Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08
Secretaries Taft and Metcalf
Confer With the President.
new BATTLESHIPS' NAMES
Vessels Authorized by Congress Will
Be the Utah and Florida.
BOURNE IS NOT DISCOURAGED
Still Advocating the denomination
Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Match
and Powder Mine. 4

| Secretary Metcalf of the navy spent
nearly half an hour with the President
| this morning. Upon leaving the executive
Office he announced that the two new
battleships authorized by Congress at the
Recent session would be christened the
Florida and the Utah. A monitor is now
named the Florida. but II will be renamed
No vessel is named for the state OF Utah
at present.
Mr.. Metcalf also said that the next
battleshp TO be authorized by Congress
will be named the Wyoming This will
leave only the state of Oklahoma without
battleship named for il, if New York
| - excepted There is however an
armored cruiser named New York. and
it is not likely that the name Of this vessel
will be changed
Mr.. Metcalf expects to leave here next
week for the west. He will spend most of
the summer in California
| me visitor nj the White House this
morning who spent the greatest amount
OF time with the President was Secretary
raft He had nothing To say about the
political situation when he departed. how
ever. declaring that he had been talking
with the President about matters con-
nected directly with the War Department.
Mr. TAFT was accompanied by Justice
| victor n. Bowling of the supreme court
of New York. who has come to the CITY
! to deliver the address to the graduating
class of Trinity College for Women to-
! morrow
Senator Bourne Not DISCOURAGED
The second elective term boom" was
in evidence at the White House today
and supplied the political gossip which
could not be found elsewhere. 1t came in
1 no other person than Senator Jonathan
| Bourne of Oregon the original third
| termer." Mr.. Bourne said ne had been
| talking with the President on a subject
| that was of no general interest. He was
| as willing ever to preach Roosevelt for
| the next President.
There is just as much chance there
ever was" he said. that the Chicago
| convention will be stampeded for Roose-
| welt. l can't understand how this coun-
| try can fail to utilize the greatest asset il
| has"
His attention was called to the reports
| that all opposition to Secretary Taft is
| rapidly disappearing and that Mr.. Taft
| will get all of the contested delegates.
That doesn't make the slightest diff
ference declared Senator Bourne. tor
| IL has always been q question OF Roose-
Welt or Taft. There is just as much
/ chance now of Roosevelts name being
substituted for that of Taft as there ever
was. No one can tell what is going to
/ happen. you know. when a lighted match
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ma ga zine. That's the situation exactly"
Postmaster General Meyer dropped in
on the President for few minutes to-
day. He was accompanied by Harry
Coolidge. brother of the minister ito
/ Guatemala.
Col. Hepburn Calls.
Another caller was Representative Hep
burn of Iowa. He said goodbye to the
| President before leaving for his home
state. He expects to spend several days
in Iowa and then go to Chicago for the
convention. MIR. Hepburn says that he
will come back to this city soon after the
convention adjourns and will be here near
| ly all summer. He is a member of the
committee which has charge OF the House
office building. and a large share of the
work of supervising the completion OF the
| building will fall on him this summer.
The heating plant and the underground
railway from the new building to the
Capitol Will be completed before Congress
| convenes again.
| Senator Warner of Missouri, advocate of
the Presidents cause in the Senate with
/ regard to the Brownsville affair. also
called today to pay his respects and talk
! over several prospective appointments in
which he Is interested. Mr.. Warner will
j leave i'm few days for the middle w 81.
and will be in Chicago during the con-
/ venton.
One of the Presidents callers this morn
! ing was Spencer Eddy, secretary of the
American legation in Berlin and brother
n-law OF Senator Beveridse of Indiana.
Mr.. Eddy has been in this country fo-
several months on leave of absence. He
wished merely TO pay his respects TO the
President before returning to his post.
] After calling at the White House lie went
over to see Secretary Root
Mr. Eddy said he would leave this city
! this evening for New York. He will not
sail for Germany until July /.