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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07
$4,000 GIVEN AWAY.

Following my very liberal offer OF
$4,000 to be given away at the next
Cobb County Poultry Show. am offer.
ing at the next Atlanta Show. $50 90 in
gold Tor best cockerel and $25 90 in gold
Tor the best pullet raised from eggs I
sell TINS season. would be glad to see
this $50 90 go to Cobb County people
and the winners of the sixty dollars
stand fine show at the $75 90 offered
in Atlanta. Eggs $500 per fifteen.
G W. Fowler.
Smyrna.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

Southern chivalry and the desire to
protect the weaker from the strong is
manifesting itself until our people are
getting tired of hearing OF strong,
able bodied attorney torturng a poor
and weak young woman to point OF
collapse for several days just because
the courts justify him, as in the Thaw
trial. 1t is barbarious, to say the least.
and should attract the attention of the
societies fer prevention of cruelty
Worm, though she may be, it is certain
ly not becoming to higher civilization
to permit such torture IF her life is a
menace to future society and she must
be killed, take her out ard do the work
promptly and decently. To allow this
attorney under the arm of the law, to
torture weak woman until, from men,
tai exhaustion, she faints and falls to
the floor. and the trial is put off until
she recuperates, has a strong scent of
the old Spanish inquisition. -Waycross
Herald
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07
DEATH OF MRS. W. 5. BUTLER.

Mrs. w. S, Butler died vt the family
residence, on Dixie avenue. at two
O'Clock on last Tuesday morning, atte,
sickness of many months.
She was As years of age, and devoted
member Of the Baptist Church. She
is survived by her husband and severa
children. Her funeral will be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at ? o'clock. al
the home of the family, by DR.. c. E
W. Dobbs. The interment will be in tbs
city cemetery,
The ber1aved family have our sym.
pathy.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07
GEORGIA-Cobb County

Whereas, Asa Darby, executor of J ohm
Darby. represents to the Court in his
petition, duly filed and entered on record.
that he has fully administered John
Darby's estate: This is, therefore, to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can.
why said executor should not be dis.
charged from his administration. and
receive letters of dismission on the first
Monday in April, 1907.
John AWTREY, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

The daily papers have been teeming
with the indecent testimony of the
Culpepper, Va, murder of Bywaters by
brothers of badly treated sister that
is equally as indecent as the Thaw case
in New York. What is the matter with
the daily papers that they have to dish
up to their readers such matter? Sem
satlonaIism becomes more glaring each
day
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

Gov. Terrell has appointed Senator
A. o. Bacon United States Senator for
the ad interim term between March 4th
and the meeting of the Legislature
next June, when he will be elected for
another full term.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

Waycross needs and must have a
street car line. and our people do not
care who builds it and who makes
money out OF lt.--Waycross Herald.
And after you get it, you will begin
to fuss and curse about it, call it cor
poration of oppression, and that it
charges too much fare.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

1t doesn't pay to be too swift. An
Illinois man got marriage license be-
fore he asked the girl This made her
so angry that she had him arrested, and
he was fined five dollars and costs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

Then again, with its 125 dry counties
and only 20 wet ones, why should the
State of Georgia give such thing as a
punch bowl to the battleship Georgia?
Griffin News and Sur.
Why, to punch" the enemy.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

A telephone girl, willis yawning at
Cleveland, dislocated her Jaw. The
impatient subscriber had to wait until
she had it reset for the connection he
had called for.-West Point News.
What would you have the poor thing
do? She couldn't tell him the line was
busy"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

The American National Red Cross
has forwarded to date $4,000 for the
relief of the famine sufferers in China,
and shipped to China $4,000 worth of
Hour ard 800 barrels of seed wheat.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

The Savannah Press thinks that
"since the free pass has been abolished
the legislators will probably see the
wisdom of giving more attention to
good roads"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

Disasters by sea are more numerous
than ever before, Hundreds of people
have been sent to watery graves dur
ing the past two months.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

Passes" says the Railway Age "are
not absolutely extinct" Well, they
are extinct at this office. A pass would
be a curiosity now.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07
Itdoesn't seem as if President Roose-
Welt gave Oliver square deal"

Thaw's mother-in-law seems to be
one of the kind that delights to make
it unpleasant for her son-in-law.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

An exchange says that when the
bride looks like queen the bridegroom
usually looks like the deuce.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

Cotton and its products brought
1925, 000,0 900 to the United States from
foreign countries in the year just end
ed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

President Roosevelt will be in his
grave before the Panama canal is fin
ished.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-03-07

