Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-08
At THE WHITE HOUSE
ALI Are for Roosevelt in
Nebraska.
Mr.. HINSHAW CONFERS
HE HAS A LONG TALK WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
Colored Minister Renominated as POST
master-Senators Hold an Ex-
tended Conference.
[R. HINSHAW CONFERS

| form, Is shown in the vigilance of his Ne
| braska admirers. Representative Hinshaw
| of the fourth Nebraska district had long
| talk with the President today, and stated.
| on leaving for the Capitol. that there was
| not an earthly chance that the delegation
of that state could be obtained for any
| body else It's all Roosevelt and nobody
! else, and Roosevelt clubs are being organ
I, lied all over the state. The things that are
4 supposed to make the President weak in
| New York, If he is weak there. make him
| strong in Nebraska and the west. The op-
position of large financial interests to Mr..
| Roosevelt strengthens him immensely with
| the people of Nebraska.
THE popularity of Mr.. Roosevelt in my
state is shown by the recent talk that the
proposed candidacy of John L. Webster of
Omaha for vice president was move un-
| der cover against the President. Mr.. Web
| ster has for twenty-five years been one of
the most prominent men in Nebraska and
| Is a great and able man, but when the talk
began to go around that the mention of
! his name for the vice presidency was a
game to take the delegation away from
Roosevelt the friends of the latter imme-
| dfately began to take steps to prevent any
such thing. although they could not be-
| lieve the report to be true. The promptness
with which they responded to the notif1ca-
| ton that the delegati should be COM
shows what the feeling of the people is.
There is not the least hostility to Mr.. Web
ster, and the people of the state would like
| to see him the republican nominee for vice
president, but the first thing they propose
| to do is to see that the delegation is for
Roosevelt-tied hard and fast to him and
for him.
, Mr.. Webster, ,zwhose candidacy for the
vice presidential nomination is referred to
| by Representative Hinshaw, has long been
one of the foremost men in Nebraska. 1t
has always been understood that had Pres
| ident Mckinley lived Mr.. Webster would
have been member of his cabinet. One
reason he had not been a member in the
| first administration of President Mckinley
was that there was opposition to his going
31(Rto the cabinet because he was alleged to
| haye been the legal representative of large
corporations. The tA41AAtaa6E 1ik}aeY of
Mr.. Webster is still limited to be due to the
desire of large interests to bring about the
defeat of the nomination of the President.
The watchfulness of the Nebraska friends
of the President is merely an instance OF
the manner in which his friends and ad-
mirers are caring for his interests all over
the country. 1t is everywhere admitted
that the nomination of the President Is as
sured, but this assurance leads to con-
tinued attempts on the part OF those op-
posed to him to secure delegates and dele
cations under cover and under various pre-
texts that appear to be plausible. In the
south the anti-Roosevelt forces are asking
as the price of harmony In the republican
ed. The Roosevelt forces, on the other
hand. are pointing out that uninstructed
delegations from that section practically
carry signs around with them that tney
are open to the highest bidder. Therefore
the Roosevelt leaders are insisting that
every delegation from the south shall pear
copper-riveted instructions ana leave noth,
Ing for the temptations and influences OF
money No tricks are to be allowed, ana
the game is to be played out before the
nominating convention and not during tnae AZ
gathering. This is really ihe SLOGAN Vi
the Roosevelt forces everywhere.instruc-
tjons of an iron-clad nature for the Fres-
ident now, leaving nothing to be changed
by the possibilities of great convention.
A Colored Minister Nominated.
Rev. Joshua Wilson, colored, has been
nominated by the President to succeed him
SELF as postmaster at Florence, s. c. There
was opposition to this appointment, despite
the fact that Wilson was appointed to the
place four years ago without opposition,
and that his Endorsements as to character
and ability were signed without reserve py
the white business and professional people
of the town. 1t is not understood that
Senator Tillman who has his hands fuil
with the Crum case, will oppose the connr-
nation. Wilson was never slave, ana ms
people owned slaves before the war. he is
the presiding elder OF the Methodist Church
of his district and an educated man Will.
son was postmaster at Florence in the Har-
riSon, administration.
Auditor for Post Office.
President Roosevelt has selected John ].
McCardy of St. Paul, Minn.. to be auditor
for the Post Office Department, to succeed
Henry A. Castle of the same state. who re-
signed some time ago because Of reflections
on the management of his Office by Messrs.
Bonaparte and Conrad. Mr.. McCardy was
nominated on the recommendation of Sem
Nolc nd and members OF
the Minnesota delegation. The place has
been offered to several persons, one OF them
being Fred c. lngersoll, a prominent lawyer
of ST Paul. Mr. McCardy is an expert In
accounts, having at one time been con-
troller of st. Paul.
Other nominations include Luman T.
Hoy, to be appraiser of merchandise at Chi
cago, Ill., in place of Horace H. Thomas,
removed. and George F. Roth of Rochester,
N Y. to be collector of customs at Gene
see NJ Y. to succeed Henry Harrison,
Charges have been pending against APP
praiser Thomas at Chicago for some time.
Held a Long Conference.
The President had long conference this
morning with Senators Aldrich and Platt
of Connecticut. republican leaders of the
Senate The nature of the conference was
not disclosed, but is supposed to have re-
ferred to pending measures in the Senate,
probably the Panama question.
Senator Fairbanks saw the President for
few minutes this morning. Senator Bur
ton of Kansas presented a friend and so
did Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island.
Pardoned by the President.
The President has pardoned Robert Buno-
ro, Rocco Figliuolo. Giuseppe Caparelli,
Dominick Costabile and Camille Buonama-
no. who were convicted in New York city of
violations Of the naturalization laws. Two
of them, Bunoro and Caparelli. were sem
fenced on June 28. 1908. to imprisonment
for eighteen months. Sentence was sus-
pended In the case of the other three.
These parx1ons were granted by the Presi-
dent on the Recommendation of the Attor-
ney General and the district attorney In
New York In order that the cenvicts might
be used as witnesses against many other
persons charged with violation of the natu-
ralixation laws In New York city. the prin-
ctpal one being former deputy clerk Of the