Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-01
WILL Defer ACTION
IN COLPCYS' CASE
President Gives No Intimation
of Final Intentions Before
Leaving the City.
OTHER D. C. NOMINATIONS
AWAIT SENATE COMMITTEE
Chairman Smith May Take Poll on
Ali Excepting Latimer. Holding
Up Latter Until Report.

President Wilson before leaving WASH
ington today, gave no intimation OF a
possible intention To withdraw from tho
Senate the nomination OF John H. COL
poys. as a member Of the excise board.
or any other member OF that hoard In
is understood that The President will de-
fer any possible action on the question
until further information is presented tn
him, but there is doubt at the White
House whether the President will with
draw Colpoys' name if the charges
against him no more serious than
that he opposed the law he is now APP
pointed to interpret and execute.
Unless Senator Smith OF MARYLAND,
chairman OF the District committee.
should decide to poll his committee on
the District nominations which have been
referred to his committee for report, &c
does not appear probable that the nomi-
nations will be passed upon by the COM
mittee until after the democratic caucus
Of the Senate has finished its labors on
the tarif bill, or perhaps until after July
Chairman Smith indicated that he might
undertake to poll his committee on the
nominations, but stated that he would
take no action in the nomination of !.
Wilmer Latimer to be judge of the Juve-
nile Court until after the subcommittee
been heard from.
Hearings Asked on Newman.
Hearings have been asked on the NOM
ination Of Oliver p. Newman to be Dis
trict Commissioner, and Chairman Smith
may grant this request
There is strong opposition to the nomi-
nation of John B. Colpoys TO be a MEM
Der Of the excise board. and il Is prob
able that the committee will give care
full consideration TO the objections raised
by Senators Jones and Works, both men,
bers of the District committee, 10 Co..
poys.
So far. 1t was stated today by MEM
Der of the committee, no serious ohlec-
ton has been raised to tie appointment
Of either Frank b. Lord or Gen. Smith as
members Of the excise board
The appointment of Mr. Colpoys was
Endorsed last night by the Central Labor
Union, with which he has been connected
for q number of years. The appointment
Of James O'Connell as a member OF the
commission on industrial relations was
also Endorsed.
The resolutions adopted by the organi-
zation were as follows:
Endorsed by Labor.
"Organized labor and the people OF
the District OF Columbia are TO be con-
graduated upon the selection OF two
ton for important federal positions
James A. O'Connell to be a member or
the commission on industrial relations
and John B. Colpoys to be a member or
the excise board. Mr.. O'Connell is n
student of economic questions and has
had a wide experience in the indus
trial efforts of organized craftsmen
for the past thirty years: Mr.. colpoys
is an effective. high-mnded. Intelligent
worker in behalf of civic betterment ana
industrial peace, whose abstemous nab
its. conservative Judgment and lofty
ideals peculiarly equip him for the re-
sponsible moral duties imposed by tho
new excise law
leaders of the District Anti-saloon
League, who have already protested
against the confirmation of Mr.. Colpoys
nomination. have taken no more active
steps. but are counting on Mr.. Wilson
withdra wing the nomination after he has
read documents left by them at the White
House.