Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
At. THE WHITE HOUSE
Two Presidential Candidates
Met There Today.
GEORGIA POST OFFICES
Postmaster General Will Take No
Action on Them.
PRESIDENT GOING TO REST
Will Spend Five Days in the Coun.
try at Pine Knot, Va.-New
York Politics

Two of the republican presidential can
ddates met at the White House this
morning and snapped pleasant words
with each other They were Secretary
Taft and Speaker Cannon. Mr.. Taft
| walked over for few minutes with the
President on a departmental matter, while
the Speaker wanted to give the President
a cane he had cut on the Isthmus of Pan
anna. He also said that he was going to
DanviIle tonight and would not return
until after the Christmas holidays.
Secretary Taft had only few minutes
with the Presld dent, and said that no poll
tics were talked about. Upon his arrival
he found Postmaster General Meyer with
the President. and had to wait until Mr..
Meyer had concluded his business which
related to post office appointments. The
Speaker and Secretary Taft went away
from the White House together, the for
mer surrenderlng the Secretary into the
hands Of newspaper men and taking a
back seat.
Postmaster General Meyer has decided
to tax no action in the case of the two
post offices at Conyers and Toccoa, Ga
These offices were filled for many years
by women. The postmiStrsss at Conyers
held the position for fourteen years. Two
men were nominated to the Senate to fill
Tie OIlCcS- cupoll lllCiC was q 81 SeAS
kick from the people of the two towns.
md Senator Clay held the nominations
up in the Senate. A reconsideration was
'sked by the Georgians. and the Pres!-
dent and Postmaster General considered
the matter for some time. Mr.. Meyer
said today that he had concluded not to
interfere and to let the matter be fought
out in the Senate.
President Going to Pine Knot.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and MEM
bers of the family will go to Pine Knot,
their country place in Virginia, the day
after Christmas, and will stay there until
the day before New Year, when the Presi-
dent will return for the New Year recep-
ton. The object is to have five days
outing in the country. Soma hunting will
be INDUCED in. but there will be nothing
Extensive in this line. All the Roosevelt
children will be here for the Christmas
holidays. Theodore, jr.. who is In Har-
ward. and Kermit and Archie, who are
preparing for Harvard at Groton, Mass.
ire expected here in the next day or so.
These boys find great pleasure in riding,
walking and hunting in the Virginia hills.
Christmas at the White House.
Christmas at the White House will not
be unlike others there since the Roosevelts
have occupied the mansion. There will
be no family Christmas tree. and the chill
dren have all grown so large that Santa
Claus will ignore the establishment alto
gether. Last year Quentin, the youngest
child of the family, had private Christ
mas tree of his own. He is acting mys-
teriously this year. and there are hints
that he may be up to something of this
kind again. The family will interchange
presents, and in the evening the Christ
mas dinner will be served at the regular
dinner hour-7:30 o'clock. Some of the
fr{n dc Of bn far ~ he mr.
On Christmas eve the usual distribution
Of turkeys to the White House force and
the policemen in the grounds will take
place. The President has not missed this
tom of the late President Mckinley and
was continued by Mr.. Roosevelt. The
finest turkeys that can be found will be
handed out by Steward Pinckney.
New York Politics.
Herbert Parsons chairman of the New
York county republican committee. whose
work Thursday night put a quick ending
to resolutions indorsing Hughes for the
presidency, had a conference with the
President today. 1t is pretty well under
stood that Mr.. Parsons was not repri-
nanded for his clever work in having all
action as to Hughes deferred. He has
sentative of the President in New York
politics. having been selected for the
Craftsmanship by the President. Except
when he accepted fusion with the Hearst
rorces In the recent city election, he has
made few blunders politically. in the esti-
nation of the Presid mt, and has shown
himself a skillful man. Mr.. Parsons Is
known to wish the nomination OF Secre-
tary Taft for President, and Will do ev-
erything he can toward that end.
Severa other New Workers were with
the President during the day, among them
Iohn A. Merritt, former postmaster of
Washington. and now collector of Gus
toms at Niagara Falls, n. Y. Mr.. Mer-
-itt Is one of the leaders of the Wads-
worth forces in upper New York. He has
always been backed by the Wadsworths
whose fight with the President caused the
defeat OF former Representative Wads-
worth by the followers of Gov. Hughes.
There are indications that the Wads-
vorti.s and the White House are getting
loser together. and will work with each
,ther in securing presidential d'legates.
II this alliance is formed. as nov seems
rkey. Secretary Taft will control the
delegates from a number of the upstate
districts in New York and not Gov.
Hughes. unless the governors influence
thora jS greater than the Presidents,