The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-26
Bryan and Roosevelt Hold
Bri.f Conference
A CUSTOMARY VISIT
Governor Glenn Invited TO Deliver Nd
dress at Toronto. Canada. and May
AcCept-<O Railroad
since Atlanta Conference.
SAYS the Governor.
r., THOMAS J. PENCE.

I 1Et IA AA- go
to the White House today. and the
comment most frequently heard was
that the executive mansion had shell
tered the two candidates for the Dresl-
dencV next year. There was really
nothing significant about the visit OF
the Nebraskan for he has made II a
custom 70 pay his respect 10 the chleI
~xecutiv When in Washington during
both the Mckinley and Roosevelt ad-
ministrations. Nevertheless, political
Washington made the meeting of the
two party leaders a subject for varied
m The two statesmen We're
closed alone for half an hour and
what TRANSFERRED. IF Mr.. Roosevelt
has any gratitude in him at all" said
a prominent Republican, he must
have taken occasion to thank Mt.
Bryan for the issues which he has
provided him"
When Mr.. Bryan emerged from the
Presidents private office he encoun-
tered Judge Jeter c.. Pritchard. Mr..
Bryan at once recognized the Judge,
whom he knew in the Senate, n the
two stepped TO one side and engaged
in conversation for several minutes.
The newspaper men were ready for
the N~ebraskan who declared that the
call was purely q personal one.
Mr.. BRYAN was informed that those
two arch-stand-patters, Representa-
tives Payne and DalZell. had just
left III White House. after declaring
that there would be no tariff revision
at the coming session and that the
duty on wood pulp would remain.
They know more than I do about
what a Republican Congress is likely
to do commented Bryan. Il know
what ought to be done. / would not
only remove the duty on wood pulp,
but | would place on the free list ali
goods that come in competition with
trust-controlled articles"
Mr.. Bryan was further informed
that Messrs. Payne and Dalzell had
smiled sarcastically in making their
~stand-pat announcement. "Ah,' he
said, they have got SO that they even
smile ~sarcastically When the tariff is
mentioned" Mr.. Bryan said as yet no
plan had been made to have his finan-
cial relief measure presented in Con-
gress. However, he felt very enthus-
iastic over the prospect of its ultimate
success.
Governor Glenn Invited to Canada.
Governor Glenn returned to the
State today. He received a number Of
invitations to deliver addresses I'M
der Y. M. G. A. auspices from dele
gates attending the international on
ventton. One sue was extended by
the Toronto, Canada, Y. NJ. G. A. dele
cation. The Governor may dccept me
or two of these invitations on the oc-
casion of his visit to Boston early in
the new year when he will speak on
States Rights.
Finley and Andrews in Washington.
The presence of President Finley
and Vice-President A. b. Andrews, of
the Southern Railway, in the city to-
day, led to the belief in some quar-
tiers that the peace negotiation be-
tween Governor Glenn and this rail-
road for a settlement of the rate con-
trOverSy in North Carolina had been
renewed. but the surmise is apparently
erroneous. Governor Glenn says he
has not received any proposal from
the railroad since the one submitted
prior to the conference of the COVER
nOrS in Atlanta and that so far as he
knows the hearing before Standing
Master Montgomery is to be resumed
in Raleigh next week. There is a we'll
grounded belief here that teh negotia-
items are not at an end
Roosevelt Issues His Order.
The president has been smoked out
on the subject of Federal o~fficehold-
ers going as delegates to the Repub-
lican National convention. Some
thing like d week ago announcement
was made with much flourish in Il
number of papers that the president
had issued ar order forbidding Fed
eral o~fficeholders to attend the Ma
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story, according to inside information
here, was given by the president per
sonalls to several newspaper men who
are often called White House cukoos.
The story was not regarded seri-
ouSly. for the reason that everybody
knows Mr.. Roosevelt is using all the
power of his great position to con
troll the Republican National conven-
ton. All went We'll until the presi-
dent read in the New York newspa
r,op- thic ~: on
credited to John 6. Capers, Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue, in which
he said he had received no such order,
and didn't expect to. This apparent
ly riled the President. who caused to
be made public a letter to abine
officers requesting them to send in
structions to officials in their respec-
tive departments directing that Fed
eral officeholderS do not attend Re-
publican conventions to endorse him
for a third term. Mr.. Roosevelt was
careful not to say that he does not
wan Federal oficeholders to go to
the National convention. He would
have said nothing if he had not been
smoked cut and evaded the real issue
that has been raised by his press
agents.
Commissioner Capers made a de-
NAL of the statements accredited to
him. Significant in this connection
is the fact that Capers. accompanied
by Collector E. C. Duncan, the most
powerful of the Federal o~ficeholders
in North Carolina, called on the presi-
dent later in the day. Afterwards
Judge Pritchard. who had first called
on the President. was in conference
with Capers. The real nature of this
series Of conferences has not yet been
disclosed.
Editor W A. H~ildebrand, of the IN
News. is here.
Took Little Boy Into Back Yard.
1t IS known that the President did
things to Mr.. CaDers az soon as he
Rim. When the Presidential wrath
q finally been discharged. the com
Of internal revenue was a
member of the Annanias club in full
standing After the big stick had been
swung round Mr.. CaDers' head several
times. he was commanded to run back
to his Office and to keep his mouth
1t is not known whether Col
lector Duncan heard the rebuke ad-
ministered. Mr.. Capers by the Pres
ident but the chances are that he did.
for he was dangerously close to the
firing line. Judge Pritchard is suppos-
ed to have interceded in behalf of the
commissioner of internal revenue. Just
what offices Mr. Duncan performed is
not known. !