Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-18
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Praise of the President for His
Fight for Meat Inspection.
MANY LETTERS RECEIVED
Why the Neill-Reynolds Report Was
Given Out.
A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT
Members of Congress Tell the Presi-
dent They Are With Him-Am-
bassador to Turkey Named.

A good deal OF talk about meat inspection
was INDUCED in at the White House today.
but 1t did not bear directly upon what Is
doing In Congress. Many members of
Congress visited the chief executive with
constituents from their respective districts.
and many of these seized the opportunity to
declare to the President that the people
were thoroughly back of him In his efforts
to clean up the stockyards and purify the
principal foods of the country The Presi-
dent expressed pleasure at receiving these
assurances. but he could not have felt
otherwise. in view of the many letters and
kilograms he has recently received this
subject. all Of the same purport. In effect.
the President has not led any fight that
has brought him much strong backing.
A Significant Remark.
The President made one statement today
that Is OF interest in connection with the
present fight. That was that he would not
have given the report of Messrs Neill and
Reynolds to the public If otherwise he
could have secured the sort of legislation
he deemed desirable and necessary. The
visitors to whom he was talking caught the
impression from the remark that the Presi-
dent had tried to get the packers to do
certain things and accept certain laws. but
that they would not do SO and he gave the
report to the public to let public opinion
get In its work. This Is one of the points
upon which the President is criticised, even
BY those who agree with his efforts to OBJ
tain proper legislation. 1t is pointed out
that the President might have saved
American trade abroad and caused less of
a stir IL he had used his information to
force the packers to change the things
complained of and to accept laws that
would prevent recurrence Of the evils.
The proper construction of the remark Of
the President, 1t is believed. is that he
hpx,a tod ha
had not known that he could not secure
the necessary laws without appealing to
public opinion. The President knew the
tremendous pressure that the packers could
bring upon Congress and believed that he
would probably lose his fight for corrective
legislation but for making the people his
allies in the contest.
At the same time 1t would be interesting
IL the fact could be shown that the Presi-
dent did give the packers an opportunity to
yield to the inevitable before he prepared
he report for the press.
Representative Wilson of Chicago intro
duced David Herriott, postmaster at Nor
gan Park, a suburb Of Chicago. Mr.. Her
riott declared that the people of Chicago
and vicinity were almost to man with
the President.
Mr.. Haugen With the President.
Representative Haugen of iowa talked
with the President about beef legislation.
He is a member of the House committee on
dLQ Ii Ia dISoio WAtn thC sASWS
of the President. What have contended
for all the time" said Mr.. Haugen, land
shall continue to fight for, is enough money
to assure full and thorough inspection
through all stages of the meat business. II
the government Is to pay the Dill then L
want the appropriation made permanent so
as to guarantee that the good work shall
go right along. In addition to that want
a provision that in the event there is not
enough money the Secretary of Agriculture
shall have the authority and power to put
tax on each head of stock killed. That
will provide for contingency"
Representative Humphrey of Washington,
was one of the callers who told the Pres-
dent that the House would be with him in
his fight. Il didn't support the President
on the statehood bill" said Mr.. Hum
phreys, but am with him heart and soul
on this meat inspection business. We Will
give him what he wants, too
Representative French of Idaho saw the
President and Secretary Root today to
Boyce. This is a question Of distribution
of the appropriations by Congress and
will be made by the War Department
Senator Allison who has been i'll for some
time was cordially greeted by the Pres-
dent today when he appeared and they
held an extended conference. Senator AlH-
son said he felt much better.
Presidential Nominations
The President today nominated the fol-
lowing:
State-To be ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary of the United States to
Turkey, John G. A. Leishman of Pennsyl-
yania.
Treasury-To be surveyors of customs:
John r. Puryear, for the port of Paducah,
KY: Frank B. Posey, for the port Of Evans
Vile, Ind.
War-To be placed on the retired list of
the army. with the rank of brigadier gem
eral Col. Samuel r. Whitall. retired;
lieutenant colonel to be colonel, William L.
Pitcher, 2Sth Infantry; major to be iieuten-
ant colonel. Bernard Byrne. 18th Infantry:
captain to be major, Harry c. Hale. 10Th
Infantry; first lieutenant to be captain,
Garrison McCaskey 18th Infantry.
Navy-Captain to be rear admiral, VIII
liam T. Burwell.
Interior--To be receiver of public moneys.
Darius NJ Ansberry. at Broken Bow. Neb.;
to be register of land offices. John Reese. at