Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-18
Prohibitionist Disappointed
With the President.
HIS QUERIES UNANSWERED
Complaint Of Delinquent EN-
ployes.
PENSION AGENT FOR KENTUCKY
A. T. Wood Will Again Be Nominal
ed-John Allen and Mississippi
Bankers Call,

/ Matthew E. 0 Brien whose card says
he is congressional representative of the
national prohibition committee" and who
| has been more or less conspicuous in the
| prohibition hearings in Congress- went
away from the White House today an
parently disappointed that he has not
| been able to commit the President upon
some of the prohibition propositions pend
ing In Congress. He said that March 81
| he submitted to the President written
statement of the measures in Congress in
which prohibitionists are interested He
had not heard anything from the White
Rouse and went there today to ascertain
what had been determined upon. He did
not see the President but Secretary Loeb
told him that the President had asked
attorney General Bonaparte to advise him
upon one question submitted in the list
or nterroeations. That was as to the
| laws governing the issue of internal reye-
nue. licenses. Mr.. O'Brien having COM
| planned that they should not be issued in
prohibition territory. Mr.. O'Brien hardly
thlnRs II probable that the President will
get reports from the Attorney General
and commissioner of internal revenue In
tlme 10 recommend any action by Con-
sress, even II disposed to do So
Questions Not Answered.
i had number of questions wanted
the PRESIDENT to speak on" said Mr.
oBr1en. land left them with Mr. Loeb
March 81. In one Of his messages to Con-
sress the President said: Righteousness
alone exalteth a nation With that as a
text asked him in writing il 1t was
righteous for the federal government to 60
into partnership with the saloon keeper
and collect revenue from a business that
ls debauchfng citizens, if it was right
eous for the federal government to issue
licenses for persons to engage in the sale
OF liquor in violation of state laws; if 1t
was righteous for the government to al
low the sale of intoxicating liquors upon
property owned and controlled by it: If 1t
was righteous for the federal government
to assist violators Of state laws by re-
fusing to use its power to regulate inter-
state commerce so that the states could
control their own internal revenue policy
in reference to the sale of intoxicants; if 1t
was righteous for the federal government
to permit the sale of whisky In the capt.
tai OF the country, controlled by 1t. and
If 1t was righteous to prevent the submits
sion of proposition for prohibition
constitutional amendment to the legisla-
lures of the several states"
After Government Employees.
The National Association of Retail
Grocers of the United States. at It's
meeting held recently in Boston, ap-
pointed it's secretary. John A. Green.
and committee to visit President
Roosevelt to ask him to issue civil
service rule requiring delinquent civil
service employees to pay their debts The
committee called on the President to-
day, and the latter requested that
statement be furnished him of the atti-
tude of the association. This Secretary
Green will hand him tomorrow.
civil service regulations protect a
dishonest or unfair man or woman"
said Secretary Green, and there Is no
way of forcing people of this caliber to
pay their debts. We want an order
from the President compelling them to
pay. No, / do not think the percentage
Of government employees who fall to pay
their debts is any greater than It IS
outside the government service. but
there is practically. no way Of compel
ling settlement of just claims.
Some of the departments have rules
recurring payment Of debts. but where
the claims are disputed the ohciais OF
the departments do not go any further.
II Mr.. Green's proposition should be put
into effect a committee on debts would
be appointed to determine disputes as
to debts.
Pension Agent for Kentucky.
REPRESENTATIVE Langley of Kentucky
talked with the President about Ken
lucky patronage The President. at the re-
quest of Mr. Langley. will send to the
Senate the name of a. T. Wood as pen
sion agent at Louisville, giving second
term to Mr. Wood. who halls from Mount
Sterling, in Mr.. Lansleys district AS to
the surveyorship of customs. which has
been vacant for three or four months
the President will probably make selec-
ton in a short time. Pending the fight In
Kentucky for delegates to the republican
national convention the President did not
care TO act. but that has been settled and
a determination will shortly be reached.
All the republican congressional repre-
scntatives from the state have candi
| dates Mr. Langley is supporting Henry
| S. Howes of Pantsville. Ex-Representa
! tive Pugh is supported by Representative
| Bennett. Representative James has
candidate and SO has Representative Ed
wards. The men have not been able to
agree upon one person. The backing of
| Mr. Pugh is about the strongest of any
of the candidates. He supported Taft in
the delegate fight in his state; he had a
good record while member of the
House. and he was republican when
they were pretty scarce in Kentucky
his friends say.
Representative Moore Of Pennsylva MIA
| introduced some ladies who quickly won
the attention of the President. They were
Mrs. Moore. the mother of eight children;
Mrs. John T. Lenahan of Wflkesbarre
mother OF ten children, and Mrs. James
Pollock of Philadelphia grandmother Of
three. The President, upon being intro
duced to Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Lenahan,
congratulated them said he was sure they
were better citizens than their husbands
and he was pleased to meet them.
John Allen and Mississippi Bankers.
Representative McLain and ex-Repre-
sentative John Allen of Tupelo Miss, in
| troduced to the President a large number
Of Mississippi bankers and their wives
and sisters. The bankers held meeting
at Brookhaven and then started out for
trip over the country. They will go
from here to Philadelphia. New York,
| Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Detroit and Chi
| cago. Some of Mr.. Aliens old friends
were inquisitive about how he got into
party of bankers, and Representative
Maynard of Virginia ventured the asser-
ton that the MisSiSSippian had used a