Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-24
At THE WHITE HOUSE
President and Gen. Wheeler
Discuss Army Maneuvers.
THEIR GREAT BENEFIT
OTHER APPOINTMENTS.
Ex-senator Carter's Senatorial Pros
pects-Question of Uniforming Exc
cutive Mansion Messengers.


terest in all army matters. and was one OF
| the witnesses of the work at West Point.
| The President is likewise greatly interested
| in the maneuvers, and asked Gen. Wheeler
many questions. These two men served to-
gether in Cuba, and there is a warm per-
scnal attachment between them. The
| President holds Little joe in high es-
| TEEN. and the Alabamian thinks that the
President Is all that is claimed for him by
| his friends.
These maneuvers of incalculable
| benefit" said Gen. Wheeler, after he left
| the President. II personally Witnessed
| much of the work at West Point, and 1
| am confident every soldier and officer In
| the army was benefited Many things that
are necessary in actual warfare are beng
attempted now in these experiments, ana
when one side another falls the failure
| shows what may be expected next time.
| In other words, to learn why you have fall
| ed or succeeded in thing Is just az Inn
| portant in warfare as in anything else"
Victor Murdock's Novel Campaign.
| With the President for a long time this
morning were Senator Long and Victor
| Murdock newly elected representative
from the seventh Kansas district Mr..
Murdoch, handsome young man. with red
| hair won his way to Congress in the most
| novel campaign known in Kansas since the
| days when Jerry Simpson used TO enllven
| things. In fact Mr.. Murdock now repre-
| sents the old Simpson district. When Mt
| Long was elevated from the House to the
Senate and a vacancy was created In TINS
! district eighteen republicans announced
| themselves candidates. There were TWO
| red-headed men in the number, and they
made q compact alliance agreeing that the
weaker should withdraw in the interest OF
the other at the best moment.
| Victor Murdoch had been newspaper
reporter, and his strongest ambition for
years had been to become the Washington
| correspondent of big paper.
| He worked as a reporter at Chicago for
a number of years. and had almost gained
| his coveted desire at one time. He had
even started to the train with the manag-
ing editor of the Chicago Record Herald
to come to Washington as one of the STAN
, of the paper here, but he was recalled be-
/ fore the train pulled out. With all his am
| bitions crushed he declared he would como
! to WASHING ;on as a representative in Con-
| gress. lie located in Kansas. where he
kept up his newspaper connections ana at
| the same time made friends. The resigna-
! ton OF Mr.. Long to become senator FUR
| nished him the opening, and he entered the
! campaign. From the first his campaign
| cry was that the red-headed men ought to
! he renreSented in Congress. lie pointed ous
! in his sYoaches that one out of every nine
/ or Ten me-. Is red headed. but that the men
with tire fiery top pieces did not get their
! s~~a OF the political hOnorS. lie insisted
/ that d red J 81 ded man ought TO be sent to
| Congress from that district.
| The other red-headed man preached the
| same doctrine from the stump. At first the
platform of the red-headed men was laugh
| cd at. but soon it came to be regarded Sc
| riousiy. The red-headed men in the dis
i trict. and. for that matter, all over the
! state beca ne interested and gave their
| assistance. 1t was finally seen that Muir
| dock wae the stronger of the two red
headed men in the race. and the other man
Withdrew in his favor.
Then Ma! dock began to loom up strongly.
! Not only were all the republicans with sun
! sci -hueI lrsute head covering backing
! Murdoch but many others began to support
| Kim The ladies also admired his cam
| paign, as well his good looks and at
tractive manners. The upshot of 1t all was
| that he won the nomination. He made the
same fight in the campaign for election, ana
the red headed men rallied around him 10y
! ally His ambition TO come to Washington
| has been gratified although he vows that
| he would have preferred to have come as a
correspondent His friends predict for him
| a brilliant career.
A Kansas Judgeship.
With the reassemblng of Congress the
President will send to the Senate the nomi-
| nation of Judge William G. Hook OF Leav-
| enworth as judge Of the eighth circuit, to
| fill the vacancy caused by the retirement a
number of months ago of Judge Henry G.
Caldwell. Judge Hook is now the district
judge of Kansas, and was unanimously
| recommended by the Kansas delegation to
| the delegation VIII have will be about
successor to Judge Hook The senator's
| cannot agree upon the same man and the
| representatives are divided. What will be
the outcome IS not known
There some other appointments in
Kansas which are hung up because of fac
| tional differences. which involves the sem
| ators and representatives to certain ex-
| tent.
A Story Of Speaker Reed.
Ex-senator Thomas Carter of Montana
was visitor of the President today. On
| his way to the Presidents Office he met
Senator Long, and there was some sug-
-es ton that the friends OF Mr.. Carter
| woplL lie delighted to see him sent back to
the Senate rom Montana. Mr.. Carter said
that il reininded him of story of the late
Thomas p. Reed, when the Maine man
WAS Speaker.
One day when Representative Morse OF
Massachusetts was in the House the Mas
s.chusetts man, who was great admirer
OF Mr.. Reed, went up to the Speaker and
said: DO you know, Mr.. Reed the people
are talking a great deal about you for
President and l would not be surprised
If they e'ected you President some day"
Well Morse, was the dry comment Of
the Speaker. they could do worse, and l
have no doubt they will"
The story, however, was not told 10 APP
ply TO Mr.. Carters chances of coming back
TO the Senate, as 1t is pretty generally
conceded that the former senator has an
excellent showing of being returned to Ills
old place.
The Uniforms for Messengers.
The comments caused by placing the
eight White House messengers In plain blue
uniforms have been SO out of keeping with
tie facts as to he noticed by. Secretary
Loeb To begin with. the uniforms, as
told In The Star yesterday, are without
embellishments save nickel buttons on the
coat and waistcoat They are not distinc-
tive enough TO attract particular attention.
One reason for deciding upon the uniforms
was that strangers having business at tho
executive offices have often been puxzled
as to whom to address. Walking into the
vestibule Of the Offices they notice a num-
ber Of men standing around. in no way dis
tinguishxble from callerA At the door