Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-30
UNCLE JOE MAY
OPPOSE PRESIDENT
TARIFF REVISION SCHEME IS
DISCUSSED
Speaker of House Expected to Lock
Horns with ooseVelt-Gossip of
Men Prominent in Affair."
at Washington

Special Correspondence of The Herald
WASHINGTON, May 25.-If Uncle
! Joe" Cannon has his way there VIII DE
no tariff revision in the siXtieth con-
gress. The speaker is one OF the very
few men who dare to "lock horns win
the president on any question of pubic
policy, but it is we'll known that ne is
| irreVocably opposed to any tinkerlng
with the schedules. He spent some
time at the White House one morning
this week, and so interesting was the
conference that he remained to lunch
con with the president along with Sec
retary Taft and Representative Long
worth. AS he was leaving the Whlte
| House he declared emphatically tnat
not one word about Ohio politics was
uttered nor was the question OF the
| Roosevelt successorship touched upon
at ALL Speaker Cannon said, when
asked whether he had been converted
to President Roosevelt's we'll known be-
liefs that there should be tariff re-
vision "It is too early to talk about
| what the sixtieth congress will do at its
first session. However, you must bear
in mind that the congressional cam
paign last fall was fought on three dis
tinct issues: First, the record of Presi-
dent Roosevelt; second, the enforce
ment of the laws, and, third, let we'll
enough alone Far be it from me to
say that the last was the least i'm
portant"
"Uncie Joe" is still in town. hut next
week he will visit the home of his in
fancy, North Carolina. He will go to
Guilford county, where he was born II
years ago, and he expects to make a
speech to the students of Gullford col
lege. There are many who see clever
politics in this and who prophesy that
the North Carolina delegation will be
dangling at the speakers belt for use
in the convention of 1908.
Three western men We're appointed
this week by the president to be official
visitors at the naval academy. The
announcement was made by Secretary
of the Navy Metcalf, and the men are
John ]. Healy, state attorneys office,
Chicago; F. w. Henshaw. supreme
court San Francisco, and William o.
Jones, editor State Journal, Lincoln,
Neb. Representative Hinshaw of Ne
braska is one of the congressional
members of the visiting board having
been appointed by the speaker of the
house before the adjournment of the
fifty-ninth congress.
In his trip down the Mississippi river
early in October President Roosevelt
will make stops in only four states
According to his itinerary he will en-
bark at some place in Iowa, not yet de-
termined upon, and will stop on the
way down at st. Louis, Cairo and
Memphis. Although the Mississippi
washes small portion of the shore of
Kentucky, the stop at Cairo will prac-
tically be tantamount to visiting the
Blue Grass State, for it is just across
the river from Paducah and easily
reached by Kentuckians via the Ohio
river. Memphis is similarly situated
being on the Mississippi river and
easily accessible to the people of
Arkansas The trip will be made with
the inland waterways commission and
the members of the Lakes to- the Gulf
Deep waterway association. After his
address before the deep waterway con-
vention at Memphis it is said the pres
ldent will come directly to Washington
without stopping anywhere en- route
Inc national rivers and harbors con-
gress is looking forward to the coming
trip with deep interest. This organiza-
TONS headquarters is in Cincinnati
and Its secretary, Capt. J. +. Ellison ia
making strenuous endeaVors to build
up Its already great membership in the
middle west and south in order that
there may be well defined and power
tai t,a1o sealt,Ilent IN favor of waterway de-
Yelopments with which to impress
PRESIDENT Roosevelt on his vovage
down the stream. The officials and
directors of the national rivers and
harpors congress are we'll and favor
ably known to Mr.. Roosevelt and his
administration, the president of the or
ganl5ation being Congressman Joseph
T.. Ransdell of Louisiana, who is a
member of the rivers and harbors com
mlttee OF the house and is one of the
best informed men in the country on
the SUBJECT of waterways DEVELOPMENT
II faint praise is damning," then
COL W. II. Parker, congressman-elec
from South Dakota, certainly disnosed
of the Taft and other booms this week
Col Parker, who is here getting ac
quainted, declared that the people of
the country will insist on the nomina-
ton of President Roosevelt in 1908. and
that they will not be thwarted in their
purpose to re-elect him. He said that
with all due Difference to the president
no man is strong enough to override the
VIII or the people, and in reference TO
Mr.. Taft, he declared the secretary of
war to be IAN able man, most excel
lent man, with a magnificent record
| but the plain truth is that the country
isn't giving him a serious thought as a
presidential candidate not in 1908 -
Col. Parker then ventured the prophecy
that the names of Mr.. Taft, Mr.. Fair
ptiilha, MI. hHOA, MF. ItOOt, Mr. Can
! non, Mr.. Hughes, or any of the rest.
would not even appear before the con,
vention.
Diplomatic circles are catching the
| fever of enthusiasm that is sweeping
the national capital over the efforts of
George Washington university to
| transform itself into a national seat of
learning. M. Jusserand, the French
ambassador, and James Bryce the
British ambassador, this week have
voiced their hearty Endorsement of the
movement and given it their best wishes
for success. Ambassador Jusserand
after dwelling on the great good to
France accomplished by the establish
ment of national educational institu-
| tion in Paris, said:
GAS friend and guest of the city and
of this republic. cannot form any bet
| ter wish for your university than this: