Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-16
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Mr.. C0nant Tells the President
of the Cuban Situation.
STABILITY IS DESIRED
Premature Withdrawal of Americans
Opposed.
REFORM IN ACCOUNTING
REFORM IN ACCOUNTING
Members of Joint Postal Commission
Call-Appeal of Senator Borah
Of Idaho.

"Cubans and others engaged in business
In Cuba are well satisfied with the an
nouncemen;s made by the administration,
through Secretary Taft. that American con-
troll of the affairs of the island Will con-
tinue for some time to come" said G. 4.
Conant today. after he had talked briefly
with the President about what he had seen
and heard on recent trip to the island.
Il called the President simply to say
to him that business and financial interests
In Cuba are anxious to conditions
placed on a sound economic basis before
the United States withdraws. They be-
lieve that this is just important as the
other aspects of the situation. The an
nouncement of Secretary Taft as to the
length of time the United States will be in
control of the island has had reassuring
effect among the banks and business institu-
tons They are now willing to go ahead and
lend money on the sugar crop and on bust
ness enterprises generally. They were not
willing to do this before. because they did
not know how soon the United States would
pull out and leave the Cubans fighting
among themselves for CONTROL
Reform in Accounting.
Senator Garter and Representative Moon
of the joint postal commission authorized
by Congress to examine the business meth
DDS of the Post Office Department called
on the President to introduce Arthur l..
Dickinson and Francis F. White, repre-
senting the firms of expert accountants
who have been selected to investigate the
defects of the accounting system of the
department and recommend a modern sys-
tenn of accounting. The commission feels
that tremendous Improvement can be made
in the work of the Post Office Department,
and it will be in a position to make recon-
mendations after it gets through with its
work.
1t is not proposed to have all of the
counts of the department audited. The
present system was established In 1888.
The commission, which states It is assured
of the cooperation of the President and the
PoStfna Ster General, aspects to begin Its
work May l..
Appeal From Senator Borah.
Attorney General Bonaparte informed the
President al the cabinet meeting today that
an appeal has reached him from United
States Senator Borah of Idaho. who is I'M
der indictment in that state for completely
in timber frauds. Mr.. Borah alleges that
his indictment is the result of a conspiracy.
The grand jury is still investigating the
timber frauds in the state, and is said to
have indicted a number of prominent re-
publicans of the state. Senator Borah sue
ceeded Senator Dubois, who retired in
March. He is likewise the attorney repre-
senting the state in the prosecution of Hay
wood, Meyer and Pettibone accused of
completely in the murder of Gov. Steunen-
berg. 1t is claimed by the friends of Mr..
Borah that various interests of this cele-
brated case are more or less involved in
his indictment.
Some time ago, before the indictments
were placed before the grand jury, Attor-
ney General Bonaparte wrote to District
Attorney Norman NJ. Ruck to come on to
Washington as soon as he had finished the
presentation of his testimony to the grand
jury and indictments had been returned. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Ruick will be here
this week for a conference with the Attor-
ney General, when the administration VIII
ascertain all the facts in the case. 1t is
extremely doubtful if the appeal of Senator
Borah will have any effect upon the Attor-
ney General, who could do little toward
canceling an indictment at this stage of the
parte would not talk today about the APP
peal of Senator Borah except to say that
he would fully inform himself as to these
cases before the week was out.
No Response to Labor's Appeals.
President Roosevelt has not so far re-
sponded to the requests of labor organiza-
tons for information as to whether he
condemned Haywood and Meyer in his let
ter to Representative Sherman regarding
Mr.. Hartman. 1t is stated that the Presi-
dent will probably not pay any attention to
the resolutions of labor organizations criti-
cising him for his utterances in that letter.
1t is at least cettain that he will not deny
that he wrote the criticism that has caused
so much indignant talk by the labor people,
inasmuch as the letter was authentic and
was so glvef, to the press. The object of
most of the labor resolutions is to have the
President acknowledge over his own sigma
ture that he did speak of Haywood and
Mover as undesirable citizens
Presentation to the President.
Father A P. Doyle of the apostolic mis-
sion today presented to the President
Photographic copies Of three paintings By
Maruuise de Wentworth, the American
painter, living in Paris. Marquise Went
worth was here last fall and obtained sew
eral sittings of the President. She returned
to Paris and completed an oil portrait of
him, which now hangs on the walls of the
salon. Another painting by her in the
salon is that of Queen Alexandra, in her
royal robes and wearing the crown. An
other Is that of THE Last Moments of
Leo" representing the scenes at the death
bed Of the late pope. These three are rep
resented in the photographs presented to
the President.
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