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WILSON, AVOIDS
talk OF CABINET
'PiIgrims" Who Are Called by
Him Learn Little.
he LISTENS AND QUESTIONS


ference Creates Theory That the
commonsr's Selection or Rejection 10
Already Made-WiIson, Like Other
Presidents, Dislikes Opposition.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Jan. Is. - [Special.] -
"What does Woodrow tell the pill
grims?" That is a question which Is
frequently asked by Democrats who
have not been invited to become 'ptl-
grims," as the prominent people who
are called to Trenton are termed. The
answer is that Governor Wilson is a
listener and questioner rather than
a teller" He tells them mighty little,
and they come back without much
knowledge as to what he is going to do.
After the different conferences the
governor tells the newspaper men that
they did not discuss Mr.. Bryan. "And
I might add" remarked returning
pilgrim" that the position Of secre-
tary of state in the cabinet was not
discussed" Rather interesting that,
indicating that the president elect has
about made up his mind on the sub
ject of Bryan and the premiership.
Like All Presidents.
1t appears that Woodrow Wilson is
like all other presidents in at least one
respect-he does not like to have men
contrary to what he thinks is not very
welcome The man who tells him he
is wrong-well, that kind Of man had
better keep away from Trenton.
Roosevelt disliked the men who differ
ed with him, and Taft had still greater
aversion for those who told him un.
pleasant truths. The next president Is
going to be a mighty nice man to get
along with for those who agree with
him. So say the pilgrims"
Who but Wilson Men7
"Who except Wilson men, those who
supported Wilson before the conven-
ton, have been mentioned as cabinet
possibilities?" That was the question
which a prominent western Democrat
asked me the other day. Well, there
were at that time the names Of Bryan,
Brandeis, Senator Gardner, Josephus
Daniels, Burleson, Mitchell Palmer,
Governor Burke, McCombs, McAdoo
and perhaps one or two others who
seemed like cabinet possibilities. "It
looks to me-" he added, "as if there
were not going to be many cabinet
members who were not Wilson men
from the beginning"
Fort Dodge's Fame.
Mrs. Kenyon, wife of the Iowa SEN
ator, is resident Of Fort Dodge, q
town on the Des Moines river. When
she told an acquaintance that fact not
long ago he remarked, Fort Dodge Is
famous for
"For the Cardiff giant" interposed
Mrs. Kenyon.
mo, for being the head of naviga-
ton on the Des Moines river" was the
EAp!5E .s4iae .f 1 1iietstIl turing
a spring freshet went up the Des
Moines river as far as Fort Dodge. At
present Keokuk, at the mouth Of the
river, is the head of its navigation"
''Well, that is nothing compared to
the Cardiff giant" replied Mrs. Ken
yon. "They made the giant at Fort
Dodge and exhibited it all over the
country and made a great deal Of
money out Of it too"
Weather and Watches.
Nearly all the senators 60 into the
little weather station at the senate
min hot Of thar
Willis Moore has given their states
each day And nearly every one of
them stops to see how near his watch
Is keeping to the naval observatory
time. For time each day weather
and watches get more attention than
the senate proceedings.
Ways to Skin Cat.
There's more than one way to skin
a cat" is a saying Of boys who find
methods Of doing things or of not do
ing things. So with the United States
senate. 1t was in tangle because 1t
had agreed to vote on the Kenyon liq.
uor bill on Jan. 90 If the bill passed
the senate on that date it might have
had time to pass the house and become
law. So there was a deal Of spar.
ring, a great deal of talk about sena-
torial courtesy, and finally, after much
maneuyering, the senate agreed to vote
on the bill Feb. 10.
At that time there will be such
crowding of congressional business
that the Kenyon liquor bill will be
lost in the shuttle 1t will die, as have
Iall measures of similar character. It
will have the votes, but it will not be
given the consideration.
Will Move Slowly.
No one is going to rush the Repub.
lican party into reorganization, judg. |
ing from what the leaders in Washing.
ton say. There is no need Of a reor.
ganization," is what they all say. They
believe that If the Democrats make
mistakes there will be a movement to-
ward the G. o. P. which will cause
disintegration Of the Progressives as
party. There can't be three or more
parties in this country all progressive"
remarked former Senator Long of Kan.
sas, which Is rather trite in view Of the
fact that three organizations in politics
all declare themselves the real progress
sives at the present time.