Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-10
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Senator Foraker Talks With
the President.
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
NO DISTRICT JUDGE UNTIL AFTER
ELECTION
Famous Englishmen Call on Mr.. Roose-
velt-The Alaskan Central Rail-
way Wants Gable.


| this morning and talked over with him the
campaign in Ohio, in which the President is
much Interested Senator Foraker was
never more sanguine of republican success
| in his state and told the President so. The
Ohio senator will return to Ohio tonight
and will go into the campaign.
"Col. Herrick will have anywhere from
| 10000 to 100000 majority said Senator
| Foraker, land the legislature will be re-
publican on joint ballot by from thirty-five
to forty votes. There is not the fantest like
| lihood of a democratic legislature Sena! or
| Hanna will be reelected. and he ought TO
be. He Is in good health, is making good
speeches and adding votes to the republican
| tickets. l cannot see where there is the
slightest founda ton for some of the stories
that have been floating around that Tom
Johnson has any show for election
Stories have recently been in circulation
that Senator Hanna is opposed by the Ia
bor vote this year, and that this fact adds
| to a feeling of uneaSineSS as to the out
| look. How this could be true is not known
among Ohio people in view of the general
understanding that Senator Hanna has
been friendly to labor interests. Some of
the stories of this nature and of kindred
variety have been coming to the White
House. and the President was glad to re-
ceive assurances that the republicans are
as strong and buoyant as in any previous
campaign for many years.
The District Judgeship.
Senator Foraker declined to discuss the
probable appointment of Judge Thew
Wright of Cincinnati as d justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
| to succeed Justice Hagner, resigned The
visit Of Senator Foraker, however, has not
FASTENED the appointment, even if the mat
ter was discussed between the President
and the Ohioan. Senator Foraker has not
WlthdraWn his recommendation OF Judge
Wright, and will continue to urge him as
the best man for the place. He hopes to
secure the appointment, 700. About the
selection is the opposition of Senator Han
ma and George r. Cox OF Cincinnati. They
have filed a protest against the appoint
ment because of the political hostility of
Mr.. Cox to Judge Wright. The fight has
not gone SO far yet that it may not be
SmOothed over and some of Judge
Wright's friends are working to that end.
The understanding is that the appoint
ment of justice of the local court may not,
after all, be made until right after the
election. If Judge Wright is to be ap-
pointed the President will not announce the
appointment until after the election so tha :
no complications may be added to the Ohio
campaign.
A London Traffic Commission.
David Barber, George BARLEY and Sir
royal traffic commission of London, paid
their respects to the President today. The
commissioners are in this country to study
American methods of underground and ele-
waited railway construction that similar
work in London may be done under the
most improved and satisfactory methods.
| The members of the commission have been
to New York and Boston, and will go else
| where before returning to the English capt.
tai. They have seen much to interest them
since they have been in the United States.
The President expressed pleasure at meet
ing them.
Sir John Dickson Poynder and Lord Rib
blesdale of England We're guests of the
President at luncheon this afternoon.
An Alaskan Railway
President Roosevelt had talks today and
yesterday with John E. Ballaine chairman
of the finance committee of the Alaskan
Central railway. Mr.. Ballaine is in Wash
inston on department work connected with
the railway enterprise, and he desired the
assistance of the President in the presenta-
ton of his requests to the departments.
This the President gave without question
Seward, Alaska. is the southern terminus
of the Alaska Central road and Mr.. Bal
laine is here, among other things, to get
the War Department interested in the lay
ing of a cable from Juneau to Seward, a
distance of 500 miles. The War Depart
IltHt Is HOW competing d cdDle line from
Seattle to Juneau, and will ask for an ap-
preparation for the extension of the line
The Alaska Central wants the line extended
to Seward. The construction of the Ala ska
Central road has already begun and 1t will
be pushed as fast as possible to the Tanana
river distance of 420 miles. Mr. Ballaine
believes that the building of the road will
result in enormous development of a mag
nifcent!y rich territory He thinks that it
will add many millions in gold to the sup
ply now In existence and being taken from
Alaska, in addition to opening up splendid
agricultural fields.
Some Of the Days Callers.
Major ]. M. Wright. marshal of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, and F.. D.
Faust, his assistant called on the President
this morning to arrange for the regular
formal call of members of the court The
tribunal will assembly Monday and, fol-
lowing a time-honored custom, will wait
upon the President to announce that the
court is in session. This custom has exist
ed for many years and has never been
neglected upon the assembling of the court
George Wilson. secretary of the chamber
of commerce of New York. was with the
President some time this morning. Lincoln
J. Stenens, the magazine writer. also saw
the President. Mr.. Steffens has recently
been engaged in writing stories of the cor
ruptlon in the municipal governments of
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis today
presented to the President NJ. Baunau Var
rilla the editor of LIE Matin of Paris one
of the great newspapers of Europe. NJ
Varrilla was the first engineer of the Pana-
ma canal and for long time was engaged
on that work. He chatted briefly with the
President concerning the canal. but only in
an informal way.
White House Flag Upside Down.
Jerry Smith, the colored patriarch of the
White House, caused a small commotion
in the neighborhood of the Executive Man.
sion today. Last night the wind blew the
flag and halyards off the pole. and for
good while today there was no flag flying
from the roof of the White House. Then
Jerry Smith, whose "bones air Citing fee
bic and along In years. SIR climbed to the
roof and began to readjust the flag BY
mistake he fixed the flag upside down, and
went away contented that he had restored
Old Glory to a proper position. People
around the White House and in the State
War and Navy and the Treasury buildings
noticed the flag flying in distress, and it