New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
Wilson Remarks He Cannot Re.
member Any Other Name
than Bryan's Suggested
for State Portfolio.
PEERLESS ONE is EVASlVE
Declares Colonel Houses Visit
to Miami Was Not Political
Friends of Both Be.
lieve Place Has Been
Offered Commoner.
fRv telegraph 70 The Tribune. J

| tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l
Trenton n. j., Jan. 30.-President-
elect Wilson has no other name under
consideration for Secretary Of State
than that Of William ]. Bryan.
! Mr.. Wilson did not say that he had
offered the office Of Secretary of State 10
Mr.. Bryan tonight, or that he had sent
emissaries to Miami, Fla, to consult
with the Peerless One, but he coyly re-
marked he couldn't remember the name
Of another person than Mr.. Bryan who
had been suggested for the place. or
who was under consideration for 1t.
Furthermore Mr.. Wilson is not going
to have a Cabinet composed exclusively
Of college presidents, although he inti-
mated this evening that there may be -
some men Of that class in it. He said
he was not considering men with prac-
tical experience in public life exclusive
~, but had men who had not had that
| experience under consideration, too.
| The President ELECT didn't think il
was strange. either, that Colonel E. NJ.
House, at whose home he stayed on his
recent visits to New York. should now
be In Miami. Fla, where Mr.. Bryan has
winter retreat.
Leading Post for Bryan.
Mr.. House is a warm friend OF the
Nebraskan statesman. and is also as
close friend Of Mr.. Wilson, and while
the present Governor Of New Jersey
asserted that Colonel House was the
bearer Of no message from Mr.. Wilson
TO Mr.. Bryan, II Is nevertheless believed
1 that when the real reason for the visit
Of Colonel House 10 Mr.. Bryan becomes
known. the first definite word OF
whether or not Mr.. Bryan will accept n
place in the Wilson Cabinet Will be
made public.
Those who have been in close touch
with the President-elect believe that
Colonel House has gone TO the South
with the offer Of the leading place In
the new Cabinet, and that IL will not be
many days before Mr.. Bryan's answer
will become known.
Three times within the last month
President-elect Wilson and Colonel
House have conferred-once at the
home Of the Governor at Princeton AMI
twice at the New York home Of Colonel
House. The last Of these conferences
l ,.t,x
dent-elect Wilson did not think It
strange that the colonel should staff
Immediately for Miami. in spite Of the
fact that he Peerless One was living
there. tMre isn't the least doubt
among those who have been In toucn
that Bryan has by this time received
the offer of the place.
When President Wilson was
asked this evening IL any other name
than that Of Mr. Bryan had been sug-
gested TO him for Secretary Of State
he said:
"Oh, YES: at least half a Dozen"
Can YOU tell us the names Of some
Of them, Governor
He hesitated for A minute, and then
replied: We'll, strangely enough, L
cannot remember single one OF
them"
After a pause he went on: That
may be, you see. because the names
have in mind are transferable to amy
other place
Has any one asked you personally
for a place.
NO: / don't think any one has COM
mitted that indiscretion.'
No Cabinet Of College Presidents.
There is a great deal of interest.
Governor, as to whether you Will ap-
point men TO your Cabinet who have
had practical experience in public life
or whether you will select men who
have led retired lives like YOURSELF"
Il have both sides under consdera-
ton" he replied. Il am not going TO
make up a Cabinet Of. college presi-
dents. however, If that is what you
mean. I am going to pick a team"
President-elect Wilson said that
Colonel House was a friend Of Mr..
BRYAN of ne standing, but that he
bore no message from him to t.. Ne
braskan. e wasn't the least bit sur.
prised. however at the news that
Colonel House had gone - Miami.
The President-eect reiterated his in
tention of making public the names Of
his entire Cabinet at one time, stating
as reason for doing so that to give
ont advance information before final
selection would lead to a flood Of mis-
representation which would stio'S to
some men as long as they lived. He
said that just as soon as the name OF a
prospective Cabinet officer was printed
his Office Id be flooded with letters
filed with unjust charges and this he
proposed to avoid.
That Bryan was to have leading
place in the Wilson administration has
been foreshadowed by the men whom
the President-elect has summoned here
for conference. All Of them, with the
exception Of Speaker Clark and Repre-
sentative Underwood. the leader of the
House have been lily white Bryan men.
Not a single reactionary has been