The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-02-17
BUSY PERIOD FACES
PRESIDENT WILSON
WONDER HOW HE WILL,
CARRY OUT PROGRAM.
First, He Must Set Congress
and People Right on
League of Nations.

Washington, Feb. I'D n. So
President Wilson's stay in Wash
ington will probably be the busiest t
in his busy career, and administra- -
tion leaders are wondering how it
is going to be humanity possible for
him to accomplish all that is laid out
for him to do.
First, of course, will be the task of
setting congress and the public right
on the great matter of the league OF
nations. He is expected to arrive
here on Wednesday, the Goth, and
viii talk the whole covenant over
that night at dinner with the mem :
bers OF the senate foreign relations
committee and the house foreign at
fairs committee. Earlier in the day
he is pledged to march with a body
OF returning district troops, as part
Of a celebration of welcome for both
the president and the troops.
The great revenue bill is waiting
for his signature, and he is expected
to give some time to that, as well as
the other measures Of smaller impor~
tance, and he has made it a custom
to read every bill before appendiug
his signature.
IUtH lItIt tIt vacancies 10 Ne
fllled--chief Of which is that Of at .
torney- general to succeed w. r.
Gregory, who has resigned. to take
effect March 4. A great question has
arisen over the appointment. New
England wants it not now, for the first
time since the civil war; being rep
resented in the cabinet. But New
England generally, objects to the of
flee going to Massachusetts, so that
in the event there is too serious an
argument, it is possible ii may go TO
Senator Lewis. of Illinois, who seems
to be the second choice of most Of
the New England. states, if their
"favOrite sons" do@not land it.
That a. Mitchell Palmer, alien
property custodian, would leave his
work there which is even more i'm
portant during reconstruction times,
for Gregory's post, is doubted, and
Sherman S. Whipple, Of Boston, it is
believed, has not the backing Of Sen
ator-el Walsh.
Then there must be a new demo
cratic chairman designated to sue
coed Vance Mccormick. Homer s.
Cummings, the acting chairman, IS
declared to be the choice of the COM
mittee, but friends Of James Guffey,
of Pennsylvania, declare he has the
presidential O. X. Committee mem
bcrs insist, however Cummings will
ne picked, so there may be friction
there.
NO successor ever has been named
for interstate commerce commie-
sioner Harlan and that must be set
tied.
The president is pledged to attend
o conference of governors and may
ors. called by Secretary Of l.abot
Wilson to discuss the labor and re-
employment question, and this VIII
take much of his time. He has let l.
be known too, that he is kcenly inter
ested in this work and expects to get
results-just as he got results in
France.
And, of course, there will be
joint session of congress, according
to general belief which will mean a
speech, which it will take time 20
prepare, and conferences innumer-
able to decide the question OF date
of the special session. which GER
tajnly have to he called. And 1t is
believed he will be on his way back
to France by March 8. at the latest
L will be a busy ten days.