Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-25
N THE WHITE HOUSE
President importuned for Par
don in Unique Case.
SENATOR DUPONT A CALLER
;-.-.>A-e -
Loeb Not Likely to Accept Flattering
Offers.
SENATOR DUPONT A CALLER
SENATOR FULTON WINS FIGHT
Succeeded in Defeating Confirmation
of Bristol for United States At
torney for Oregon.

President Roosevelt has been asked to
grant pardon under most peculiar cir
cumstances. The case is that of Fred R.
Close former letter carrier at Lansing,
Mich. Close was the most popular mail
carrier in that city. Everybody Is reported
| to have liked him, and his unvarying cour-
tesies made him the strongest kind of
| friends He had never done q criminal or
| mean act in his life. so far as any one
| knows. He supported wife and child and
an invalid brother. Somebody got to tam
pering with the mails and Close was de-
| tected in having fffied two letters contain
ing total of s.. When he was put on trial
last May he pleaded guilty to the ofrense.
| but Judge Swan, the United States Judge
who heard the case. did not sentence him,
as Is usual. Closes ability to win favor had
| been successful even with the Judge, who
has never yet passed sentence, but said he
would do SO at the term of court in Feb
ruary next. Hundreds, of people. besieged
the judge to be lenient with. the former
capitulated
The people of Lansing raised sum of
money and sent Lawyer John ]. thinner
OF Lansing to Washington to ask the Presi-
panied to the White House by Repre- senta-
| tive s. w. Smith. called on the. chief ex-
ecutive today. 1t was the first time in his
life the President. had ever, been asked to
pardon a man who has never been SEN
fenced to Imprisonment. and he did not
know whether he could do so, even If he
considered that he would be justified. He
directed his callers to see Attorney General
BOnaparte. 49,. .. --..
The only ground presented for clemency
Is that Close had never before been guilty
Of wrong and that he yielded to tempta-
ton in moment of .inexplcable weakness.
The President has record of granting very
few pardOns, and claim for executive Glenn
ency must be strongly supported to secure
MS interference.
Dupont Not an Official Of the Trust.
Senator Dupont of Delaware, who was
recently accused before the President of
being one of the principal officers of the
powder trust of this country and a tre-
mendous stakeholder in the combination,
called on President Roosevelt today. .Wheth-
er he talked on that subject or not is not
stated, but he went from the White House
to the War and Navy departments. where
the same charges were lodged and where
| an effort is being made TO have, the gov
eminent go into the manufacture of its
own powder and explosives .
Replying to Question from repre-
sentative of The Star, Senator DUPONT
| legged powder trust. I long ago retired
from business, although my relatives are
still in the powder buS.ness. / know moth
ing about the statements that have been
made, except IN q most general way
-, The Loeb Resignation Story 81, D..
The fact that the executive ability of Sec
rotary Loeb has attracted the attention of
several big New. York corporations, which
have offered him large salaries to leave the
White House. and go into business with
them, Is responsible for the recurring
hat NJ will r,n in in,
his present position much longer. The
making of the offers has leaked out in
New York All that Is known here is that
Mr.. Loeb has them under consideration,
with the PROBABILITY, as heretofore stated
in The Star that he will not accept. despite
the temptation, preferring to REMAIN with
the President until the close of Inc latter s
term. The only thing that might induce a
change in his present plans would be the
addition of further temptation In the mat
ter of salary. Mr.. Loeb is not man of
wealth and, to large extent, depends upon
his salary of 5000 a year for a living. He
finds it as difficult to live on that salary
as senators and representatives. who nave
recently increased their pay to $500 a
year. go.
Many members of Congress believe that
Mr.. Loeb should receive the same pay as
cabinet officer, which, after March 4, will
be ZOO a year, but the position of secre-
tary to the President was overlooked in the
bill passed by Congress. .-1s-'Ttt>
The President, it is stated, hopes that
| Secretary Loeb WIFI remain with him. and
| is pleased at the probability that he will
do SO. t" ''7 - -
Bristol Cannot Be Confirmed.
The long fight which Senator Fulton of
Oregon has made against the confirmation
of the nomination of w. c. Bristol to be
| United States attorney of Oregon has sue
ceeded, and it Is generally understood that
Mr.. Bristol will hold his position only long
enough to complete the land fraud cases
that have been pending in that state long
time. Senator Fulton saw the president
today. The understanding Is that Senator
Fulton will make no objections to the
retention of Bristol until the land fraud
cases are completed, at which time the
name of some other man, VIII be- sent to
the Senate by the President. Bristol will
be engaged in the land fraud cases until
near the opening of the next session of
Congress.
Senator. Hopkins of the Senate committee
on canals tailed to the President today
about prospective canal legislation, but the
Illinois senator seems to think that 1t Is
too late in the present session for any legis-
lation recognizing the canal commission
because Of the resignation of Chairman
Shonts
Senator BeverIdge said today that he
would complete his speech on child labor
in the Senate next Monday. He will speak
most OF the day on that subject.
an 1uVlCdC1Ou TO V1SlC CQ6TleSCOu.
President Roosevelt will not attend the
German schuetzenbund at Charleston In
May next, but he will fire the first gun at
target by touching button in the White
House Besides that he wilt write a letter
commencing target practice and shooting
Festivals and saying nice things about his
German friends. Baron Sternburg, the Ger
man ambassador. has partially promised to
accept an invitation and join in the festivi-
ties. -t-'+
The invitation to the President was pre-
sented yesterday by Representative Legare
of Charleston, accompanied by committee
Of the best known German citizens of the
old city-Capt. H. Nolte. ]. d. Cappelmann,
H. Schachte. ]. d. c. Schroeder and A.
Ortiz, all members of the German Rifle
Club.
The committee told the President that the
national shooting festival. held every three
years by the German schuetzens. will be
attended by hundreds of expert German
American ridemen, who will compete for
200 medals and a large number OF cash
prizes. The President heartily approved of
such gatherings. and hoped to see target
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