Evening star., 1908-01-30
President to Send a Message
to Congress Tomorrow.
SOME OF TODAY'S CALLERS
Newell Sanders Says Tennessee Is
for Secretary Taft.
NEvADA's NEW coNsTEBULARY
Will Be Ready for Service in About
Three Weeks and There Will Be
No Further Need for Troops.


| President Roosevelt is to send mes
| sage TO Congress tomorrow that is al
ready agitating Wall street and other ele-
! ments. In fact. the message is expected
| to be a red-hot affair along lines of the
| last Congress. For financial reasons the
| President has refrained from getting IN
| the game too actively i'll advocacy OF Ger
| tam policies. but he feels that the pres
| ent Congress ought not to adjourn Win
| out carrying forward to a reasonable cN-
/ tent the plan of eG.slation heSun III
| recent Congresses, especially the last one
| There is good ground for saying that tho
message tomorrow will be followed ny
others, and that the President will stack
up to Congress the question OF pigeon
holing legislation he believes the country
desires enacted. He has not been able To
make up his m.nd that the present session
should end without any forward step.
| and he will not be content to accept
blame the country may place upon a 90
nothing policy. The message tomorrow
| will deal with several matters of deep
current interest. one of these Delng the
employers liability bill.
Some of Today's Callers.
The President had large number of
callers today, quickly dsposing of most
of them.
Gov Floyd of New Hampshire. ex-Sec-
retary John w. Noble, formerly at the
head of the Interior Department; Sena-
tor Dolliver. Senator Daniel of Virginia
and Senator Flint OF California were
| among otner visitors. Representative
garrett of Tennessee introduced ". NJ
forreSt Jr., grandson of Gen. Forrest or
| the Confederate army. In the afternoon
| the President received the members OF
the American Breeders Association and
the delegates to the custom cutters con-
! vention.
| The President also received the Off
GERS of the American Civic Association
J. Horace Mcfarland of Harrisburg, Clin-
| ton Rogers W oodruf of Philadelphia ana
William 3. Rowland of New York. They
! were accompanied by Representative Bur
| ION of Ohio. They discussed with the
President the Niagara river power propo-
sition, submitting to him some strong
| .caSons for protection of the falls against
encroachmcnts of various kinds.
Tennessee and Taft.
Newell Sanders, republican state chair
man of Tennessee, and r. S. Sharp, col
lector of internal revenue of that state.
called upon the President today. They
would not discuss the nature of their busi-
ness. but in reference to the political sit
uation in Tennessee Mr. Sanders said:
There will be a solid delegation from
our state for Secretary Taft. The or
ganization is strongly for him, and all
| The other elements appear to be in line
| for him. thus making it unanimous We
| have not decided upon a date for
state convention. but it will probably be
early. We are delighted with the report
| that Frank H. Hitchcock is to become one
nf no a ms rrnr nf n n Ma
| 1eel kindly to Mr.. Hitchcock Tennessee
cannot be placed upon the same footing
| as some of the other -Sfuthern states. We
have real republican party in our state
| an active, fighting organization. and we
do not feel that we are fairly treated
when we are classed with states where
patronage dominates SO much of what is
DONE.
! Case of Maj. Pickett.
| Representative Lamb of Richmond. in
| tervewed the President today to see what
he could do to prevent the retirement of
Maj. George Pickett a paymaster in the
| army. Maj. Pickett is a son of the IA
nous Confederate general of that name.
He was appointed to the army during the
| Spanish war. His hearing has
grown SO bad that he is about to be re-
tired Representative Lamb and other
friends urge that deafness is the only
afment interfering with Maj. Picketts
performance OF duty and they believe this
is not serious enough to necess.tate sew
ering his relations with the army The
President gave consideration to the views
expressed by Mr. Lamb, but semed to
think that Maj. Pickett's disa bilties VIII
| force his retirement.
A Vote on Prohibition.
Representative Lamb is the author of
the measure providing FOR a vote by The
people of the District 10 settle the uues-
ton of prohibition, if there is to be any
change in existing laws. SHOULD this
question be pressed to an issue | shall
| undoubtedly make every effort to put
through my bill for a vote of the people"
said Capt. Lamb. 1t is the only sensible
and fair way TO settle this question On a
matt in which everybody is so deeply
interested this the people should have
a say. L do not think there would be any
difficulty in Congress and the District
Commissioners regulating the suffrage
here
Help for a Manned Veteran.
Herbert o. kohr. a one-armed and blind
veteran of the Spanish-Amercan wa.
was introduced to the President today by
Representative Ashbrook of Ohio. kohr
is from Uhrichsville, Ohio, and has come
here hoping that Congress will pass spe-
Ildl LOT ms relleI. A Dill max
ing special provision for him has been
placed before the pensions committee Of
the House, but the injuries were not
sustained while in service the committee
declines to favorably recommend a bill.
In view of the many deserving circum-
stances Mr.. Ashbrook interceded with the
President or White House aid The Pres
ident shook hands with the blind soldier
and directed Mr.. Ashbrook to write let
ter setting fo tn the facts. He will then
make an appeal to the committee to aid
the case. kohr served six years in the
regular army. He was III the China relief
army, in the Philippines and Cuba and
has a splendid service record After leav-
ing >the army he was the victim of an eN-
plosion which blinded both eyes. lost the
right arm and caused other inju les.
Nevada's New Constabulary.
Senator Nixon of Nevada called upon
the President to consult with him as to
the situation in Nevada by reason of af-
fairs in Goldfield. The new constabu-
larry being organized by the legislature
will be ready for service in about three
weeks" said Senator Nixon. and there
will be no further need for United States
troops There has been considerable
criticism of Gov. Sparks in the east for
not acting quickly, while in Nevada he
has been criticised for acting too quick
" Gov. Sparks has had "A difficult
problem on his hands. and the majority
of the people of the state Will be dis