Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-04-10
his present placs open for some other

! Mr.. Houston appointed DR.. B. t. Gal
/ loway. who was the head of the plant
| bureau, as assistant secretary of agri-
culture. The other chief place which
was at his disposal was that OF chief
/ OF the weather bureau, position
which has been held for many years
/ and which will be held for month
| or two longer by DR.. Willis L. Moore,
| 1t is said that Doctor Moore is not
! troubled much because he is to retire
/ from the service. AS he expressed it
to friend. he is going back to the
| farm life life which the weather
| forecaster holds is the best life pos
sible.
! The lot Of the weather bureau chief
| is not altogether a happy enc. It Is
| perfectly true that at least seventy-f1ve
| per cent. of the predictions which the
weather forecasters have made
| through the years have turned out to
be right, but they know from expert
ence that the people look at the one
| fourth failures and seem to forget the
| three-fourths OF successes.
Secretary Wilson's Task.
Secretary Wilson of the department
of labor, the new department Of gov
eminent established by the last con
| gress, has a bakers dozen of positions
to fill. For these places there have
been upward of 5000 applicants, and
so it can be seen that if every case Is
to be considered on it's merits, Score
| snh Fe
sift the wheat from the chaff.
It was figured some days ago that
! 1872 900 persons had applied for the
| 1884 jobs which are within direct
! gift Of the present administration
This number of applicants since has
been swelled to 10000, and, in the
very nature Of the case, not all OF
these applications either in person OF
| by letter can be given consideration
OF course politics will cut some figure
in making these appointments. All
things being equal, it follows natural
ly that a Democratic administration
would prefer to appoint Democrat to
a member OF any other party,
Postmaster General Burleson will
] nave uCdlIy 1O,OVO pOSS
masterships to give away, or at least
to recommend to the president to give
away, before his four years term OF
| office has expired There are nearly
100000 applications for these 10000
positions, ten applications for each
place, and as the vast majority OF
these presidential misunderstanding
will be seen that just now all over the
United States there are good many
fellow townsmen engaged in friendly
or possibly bitter rivalry for the
chance to handle the neighborhood
mail.
Tells Party to Make Good.
With the opening of congress In
extra session begins the first testing
If Democratic rule in all the branches
of the government. The party has
made every attempt 10 get its leaders
together in harmony and to try to pre-
| vent trouble over 9ariff, currency. anti
trust legislation or anything else
which might teopardize the chances
of party victory in the congressional
elections one year from next fall.
President Wilson, to much greater
extent that President Taft, at least
during the former presidents frs
year in office, has consulted the lead
ers Of his party and not only has ia
ken but has given advice, and it il
SAID that he mas given it with a seri
BUSINESS and insfstency which makes
it take on the sembiance at least of ar
actual order. The president naturally
wants the Democratic party to make
good" and he has told the leaders
they can do so only by the sinking o.
personal differences, avoidance D
strife over offices and forgetfulness o
merely local demands in the face o
needs of the entire country. This Il
what Mr. Wilson has told the members
Of congress, and it is understood thai
| they have agreed that, in 50 far as i
lies in human nature to do, they vii
try to go ahead with constructive leg
islation and to give the party clear
record at the extra session and at the
first regular session of the Wilson al
| rntnistratlon.
President Posted on Tariff.
The president some little time agt
confessed. as did President Roosevelt
some years ago, that he was not as
| thoroughly informed about all th'
technicalities of the tariff and abou
the claims and counter claims Of con
testing parties as he might be. Mr.
Wilson took means to remedy his con
fessed defect Now that the extra ses
sion is at hand it is said he believes b
is equipped to meet men representing
the different schools of tariff though
and to hold his own, not fearing great
" that anyone of them can stump hin
with questions or with arguments
II is known now that the presiden
understands all about what the tarff
legislation as proposed in the house |:
to be, and that he knows also VIVA
troubles certain parts Of the leglsia
ton may encounter in the senate. HI
has read the Mckinley bill. the Wilson
bill the Dingiey bill and the Payne
bill and he knows all that they con
tain. and knows much, it is said, o
the arguments which were advanced
for and against the different provision:
in each The president cut out fo
himself some time ago reading AM
study task which few men woult
like to take up, even if they did no
have the manifold other duties OF
president as companion work
1T is furnished as luxuT1oosiy as pos
sibIe In these prehistoric days ] nave
enarad no EXPENSE on it. and yet il