The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-03
CROWDS IN
WASHINGTON
National Capital Assumes
an Inaugural
Look
MORE GOSSIP
ABOUT CABINET
Labor May Not Get Cabinet
Place Because of Ex-
pected Veto

Washington, March 3-Throbbine
drums and spirited band music, with
marching organizations in tow, have
brought wildly to Washington to-day
that the Inauguration is only a few
hours away. Visitors have been pouring
through the union station. The city is
filling with people who crane their necks
at the sky lines, always convincing evil.
dence OF stranger. Vice President elect
and Mrs. Marshall have been monopoliz-
ing interest, but other notables in num-
bers will be here by tonight and the
big week, toward which Democrats have
been looking long, viii be started Off
with many friendly exchanges.
The background of all the festive at
mosphere is the president and the Con-
gress, wrestling with fag-end duties. Mr..
Taft worked Saturday as he never
worked before to clear his desk OF pa
pers, and to dispose of business that
remained for him the day his tenure
ceases. The House administered a Sc
rious rebuff Saturday, when, by an over
whelming majority it OVERRIDE his veto
of the Webb liquor bill and as the Sen.
ate had done likewise Friday, made that
measure law. But the president was
not resentful, even though it was the
sts -
Dental veto has been overridden. He
had some reason for gratitude toward
the House because only few days ago
it sustained his immigration bill veto
Part of the day he devoted to an ex-
haustve hearing OF congressman, who
would halt the treasury plans for con
solidating customs districts.
A cabinet recruit cheered the efforts
Of numerous Democrats in Washington |
Saturday afternoon. 1t was Representa-
tive W. C. Redfield of New York. He /
is apparently to be secretary of COM |
merce and also of labor. if, as reports
Saturday indicate, President Taft yetoes |
the bill for department of labor be-
cause immigration and naturalization bu- |
reaus are included under it, This word
came as a distinct surprise. because that
cabinet place had been definitely as.
signed to Louis Dembitz Brandeis of
Boston. About the time this news
leaked out, Mr.. Redfield was made a
joint defendant with two Others in
damage suit before a District OF Co.
lumbia court for alleged conspiracy Lit
tie Importance is assigned to it. how
ever. as it grows out of Mr.. RedfeId's
activities in investigating two local in
surance concerns.
President-elect Wilson told Pennsyl-
vania Democrat last Monday that Mr.
Brandeis would certainly be in the cab
met, and the inference was from other
things said by the president that
he portfolio would be commerce. Now
is i'll quandary whether
Mr.. Brandeis may be secretary of the
interior. The facts are that in spite of
he many long-distance telephone mes
ages between the Hoke Smiths and the
Tom" Cores and Gov. Wilson, Wash
ngton's cabinet influence is not proving
altogether reliable. Secretary Tumulty
vas authority Saturday for the prog
lostieation that probably the cabinet list
would not be officially made public till
o -morrow.
DdtuIudy WIS titlHtnuuus TuSH uhg
n Congress, but it had to do much with
he routine work of getting conference
eports disposed of. The inevitable end
f-thesession filibuster came on sched
lie in the Senate, when Mr.. Newlands
t Nevada undertook to talk the river
nd harbor bill to death because the 8
louise was declining to approve his riv
r regulation commission. There were
enate eulogies later In the day, Just
hen the House was having most up :
,arious time over a resolution to sus.
end street car traffic for two hours Q
Ionday on Pennsylvania avenue to &C '
Dmmodate the sutfragette parade. n
Tom" Henin OF Alabama told funny a
.ories about the hens and chickens on :
is fathers farm, which doubled the n
-oughneck" congressman with laughter, q
nd Hero Hobson came to the rescue of :.
he suffragettes with a thunderous =
beech. The House voted to stop the .
rect cars.
The Windsor Locks amendment has
zen eliminated from the river and har. "
Or bill, as forecast, and is dead for this
ongress. "