Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-14
MAY NAME LYNCH
AS PUBLIC PRINTER
President Strongly Favors
Head of International Typo
graphical Union.
DR.. D. c. GENTSCH URGED
AS PENSION COMMISSIONER
Has Backing of Ohioans and High
G. A. r. Oficials-F. L. Polk
Collector for New York.

James nj. Lynch, president of the In
ternational Typographical Union, prob
ably will be offered the appointment of
public printer, the intimation having
| come from an authoritative source at
the White House today. Although the
| matter has not been definitely settled,
President Wilson is said to be so strong
| portant position that other candidates
| may be regarded as in the ''also ram
| class.
While several men have been men,
| toned as possibilities, the only candi-
| date besides Mr.. Lynch who has received
| really serious consideration is Cornelius
| Ford of New Jersey. Mr.. Ford, who is
| practical printer. and who has also
| been an active participant in the politics
of New Jersey. has the Endorsement of
many influential New Jersey democrats.
If the President decides on the appoint
ment of Mr.. Lynch as public printer,
as 1t is believed he will do within a
offered the place Of deputy public
| printer. or some other good job in the
governments big printing plant
An Executive Of Ability.
Mr. Lynch has been president of the
| International Typographical Union for
| several terms, and under his administra-
ton the organization has prospered as
| never before since its organization. Mr..
| Lynch is an executive Of ability and force,
and his appointment to the important
position for which it is believed he is
definitely slated would have the approval
of the union Of which he is the head, as
well as OF other branches of organized
labor.
Senator Pomerene and ten democratic
representatives from Ohio sought hard to-
day to have DR.. D. c. Gentsch of New
Philadelphia, Ohio, made commissioner of
pensions. DR.. Gentsch has the backing of
many of the higher officials of the G. A.
r., including Gen. John c. Black, who
was pension commissioner at one time;
the Endorsement Of Chairman McCombs of
the democratic national committee and
others. Still he is far from having good
chance for the pension commissionership.
Secretary Lane of the Interior Depart
ment is bent on having a commissioner
from civil life who was not in the civil
war, if possible, and the President will, it
is thought, approve his Secretarys Sc
lection.
Dr. Gentsch was in the pension Office in
one of the Cleveland administrations, and
his friends feel that he is well qualified
for the place.
Urge j. n. Shively for Berth.
James H. Shively of South Houston.
Tex. has the active backing of Senators
Shepherd of Texas and Kern and Shively
of Indiana for postmaster at San Juan,
Porto Rico. The three senators saw the
President today to recommend Mr.. Shively.
who is not related to the Indiana senator.
but is a native of that state President
Taft nominated a man for postmaster at
San Juan. but the nomination was held
up and a vacancy exists. The Porto
Ricans are clamoring for home rule in all
federal appointments there They want
citizens of Porto Rico named to all
places.
Representative O'Shaughnessy Of
Rhode Island today urged the Presi-
dent to nominate Judge Arthur L.
Brown, for sixteen years district judge
of Rhode Island, as United States cir
cult judge, to succeed LIE Barron Colt.
elected to the Senate from Rhode
Island.
Secretary Wilson conferred today with
Representative Fitzgerald of New York.
in charge of appropriations, regarding
the appropriations for the new Depart
ment of Labor. which Mr.. Wilson is now
administering without cent of govern
ment money available. 1t was agreed
that the immediate necessities of the de-
partment, particularly the salaries Of the
officials. would be provided for In sep
arate bill to be Immediately presented to
the House, Win the rest Oh the dppTOpTI-
atoms needed to be put in the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, which Is
soon to be introduced and put through
under special parliamentary procedure in
the absence of official existence of the
appropriations committee.
Col. w. n. Osborne Named.
Col. William H. Osborne of Green's
boro. N. c., will be nominated for COM
President Wilson, 1t was stated to-
day, after a conference the President
had with Senators Simmons and Over
man of North Carolina. The two sena-
tors were summoned by the President
and asked if Col. Osborne would be
agreea BILE to them. They said he would
Several other North Carolina nomina-
tons were discussed, but nothing was
settled upon.
Col Osborne was the center of the fight
bin North Carolina for Wilson delegates
to the Baltimore national convention, and
raised much money for the democratic
national committee in the campaign fol-
lowing the nomination Col. Osborne is
the head of an institution at Greensboro
for the cure OF the liquor habit, and is
widely and favorably known in that state.
Polk New York's Collector.
Frank Lyon Polk, former president of
the municipal civil service commission Of
New York city, has been chosen for col
lector of the port of New York. accord
ing to competent authority.
Mr.. Polk Is a Yale graduate. a member
of the law firm of Alexander. Watross Il
Polk of New York city, veteran Of
the Spanish-American war; was a men,
Der Of the board of education of New
York city. and was later made president
of the civil service board. His home is
in New York city.
The name of Mr.. Polk has not hereto
fore been mentioned in connection with
the collectorship. James X. Sague, form
er mayor of Poughkeepsie, has been the
most prominent candidate for the post,
and 1t was generally expected that the
appointment would go to him. The fact
that Franklin d. Roosevelt. assistant sec
rotary of the navy, is from the same
county, Duchess county. N. Y, as Mr..
Sague, is believed to have operated to
defeat the selection Of Mr.. Sague.
FAULT IN BANKING LAWS.