The Washington herald., 1913-01-12
HOW TO CHOOSE
OFFICIAL FAMILY
Representative Sims Gives the
President-elect Some Point
ers on "Picking."
LAST WORD ON SUBJECT
Favors Hanging for Those Who Mis-
inform President on Matters
of State.
LAST WORD ON SUBJECT

II President-elect Woodrow Wilson will
consult a copy OF yesterdays Congress
sional Record he will find a good deal OF
information as to how he should con-
duct himself in picking out a Cabinet.
Representative Thetus Wilrette Sims of
Linden Tenn, a Democrat. yesterday ad-
dressed himself on the subject in a five
minute speech. and Mr.. Sims Is author
ity for the statement that this particular
speech is the very last word on Cabinet
making. Mr.. Sims brought up the ques-
ton by reading into the record an edi-
torial article from the Commoner, in
which w. J. Bryan expressed the belief
that appointments TO the Cabinet should
be made with an idea single TO the in
terests Of the people, and not as a means
of rewarding political service.
Whether We be Bryanites or anti
Bryanites, l think We must all agree
with the ideas and principles advocated
in that article" declared Representative
Sims. I'VE see a great deal stated in the
newspapers about who is to be in the
Cabinet. I desire to say that the kind
OF men I want to see in the Cabinet are
men who will tell the President the truth
though the heavens fall, without either
exaggerating or minimizing. The Pres
ident, as II were, must look through the
Cabinet TO see the conditions of the coun-
try. The Cabinet is in a way the eyes
of the President. When I was a youth I
read that under the English law they did
not punish the King for any wrongdoing,
but they punished false advisers and
coachers. I thought at the time that II
was a great outrage, but / have since
concluded that II was a very wise pro-
vision OF law. Those who get next to
the President and mislead him should
be punished. I would favor hanging these
misinformers.
Representative Sims went on to say
that the country had faith in the good
sense of Gov. Wilson. He has the
Judgment to do the right thing II he can
only have the facts presented to him
without prejudice and without bias" said
Mr.. Sims. 1T makes no difference to
me who the man is who goes into the
Cabinet so long as he be a man of
ability and a man OF information as to
the department in which he will serve.
But above all things must he forget
himself and forget his friends and IL
he has enemies he must forget them.
and tell the President the plain truth
and let the Presidents judgment rest
upon a clear understanding of the facts"
rs the gentleman complaining now of
what he thinks the President-elect ia
going to do?'' asked Representative Gar
ner of Texas. Mr.. Sims replied in the
negative.
lis the gentleman writing Gov. Wilson
a letter through the columns of the
Congressional Record advising him as to
what he thinks he ought to do?" pressed
Mr.. Garner.
II am not intending in this way to ad-
wise the President-elect, returned Rep
resentative Sims. Il am trying to point
out what I think would be an ideal
member OF the Cabinet"
Representative Mann OF Illinois aroused
laughter with this question: rs not the
gentleman telling what he will do when
he is a member of the Cabinet?"
"I have no idea, not the slightest con-