With a congress that passes over 700
pension bills in eighty minutes, this
country may we'll hesitate to begin an
other war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Mrs. Scherrer's Statement
VETOES UTILITIES BILL.
Mayor Mcclellan Admits That His
Main Objection Is Political

NEW YORK, May 29-''With the gen
eral principles of this bill am in accord
but / Will never give my approval 10 a
measure that places In the hands of a
single political party such tremendous and
!mitess power"
IN these words Mayor Mcclellan sums I'M
his objections To the public utilities Hill
which he returned to the legislature with
his veto yesterday. There are other fea-
lures OF the biz with which the rnavor is
not in consonanCe, notably its violation of
the home rule principle, SO far as the local
commission is concerned but the main
ground OF the veto, he acknowledges, is
political.
Accompanying the veto was a menoran-
dun giving in |etail the various reasons
Tor the mayor adverse action. He said
In part:
ITO my suggestions the legislature has
seen III to pay no attention, and has passed
Instead an act so utterly destructive of
the principle of home rule as 10 leave me-
as mayor uf the city Of New York. no pos
$l7Ie course except TO disapprove the bill as
IL stands
The mayor, after criticislng the bill for
lt- failure TO provide any check upon the
potSIoIe use OF these commissions in the
lu;IIe for partisan purposes. says:
The power conferred by this act is I'M
rrecedented and, under normal conditions,
many OF those who are advocating the
measure would be among its strongest crit
les.
For the first time in the history of our
state there are to be created two admin
istrdtiVe bodies vested with power hereto
fore exclusively exercised by the legislature
OF regulating rates ana fares of steam
railways, street and elevated railways. gas,
electric light and power companies. The
combined capitalization Of these companies
is SO. 322, 537 ,9l6.
1.-THE commissioners are to be appointed
By the governor, and, as they may be re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
DR.. Watson's Widow Replies.

LIVERPOOL, May 29-The widow of DR..
John Watson, whose funeral took place
here Monday, is in receipt Of countless mes
sages of coincidence from Americans of all
creeds. In reply to these communications
she has sent the following message:
Mrs John Watson and family desire to
express their deep gratitude to the great
body of friends who so kindly have sent
expressions of sympathy, and as it is i'm
possible to communicate with each indi-
vidual, she asks that this general acknowl-
edgement may be accepted by ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
ANOTHER ART TREASURE LOST.
American Believed to Have Secured
Missing Volume.

PERUGIA, Italy, May 29.-The loss of
another art treasure has aroused con-
siderable Indignation, and there is an
intimation that the missing property has
passed into the hands of an American.
The Church Of San Pietro of this city
had in its possession twenty-five large
Illuminated volumes dating from the fif
teenth and sixteenth centuries. They
were the work of the best masters Of
the art, and the most beautiful of them
was the product of one Giacomo Ca
porali. Two years ago a physician who
was attending the abbot Of San Pistro
asked permission to copy the Caporali
volume for a rich American. He was al
lowed to take the volume home, but
never returned 1t.
The abbot is now dead and the physi-
clan lies Ill at Florence,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

wise. having served on the wage committee
on two different occasions when the wages
were advanced materially.
His most notable achievement was as a
member of the last wage committee, and
as chairman he was largely instrumental in
advancing the scale from S3.36 to So IS per
diem. Besides serving on all minor COM
mitteeS he has served for five years on the
executive and legislative committees ap-
pearing before Congress, the President and
the various departments in behalf OF the
machinists of the Washington navy yard,
He represented Columbia Lodge at the
Boston convention of the>Grand Lodge and
his loyalty to his local was a matter of
comment at that time. He was selected a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

moved by him or his successors, they will
become the direct representatives and
agents of each succeeding governor There
Is no provision that the commissions will
be bipartisan or nonpartisan, and all mem
bers may be of the same political party.
The power to regulate rates and fares
may be used to destroy. Under given con-
ditions, when party feeling Is intense and
the presidency, the governorship or the
legislature is al stake, ii will be used to in
fuence, coerce and to obtain the money
with which to corrupt the electorate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
NO DISCUSSION OF TERRORISM.
Resolution Condemning It Tabled in
Duma.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 29--Advantage
was taken yesterday of the absence of the
conservative leaders from the lower house Of
parliament to bring up the resolution con-
demning terrorism. and the house decided
by PIC to 146 votes to table Indefinitely the
whole discussion. which is one Of the most
burning questions before parliament. The
constitutional democrats, Poles, members Of
the Group of Toll and Cossacks voted
against the discussion. and the monarch
lists, Octoberists. social democrats and So
cial revolutionists voted in its favor
: Deprived of their leading orators, the
monarchists made a feeble showing.
NJ. Nebovidof of the Group Of Toll pro-
posed the resolution tabling the motion, de-
claring that any action on the part Of the
house would be useless. the censure
would be addressed to the dead, as most Of
the terrorists names were already inscribed
in the Book of Martyrs" He asked If the
government with million bayonets, was
unable to stop terrorism. of what avail
would be simple resolution adopted by
800 deputies under the thumb of the ad-
ministration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Atlantic Coast Lime.

