Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-26
Representative Parker Talks
Confidently to President.
OTHER WHITE HOUSE CALLS
Gen. Bell Confers Over Machine Gun
Service in Army.
Gypsy" SMITH HAS AUDIENCE
Noted Revivalist Is Praised and
Complimented for the Great
Work He Is Doing.

Representative Richard Wayne Parker
OF the Newark district of New Jersey
visited President Roosevelt today and
told him about New Jersey politics. Mr..
Parker is having a red-hot fight to return
to Congress. Two years ago he won by
500 votes. and this year he is the center
of a fierce attack from President Gompers
of the Federation of Labor and the labor
forces generally because of his failure to
aid In certain legislation.
Whatever else may be said about New
Jersey politics.. said Mr.. Parker lone
thing is true: Practically all the ele-
ments are for Taft, and he will carry
the state by majority that will be sur
prisingly large. The leading German pa
per of Newark is opposed to republican
local candidates because of the excise
question. but is strongly for Taft. The
same thing is true of many other ele-
ments. Not all the labor men by any
means are following Mr.. Gompers in his
attack on Mr.. Taft. and thousands of
them will support the republican
nominee"
AS to his own fight. Mr.. Parker did not
care to talk. He said he had come here
to arrange his house for the winter and
would return at once to resume his cam
paign. He will speak every day until the
close of the week.
Machine Guns in the Army.
Gen. j. Franklin Bell, chief of staff of
the army, has had several conferences
recently with the President, and another
today as to machine gun service in the
army. President Roosevelt has been
deeply concerned about building up this
service, and <at his direction Capt John
n. Parker Of the army has been at work
long time on the subject. making spe-
cial investigations and experiments. He
has now submitted a number of reports
bearing upon method of organization
for machine gun service. and these are
to be passed upon by the President.
1t is probable that the outcome will be
the organization of a machine gun COM
pany in each regiment, with q special
course of instruction in the use of these
death-dealing devices The Importance
OF thorough training in the operation Of
machine guns is recognized by the Presi-
den, and officers of the army.
Gipsy Smith a Caller.
Gipsy Smith. the evangelist. was intro
duced to the President by G. W. F.
Swartzell, chairman of the local commit
tee having in charge the big revival now
in progress. The President was greatly
interested in his caller. praised his work
and told him he was doing much good.
The President also wanted to know how
Mr.. Smith came by the name "Gipsy.'
Because l am one" Mr. Smith told
the President. II was born III a gypsy
tent, and never slept inside Of house
until | was seventeen years old. All my
relatives are still in camp and tent"
The President has read some of the
authorities on the gypsies and intends to
read others Mr.. Smith will tell the his
tory OF his life in a lecture entitled,
From Gypsy Tent to Pulpit
Mr.. Smith said that when the Presi-
dent visits England in 1910. at the close
of his African hunt. he will have a great
reception. He is the most popular
American President with English peo-
pie within my memory" said Mr.. Smith.
Messrs. Myron ]. Jones. D. A. Davis and
II. G. Johnson were also with Mr.. Swart-
zell and Gipsy Smith.
Rev. Father s. Heydon Sole of Chip
ping-Norton. England. who is visiting E.
Francis Riggs. in this city, was intro
duced to the President by Rev. Father
William H. ketcham. director of the bu-
reau of Catholic Indian missions in this
city.
President Roosevelt will be fifty years
old tomorrow. He will celebrate the day
by working hard in his offices. The cab
met will hold one of it's weekly sessions
and the President will preside as usual.
If there is to be any family celebration
of the day the arrangements are not
known. although few close friends are
generally invited to dinner. Presents and
congratulations will arrive tomorrow
Archibald Hopkins. chief clerk Of the
Court of Claims. who has ben abroad.
and who witnessed a number of great
demonstrations by the unemployed In Eng
land. called on the President, telling the
latter something of what he had seen.
Relative to Game Protection.
DIR. Walter S. Hardin and Maj. Rich
ard Sylvester laid before the President to-
day some suggestions as to cooperation
between the local Game Protective As
sociation and the bureau Of fisheries The
President. sent for George NJ. Bowers.
Ash commissioner. and submitted the mat
ter to him. Mr.. Bowers said he was will
ing TO cooperate in any way possible
Mr.. Bowers, who has been in West Vir-
ginia several times, lately. declared the
state is mailed down for Taft by 10000
ma jority."