Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-28
Only Three Absentees From
the Cabinet Meeting.
SHAW TO HELP SLEMP
WILL SPEAK IN VIRGINIA TWICE
TOMORROW.
Chairman .Cortelyou Confers With
President-Work at Headquarters
Practically Completed.

At the cabinet meeting today were Sec
retaries Hay, Shaw, Metcalf and Hitch
cock Attorney General Moody and Post
master General Wynne. The meeting did
not last long. there being no considerable
amount of departmental business. The APP
proach of election day brought forward
political matters and there was a general
discussion of facts and incidents connected
with the campaign. Secretary Shaw was
present at the first meeting in long time
He has been on a long campaign tour. He
tod the President and his fellow cabinet
officers many things tending to Indicate
the temper and wishes of the people, and
adding to the many other things going to
show republican victory in November. The
Secretary of the Treasury brought back
with him a number of new jokes and in
terested the cabinet with some of them,
all being apropos of the campaign season.
Shaw to Leave Again Tonight.
Secretary Shaw will be in Washington
until tonight, when he will leave for Vr-
ginia. He will speak tomorrow morning at
IL o'clock at Wythevile, and tomorrow
evening at O'Clock al Bristol Both these
places are in the ninth congressional dis
trict. now represented by the only repub
lican in the House from Virginia. This is
Representative Slemp, who was elected two
years ago by 2U0 majority over Represen-
tative Rhea, democrat. A strong effort Is
making to defeat Slemp this time, and the
democrats are putting their best orators
into the district. Senator Martin, Gov
ernor Montague. Allen CapertOn Braxton
and dozen other prominent Virginia dem
ocrats have talked in the district and are
doing what they can to elect State Senator
Wysor, who is the democratic nominee.
Colonel Slemp was formerly a confeder-
ate officer and he has made an aggressive
fight in his district for republican prn-
pplpS for Because of his fighting
qualities President Roosevelt asked that
something be done to help him. The dis
trict is in the mountain section of south
west Virginia. where there are few negroes
and where the whites are about equally
divided between the two parties
From Virginia Secretary Shaw will go
into West Virginia, talking at Bluefields
and at other points. Then he will go west
talking In Illinois and winding up the cam
paign in his own state. Iowa.
Commissioners Cooley and Greene of the
civil service spent a short time with the
President this morning discussing some af-
fairs pertaining to civil service laws.
On His Way West.
George 3. Cortelyou, chairman of the re-
publican national committee. was at the
White House for some time last night GO
ing over the political situation to date He
was expected to leave Washington last
night for Chicago, but he did not do so
until today. 1t is considered probable that
near the date for the election. He has
practically closed republican headquarters
In New York. Senator Scott, the vice chair
man of the national committee. is about
to leave New York for a stamping tour In
West Virginia next week. He stated that
republican victory is so we'll assured that
1t is almost useless to bother further with
affairs at headquarters. A number of Of
ficials and clerks connected with the COM
mittee will continue on duty in New York
awaiting instructions from Mr.. Cortelyou.
Mr. Cortelyou has informed the President
that the outlook is exceedingly bright and
that he cannot any way in which the
republican ticket can be defeated, Judging
from the reports of party workers and or
ganizations in every section of the country.
Mr. Cortelyou will go to New York in time
to cast his vote in that state. His legal
residence Is at Hampstead, L. I.
President Not to Make Speech
There is no foundation for a report that
the President will make a speech before the
end of the campaign, write a letter to
friend for publication answering the charges
of Judge Parker that the republican party
is pledged to the corporations and trusts for
the next four years by reason of immense
contributions alleged to have been made to
the republican campaign fund by these con-
Germs The President will maintain the dig
nified silence that has characterized his
bearing throughout. and nothing can now
be foreseen that would call from him per-
sonal utterance.
All replies so far made to democratic ar
guments and mSstatements have come from
high officials of the administration, and
these men stand ready to make reply to
all future affairs of this kind 1t is the
confident belief of the republicans that no
story can get out that will not find quick
answer from connected with the