Effective April q. 19UI
Notice.-These departures given as informa-
tion, as well as connections with other companies
but arrivals and connections not guaranteed.
4:20 m. daily-Sleeping New York to Jack
sonville Fla. Through coaches Washington to
Jacksonville.
3:i5 pm. daily-Slceping Car New York to Jack
sonville Fla; New York to Port Tampa, Fla via
Jacksonville; New York 10 Augusta. Ga. New
York to Charleston, $. c.; Washington TO VII
mington. N. c. Through coaches Washington to
Jacksonville. UNEACELLED DINING CAR SERV-
ICE.
For tickets and all information apply at the
OFFICE OF THE LINE. Col PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE NORTHWEST, AND PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD STATION.
GEO. p. JAMES.
District Passenger Agent. Washington, D. c.
4. c. WHITE, Gen. Pass. Agent.
W. ]. CRAIG.
Pass Traffic Nor Win,inrtnn n G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
Sues to Recover Damages.

John T. Downs has filed suit to re-
cover 5000 from the Washington Savings
Bank for alleged damages. Mr.. Downs
by Attorney John w. Echols, charges that
the bank did not observe the terms of an
agreement for the rent of certain rooms in
its building at 18th and G streets north
west. .---,.=x
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29
EPENCH N INF.

coMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANsATLASrIQUE
Direct Line to Mavre-Psrs iFrance).
Sailing every Thursday at 10 an.
From Pier No A. North River foot Morton N. T.
LA Lorraine. May 80 LA Lorraine. June 20
La savoie. June 9 La sayoie. June u
eTwtn-sc steamer.
Extra sailing La Brstagne June p;m;;
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Seaboard Air Lime Railway

TICKET OFFICE, 142l PENNA. AVE.
NOTICE.-Following schedule not guaranteed
For Raleigh. Wilmington Columbia Savannah,
Jacksonville, Tampa Atlanta, Birmingham, Mem
phis and New Orleans.
9.O5 AN. DAILY - Seaboard Mall. Through
coaches and Pullman Seepers to Savannah and
jacksonville. Through Sleepers Washington to
Hamlet and Hamlet to Atlanta and Birmingham.
Dining Cars
with coaches and Pullman Sleepers 20 Savannah.
Jacksonville and Tampa. Through Sleeper to At
lanta and Birmingham. Dining Cars
r. H. STANSELL. District Passenger Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-29

Thousands of situations have been OBJ
talned through the want columns of The
Star.
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PAUL Y. WATERS,
my23-tf4O General Manager.

Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
LEAVE STATION, New Jersey Ave. and St.
EVERY OTHER Err Hour 40 r. on y TIE TIE ODD HOUR"
TO PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK:
NEW TERMINAL, 23D STREET NEW YORK.
100 m. Diner, Pullman Farlor:
5000 NJ. Diner and Pullman Parlor Car.
II 90 am Diner and Pullman Parlor Car.
.loopm. Diner and Pullman r "a is,, Car;
400 pm. Coaches to Philadelphia.
800 pm. Diner and Pullman Parlor.
800 pm. Coaches to Philadelphia.
100 pm. slecpers.
Atlantic CITY. FOO. 900. til.oo am.
'lASNAPoIis." weekdays. 500 a.m 1905 noon.
4.45, 800 pm. Sundays, $40 am, $50 pm.
EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
weekdays, 100 m. TO 100 p.m)
TO BALTIMORE.
.257. 90 to3O = 90 - 2O 500, 1880, 80. 90.
teso 1000. .1I:oo tl2 90 noon fl203 y c.
f5ds taeo 49, f fao 500 50. 1900
'io'S'' ''iS0' III W Y g~w RID.
CHICAGO 800 Am, ,I22, $50 p ;m;
f 81 300 an 40 f fss .eno Dm
Gle CLEVELAND, 800 am. .e1o pm.
W S9hEMfSs 80. :s:oo am $3.50 pm.
WINCHEsTER, ts.s5 am. e. S, t5:oop,m.
HAGERSTOWN, 1888 am, 1900 pm.
RarF Car rates
Of fare. ETC., will be quickly Furnished BY TELE,
G St. NV, Telephone Main 1891; ele Pennsyl-
sey Ave and e.es stricfet Once Telephone East
6s7 Informa ton Bureau, East 724.
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SOUTHERN RADlWAV.

