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Show I UN READY TO START II Oil INAUGURAL President-elect to Devote Today To-day in Making- First Draft of Address He Will De- . liver in Washington. AGAIN REFUSES TO DISCUSS CABINET Tells Committee Representing Anti-saloon League to Present Pre-sent Their Bill io the State Legislature. IRj International News Service. p IirXCSTON. X. J., Feb. C Pre-i-J leut-elect Wilson will devote to-J. to-J. morrow to making the first, draft of his iuaugnr.nl address. 3Io will not, therefore, be at the state house, but will remain in seclusion. The president-elect said tonight that he had not had time recently to pive any serious seri-ous thought to the address and he has not now any clear-cut idea of what it will contain. 'My inaugural address must bo ready two weeks from tomorrow for distribution among the American, newspapers," news-papers," he said. "It is necessary for me to make my draft, therefore, as toon as possible. Then I can think it over and make the final draft later." The president-elect, as tho result of a publication of .tvro of his confidential ralks, has decided not to discuss tho cabinet any further until ho is ready to announce it in complete form. The govornor issued orders today that one of the offending correspondents be excluded ex-cluded from his private oflice. Keeps Plans Secret. The governor's declaration that he would not discuss the cabinet any further fur-ther came in reply to a query as to whether he purposed appointing to his cabinet any members of eougross. He would not, naturally, say what his plans were. "I have concluded not to discuss the cabinet any inorc.'r was tho way "he put it. "I tliiuk that will bo tho best way, ' ' The only cabinet recommendation that came to the governor today was in behalf of Charles S. liarrott of Union City, Ga., president o the Natioual Partners' union. Influential farmers, three 'of whom are member of tho uuion. came to urge Mr. Barrett's selection se-lection as secretary of agriculture, The delegation consisted of J. T. McDan-iels McDan-iels of Union City, Ga.; J. V. Doyle ol I Mouui Vernon, 111.; L. Thomas of May., Hold. Ky.; V, F. Tate of Camden, Ark. They submitted some papers bearing numerous signatutcs of members of tho Arkansas legislature. Expresses No Opinion. The governor was asked today if ho cared to express sin opinion in" regard to the scheme to guarantee national bunk deposits, which is reported from Washington to be a feature of the bill now in preparation by the house sub-committee sub-committee on currency, of which ttcp-rcscntativc ttcp-rcscntativc Glass is chairmau. The governor said that this phase of the question of currency reform had not been touched upon Yn his two confer-ences confer-ences with Mr. Glass. The governor added more it should bo remembered that the sub-committee now handling currency will not necessarily have the matter 'in charge under the new ad-iuinistrtaiou.( ad-iuinistrtaiou.( The composition of the cctnmittce micht change completely. "This morning," said tho governor, ''J received a letter from Lr. Glass, in which he states that tho roport that the hills in his charge contain tho provision ou mention is entirely without founda- H Listens to Delegation. Tho governor gave audinnco this af-ternoon af-ternoon to a delegation representing the anti-saloon leaguo and kindred organi-nations organi-nations who came to urge that a bill be drafted, and introduced in the Now Jorscy legislature giviug tho governor power of removal of delinquent ofll-eials. ofll-eials. Tins delegation represents tho same sentiment that soma raontho ago c.omplnincd to tho governor about il-legal il-legal resorts in -Newark. In that case the govornor was unablo to do more than writo a letter to the mayor and prosecuting attornoy on tho subject. Tho Hov. Edwin Stearns acted as spokesman for tho delegation today. Ho asked that tho governor cause the nt-tornoy nt-tornoy genornl to draft a bill meeting 1 their ideas. Tho governor said, how- ever, that tho present legislature had ot about to accomplish a certain pro-gramme, pro-gramme, and that ho would bositato to ask the legislature to do anv more than H Says Programme Is Full. ""When a vcfbej is already full." ho said, "it is impossible to put any' more itr it. but I nhonld not uso &uch a M liquid comparison. T havo undertaken as much as I can accomplish. I have no hesitation in taying that tho power of tho governor ought to bo increased in the mattor of removal of officials. There is no doubt about tho merit of uch a bill, but I have often eald that, though T was sworn in to aeo thnt the laws of tie attito were carried out. I was not in a position to do bo. All 1 can do is to rail against persons who ' 1 aro beyond ray reach orrtiroly. You have access to tho legislature, and it1 would not be bard to find an influential legislator to introduce such a bill. I, HI shall always avail mywlf of tho oppor-1 V tuniiy to approve the principles of the bill." il The governor added that legislators of both houtes aro trying to conclude " the session bv March 4. t |