Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-04
NATIONAL POLITICS
Now Getting Into the Lime
light at the Capital.
ACTING CHAIRMAN NEW
His Advice as to the Adjournment
of Congress.
CONVENTION CITY BOOMERS
ACTING CHAIRMAN NEW
CONVENTION CITY BOOMERS
Kansas City Contingent at the
Shoreham and Their Only op-
ponent Seems to Be st. Louis.

In the capital today and Congress goes
to the rear of the stage until next week
The coming meeting of the republican
national committee is absorbing the at
tent1on of the politicians here. and bring
Ing big politicians from all over the coun-
try to Washington. The foster-brothers
of the several presidential boomlets, now
In infancy. are busying around looking
over their charges
Acting Chairman Harry S. New of the
national committee came in last night
and was busy today giving the glad hand
to arriving committeeman. He was very
much Gfsgusted and some put out" to
learn that statesmen on the hill had been
predicting that Congress will not get
through until late in the summer. and
that the convention may not be held un-
til July.
For my part" he told the committee
men. Il am for an early convention. If
l could have the say, 1 would not hold
the convention later than June L. That
Will be the suggestion he will make to any
one who might wake him up in the mid
die of the night to ask him. but, of
course. he does not expect to try to SWAY
the committee. It's the committees
business to fix time and place.
Secretary Taft's Manager.
Mr.. A. I. Vorys, who is Secretary Tafts
campaign manager, is also in town, and
mighty busy man he is. He SAYS he
came down here to get information." He
Is being asked pretty near as many ques-
tions as he propounds. national commit
teemen being anxious to know what ef-
feet Senator Forakers recent announce
ment will have on the Taft candidacy.
In this connection it was a subject of
GOSSIP around the hotel corridors today
that 1t may not be impossible. even at this
late day, for the opposing factions in
Ohio to come to some amicable under
standing which would leave the presiden-
tfas field open to Secretary Taft and
assare the reelection to the Senate of
Senator Foraker. However, the talk did
not take on a character more serious than
that Of the general gossip Of the corri-
dors.
Joseph Healing. the advance guard of
the Fairbanks boomers, arrived today,
and James Goodrich is coming. Among
other prominent Ohio men who are here
are Attorney General Wade Ellis, Harry
NJ: Daugherty and former Gov. Herrick.
The Foraker presidential boom will be
looked after by John r. Malloy of Co
lumbus. who will arrive this evening.
Convention City Boomers.
The convention city boomers are on
hand. Kansas City's contingent rolled in
this afternoon in two special cars and re-
paired to the Shoreham, where they i'm
mediately set the ball a-rolling for their
city. They are a hustling set Of west
erners, and have adopted for their motto
something akin to the lettering on the
old prairie wagons that crossed at Kan
sas City to strike the Santa Fe trail
pixies Peak or Bust
The Kansas City delegation includes
three national committeemen-D. w. Null
vane Of Topeka, Thomas J. Atkins of ST.
Louis and Cash Cade of Oklahoma. The
other members are Gov. A. B. Cum
minis of Iowa and Gov E. w. Hoch of
Kansas. W. s. Dickey. chairman of the
Missouri: J. H. Neff. Fred w. Fleming.
]. A. Harzfeld, president. vice president
and secretary of the committee organized
to get the convention, and about twenty
five other Kansas Cityans. representing
the various commercial organizations.
Will Make Things Hot.
The Kansas City boomers said they in
tend to make things hots while they are
on the job. whereupon it was remarked
that Kansas City has a facility for that
same; it was some hot in Kansas City in
1900. when the democratic national con-
vention met there.
Chicago seems to have dropped out of
the running altogether. Denver is making
bluff. and 1t is regarded that st. Louis
will probably be the only earnest COM
petitor of Kansas City.
Atlantic City is crazy for the conven-
price, although the prospect of those
big breakers after hard days session
is mighty alluring to some of the poll
ticians.
The Knox Boom.
The Knox presidential boom will also be
looked after during the meeting of the
committee. In this connection the gossips
were talking today about some corre-
spondence which has passed between
Manager Vorys of the Taft boom and
Mr.. r. c. Hapgood. president of the
Pennsylvania State League of Republican
Clubs. Mr.. Vorys wrote to Mr.. Hapgood
IN behalf of Secretary Taft, whereupon
Mr.. Hapgood replied as follows:
AS you know, we have very strong
candidate of our own from Pennsylvania;
moreover you can be sure he will go to
the national convention with the solid
delegation from his own state, not even
one delegate instructed for any one else.
ou can depend upon it l would have
"rltten you long ago soliciting your po-
tent and valuable influence in the inter-
est OF senator Knox had it not been that
knew You were doing everything pos
siole for Secretary Taft and under no
circumstances would l ask you be dis
ioyaI TO him. We know he is an ex-
cehent gentleman of rare attainment, but
we oeheVe that in Senator Knox the re-
publican party would have a candidate
tnat would be cemented from ocean to
ocean sS as no other man mentioned could.
~ secretary Taft is the slated can
o,oa.e' then presume my moral efforts
at the national convention in the interest
or senator Knox will be that of a slate
oredker. II you and your colleagues
shouid for any reason decide to change
from secretary Taft to any other candi-
! date. then 1 desire in this way- INV dear
sir. to most respectfully invite and urge
you to come with US for Knox, end we
will do you good