Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-06

in contact with any except business men
and so cannot tell what the sentiments OF
other classes of people are"
The President was pleasedtwith the opin-
ions expressed by Senator Quarles. who en-
loved himself in Florida and was denghted
with the benefit Mrs. Quarles FOUND In the
atmosphere of Florida
Will Not Obey Tammany.
mo. I haven't resigned yet and I sup
pose I shall not do so. More than that. l
shall be a candidate for renominahon. sald
Representative Rider Of the fourteenth
New York district, as he was leaving the
White House today.
"And he will be nominated, too put In
Representative Joseph Goulden OF the e'gh'-
eenth district who was with nm.
Both men are New York democrat tic mem
hers of the House. Mr. Gonlden being from
the borough of the Bronx and Mr.. hloer
from New York city.
ago was that Chief Murphy of Tammany'
wanted to send ex-senator Charies A
Towne to Congress, and IN a q'net way ar
ranged with an uncle of Rider rhat young
Rider should retire from Congress at once
and let Towne come here in his place. ~
Representative Rider had n1tgsbeeps con-
suited about this proposition. md ilnexpect-
edly he refused to resign ano Ptaoo ~,
under the city government OF ESfeateT New
York. His defiance Of the Taanmany !ead.
ers will cost him his return 70 ohs.s' =.
Is generally believed. a. the inten.!on . os
Tammany is to send Mr.. ToWne 10 Sons ear ,ens
frnno that district Mr. Rid r. however,
AYERS that he will be candidate for me
nomination and when Representative Goui-
den declared that Rider wouid pe 1oliiina ~ .,',
ed, Mr. Rider snilingly accepeeu .rn,oa .nn a"9 er
eestion without the least rehioi@'' oo0
expression of douLt. go, ro+b.
The two representatives WITH heV- 49, -
.r Ineling of Maryland. had been IN TO see
President Roosevelt. -
Indiana for Roosevelt.
Senator Beveridge went out into ihoiaha
about five or six weeks ago. when 'ieio
was a great deal Of newspaper puohoa.'o-
of nossible opposition to the PRESIDENT III
Indiana and support of Senator hanna
Senator Beveridge stayed out there. ne
talked with the Beveridge machihe, WIZ
is said to be one of the smoothes'-fc a4r
nriyate affairs in the country. Seha. ~
Peverdge never has a state or county ne,
chine. It is purely a personal aHalr, anu
has been known to override the orsahlAa,
tIou machine This machine IS resuile e1i
out Of the Beveridge private Iocker on al
feast of Indiana republicans at indian
enolis a few days ago. President Roose-
Welt was embraced. and it was made plaihly
understood all over the state that the re-
publican leaders did not want anu wouiu
not have anybody else for the nomination
next year Senator Fairbanks declared
himself Enthusiastically for Roosevelt. Every,
body felt good toward everybody eise, anu
the matter was practically settled tnat no
further attempt will be made to take the
delegation to the national convention Tor
ANYBODY but the President. Senator fa1r-
banks came back to Washington re" Gays
ago and told the President about the gath-
ering. Senator Beveridge called this morn
ing. He has been the friend of the Presi-
dent since the beginning of the admins.
tration. The fact that the love feast ana
the Endorsement of the President all ioi.
lowed the visit Of Senator Beverioge hao
not escaped the Presidents attention. Con-
sequent1y the suspicion fE that Senator
Beveridge and the President met each other
under cordial circumstances, ana that the
President at least congratulated Senator
Beverldge on the fact that the love reast
resulted in all-around understanding that
Senator Beveridge Is to come back to the
Senate from Indiana without opposition.
No Successor to Longstreet.
There will be no successor to Gen. James
Longstreet as railroad commissioner. The
names of a number of men are discussed in
this connection, one Of them being Rev.
Sam Small. editorial writer on the At
lanta Constitution. If Secretary Hitchcock
has his way, and this is quite probable. the
Office of railroad commissioner OF the
United States will cease to exist July 1.
The fact Is that the Interior Department
fdf the last two years has made no esti-
mate for the salary Of the commissioner.
and but for Congress General Longstreet
would have received no salary. Purely be-
cause the office was held by General Long
street Congress each year appropriated the
salary of 5000 a year. That salary ex-
pires in July, and there Is no idea .4iat
Congress will again make an appropriation
for the office. The duties Of the position
have practically been nothing fer number
of years. General LonEstYeet gave COM
paratively no time to the Interior Depart
ment, and the office was a sipecure-a good
salary and no work. For number Of years
the work connected with the office has ueen
disappearing, having been absorbed by the
interstate commerce commission and other
government bureaus and concerns.
Other Callers.
Senator emoot Of Utah discussed with the
President the wish Of Utah people that a
forest reserve be created In the Tooele dis
trict Senator BAH ofaDelaware presented
some friends Senator Bprrows did the same
thing. Representative Dayton called in con-
nection with West Virginia constituent
who wants an appointment
Representative Burton of Ohio talked
with the President. Mr.. Burton said that
the House and Senate congressman who are
most concerned and interested have not
reached any conclusion about the magnitude
of river and harbor bill this session of
Congress. The opinion prevails, however
that the bill will not carry a large appro-
priation, as the republican policy is TO cut
expenses at this session.
Representative Humphrey of the Seattle
district of Washington. talked with the
President about the Seattle post office ap-