Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
To Sell Bonds to Raise Money
for Building Canal.
INVITATION TO BOSTON
THE PRESIDENT WANTED AT G.
A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Twelfth Indiana District Instructs
Delegates for Observation-Disclosures
Printers Given Employment.

It is probable. according to republican
senators who visit the White House. that
further legislation may be needed to pro-
vide money for constructing the Panama
| canal AS heretofore stated in The Star.
the Treasury Department has sufficient
money at it's command to pay for the canal
and all the preliminary expenses. but money
to carry on construction must be obtained
by the government through a sale of bonds.
The Spooner resolution adopted in the last
Congress provided for this Issue of bonds.
but there is some doubt whether the bonds
can be issued under this resolution. If 1t Is
determined that this doubt is we'll founded
| joint resolution will be put through both
| bodies of Congress providing for the issue
| and making of the bonds as attractive as
| possible in their terms. 1t is the purpose
| of the republicans TO provide that the cir
culation of national banks when secured
| by the canal bonds. shall pay only one-half
of one per cent tax. Circulation based upon
all bonds except per cent consois pays
! tax of l per cent.
! Rev. James l.. White colored presented
| to the President a request that he aid in
! bringing about legsla ton for the estab-
| lishment of memorial home for aged and
| infrm colored people. the money for this
| purpose to be appropriated by Congress
| from the arrears of pay and bounty due the
| estates of deceased colored soldiers.
Talked of for Senator.
| Representative Burton of Ohio who is
| talked of In connection with the Ohio sena-
torial vacancy. was with the President this
! morning for few minutes. Mr.. Burton
may become prominent figure in the fight
for the seat of the late Senator Hanna He
has for many years been able to return to
Congress from the Cleveland district re-
gardless of which Of the republican ele-
| ments was in control of affairs in the
county, and he has a strong following that
will unite upon him If he sees fit to become
a candidate Mr. Burton does not care to
express an opinion as to what he may do.
Indiana District for Roosevelt.
| Both Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge OF
| Indiana have informed the President that
! the twelfth district of Indiana, which yes
| terday elected delegates to the Chicago cou-
vention, adopted resolutions at the conven-
tion instructing the delegates for Roosevelt.
AS the twelfth is the first of the Indiana
districts to hold a convention for the selec-
ton of republican national delegates, both
senators regard the action of the republic
cans of the district as particularly signifi-
can't
Baltimoreans Given Employment.
President Roosevelt has received COM
munication from Mr. Palmer the public
printer, regarding the employment in the
government printing Office of compositors.
pressmen, press feeders. bookbnders and
others in the printing trades who were
thrown out of employment by the Baltimore
fire. Mr. Palmer says that, after consulta-
ton with the civil service commission, he
gave temporary employment to more than
two hundred printing artisans who lost
their positions in Baltimore. Only Balti-
more people, however, We're given this tenn
porary employment The action of Mr..
pa1r, of ba mis-
was approved by the President.
Invited by the G. A. r.
The President received an invitation today
from the G. A. r. of Massachusetts to at
tend the national encampment of the G.
A. R. to be held at Boston in August. The
invitation was presented by General w. w.
Blackmar and Eli w. Hall, past department
commanders of Massachusetts, who were
accompanied by Senator Lodge and Curtis
Guild, lieutenant governor of the state.
Resolutions of the Massachusetts, depart
ment asking the President to attend were
handed to the chief executive, and they
were supplemented by an official invitation
from the governor of the state and from the
mayor of Boston. The" President said he
would consider the invitation. 1t would af-
ford him pleasure to attend the encamp-
ment, but he could not say definitely wheth-
er he would be able to do SO.
Senator Mllard and r. r. Schneider. re-
publican national committeeman of Ne
braska talked Nebraska politics with the
President this morning, and Senator Hop
kins of Illinois likewise conferred with the
President about Illinois politics.
Senator Kean of New Jersey had con-
ference with the President about legisla-
ton in Congress, and Senator Ball of Della
ware introduced Robert G.. Houston, the
collector of customs at Wilmington. Sem
ator Ball says that the anti-Addicks repub-
Hcans will hold a meeting of their state
committee within a few weeks and will
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delegates to the republican national con-
vention.
McKinley's Assassination Recalled.
Lieutenant Governor Fisk of Vermont
was the first notify President
Roosevelt that President Mckinley had
been shot at Buffalo. Tae first utterance
of Mr.. Roosevelt when he heard the sad
news was: "It is time We dealt severely
with those anarchists" He accompanied
his words with emphatic whack upon a
table with his right f1st and then he ex-
pressed his deep regret at the news i'm
mediately writing a telegram TO be sent to
Buffalo expressing his sympathy and ask
ing for the details Senator Proctor was
with Mr.. Fisk when they delivered the news
to Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr. Fisk was caller at the White House
today, being accompanied by Senator Proc
tor and Representative Foster. Mr.. FISK
owns a historic house at Isle La Motto,
Lake Champlain, and President Roosevelt
was there as a guest of the Fish and Game
League when the news of the shooting was
telephoned TO Mr.. Fisk's home.
One Army Officer There.
The United States has one army officer
near the scene of the war operations in the
east, but he is there in his Personal cap1c-
ity. This officer is Capt. Henry T. Allen.
brevet brigader general, in charge of con-
stables in the Philippines. Nearly two
months ago. when 1t became evident that
Russia and Japan would eventually clash,
Captain Allen asked for leave of absence
from Secretary Taft who was then gov
ernor of the Philippines and when leave
had been granted went to Korea, where he
now is Secretary Taft, speaking to the
President this morning about the ifnpor-
tance of the United States having a trained
military observer on the field of action,
suggested that further leave of absence be
granted to Captain Allen, IL he can be
spared from the Philippines. Secretary