Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-16
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
President Not Disturbed by
Mr.. Gorman's Attack.
THE CABINET MEETING
NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE WAS
DONE TODAY.
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Representative Payne Thinks There
Will Not Be Any Tariff or Finan-
cial Legislation.

President Roosevelt for alleged interference
in the Maryland campaign has not, it is
stated, caused the President any grave con-
Germ. That he read the remarks of Senator
German is admitted, and that he considered
the attack enormously based is also true.
Throughout the conferences he has held
with Maryland republicans. it is stated, he
has frequently said that his desire was to
see harmony in his party, and naturally to
see that harmony result in victory for his
party, but it is said that he has in no way
advised the leaders how to proceed in their
campaign or suggested any plan of CAM
paign to them. The President it is known
has not voluntarily called all the republi-
cans in conference with him. He had with
him some time ago Stevenson a. Williams
the republican nominee for governor of
Maryland. Later a few other republican
leaders called. BY degrees the leaders of
the different factions began to suggest that
the President send for this or that man. In
compliance with these suggestions and re-
quests many of his invitations were sent
out, and the conferences followed
Had these requests not been made the
chances are. it is said, that the President
would have informally talked over the
Maryland situation with few people and
that would have been the end of it The
serious factional differences among the re-
publicanS naturally led the various leaders
to desire the President to talk with this or
that man, and they did not hesitate to re-
quest that he do this, making a failure to
comply almost impossible, even if desired.
In fact the President has had some queer
requests made of him since the beginning
of his talks with the Maryland leaders.
Many of the antiMcComas leaders have
not heSitated to suggest that the President
induce Senator McComas to get out of the
race for senator, a proposition which the
President turned down as too silly to be
considered stating that he was not MAX
ing or unmakng United States senators or
taking part in factional disagreements in
Maryland or anywhere else. Some of the
McComas leaders have been insistent that
the President whip the Wachter-Jackson-
Mudd combination into line for the state
and legislative tickets, to which the Presi-
dent has responded in the same tone as to
the opposite suggestion.
The Cabinet Meeting.
There We're so few members of the cab
met at the cabinet meeting today that
nothing of Importance was done. Attorney
General Knox, Secretary Shaw, Secretary
Moody and Secretary Root are out of the
city, and this prevented any discussion of
matters of general Importance. Postmas-
ter General Payne again talked over some
OF the postal cases and some other matters
in his department.
The President did not have many callers
tefore the Cabinet meeting. Assistant
secretary Loomis of the State Department
talked with the President a short time
Senator Cullom of Illinois presented some
friends. Representative Warner of Illinois
presented Col c. r. E. Koch and Col J.
G. Ernst.
Secretary Hitchcock presented Col S. w.
fordyce of st. Louis.
representatives Dayton of West Virginia
ana Jones of Washington paid their re-
spects. Mr.. Dayton is here on his way to
West Virginia. He has just returned from
Europe. Mr.. Jones is arranging his winter
home in Washington.
Call of Republican Leaders.
Representative Payne, chairman of the
ways and means committee of the House.
and Representative Dalzell, of the same
committee. and of the rules committee,
We're with the President this morning
They talked with him about the extra
session.
'The extra session will be engaged dur
ing the three weeks of it's existence in
working on the reciprocity treaty with
Cuba" said Mr.. Payne, land there will be
no time for anything else, even if Congress
should be inclined in that direction. AS to
the regular session, l have idea that
there will be any tariff legislation or any
financial legislation of material concern
The tariff is not a law to be tinkered with
on the eve of Presidential election and
finance is almost as important"
Representative Jones of Washington who
opposed Cuban reciprocity last year. saws
that his personal views are still in that
direction, but that as the state convention
of Washington passed resolutions indorsing
the treaty he may vote with the others who
favor it.
The President received the members of
the Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land who have been here attending the
Sherman statue ceremonies.
Thought He Was Dowie.
The other day a patriarchal-looking old
man called at the White House. His long,
snow-white whiskers. his pious face and
bearing, his deep voice gave an impress
sion that he was a minister. A story
started the rounds in the city that he was
John Alexander Dowie the founder of the
Zionists and cities of Zion. But the caller
was not this celebrated individual He
was humble solicitor for book on the
life of the late pope, and he wanted to
see If the President and Secretary Loeb
would not subscribe for the book Secre-
tary Loeb sent him word that copies of
the book had already been received at the
White House. Nearly all new publications
are sent to the White House by book pub
fishers.