Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-05
O'BYRNE WILL
Be COLLECTOR
At PORT HERE
Senator Hughes Sees President
and Clinches Berth for His
Secretary.
rFrom a star Correspondence

rFrom "A STAR Correspondence
WASHINGTON, May 5.-Ths next
collector of internal revenue for the
Fifth district with offices In Newark,
N. j., will be James J. O'Byrne. His
name has not been sent to the Sem
ate for confirmation, but 1t will be,
and soon. That is the statement
given unofflcially down here.
II represents the net result of the
conference yesterday between United
States Senator William Hughes and
President Woodrow Wilson, which
was told about in the Evening Star
last night. The President saw his
early visitors in his office as usual
until the noon hour Then he went to
the tent he has had erected on the
grounds back OF the White House. 1t
is large commodious tent fitted up
with all modern office conveniences.
Tt has O deck, a few chairs, row of
push buttons and an assortment OF
telephones. In this near-to-nature
Office the President expects to trans
act business from now till the snow
dies, or until the weather Is too cold.
The honor of being the first visitor
TO the new out doors office was
conferred on Congressman Senator
elect Underwood.
Senator Hughes was scheduled for
a conference with the head of the
nation from 1920 to 12:40 and he took
up the full allotment of time and was
taking more when Secretary Tumulty
reminded the President that his mid
day lunch was waiting for him. All
morning the nations head was BUSY
with cabinet officers and other adj
visors with affairs of the nation and
Mexico.
When Senator Hughes entered the
affairs and cares of state gave way
to foi nd of the State
of New Jersey. Since Senator Mar
tine has dropped his habit of drop
ping in at the White House the Pres
ident hasn't been RECALLED with condi-
lions back in Jersey, except as they
percolated through Hudson county
channels. Senator Hughes had
choice collection of odds and ends for
the presidential ear. The most i'm
portant was the revenue collector
ship. He gave the President NOV
ing picture tale of why his candidate
should be named for the office.
The President had been Informed
that his son-in-law-elect had said
nay to the name OF Charles V. DUTY,
of Paterson, as collector, and that
eliminated that candidate of the Pas
sale senator's; but he was not found
wanting in candidates. He had an
other, his secretary, Mr.. O'Byrne.
THE President recalled him. He was
the man for whom he had written
letter of recommendation for some
/. weeks ago for the job of congress-
man.
Senator Hughes is too diplomatic to
remind the President that If ne
thought so well of Mr.. OBryne as to
recommend him for the House or Rep
resentatives surely he still thought
enough of him to recommend him Tor
the job of collector of revenues at
M. tor- Il n
that this time the recommendation
would not fail of carrying enough
votes to elect. But. Senator Hughes
reminded the President how faithfully
and Loyalty Mr. O'Bryne has served
him. the Senator, for the last ten
years He touched the human side
by telling him that Mr.. O'Bryne was
not growing younger That having
nut in the ten best years of his young
manhood in his. the Senator's, service
II was now time that reward was
made. Mr. O'Bryne had had some
ambitions in a professional direction
some years ago, but he gave them up
to attend to the secretarial duties in
his, the Senator's, office. The Senator
thought that such sacrifice and loyal
~ should be rewarded. AS to the
other candidates, well Senator
Hughes says that he never found it
necessary to knock one man to boost
anOt1ef lie employs ullL6TSHl ltC-
tics He employed those in his inter-
view with the President
The President told the Senator that
he enjoyed his visit highly. 1t had
taken his mind for the time off the
veightier subjects, and had given
him something else to think of until
they began to unload some more Mex
ican bulletins on him. Whatever else
e. the President said to the Senator from
Passaic must have pleased him. for
he came forth from the tent as pleased
as Jonathan when he came from the
tent OF David.
At first Senator Hughes refused to
talk, but later in the day he frankly
admitted that he had discussed the
collectorship with the President |
Then he booked pleased some more
While he was still in that amiabie
frame of mind he likewise admitted
thst he had given the President new
angle of vision on the collectorship.
He certainly was a pleased man after
that conference with the President.
Mr. O'Bryne was visited in the Sem
ators office and asked if he was ready
to accept congratulations. But man
who has been secretary for a con-
gresham and senator from New Jer-
sey for ten years was not to be caught
mapping by such simple means. He
assumed an air of artless innocence
as he declared that he did not know
what the interview meant. But he
looked pleased, too