New-York tribune., 1920-01-27
Houston Said
To Be Be Slated
L on Treasury
Nomination Of the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture for
Glass's Post Expected
To Be Presented To-day
NcW ! orh Tribune
Va ri,iN0iOn Rn).eru

Near 5rIc Ty,bure
Washington Bnrecu
WASHlNGTON. Ian. 26.-The nomi-
nation of David Franklin Houston, Of
st. Louis, as Secretary Of the Treasury
to succeed Carter Glass. of Virginia,
probably will be sent to the Senate to-
morrow by President Wilson. Mr..
Houston is one of the original mem
bers of the Wilson Cabinet and has
served seven years as Secretary of
Agriculture.
The Presidents decision to nominate
him for the Treasury post was under
stood tonight to have been reached
only in the last few days. White
House officials earlier let it be known
that successor to Mr.. Glass would be
named, probably tomorrow, but de-
olined to indicate just where the honor
would go, except to suggest that it
would be in the direction of any one
Of half dozen men who have been
mentioned from time to time.
The President is believed to have
chosen Mr.. Houston for many reasons,
not the least controlling of which was
the fact that by naming him he need
not at this late day introduce new
face into his official family. Mr.. Hous-
tons long service with the Adminis-
tration would make his confirmation by
the Senate largely a matter of form
unless obstacles arise which are now
entirely unforeseen in Administration
councils.
Path Cleared for Glass
This will enable the present in
cumbent, Mr. Glass, to step from the
Treasury to the Senate as a successor
to the late Thomas II. Martin without
any gap in the administration of that
department. Mr.. Glass will be needed
by the Democrats in the fight over the
league of nations and the peace treaty
iii the near future, and unless a sue
cessor for him at the Treasury were
at hand the pressing nature of his
duties there might seriously inte rfere
with his attendance at the sessions of
the Senate.
Mr.. Houston would 60 into the
Treasury position with more than the
usual knowledge of men who take thai
post. He was a member of the Federal
Reserve organization committee for the
months that it was laying the ground
work for the Federal Reserve system,
and as such came in close contact with
the Treasury and it's workings.
Mr.. Houston was born in Monroe.
Union County, North Carolina, IN
Carolina College and at various
re-, HnrxrarI No1o
Brown and RUTGERS. He was a
graduate student in political science
at Harvard from 1891 to 1885,
and became a professor at the Univer-
sity OF Texas in the same year. He
was made dean of that university in
1899, and after service in other pro-
fesorships went to ST. Louis as chan
ccllor Of Washington University IN
1908 and held that position until 1916
part of the time in conjunction with
his position here as Secretary of Agri-
culture.
Served on Defense Council
During the war Mr.. Houston was a
member of the Federal Council of Ma
tional Defense. and he is now a mem
ber of the National Forest Reservation
Commission and chairman OF the Fed
eral Board for Vocational Education.
many llSU nav Ottll COliSlU ny
the President for the Treasury post
since Mr.. Glass was named by Cover
nor Davis of Virginia before the holi-
days to succeed the late Senator Mar.
tin. Among them were Bernard VI
Baruch. of New York, and Swager
Sherley, Of Kentucky, former chairman
of the House Appropriations Commit
tee and now director of finance of .hc
railroad administration. One of the
latest names to be discussed was that
Of R. C. Letfingwell the assistant
secretary in charge of fiscal affairs
who for several weeks was believed &c
have the inside track in the President S
mind.
In the year that is left of the presen
term Of Mr.. Wilson the Secretary o.
the Treasury viii have one OF the mos
important Cabinet posts to fill. Fht
problems that have come to the for,
consequence Of the ending of tn,
war have not been solved The Treasur,
Is facing a reduction in revenue with
out being able to bring about any dc
cided cut in the estimates for appro
priatIons. In the next year Congress
is expected TO get under way a rea
budget system, and if it does the par
of the Secretary OF the Treasury il
making it q success must be important
, I UueF TIE TcaSuTy also come some o
the most important and largest of TIL,
government bureaus, notably the Wa
/ Risk Insurance Bureau and the Burea,
OF Internal Revenue, which just nov
has its hands full enforcing the prohi
bition law
Talked Of for White House
Four years ago there was consider
able talk about the possibility Of N :
Houston's being a candidate for tn.
White House if Mr. Wilson did no
take the nomination himself Whethe
there will be a serious renewal Of such
talk if he steps from Cabinet posi-
ton whore he has little or no lime
light into one where the light viii
shine exceedingly bright is something
which will cause much keen interes
here. Not many months remain befor,
the Democratic party must make VI
its mind who is 10 be nominated in Sal
Francisco, but Mr. Houston, if he is $,
determined, might in that time attain
lot more prominence than he has S,
I far. He apparently has made few enc
mics in his party here, and he nigh
have many friends among the farmers
whse votes always are important