Evening star., 1908-01-10
AT THE White HOUSE
Principals and AIternates Ap-
pointed to West Point.
POSTMASTER AT OMAHA
President Will Send Name of Man
Recommended by Senators.
ON LABOR AND INJUNCT10NS
Secretary Taft Will Speak on Those
Subjects at Cooper Institute,
New York, Tonight.
POSTMASTER AT OMAHA
ON LABOR AND INJUNCTI0NS

President Roosevelt has directed the
Secretary of War to make the folio"ihs
appointments as principals and alternates
to the Military Academy at West Point:
Principals Samuel Y. Knight. son OF
Mai. j. T. knight: Louis A. Craig, son VI
the late Maj Louis A. Craig: henry
Allen. son of Brig. Gen. Henry I. Alien
Thomas Bestor Barry. son of Brig. Gen.
Thomas H. Barry: Blackburn Hail. son
of Brig. Gen. W. P. Hall; Lawrence bao-
bitt Weeks son of the late Lieut. T. q.
Weeks; James Francis Blawn, son OIL
John s. Blawn, private. 10th Battery'
United States Field Artillery.
Alternates-william Cooper Foote. son
Of the late Brig. Gen. Morris c. Foote'
Franklin Cummings Sibert. son Of NAL.
William S. Sibert: Joseph f. Mcdonald
son of Capt. J. B. Mcdonald; James
Archer Dorst, son of Col. ]. ID. DorsI'
Oscar J. Gatchell, son of Capt george !:
Gatchell: Henry Pratt Perrine. son oi
Can't. Henry Pratt Perrine, retired, 70.
ward L. Ellis, son of Capt. W. = E. Es'
Alfred B. Johnson. son OF tne iaer p Sap.
garden. son Of Maj. George J. Ne"ga.
den; Bushrod Hoppin. SON of the late MAJ
curtis B. Hoppin; William Carey IIane
son of Lieut.. Col. Charles J. crane; Ape. ;.,s !.
L. Smith. jr.. son OF Col: =. r., =. Aiex
s. 3. Keyes, retired: Leon G: Harel. son
Of the late @. M. Sergt. William Harer'
lst Battalion of Engineers; Free ~ !.
Bowley. son of the late Lieut.. bo"les :
Albert w. jackson, son OF the iale ooi
Andrew Jackson.
Postmaster at Omaha.
Senators Burkett and Brown OF We
hro.la conferred with the President To-
6av about the post Office at Omaha. Capt.
Henry T. Palmer has been the post"as-
ter there for a number of years ana me
POST Office Department liked ms recoiu.
Manv of the people of Omaha peu.loheu :
for his retention, but large hnu -,
people asked for the selection OF bsh1al an !.
Thomas. The two senator's a. nnder-
stood that the President has asreeu -
send his name to the Senate: u,o,
ExState Senator o. H. Bentley or Wcn
ita. Kan, was presented 10 Tue
today by Senator Gurus.
To Tai kon Labor and lnJunction'
President Roosevelt had short confer
ence this morning with Secretary 1ai'
before the latter got away on the -
o'clock train for New York, where ne VII,
speak tonight in Cooper Union. IL Is uh-
derstood today that the speech OF tue
Secretary tonight will be virtually an an
swer to the attacks made upon MN "
President Gompers, OF the American GU
Grafton Of Labor 1t will deal with laooi
and its relations to capital, especially tht
question Of injunction. The speech was
prepared before the appearance TINS morn
ing of a letter from Secretary Tart along
similar lines. Secretary Taft's hsincnna-
ton for many months to enter the repuD-
lican presidential campaign was, IT is wei.
known. based upon the fact that during
his judicial career he was once or tW1c'
called upon to issue injunctions agains
labor organizations and he did so.
He several times expressed the fear that
these injunctions would array the labor
vote against him If he should be nominat-
ed. and that was one of the things dis
cussed between himself and President
Roosevelt when his candidacy was first
seriously talked over. The President did
not believe that what Judge Taft did
would initiate against the present views
of Secretary Taft. At any rate 1t is ap-
parent that Secretary Taft is willing to
clearing up his attitude can do 1t. The
speech tonight promises to be signifi-
cant one in many respects.
Bowling Over Of Shaw.
Taft leaders today expressed satisfac-
ton with the action of the Iowa state
committee yesterday in refusing to select
ex-Secretary L. NJ. Shaw as chairman OF
the state convention that will elect dele
gates to the national convention. They
saw that it insures the delegation OF
Iowa for Taft and eliminates another
fayorite son move. Had Secretary Shaw
won out before the committee 1t Is prop
able that he would have controlled