Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
ING FOR CLEMENCY
Further Appeal on Behalf of Adams
and Sawyer.
MR.. SHAW WITH PRESIDENT
Had Conference Last Night on Sub.
ject Of Currency Reform-Went
to New York at Midnight.

Secretary Taft, who was at the White
House today in conference with the Pres-
dent, said that his itinerary OF speeches for
the congressional campaign was not fully
arranged. but that he thought he would
speak in Lancaster, Logan and Cleveland.
Ohio. He said that he had been in corre-
spondence with Representative Sherman.
chairman of the republican congressional
committee. and with Representative Burton
and Senator Dick Of Ohio, as to the speeches
he would make in that state. The Secre-
tary thinks. If there Is no change in his
itinerary, that he will speak at Lancaster
and Logan Monday Of next week. and at
Cleveland Saturday night Of this week.
From Ohio he will go on to the west for
several speeches. He will go as far west as
Idaho. where the republicans are having a
red hot fight the opposition being led by
Senator Dubois. The Mormon question Is
mixed up In the fight, Senator Dubois and
the democrats making charges that Idaho
Is dominated by bishops of the Mormon
church by reason of the large Mormon vote
in the state.
On his way to Idaho Secretary Taft will
probably make q speech In Uncle joe
Cannon's district, as an evidence of his
esteem for the venerable Speaker. The re-
publican managers declare there is no dan
ger In the Cannon district. but the fact
that Secretary Taft proposes to speak
there would indicate that the uneasiness
has not wholly subsidized
On Friday night Of this week Secretary
Taft will speak in Baltimore, his object be-
ing to help several republican nominees
for Congress in that city
The speech Secretary Taft will make in
Lancaster, Ohio will be to aid Albert
Grosvenor for the republican nomination
for Congress. Douglass after defeating
the noted Grosvenor proceeded to make d
number of bad mistakes and say some UNI
l. --.al,
with the result that there Is fear that he
will be defeated.
BY going to Ohio under the auspices Of
the republican congressional committee.
showing favoritism for either the Dick
Foraker faction or the Burton faction in
Ohio politics
Asking for Clemency.
A further appeal for clemency for Arthur
Adams and Robert Sawyer was made at
the White House today by Rev. DR.. H. H.
Parker of Fredericksburg. Va, and Rev.
James Carmichael of Wilmington. NJ c..
Adams and Sawyer are negroes who are to
die for murder and mutiny on the high
seas. The President several days ago de-
clined to interfere with the sentence Of
death, but this decision seems to have
acted in the direction of stirring up further
efforts. Sawyer and Adams were convicted
of slaughtering the captain, mate. steward
ana engineer OF the steamer berWlnd, Whlch
sailed from Philadelphia for West In
dian port in October of last year. On their
return the murders were committed, the
four survivors. all negro sailors, taking to
a boat. When they were picked up Adams
and Sawyer reported that the murders had
been committed by a negro named Scott
who had murdered one of those on the
boat after the steamer had been left to
the mercy of the seas. Scott partly con-
fessed and was later hanged in North Caro-
lima Adams and Sawyer were also convict
ed Of completely and are under sentence to
die November 1 in Wilmington. The Rev.
Messrs. Parker and Carmichael went from
the White House to the Department Of
Justice. The President did not give them
much hope.
The President shook hands with several
hundred veterans Of the civil war at noon
today. They were members of New York
and Brooklyn regiments who have been to
| Manassas to dedicate some monuments on
that battlefield