The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-01-02
REFUSES POSI-
TON IN TREASURY
Fears Wall strsst Will Prsolpi-
tate Panic II He vvsrs 70
Take the Portfolio.

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Washington, Dec, 2S.-Wil-
liam J. Bryan, who was the guest
of his son, w. J. Bryan, Jr., in
Washington today, will be secre-
..tary af State in President Will
sons cabinet. This, it is learn.
ed tonight, is positively settled,
according to close friends Of Mr..
Brya min congress. This. state
ment was made all the more pos
tive in view of a report publish
ed this morning that Mr.. Bryan
would insist upon being appoin-
ted secretary of the treasury if
he entered the cabinet.
One senator, known to be in
:, the closest political relations
with both Governor Wilson and
Mr.. Bryan, said tonight that Mr..
Bryan had his choice between the
state department and the treas
ury department an that he selec-
ted the last named portfolio. This
senator explained that if Mr..
Bryan could have followed his
personal inclinations he would
have preferred being secretary of
the treasury, believing that in that
office he would have had an op-
portunity to carry out certain
administrative policies long dear
to his heart.
But Mr.. Bryan realized chat
the mere announcement that he
was to be secretary of the treas
ury would have led to panic in
Wall street, forced panic, he
thinks, but none the less one that
would have been used to work po-
fitical disadvantage to the Wilson
administration.
l. Among well-informed demo-
fcrats in congress there is no long
er any doubt that Mr.. Bryan will
be secretary of state. This is be-
lieved to be the only cabinet
place that has been positively set
tied. 1t is understood here that
Govednor Wilson prefers to make
no announcement of his cabinet
selections until he annunces his
cabinet as an entirety.
There is a strong probility that
Josephius Daniels of North Caro-
lima will b epostmaster general.
This is probably more nearly a
certainty than anything else in
connection with the next cabinet,
aside from Mr.. Bryan's status.
Either Congressman A. s. Burle+-
son or Congressman Robert L.
Henry, both of Texas, probably
will be selected for the cabinet.
Mr.. Burleson. would like to. be
postmaster general, but his
friends in congress are inclined
to believe that he will be made
secretary Of agriculture.
Governor John Burke of North
Dakota, who was candidate for
president before the Baltimore
convention and withdrew in favor
/ of Governor Wilson and was later
voted for for vice president, is
looked upon here as a strong prob
ability for secretary of the in
terror.
President Wilson's chief con-
Germ is said to be over who shall
be secretary of the treasury and
attorney general. He is being
strongly urged by certain demo-
Gratis to appoint Louis D. Bran
deis of Boston, who conducted
the prosecution against former
Secretary Ballinger before the
senate committee that investiga-
ted the Ballinger-Pincho contro-
versy, as attorney general. Mr..
Brandies supported Senator La
Toilette for the nomination at the
republican convention at Chicago,
but in the presidential campaign
whic hfollowed he took the stump
for Governor Wilson.
Considerable opposition has de
veloped among the democrats Of
New England to the suggestion
Of Mr. Brandeis to any place in
the cacbinet. New England, it is
conceded, will have but one place
IN the new cabinet. Governor
Wilson carried every state in New
England except Vermont. The
New England democrats say that
Mr.. Brandeis always has been a
republican an that he supported
Governor Wilson as a republican.
Th az, ipoiof fho& fho Nn,.v ~ orl