Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-22
Seemingly No Change in His
Tentative Selection for Dis
trict Commissioner.
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
CURRENCY LEGISLATION
A. Piatt Andrew. Former Assistant
Secretary Of Treasury, Spends
Half Hour at White House.

There is seemingly no change in the
tentative selection of Frederick l.. Sid
dons as one of the Commissioners OF the
District of Columbia. according to those
who keep in close touch with the Presi-
dents plans The publication of Mr.. Sid
dons' favorable position in the commits
sionership race has drawn some fire from
those who oppose him, but so far the
shots have done no serious harm, 1t Is
said on good authority.
The White House has received
large number OF letters concerning Mr.
Siddons within the last four or five
days. many of them urging that ne De
named and some making objection In
quiry will be made from the white
House at the proper time. 1t is said.
as to the statements of the critics OF
Mr. Siddons, in the event the President
thinks there Is anything needing fnves-
tigation
been selected by the President he Is held
in reserve, so far as the public knows
The President has not sought conferences
with local people OF prominence, ana IS
apparently disposed to follow the pro-
gram of going carefully into the appli-
cations filed with him and settling the
nominations from the papers on record.
Discuss Currency Legislation.
A. Piatt Andrew. former assistant Sec
retary Of the Treasury, spent more time
with President Wilson today than any
other caller. He was with Mr.. Wilson
half an hour. DIR. Andrew said there
was nothing about his visit he could
discuss except that President Wilson
had been his instructor In Princeton,
that he knew the President well and en-
joyed talking with him. There Is little
| doubt that Dr. Andrew spent the thirty
minutes time he had discussing currency
| legislation with the President
Dr. Andrew was secretary and ex-
pert to the Aldrich monetary commits
| sion and was the real father of what
became known as the Aldrich bill, many
\ of the features of which are to be fol-
lowed in the currency bills about to
pc introduced in Congress. The Presi
| dent has frankly admitted that he Ia
| welcoming suggestions from all direc'
| tions as to the proper kind of cur
rency bill and that he Will not close
| his mind to these until the last min
ute
! REPRESENTATIVE L'Engle of Florida ask
! ed the President to study his bill. re-
Gently introduced in the House. proposing
| to give American labor the entire benen'
| of protective tariff duties. The Floridian
| desires the bill. which was offered as an
| amendment to the Underwood bill in the
House and ruled out on point OF order'
| to be taken up at this session
Benefit to Go to Labor.
My bill would simply insure that la
| bor and not capital would secure the
! benefits of protective duties. said Mr.
| I,EnRIe today The sole plea OF manu-
facturers for a protective tarin is that
they need the extra money to pay their
| labor. to keep up the American wage
standard in competition with low foreign
| labor.
mont of Commerce shall investigate in
dustries. prescribe what shall be stand
| ard living wage. and. II capitai does not
| pay this standard wage. secured by
protective duty, to pay back the money
IN the government in the form of an in
+! ternal revenue tax IL the MANUFACTURED
attempts to keep the extra protection and
does not give it to his employees.
Politicians See President.
| Harvey CARRIER, national committed
man from Ohio, had few minutes with
| the President, as did john II. Wilson,
democratic national committeeman from
| Hawaii
Senator Newlands talked with the
| President about his bill for the resu-
| lation of the waters of the rivers oi
| the country. ;.aa
This afternoon the President received
| the minister from Honduras, shook
| hands with 500 or 500 high school
pupils from different parts OF the
country, zoo delegates to the cohVeh,
ton of the Protected Home Circle ana
| a number of fire insurance agents. De
/ sides comforting with Washington cor
respondents and talking long time
| with Secretary Bryan.