Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-12
Or. B. L. Jefferson's Name
Presented by Senator
Thomas; May be Acted
on Tomorrow or Monday.
POSTMASTER JOBS
WILL BE TAKEN UP
Burleson and Wilson Meet
Tonight to Go Over Work
Of Office Filling; China
Republic Sends Address.

Washington, D, c.. April 11.-Presi
dent. Wilson took under consideration
today for diplomatic place, DR.. D. L.
Jefferson of Colorado presented by
Senator Thomas. Some nominations
may be sent to the senate tomorrow OF
Monday. Representative Levy urged
the president to favor postponing the
late for the beginning of collections
under the income tax until year
after the tariff bill went into effect.
The president got through his list
Of callers in quick time and went into
conference with his cabinet.
Corporal Tanner Won't Go.
Corporal James Tanner, lifelong
republican and past commander OF
the G. A. r.. will not have to surrender
his job here as register of wills to 9
democrat. At the white house today IT
was said he would Re retained In OF.
Hce. though William LaFollette a
brother Of the senator from Wisconsin,
and democrat wants the job. Tan.
ner was wounded SO many times in
the civil war that his legs were
amputated.
Take up masterst,ip.
President Wilson and Postmaster
lereraI Burlson Will meet tonight te
Eo into the most involved task Of Office
fllline with which the administration
lis, confronted. They will begin discuss
Ing the postmasterships OF note
throughout the country Mr.. Burleson
will bring 100 recommendations before
the president at time and expects to
have several conferences in the near
future before the thousands of ap-
DC. tn,cnts are disposed of. ~
Mr. R,rleson talked briefly with the
pressacnt today after the cabinet
mect'-~ He said that the Postmasters
at T>"'t'nore and Portland, Maine were
the on'v ones in large cities to be ap-
PORTED ut once.
The president has before him Mr..
Burleson's plan for handling the fourth
class postmasters placed in the classi-
fed service by Mr.. Taft, but is not ex.
pecte1 that a decision will be reached
eor some time.
Fecoanition in Few Days.
The formal address Of the Chinese re-
formal address of the new Chinece re-
public to the world was received here
today by cable and taken up by Presi-
dent Wilson and the cabinet. It's text
nav be made public later. The cabinet
discussed the question Of recognition.
No action was taken but the word went
out that as soon as organization OF the
constitutional assembly is finished
which probab bly, will be tomorrow,
formal recognition Of Yuan Shi Kia''s
government will be made by the Unit
ed States.
Members Of the cabinet talked en-
Enthusiastically of the address as a diplo-
matte utterance that breathed. the spirit
OF liberty of an awakened people The
fact that Brazil. Peru and Mexico have
recognized China did not create any
impression Of regret that the United
States had not actually been the first
to recognize the new republic. Members
Of tho cabinet pointed out that the
tions of the world for joint action had
In effect been the first to demonstrate
it's attitude. It will be matter Of only
q sfew days, too. they said, when the
new republic will be taken into the
family Of nations represented at Wash
ington.
Alaska Railway Hearing.
Chairman Pitman Of the senate ter
ritories committee today called for
April 25, a hearing on bills for rail
way construction in Alaska. An ef-
fort will be made to put an Alaskan
Development" bill through the senate
before. the tariff is passed by the
house.
A tariff statistical bureau Of FIVE
men to aid the ways and means COM
mittee is proposed in bill prepared
by Representative Peters. The bureau
would be entirely under control Of
the ways and means committee.
Neither the senate nor the house
was in session today. The senate will
reconvene tomorrow and the house
Monday.
Progressives to be Active.
House progressives today went over
plans for legislation. The legislative
committee headed by Representative
Kelley was instructed to begin work
on tentative drafts of various measures
including one to provide for an easier
method of amending the federal con.
stitution.
DES MONIES MAY
HOLD RACE MEET