to President
Taft for democratic representative on the
board of District Commissioners, was re-
ceived by President Taft today. the Presi-
dent desiring to talk with the suggested
Commissioner.
The President. it is said. wishes to send
in the nominations of two Commission
ers, and will do so after he has con-
ferred with several more persons.
1t is regarded as probable that the
transfer Of Col. Judson from his position
an Engineer Commissioner will be an
nounced about the same time the nomina-
tions Of the two civilian Commissioners
60 20 Congress. The assignment OF a
new Engineer Commissioner does not
have to be submitted to Congress. 1t is
done by direction of the President
through the Secretary Of War. Col. Jud-
sons new post has not been determined
upon, it was said today, that being mat
ter of future action by the Secretary OF
War.
Canal Zone Governorship.
If Col. Judson is to go to Panama the
fact has not become known. One OBJ
ject of the Presidents contemplated trip
to Pant a this month was to view the
situation there with the probable purpose
Of naming the governor of the canal.
Under the law the President may name
the officials to govern the canal without
confirmation by the Senate. The Presi-
dent had offered Gov Wilson the oppor
tunity of going to the waterway and
making these appointments when ne en-
tered office but Gov. Wilson was not pre-
pared to do so and the prospects are that
~ hi vxyin Ia
lections.
The trip to Panama, however, is not
so certain now as it was yesterday. Col.
Goethals, the engineer under whose su-
pervision the canal Is almost re1dy to
open, can become governor of the canal
under civil regime If he wants 1t. II he
does not want it, the President probably
would name some other engineer omcer
familiar with the work of the canal 1t
has long been current talk that Col. Goe-
thals thought favorably Of Col Judson,
but SO far Col. Goethals is the only man
whose name is in the mind of the Presi
dent. AS as officer of the army. Col.
Goethals would serve wherever ordered.
but after his long service In Panama his
personal wishes would be consulted.
Cup From Which Jackson Drank.
The presidential collection Of china at
the White House received a notable addi-
tion today In a cup and saucer from
which President jackson drank his coffee
while he resided there. They were pre-
sented by Mrs. Martha Jefferson Trist
Burke Of Alexandria, Va. and there is
an interesting bit of history connected
with them.
Mrs. Burke's father, Nicholas Philip
Trist, from whom she inherited the cup
and saucer, was at one time secretary to
President Jackson. When later he was
appointed consul at Havana he obtained
from the White House steward the cup
and saucer used by the President.
Last spring, following the Dolly Madi-
son breakfast, Mrs Taft invited the
women who were descendants of Pres
idents, and who were in the city to at
tend the breakfast, to an afternoon tea
with her at the White House. During the
afternoon they were shown the presiden-
tial collection of china; Miss Fanny.
Burke was one of those present and upon
her return home told her mother of the
collection. They both felt that the Jack
son cup and saucer. as we'll as small
tobacco pipe they owned. which also be-
louged to President Jackson, should be in
the White House collection. The articles
have been placed on the shelf of one of
the cabinets with a salt cellar Of the
same period, which was given to the COL
lection some months ago by Miss Nc
Kericher, whose father Alexander Nc
Kericher. was landscape gardner at the
White House for more than twenty
years.