Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-12
MUCH HARD WORK
AWAITS PRESIDENT.
Distribution of Jobs Likely to
Take Up Much of
His Time.
SEVERAL D. C. PLACES
CLAMOR TO BE FILLED
Meeting of Cabinet to Be Held Short
ly After His Arrival in
Washington.

Washington.
When President Wilson settles down
to his desk tomorrow morning after his
arrival from Pass Christian at 1880
O'Clock, he will enter upon about the
busiest period of his official term. His
cabinet advisers will assemble with him
at II o'clock in the first cabinet meeting
in three weeks. and at this meeting
there VIII come up many things that have
accumulated in the absence of the Presi-
dent and some Of the things he has been
pondering over while In the south There
Will hardly be action on more than a
small portion of the matters that must
be determined in the near future, and
| there will be numerous other cabinet
meetings and separate conferences be-
fore the President is able to find him
self with many free momenfs.
To Fill D. c. Jobs.
III the big batch of business the chief
executive must dispose of. there are ap-
pointments of immense interest and con-
Germ TO the District. and action upon the
lonS-pending Union station plaza con-
demnation. held up at the Department
of Justice. So soon as he can get to the
cases. the President must appoint four
judges of the Municipal Court of the
District of Columbia; must determine
who is to be United States marshal of the
District as the successor to Aulick Pal
mer. and select postmaster for the
District.
1t is the understanding that Attorney
General McReynoldS will be prepared in
short time to recommend to the Presi-
dent the names of the four judges of the
Municipal Court. but he will not be ready
for some time to report upon the mar
shalship. That office is causing a fight
that may bring many heartburnings
AS to the postmastership. the recon-
mendation will come from Postmaster
General Burleson. and it is pretty def
mite. y understood today that Mr.. Burleson
has positively decided to ask the Presi-
dent to nominate Otto Praeger, the
Washington correspondent of the Dallas
News. the largest of the Texas daily
papers.
Regarded as a Resident.
Alr. Praeger has lived in Washington
twelve OF fourteen years. and Is con-
sidered a citizen of the District by Mr..
Burieson. There are number of tenta-
tive applicants for the position. Post
master Merritt's friends had hoped he
would be given another term in recogni-
ton of his able record as postmaster.
The number of District jobs that are
open to disposition at this time is just a
sample OF the patronage work the Presi-
dent must approve all along the line
Heads of departments will lay before Mr..
Wilson as fast as they can do SO hundreds
of recommendations of hungry democrats,
and there ought to be many patches of
nominations in the next few weeks.
A successor to the late Surgeon Cen
eral Torney of the army is to be made
as early as practicable. Secretary Car
rison will ask the President to approve
the selection promptly, if possible. The
opinion prevails that Col. William c.
Gorgas, whose great work on the Pana-
ma canal has given him a world fame,
is to be Gen. Torney's successor.
Secretary Daniels will ask the Presi-
dent to nominate successor to Maj.
Gen. William P. Biddle. commandant of
the Marine Corps, and the view today
is that the nominee will be Lieut.. Col
Littleton w. T. Walker. who has the
strong hacking of Senators Swanson and
Martin of Virginia
With Attorney General McReynolds
the President will confer on the admin
istration position upon trust legislation,
and it is believed that the President has
nearly completed his address to Con-
gress on this subject.
Williams Likely to Land.
Secretary McAdoo and the President
will have number of conferences over
the selection of the federal reserve
board and the nomination of con-
troller of the currency Mr. McAdoo
viii stand by Assistant Secretary Will
lams for controller and this is believed
to mean that the President will follow
Mr. McAdoo's recommendations. What
ever fight there will be in the Senate
on MIR. Williams 1t will be outside Of
the democratic party, according to the
information today.
The establishment of a permanent form
of government in the Panama Canal
Zone is another big problem for the
President to handle. Secretary Garrison
is ready with recommendations on this
subject. an dthe probability is that the
President will accept these recommenda-
tons after carefully going over the
ground.
Democratic leaders charged with shap-
ing trust legislation will be called into
counsel with the President along with At
torney General McReynolds. everything
tending toward harmonizing all the fac
tors participating i'll this legislation.
President Pardons a Soldier.
President Wilson has directed that a
pardon be granted to Charles A Moo
| nan, late private in the 74th COMPANY.
Coast Artillery. and serving term of
two and a half years at Fort Leaven-
| worth for disobedience Of orders and
absence from roll calls. Noonan has
served nearly two years, and his friends
declared to the President that he had
been punished enough.
Senator Myers expressed the belief thai
Noonan was insane at the time of the
| alleged acts of disobedience, as Noonan
| claims not to remember any of the acts
charged to him. 1t is said he was as
| signed counsel only ten minutes before
| his trial by court-martial, and that
counsel advised him to plead guilty,
| which he did.