Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-28
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Speaker Cannon Confers With
the President.
CASE OF SENATOR SM00T
Mr.. Burrows Thinks Vote Can Be
Reached Before Holidays.
MESSAGE ON PORTO RICO
President Will Recommend That the
People Be Granted Citizenship
An Official Dismissed.

Speaker Cannon held the boards at the
White House today longer than any other
statesman who called, and there were
goodly number. mostly senator's After nav
ing a cup of coffee and an egg sandwich
at "a little hole in the wall" as he called
1t, the total cost being ten cents, the
Speaker ambled to the White HOUSE ana
spent an hour in close conference with the
President. During this time senators ana
many others waited in an adjoining room. |
In view of the fact that this Is snort
session of Congress and that there is not
much time for handling the large number
of questions that will come up. the Speaker
wanted to ascertain something OF the
Presidents views to the relative I'M
portance of the various subjects IN whlcn
the people and legislators are In, rested'
Nothing like an attempt was mace 10 out
line a program of legislation for the WIN
ter but the Speaker found out what the
President considers the most vital Ques-
lions for consideration.
When Speaker Cannon was asked
| whether Congress would follow the execu-
| tive lead in the matter of simplified spell
| ing he raised his hands ana declared:
| Lord bless my soul. 1 hadn't thougnt OF
| that at all. There are too many lmpoItan'
| things to be thought over without ootner.
| ing with that" But yet the matter IS not
an insignificant one. The printing of the
| Congressional Record, bills, resolutions
| and other documents viii nave 70 De n Mha
died in either the old or new style Inc
| public printer will want to know Wnere ne
stands In all executive documents ne ioi-
| lows the orders of the President, put print
| ing for Congress is different proposition,
| and he will have to get orders from some
| were Naturally, these orders would
| come from the Speaker and Vice president
Fairbanks unless Congress should see MT
/ directing
printer what he should do.
| Chairman Tawney of the appropriations
committee of the House was exceedingly
! careful in expressing an opinion on this
| same subject He said that the ultimate
decision of Congress was beyond his power
to determine. The inference from what ne
said, however, was that Congress would
| stick to the old way of spelling
The Case of Senator Smoot.
Senators AIger and Burrows of Michigan
saw the President about the appointment
of a register of the land office at Marquette,
Mich Register Scaddon resigned, and the
two senators have recommended that his
place be filled by the appointment of James
Donovan.
| Senator Burrows was asked about the
case of Senator Smoot of Utah. AS chair
man of ethe committee that has sat SO long
on this case Senator Burrows ought TO
know what will be the probable program OIL
his committee. II intend to put the matter
before Congress almost Immediately after
the opening he said. '-and vote ought to
be had as to seating Senator Smoot be-
fore the Christmas holidays
| Senator Fulton of Oregon paid his re
spects to the President He did not discus:
| the Japanese question. but privately ne II
| of the opinion that the entire Pacific coas
( is in sympathy with the San Francisco PEG
pie in their opposition to receiving into thei
a schools along with their small children
grown Japanese men and women.
n 1 In said Senator
Japanese children as well as Chinese chill
I dren go to school along with white Gnu
dren. / have never seen an attempt, how
{ ever, to place grown Japanese In the schoo
with small children" Senator Fulton ad
a mitted that on the Pacific coast the peopl
have less regard for the Japanese than TO
the Chinese.
prof, BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler of the Uni
versity of California talked over the Japa
nese problem with the President today an
will have q full talk with him later In tn
no ~ week.
Other Senatorial Callers.
Senator Penrose Of Pennsylvania. Senate
Hale of Maine. Senator Burkett of NJ
braska and Senator Scott of West Virgtni
were among the other senatorial caller
during the day. They called to pay the
he respects and did not remain long wit
so the President.
n Horace Vose's twenty-eight pound Rhot
~ Island turkey arrived at the White Hou!
:, by express today and was turned over
H. the steward to be prepared for the Thank
Is giving dinner tomorrow. The dinner W
st he served at the regular hour in the eve
NJ ing 7:3O o'clock, and will be partaken
~ by all the Roosevelts and a few friend
- The turkey received this year from Z
vn Westerly, r. l., man is the smallest he h
of sent in a long time. Heretofore his tn
* KEYS have averaged about thirty-thr
an pounds and that is the size tn Presiden
-, have sat down to for many years. N
| hal
MI bird he had, and picked 1t, although som
an what smaller than others on his place
be Senior Quesada, the Cuban minister,
b. day introduced to the President Mr..
IN M. Gown, the editor OF FL Mundo, new
me paper of Havana, and member Of t
ing house of representatives. They talked brie
of with the President about the condition
affairs in the island republic, which.
,s Quesada says, are getting along satisfi
ny torily.
TIL COMO the apostolic delegate to this count
ers, and Mgr. Jose Aversa, the apostolic deleg'
MI to Cuba There are some contracts
Gus which the former Cuban government a
nth the Catholic church entered into that
to somewhat tangled and the representatf
the of the church have taken up with the
ssai ministration the settling OF the auesti'
d. that have arisen. They had conferel
ma during the day with Secretary Root.
Citizenship for Porto Ricans.
President Roosevelt was so much
Il
American citizens that he has announ
arg his intention of recommending to Congl
In that they be" granted citizenship and
iore placed upon the same footing as OF
re- American citizens. The President 4
Ac- that 1t is lameEtable that they do not
t In enjoy this right. He intends to SEM
fis- special message to Congress appealing
The the Porto Ricans and speaking In com
the ncntary manner about them and what
hlns have accomplished since they entered
-. sisterhooi OF America.
,Ia The Porto Ricans will be delighted
~, they have landed the powerful infiuenc
80 the President and can almost certa
49, | cunt OIL getting what they are asking.
~ | the last ST sioi. of Congress they made
80 | pcals to the House, and much testin
~, | was heard as to the fitness OF the isl'
,nr,H ers for ssln.ing citizenship
81 The President will point out in his
,,,th | sage that at present the Porto Ricans
tha ! not even call themselves Americans,
,,,,ia | that they have been remarkably pa
,rac. and patriotic under trying conditions.
llties Dismisses Porto Rican Official.
psd- r-b President Yesterday ordered the