Arizona republican., 1901-11-21
THE PRESIDENTS WAY
How Those Who Annoy Him
 Are Disposed of
His Methods of Transacting Business shown in Recent Interviews-Re- port of a Conversation Over Bid well.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-The reports sent from unis city or a conversation between President Roosevelt and Lem ueI l.. Quigg, in which it was said that QuiSg threatened the president with the vengeance Of the New York state organization in the event of a failure to reappoint Bidwell, and that thereupon the president ordered Quigg to leave the room, have just this foundation in fact:
 Quigg did call upon the president in Bidwell's behalf. and the conversation between the two men was very frank and explicit. The remainder of the story is made up from imagination and from a knowledge of the characteris- tics of the two men. Nobody was pres ent at the interview except the two men who participated in it, and neither of them has revealed any of the de- tails. It can be said, however, that the conversation was not acrimonious; that MT. Quigg did not threaten the president with the vengeance of his state organization, and that Mir. Quigg was not ordered out of the room.
 Those who know Quigg are aware of the fact that he is accustomed to make unusual requests in an unusual way, and the president would not allow such al frank and vigorous response. But be- yond the earnestness which would ac- company such a conversation there was no bitterness and no display of indignation. The president merely gave MT. Quigg to understand, in such a way that he is not likely to forget it, that when the question of the collec- torship of the port of New York was settled it would be settled in the presi- dents own way.
 The presidents frankness in all his interviews is the most striking feature of the daily conversations at the White house. He always meets everybody more than half way and he leaves mo- body in any doubt as to his attitude when he gets through with them.
 When the delegation from chambers of commerce called on him yesterday to urge the importance of reciprocity with Canada the president gave them only about five minutes, although prominent business men were present from almost every important city east or the Mississippi and although they had gone to considerable pains to ar range the interview. Mir. Leeson of Boston had prepared an address and had hardly got well started on it before the president broke in with the declar- titioH liidt ne naQ alreaQy given great deal of thought to the subject, and that while very glad to hear what they had to say he advised them to work upon senators and representa- tives in congress. who were, after all, the only people qualified to act in the matter.
 The delegation of Chicago business men who called a day or two ago to urge the establishment of a department of commerce had a similar experience. They had drawn up a statement which the president had upon his table and when they began to talk about it the president cut them off by saying he was in favor of the project and there was no need of discussing it with him.
 This morning Representative Boreing Of Kentucky called with a constituent who is an applicant for appointment as paymaster in place of Major BeIknap. whose death in the Philippines was an- nounced the other day The president greeted him as he walked across the room with:
 50. you are here again. thought I had got through with Kentucky for a while. From all l have been hearing of late I have just about come to the conclusion that the United States is divided into two parts, one of which is Kentucky and the other of which is not" Boreing. however, had a chance to introduce his man.