Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-08
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Talk on Republican Prospects
in Kentucky.
STATE MAY BE CAPTURED
According to Statements Of State
Chairman Ernst.
THE JAPANESE IMMIGRATION
President to Confer With Secretary
Straus and Commissioner Sargent
Before Acting on New Law.
THE JAPANESE IMMIGRATION

President Roosevelt has recently had
long talk with Richard p Ernst, republican
state chairman of Kentucky, as to repub-
Iican prospects in that state this year Mr.
Ernst has come to Washington with all
sorts of optimistic views as to the capture
of the state this year from the democrats.
He was so hopeful that he really aroused
the President to the belief that something
may turn up by which the republicans will
stand chance to win. The President prom
Used to give all the assistance in his power
to the Kentucky republicans.
The state convention of the republicans is
to be held June 10, and the work to be done
there is expected to have a tremendous
bearing upon the presidential nomination
next year, inasmuch as there is strong
tendency among leading republicans to
indorse Secretary Taft for the republican
nomination. The Louisville Post, the lead
ing republican paper of the state. has for a
long time flown the name of Taft at it's
masthead, and is doing all that is possible
to mould sentiment in that direction. AS this
will be the first convention to start the pres
identtal ball, its Endorsement will play. a
great part in political affairs.
President and Visitors.
BY reason of the reported serious illness
of Archie Roosevelt, the Presidents son, in
tending visitors did not go to the White
House today. The President was in his Of
fees, however, and received a few people
prior to the cabinet meeting, at which a
number of matters were taken up for dis
cussion.
The President has before him a large
amount of important business that he has
not been able to touch for several weeks
because of the closing rush of Congress
and the visits of congressman. AS these
visits grow fewer the President will take
up the questions for settlement.
Japanese Immigration.
The first and most important is that of
carrying out the law preventing the immi-
grafton of Japanese from Hawaii to the
mainland of this country. In accordance
with an agreement with the San Fran
cisco mayor and school authorities the
President secured the adoption by Congress
of an amendment to the immigration laws
preventing immigration from the insular
possessions of the country whenever the
President considered it wise to put stop
to the influx The President will. have a
conference with Secretary Straus and
Commissioner Sergeant before acting. He
will probably consult, through the Secre-
tary of State, the Japanese government
There are also on the Presidents desk
large number of consular and diplomatic
appointments, laid before him by Secretary
Root. The President expects to take
number of hours to talk oyer these with
the Secretary of State and then the an
nouncements will be made.
Wants More Porto Ricans in Office.
Tulio Larrinaga, the4 resident commits
siOner in Congress from Porto Rico, has
asked the President to appoint a native
Porto Rican as secretary Of the island in the
place of Regis Henri Post, who has been
selected for the governorship about to be
vacated by Beekman Winthrop, who is to
become an assistant secretary of the treas
ury. The secretary of the island, by vir-
tue of his Office, is a member of the execu-
tive council. The Foraker act provides that
of the eleven members of the council at
least five are to be natives For seven years
now, Mr.. Larrinaga says, the council has
had but five natives in its membership,
and he feels that it should have a larger
representation. The appointment of a ma
tive in the place of Mr.. Post would accom-
plish this.
Mr.. Larrinaga will leave New York to-
morrow for Porto Rico.