Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29
BIG ROW IS LIKELY TAFT AGAIN AT DESK.
Fight Over Injunction Plank at War Secretary Clearing Up
Denver Expected. Department Matters.
CONSERVATIVES PROTEST IC0NFERS WITH SUCCESSOR
Object Adopting the Recommends He and Gen. Wright Consider Pend
tions of Gompers. ing Business
ASSERTIONS GOV. THOMAS WILL TALK WITH HITCHCOCK
Take dorado Front
Democra by -Saiour
War Secretary Clearing Up
Department Matters.
CONFERS WITH SUCCESSOR
He and Gen. Wright Consider Pend
ing Business.
WILL TALK WITH HITCHCOCK
No Developments Disclosed Regard
ing Republican National Chair
man-Sojourn at Hot Springs.

| Accompanied by his brother Charles p.
Taft. Secretary Taft drove to the War
Department in his carriage about II 30
O'Clock this morning. A cordial greeting
was given him by officials and attaches
of the department. Without preliminaries
he 4-unged at once into the mass of rol-
tine work which he has To attend to be-
fore he relinqu!shes the office of Secretary
of War Wednesday.
! Within half an hour after his arrival at
the War Department Secretary Taft was
overwhelmed with callers. On account
of pressure of business he saw compara-
| lively few of them
| Among those he talked TO were Assistant
Secretary Oliver, Gen. Bell. Gen. Ed
wards and other department chiefs Gen.
Powell Clayton, republican national COM
mitteeman from Arkansas. and Minister
Arrange and Secretary Arosemena of the
legation of Panama. The two diplomats
said they called merely to pay their re-
spects to the Secretary and congratulate
him on his nomination for the presidency.
Mr.. Taft inquired whether they had
any further information concerning the
Panama elections, and received with
satisfaction their assurance that they had
not, as, he said, he regarded no news as
good news.
The Secretary said he had no cable news
from Panama today and was inclined to
think the critical stage of the preliminary
election in Panama had passed.
Gen. Luke E. Wright. who is to succeed
MIR. Taft as Secretary of War appeared at
the War Department shortly after 10
O'Clock this morning. He arrived in
Washington from New York late last
night. While awaiting the arrival of
Secretary Taft he began to consider with
the officials of the department the work
he is to undertake after his induction into
office Wednesday. He had conferences
with Assistant Secretary Oliver. Gen. ].
Franklin Bell. chief of staff Chief Clerk
Scof1eld and many of the military bureau
chiefs
Il understand said Gen. Wright. that
somss Of o. job. .Gsn51Ts and propose sss Is
to famiifarize myself with it's details 1
do nor expect to take a vacation i'm the
ordinary sense of the term. but will re-
main right here the greater part of the
summer Mrs. Wright will remain in
Memphis for few weeks and then will
go to the home of our daughter UP in
New York state. l may join her for
brief period there
Pending Business Discussed.
When Secretary Taft reached his office
he and Gen Wright took up with the
various department chiefs the business
which has to be passed upon by the Sec
retary. On that the Secretary was en-
gagged busily until luncheon time. when
he went to the Metropolitan Club with
his brother and one or two friends
Both Secretary Taft and Gen Wright
had cNfv.r
Department today. The former devoted
most of his time to the disposal of busi-
ness requiring immediate action in antici-
patton of his early retirement from the
department He dispatched considerable
business and Will undoubtedly accomplish
his purpose of leaving a clean slate for
his successor. Owing to the rush of
business the Secretary was able to see
only few of the stream of callers who
had assembled in the anteroom.
| Meanwhile Gen. Wright was in the ad-
joining office of Gen. Bell, meeting the
various officers on duty in the department
| and familiariZing himself with his pro-
Spective duties.
Transfer of the Office.
| During the day it was arranged that
the formal transfer of the Office of Secre-
tary of War should take place at noon
of Wednesday. At that hour Gen Wright
Will subscribe To the oath of Office and
will then receive the officials and employees
OF the War Department. Secretary Taft
will present his associates to his success
sor in Office and will take official leave
of them. There will be no special cere-
monies and the oath of office will prob
ably be administered by Mr.. John Ran
dOlph, chief of the record division who is
a notary public.
| Thousands of letters and kilograms of
! congratulation have been received by Mr.
| Taft on his nomination. His clerical
force. headed by his private secretary.
Mr.. Fred w. Carpenter Is getting out
| the responses to them as rapidly as posi-
BILE. Mr.. Carpenter will remain for brief
time-a week or ten days. perhaps-as
the secretary TO Gen. Luke Z. Wright, lne
he will join Mr.. Taft at Hot Springs and
| continue permanently with him. Gen.
| Wright has not yet indicated what If any
| changes he will make in the clerical force
| of his immediate office.
| 1t is expected by Secretary Taft that
MIR. Frank III. Hitchcock, the Washington
| manager OF his preliminary campaign for
| the presidential nomination.. Will have a
| conference with the Secretary later today
| or some time tomorrow. No new devel-
| opments have been disclosed concerning
| the national craftsmanship. but the state
| ment is reiterated that no announcement
concerning it will be made until after the
| meeting Of the subcommittee of the re-
| publican national committee to be held
| in Hot Springs. Va. July 8.
| Mr.. Hitchcock returned to Washington
! this morning from Chicago, where he had
| been since the adjournment of the con-
vention. Some time today he was at the
| Taft headquarters in the Union Trust
Companys building. but he was either
"out or else busily engaged in saying
| nothing when reporters hove in sight Mr..
| Hitchcock is expected to close his offices
/ i'll the Union Trust building this week.
Where He Will Spend the Summer.
! Hot Springs, the resort selected by Sec
retary and Mrs. Taft for their summer
outing, is in the very heart of the Vir-
ginia mountains. on spur of the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railway. Accommodations
have been reserved at the Homestead Ho-
ttel There the Secretary, Mrs. Taft and
| their son, Master Charlie. will be quarter
ed, and surrounded with all possible COM
forts and conveniences. Their daughter,
Miss Helen. will join them after a visit
| to some friends in the south. Their son,
Robert, will spend most Of the summer in
| the north.
| At the Homestead the presidential suite
once occupied by President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley is being placed in readiness for