Evening star., 1907-10-30
President Roosevelt Will GO
Home to Vote.
REGARDS IT AS HIS DUTY
Congressional Hearings on Railway
Capitalization.
NEW JUDGES FOR OKLAHOMA
Gov Warner of Michigan and His
STAFF Call--Another Portrait OF
President Being Painted.

President Roosevelt will vote at Oyster
Pay next weak as usual He never misses
an election. believing that every citizen
should exercise his suffrage. He Will
leave here next Monday night at midnight
and viii reach Oyster Bay about or 10
O'Clock in the morning. There is no spe-
cial issue at stake In Nassau county. in
which oyster Bay is located. but the
President fe ls that 1t is his duty to vote
There ar" no fusion candidates in that
county a s in New York county. where the
Hearst Parsons combine Is fighting Fam
many.
Idaho and the President.
President Roosevelt has said that he
will mol accept another nom nation, and
she p@opl" of Idaho take him at his word "
said Senator Hepburn of that state today.
on going away from the White House. II
may add that In my dealings with the
President / have found him a man Of his
word. and ii Sc ms to me that those who
seek 10 force another nomination upon
him diScredit him and do him no honor. He
IS held in the highest respect by the
people of our state, but when the time
comes to select a republican nominee the
delegates from Idaho will vote for some
one of the men now in the field who repre-
sent their principles
Legislation for Overcapitalizatio1..
Representative Mann of Illinois thinks
that Congress will nave to do something
at the coming session as to overca phi aliZa
ton of railroads. and possibly other lines
of business He called at the White
House today and conferred with the Pres
ident
If there is no legislation on the sub
jeCt." said Mr.. Mann, Il am sure there
will he d thorough investigation. There
will unquestionably be a demand that the
financial furry should prevent further
agitation of such questions, but | imagine
the effect will be Just the opposite. Peo
pie who buy stocks and bonds
titled to know just what theynere buying
and how much water they arE Ea;etting."
MI Mann stated that the - was little
aoubt that the House commit'S on inter,
up the question of regulating the capital
tZatjon OF railroads at the coming session.
He said he believed that the question
would be the subject of hearings by the
committee. even II the matter went no
further at the coming session.
Those Oklahoma Appointments.
Oklahoma appointments once more took
much of the time of the President today.
He received many Oklahoma people who
desired to be heard to the merits de-
merits Of certain candidates. Through
making "A safe of candidates he will an
nounce- II is said that he IS at this time
impressed with the two men recommended
by Gov. FrantZ for judges of the new
state. These are Ralph Campbell of Nc
AieSleT. /. T, for Judge of the eastern
district and Attorney General Cromwell of
Okla oma for Judge of the western dis
rrict. Gov. FrantZ called upon the Presi-
dent today. but merely for the purpose of
introducing some of his constituents. Rep
resentativeeleC Campbell. a democrat,
was presented By Senator Warner of Mis-
souri,
Wants to Be a Midshipman.
Comma ndcr Wainwright of the navy
today presented 10 the President Mrs. E
G. Beckwith, widow of Gen Beckwfth OF
the army. who introduced her grandson.
Lawrence Fox, son of Capt. Fox of the
navy The young man is a grandson of
Commodore Morris and desires to be ap
pointed as ii midshipman In the navy, fol-
lowing In the footsteps of his family. The
President gave attention TO the request
and received Mrs. BeckWth and her
era ndson cordially.
Michigan's Governor Calls.
Gov. Warner of Michigan and his staff
In full uniform. accompanied by members
OF their families. were received by Presi-
dent Roosevel, today on their homeward
tourney from the jamestown exposition.
Other Callers.
Representative Kiefer and Harry
Dougherty of Ohio called upon the Pres
1dent but there merely an inter
change OF courtesies, politics being omit
ted.
pal archdeacon of Duluth. Mimi. had an
interview with President Roosevelt to-
day. at which he took occasion to COM
plain OF his unsuccessful efforts in OBJ
tanning certain Minnesota lands for church
purposes
New Portrait of the President.
A. Benziger the Swiss portrait painter,
IL completing portrait of President
Roosevelt which is pronounced by Repre-
sentative I.ongworth and others to be one
Of the most admirable Nkenesses of the
President ever painted. The President
gave his last sitting TO Mr.. Benziger to-
day. The portrait Is being painted for
the Historical Society of Chicago and will
be delivered 10 that society after being
exhibited in several cities. This is the
Second portrait of the President Mr.. Ben
ziger has painted He painted portraits
of President Mckinley and Vice President
Hobart
More Pay for Assistant Secretaries.
Cabinet officers after conferring with
each other and the President at the cabi-
net meeting yesterday, decided to recon-
mend that assistant secretaries be paid
So 900 d year each, instead of $4,000 as
al nr.sent The advance will be included
by each cabinet officer in his annual esti-
mates The view Is taken that the In
creas sed cost of living and the heavy re-
sponsibiIities devolving on assistant heaos
rff1n