Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-19
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Proposed Inside Course on the
Atlantic Coast.
OPPOSITION TO PURDY
Nomination Not to Be Confirmed
This Session.
BIGGER WARSHIPS PREDICTED
Hobson Tells What the Next Session
Will Do-Fair Elections in
Panama.
WARsHIPs PREDICTED

A committee of Atlantic coast congress-
men called on President Roosevelt today
| to congratulate him on the success of the
| recent conference of governors and on
| the vote of the House in favor of con-
| tinuing the inland waterways commission
1: the Senate should pass the House bill
an appropriation will be made at this
session to defray the expenses of the
commission. The visitors assured the
President that they would do all in their
| power to continue the waterways commits
| sion and to provide funds for its use. The
| President was told that members of the
| committee had been before the rivers
and harhors committee of the House and
| had been informed by Chairman Burton
that no bill or appropriations for surveys
would be reported at this session. At the
next session of the House. though. lib
| eral appropriation for rivers and harbors
will be made and atlantic coast repre-
| sentatives will push hard for the sanction
of the plan Of great inside waterway
| system from Boston to Florida.
The committee consisted of Represent
atives Moore of Philadelphia. chairman
| Capron. Rhode Island: Goulden, New
York; Wanger. Pennsylvania; Burton.
Delaware: Small. North Carolina, and
with them was George E. Miles. the di-
recting constructor of the canals along
the east coast of Florida, from ST. Angus
| tine to Key West.
Representatives Moore and Small both
| have bills before the House for surveys
along the coast. In the course of the in
terview the visitors declared that the agi-
tation of the Atlantic coast inland water
ways project would be continued through
out the summer and until after the cleo
| ton. when conference of representatives
Of all the coast states will be held in
Baltimore. 1t was also explained that
the national rivers and harbors Congress
will renew its campaign throughout the
country preparatory to holding a conven-
ton in Washington in the first week of
the next session of Congress. All those
interested in the waterways proposition
| will keep up the fight for improved rivers
and harbors.
"a great work. and we've just begun
is what the President told the committee.
Purdy Not to Be Confirmed.
The Senate judiciary committee has ap-
parently taken sides with Senator Nelson
in his clash with the President over the
nomination of Milton D. Purdy. to be
United States judge for the Minneapolis
district of Minnesota. The informa ton
conveyed to the White House is that the
committee. of which Senator Nelson is a
member, has held its last meeting for this
session of Congress. The nomination Of
Mr. Purdy has not been acted upon, and
1t is supposed to be resting In dark,
deep pocket. The friends Of Mr.. Purdy.
who is working upon trust cases in the
Department of Justice. had been led to
hope tha. Senator Nelson would not risk
serious ella sh with the President, but
would consent to the confirmation OF the
Presidents personal choice. Senator Mel
son has not been to the White House
since Mr. Purdy's nomination. Before
that he was a frequent visitor. although
not numbered among the close friends and
advisers of the President.
It is said that the Minnesota senator Is
determined that Mr.. Purdy shall not be
confirmed, and 1t is pretty well known
that the President will send the name OF
Mr.. Purdy to the Senate next December.
1t is claimed that Senator Nelson can al
ford to be somewhat Independent OF the
President, so far as his own political scalp
is concerned, as just a year ago ne was
elected to the Senate for another SIX
years.
Edward T Sanford, another assistant
attorney general of the Department. OF
Justice who was nominated few Gays
ago to federal judgeship-that or the
middle and eastern districts of Tennessee
was almost Immediately connrmeo by
the Senate He called on the Presldent
TODAY and as soon as he can do SO Will
upon his new duties.
Bigger Warships in View.
Representative Hobson of Alabama,
who led the Presidents fight in the
House for four battleships. declared to-
day that the next session OF congress
would provide for the greatest battle
ships in the history of the world. They
will overshadow the British ship Dread
lott ho
Swallowed our present battleships," as
serted Mr.. Hobson. Il have just got
back from the Pacific coast" he went
on. land the people are overwhelmingly
for the policy of bigger and better
navy" Mr.. Hobson's belief is that the
next Congress will appropriate money
for two hattleships of 10000 tons each.
whereas the Dreadnought IS only 2oG0o
tons. Mr. Hobson said he thought at least
three of our navy yards should be equip
ped TO build any sort of warship. He
favors one of the new vessels being built
at the Brooklyn yard. and thinks that
at least one battleship should be In
process of construction at navy yard
all the time. He called on the President
and had short talk.
Fair Elections in Panama
Among the things that took Secretary
Taft to Panama was serious complaint
on the part of the conservative and liberal
parties of the Panama republic that the
government, or constitutional. party Of
the republic intended to keep itself in
power by tremendous registration and
election frauds. AS result of the strained
situation a revolution was threatened, and
this would have greatly embarrassed the
Canal Zone authorities. Secretary Taft
told the President and cabinet today that
an arrangement had been completed by
which the Panama authorities had agreed
to permit Americans to watch the cleo
ton and report IS to whether it is fair
The terms of this agreement were made
public by the Secretary 1t is hoped that
revolution can he avoided, although the
liberals and conservatives declare that
great frauds have already been committed
i'll the matter of registration which will
aid the government party to keep in
power.
The Gear Congratulated.
Following the custom among the rulers
or the earth of congratulating each other
on the anniversaries of their birth
President Roosevelt today sent to the
car OF Russia the following cablegram:
II offer 10 your majesty most cordial
fluctuations and good wishes"
ne car is forty years old today
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