Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-17
president TO SIGN
|. DEFICIENCY BILL
Exemptions From Civil Service
5 Law Not Regarded as
{ Reason for Veto.
rs WITHIN HIS POWER
! TO IGNORE PROVISION
6
/. Meeting of Cabinet in Sections To-
day-Administration Declines to I
Settle fractional Fights.

President Wilson Is expected To sign
! the urgent deficiency bill today; It is
upon his desk. and II he does not sign
It at once his reason will be, Il Il under
stood, that ne wants to get further cpins
ions on the provision in that measure
.exenpting certain deputy eollectots OF
internal revenue and customs from the
protection of the civil service law. There
is no probability that the President will
veto the bill because of the objectionable
paragraph. He has been informed by the
Scivil service commission that It Is well
within his power to ignore the provision
and place all the deputies under civil
Service, II there is at present any serious
'aoubt as to their status within that law.
= The President has been informed. and
copies of the decisions have been pro-
..auced, that both Attorneys General Bona
~,parte and Wickersham of the Roosevelt
:and Taft administrations considered the
Deputy collectors as having little pro-
Election under the civil service laws. But
Jas the President understands he has the
legal right TO do with the matter as ne
tpleases, after the urgent deficiency bill
becomes law, there will be no hesitation
.about signing the bill.
Cabinet Meets in Sections.
J. The President had a cabinet meeting
=. In sections today, this being the regu-
lar cabinet day. Five Of his advisers-
: Secretaries Lane. Garrison. Houston.
. Redfield and Postmaster General Burle-
son-were given from thirty minutes
Ito an hour each for departmental dis
,%cussion and to present to the Preei-
.;,dent analyses OF, the items in the esti-
mates Of the respective departments
tfor the next fiscal year. 1t was that
-she might go over the estimates and at
Tend to other pressing work that the
president withdrew from the trip to
-tOld Point to witness target practice
.fby the battleships.
ss''AH this talk about the President being
sick is simply ridiculous" Secretary Tum-
ulty said. He's too busy to be sick"
Cotton High; Potatoes Big: Postum
). President wi'son today received a huge
North Carolina sweet potato. weighing
.snearly seven pounds. One Of his ad-
..mirers sends 1t along with assurance
;;that a@possum would have accompanied
fthe potato had the animal been fat
I: enough. But every southerner knows that
!. possums stay lean and hungry until frost
sfalls and the persimmon gets ripe.
Z The Presidents friend reminds the chief
Executive that when Cleveland was Pres
.ildent he was blamed for five-cent cot
.sston, the price paid at one time. Nov
.swe have fourteen-cent cotton, plenty Of
ready. Wonder if they will give you
credit for prosperity" the writer In
3 Not Settling Fights. 80
! The President and Postmaster General
,3Burleson long ago agreed that they, will
3not make post office nominations where
there are fights and contentious. The adj
administration policy is that democratic
senators, representatives and other men
Influential In the making Of recommen-
citations must settle their differences and
:agree on recommendations before expect
ting patronage.
Z Hundreds of patronage rows, especially
concerning post offices. are held up by
s:he Administrations and will continue to
!: remain high in the air unless the factions
get together The position of'Tthe Presi-
: lent and Mr.. Burleson IS that they have
.iot the time nor the inclination to sit as
sfudges in fractional or other rows. and
II those engaged expect democrats ap-
fgetting together. Mr.. Burieson states
!: there are too many cases ready for noni-
Iiation where there Is apparently no trou-
= Die ahead to rush into the trouble sure
so follow one man or faction being recog-
ssEzed over another.
president Greets Wife and Daughter.
:. President Wilson arose today while the
-fmorning sun was struggling to peep
Through low-hanging clouds. and before
~ o'clock was on his way to the Union
i,tat;on to welcome Mrs. Wilson and his
e. daughters. the Misses Margaret and Flea
& 1or. who returned from the Wilson sum-
$ ner home in Cornish, ". Fl. The reunion
was the same as would mark that Of any