Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-02
HITCHCOCK MAY COME
But No Conference With Paesi-
dent Has Been Arranged.
MANY THINGS TO DISCUSS
Visit by the Chairman Would Cause
No Surprise.
PLAIN TALK FROM DIETRICH
Tells Chief Executive That Personal
tiles Should Be Eliminated From
the Campaign.
MANY THINGS TO DISCUSS
PLAIN TALK FROM DIETRICH


| President Roosevelt is dissatisfied with
! the management of the republican cam
paign by Frank H. Hitchcock. today an
| nounced that there is no understanding
| that the national chairman shall come
| here eome time this afternoon or evening
for a conference with the chief magis-
! trate. II Mr.. Hitchcock is to make such
trip it is not known by the President.
On the other hand. there will be no sur
prise should Mr.. Hitchcock make his ap-
| pearance at any hour. There will be con-
| siderable surprise should he not do SO.
| In going from New York to Chicago
Chairman Hitchcock would lose but a
! few hours in coming to Washington and
| talking with the President. whose deep
| interest in the presidential fight is too
well known to be referred to.
1t has been several weeks since Mr..
Hitchcock talked with the President at
Oyster Bay and in that time many things
have taken place. AS the head Of his
party and it's most influential member at
this time the natural expectation would
be that the President would be consulted
as often as possible by Mr.. Hitchcock.
The President will certainly not go to
MIR. Hitchcock. and it is sure that Mr..
Taft would expect his manager to confer
as freely as possible with his best friend
iections to Mr.. Hitchcock that have
been laid before the President is that he
is not pleasing to labor leaders who de-
sire to continue friendly to Mr.. Taft, if
President by Warren S. Stone. grand
chief of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers Just how Mr.. Hitchcock has
crossed the wires of the republican labor
leaders is not revealed, but that he has
done SO is known.
Cabinet Discusses Politics.
Phases of the political situation were
discussed at the cabinet session today.
there being little business. There were
rumors that important political matters
were before the cabinet. and this report
was emphasized by gathering Of the
three New York members of the cabi-
net-Secretaries, Root, CortelyOu and
Straus-in front of the executive eflees
after the meeting.
There they talked earnestly for several
minutes, Mr.. Straus gesticulating with
some vigor. The conjecture was that the
President had brought up something bear
torney General Bonaparte said after the
meeting he was getting ready to prepare
a reply to inquiry of Josephus Daniels.
press manager of democratic headquarters
in New York. who wanted to know why
certain corporations have not been prose-
cuted by the administration. Mr.. Bona
parte is confident his reply will be satis-
factory from republican point of view.
Dietrich Talks Plainly.
Ex-senator Dietrich of Nebraska. who
was in the Senate until two years ago.
if personalities were not stopped all
| around the people would become dis
gusted and do almost anything in No
1
Dietrich if the advice applied to the
President he said it applied to anybody
indulging in this sort of politics. Mr..
Dietrich's intimation was plain that he
! had tried to discourage the President
| from writing any more letters to or
| about w. J. Bryan or anybody else. be-
| lieving that it would not result in good
| for the republicans.
| At the same time Mr.. Dietrich let it
be known that Bryan need not hope to
carry his own state Taft is certain of
/ how Bryan can claim to stand a chance
| there l do not believe the people are
so deep set in their views. though. that
they could not quickly undergo a change
| if things went wrong. but right now the
big majority in our state are for Taft
Representative Burton of Delaware. one
| of the days callers. told the President
| that Delaware was as strongly for Taft.
| In proportion TO vote, as New Jersey or
| any other republican state, and that no
uneasiness need be felt by the friends of
| the republican nominee. I'VE are having
a fight on our state ticket which will
come out all right. but Taft is in no dam
ger.' said Mr.. Burton.
| No Remains.
| One of President Roosevelt's correspond
ents in the west writes him that his an
initiation Of Gov Haskell Of Oklahoma
brought to mind good story.
| A young man went west for his health
and joined hunting party that Travelled
into a wild region One day the father
| received telegram:
| Your son is dead
| He telegraphed back:
! PLEASE send remains
In a little while he received this tele-
| gram:
There amt no remains. He was ct by
| a bear
The Annapolis Post Office.
! President Roosevelt and Postmaster
General Meyer have been waiting a num-
ber of months for Representative Mudd
to recommend a man for postmaster at
Annapolis. DR.. W. G. Tuck, the post
| master at that place. died about eight
months ago and the Office has been rum
ming under the management Of the as
sistant postmaster. There are number
of candidates for the position. strong
men in the party, and 1t is charged that
Mr.. Mudd is coaching all of them along
until after the election, when, of course.
he will be able to name but one of the
number. To pick one now would be to
make enemies of the others. and Mr.
Mudd is too good a politician to do that.
Similar tactics are being indulged in las
to good post Offices elsewhere in the
country. but the complaint as to Annap-
oils is that it has been vacant too long
and should have been filled many months
| ago.
Invited to North Carolina.
Down in Greensboro. n. c., they are pre-
pairing to have a big celebration October
| Is to II. It Is the centennial Of the es-
tablishment Of Greensboro. and one Of the
features will be representation Of the
battle of Guilford Court House. in which
federal and state troops will take part
There will also be several big conventions
| in session, one known as the North Car
| olina peace congress and the other a good
| roads congress. The citizens of the town
are so proud that they. have erected an