Show PARTISAN PRESIDENT DENT South Given Few Places at Roose veits Disposal Washington May When the house resumed consideration of f the diplomatic and consular bill toda today Wr Mr BurJe Burleson on of Texas Texa discussed what he declared wu wag displayed by the appointing power in selecting diPlomatic and eon con consular sular offices and gave an Interesting se as series rica ries of figures to bear out his bis conten contention lion tion H He stated that in the eleven south 4 rn states of Virginia N North Carolina South CarolIna Geo Georgia Florida Ala Alabama 1 bama Louisiana XIU Mississippi Arkansas e and Texas there were ere but butS buta S a diplomatic officers as against the con cen ea east t with 33 New England H 14 mid die west 2 Pacific slope 8 and the District of Columbia 4 t Aa A to consular officers Mr Burleson faid the records show that from n southern states with a membership in the of 12 there are but 24 4 consular officers the states of Ken Kentucky tuck Maryland Missouri and nd havin having 7 of this number The middle states with 24 I members are arere re represented with 74 14 consular officers Ne NeE New E England nd Ii i middle western states 91 I Pa Pacific Pacific slope 11 and the District of Co lumbia U The District of Columbia Mr r stated was reserved for the I Iman man who cuts the pe He insi insisted ted that the discrimination a the south as to diplomatic and consular officers marked th the president dent as II one 0 of the bit bitterest terest of partisans and he protested against such favoritism |