Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-14
STAND PAT DOCUMENT
CAMPAIGN BOOK APPROVED BY
THE PRESIDENT.

Yesterday was visitors day at Oyster
Bay. President Roosevelt's luncheon guests
numbered five. and the topics of discussion
ranged from the prospects of republican
success In the congressional campaign to
the digging of the Panama canal Repre-
sentative James s. Sherman of New York
chairman of the republican congressional
campaign committee. brought the material
for the political discussion
He had the proofs Of the party's new cam
paign text book for the Presidents revision
and approval, besides several of the arx,,-
ments which. Speaker Cannon is to make In
his convention speech tomorrow at Dan
ville Ill.
Panama Report by Shonts
Chairman Theodore P. Shonts of the 18TH
milan canal commission, who landed from
Panama Saturday. informed the President
OF arairs at present on the isthmus. Score
tary Joseph G. Bishop of the commission
came with Mr.. Shonts and remained a
house guest of the President.
Henry w, Taft OF New York. a brother
OF the secretary of War. was also a guest
as was Robert Bridges, the author Repre-
sentative Longworth. who is a member of
the campaign committee, took part in the
political discussion.
As Mr.. Sherman was leaving Saganoo-.
Hill he announced the Presidents approval
or the campaign book, which he said would
De issued next week When Speaker Can
non and Mr.. Sherman and other members
OF the congressional committee visited the
President several weeks ago certain mat
tiers to be handled in the text book were
discussed in detail. Mr. Sherman said n
was desirable to go over these matters
again with the President before the book
should be given to the public. He said the
PRESIDENT had approved of the way In which
the matters had been handled
Record Of the Party.
THE book will be a stand-pat document.
with word pictures of the record OF the re-
publican party and reasons why that party
should be kept in power" said Mr.. Sher-
man.
Mr.. Shedman spoke apprecIatively of the
Presidents interest and assistance in the
campaign The outlook he said was good
OF course" he remarked, ''the repub-
licans are not going to retain all the seats
they now have in the House. but we will re-
main In actual controf of the Sixtieth Con-
gress. That We are sure Of
AT the last election we had President
Roosevelt on the ticket and no real dem
ocrat against him. For this reason we car
rfed number Of strictly democratic dis
tricts that we had no more right to than
some one besides the President had 10 Saga
more Hill. While we expect to lose some of
THESE ulStTlctS the republican members who
hold them now are confident in every in
stance of their reelection"
Affairs at Panama. ..
Chairman Shonts said. after his visit to
the President. that he had given the Presi-
dent report up to date Of the progress OF
the canaf work in Panama The question
of most Importance now confronting the
commission, he said. was that of obtaining
labor.
Chairman Shonts said that the new steam
shovels ordered some time ago were arriy-
ing on the isthmus and were being imme
diately installed. The dirt was coming out
of Culebra cut so rapidly that great dim
Guilty was being found in disposing of it.
The Presidents November trip to Panama
was not discussed today. Mr. Shonts said
that conditions on the isthmus were very
much improved and that both Secretary
Taft and himself would go with the Presi-
dent when he makes his inspection of the
work in November.
Secretary Bishop of the commission re-
manned at Sycamore Hill after Mr. Shonts
departed.