Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-15
Plan of Nations Executive to Get
Governors To-
gether.
VIEWS OF NATIONAL ILLS.
Mr.. Roosevelt Wants State Executives
To Confer on Subject--Question of
Delegates TO Convention.
Special Correspondence.

SpeClal correspondence.
Washington. Jan. 11.-Presldent
Roosevelt has treated the country tv
so many surprises that politicians and
legislators never know what he Is
going to do next He had NOT
been long in the White House before
he heard well founded rumars that the
Maryland Republicans were in u wran-
gle that threatened TO disrupt the party
in that state. Immediately he sent for
the late ex-Gov. Lloyd Lowndes
to come to Washington, take lunch
with him ana discuss the SITUATION
Then he summoned the late United
States Senator McComas, w..Q trained
with Lowndes. After hea-Ag their
story the president in turn had repub-
iicau congressman Mudd, Watcher.
jackson and other leaders who ruled
one of the factions to unforld their
grievances. Subsequently. Col. Boz
naparte was taken into the Roosevelt
cabinet as attorney general, and Tor
several years at least Mr.. Roosevelt
managed to prevent the aMryland fac
tons from fghting each other IN pun
lie.
NEW METHOD OF CONFERENCE.
The president is apparently deter
mined upon another new departure 80
managed TO prevent the Maryland rae
concerned lie proposes that IN the
near future both Democratic ana lie
publican governors shall meet in the
big east room and try to reach bottom
facts as To what ails the country and
causes so many people in high places
to declare that perhaps the Roosevelt
administration is responsible for the
financial fiurries OF the past 10
months Some governors have replied
that they Will be only too happy to re-
spond to the call, others are noiclng Off,
and probably some will not attend IL
the program is carried out, on the
ground that they have enough state
matters to absorb their time and atten-
ton without dipping into national ma.-
tiers.
NEW MEN FOR DELEGATES.
According to the talk heard here at
present, smaller number of congress
men will be delegates TO the Chicago
convention than at past gatherings or
that sort This is due in a measure to
the number of lawmakers who are
avowed candidates for the Republican
nomination for the presidency. Fora
ker, Knox and La Toilette are the sem
atorial candidates who Will try con-
illusions with Secy. Taft, Vice
President Fairbanks and Gov
Hughes. Speaker Cannon is the lone
Republican candidate in the house
The boomers of the latter have an Idea
that it is good policy for members of
the house not to try to go as delegates
to the Chicago convention. They can
do better work for Uncle Joe from the
outside. over 80 Republican senn~
tors were delegates to the Philadelphia
convention in 1900 which nominated
Mckinley and Roosevelt. 1t will be
queer at the Chicago convention in
June to hear the call of ~ New York
delegation with Senators Plat and De-
pew not among the big four from the
Empire state. New leaders will also
he in the front line from many other
states.
SPEND HOLIDAYS IN WASHING
TON.
did you have an enjoyable Christ |
mas at homer" asked a Pennsylvania |
member of the house of Representative |
Smith of the Ell Posa district OF Texas. |
"At home?" answered Smith. why, |
man, Il costs nearly hundred dollars |
in railroad fare for me to go home, and |
as ] can live for more than two weeks |
on that sum l stayed right here In |
Washington"
Railroad passes having gone out of |
fashion, mighty few of the statesmen |
residing In the faroff states made the |
holiday trip TO their homes.
NO PLACE FOR AN AMERICAN.
Ex-C Congressman William McAdoo. l