The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-03
Gov. Norris CALI Forth Most
Favorable Comment Of Any
Candidate for Cabinet.
WANTS FISHERS PLACE
President-elect confers with Senator
Myq-Denis' Extra Session
Stories.

Gov. MOTIFS OF Montana and admire him
very much. He makes an admirable i'm
preston. He is aggressive. with red hair.
and he Is a young man."
The above is President-elect Wilson's
comment on Gov. Edwin L. Norris of
Montana. whose friends have made him
a candidate for Secretary of the Inte-
rior. 1t is the most favorable comment
the President-elect has publicly passed
on any Of the numerous candidates for
appointment to his Cabinet.
Gov. Norris name was brought off,
cially to the attention of the President
elect at the Statehouse In Trenton to-day
by United States Senator Henry L. Myer
OF Montana.
Senator Myer also was eloquent in es-
pousing the cause OF William ]. Bryan.
To the newspaper correspondents the
Senator said:
Mr.. Bryan still has a strong hold on
the people of the West. I would not as
sumo to pick a position In the Cabinet
for Mr.. Bryan. but the general feeling
out my way is that n he goes into the
cabinet II should be as Secretary Of
State. That is the most dignified and
most important post in the Cabinet. In
the West the general belief is that Mr..
Bryan will be selected for that post"
Keeps DOR Closed.
Senator Myers said he stood with Mr..
Bryan In favor of abrogating the seniority
rule
Gov. Wilson was in a happy frame Of
mind when he emerged from his private
Office after a day devoted chiefly to
catching up with his correspondence
During the morning and in the afternoon,
until the arrival OF Senator Myers, he
had worked behind a closed door, thus, for
the second time in the two years of his
incumbency. disregarding his ''open-door
policy" The other occasion was when
Sam Gordon his doorkeeper. cut his
hair two weeks ago.
In the morning also the Governor pui
the finishing touches TO his annual mes
sage to the New Jersey legislature. The
message Is about $500 words in length
and covers a variety of topics About
5000 copies will be printed for the use Of
the Legislators and for newspaper distri-
button throughout the country. The Gov
ernor realizes that the interest in his
State message this year will be country
wide.
As he came out Of his Office at 40
o'clock. a little earlier than usual to-day,
the Governor ordered a hurried resume
OF his days work that he might catch
the As train for Princeton. He passed
his opinion of Gov. Norris. as given
above, adding that he had met the
Governor at meetings. OF the
House of Governors on several occa sions
Gov. Wilson was asked II. among the
numerous applications to appointments to
his Cabinet, there were any from women.
Two Women Applicants.
II think I have received only two ap-
plications from women" was the reply.
One OF these ladies. think. was recon-
mended for Secretary OF War, but
ought to add that it was in the interest
Of peace"
The Governor said this with a laugh.
One OF the correspondents referred to
an article suggesting Col. Roosevelt for
Secretary OF War, declaring that WASH
ngton was not big enough to hold Will
son. Bryan, and Roosevelt.
II have not set the date as yet for the
extra session." he said, land until / do
SO no one else has the authority to do
so. The men in Washington who wrote
this mornings dispatches were so care
less as not TO consult the calendar. else
they would have observed that March
Is falls on a Saturday. The programme
they have outlined for me is very inter-
estIng, but is purely imagination. The
newspaper correspondents in Washington
have no means OF knowing what I pro- |
pose doing. II seems absurd for informa- |
ton OF this character to be coming from |
that source
1t was suggested that March -. which |
would be his lucky day. comes OH a
Thursday. He laughed. but made no re-
ply. The Governor has a number OF
other conferences scheduled with United !
States Senators within the next few |
lays |