Show KNOW HOUSTON WAS politician former gov david it II francis ol 01 missouri Is telling a story at ills his own expense illustrating tho the practical operation of woodrow wilsons Wll Wil sons silent system of selecting a cabinet president wilson so governor francis has now learned on the last day of february invited the governors fellow townsman of st louis prof david F houston to be secretary of agriculture with the offer of the office came also a peremptory injunction to secrecy and a summons t to washington professor houston packed his traveling bag he had no time ilme tor for a trunk and boarded the eastbound east b bound limited this was on march 1 three M V I 1 days before the inauguration comfortably ensconced in a pull man professor houston had just un folded his newspaper and lighted his cigar when former governor francis gumshoe bill stones co warwick in missouri politics dropped into a seat ecat in front of him as tho the train pulled out of st louis hello professor houston taking a little trip said francis yes answered the professor as casually as the question was asked tm im going to the inauguration so anti ant I replied francis and then the conversation drifted to other subjects governor francis relates that he did not talk much about politics to professor houston because he thought that was a little out of his line at last the twenty hour run was ended The great ireat train rumbled into tho the washington terminal professor houston and governor francis de barked together here boy called governor francis to a nessle give me a paper they seated themselves in the taxicab and spread their newspapers this la Is what met the eye of governor francis in glaring headlines wilson completes cabinet state slate david F houston of missouri will take portfolio of agriculture |