Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-24
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Appropriation for Jamestown
Exposition Wanted.
SEES THE PRESIDENT
GEN. FITzHUGH LEE URGES AC-
TON THIS SESSION.
Speaker Cannon and Senator Cullom
Disagree With DIR. Osler-The
Santa Fe Inquiry.

| jamestown Exposition Company, had a
| conference with President Roosevelt today
| as to the status of an appropriation for
| the exposition. AS matters now stand,
| Speaker Cannon has decided that he will
| not recognize any one to move the passage
| of the bill reported by the House commit
| tee on industrial arts and expeditions, max
| ing a liberal appropriation for the exposi-
| tion and the whole plan of an appropria-
| ton is thereby blocked. President Roose-
| welt has shown a decidedly friendly inter-
| est in the enterprise and recommended aid
| for it In his annual message. He has per-
| sonally spoken to members Of the House
! along the same lines and done everyth hing
| consistent with his position. General Lee
| did not say whether he had asked the
President to once more lend helping hand,
but it is probable that he did. The action
| of the Speaker has caused an unfrlendiy
| feeling in the south it is said, the SuggeS-
| ton there being that the Speaker has not
| shown himself unfriendly to expositlons IN
! other parts of the country In the past, ana
| that it is somewhat hard that ne snoulo
| begin to drawn the line now.
| General Lee is still hopeful that Speaker
| Cannon will change his views and permit
| the report of the committee to reach a
vote in the Senate, where 1t is assured OF
| large majority, it is claimed.
Disagree With DR.. Osler.
| Sneaker Cannon was at the White House
| today for a short time, but that was pe1ore
| General Lee was there Mr.. Cannon stop
| ped long enough with the newspaper re-
| porters to defend himself from the Osler
| theory, that after sixty years of age man
| ought to be chloroformed or put out to
| pasture like a well-worn horse. He dld
| not agree with Dr. Osler at all, saying that
no rule could apply, as man was no oider
1 l. ir a
quite frsky chap. The greatest IeaQer
the democrats ever h" 4 was Samuel j. III
den,' he said. land yet Tilden was an oid
man. past sixty years when he achieVeo
his victories and successes for his party
az certainly cannot agree with DR.. Osler,
said Senator Cullom, with laugh oh
the contrary, 1 do not believe that man
begins to do his best until he gets IN the
| neiehborhood of sixty years of age as l
conId show in a hundred instances-in fact,
thousands of instances If l cared to do So
Senator Cullom is seventy-fve-
Samuel Piles, the new Senator from
Washington, succeeding Senator roster
was presented to the President today by
Senator Ankeny.
A Chance for Expelled Cadets.
President Roosevelt was asked today to
appoint as second lieutenants in the army
five cadets to the West Point Military Acad-
envy who were dismissed On May p, 1901.
The petition for their appointment was
presented by Representative Hinshaw Of
Nebra ska Accompanying the petition was
a memorial setting out the facts concern
ing the dismissal. Both the petition and
memorial were filed with the President. The
cadets were C. E. Bowlby of Nebraska,
John A. Cleveland of Alabama, I. r. hel-
Ter of New York, B. o. Mahaffey of Texas
and R. A. Linton of Michigan, all members
of the class graduated in 1902 A member
of their class was punished for an infrac-
ton of the rules of the academy. When the
announcement of the punishment was made,
the five cadets assembled on the campus
and demonstrated their disapproval of the
punishment by derisive yells. Their action
was construed as reflection upon the
SUPERINTENDENT of the academy and, SUISSE
ouently, the five men were dismissed from
the institution. 1t is pointed out in their
behalf that the offense they committed was
not heinous and was prompted by poylsn
reconsideration. Superintendent Mills, of
the Military Academy, joins in the petit
ton for their appointment to the army.
Under the law, the young men cannot De
reinstated at the academy, but two years
having elapsed since their dismissal, they
may be appointed to the army. The Pres
ident promised to consider the matter with
Secretary Taft
President Roosevelt has promised, If pos
sible TO attend the annual commencement
exercises of Clark University, al Worcester,
Mass on the 21st of next June. The ar
| rangement for the Presidents visit to the
university was made by Carroll ID. Wright,
until recently commissioner of labor, who
| is now president of the institution Repre-
sentative Thayer of Massachusetts To-Day
| extended an invitation to the President TO
visit Holy Cross College, at Worcester, on
| the same day and he tentatively accepted
| the invitation.
The Santa Fe inquiry