Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-07
WILL HELP MANAGE TAFT
To Have Charge of Fight in the
South.
LONG CONFERENCE ON CUBA
President, Secretaries Taft and Root
and Gov. Magoon Discuss Admin
istrative Matters.

| STOOD ~
Charles P Grandfield. chief Clerk of the
office Of first assistant POSTMASTER gen
eral Mr.. Hitchcock himself had nothing
to say about the matter today AFTER ne
had talked with President Roosevelt. the
| first talk he has had with the chie
executive for some time. Mr.. Htch'
! cock has a nice set of teeth and when lie
! smiles they shine like miniature 1Nories
About all the answer he would make
today when many questions were asked
| him. was to smile.
Mr.. Hitchcock will leave the Post once
Department to become one of the man,
ayers of the Taft campaign lie WI,
| which. from evidences i'm Florida yester-
| day. is not going as smoothly as .ne
Taft people would like. Just what MI
Hitchcock is to do will probably not DE
known for a long time. fut he is more
familiar with southern politics than with
any other phase of the game. He knows
the men in that section. their amha''ons
lineup and their great love for PATRONAGE
His task will probably be harder one
from now on than appears on ,ne az,
face. The battle in Florida YESTERDAY
resulting in two conventions and two sets
Of delegates foreshadows what Is 10 !o1 u.
low in other sections. The anu "a. "a
combination intends to fight to the mus.
in every state. and there IS n n;,, ha We
a contesting delegation at Chicago unless
Mr. Hitchcock's delft hand can or.i's
about more harmony than nov Hpp pt;nn
on the surface. This dounie-deiesallo''
program has been outlined for some tine.
The patronage element. which ordinarily
controls the machinery In all the so"sn
ern states. is for Secretary lal,; ".
cause it is confident that he ought ~
win. with the backing of the pres'dem EN-;
n men
who were in office in recent years and
lost their places and from outs general
ly, aided by the negro vote; "n Nn.,.sa
It is POSSIBLE to use II. IN r Ior,ua
the regular organization con,ronso ,r ." -
convention yesterday and elected Iait
delegates while the anti-organizationm men
held a convention of their own.
Mr.. Hitchcock's greatest problem. there
fore. will be to try to placate opposn.ol,
tn Secretary Taft and secure uncontested
delegates for him from as many states
"a possible. If he fails In that ne VIII 81
have to prepare the evidence Tor the laIt
aide "a to the regularity of the delegates
offered to the convention
- Talking About Cuba.
A short session Of the cabinet was held
today and there followed long CONFER
ence as to Cuban affairs. participated in
bv the President. Secretary Taft. Secre-
tary Root and Gov Magoon. The latter
said that only administrative matters In
the island were discussed. Gov Magoon
will remain in Washington probably
week longer. threshing out CUBAN Ques-
lions with the President and his cabinet.
and he will then return to- his post
The Brownsville Case.
Senator Warren, chairman of the mill
tary affairs committee of the Senate. said
today when going away from the White
House that the report Of his committee
in the Brownsville case could he expected
some time between the Goth and last of
this month. The report Of the committee,
he said had been delayed by the absence
Of members. especially Senator Foraker.
Senator Scott. another member of the
committee, called on the President today.
He is to be away from the city for awhile.
and this will again delay the report.
The Presidents visitors during the day
included Representatives Diekema OF
Michigan. Nye Of Minnesota. Malby. New
York: Kahn. California: Foster. Vermont
Graham. Pennsylvania: Gardner. Massa :
ckusetts: Pollard Of Nebraska and Over
street Of Indiana. Most of these men had
constituents with them. MIR. Overstreet
years clerk of the supreme court Of In
diana. Senator Smoot of Utah intro
duced Ben e. Rich of Salt Lake.
When Quanah Parker. the most noted
Indian chief in the United States. walked
into the White House today it was noticed
that he shook hands with unusual cor
diality with Mai Charles Loeffler. door
keeper for President Roosevelt and all
other Presidents for nearing forty years.
The cabinet was in session. and big Chief
Parker was not received by the President.
For some time he talked with Maj
IIoefler.
their first meeting became known. 1t was
on q battlefield in 1860. Parker then be
ing small boy. 1t was Maj. Loef1er who
saved the mother of Parker from being
| riddled with bullets. and possibly the life
of Parker himself. Maj Loeffer was; for
many years a soldier in the United States
army. He served in the Indian campaigns
| around the Texas border and in the Red
river country. His soldier life was full
of thrilling incidents. Once he saved .the
life Of Fitzhugh Lee. then a Lieutenant in
the army. Every oficer and man bore
testimony to the fact that he was a dash
ing and intrepid soldier, silent but fearless
| In the performance Of every duty
1t was nearing Christmas week in 1860
when a squad Of twenty cavalrymen. in
which Maj. L.oeffler was then corporal,
| routed q band of Comanche Indians. head
ed by Chief Parker. the father of the pres
cHI HOtcU lc10cI vi ll6 CumdUCEeS III ok
lahoma. The band fought AS 1t ran. Sud.
denly a half dozen men under Corporal
Loeffier saw a splendid mounted Indian
dart across the plains some distance away
The Indian rode like a true Comanche.
In a short space of time the men were
near enough to the flying figure to begin
firing. As they leveIed their rifles Maj.
LOeffler raised his hand and commanded
them to refrain. declaring that the flying
Indian was a squaw The men were in.
clined to believe that he was wrong but
they obeyed his command. 1t was not
long until the flying figure was overtaken
and it was found that Maj. Loeff1er was
right.
The indian was not only a squaw, but
| she Rugged close to her bosom a young
| boy. Ave or six years old who had been
| lost sight of, so close did he stick to his
mother. The surprise was further en-
| HANGED by the discovery that the woman
was white. as white as any of the SOL
diers. She was the favorite wife of Chief
Parker. and the mother Of Quanah Parker,
| who grew up to be the greatest Indian
his tribe ever knew. The woman had
| been captured by the Comanches when a
mere child. had grown up with them. and
| had become the wife Of the chief Of the
band She was faithful to them, too and
pleaded with the soldiers to release her
and permit her to go on with her COM
paniOns. She was not held in captivity
long, being released and returned to her
husband. She died thirty years ago.
Another Message From President.
| President Roosevelt has talked with
several members of Congress about the
| nroha hility of sending i'm another n,eSs,,.