Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-23
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
An Early Extra Session Of
Congress Urged.
TO REMOVE DERELICTS
REPRESENTATIVE OF MARITIME
INTERESTS WANT ACTION.
Successor to Internal Revenue Collector
Successor to Internal Revenue Collector
Sammis in Iowa Selected-some
of Today's Callers.

| E. P. Bacon, who represents the COM
mercial and shipping interests of the
| country in connection with railroad legls-
| lation, called at the White House today
| and made an appointment for & later con-
| ference with the chief executive. Mr. Ba-
| con and many others are urgil that an
| extra session of Congress be called i'm
| mediately after the adjournment of this
| Congress, fearing that delay until next
| fall will work to the interests of those
who are seeking to prevent legislation of
any kind. Mr. Bacon asserts that there
| is no good reason for delay in putting
| through legislation at this session. and
| the talk of an Investigating commission
| for the summer is simply a device for
| putting off action. Mr. Bacon declares
| that every scrap of information that any
| one could desire upon which to form
| judgment is to be had in dozen docu-
ments. The industrial commission, which
completed its work year or two ago,
made most exhaustive examination of
the question, and the facts brought out
then are easy to be had. Three Con-
crosses have taken up the question and
had sittings and hearings. All this is
aVaila Bile, and few people have read the
matter that is to be had, Everything
that is material, Mr.. Bacon says, is at
hand, and he hopes there will be an i'm
mediate extra session of Congress after
March 4.
Several members of Congress are urg-
ing the same thing upon the President
but the latter has about made up his
mind to call the session October l. He
thinks that the sentiment of the country
by that time. instead of RELOCATING the
subject to the background, will have
grown in volume and will amount to
demand that cannot be ignored or longer
put off.
To Remove Derelicts.
A delegation representing trade and mar
ltime interests along the entire Atlantic
coast, had conference with President
Roosevelt today concerning provisions
which those interests are urging the gov
eminent to make for the destruction of
derelicts in the Atlantic ocean which are a
serious menace to navigation. In the dele
ganon We're Gustav II Schwab of the Mar
thine Exchange, New York; Cant C. r
Parsons of New York. E. p Sherwood of
the Philadelphia Maritime Exchange D. G.
Amber of the Jacksonville board of trade
and Col. Walter Graham of the Galveston
board OF trade. The delega ton presented
to the President a memorandum setting out
the necessity for action by the government
in the matter and impressing upon him the
Importance to shipping interests of the de-
structiOn of derelicts.
bill now is pending before the House
OF Representatives, providing for the con-
Structlon of vessel to destroy derelcts
II ALREADY mas passed the senate. After
the measure reached the House. a PROPOSE
ton was made that the government assign
either vessel of the navy one of the
revenue cutters to do the work for which
it is proposed to build a special ship The
delegation today urged the President either
to use his influence to secure the passage
of the pending bill by Congress or to make
provision for the destruction of derelicts by
some other government vessel. Realizing
the Importance of the matter. the President
promised to give it careful consideration.
New Exposition Proposed.
Newell Sanders and r. L. Sharp, promi-
nent citizens of Chattanooga, talked with
the President about some appointments
in that state and incidentally, about a pro-
posed semi-centennial peace jubilee
position at Chattanooga in 1915. Mr.. Sand
is the author of the suggestion, and
the proposition is to establish an EXPOSE
ton that will commemorate the fiftieth an
niverSary of the close of the civil war
! Chattanooga is regarded as the most suit
able place for holding such exposition
as several of the greatest battles of the
| civil were fought around there. The
| idea is receiving much encouragement.
Martin w. Littleton of New York was
presented to the President by Representa-
| tive Brownow of Tennessee. 1t was Mr..
Littleton who nominated Parker for Pres
| ident al St Louis. II want to introduce to
you the man who did more for you than
| any other man in the last campaign" was
| the Introduction of Mr.. Brownlow when
| he presented Mr.. Littleton, at which the
President smiled.
Charles F. Shively of Indiana, supreme
grand chancellor of the Supreme Grand
| Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of the
| United States, was presented by Represen-
| tative Watson Mr. Shively told the Pres-
| dent that the Knights of Pythas have a
membership of GG000G and that the uni
| form rank of the order has membership
| of 300. Il am commander-in-chief of an
army nearly as large as yours" Mr.. Shive
| ly told the President.
| The Missouri Situation.
| Frank z klnnner renreSent i've elect