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Show GOVERNOR OF (PHILIPPINES President Wilson Confers Con-fers With Chairman of Insular Affairs Regarding Re-garding the AppointmentNo Appoint-mentNo One Agreed Upon Washington. April 3 President Wilson is carefulh considering the,' appointment of a governor general of I the Philippines Today he talked with Representative. Jones, of Virginia, chairman of the insular affairs committee. com-mittee. Mr Jones, who announces he will reintroduce at the coming session his bill providing f0r Philippine independence inde-pendence urged upon the president the selection of a responnlhle and courageous man because of the problems prob-lems ahead. The president said he had not yet fixed upon anyone He will confer with Secretary Gnrrlson and others Interested in the problem before making the appointment. The Philippine resident commissioners. commis-sioners. Quezon and Sarn6haw, have arranged to see the president tomorrow tomor-row and will protest against free sugar su-gar Representative Carter Glass of Virginia, ranking member of the committee on banking and currency, saw the president today and arranged for a conference next week Mr Glass has been working on a crrrency bill and expects to show the president the progress of the work |