Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-03
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Gen. Grosvenor's Method of
Retaliation.
TO L0P OFF APPROPRIATION
OF the Railroads for Carrying the
Mails.
SPEND FOR RURAL DELIVERY
Big Crowd Of Visitors to the Presi-
dent Today-The Speakers
Philosophy.
PEND FOR RURAL DELIVERY

| Representative Grosvenor Of Ohio. who
was caller at the White House this morn
| Ing, voiced the sentiment of q number
of members Of Congress when he declared
himself in favor OF looping $10,000,0OO of the
| appropriation for the pay Of the railroads
| for the carrying OF the malls as a reply
| to the no-pass order. which went into eff.
| feet on the first Of the month upon most
| Of the railroads in the east.
IF the railroads have lost much
money during the last year as the Penn
| sylvania officials claim they have on ac-
| count of giving away so many passes,
said General Grosvenor. I'VE can now
save 100000 of the $4,000 OoO we pay
| them and devote that extra money to
extending the rural free delivery service.
At the same time the railroads will do just
as well as they did when they were giving
away $10,O00,O00 in free rides
| A Number of Callers.
President Roosevelt had quite a number
of callers this morning, among them sew
| eral gentlemen who at present occupy
| prominent positions in the legislative lime
| light. Senator Beveridge, who has troubles
ahead in steering the statehood bid through
| the mazes of the upper House: Representa-
| tive Hepburn, chairman of the House inter-
| state and foreign. commerce committee and
busy citizen; Senator SpOOner, who usual
| ly has some faint idea Of what is going on
| in his immediate vicinity, and Speaker Can
| non who runs things at the other end of
| the Capitol, were four of those who chatted
| with the President this morning. From the
weight Of congressional talent which drift
| ed into the executive offices this drear and
! dismal morning the uninitated carelessly
| accumulated an impression that something
| OF Importance might be under discussion or
| that batch of public policy might be in
| the making. But these hopes and fears
were soon set at rest.
| BY means of the delightful system of
frank and confiding publicity which OBJ
| tains about the executive offices 1t soon
became public knowledge that the above
| mentioned gentlemen, as well as several
| others who were suspected of having
stopped their way to the White House for
some serious purpose, had in reality only
| called to pay their respects. Some hopes
and few fears having been thus allayed
| and a vagrant mathematician having
| computed, basis of elapsed time,
that the Presidents four distinguished
| callers had delivered themselves of re-
| spects and best wishes equal In bulk to
| one medium sized edition of the Congress
| sional Record. things around the execu-
| tive offices resumed their usual calm ap-
| pearance.
The Speakers Respects.
! Speaker Cannon stopped up the walk to
| the White House executive offices this
morning. and, despite the downpour, he
carried no umbrella dozen feet down
the drive Mr.. Cannon stopped carefully
| wiped his wet and muddy shoes on the
| grass. The fact that the grass was wet
| ter and muddier than his shoes didn't
seem to spoil the Speakers simple en-
| Joyment of the process or his belief in Its
| efficacy. Then he shook a bucket of wa
tor he hri I'm nj hot nd Gta
| inside the executive office door.
| IF I had had an umbrella when L left
| my house to walk up here said Mr.. Can
non to a friend and colleague whom he met
| in the lobby and who. gloved. umbrellared,
! goloshed. macintoshed, scarfed and gait
| cred, was still cussng the. weather, II
wouldn't have 1t now. The umbrella habit
| would be mighty expensive for me-"
| Then Uncle Joe went in to see the Presl-
| dent to pay his respects. He had some pa
| pers in his pocket and a bundle under his
| respects or not.
Pleased With Parsons.
James r. Sheppard of New York called
| ON the President at the executive offices this
morning and later returned to the White
House as a luncheon guest. Mr.. Sheppard
professed himself as highly pleased with
| the election of Herbert Parsons to the
| workmanship of the country county COM
| mittee.
| - MT. PARSONS Is a splendid man." said Mr..
| sheppard, and think the prospects of the
! party In the empire state are very bright,
| indeed"
| Lyons Successor Uncertain.
1t does not appear so certain lust now
| that the President will select w. T. Vernon
Of Quindara. Kan. to succeed Judson w.
| Lyons as register Of the treasury. Written
charges against Vernon have been filed
| with Secretary T,onp nv Sar,a ne tIo rro,,t
nent colored people of Kansas who are op-
| posed to Vernon's appointment But for
| these charges 1t is probable that Vernon
| would nave been nominated by the Presl-
| dent soon after the converting of Congress
| on tomorrow. 1t is not known Just what
| the charges consist of, but 1t is understood
| they are sufficiently serious to warrant a
| full investigation. The other candidate for
| the position was L. s. Williams, a colored
| lawyer Of Chicago.
| Some More Visitors.
Among the Presidents callers today in
| addition to the distinguished respect payers
already mentioned. were Senator Burkett
or Nebraska. Representatives Scott of Kan
sas, Lacey of Kansas, Hinshaw of Nebras-
ka, Grosvenor of Ohio. Hepburn of Iowa,
| Curtis of Kansas and Shartel of Missouri
All except the latter carried respects. Mr..
Shartel had a few friends from Carthage,
| Mo-, in addition.
Representative Gaines of Tennessee pre-
| sented to the President this morning DR.
and Mrs. Tiggert of Memphis. Tenn, and
Maj. H b. Hersey, former member of
the Rough Rider regiment. The latter,
| who Is with the weather bureau, Is soon
| to be transferred to the Milwaukee station
M. A. Marshall of st. Joseph, who is a
| candidate for United States marshal for
the western district of Missouri, was pre-
scented to the President today by Repre-
| sentative Fulkerson of ST. Joseph The
| present incumbent is Edwin r.. Durham of
| Kansas City, whose term will expire June
80. 1905. and against whom a strong fight
| has already developed.
The President this morning received SEN
AGA Swimme. editor of the West Virginian
a monthly magazine published at Hunting
| ton. w. Va Mr.. Swimme, who was ac-
| companied by Representative ]. A Hughes
| of West Virginia. presented to the Presi-
| dent copy of the January number of his
publication containing articles on current