Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-14
At THE WHITE HOUSE
New Workers Admit Secretary
Taft Has the Nomination.
AGAIN TALKING THIRD TERM
Belief That the President Will Him
self Be Chosen.
DEMOCRATS ON BROWNSVILLE
How They Will Vote on the Two
Resolutions Now Before the Sen
ate Military Committee.

The frank admission by New York
representative at the White House today
that Gov. Hughes has no chance Of secur-
ing the republican presidential nomina-
ton may may not cause commotion in
the Hughes ranks.
Representatives James r. Perkins of the
thirty-second New York district and Rep
resentative Tirrell of the fourth Massa-
chusetts called on President Roosevelt
today in relation to bill pending in Con-
gress. When they were asked whether
they had discussed any interesting sub
jects with the chief executive. Mr.. Per-
kins said: Yes. We told him that Secre-
tary Taft would be nominated at CHI
cago.'
How can you take that~view when you
are from New York, which is to support
Gov. Hughes?"
Nothing would please the people of
New York more than to see Gov Hughes
nominated" said Mr.. Perkins. but when
a thing is impossible the next step is to do
the best you can. Gov. Hughes is greatly
liked by our people. but when he is out
of the race three -fourths of the delegat ties
will go to Taft
THE trouble about the combination
against Secretary Taft is that they will
not be able to get together upon any one
man when they begin to break up. If
Speaker Cannon. for instance. should
withdraw ee-fourths of the delegates
from that state would at once go to Taft.
When Fairbanks gets out of the contest
nearly every man from Indiana will sup
port the Secretary, and the same thing
will be true as to Knox and Pennsylva-
MIA. L never knew anything that looked
surer than the nomination of Taft
I'm my district" said Mr.. Tirrel, 'every
man who has announced himself a dele
gate to the national convention is for
Taft
''Will the delegates be instruction.
Il cannot say about that. it is not
customary with the republicans of my
district to give instructions. 1 do not be-
lieve 1t is necessary, either, as the dele
gates will be Taft men and will support
him."
South Dakota for Taft.
Senator Gamble told the President this
morning that when the republican state
convention of South Dakota meets April
Z every delegate from the state will be
instructed for Taft. I'VE elect all of our
delegates at large" he said. Both fac
tons in the state convention will be for
Taft, the county caucuses for delegates
having shown that there is no opposition
to him." The coming convention in that
state will be controlled. it is asse rted, by
the element hostile to Senator Kittredge,
and the claim is made that he will have
only 21j votes. while the other side will
have PA. They say that while the state
convention would be largely opposed to
him should the question of his return arise
there he will be disastrously defeated i'm
the primaries to be held in June to settle
the senatorship. His opponent is Gov
Crawford.
Again Talking Third Term.
John A. Stewart, president of the New
York League of Republican Clubs, sticks
to his oft-repeated assertion that the
country will stand for nobody but Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a third term. He has
said 1T often before and didn't mind re-
peating it today. He says he has just
been through the west and northwest.
having gone there shortly after a similar
tour through the south. He went through.
both sections on business" he says,
and the matter of gauging sentiment on
the presidency was merely "a side line
with him. Each time he returns to Wash
ington he lets the whole thing out. Listen
to what ne said: The people in The west,
northwest, south and southwest won't
have the idea of the President getting out
of the White House. There is a settled
conviction throughout the great western
country that the President will run again
and succeed himself. They do not see
how any one can fill his shoes. I'm in
Canada the people were just as strongly
pro- Rooseveltian. A peculiar thing about
the country and you will find a strange
absence of political talk among the peo-
pie. They seem to think that whatever
others may do the President will eventual
ly get the nomination.
Senator Bourne Mighty Optimistic.
Senator Bourne is growing mighty op
umist1c on the subject of Roosevelt for a
second elective" term. He was a WIS.,
itor to the executive offices today. There
is no use trying to make the people take
some other man. he said, as he handed
out big. fat cigars, that usually vary in
size according to his sentiments on the
subject of the President. Sentiment is
crystallizing fast on the President for
another term" he declared. land L am
sure the people will make their wishes
known in no uncertain way before the
convention. Secretary Taft will not have
over 800 votes in the convention. and l
made bet yesterday with a friend that,
at the outside. he will not have over $50.
Under these circumstances he cannot be
nominated. All the other candidates will
hold on, each confident that he will
eventually be nominated. What will the
result be? That the people will loudly
demand the President for another term,
and he will be nominated with a whoop.
He Is the only man who can be elected"
Many Callers Today.
Ambassador Jusserand and Stephen
Lauzunne, editor of Matin of Paris, called
on the President. There We're numerous
other callers during the day, Senators
Hopkins. Kean, Taylor and Overman and
Representatives Allen, Adair Lands,
Townsend and others presenting friends.
Democratic Attitude on Brownsville.
Senator Overman is a member of the
Senate committee on military affairs,
which will consider the resolutions now
before the Senate for the restoration to
missed because of participation In the
riots. One resolution provides that the
soldiers shall be re-enlised on filing an
plication, while another, advocated by the
President, provides that those who can
show their innocence may be re-enlisted.
Among the democratic members of the
committee the disposition is said to be OPP
posed to either resolution and leave the
discharged soldiers out in the cold. The
democrats are expected to hold that the
negro battalion was properly dismissed,
all the men having concealed guilty SOL
diers, and that they should not be permit
ted TO return to the service.
Montana Town Wiped Out
BUTTE, Mont, March 14.-Dispatches
to the Inter- Mountain state that the en-
tire business section of Big Timber was
wiped out by fire yesterday. The loss
will be between 81 200, 600 and $I.25O.0Oo.
No loss of life is far reDOrted Rig