Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
0fficehoIders Must Not Work
for the President.
LETTER. TO THE CABINET
Orders Will Soon Be Sent Down
the Line.
THE CASE OF MR.. BRISTOL
He Is to Continue in Office Only On
til Some Pending Cases Are
Finished Up.

Some time before Mr.. Bryan arrived a,
the White House yesterday the Pres
ident had received Representatives Sc
reno E. Payne and John Dalzen, the
stalwart standpat leaders Of the House.
When they were asked about tariff
revision they said that there would
not te anything doing in that line
at the coming session. Then. Mr..
Payne was asked about the demand OF
the newspapers for the removal of the
duty on wood pulp and printing paper.
He laughed at the necessity Of removing
4 duty Of only Is per cent, and declared
that no newspaper would be hurt by SO
small a duty.
Mr. Bryan declined to discuss the meas
ures of relief adopted by the adninistra-
ton. especially the issue Of 3 per cent GER
tfricates. He said that he reserved an
expression of opinion on these subjects.
Il do believe, though, he sand, that all
this begins at the wrong end. II the
peoples confidence in banks should be
restored there would be no necessity for
the government to deposit millions Of dol
-ars with the banks, to tide over strin-
gency."
g" ofaceholders to Be Notified.
President Roosevelt has sent notification
to cabinet officers that federal oflcehold-
ers must be informed that they will not
be permitted to go 20 conventions to work
for him for a third term. Secretary Loeb
declined to give out copy of the letter
sent by the President 20 cabinet officials.
but it, is said to be substantially as fol-
lows:
Sir. am informed that certain Office
holders in your department and in various
positions throughout the country, con-
template attending republican conventions
in their respective states apd urging the
Endorsement Oh myself for the presidential
nomination. / wish that you would direct
federal officeholders in your department
who have such. a course in view that l
will regard it as IN act Of official impro-
pEiety and diseourtssy."
None of the departments involved will
Indicate what has been done by their re-
Spective heads in promulgating the orders
of the President, but 1T is supposed that
the orders will soon be sent down the
line. The departments most interested are
the Interior. under which are thousands
OF special agents, registers and receivers
OF land offices, irrigation agents, pension
agents and others; the Treasury having
control over collectors of internal revenue
and customs; Department of Justice. con-
trolling United States marshals. attorneys
and assistant attorneys; Post Office. with
thousands of postmasters, and Agricul-
ture, controlling forest agents and inspec-
tors Of meats. pure foods. etc.
: In the south the federal officeho. ders
who have been active are collectors Of in
ternal revenue and marshalS. while in the
west 1t is claimed that all the employees
of the Interior Department have been
busfly engaged booming the President for
another term and keeping close watch on
his supposed enemies.
:. The Case Of NE. Bristol.
respects to the President yesterday, has
consented to further continuation in office
of W. c. Bristol, United States attorney
for Oregon. but the consent Is with the
distinct understanding that just as soon
as Mr.. Bristol can wind up some pending
land fraud cases he Is to get out OF his
position. When President Roosevelt first
selected Mr.. Bristol about a year age
the nomination sent to the Senate was
met with fierce fight from Senator Full
ton. who was strong enough to prevent
tween Senator Fulton and the White
House that Mr.. Bristol should be allowed
to continue in office until he wound up
some important land cases he had been
connected with on the side of the govern
ment. Mr.. Bristol has not yet finished
Senate at the. coming session, based upon
the understanding that there Is to be no
confirmation.
Mr.. Post Couldn't Talk.
Regis Post, governor Of Porto Rico.
utterances,. saw, the President again to-
day, accompanied by Beekman Winthrop,
assistant secretary OF the Treasury and
III
who Is SO tall and slim and so curiously
shaped that he Is referred to as Pitts
burg stogie," declared that he had moth
ing to say and could not give an mixing
of what would be the result in his case.
Mr. Post Is known. to, be a man Of strong
conviction and forcible words, and 1t Is
like him to have said some strong things
to officeholders in Porto leo he did
not regard as doing their duty. The
prevailing impression Is that the Presi-
dent will stand by him, unless the mis-
sioGaries on the island, who are alleged
to have been attacked, should be able to
show that Mr.. Post made detrimental re-
marks for which there was no basis. TIL ;
President has had some trouble with re-
ligious organizations over the leaving
off I'm God we trust" from the SO gold
pieces, and he will not desire criticism
from similar. organizations over the re-
tentiOn of an official who cannot get along
with the church peop.e.
Maj. -Llewellyn Resigns.
President Roosevelt yesterday accepted
the resignation of w. H. H. Lleweilyn as
United States district attorney for New
Mexico, and filed the vacancy by the ap-
pointment Of Capt David Lahey. Maj.
Llewellyn will be assigned to special work
In the Department of Justice. Morgan
L1ewellyn will resign as surveyor general
OF New Mexico about the first of the
year to enter the law office Of his father,
Maj. Llewellyn.
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
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