The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-04-06
BROAD GRIN Of
TRIUMPH LIGHTS
UP WHITE HOUSE
Five Million Dollar Plot
Is Believed to Be
Shattered
PENROSE HUNTS HOLE
Senator Denies He Babbled
of Conspiracy While
Drunk at Dinner
JORDAN GIVES BOOST
University Head Says Cali
fornia Stands Up for
Roosevelt
JORDAN GIVES BOOST
Bv Ire e Bennett
'ECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

WASHINGTON. April 5.-The
President is nightly pleased with the
wide publicity given to his exposure of
the S5.000.000' conspiracy against
him. Scohng comments are being
made in some of the Eastern papers,
one of them alleging that the center
of brain storms is now at the White
House. another urging the President to
take a long vacation. and others in
sinuating that the latest sensation was
sprung for the purpose of diverting
attention from the Hartman -Roose-
welt squabble.
But al the White House everything
is lovely. Secretary Loeb tells the
newspaper men that publicity has
crushed The conspiracy in the egg.
senator Penrose sent up his protests
today against the charge that he was
a drunken babbler OF the secrets Of antix
Roosevelt eonspirators- He hastened
u declare his love for Roosevelt and
RooseEeltian policies and set up an
alibi, explaining that he was down
around Cuba with Secretary Metcals
and Senator Flint when the famous
dinner was given at which the plans o.
the conspirators leaked out.
Secretary Loeb was quick 10 tell peo-
PIE today that no names had been men
toned in the by authority" story
given out yesterday. He would not
deny that Penrose was the Senator
whose -mellowness at dinner led to the
revelation OF the plot. simply saying
that no names whatever had been men
toned. The fact remains. however.
thar Penrose's name was mentioned in
conversations at the White House and
that the newspaper men obtained their
information from somebody associated
with the President.
NAY JOIN ANANIAS CLUB
It is stated the Penrose alibi is
shaky. The dinner in question was
given before Congress adjourned and
while Senator Penrose was in Washing
ton It was held at the shoreham Ho-
tel and was given by Senator-elect
Bourne OF Oregon. in honor OF his pre-
deoessor, Senator Gearin. Senator Pen
rose is said to have been present at that
dinner.
A horde OF reporters and politicians
are at work running down dates and
names and within few hours it viii
he known whether or not Penrose is
in danger Of joining the Ananias Club
on the Presidents motion.
The story Of the great conspiracy is
received in widely different fashion
q here and throughout the East. Many
of the metropolitan papers are sarcas
tic in alluding 70 it. The smaller
papers seem to take it seriously. Re
ports from the Middle West are to the
4 effect that the story Us taken at par.
The name of Senator Scott of West
Virginia has been used IN several news
papers as one OF the men supposed TO
have fun knowledge of the anti-Roose-
. welt conspiracy. ''scotty.' as he is usu-
ally known. is a good fighter and was
I an idolizer of Mark Hanna. If Hanna
had lived he would have bolted Roose-
F welt or anybody else TO follow Hanna.
SCOTT Is IN TROUBLE
since Bsnna's death he has been
nominslly with Roosevelt, but pretty
outspoken against him at times. Scott
! has been regarded as man who would
+ break away from the Roosevelt crowd
( before the next convention. Now that
: the Senator has been tagged as one OF
the cabsl. something may be doing over
in West Virginia.
There is agitation in labor circles
over the Presidents differences to
Meyer. Haywood and Debs. At the
! Headquarters of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor the leaders show a ten
dencv TO call upon the President for an
explanation Of his remarks. IN his let
ter to Representative Sherman the
President said that certain sentiments
that had been attributed to Hartman
made him at least as undesirable a
citizen as Debs. Haywood or Meyer"
The Presidents condemnation of the
men has already resulted in a number
Of labor unions passing resolutions de-
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