Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-03
First Meeting Of the Cabinet
in Three Months.
LONG SESSION HELD
CHAIRMAN HULL CONFERS WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
Believes That the Feature Of the Com
ing Congress Will Be the Fight for
Railway Rate Legislation.

For two hours and a half today the caDi-
net sat with the President talking
over various matters. 1t was the first
cabinet meeting in three months. All tho
members were present except Secretary
Shaw. who is making speeches In Virginia
and Secretary Metcah Secretary Bona
parte attended his first cabinet meeting and
was Initiated by the other members.
When he came out he was asked If he had
anything to say about the meeting.
IAN 1 did was to listen.' was his re-
ply.
1t was stated by cabinet officers that the
call of the cabinet roll did not get all the
way around By the time Secretary Root
and Secretary Taft got through talking
there was not time for any of the other
members, except Attorney General MOODY.
to say anything. Secretary Taft occupied
the floor most of the time, telling OF MS
observations on his trip to the far east.
He had talked with the President at din-
ner last night, but there was so much TO
talk about that he did not finish at that
time Attorney General Moody had some
things to present to the PRESIDENT oqt ne
did not get through with all he had. Post
master General Cortelyou remained with
the President after the other cabinet ori-
GERS had gone.
Attorney General Moody said that the
matter of the appointment of Police
Court Judge in the District had not been
taken up Mr.. Moody will himself consider
the various candidates and make recon-
mendation to the President. The latter
will probably receive no delegations on the
subject. gao
Representative HulPs Call. -
Representative Hull of Iowa. chairman of
the military affairs committee of the
House. was in rare good humor today after
a talk with the President. He has spent
the entire summer in the woods, riding ana
fishing, and his health has never been bet
ter.
He talked with the President about a
good many things today. One of them
was about a Des Moines young man, +. u.
Cloud, who went to China number OF
years ago as a student-nterpreter at an
American consulate. There are NUMBER
OF these young men in China. Mr.. Cloud
has been inquiring whether there is any
future for these young men In the con-
sular service. The President assured Mr..
Hui. that it was his intention to make
ccrsuls of such of these student-interpre-
ters as showed the requisite ability.
Railroad Rate Legislation.
Eyes. the great battle in the coming Con-
gress will be on railway rate legislation,
said Mr. Hull. in answer to question.
THE President, SO far as I am able to
Judge. has not changed his position. He re-
mains firm in favor of legislation that will
not be so drastic as to injure the railroads,
but at the same time will be drastic enough
tc protect the people. There Is no doubt
the House will pass whatever legislation
the President thinks best. Whether II VIII
enact legislation along the lines of the
Esch-Townsend bill. which mad the ap-
prevail of the President a year ago, l do
not know. There may be reason to change
some of the features of that bill this time.
None of us knows what the Senate VIII DO,
but the House will stand by the wishes of
the people. It is the west that is most
largely in favor of suitable railroad leSls1
lation. The middle states, New York and
New England do not care much about
strong legislation. The House will be filled
with new men from the west, and they will
insist on something being done that will
really mean progress.
Doesn't Expect Tariff Revision.
81 do not think there will be revision of
the tariff In any shape. l really doubt IL
there is so much sentiment for tariff revi-
sion In the west as has been represented.
The predominant sentiment in that section
is not opposed to tariff revision whenever
it becomes necessary, but we are doing too
prosperous a business abroad now to talk
about changing the tariff.
LAS to free trade with the philippines, II
seems to me to be idiotic that there should
be anything else. If these islands are a part
of this country they ought to have the same
trade advantages we have.
The Presidents Visit to Little Rock:
Sid B. Redding of Little Rock, president
of the Arkansas Republican State League,
had conference with the President and
Secretary Loeb at which was arranged
finally the official program for the Presi-
dents visit to Little Rock on the 18th in
slant. Mr.. Redding represented the Little
Rock board of trade, which will direct the
ceremonies incident to the Presidents visit.
The President and party will arrive at
Little Rock at am. and will remain until
4 pm. The President will visit Fort Logan
H. Roots, the army post near the city. The
board of trade will tender the President
luncheon at l O'Clock. In the afternoon a
mass meeting will be held in the city park
at which President Roosevelt will deliver
an address.
At present II is intended that the pres
idetial party shall dIsband at Little Rock,
the President and Secretary Loeb going to
New Orleans and other members of the
party returning to Washington.
Kaiser's Gift to the President.
Captain Hebbinghaus, naval attache of
the Germany embassy. has presented to the
President a valuable collection of engrav-
ings illustrative of the life of Frederick
the Great the gift Of the German en-
peror Captain Hebbinghaus, who has just
returned from Germany. was also the
bearer of a personal message from his SOW
ereign to the President. The President
asked Captain Hebbinghaus to thank the
emperor heartily for the gift and the greet
ing. The President will also acknowledge
them IN a letter to the emperor. The en-
cravings are: Battalion of Life Guards
making the last stand In the battle Of Col
lin Frederick the Great leading the Reg
iment Won Buelow In the battle of Zorn-
dorf." "The colors taken by the Ansbach
Balreuth Dragons In the famous attack
at HohenfrIedberg'' and THE generals say
| ing goodbye to their dead king"
The collection especially appealed to the
| President because of his study of the life
| OF the great emperor.