Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-17
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Question of Purchasing the
Canal Supplies
NOW UP TO CONGRESS
AN EXTRA SESSION MAY BIZ
CALLED NEXT OCTOBER.
DR.. Hollander Says That Santo Do-
mingo is Quiet and Without
a Hint of Trouble.
NOW UP TO CONGRESS

president Roosevelt has Informed n nuns.
Der OF his callers that the decision reached
py MIN and Secretary Taft as 10 purchase
ing supplies for the Panama canal any.
Where the goods can be obtained the cheap.
est, whether at home or abroad. was the
only one that could have been reached un.
der the circumstances. and that the whols
question of the purchase of these supplies
Is now up to Congress, which knew last
winter that II would have to be met The
question was not new one by any means.
ne said, and there was nothing TO do but
purchase in such way as to save the
government million of dollars. II this had
not been done there would have been
ground for the most severe criticism of thu
canal management
AS rule the presidential callers have
candidly Informed the President of their
approval of his attitude on this question.
and some of them have gone so far as TO
tell MIN that the whole thing bore strong
testimony to the necessity for revision OF
the tariff Western men especially hold
this view Representative Davis of Min
nesota talked tariff and rebate questions
Win Min .ne PRESIDENT today. and unhestat-
insiy commended the Presidents position on
REBATES and his action in the canal pur-
cnases Congress will have to wrestle
with this problem" said Mr.. Davis. and II
''Ai iiaNS d DiS tDltlS on hand II
open the door for revision of the the tariff,
poth for increased revenues and for other
purposes There is sentiment for tariff
revision along certain lines, and this NAV
been sought Ae
AS TO the rebate proposition, the Presi.
nent is right, and our section of the conn.
ly wiz uphoid him in the fullest sense, It
Is oeao-sure thing that we are not going
TO lei the Senate committee on Interstate
commerce fix this thing for US We pro.
pose 10 nave a suitable law covering this
question, and 1t will not be unfair to tbs
railroads. If the roads are NOT y,oIa.tnS
laws they need not be afraid of legislatio1
tnat Will protect the country This is n,ucE
,,nes nne having large navy. We may never
need our ships for war, but if we do ne
VIII need them badly and quickly So ,t ,s
with rebate law and similar legislation
II may never be needed. but, on the Other
nand, IT may be needed badly
Believe Will Be Extra Session
Mr. Davis said he had not talked with
the President about an extra session -
Congress this fall but he believes thsss
would be one. He had believed 10 ALI a,ons
The trip OF the President to the south
would not interfere with the session. a.
the PRESIDENT would be back In wash,nr.
ton by the time proposed for the sessiaS
the 10th of October The trim To the So',tt
would begin the last Of September and
would last only two weeks bringing ths
Fresident back here before the 10th and ia
plenty or time for the extra session II
When the President has comnleted ~.
southern trip he will have visited every
state and territory In the Union He has
aireaay visited all of them except Florida.
ana Arkansas, and these will be taken in
the next time. After next fall the Presi,
oent will go out of the handshaking and
travelling business and settle down to the
S molk OF ms ONCE and to getting ready to
pecome an ''ex." He told ex-senator James
~ Jones OF Arkansas today that he would
visit Little Rock, and when he had done SO
ne would have taken in every state and
territory.
DR.. Hollander Has Conference.
DR.. Jacob H. Hollander, the special agent
sent to Santo Domingo by the President to
investigate the financial conditions of that
country and the soldity of the existing
government, had consultation lasting
about an hour with the President Later in
the day Dr. Hollander returned and had
luncheon with the President, when the dis,
cuSs1on was resumed.
Il have not made written report to the
president and do not know yet whether he
wants one" said DR.. Hollander after his
visit. Il told the President that / had
found perfect acquiescence to the arrange.
ment put into effect between the two gov.
ernments. both on the part Of the officials
and of the people of the island. AS to the
STABILITY OF the government existing there.
you know as well as l do that there was
not revolution enough to furnish material
Tor newspaper stories. Mr.. Cotton, who 10
now in charge of the custom houses under
the Jurisdiction of the bureau of insular az.
fairs. is probably making periodical reports
and would be a better authority on the sub.
Ject of finance than myself. There is not q
hint of trouble down there now, and as ev.
cry one seems so well satisfied with tie
program, l see no reason why the present
state of affairs should not continue
The President received a call from tho
executive committee of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen of the Southern rail-
way system, headed by G. F. Voigt Tho
members were presented to the President
ter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
men. The President is an honorary mem.
Der of the brotherhood
The Ohio Collectorship.
Robert W. Manly. deputy collector of In
ternal revenue at Chillicothe, Ohio, was In
troduced to the President by ex-Repre-
sentative D. K. Watson. Mr. Manly is .
son-n-law of the late ]. c. Entrikin. who
was collector of the district, and desired
to succeed to the vacancy. He found on
reaching Washington that the President
has about decided to name d. H. Moore OF
Athens Ohio, the candidate of Senator
Foraker. Senator Dick did not present a
candidate, but objected to Mr.. Moores ap-
pointment, and the President has had To
decide the difference. AS the appointment
is in southern Ohio, the recognized bailf-
wick of Senator Foraker, he concluded to
name Moore and this will be done in .
few days. Some charges against Mr.
Moore are being investigated. but it is said
to be likely that they Will not stand in tho
way of the appointment.
Rear Admiral Crowinshield, Z. s. A., re<
tired. now living in New York, paid his re-
~ fnsla