Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-29
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Political Views of Callers on the
President.
WEST VIRGINIA is LOYAL
Representative Woodyard's View Of
Popular Feeling.
ANOTHER HITCH IN NEW YORK
Delay in Appointment of Collector
Sanders Successor-Conferenc
With Speaker Cannon.

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| Representative woodward of the fourth
| West Virginia district. and chairman of tho
| republican state committee. paid his re-
| spects to the President today Speaking
| of politics in his state Mr.. woodward said:
IF President Roosevelt would consent to
run for third term, I have no doubt he
would carry West Virginia. But the peo-
| pie of the state take him at his word, that
| under no circumstances will he be cam
| ddate or accept another nomination. There
| fore. they will give their support to some
| man who represents the policies of the
President Secretary Taft has the call in
| my own district, If not elsewhere in the
state. The sentiment is very strong for
| him for many reasons. The people believe
that he represents the ideas of the admin
istration more thoroughly than any other
| man so far mentioned for the republican
| nomination. The opposition to the Presi-
| dents policies has not agreed upon any
| candidate. and this lack of concentration
| will result in much greater strength for
| Secretary Taft
Frank Tyree. United States marshal OF
| West Virginia, was also at the White
| House today He says everything in West
| Virginia is on fire for Roosevelt for a
| third term. Republicans and democrats
| are for the President" declared the genial
|
| charge of the secret service men who
| watch the White House and keep track
| OF the movements of the President. But
if the President will not take another
| nomination West Virginia will be for Taft
| with a whoop," was the closing statement.
The Situation in Ohio.
A. j. Miller of Bellefontaine Ohio.
| county attorney, was White House
| caller. Relative to the Ohio political sit
| uation he said: Il am for Secretary Taft
| for the Republican nomination. l am con-
fident that he would carry the state easily
If the choice could be made any time in
the next few months. There is. however.
a rather widespread sentiment in Ohio
against shelving Senator Foraker as a SEN
| ator, and there is much discussion as to
how best the issues of the presidency and
| the senatorship may be separated.
| Charles =. Taft has coupled the two so
that up to this time it is difficult to get
them apart. Just how a primary can be
| arranged before next spring does not APP
| pear to have been solved. The state senate
at the last session of the Legislature passed
the Bronson bill providing for primaries.
| If the house should pass the same bill early
after the legislature meets next January,
1t might be possible to hold primaries UNI
der it in April or May. OF course | do not
know what the house will do. and / am
merely speaking of what might be done.
Secretary Taft is mighty strong in the
state and his friends do not see why
he should lose strength"
| Saws Indiana is Tor Ea1r OankS.
| Another visitor who knows something OF
| politics. although asserting that he is at
| present out of the game, called on the
| President. 1t was eX-Gov. Durbin Of In
| diana. He called to ask the President to
| stop about five minutes at Anderson, Ind,
| the afternoon of his departure for Lam
| sing. Mich from Indianapolis where he
will deliver the address on the occasion OF
! the unwilling of the monument to Gen.
| Henry Lawton. The address will also be
a memorial address. The President prom
| Used to stop at Anderson. He will leave
| indianapolis at o'clock the afternoon OF
| May 30 and will get to Anderson at
o'clock that afternoon.
Indiana will be for Fairbanks de-
| clared Mr.. Durbin, when asked as to poll
| ties in the state. As to the strength the
I Vice President would show in other parts
| of the country he could not tell as he was
"out of politics. chasing the eagle on the
American dollar The last time he was
| in Washington ex-Gov. Durbn gave an
| interview that was apparently hostile to
the Vice President, inasmuch as he de-
clared the people of the state were for
Roosevelt for another term.
Collector Sanders Successor.
| Representative Peter Porter and Fred.
| erick c. Stevens, the two men who are lead-
| ing the opposition to the Wadsworth face
| ton In the thirtyfourth New York congress.
f., sional district, called at the White House
| today to ascertain the reasons for the hold
| up of the appointment of ex-Mayor Burk-
| hart of Batavia collector of internal
! revenue in place of Mr. Sanders, who req
signed under pressure from the White
| House. 1t has been understood that Burk>
| hart had the place fixed, as he had the
| backing of Porter and Stevens, but therd
seems to be a hitch somewhere. Represen-
tative Vreeland, whose district is In this
| same region, is said to have urged the ap-
pointment of man.
Conference With the Speaker.
Speaker Cannon had a long talk with the
| President, but he had nothing to say after
ward for publication.
| w. c. Brown, senior vice president OF the
New York Central railroad, spent some
time with the President today, but he would
not talk about the visit. He admitted that
he discussed the railroad and financial sit-
| uation.
George F. Dunn. president of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Boilermakers. Iron
| Shipbuilders and Helpers and three of the
| officials of the same organization, called on
the President today to talk with him as to
wages in the various navy yards Mr..
Dunn is seeking to bring about read
| justment of wages in different yards the
labor leaders said they did not talk about
! the Moyer-Haywood matter with the Presi-
dent
| b H. Warner made a call of respect on
the President, and was cordially received.
The President listened 10 MS opserNations
obtained on his recent European trip as to
conditions across the Atlantic.
/ Charles A. Stillings. public printer, was
White House visitor The President long
| ago gave 1t out that he proposed to uphold
| Mr. Stillings in his management of the big
| printing establishment, and he is SAID to be
! fully confident he made no mistake when
| he selected Mr.. Stillings for the position.
John Mitchell Is Better.
| SPRING VALLEY, ILL.,, April 29-John
| Mitchell national president of the United