Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-17

called upon the President today to pay ms
respects Mr.. Campbell was asked what
legislation for the District he Is most In
terested In.
~ am going to push my bill to put
bucket shops i'm the District out of bust
ness" said Mr. Campbell. This bill was
reported at the last session and is upon
the calendar. I regard 1t as important
AS to other District legislation am
not so certain. would like to see the
people here govern themselves. But
when they do they must pay their own
taxes and not receive the assistance OF
the government. IT,,
IT have not, however. any fixed ideas
as to what should be done"
Representative Alexander of Buffalo
called on the President today. with f.
r. O'Malley, newly elected attorney gem
eral of the state of New York:
Another caller was Prof l.. II. Baliey,
head of the country life commission.
Mr. Bailey told the President the mem
bers of the commission would start to-
night for trip through the country to
further study conditions.
Father Casey. chaplain OF the army
called on the President.
Merritt and Sanders to Stay.
After other cabinet officers had left
the cabinet meeting today Secretary Cor
telyou remained some time to discuss
with the President the cases of John "A.
Merritt former postmaster of Washing
ton and now collector Of customs at Nj
agara Falls. and Archie ID. Sanders, col
lector of internal revenue at Rochester.
Both have for some time been under
charges of perniCious political activity
in New York. Last summer President
Roosevelt sent kilograms to them from
Oyster Bay directing that they refrain
from meddling in the congressional poll
tics of their districts, or resign their po-
Sitions.
They are supposed to have obeyed. al
though it is declared that they did more
than any other two men to defeat the
nomination of Representative Peter Por-
ter for Congress. Loud and numerous
complaints were made against them.
Mr.. COrtelyou stated that lie would
probably make statement about the
cases public during the afternoon. Inc
understanding is that both officials Will
be exonerated of undue activity and will
be permitted to hold their positions with
out action.
Hearst Sees President.
William Randolph Hearst was a caller
at the White House last night. After
his visit which was about half an
hour in duration. he said that he had not
discussed politics with the President, hav-
ing merely paid him a social call
Discussing Senator Foraker's letter, in
which the Ohio statesman defended MS
connection with the Standard Oil Com
pany. Mr.. Hearst authorized the follow
ing statement:
MIR. Foraker now makes a defense, not
to my charges, for 1 have not made any.
but to the letters and the certificate of
deposit.
II have no desire to debate the matter
of Senator's F'oraker's connection with
the Standard Oil Company. Mr.. Foraker.
however. begins his defense with state
ment which is disingenuous to say the
least. He speaks of Mr.. Hearst's charges
as II the matter at issue were merely a
question of my assertion. Now, l dis
tinctly refrained from making any charges
and even refrained almost entirely from
comment. / reproduced the letters and
laid them before the public confident that
the citizenship of the country could draw
correct conclusions. Mr.. Foraker now
makes a defense not to my charges, but to
the letters and the certificates of de-
poSit,"