The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-20
DAY AT OYSTER BAY
EX.SECRETARY OF WAR ROOT
GOES BACK TO NEW YORK.
President Roosevelt Receives Commit
tee of Union Labor Leaders and
Finds One of Them a Com
rade of the War.

Oyster Bay, L. l., July 19.-After a
conference with President Roosevelt
| which lasted far into the night and
was resumed early today, former Sec
rotary of War, Elihu Root. left Saga
more Hill today for New York. having
important business which made neces-
sary his return to New York today
Beyond the fact that the President and
Mr.. Root considered the speech which
the former Is to deliver on the 27th
instant in response to the notification
| of his nomination, little could be learn
ed about the conference. The talk
| covered a wide range of subjects.
soon after Mr.. Roots departure from
Sycamore Hill, the President. despite
the intense heat of the day, began to
dispose of a mass of official business
and correspondence which Secretary
Loeb brought to his attention. Among
the callers on the President today was
Rev. Father Chadwick. U. s. N, re-
tired. Captain Chadwick was on the
Ibattleship Maine when that battleship
was blown up in Havana harbor. His
business with the President was en-
tirely personal.
Just before Mr.. Root boarded the
train he was questioned regarding his
conference with the President. He de-
clined however, to answer any ques-
tions. SAYING that the talk was general
in its scope.
In response TO an inquiry whether
the Republican nomination for Cover
nor of New York State was considered,
he said that the ticket was not dis
cussed. When pressed as to whether
he would accept the gubernatorial nom
nation. he responded with story
about Daniel Lamont
A reporter made that Inquiry of Mr..
Lamont a few years ago. and Mr.. La
mont retorted:
DO I understand that you are au-
thorized to offer it to me-"
Mr.. Root will go to Clinton, N. Y, to-
morrow He and his family are So
journing there for the summer.
President Roosevelt to-day received
the committee appointed last Sunday
by the convention of the coal miners
and allied crafts at Wilkesbarre. Pa.
The mission of the committee was to
present personally to the President a
petition reciting the conditions in
which organized labor has been placed
by the action of the authorities of Col
orado and requesting him to institute
an Investigation of the labor troubles
in that State. with view II pos
sible of remedying the conditions now
existing. The members of the COM
mittee NJ. T. Burke of Carbonate, Pa.
Henry Herzovits. of Plymouth, Pa, and
Frank E. McCafferty of Victor, Col,
are the men who came to Oyster Bay
last week to present the petition.
They had an interview with Secretary
Loeb who was unable that day to ar
range a personal interview with the
President and therefore they were
without seeing the President. The
obliged to return to Pennsylvania
matter was then taken up by officials
representing the several labor unions,
the official seals of which were attach
ed to the petition. and without difficulty
an arrangement was made by which
the President indicated that he would
be pleased to receive a properly ac-
credited committee at such time as
might be agreed upon. The committee
arrived this afternoon and met the
President at Sycamore Hill at 1880 this
evening. They passed half an hour