WY UU5uuuN uuU GutSUU O
N; B.-FoIlowing schedule figures published only
as information, and not guaranteed.
200 am.-Danville and way stations.
900 ana way to and
'I1:oo a.m.-sleepers and coaches to Columbia.
Savannah and Jacksonville. Dining car
to- PmHsrris91buE and way stations
stations strashurg week days.
1915 p.m:-Sleepers and coaches to Atlanta and
Columbus, Ca D.. Sunset Route Tourist sleeper to
$3.50 pm.,sleepers and coaches to Charlotte.
:1o:iS PING sisspers and coaches Via Lynehburs
and BRISTOL to Chattanooga Memphis and New
!fis; pm nnS var York and New Orleans Ltd,
solid Pullman to Asheyille. Atlanta. Birmingham
Note: daily: t.week days.
7:35. s:45 and e:o5 am. go, b:25, s:45 ii: 80
and 1870 pm. daily. Local trains from Harrison
burg. 1925 pm. week days and $40 pm. daily:
from Charlottesville daily" and Strasburg week
frequent trains to and from sluemont.
,, Ticket offices, !o5 18th ST., Oil Pa. ave. and
CHA KEKr v.P.&G.M. sH.HARDwIcK,e PIN.
W. H. TAlLoE. G.P.A. l. s. BROWN GA.
Chesapeake &Ohio Railway
IN b5EHsT HAE SFnE Is 'o Wee.
at principal points in vagna
Clifton Eorss to LouisVlie cincinnat,: INDIAN
apolis st. Louis and Chicago; buffet service
from Gordonsville.
l:30 P.M.-NEW G. & O. LIMITED. daily-Fast
new vestibule train: stops only at Gordonsvie.
Charlottesville Stanton. Clifton Forge and
Covington Va. Ronceverte and Hinton. w.
Va. Pullman sleepers to Lexington. Louisville,
Cincinnati. Indianapolis. st. Louis and Chicago.
Dining cars, Ia carte service. One night out.
i1:lo PM. F. v; LIMITED, daily.Solid yes
Lexington and Louisville; Compartment sleep
Dining cars "a carte service sleepers Gin:
cnnati to Chicago and st. Louis and Louisville
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
Offices. 513 Pennsylvania avenue, 600 14th street.
+, and Sixth Street Station. Telephone Main
$3.50 for Pennsylvania r. R. Cab Service and Main
1865 for c. & o. Ticket Office.
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EUROPEAN RESORTS.
OCEAN TRAVEL.

Observation-Disclosures Lime.
D Twin Screw Express and Passenger Service.
Plymouth-Cherbourg Hamburg
Deutschland. :. May sol 'Kaisern new. June IL
batavia. June Patricia. June Is
'Buccher. June 8 'Amerka tnew). June 20
Pretoria. June sup. Lincoln new June %
Among special features of these vessels are:
Grill Room Gymnasium, Palm Garden, Ritz Carlton
Restaurant Elevators, Electric Baths Hamburg
direct.O
Mediterranean Service.
TO NAPLES AND GENOA.
Hamburg ............ June H. Aug. l3. Sept. p
sfMoltke. July 2, Sept 3, Oct. 10
'uas Grill Room. fHas Gymnasium.
TOURIST BUREAU.
r. R. Tickets. hotel accommodations and general
information about foreign travel.
Travellers Checks. Good All Over the World.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LINE, 81 BWAY, N. 7.
L. F. DROOP & SONS, 92o Pa. ave.
mh22f .Su.m.w
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

