The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-10-01
bISCUSSES
CAL QUESTIONS
3 Up Some In eresting
Matters With Missouri
Visitors
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Roberts, the latter of Springfield, Mo.
The Missourians called TO pay their
respects, and were with the president
for half an hour They came from
the mansion much pleased with their
interview. President Roosevelt dis
cuesed general issues OF the country
and inquired of them as to the senti-
ment in the west on a number OF i'm
portant matters which will come
prominently before congress and the
cow try shortly
TAis morning the first callers with
the president were Assistant secre-
tary Hackett and Rear Admiral Crown
inshield AMI Admiral oNeal, of the
navy department and Assistant Sec
retaIy Hill OF the state department
These we're followed by a long list Of.
callers, inoluding Senator Stewart,
Wavne McVeagh. Fish Commissioner
Bowers. General Bates and Colonel
Whipple of the army; Representative
Long OF Kansas; Judge w. H. Braw-
ley of South Carolina; Representative
Hooker OF Mississippi; VIM. B. Ridg-
ley. the new comptroller Of tho cur
rency:- s. r. Scott an dColonel Thog.
Mugfordt of Kansas City; Mr Lyons.
register OF the treasury, and Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Rohrer of Chicago.
Three of the four Roosevelt child
ren win be in school next Monday.
Kermit will 60 to the Preston school.
Ethel will attend the Cathedral school.
and Archie will attend the Force (pub.
lie schooD on Massachusetts, avenue.
Theodore. Jr. Is attending school IN
Massachusetts Miss Alice Roosevelt,
the eldest child, is net in school, while
Quentin. the youngest child, is too
young for school Archie is just
about the age to enter the first grade
in the city graded schools
President Roosevelt has steadily
refused to permit any police or de.
tectiye protection, and is not aware
that secret officer Is in and about
the White house at hours when many
ralle.s are coming in to see the presi-
denL This officer quietly keeps an
eye on all arrivals There Is always
the danger that some crank or evil
disposed person may enter the White
house with no good purpose in view
President Roosevelt has been acces-
sable 10 an unusual degree, and thu
proper authorities do not propose
that this accessibility shall be i'm
posea upon. The presenGe ol the
onicer et the White house has reviy.
ed stories of warnings received by the
secret service bureau, bat the pres
ence of the officer is merely pre-,
caution that really ought to be taken
until the number Of callers upon the
president decreases
While the White house officials have
not been lnfornsed as to the plans and
purposes Of Governor Dole, OF Hawaii.
there 10 an unofficial opinion that
Governor Dole may have concluded
10 resign his position. The fact that
Attorney General Knox exonerated
Judge A. S. Humphreys OF the charges
brought against hiES has been consid-
sered as slap at Governor Dole
Judge Humphreys and Governor Dole
ARE anything but warm friends. and
the former claimed that the latter was
at the back of all the charges made
here against him. The statement is
that fiends OF Governor Dole are
now on their way here from San Fran
cisco with the resignation for pre-en-
tation TO President Roosevelt secre
nry Hitchcock stated today that he
had no information concerning the
reported resignation OF Governor Dole
President McKinleys hours for re
eeiSing callers were from 10 O'Clock
in the morning to 1880 o'clock in the
afternoon. and. except In special cases
he did not receive visitors on busi
ness after that time The exceptions
were IN the cases of party and con
grosslonai leaders, with whom Mr.
Mckinley would spend some time in
social and general political discus
sson. President Roosevelt, so far is
accessible up to almost 4 o'clock ia
the afternoon, and has fixed no regu
lar hour for shutting down on callers
after 4 o'clock the president frequent
~ goes out with his wife or by him
self.
President Roosevelt has indicated
70 some o. his Western callers that
he win visit the Pacific coast some
time next year. The president has
never been TO the coast country al
tnough he has beea all over the mid
I.iie ives.