Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-03
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Fairbanks Still Silent as to
the Vice Presidency.
THE OFFICE DISCUSSED
SPEAKER CANNON WOULD PoaI-
TIvELY DECLINE IT.
Ex-Director of the Census Merriam
Talks Politics With the President
-Postmasters Appointed.

According to authentic unofficial sources
at the White House today, Senator Fair
banks has In no way altered the silent at
tftude he has maintained from the begin
ming as to his nomination for the vice
presidency on the republican ticket. He II
not candidate and will not permit hand
to be turned for the honor. He will accept
the nomination II 1t comes to him without
fight and with the evident desire Of the
republicans of the country. He will not
allow the use Of his name for the place
II there Is to be fight. The Indiana re-
publicans will do nothing for him at Chi
cago except to vote for him. They will
understand that they are not to do any
booming and soliciting Of votes. Their
loyalty to and support of Senator Fair
banks must be as full of dignity as his
own position.
That describes the vice presidential stu
alton as, 1t revolves around the senator
from Indiana The Hit boom appears to
have run its course, and Speaker Cannon
stands firm against the use Of his name.
One Of his best friends said at the White
House today that he was confident Speaker
Cannon would not accept the nomination IL
1t were rendered to him. This was Repre-
sentative Pete Hepburn of Iowa, one of
the really big men of the House. Mr..
declares that he will refuse the nomination
ii offered to him. said Mr.. Hepburn, who
had been talking with the President about
an army promotion. II know how resolute
is good deal better off where he is. even
ii he Is the leader of the minority. than be
would be as Vice President.
Mr.. Cannon was reminded that President
Roosevelt objected to his nomination to
the vice presidency.
Yes, but there was not the same pre-
determination on his part as there is in the
case Of Mr.. Cannon"
Mr.. Hepburn called on the President 70
ask him to promote to brigadier general
Col Henry Duawoody of the Signal Corps.
Col Dunwoody has been in the army forty
two years and is the second colonel on the
list of officers of that rank.
Senator Fairbanks close friends In In
diana, and it was one Of these who was at
the White House today, say they hope he
will not be nominated at Chicago. II ne 10
there will be precipitated a red-hot hight
for his place in the Senate, In which the
ts tives Hemenway. Crumpacker, watson
and Charles X. Lands. The fight. tt Is
said, might not conduce to helping the re-
publicans out in November
The opinion is expressed that II some
&c pular man from Indiana or ILLINOIS shouio
get into the field and make an active fight
he would get the nomination without treu-
BILE. in view of the attitude of Senator FAIR
banks.
Mr.. Merriam a Visitor.
William R. Merriam, former governor OF
Minnesota and former director of the CEN
sus, now connected with a large business
establishment in New York, paid his re-
spects to the President this morning and
remained a short time to discuss politics.
Mr.. Merriam Is one Of the men prominently
talked Of to succeed Mr.. Cortelyou upon
the retirement of the latter from the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor The
President has remained silent upon this
subject, and 1t is doubtful If he has even
suggested to Mr.. Cortelyou who will take
his position. The name Of James r. Gar
field Is still among those talked of for the
vacancy that is to be, and strong init
nation has also been conveyed that. the
President will select a western man, some
body from the far west. There are three
members of the cabinet from west of the
Mississippi, Secretaries Shaw and Wilson
of Iowa and Secretary Hitchcock OF MIS-
souri,, but the far west and the Pacific
coast are without representation. The
President will cure this either soon or after
the November election. The COrtelyOu va
cancy will no doubt be the only one until
next winter, when several cabinet officers
may retire. Postmaster General Payne Is
one of these, and the belief is expressed
tnat IL secretary OOTteIyou cares 70 IctuIA
to the presidential family he will come in
as Postmaster General. Secretary Moody
will leave the cabinet in something like a
year, it is generally declared, and this
would leave a vacancy which could go to
Mr.. Garfield he should not soon be hon.
ored.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon presented
some friends to the President this morning.
Capt. Charles s. Bromweil. who sue
ceeds Col. Symons as superintendent of
public buildings and grounds, was present.
ed to the President today, and he and Col.
Symons remained short time talking with
the chief executive.
The cabinet meeting today had little of
Importance before it. There was nothing
additional in the Perdicaris case. Secretary
Taft endeavored to get the President to go
to New York and attend the dinner to be
given to the Filipino delegation by the New
President said he would not be able to at
tend Secretary Taft will represent the ad-
ministraton-
New Postmasters Appointed.
The following post Office appointments
were agreed upon at the cabinet meeting:
Observation-Disclosures Falls, Lucy M.
Thomas.
Georeia-Canton w 7. Edwards.
New Mexico-Deming. Edward Penning-
ton.
New Hampshire-Lebanon, H. M. Cheney.
North Carolina--Smithfield, j. ID. Parker;
Newton, r. p. Reinhardt.
Minnescta,-Crookston Elias Steenerson.
Indiana-East Chicago. Mary Ann Ross.
Ohio-Marion, M. b. DickersOn.
Observation-Disclosures j. F. Terrio.
ssssippi-Grenada, A. S. Weigert