Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-12
Mr.. Taft and Secretary Root
Lunch With President.
MANY MORNING VISITORS
Early Hours Spent in Conferences
at Boardman House.
CHAIRMAN HITCHCOCK HERE
Goes to White House After Consul
tation With Chairman Stellwagen
of Inaugural Committee.

After receiving large number of callers
at the Boardman residence Mr.. Taft went
to the White House today as the luncheon
guest of President Roosevelt and remained
there for considerable time in confer
ence with the President and Secretary
Root. who also was a luncheon guest.
National Chairman Hitchcock came here
from New York. and after a consultation
with Chairman Stellwagen OF the inau.
gural committee and a large number Of
callers he also went to the White House,
where he was received by the President.
Mr.. Tafts callers today included Secre-
tary Wright, Gov. Magoon of Cuba, Sen
ator Hemenway, Representatives Burton
and Taylor of Ohio. Lowden Of Illinois,
Martin of South Dakota, Langley of Ken
lucky, Slemp of Virginia and Perkins Of
New York.
Confers With President
Muffled sounds of saw and hammer
issued from the White House last night,
where the President and Judge Taft held
a long conference and did little cabinet
making between them. 1t s not known
who were the victims of the hammer, as
Mr.. Taft said specifically before going
to the White House that he would not
say anything about the conference except
that 1t covered d number of important
matters.
1t is known that the President is deep
~ interested in the personnel of the COM
ing Taft cabinet. 1t Is possible that
several of the members of the present
cabinet will remain in office. Secretary
Garfield is expected to hold over and
Clifford Pinchot, 1t is said, will be raised
to cabinet position if he will take it.
1t is not believed. however that even
for the honor of a portfolio he will be
willing to leave the work of forestry, to
which he has devoted his life and in
which he Is an expert.
Judge Taft's visit to the White House
last night followed a dinner that he and
Mrs. Taft attended at the home of Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop.
This morning Judge Taft called upon
Secretary Root. and it is understood that
the cabinet situation was discussed at
length.
Some of the weatherwise say that the
next administration will be favorable to
the. enactment of at least some of the
recommendations which the monetary
commission is going to make in regard to
a permanent reform in the currency sys-
tenn of the country, and their suspicious
on this subject were confirmed, they think,
by long conference held between Judge
Tart and Senator Aldrich. The senator,
SO it was said after the interview, is very
enthusiastic over the work of the COM
mission. and wants legislation that will
crystalline some of the recommendations
into laws
This is not the first time Judge Taft has
gone over these monetary commission
matters. either. He and Representative
Burton of Ohio had a secret session on
the subject not SO long ago.
Mr.. knight Il Willing.
George A. knight was introduced to
In hxy
Kelly of California, who threw on as q
stage whisper that Mr. knight might be
willing to. accept any odd job around the
next cabinet Nothing startling came of
that special interview, and Judge Taft
was calm and serene when Wade Ellis
called on him to discuss Ohio politics.
Cardinal Gibbons and Father ketcham
had some special business with him in re-
lation to Catholic Indians and some mat
tiers now pending in the Indian bureau.
Mr.. Taft received a call from Senator
Fulton of Oregon. whose special bust
ness was the bearing of petition from
the great northwest asking that that
section be given chance In diplomatic
circles. Following him a delegation of
the Farmers National Congress heard
from Mr.. Taft's own lips that he was
interested in the organization.
Other callers were Senator kittredge
and Senator Gamble. both of South Da-
kOta: GoN.- StuObs OF Kansas, Gov. rag
gait of Alaska. Representative Hinshaw
of Nebraska: Representative Mcguire of
Oklahoma Representatives Sims and
Sweeney of Tennessee. Representative
Washburn of Massachusetts, Representa-
tive Townsend of Michigan, Senators
Brown of Nebraska, Clapp and Nelson of
Minnesota, Gen. Davis, DR.. j.. j. Richard
son. who accompanied Mr.. Taft as throat
specialist through his campaign, and nu-
merous others.
After the Gridiron dinner. which he
will attend tonight, Mr.. Taft will leave
for New York. where he will remain until
Thursday. when he will start for Augusta,