Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-03
Between Returning From Luncheon
and Dinner Time.
SENATOR BEvERIDGE WINS
Secured Promise That Representative
Cromer, Who Goes Out Monday,
Should Not Be Postmaster,

nearly o'clock. His usual custom is to
return to his office between 2:3O and
o clock In the afternoon, after he has had
luncheon, remain an hour so attending
to business and then go for a walk or take
some form of outdoor exercise. When he
got back to the executive offices from his
luncheon yesterday he found a pile OF en-
crossed bills waiting his attention. These
had gone through Congress. been referred
to the departments. duly passed upon there
and returned to the White House. The
White House officials didn't count the tre-
mendous pile laid in front of the President.
One official said he was sure there were a
thousand. Others said the number ran into
the hundreds The President COM
PEELED to stop glancing and signing
these to receive an occasional caller and
when he ceased work to go to his dinner
at 7:80 o'clock his desk was clear.
During the time from 3 to $50 o'clock the
President signed six of the big appropria
ton blls-rivers and harbors. District Of
Columbia. army. navy Military Academy
and Notifications.
With Root and Meyer.
After dinner the President received Sec
rotary Root and George Won l.. Meyer.
United States ambassador to st. Petersburg.
who will on Monday be sworn In as Post
master General to succeed George b. Cor
telyou, who becomes Secretary Of the
Treasury This conference lasted until late
in the evening. Mr.. Meyer has brought
back with him from abroad much informa-
ton as to political and other conditions in
Europe. He is especially well posted as to
the disturbed conditions In Russia and his
knowledge was impaired to the PRESIDENT
and Secretary OF State.
Following that conference the President
remained on duty until midnight. signing
bills as they came in. Secretary Loeb re-
manned in his office. receiving bills as they
came in and referring them to the re-
spective departments for examination and
report. Every department had its staff Of
scrutinizers on duty until midnight. and
they lere instructed to return to duty to-
day for the same work. The President
will not do any work today, but he
will be in his office early Monday morning
and will sign all bills that have been passed
upon up to that time. Then he will go to
the Capitol for the closing hours
Beveridge Wins in Indiana.
Senator Beveridge won a victory over
the other members Of the Indiana delega-
ton during the afternoon He has been
the. only man of the delegation who has
stood in the way of the nomination of
Cromer. who goes out of
Congress Monday: as postmaster at Nun
Gle Backed by Senator HeHenway and
the republican representatives from In
diana Cromer made a fight to be given
the Muncie office. Speaker Cannon and
the appointment.
Cromers. enemieS-the men who had
defeated him for a democrat in a district
largely neutrality-suspicious. that his ap-
pontment as postmaster would rehabili-
tate him, and strongly opposed the ac-
ton. Beveridge backed them. He called
on the President and talked the whole
thing over. 1t is understood that he made
serious objections to the Cromer pro-
gram going through, and before he LETT
had received the promise of the President
that Cromer should be left out in tho
cold.
According to the Beveridge side of tho
case the Cromer faction secured the
of three of the most i'm
portant postmasters In the district The
terms of these postmaSters would not
have expired until after March L. when
Cromer goes out of Office. The CrOmer
program, 1t was claimed. was to have
strong Cromer men appointed to each
former private secretary was postmaster
at Muncie and got out of the way for his
former chief He will not be reappOinted
and Cromer will get nothing.
AS the district is represented by a dem
ocrat after March all the patronage
will go to Senator Beveridge by reason
of being in his geographical portion of
the state. At least. that Is the Beveridge
claim.
Indiana politicians assert that the ac-
ton Of Senator Beveridge will be bit
terly resented by the Fairbanks people.
who, through Senator HemehWaS, tnouSnt
to aid Cromer.
Slater Goes Out Of Office.
A surprise during the afternoon was the
that Arthur F. Slater, who
became assistant secretary of the treasury
a short time ago, had resigned. and that
his resignation had been accepted, to take
effect Monday There was an unofficial un-
that Mr.. Slater would remain
I'm his place until about July l. when 1t was
understood that Frank II. Hitchcock. now
first assistant postmaster general. would
succeed him, the supposition being that Mr..
Hitchcock would remain in the Post Office
Depa rtment until that time to clean up
some important matters he was at work
upon.
In conformance with custom the three as
s:stant secretaries of the Treasury formally
submitted their designations upon the in
coming of a new head of the department.
Mr.. Statters resignation was Unexpectedly
: Nothing definite has been learned as to
who will take his place. There Is much
doubt as to whether Mr.. Hitchcock will do
so. the talk being that he will succeed John
H. Edwards about July !. Should he not go
to the Treasury now there Is talk that Mr..
Cortelyou may have the President appoint
his present private secretary. H. o. Weaver,
to the position.
Mr.. Slater was private secretary to Sem
ator Ankeny of Washington until a few
months ago, when he succeeded j. H. Ed
wards as private secretary to Mr.. Shaw.
IJpon the resignation of Assistant Secretary
Keep about January 90 Mr.. Slater took
his place and has been assistant secretary
about six weeks
Presidents Sharp Comment.
President Roosevelt made some sharp
comments upon one bill he signed yesterday
afternoon 1t was the bill to permit the
government an appeal to the United States
supreme Court in certain criminal cases.
This is what the President Endorsed upon
the bill signed by him:
I'm accordance with the recommendation
Of the Attorney General approve this bill.
as the Attorney General
points out, while the bill represents a de-
cided Improvement on the present law. II
comes lamentably short of accomplishing
what should be accomplished 1t will not
prevent frequent failures of justice, partic-
,,larly in the cases of accused persons OF
wealth and influence. sign Ii because Il