Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-05
From Washington.
,,respoudence Of the Alexandria Gasetts.i
Washinoton Ami 3.

aud the day Dsi0re with more slaItiiii-
announcements bearing on the alleged
Vaccinations OF Hartman, Hearst,
Rockefeller and bis other arch.enemles.
II Is even claimed by the Presidents
friends that the $4,000. 900 slusb fund
feature, which was revealed at the White
House yesterday, will dwindle into
very smsll perspective before the Presi-
dent gets through grilling the men who
are said to be planning the defeat OF his
policies at the next republican national
convention. "Just az fast as NO get adj
ditional facts, the public shall know
them" announced one Of the President &
right hand men today. Continuing he
said: before the Hartman crowd wakes
up 10 the knowledge that something is
'doip,' he will have stanpedsd the
country. II he wants Taft as his sue
cessor be will have him. If On the
contrary, be Is playing a hand that will
compel the convention to nominate him
against his apparent will, why that
could be brought about just as easily"
1t il now stated that Senator Penrose
WAS the bsnquetei who frat "gaVe the
snap away" BY confdiug over the coffee
and cigars to a supposed sntl.R)oseveli
man the details OF the plot which II was
expected would result in the defeat OF
the President and his policies at the
rext convention. When PenrOse woke
10 the next morning, so the story goes,
he hunted up his confdant in order 10
refresh his recollection as TO Just what
he bad said. The gentleman informed
him that be had indeed ''turned him.
self inside out" tho night before Then
Peuross threw discretion 10 the winds,
according to the tale and actually oaer'
ed 10 write ont a check for &25, 900 for
the anti Roosevelt fund if he would have
1t. The Presidents friend sp1rned the
filthy Iucre With scorn and forthwith
carried the whole story to the President.
"Ips up to Penross" everybody 10 de-
claring today. Ee ia not in town; il Is
stated at the Willard, where he stops
when at the capital, that he Ia now in
Philadelphia. Win he try 10 Hartman
the President, or will he allow the In
cident to close while the American pub
lie figuratively counts him on?
Among the interest side-lights added
today to current revelations COZ corning
the alleged interest Of the great corpo'.
atoms in the campaign of 1905 is The
following, which comes from one who
Was actively engaged in the work Of the
campaign and is familiar with most Of
what WeHt on In the councils Of the
National Republican Committee Ger
tain great trusts tried, through the chan
mel Of campaign contributions, to cast
an anchor to the windwsId so that they
might latter 30 given immunity from
federal prosecution. George 3. Cortel.
yon ia pointed AZ The man who saved
the administration from at least one
deep embarrassment. A high official
Of the tobacco trust called in person
upon him in New York, and after ex'
pressing his great admiration for Presi-
. snt Roosevelt voluntarily rendered the
Chairman of the National Republican
Committee q Chsek we'll into the thou
sands.
CofleIgon astonndod his caller by de
shining the tender and returning the
check. He made no further explana-
ton. Some weeks later no told the
President what he had done. He was
warmly thanked, for the President then
learned for the first time that records al
the Department OF Commerce and Labor
indicated that the corporation might
later be classified rs n "bad trust. II
was not many months later that papers
relating to the tobacco trnst were sent
TO the Department Of Justice for con-
sideration. They aie still there but II
ia estimated that an announcement con-
corning the decision Of the Attorney
General will be forthcoming shortly.
Other corporations, then undergoing
suffering from the operation Of the fed
eral probe are said to have voluntarily
offered TO contribute large sums toward
the campaign fund, but that their proi-
fers were also rejected.
1t was ANNOUNCED today that the Sen
ate investigation into the shooting up o.
Brownsville, Texaa, will be postponed,
probably 10 May "A, Senator Forske'
desires TO all several engagements in
Ohio and expects to lesve here Saturday,
The President today announced tht
ppointment Of George OILS Smith, o.
Maine, as Director Of the Geological
Survey to succeed Charles d. WalcOlI
recently appointed Secretary OF tht
Smithsonian Institution.
Senator PenFose's application iol
membership 10 the Ananias Club has
been turned DOM nj the White House.
Secretary Loeb pnt1lhe little black bal
in the box when il was passed 10 hin
today By representative OF the Pub
fishers Press. ''Sena;or Penrose's de
nlsl that he Vas The msn that gave The
first information of the conspiracy to de
feat the Presidents policies Is OF no In
terest TO u.s." said the Secretary. "Sena
tor Penroses nsme was not mentiOnfd
10 giving ont the news yesterday. How
his name came 10 be connected With tht
publications in this mornings pspers,
DO not know" evil you say tina
Penrose vas not the Senator in cues
ton p" was asked. al will not say tina
BIO was or was not" was the reply. &c
can ealy add that his name was no
mentioned eitbsr by me or by ANYONE
else in the White House as being con
nected with the matter"
President Roosevelt has taken a deeI
personal interest in the proposed prose
cution Of the watch trust, He ia no1