Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-12
TALK WITH PRESIDENT
SENATOR FULTON WANTS TO IN
vITE FOREIGN NATIONS.
Michigan Wants Members of Cabinet
and Influential Republicans to At
tend Celebration at Jackson.

Fulton and his colleague, Senator Mitch
ell, will again take the matter up with the
President and with Secretary Hay, and an
official invitation will soon be prepared ana
extended to all foreign nations to take part
in the commemoration of a great nat1onai
event. The exposition will open in May OF
next year The President will in day or
two sign the bill appropriating $475.OOO to
the exposition.
Senators Alger and Burrows and Repre-
sentative William Alden Smith, Samuei
w. Smith and Henry McMorran OF Mlcni-
gan called on the President to ask him 10
assist them in securing the attendance OF
members of the cabinet and inhuenuai re-
nublicans at the fftieth anniversary OF the
celebration of the organization OF .ne me.
publican party at Jackson, Mich, July o. o.
The President would like to have gone TO
the celebration himself but to nave gone 50
would have broken rule ne lalo uoMl
early this year, that he Wouio go howheio
outside of Washington that would require
sneech-making or would involve the CRIT
icism of a political stump tour Inc rresi-
dent declined this invitation ana VIII ie ,
main in Washington and Oyster bay untli
the November election, makins NJ .o,ah
of politics connected with them Inc prin-
cipal trip he will make will be 10 Get,ys-
burg, Pa. Memorial day. He promiseo 10
make this trip long ago.
Senator Alice of Delaware introduced VI
George NJ Marshall, the insurance ana
banking commissioner of Delaware. Dr.
Marshall was accompanied py MS n!o'ii nc,
who shook hands with the President, ana
reminded him that she had made similar
visit to the White House in 1880. and had
shaken hands with President Taylor. Ihe
President talked for some time with MIS-.
Marshall.
Hopkins of Illinois and Senator Dolliver OF
Iowa introduced friends. George f. Rop-
erts. director of the mint, introduced SID
ney A. Foster, one of the Oldest and most
prominent politicians in Iowa.
Representative Charles B. Lands ana
Frederick Landis of Indiana called on the
President to present friend representa-
tive Frederick Lands has returned from
Indiana where he had a hard fight for re-
romination defeating ex-Representative
George w. Steele.
Yates is Still Fighting
Prominent Illinois people coming to
Washington and calling at the White House
saw that Gov Yates still has chance
to be renominated as governor of illinois,
despite the awful fight against him by pow
erful interests in that state 1t was thought
a few weeks ago, after the action OF the
counties in the district of Representative
Rodenberg of East st. Louis, that GOV.
yates had been badly defeated, but the
Yates machine and its leader have pluck
ily stuck to the ship, and nave 1ougnt SO
hard and so gamely that they have won
victories in several counties since that
time.
The best opinion to be had is that Gov.
Yates will be defeated for the renomina-
ton. but that 1t will not be by a large
ma jorty, as has been claimed.
The Doctrine of Protection.
Wilbur F. Wakeman, treasurer and gen.
eral secretary Of the American Protective
Tariff League, was at the White House to-
day. The league is busily engaged in send
Ing out documents upholding the protec-
tion doctrine and carrying on vigorous
work in view Of the approaching presl,
DENTAL election. Speaking of the WORK
being done by his organization Mr.. wake
man said:
known as our First Voters Enterprise
that is. a canvass of the entire country, ano
particularly of doubtful congressional DIS
tricts and states, for list of young men
who will cast their first vote for Pfesi,
dent this year We have already received
names and addresses and political leaning
nS over 900 900 first voters This work Is
beine centralized largely at the preseh'
time in the states of New YORK, hoiana
for northwest and middle south You know
the first election In the year Is Oleso.i ~,
wbere the congressman and members OF
the legislature are elected on the nrst mon
day in June. 1 estimate that we nave al.
ready covered with our literature W pei
cont of the first voters in that state, pu
,r ranorts indicate a much smaller ma
iority for the republicans in l9OZ an
sorry TO say We find in that state social
istic tendency that Is quite marked Ine
two districts in oregon gave apoutI io'"o1
renublican plurality in the last election
wish II could be greater this year, put
fear not. owing not only to this sociahsti'
tendency. but to condition OF unrest s,
which we find not only IN oresoh W"
fla INIT
.,rhe extent of the first voters work Is
surprising to every officer OF our organ.
Zation. The only difficulty we have with IL
is that il taxes our financial resources to
the limit to make the necessary distribu-
tion of documents. The incoming lists
amount to from 1000 to 5000 day ana the
outgoing distribution will run from IA 70
| 90 bags of mail daily
| wrbe tariff sentiment throughout the
country is a little difficult to describe. For
| the last few years the reciprocity sehu-
ment in the Mississippi valley has peen
very great, especially among the agrlcui-
| tural implement and machinery manufac-
turers but a marked change has occurred
| in the last few months. 1T must De ADMIT
| ted that many republicans originally look
| ed upon the reciprocity theory with favor
| until the question was divided or defined
as reciprocity in everything or reciprocity
| in competitive products. The tar1n league
unalterably opposes reciprocity In competl-
tive products and am of the opinion that
| the national convention at Chicago will
take the same view.
"The American Protective Tariff League
| is a political missionary society. 1t is In
the political field about the same as the
| American Tract Society In the religious
| field. We prepare. publish and distribute
| all classes of matter in favor Of protection
| The organization has about 500 members
| throughout the country and is organized
| under the society laws of the state of New
| York as a corporation or as a club. We
have members In all but eight states OF
| the union. Our national headquarters are
| In New York. We have vice presidents and
secretaries In every state Of the union. In
| addition to our own publications. which EN-
| brace text books. documents and our peri
| odicals. possibly the most important work
is in connection with our auxiliary press
/ service. Last year our connection with the
| local press included over $500 newspapers
| throughout the country, and we have just
| completed our canvas for this year which
includes nearly 1900 newspapers. One sin
| gular point arises In connection with this
press service-more than 500 different dem.