Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-05
SENATOR SCOTT TALKED OF
He Has Been Spoken of as Giving
Away the Conspiracy.
ALIENATED LABOR PEOPLE
Union Labor Wants an Explanation
of Remarks About Meyer, Hay
wood and Debs in Sherman Letter.

At the White House today it was de-
clared that no names were mentioned in
connection with the story revealed there
OF an alleged combination to destroy Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his policies, headed by
an embryo fund of IS 600 OOO subscribed by
Hearst, Rockefeller, Hartman and a few
others. When Secretary Loeb was informed
that Senator Penrose had today given a
denial that he had ever told any one that
there was a gigantic combination against
the President he simply said that no mans
name had been mentioned and that none
would be mentioned. He Just as adroitly
declined to give a clean bill of health to
Senator Penrose or any other man whose
name has been mentioned as having I'M
Willingly given the conspiracy snap AWAY
to the friends Of the White House. He
did not consider 1t necessary to begin any
such course. although the suggestion is now
made that number of suspected anti-ad
ministration leaders will be compelled To
secure something like a meat-inspection
label to MITIGATE their purity and the date
spiracy. " WI
Regardless of how it got started. there
nave been two names used in connection
with the giving away of the gigantic con-
spray Ga+ me one most fully used was that
OF senator Penrose, but the name of Sena-
tor Scott of West Virginia has also been
freely mentioned Whether the West Viz
GINA senator will consider it necessary to
combination and to declare his LOYALTY To
the President and his policies, as has been
done by Senator Penrose Is a question FOR
the future.
Swish Of the Big Stick.
Under the swish of the big stick a good
many men are lodging and many Others are
proclaiming their innocence Of the accuse.
ton that they are to be ranked with tbe
d1sloyal. Rumor and underground political
talk have long connected the name of Sena-
tor PenrOse with oppo sition to the Pres,-
Gent, out this opposition was considered to
De OF an intriguing kind, sort of general
ship in the dark. Openly Senator Peorose
has worked with the President and his noli-
cies, and the President went SO far of
year as to go into Pennsylvania and helm
the state machine elect its candidate for
governor. Then there Is Senator Scott Who
mas candidly found things in the President
to criticise, and who has made no attarnt
to hide his intentions to act as he saw ~
he mas shown courage, too, in his views as
TO the President, although there has been
no open rupture, no cessation OF OCCASIONAL
visits to the White House.
Scott May Fight
The ranking of Scott with the foes of the
administra on may precipitate a fight nv
him. Like Senator Foraker of Ohio he 10
fighter; genuinely likes a scrap. and ab-
hors man who lies down, no matter how
great the difficulties ahead of him. He has
long been classed among those who would
ultimately fail to agree with the Roosevelt
men in the next republican national con-
vention. He has looked with favor on men
like Fairbanks. Foraker or Shaw. and net
upon those supposed to represent the adj
way Senator Elkins Is said to be with him,
but how far the latter could be depended
on to remain with Scott in the event of o
hard fight Is somewhat in doubt.
The administration. 1t Is averred, will not
object to fighting wherever II is wased.
The President has had his big stick poll