Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-26
AT..IHE White HOUSE
Senator CANDLES Version of
the Lottery Drawing.
Mr.. MANN ON FOOD LABELS
Contents Guaranteed by the Maker,
Not by Government.
CHICAGO'S HAMILTON CLUB
President Knights Mission Here.
Republican Literary Bureau
Work.

Cabinet meeting and fair sprinkling of
visitors kept things moving around the
White House executive Offices today.
After the meeting was over all the men,
bers of the Presidents official family
spoke as freely as usual concerning the
subjects which had been under discussion.
According to these frank utterances, the
beautiful weather. the prospects of this
years chestnut crop and the price of
eggs in Georgetown were the principal
topics which received serious considera-
ton. The financial situation and the pos
sibility of currency legislation at the
coming session of Congress were not
mentioned.
Senator Gamble of South Dakota was
one of the visitors who dropped in during
the morning. When the name Of his col
league Senator kittredge, was mentioned
Mr.. Gamble looked for the moment as If
he had inadvertently bitten into an I'M
ripe persimmon, and then unbosomed him
self of the truth concerning the great
South Dakota patronage lottery, for
which drawings were held in the Presi
dents private Office yesterday. 1t ap-
pears, from Senator CANDLES version,
that instead of a number of drawings for
the various Offices at the Presidents dis
posal. there was just one shake of the
dice. flip of the coin or selection Of the
lOnS ana SHOTI SLIPS. SENATOR. hlttTeOSe
won and took first choice and Mr.. Gam
BILE trailed-, Then, not wishing to take up
more of the Presidents time than was
necessary, nor to run further risk of
personal explosion in the Presence. they
adjourned to a local hotel and completed
their selections in follow my leader style.
The fact that Senator Gamble had already
been given the vacant United States at
torneyship about evens things up, 1t
seems.
Mr.. Mann on Food Labels.
Representative Mann of Illinois. the ma
tional objector," hove in sight just as
Senator Gamble was confiding to a few
chosen friends what deep personal affec-
ton he felt for his colleague. Mr.. Kit
tredge. and spent few minutes with the
President. Mr.. Lann left the White
House bound for the Agricultural De-
partment with the intention of suggesting
change in the label used under the pure
food law. He thinks that the language of
the present label, Guaranteed under the
food and drugs act is nothing more
nor less than fraud upon the public, and
that the phrase should be changed to
read Guaranteed by the maker under the
food and drugs act
81 have no doubt" said Mr.. Manu.
that many people are deceived by the
present label. They take the use of the
word guarantee to mean that the con-
tents of the package are guaranteed by the
government. 1t should be plainly stated
on the label that the contents are guaran-
teed by the maker, under a government
serial number. which is merely for pur-
poses of Identification
The Hamilton Club of Chicago.
Mr.. Mann, with Representative Louden
of Illinois, introduced to the President a
delegation from the Hamilton Republican
Club of Chicago. Thomas D. knight, pres
ident of the club, came here to invite Mr.
Roosevelt to be the clubs guest at its
annual banquet on Appomattox day, April
y. but got little encouragement Mr.
Roosevelt is inclined to believe public
business will keep him In Washington
about that time. Mr. knight is also chair
man of the committee selected to secure
tne republican national convention for
Chicago, and will be back in December
when the republican national committee
meets to select the place and time for
holding the convention. He will then be
armed with the plans of the rebuilt Coli
scum, which he says will be the finest
convention hall in the world. and instead
OF certified checks. will have sufficient
pledges from well-known men of Chicago
to Insure the payment of all legitimate
convention expenses.
Mr.. Loudenslager Calls.
Representative Harry Loudenslager of
New Jersey was another of the Presidents
shook hands with Mr.. Roosevelt, paid his
respects. passed the time of day, and
made room for somebody else According
to Mr.. Loudenslager the literary branch
OF the republican congressional COMMITTEES
will open up here about the first of the
month, occupying offices in the Metropoli-
tan Bank building. Heretofore in presI-
Dental campaign years, the literary work
mas been taken up In the early summer
and is backward in getting into the swing
OF things The Washington literary
branch will work overtime on statistics
and such during the winter, and when
things begin to warm up for the cam
paign no time will be lost in the pre-
liminaries of distribution.
Vanguard Of Thanksgiving Turkeys
The vanguard of the Thanksgiving tur-
key troupe reached the White House to-
day. 1t was in crate ticketed with ex-
press tags and affidavits, and Is guaran-
teed real wild. The live prize package
provided annually by Horace Vose of the
Rhode Island turkey belt is on the way
IL Is bronze twenty-eight-pounder, and
has strain of untamed blood in its
VEINS Altogether, the plain barnyard
fowl OF commerce seems to be getting the
lemon at the White House this year.
Guests Of the President.
B. F. Yoakum. chairman Of the execu-
tive committee of the Rock Island lines,
lunched with the President yesterday but
had nothing to say in connection with his
visit here. In the afternoon he called on
the interstate commerce commissioners.
Gov. Duncan c. Hayward Of South Car
DINA had an audience with Pre- sident
Roosevelt yesterday, and on leaving the
White House said that his call was mere
ly to pay his respects.
Opening Ball Of Arion Society.