National Affairs: Wholesome Confidence

If proposals were achievements, then where would we be? Representative David Upshaw of Georgia presented a bill to the House. It proposes that hereafter the Cabinet shall not be appointed by the President, but instead shall be elected with him and the Vice President. Said Mr. Upshaw:

"To have a Presidential candidate name the proposed members of his Cabinet for ratification at the polls would be taking the American people into a very wholesome confidence."

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