Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-01
At THE white HOUSE
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A Very Brief /: Cabinet Meet
ing Today.
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BARRED ) ) FROM MAILS
'Ees1sJ 2efG12 -
MR.. JAcKsoN's, BOOK ON OUR
COLONIAL. POSSESSIONS.
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All the Papers Taken to President by
All the Papers Taken to President by
Postmaster General Wynne-Presi-
dent Gets Rabbits Foot.

nc CdpiHet meeting lniS morning was
very brief and was given over largely to a
discussion of routine departmental matters
brought to the attention of the President
by Secretaries Hay, Morton, Metcalf and
Hitchcock and Postmaster General Wynne.
the only members of the cabinet who were
present. ? 'ss%
Secretary Hay announced the signing of
the Hay-Jusserand arbitration treaty be-
tween the American and French govern
ments. Some time was spent in discus
sion of the political situation. The cabinet,
without exception. assured the President
that the outlook was excellent in their opin-
ion.
AT tie request of the President, Post
master General Wynne took to the White
House this morning the papers in the case
Of Charles NJ. Jackson alias Mitchell,
whose book, How We Run the Civil Serv-
Ice In Our COLONIAL Possessions" If state
ments from democratic sources are to be
pemeved, was barred from the mails by the
republican administration because of the
unpleasant truths It contained.
ne documents in the case presented to
me rresioent today showed, however, that
ea,Ly IN september the attention of the in
sular bureau of the War Department was
directed to advertisements appearing In
various papers offering Information not
procurabie elsewhere" to those persons de-
s ss OF entering the Philippine civil serv-
Ice Other advertisements in which
Charles M. Jackson appeared as the nrinci-
PAL, SAID that Stenograp1ers were wanted
IN the government service in Manila and
olIered Inducements in the way of short
hours, pleasant work and high paw The
advertisements were considered to no 90
paipabIy fraudulent that on September u
the postmaster at New York was instructed
TO withhold Jackson's mail temporarily,
pending additional Investigation A teIe.
received
september y, however, was of such a ma
ture as to make further inquiry unneces.
sary ana fraud order was immediately
issued against him. eS,
Mr.. Jackson's Telegram.
incidentally. the publication of the tele-
gram at this time explains very clearly the
interest taken in The troubles of jackson
or Mitchell by 1tnoss,,at present active In
the presidential campaign. The telegram
reads as follows: gao
Am publishing book on Philippine civil
service and have thousand orders in mail
Postmaster here arbitrarily withholding NV
mail without explanation Unless the same
delivered by Wednesday must accept DEM
ocratlc party S offer to distribute INV hook
gratis to every office man in Union, causing
me financial loss and considerable notoriety
to the Philippine government. Please wire.
Urgent. S5r E--s2
(Signed) CHARLES NJ. JACKSON.
me inVestigation up to that time having
SHOWN that Jacksoh'S- business was fraudu-
lent, he having tried to sell mis- book How
We Run Fthe Cfvili Service in Our Colonial
Possessions, on the basis of fraudulent
representa- tions,tffand This telegram of the
18th having been so manifestly improper. a
fraud order was issued against him with
out further delay. The bpublfcatio of the
story In an endeavor to make campaign
material out of the facts has been expected
for some time. and that the attempt was
not made sooner has occa stoned consider
able surprise at the-Post Office Department
and elsewhere in Washington.
President Gets a Rabbit Foot.
Secretary to the President Loeb has sent
letter to John w. Frazier, registrar of
the city bureau of surveys Of PHILADELPHIA.
thanking him for a silver-mounted rabbit S
FOOT presented to the President by Mr..
Frazier. If President Roosevelt isn't re-
elected to second term in the White
House II won't be Mr.. Frazier's fault, for
according to his statement, which, although
not sworn to. is apparently made in good
talth the rabbit that originally owned the
foot In question was shot by colored
preacher, on the seventh day Of the week
IN the seventh week Of the year, in a coun-
try graveyard at the full of the moon. Mr..
Frazier says that If his rabbit foot doesn t
keep the President in good luck for the rest
of his life he'll be very much surprised.
In his letter to Mr.. Frazier Secretary
Loeb said: The President thanks you for
the handsomely mounted rabbit foot and
accepts 1t as an omen of good luck
Mr.: Frazier concluded his letter to the
President with the statement that he didn
think the good luck token was needed in
the coming presidential election but that If
might keep the Presidents good fortune in
repair in years to come.