Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-20
At THE WHITE HOUSE
President Roosevelt Confers
With Speaker Cannon.
NO STATEMENT FURNISHED
Legislation Desired by the Chief
Executive.
FOR THE RAINY RIVER DAM
Delegation Seeks Presidents Good
Will-Taft's Eastern Manager,
Mr.. Hitchcock, Reports.
NO STATEMENT FURNISHED
FOR THE RAINY RIVER DAM

Mr.. Hitchcock, Reports.
| President Roosevelt sent for Speaker
| Cannon this morning and conferred with
him fifteen or twenty minutes. Mr.. Can
| non has not been to the White House in
| some time, and his visits at this session
| have been fewer than at any session since
President Roosevelt came into Office. A
year ago the Speaker moved in and out
| of the White House at frequent intervals
during the railroad rate and other legis-
| lation for which the chief executive was
struggling, and was regarded as the right
hand of the President.
| Speaker Cannon. on leaving, said
| Whenever 1 am requested by the Presi-
dent to come to his offfee 1 have made it
| an invapiable rule to refrain from dis
cussing the subject-matter under consid-
Grafton. However. there was nothing OF
| such Importance considered today that
| the President should not make 1t known II
he should see fit" Speaker Cannon would
| express no prophecy as to whether or not
| Congress would finish its work this week.
| Other Conferences on Legislation.
| With the adjournment of Congress
| pretty near tne 1IeSluCAL ny iio iiSoA0
| giving up his fight Tor several things.
With him this morning was Representa-
tive Townsend of Michigan, who is aid
| ing the Presidents efforts to secure anti
! injunction legislation. Mr. Townsend said
| that at the conference of House republl-
cans tonight il was hoped that an agree
| ment would be reached 10 support the
Madison Hubbard bill and that If such an
| agreement was attained there was good
l hot,
| though it is the general belief that the
| Senate will not agree TO any bill at TINS
session. Asked whether the Madison Hub
| bard bill would suit the labor element,
Mr.. Townsend said he thought it would
| be satisfactory to the mass of laborins
people. although it might not be
radical enough to suit labor lead
ers like Mr.. Gompers. The bill mentioned
provides that injunction can not be is
| sued without due notice and hearing ex-
cept where irreparable injury might be
| done by waiting TO give notice.
| AS to amending the Sherman antitrust
| law, that has been given up on all sides
| Senator Dillingham; of the subcommittee
| Of the Senate judiciary committee that
has been having hearings on the Sherman
| bill was a White House visitor today.
| He said that he did not know whether
any provision would be made to continue
hearings by the subcommittee during the
recess of Congress. but he was certain
the hearings would be resumed at the
next session.
Another conference at the White House
related to the ship subsidy provision In
| the post Office appropriation bill Post
| master General Meyer and ex-Representa-
| tive Littauer of New York. both deeply
| interested in ocean mail subsidies dis
eussed the situation with the President.
| The provision was put in the bill by the
| Senate, but the House conferees will not
| accept it. The President is being asked
| to use his efforts to influence the House
| to accept the Senate provision.
The Rainy River Dam.
| The Rainy river dam question also came
resentative Bede of Minnesota. accom-
panied by E. w. Backus. one of those
deeply interested in the dam. talked with
the President in an effort to have him
acquiesce without protest if the House
passes over his veto the bill extending
the time for completion of the dam.
The visitors carried away an impress
sion that the President will stand for
the overriding of his veto if an amend
ment is inserted in the bill limiting the
franchise to fifty or ninety-nine years.
| In this particular case. because he signed
! the original bill granting the franchise,
| he might waive his ideas as to making
an annual charge. The House committee
on interstate commerce is unanimous in
! agreeing that the company ought to have
| an extension of time but votes cannot
be rallied to pass the bill over the veto
"squint'' at it. The visitors consider
| that he is willing to "squint' under the
| circumstances.
Other Callers.
S. H. .standsh of Pittsburg. Kan. a
lineal descendant of Miles Standish was
| introduced to the President by Repre-
\ ,%oY Ca all 4f
| Standish is a railroad engineer. and the
| President applied for a job as firema n
| with him. The President is an honorary
member of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
| tive Firemen and would have trou-
BILE with the union about his new job.
| Senator Knox of Pennsylvania was a
| visitor. He said he called regarding a
| small departmental matter.
| F. Edwin Elwell, the New York sculp-
| tor. called on the President He has
| just returned from the Nicksburg bat
| tlefield where he supervises the set
| IMPLYING the spirit and valor Of the
| private soldier of the Rhode Island regi-
ments in that battle.
Easy for MI. Hitchcock.
| Frank H. Hitchcock. the eastern man
ager of Secretary Taft. has time to burn
from now until the Chicago convention.
and he spent some of it at the White
House today. All the republican district
conventions have acted and all the dele
gates have been elected. With the hunt
| for delegates off his hands, Ne. Hitchcock
| breathes easier. Until the convention
meets his work will be devoted to prepar-
| ing evidence in behalf of the Taft dele
gates whose seats will be contested. There
are a large number of these. nearly all
| from the south. and Mr.. Hitchcock has no
small task ahead, although not so arduous
as trying to keep the combination from
winning delegates at the start.
| The four Kentucky republican repre-
sentatives who have been fighting over a
| collectorship of customs at Louisville for
| four or five months. called on the Pres
ident today and marched over the same
ground. each backing his own candidate.
| The President finally decided that he
would not make an appointment while
Congress is in session. but would do SO
during the recess.
NOT BEFORE NEXT WEDNESDAY