Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-15
At THE WHITE HOUSE
The President to Go South
Next Fall.
TO LEAVE IN OCTOBER
CONFERENCE IN REGARD TO
FOREST RESERVES.
Many Callers See the Chief Executive
on Variety of Topics-Pend-
ing Appointments

President Roosevelt talked with Senator
Simmons OF North Carolina today about tho
trip he will make to the south next fall He
will go south In October, and in North Car
olina will stop at Raleigh and Charlotte.
Whether he will stop at other places is not
yet determined.
Senator Simmons the President about
the vacancy on the Gettysburg battlefield
commission, hoping to be able to land the
place for some North Carolina man. Judge
A. c. Avery of Morgantown, Judge Walter
Montgomery of Raleigh, Mai. H. A. Lon
don of Pittsboro. and ex-Lieut. Gov. Stead
ham were among those who desired TO go
on the commission in place of Maj. Robins.
who died recently. The President gave Sem
ator Simmons to understand that the va
cancy had been promised to Gen. Lunsford
Lomax of Virginia, a clerk in the War De-
partment Senator Daniel saw the Presi-
dent and Secretary Taft Saturday, and was
promised the place.
Establishing Forest Reserves.
Senator Dubois of Idaho. and Clifford
Pinchot, chief of the division of forestry
had a conference with the President today
regarding the establishment of forest re-
serves, especially in Idaho. Senator DuE
bois left with the President a long state
taken by his colleague, Senator Hepburn,
and heartily indorses the attitude of the
President in setting aside land for forest
reserves. Considerable feeling has been
aroused in Idaho concerning the establish
ment of forest reserves in that state. it
being asserted by Senator Hepburn and
others that the land so set aside
needed for settlement. Senator Dubois con-
tends that no foundation exists for the feel
ing and that no home-seeker or home-
maker is being inconvenenced in the least
by the creation of the reserves.
A Number of Callers.
Senator Foraker and Representative
Grosvenor of Ohio were with the President
about a pardon case in which General Gros-
venor is interested. Senator Foraker talked
with the President about some other mat
ters. and is understood to have taken up
the internal revenue collectorship of the
Chillicothe district, over which there is a
fight. The matter has been referred to Sec
retary Shaw for report, but it is the belief
that D. II. Moore of Athens, the Foraker
candidate, will be appointed
Senator Cullom, who is chairman OF the
Senate committee on foreign relations. was
a visitor at the White House during the
day, but did not go into the Loomis-Boweu
case
Senator McCumber of North Dakota pre-
sented some friends.
Mr. Sibley on the Tariff
Representative Sbley of Pennsylvania
was another of the presidential callers.
The necessity for raising more revenue for
government has put Mr.. Sibley to think
ing of what ought to be done, and he is
revolving in his mind the suggestion of a
maximum and minimum tariff rate. ad-
Unstable to the needs for more revenues and
to reciprocity arrangements with foreign
countries.
81 am going TO give some thought to
whether plan of this kind would work,
al hot fllr
1t will, and have not the least idea of COM
mitting myself to it, but l. am going TO
think il over some. We must do something
think that the war tax on bank checks
will have to be put back so as to add to
the revenues, and there will be some other
things that will have to stand further taxa
ton"
Asking for Bear Skins.
Il just came in to tell the President good
bye before going west said Representa-
tive Babcock 1and to ask the President TO
give me a bear skin. The President told
me his friends had made SO many requests
for bear skins that he would not have
enough to around. and that he proposd TO
keep all the skins rather than hurt the
feelings of some of his friends. 1t is really
amusing at the number of good-natured re-
quests that have reached the President .or
bear SKINS
Ex-senator Chandler, who has been hav-
ing some fun with the republican presiden-
tial candidates. promising each one his sup
port and letting him know that he had
promised the same thing to the other, Wis
tied the President to say that his hearty
support could be depended upon in the
event that the President was nominated for
the presidency by the democrats three years
from now.
But L found both Foraker and Shaw with
the President" said Senator Chandler, "and
I could not afford to displease them by
promising the President my backing. l will
wait until they not around. l don't
think it will do for Vice President Fair
banks to know how often Shaw and For
aker go to see the President"
A Virginia Collectorship.
Representative Slemp, the republican pa
tronage dispenser of Virginia Is expected
in Washington in day or two to make a
recommendation as to the collectorship OF
customs at Newport News. Jesse w. Ell
lott, the Newport collector, died there
for the place. Seth V. Peck, clerk in the
office of the collector Of customs at Nor
folk. is In Washington, working for the
place He is graduate in law OF
George Washington University served
in the Treasury Department here a long
time and has had much experience in the
customs business. He has some strong
backing. 1t is not understood that Repre-
sentative Slemp has selected any one. and
Mr.. Peck hopes to obtain the Endorsement.
Mr.. Peachey. an attorney at Newport News,
is a candidate for the place and has the
backing OF George Bowden, natlonal COM
mitteeman, and John S. Wise, formerly OF
Virginia Peachey is related to Mr.. Wise
by marriage.
The Hackensack Post Office.
Senator Kean and Representative Allen OF
New Jersey called on the President with K.
L. d. Hester. chairman of the Bergen coun-
ty republican committee, and w. H Mack
ay of Rutherford. in connection with the
Hackensack postoffice. President Roose-
welt desired to give the place to William
Jeffers a weil-known employe OF the Sem
ate, but the local republicans had promised
to support T. c. Cumming After confer
ence with the President II was agreed that