The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-14
ALABAMIANS SEE
 THE PRESIDENT Thompson and HundIey Talk
 Things Over. ROOSEVELT IS SATISFIED Republicans Are Now Planning to h. stitate a Little Postoffice lnvestiga- ton to Satisfy Country of
 Their Intentions.
ROOSEVELT IS SATISFIED

Washington, April 13-(Special.) )-Collec- tor J. o. Thompson and the Hon. Oscar R. Hundley of Alabama, who it is un- derstood will be delegate at large to the republican convention, discussed the Alabama situation with the President to- day. The President is said to have ex- pressed himself as much pleased with the conditions now existing in the party in that state. MT. Thompson will be elect ed chairman of the state committee and Charles H. Scott national committeeman, according to the present programme.
 There had been an effort made to have the President urge MT. Thompson to withdraw as a candidate, owing to the Presidents expressed disapproval of fed erad officials holding inc position of chairman, but this effort has proved abor- tive, the two Alabamians says, and the President refused to interfere with the action of the republicans of the state in that matter.
 Mr. Thompson and MT Hund1ey had a conference with the friends of the admin istration in New York on yesterday, and MT. Thompsons candidacy for chair man is said to meet with their entire ap- proval
 N. H. Alexander, receiver of public moneys at Montgomery and recently elected delegate to the Chicago con vention, also saw the president, and the friends of the administration In New York. and expressed himself as in full accord with the situation as at present planned by the Alabama republicans.
 Senator Ball, the leader of the anti Addicks faction in Delaware, had an in terview with the President today about the forthcoming anti-Addicks convention, which meets in Dover Tuesday.
 The Addicks republicans have already held their convention and instructed for Roosevelt. The Ball forces will also in- struct for the President and send con- testing delegation to the convention, The present plan is said to be that as Ad- dicks Is so obnoxious throughout the country the President will temporarily break his alliance with him and allow the anti-Addicks delegates to be seated at the convention Then after the election If Roosevelt wins, Addicks will again re- eeive the administration support.
 The two factions will put out separate tickets this year for governor and state offices and congressman. Separate eleo- toral tickets may also be in the field in which event the state would almost certainly go democratic, as It Is likely to do, anyway.
 
 The constant prodding of the republican party's connection with the postal scan dals by the democratic senators led by Senator German of Maryland promises to- night to end In an investigation by the senate postoffice commission. Any att tempt to investigate is still stoutly op- posed by humber of leading republican senators, Allison of Iowa and Platt of Connecticut among them but a majority of. the republicans seem to think that in view of the democratic claim that the republicans are afraid to order an inves- tigation that some kind of an excuse ought to be attempted during the recess.
 It is not proposed to order general sweeping investigation as the democrats who have been fighting for, but simply an investigation of specified charges" In the opinion of the republican politicians in the senate this will satisfy the demand on the part of the country for a further look at the books, and will to an extent clear the republican party of the charge of suppressing further scandal In the de- partment
 As the present plan Is to make the scope of the committees work limited and along rather narrow lnes it does not ap- pear that there will be much opportunity for probing the department In anything like a thorough manner. The democrats are hoping however, that the republicans will not now back out of the little they are promising,