Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-06
CHASE OF THRILLS
IN WHITE HOUSE
But Expectation Was Not Fol-
lowed by Realization.
TWO OF FAMED DINERS
Senator'S Bourne and Hansbrough
Among Those Present.
FENROSE AND BULL" ANDREWS
One of the Warm Friends of tho
Pennsylvania Cassius Slips in
Without Noise.
Senators Bourne and Hansbrough
Among Those Present.
PENROSE AND BULL" ANDREWS

Thrills chased each other around tho
White House this morning. Was there to
be another chapter of the famous 100000
conspiracy? Expectation was not followed
by realization, and the day bore along
without anything more than a glimpse of
two of the men who are said to have par
ticipated in the dinner at which Senator
Penrose is alleged to have talked so freely
about the ''anti-Roosevelt conspiraAy"
The President was visited by Senator
Jonathan Bourne of Oregon and Senator
Hansbrough of North Dakota, two of the
men who are said to have been present
at the dinner where the tall and fat
Cassius of Pennsylvania drew his knife
before Caesar was ready to be butchered
Hansbrouglr amiable. pleasant, keen of in
tellect, told all inqurers that he didn't
have a thing to say. He wanted to at
tend more dinners. He liked good things to
eat, and the company of good and bril-
liant men.
1t would not behoove him, even if he were
the custodian ofs6inner secrets to reveal
them. He must decline to deny or admit
that he knew anything of this memorable
feast, at which the specters of Hartman,
Hearst and Rockefeller entered with fists
full OF gold and greenbacks and made faces
al the man in the White House.
Bourne, short and slight of figure having
less meat on his bones than Gum Shoe
Bill Stone of Missouri or Crane of Massa-
chIsetts, stayed long time with the Presi-
dent. He. too, couldn't talk. IN fact, he
hardly knew what the word dinner"
meant. He couldn't even remember that
he had ever been to a dinner. and he was
certain that he had not talked with the
President today about anything more i'm
portant than some patronage in his state.
There was nothing about his face, though,
to indca tie that he still had visions OF the
II. II. X. apparition. Whatever shock
hx, er.f tt,ar H..
by strong will power and by devoted at
tention to the affairs of his constituents.
"Bull" Andrews Makes No Noise.
Before these entries upon the White
House stage there silently slid in one of the
close friends of the Pennsylvania Cassius-
Bull" Andrews. He is known the country
over. Bull got out with the same noise
less tread and limited voca bulary with
which he entered. He was at the White
House twice yesterday. In the Congress
sional Directory Mr.. Andrews is described
as the delegate from New Mexico.
He became known to political fame by
his close association with the late Senator
Quay of Pennsylvania. According to Penn
sylvania political history, Quay always
turned over to Andrews the carrying out
of all business he was himself too busy TO
handle or about which he had doubt. He
knew Andrews and knew him well. In time
Andrews came to be republican state chair
mean things about him since the reform
wave swept over the state, but, like Quay,
he is impervious to either good or bad that
may be said of him. He shuffies along with
out a pair of skates, and If he wore skates
he would avoid an asphalt pavement. There
those who believe that he could get
within ten feet of canvas-back duck with
out the least trouble.
Does he Represent PenroseP
Does Andrews represent Penrose in
these White House calls? He is the
brother of Wesley r. Andrews. at pres
ent state chairman of the republican
party of Pennsylvania. w. X. Andrews
is in Washington, but has not been seen
at the White House. The fact that PEN
rose is accused of having been a party
to a $5.OO0.00O conspiracy would not hurt
him with the Pennsylvania machine, but
it would cause him trouble among Roose-
welt supporters in Pennsylvania. There
fore the Pennsylvania republicans must
be made to feel that there has been some
mistake. If Penrose Is really innocent,
as he claims, would 1t not be appropriate
for the White House people to give him
a clean bill of health? AS Andrews
would not talk, and as the usual sources
of information about the conspiracy
were silent nothing could be learned as
to whether Bull Andrews is seeking to
have the White House issue a statement
that Senator Penrose Is much-wronged
man. VIII the White House do it?