Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-13
HITCHCOCK TO INVESTIGATE
Disquieting Reports Will Send Him
on Long Tour.
MORE THIRD TERM TALK
What bat" Masterson Says Of OPP
ponents Of the Administration
and Their Tactics.

iohh I1itCISVCh, TIE SoulHCTn
ager of the Taft campaign. spent an hour
or more at the White House today. part
of the time in close conference with the
President, and the other part talking to
Secretary Loeb. 1t is said that things
are not looking bright for the Secretary
of War in the south. Wholesale contests
are threatened in every direction. and in
some states rebellion is imminent among
men who have heretofore been supporting
Taft. This ST true in Tennessee, for ex-
amble. Representative Brownlow, who
claims to be the original Taft man in
that state. is sore. and he is likely to do
things that are not pleasing unless the
olive branch is held out to him. But
when the aforesaid branch is pushed along
In his direction, the Evans s-Saunders-Hale
combination will get restless, their chief
occupation for several years having been
that of trying to rid the state of the
first district representative
He belongs to the noted Browplow fam
lily of his state, and what he does to
those who go after him is generally
enough to keep them busy While the
combination knocked Brownlow out of
the job of general boss Of the state. II
failed to beat him in his district, which
has again nominated him for another
term. In Louisiana the black and tans,"
composed principally of negroes. are after
the lilly whites." and there is blood on
the political moon. The ebony-hued po-
itical gladiators are likewise after the
palefaces in Mississippi and nearly every
other state. Senator Foraker may not he
getting votes with a rush in Ohio but
down south the colored brigades are
marching with banners flying for Foraker.
There has never been a time when the
white bosses of the southern states have
had such q fiimsy hold on the men they
have heretofore handled with the greatest
ease.
Mr.! Hitchcock is preparing to make =
trip through the south as soon as he can
do SO. He leaves the government service
Saturday. and he will be free to begin
active work at that time. There are im-
portant ends Of the situation here in
Washington. but Mr.. Hitchcock wants to
know personally about reports coming up
from the south. In other words, he wants
to see the boys in action.
Says Arkansas Is All Right.
H. L. Remmel and ]. F. Mayes, two Of
the principal lieutenants of the Powell
Clayton machine of Arkansas, conferred
with the President today. Remmel 10
marshal of the eastern district Of the
state and Mayes marshal of the western.
They have told the President and Mr.
Hitchcock that the Arkansas organiza.
tion will maintain its record of smooth
politics and that 1t will be practically inn
possible to secure q contesting delega-
ton from the state. Gen. Clayton put
the machine into running shape many
years ago and he is still at the throttle.
The leaders claim that the colored men
of the state have been taken care OF SO
we'll for years that they can have no
kick against the organization. Our or
ganization is grounded in the people" de-
clared Mr.. Remmel. I'VE go right down
to the people in the townships and We
have their support all the way up. What
ever our state convention does 1t viii
have authority back of II and the dele
gates elected must be recognized as the
legal ones"
Talking Third Term Again.
AS the anti-Taft boys get hotter on the
trails Of their opponents In different parts
of the country, the third term comes into
play again. BAT" Masterson. now OF
New York. but at one time the dead shot
and marshal Of two or three bad towns
in the west. voiced the sentiments of some
of the faithful today. as he went away
ponents of the administration keep up
their tactics" he said. lit me ans the n3m-
ination Of Roosevelt with a rush. This
kicking. jabbering and hollering will
arouse the country, which will begin to
suspect what is really going on and the
people will get up on their legs and yell
Tor Roosevelt and nothing but Roosevelt.
That will be the outcome Of II all. az
it looks to me now"
Other White House callers have shown
a disposition to look at it the same way
in the last week or so. They seem to
think that the threat of the Presidents
name will scare the opposition half to
death and cause the leaders to yield to
f< = H.
upon them.
The Flag to Be Changed.
July there will have to be q change in
the United States flag. the. addition Of
Oklahoma having made another star nec-
essary on the emblem OF the country. Just
how to arrange the flag without spelling
the looks OF the field of stars is puzzling
more people than those officials whose
business it is to see that the change takes
place. At present the stars are arranged
in rows of seven and eight. alternating, a
total of six rows. Representative Ans
berry Of the fifth Ohio district called on
the President today with a constituent OF
his who has solved a plan that he thinks
should be adopted. He is DR.. A. NJ. Mar
tin OF Bloomvile, Ohio. He presented
asked the President to refer it to the
proper authorities. The President said he
would be pleased to do So and would look
over the drawings. Dr. Martin describes
his plan as a geometrical design. consist
ing of five arcs in combination. the CEN
ters of the arcs to be the apices of a reg
ular pentagon. The stars are to be placed
uniform i'm distance one from the other,
and stars for new states shall be added
in the field by extending the arcs. In
palmer language, the design is that Of a
big star, with five points. the center being
also occupied by few stars.
Not for Three-Cent Fares.
Representative Madden of Illinois was
among the Presidents callers today.
Speaking OF his interest in local affairs. he
said he was confident that universal trans
fers would be required by Congress before
the session ends. The bill containing
that provision will pass the House" he
said land will also 60 through the
Senate
How about three-cent fares?
II am opposed to anything OF that
kind. do not believe such a proposition
can become law. I am willing to do all
can for the people of the District but
do not believe a majority Of them will
favor q proposition which would mean