= lines. IT, ooC. OF. 81 W.. SZ.oZ no.. 81
WASHINGTON AND POTOMAC STEAMBOAT CO.,
STEAMERS For PoIoMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
Monday and Saturday at am. for river land.
ings and landings in Port Tobacco, Maddox and
Nomini creeks and the Wicomico river.
Wednesdays at pm. for river landings and
Nomini and Lower Machodoc creeks. Returning,
steamer arrives In Washington Tuesday and Sum
day about pm. and Friday about am.
Steamer Estelle Randall daily at Am. for Alex
andria River View. Fort Washington, Fort Hunt,
Bryan's Point, Marshall Hall, Glymont and Grin
der's. Returning, leaves Grinders 1890 pm,
Glymont 1:30 m. stopping at above landings and
arriving In Washington about b:15 pm.
Schedules subject to change without notice.
THE STEAMERS OF THE MARYLAND, della
and Virginia Railway Co., commencing
March T. will make three trips weekly between
Washington and Baltimore, weather permitting.
The passenger accommodations unsurpassed
by any the Chesapeake Bay or tributaries.
They are electrically lighted and the cuisine is
perfect. Steamers leave Washington every Sun
day, Tuesday and Thursday at pm, and Bal
timore every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at
pm. Time of trip, about SO hours. Fare,
$3.50. State rooms. $3.50. Meals, 10 cts. each.
State rooms and further Information apply to
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agents,
Telephone Main 745. 7th street wharf
T. MURDOCH, Gen. Pass. Agt., Baltimore, Md.
mh4-tf2
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member of the committee on rules by the
president of the convention, and made
most capable and dignified delegate.
He Is candidate for delegate to the st.
Louis convention of the Grand Lodge of
Machinists and his chances for reelection
are excellent, having an army of stanch
admirers in the navy yard.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-03-20
OUTCOME OF AN ELoPEMENT
Double Tragedy Occurs In Kentucky
Town,

Ashland, Ky, March 20.-Two muir
ders and an avenger made an outlaw
are reported as the result of one
mans act at HELLER. KY. In an old
village in Southern Virginia Frank
Dumon and Alcene Rose met and
loved and an elopement followed. Sam
Rose, brother of the girl, followed
them to HELLER, where, in pistol
duel, he killed Dumon and almost i'm
mediately afterwards was himself
shot by Elias Dumon, brother of
Frank, dying beside his sisters door
step. DuInon took to the mountains
md posse Is In pursuit.
NORTHERN PACIFIC VALUATION
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-03-20
ROOSEVELT FAVORS TAFT.
Credited With Declaring His Prefer
ence for Presidency.

Washington, March 20.-"While
have no right or disposition to dictate
the nomination of my successor I will
say this to you gentlemen, however,
that neither the party nor the people
could choose better man than Will
Taft for president"
This remark was credited to Pres.
ident Roosevelt by two Democrats
who had called to see him and during
the course of their talk referred to
the stories printed about his pushing
the Taft boom in his conference with
Governor Deneen Of Illinois.
He did not In any way deny the
correctness Of the report that he had
enlisted Mr.. Deneen In the Taft move
ment, the evident purpose OF which is,
as far as the state of Illinois is con-
cerned, to prevent the state sending a
Cannon delegation to the next ma
tional convention.
A vigorous Taft move was made by
the president Monday when he named
John Il. Safer of Columbus judge OF
the Southern district of Ohio against
the protests of Senator Foraker and
practically the entire Ohio delegation.
The bill creating the new judgeship
was put through the senate by SEN
ator Foraker and 1t was understood
he would name the man for the place.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-03-20
POLITICS NOT DISCUSSED IN RE.
CENT INTERVIEW WITH ILL.
NoIs OFFICIALS.
RAAsBR0UGH QUESTIONS PRESIDENT
SOUGHT INFORMATION ON SUB
JEcT AS FRIEND OF THE AD-
ILLUSTRATIONS"

Washington, March 20.-"Governor
Deneen and Attorney General Stead
did not come to see me on any polit
ical matters at ALL"
The above are substantially the
words the president used In his talk
with Senator Hansbrough of North
Dakota when the latter asked him
about the report that Saturdays con.
ference at the White House with the
Illinois officials, during which Secre.
tary Taft and his brother called, was
for the purpose Of launching boom
for Secretary Taft for the presidency.
Senator Hansbrough was In New
York at the time the story was pub.
lished. He told the president when
he saw him that as friend of the ad-
ministration he thought he had a
right to know If the reported publica.
ton was correct.
You have right to know and ]
will tell you exactly what happened"
the president replied, according to
Senator Hansbrough. THE governor
and the attorney general did not come
on any political matters at ALL con.
tinued the president 1--WE did not
talk politics at all. During the inter
view with the Illinois officials Secre
tary TAFT, with his brother, happened
to come over to the White House
There was no politics at all in their
visit. No politics were talked after
wards. 1t was not political gather
ing in any sense whatever"
From authoritative sources 1t was
learned that the visit of Governor
Deneen and Attorney General Stead
had to do with the Chicago and Alton
deal. which figured in the Hartman
Investigation before the interstate
commerce commission. The president
was anxious to learn what was being
done or what the state contemplated
doing In the matter.