Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-15
PRES|DENT[|STENS,
BUT SAYS NOTHING
Gives No Intimation of His
Stand on Civil Service
Matters to Callers.
LEAGUE OF EMPLOYEES
PRESENTS RESOLUTIONS
Representative Gillett Visits White
House and Asks Half Holiday
for Arsenal Workers.


timation OF his position on civil serv-
ice matters to officers and executive
board members Of the National League
OF Government Employees when they
called upon him today to present reso-
lutions passed by them disapproving of
the pest Office appropriation bill SO far
as 1t permits assistant postmasters to
be appointed outside the civil service
Neither did the President express any
opinion to Representative Gillett OF
Massachusetts when Mr.. GiIlett present
ed request from the employees of the
Springfield arsenal that the administra-
ton grant Saturday half-holiday the
year round to government employees. Both
communications were received without
comment or suggestion.
The President has deep sympathy with
the demand for Saturday half holiday.
1t has long been a custom of his to take
it was within his power to give the same
privilege to government employees he
would do SO. The law will have to be
amended and 1t Is up to Congress ex-
cept SO far as the summer months go. IL
was stated today.
The President intends to give serious
thought to the action of the nous. =
preparations committee in the post office
bill. but he has not yet stated what hi.
position will be- The strong argument
that will be made to the President il
that assistants to postmaster !. o.Mitd
by the President are the confidential mer
OF the postmastere and that IL IS UNI Al
and unjust 10 require postmas.e~
cept assistants who may be in no man.
ner acceptable to them.
The same argument induced the Presi
dent to sign the bill which gave United
states marshals the right to name theil
confidential assistants without regard {
the civil service.
Calder Speaks for Democrat.
Representative Calder of New York call
| ed on President Wilson today to speal
q word for a democrat who wants a pos
office. Mr.. Calder is the lone repub. icaI
| congressman from Greater New York
Last December he walked in OF
President Taft one day an,
| before Mr.. Taft looked up, remarked
| MI. President, the republican de.egat.ol
from New York greets YOU" Mr.. TAT
| was puzzled when he looked up and say
i only one man. Then he got the point an
laughed heartily
| Mr.. Calder has pulled through twic
when republicans were moved down Il
the elections and he now aspires to b
the nominee of mis- party tor Governo
of New York. District Attorney Whit
| man and former State Senator Harve
| l1IlihdH VI dig udHllOu are lkeWlS
candidates. Mr.. Calder is confident tina
he will be nominated in the primarie
to be held next September.
Want Nominees Name Withdrawn
| Senators Lea and Shields of Tennes
see today asked President Wilson t
| withdraw from the Senate the nomina
ton of G. w. Metcalf to be postmaste
at Memphis, and to substitute tn
name of L. c. Looney, who has bee
agreed upon by them. Metcalfs nom
nation went In months ago upon tn
recommendation of Representative Nc
Kellar OF Memphis. who claimed tina
the patronage belonged to him.
| Because he did not consult the sen
ators and because they believed tn
patronage belonged to them they hav
held up confirmation. 1t Is expected tn
President will do as desired by the sen
ators.
Judge George Gray of the Unite,
States circuit court of the third circui
and John Burroughs, the famous natur
President Roosevelt, were among thos
who paid their respects to the Presiden
| today Judge Gray is in town attend
ing the meeting OF the trustees of tn,
Smithsonian Institution, and John Bur
roughs Is here with his wife on a triI
20 Georgia and Florida.
Stock Exchange Hearings February
Senator Owen. at the conclusion Of
conference today with President Wilson
announced that the Senate committee o.
banking and currency will begin hearing
February i on the bill to prohibit tn
| use of the United States mails for fraud
| ulent transactions in stocks or bonds.
I'VE are not going to approach thi
question in spirit Of rancor and hos
! tility." said Mr.. Owen. but we all know
that there are rank abuses that SHOULD
be corrected
Senator Owen also said that, subcom
mittee has been appointed to frame bill
for wider credits for farmers. This com
mittee consists of Senators Owen, Holli
and Crawford.
Glass Confers With President.
Frank P. Glass Of Alabama, the iegalit,
of whose appointment to the Unitet
States Senate is now being considered b,
the Senate committee on privileges ant
elections, had a brief talk with the Presi
dent
Mr.. Glass and the President were col
lege mates at Princeton. Mr.. Glass de-
clined to say what had been discussed
or his own case. however he said he fel,
confident that he would be seated.
Representative Heating of Colorado
urged President Wilson today to support