Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13
WHITE HOUSE POLITICS
Two Distinguished Visitors
There Today
BOTH PROVE DISAPPOINTING
They We're Speaker Cannon and Arch
bishop ireland.
BOTH TOLD SHORT STORIES
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BOTH PROVE DISAPPOINTING
BOTH TOLD SHORT STORIES
The Former in Regard to Coons and
Dogs and the Latter About the
Presidents Strength.

Two distinguished White House visitors
today promised much in the way of news
and political development, but they proved
disappointing. Speaker Cannon and Arch
bishop Ireland were the men. The Speaker
spent three-quarters of an hour with the
President. He didn't illuminate matters in
the least, except to indicate by story that
political talk and the discovery of con-
spiracies entirely too early.
When was boy he began, by way of
illustration of his point. we used to hunt
'coons and 'possums on the banks of the
Wabash. 1t was great sport. Every boy
had his own dog and swore by him.
We went out together at night. Occa-
sionally some dog would break away from
the others and set up a great racket. You
would think he had gotten on the trail of
two or three 'coons and 'possums. He had
simply jumped a rabbit or discovered some
thing that set him 10 yeiping. We always
called dog of that kind sooner Now.
| am no sooner In this homely way the
Speaker let it be understood that it was
entirely too soon to set up great political
yeip. thereby deceiving the hunters, who
would soon discover the real facts.
Archbishop Ireland.
Archbishop Ireland was with the Pres
ident shorter time than the Speaker,
but be declared with great emphasis that
he had made personal call. He didn't
talk third-term matters or anything of
that kind. Il just congratulated the
President upon his great strength de-
clared the archbishop.
His political strength you mean?"
inquired reporter.
oh, no, his physical strength. his ability
to cope with you newspapermen every
0dN and the
tlcian and diplomat of his church smiled
broadly.
Archbishop Ireland has not been visitor
to the White House since the publication of
the famous Bethany Storer- Roosevelt cor
respondence. in which Storer claimed that
the President had sought to have him Sc
cure the appointment of Archbishop Ireland
as cardinal of the Catholic Church in this
country. The very warm personal re
latlons between the President and Arch
bishop Ireland are we'll known.
Taft May Not Go to Philippines.
II is considered quite probable that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will suggest to Secretary
Taft upon his return from Cuba. that he
cancel his program of going to the Philip
pines in September and devote his time
to making his political fight in Ohio. The
President believes that a man should fight
when he has fight on hand, and he will
be delighted to see his big Secretary of
War pull off his coat and get down to a
good Old scrap. While the President is
known to be friendly to the candidacy of
Secretary Taft he wants to see Mr.. Taft
tote his own skillet an old-time eX-
preston went. He believes Taft will show
up with great strength among the people
when they begin to hear from him.
A Case of Dementia Georgia.
Representative Humphrey of Mississippi
was at the White House today showing
some ladies the points of interest there
He did not call on the President but he
made some interesting remarks as to the
John Temple Graves proposition that the
democrats nominate Roosevelt for the
presidency next year. Il think that Law
yer Delmas should be called upon to desig-
nate the grade of dementia that our good
friend Graves has. He is nice fellow, and
an eloquent man, but he does not represent
the view of the south in the remotest man.
ner. went on Mr.. Humphreys. 1.-The south
will give her electoral vote to the demo-
cratic nominee next time by as large a
popular majority as ever.
There is no question that the President
is kindly thought of in the SOUTH but not
presidency as a republican. The fact is
that the prospects begin to brighten for
the democrats next year. With Bryan
any other good man as the nominee
l cannot Sc why the next President will
not be democrat. 1t begins to look as
If the President, should he be the nominee
next year. could not carry any of the east
ing against hin, he would be defeated No
matter how strong the west may be for
Roosevelt. there is no warming up to him
BY his own party in the east"