Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-30
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Representative Prince on the
CoI0red Soldiers Dismissal.
ENGLISH LABOR LEADERS
They Pay Their Respects to the
President.
MR.. COOLEY'S SUCCESSOR
John A. McIlhenny Of Louisiana,
Democrat, Appointed on Civil
Service Commission.
NGLIsH LABOR LEADERS
/. cooLEY's SUCCESSOR

| Representative Prince Of Illinois, lead
ing member OF the House committee On
military affairs, paid his respects to Pres
I fdent Roosevelt today. Mr. Prince was
pressed with questions as to the proba BILE
action of Congress in connection with the
| dfshonorable dismissal from the army of
three negro companies by the President
While neither condemning nor agreeing
| with the President in his step, Mr.. Prince
expressed the belief that Congress would
| not be able to do anything, even If in
clined.
The reason for this" said Mr.. Prince
is plain. The President has the power to
veto any measure that might be passed
Z, in the interest of the discharged soldiers
and Congress would not likely pass a bill
/ over his veto. If the President is satisfied
month or SO from now that he did not
make mistake he would undoubtedly
veto any bill that would attempt to fur
| nish. relief to the dismissed men. This
| would be in line with the Presidents
! policy In the past. He has almost uni
/ formly vetoed bills reported favordbly
by our committee and passed by Congress
restoring dishonorably discharged men to
! their rank. He has held that the army Is
| an honor to the country and to the men
|
roll than the pension list With such
i views he would not permit relief to the
| dismissed soldiers if he did not feel that
| they We're entitled to IT,"
Mr. Prince DOUBTS the White House state
| ment that the President has authority to
| restore any of the men who may show
| that they were innocent of knowledge of
| the guilty acts of some of their comrades
| In the case of the Annapolis midship-
| men who were dismissed for hazing' said
| MT Prince, the President took the ground
that he did not have power to restore them
| to the academy, and made certain recon-
| mendationS to Congress, which were carried
| out. have not looked into the, question,
but l should think that the same law
would apply in this case Also ~
| English Labor Leaders. ~
President Roosevelt today received two
prominent English labor leaders, They
were A. A. Gee and = N Bell, ana they
| were the fraternal delegates from England
| to the annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor The visitors were
presented by President >Gompers of the
| Federation, and expressed pleasure at their
reception. They found the President In
diligently posted on labor matters in this
| country and abroad.
we have been much pleased to see the
| laboring people of the United States awak-
ening to their political rights" said Mr.
Bell who Is the general secretary of the
National Amaagamated Union OF Labor of
| England. Without such an awakening the
| laborlng people will not be able to obtain
| Tor themselves such laws and rights as they
| are entitled. In the English parliament we
| now have strong representation. We have
1 thirty laboring men elected independently
OF the regular parties and twenty laboring
men n,e, who VIII, were elected on the liberal ticket
| This gives us fifty members of parliament -
| The English labor leaders hope to see
| their brethren in this country send their
own men to Congress so as to be in position
10 demand and secure valuable legislation.
New Civil Service Commissioner.
John A. McIthenny Of New Iberia, La, a
democrat, Rough Rider and manufacturer
of tobasco sauce, three virtues that make
| him hot stuff, has been selected by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as civil service commissioner
! to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion
Of Mr.. Cooley to the Department of Justice
The position was rendered Mr.. McIIhenny
some time ago, but he did not act upon It
| for some time He called at the White
| House today, however, and announced that
he would accept.
| Mr.. 4icIlhenny has been actively Identified
| with the democratic party of Louisiana and
Is at present state senator of that party
| He has long been warm friend of the
| resident. having accompanied him on sew
| eral trips. He was guest of the President
when the latter hunted bear in the Missis-
| sippi swamps near Smedes, Miss. President
Roosevelt knows and likes him very much
| and Is pleased that he has concluded to ac-
| cept.
| Technically speaking, the civil service
| commission now becomes democratic, al
| though Gen. John c. Black is regarded as
more of an independent than a democrat
Commissioner Greene is a republican. Gen.
Black was commissioner Of pensions under
| President Cleveland and was several times
| talked of as q democratic nominee for the
| vice presidency. In recent years he has
| not acted with the silver element of his
party, and his politics have not been signif-
cant.
| Mr.. McIlhenny Is about forty-two years
| old and Is bachelor. He proposes to
give his best EFFORTS to his new work.
The Japanese School Question.
Senator Flint OF California called upon
the President today. He will have a talk
later with the chief executive about the
Japanese school question. which has be-
come SO prominent on the Pacific coast,
and which must be handled with the great
| est care. The President Is seeking all the
| light on the subject he can get. One of his
guests at luncheon today was Prof. Benja-
California. The latter's views as a lead
| ing educator Of California were desired
by the President to aid him in reaching
| whatever decision he may determine upon
| The President is giving careful considera-
ton to the report received by him from
| Secretary Metcalf who went west to look
| into this question, and who handed in his
l
| Friday.
Little Talking, Large Majority.
Representatives overstreet. Loudenslager
and Dalzeli Were three Of the republican
side of the House to talk with the Presi-
dent today DESPITE large losses to the re-
publicans in Indiana this year, the major
ity Of Representative Overstreet In the In
dianapolis district was larger than he ever
| obtained before. When asked how he ex-
planned this. he said, laughingly: IT do not
know. unless it is because did not do much
| speaking. Sometimes find that the more
speaking man does the less his vote I
remember that I had a county In my dis
trict that was generally regarded as demo-
] cratic. In one campaign spoke just once
IN the county. To my surprise my majority
was sixty-five The next e1eetion made
fifteen speeches In the county, and 1t went
| against me by $50 majority Silence Is Of
] ten tho hast policy. taAsing from this"