The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-14
MUCH WORK
FOR WILSON
The President Is Back at His
Desk in Wash
ington
CONTROVERSY
OVER MULHALI
Judge Wendell P. Stafford
Mentioned for Second
Circuit Bench

Washington, July 14.-New life in
Washington affairs is expected when
President Wilson returns to-day. There
is the railroad labor conference, likely to
be of large consequence in the transpor-
tation world. Arrangements have been
under way to see the president also on
numerous errands, legislative and ad-
ministrative. Chairman Simmons of the
finance committee wants a word in rel
erence to tadiff, as he now has the com
pleted bill and is making ready for the
big debate. Chairman Glass of House
banking and currency, and likewise
Chairman owen of similar Senate com
mittee, have progressed sufficiently TO
desire further conference about ourren-
cy. But there are many Others who
want a word with the president about
public business after his 10 days OF
absence. Mr.. Wilson viii find his dask
piled high with papers. II wall be no
brief matter to catch up even with the
routine work
Over at the other end of Pennsylvania
avenue, the zestfui controversy between
Senate and House for possession OF Col.
NJ. NJ Mulhal as witness rs reaching
a ridiculous stage. House members are
tremendously eager TO clear their own
skirts of charges which Col. Mulhall has
made and their committee, headed by
Representative Garrett, Is impatient TO
get witnesses upon the stand. They
claim to have wanted Mulhall Saturday
for only little while but did not get
him. Correspondence flew back and
forth this noon between these rival COM
mittees, but the upshot OF it was that
Chairman Oyerman would not let Col.
Mulhall go and would not release the
Mulhall papers till the Senate subcom
mittee il done with them. The House
committee met briefly Saturday and
the Senate subcommittee adjourned
early in the afternoon, having placed its
papers under heavy guard. Col. Mulhall,
went to New York under guard, as it is
claimed he is in personal danger.
There il much buster about his tes-
timony but it rebounds with 20 many
names OF public men there is bound TO
be an aftermath of denials and explain
ations. He demonstrates that there was
much activity in politics by the national
association of manufacturers. Much was
said Saturday about work done in Rhode
Island in 1904 to re-elect Senator Al
drich, as well as about campaigns IN
other states. Deep, dark political work
was underway in many districts, If Col.
MulhalI is to be fully credited. Wash
ington gets no very definite idea yet
as to the actual proportions of all these
operators. They We're clearly not as
momentous as Col. Mulhall has outlined.
Although the Mexican revolution has
become a stale subject here, recent de-
velopments are giving it renewed interest
at the state department. A fresh out
burst of anti American feeling is indi-
Gated. The imprisonment of five Ameri-
cans hy rebels at Hidalgo has some
serious aspects which the state depart
ment, it is said, cannot altogether ig-
more.
There is much friendly mention here
of Justice Wendell p. Stafford of the
District OF Columbia supreme court for
the vacant judgeship in the second cir
cult. He came to Washington some
years ago from Vermont and has made
an enviable record. The circuit COM
prises Vermont, Connecticut and New
York. The vacancy was made recently
by the resignation of Walter c. Noyes
OF New London.