Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-04-24
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Order of Railway Conductors 10 West
Virginia, and Il. e. Graham, attorney
for the order, discussed the Moyer-Hsy
wood case with the President today.
They called 10 shake hands with Sen
ator Scott, bu: as soon as the President
learned that they we're prominent mem
bers Of the big labor organization, asked
them to step into his private Office until
he had disposed OF a number OK socia
visitors, and then chattNd with them fol
ten minutes. He told them he did mo-
believe 10 condemning Meyer and Hay
wood in advance OF their trial; neither
did he approve of their acquittal before
Judge and jary hsd disposed Of the case.
He demanded that Meyer and Haywood
be brought to Trial just like any o,bel
prisoners charged With grave crime. The
President told the labor men about The
various LAYS and bills favorable to their
cause that he had supported, and Messrs.
Hsmer and Graham lett the White House
expressing their entire approval of the
| Executives course.
The President had talk today with
Norman NJ. Ruick, the United State:
District Attorney at Boise City, Idaho,
who is supposed TO have caused the
grand Jury now in session there 10. find
an indictment against Senator Borah fol
completely in alleged land fraud cases.
If Mr.. Ruick discussed the BOrah case
with the President, he did not give any
hint about il when he left the White
H01lse.
The colOred NJ. +. Church conference
just before adjournipg here after six
days session, nominated Senator For
aker, Of Ohio, as its candidate Tor Presi-
dent. The conference includes Penn.
SyIvaHis, Virginia, West Virginia, Mary
land, Delaware and North Carolina.
Representative Burton, OF Ohio. cbieI
counsel in the Taft presidential cam
paign, will lake the opportunity Friday
night in his address before the republi'
can clubs at Trenton, N. j., to boost
the Taft boom and to put to rest reports
that the President has of late grown
luke-warni in his attitude toward the
Secretary of War az his successor at the
| White House. The address will be an
encore 10 the Taft nominating speech
delivered by Mr. Burton in Cleveland
before his trip to Panama and before
Senator Foraker came out as & challeng-
or for presidential donors. The remarks
of Mr.. Barton will be intended also TO
Offset the Seowed support which Senator
Dick has given Senator Foraker. The
Trenton speech is to be followed by a
statement by the Cleveland congress
man, covering local ends in Ohio. AS
official Sepster for the Taft boom, Bur
ton will insist that Foraker stand pat
on his requeot for a primary and cause
Senator Dick, in command of the repub-
llcan organization in the State, to call a
primary for not later than November
Since the return Of the Taft party from
Panama, it has beeen decided that Bur-
ton will be tho chief Spokesman for Taft
in the Ohio campaign. Taft. himself,
will hold alOOf from the controversy, in
accordance with bis Wow of the dignity
which should surround presidsutal can
didats. Secretary TAFT is expected to
repudiate tho inference given 10 q state
mSnt made public by his brother Chss.
p. Taft, to the effect that the secretary
would be q candidate for the Senate
against Foraker.
Fifteen minutes after he arrived in
town today from the west, Speaker Gan
non punctured the newspaper yarn from
indianapolis to the effect that he had
made deal to deliver the Illinois dele
CATION in the republican national con-
yention to Fairbanks. al did not see
Or hear of the story" said the speaker,
"until arrived here, and ! do not sup
pose that anyone has taken it seriously"
He leaves tomorrow for the jamestown
Exposition opening, together with a
parry of statesmen from Indiana and
Illinois.
Col. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer Of
the canal zone, hiss reported to the gov
eminent that no believes he has reduced
sickness among the employees TO as low
a rate as it is possible to get it. During
March there we're only 1910 men every
day sick in the hospitals out of every
thousand as compared with 1912 men
per The lsand last August.
Rev. George +. T. Stevenson, Bap-
tist clergyman OF PitiSbnrg, and veteran
of tho Spanish American war, has been
appointed chaplain in the navy.
Richard j. GurYins has been appoint.
ed postmaster at Fort Hunt, Fairfax
county, vice James Hackett, resigned.
Observation-Disclosures DEFIANT