Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-06
SETTLING DAKOTA MIDDLE
President Wants the Senators to Get
Together on Patronage.
THE INDIANA SENATORS AGREE
Avert a Clash Over Patronage by a
Conference-Republ Postmas-
tiers to Be Selected.

President Roosevelt and Representative
Crumpacker of Indiana had a conference
today about the investigation of child
and woman labor conditions in this coun-
try, as provided by Congress. Represent
ative Crumpacker is greatly interested in
this question, and has been consulted
number of times by the President. The
| bill provides that the investigation shall
| be made by the Secretary of Commerce
| and Labor, which means that the work
must be done by Commissioner Neill of
| the bureau of labor. who was also in con-
| sultation with the President.
One stumbling block to the President in
| the bill is that the investigation shall be
made by employees of the government APP
pointed under civil service laws and regu-
lations. Just why this clause put in
the bill is not known, unless it was the
intention of Congress to put stop to
the appointment by the President of spe-
cial agents and commissioners, such as
did duty in the beef and other 1nvest1ga-
lions. Congress had gotten heartily tired
of so many of these appointments, 1T was
stated.
Representative Crumpacke however, ex-
pressed the opinion that the President
would no doubt be able to circumvent the
provisions of the law limiting the investi-
CATION to civil service employees. The
President usually gets what he wants, said
Mr.. Crumpacker, and he Will know now
to take care of this 1t is said to be likely
that the President will issue an order Tor
special examination by the civil service
commission for special register. This ex-
animation will be taken by sucn men as
the President may consider mt for the Work
and under conditions that Will insure their
getting through safely. After the register
is made up by the commission the President
will have Secretary Straus select the men
i'm the usual way. This will insure the ap-
pointment of James B. Reynolds, who made
the beef and other Investigations Tor the
President, and men of the character OF
qualification the President regards as suit
able.
Settling a Middle.
The South Dakota senatorial patronage
muddle had a session at the White House
today, the President holding conferences
with Senators Kittredge and Gamble, Rep
resentative Parker and State Senator w. c.
Cook, chairman of the republican state
committee The President expressed a de-
sire to see the two senators get together
| on patronage matters in that state, and it
is understood they will try to do So
| The President made it plain, however,
| that as to the United States attorneyship
| he would give the appointment to Senator
| Gamble stating that he had promised to
| do this some time ago. Senator k1ttredge
| succeeded In preventing the contirmation OF
j. D. Elliott, who was named by Senator
| Gamble, but the latter will now PICK out
| another man.
The United States marshal was named
| last wear but there is a surveyor general, a
| register and receiver for land offices and an
| Indian agent to be chosen. 1t is upon these
| offices that the President should ike TO see
| harmony in recommendations to him
| Whether it can be arranged is considered
| somewhat doubtful.
| Representative Parker said that there was
| rather strong feeling in South Dakota over
| the defeat of Elliott for the United States
| attorneyship by Senator Kittredge in view
| of the high standing of Mr.. Elliott as
| lawyer.
Indiana Senators Avert Trouble.
Senators Beveridge and Hemenway have
| ayerted a clash over patronage by con-
| ference and agreement. The democrats
| carried two districts in Indiana last No
| vember. the eighth and eleventh, repre-
sented, respectively, by Cromer and Lands
| AS these districts will not have republicans
| to nominate postmasters, II mas peen agreed
that the two senators shall NIL all vacancies.
| There are three large offices in the eighth
| district to be filled at this tlme-Muncle,
| Anderson and Elwood. An effort was made
| to have ex-Representatve Cromer appoint
| ed at Muncie, but this was Dlockeu py Send-
/ tor Hemenway.
| The congressional members of the COM
mission on immigration talked with the
President today. They were Senator'S Dill
| inghan Lodge and Latimer and RepreSen-
| tatives Howell, Bennett and Burkett. The
| President told his callers that he is not
| ready TO announce the commissioners who
are to be appointed by him:
| Senator McCumber talked to the President
| about land matters in the west during the
| day.
President Still for Ship Subsidy.
| President Roosevelt has not given up the
| fight for ship subsidy and has intimated to
a number of people that he proposes to
| push the fight in the next Congress. He
| talked with Representative Humphreys of
| Washington. one of the strongest advocates
in the House of subventions. The President
said that when he goes into the middle
| west for few days in May and June he
proposes to have something to say in favor
Of subsidy if he has an opportunity to do
So The President is scheduled for a
speech at indianapolis Memorial day. ON the
| occasion of the unwilling of monument
TO General Lawton. May 81 he is to talk to
the students of the Michigan Agricultural
College at Lansing. He has not accepted
any other invitations, but he may do so that
he may have opportunity to give his ship
subsidy views. 1t was from the middle west
that most of the republican vote in the
House against ship subsidy was cast.
Representative Esch of Wisconsin, who is
| talked of as candidate for United States
senator to succeed Senator Spooner, called
asked about his reported aspirations. he
| said: II have never told any one would
be a candidate for the position. The fact
is I do not know what the situation Is.
| am about to leave for my state now, and
will then know more about the matter"
Senator Hepburn of Idaho saw the Presi-
dent about the judgship for that state and
Representatives Underwood and Bankhead
| of Alabama talked with him about the
iudgship in that state. AS to the Alabama
iudgship the President said that he had not
reached decision, but hoped to be able
to select a good man. 1t is the impression
| of some of the democrats that the President
will appoint Oscar Hundley of Huntsville,
whose nomination for United States attor-
l How he cfnv,
lust closed. He is a republican.