Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-16

time with President Roosevelt. always
used a green cloth bag to convey his
papers to and from the Wmte House
Yes he said. that is habit OF 6os,
ton and Massachusetts lawyers. nau
supposed that it was custom In 0ther
parts of the country. but lawyers tell me
that they know little of 1t away from
Massachusetts. and Boston particularly.
Mr. Longs little green bag was one OF the
historic features of cabinet ire. A lew
of the cabinet members use leather cases.
especially made for them. to convey
papers from their departments to the
White House. The Postmaster genera
and Secretary of the Treasury are sell
dom without these cases when they 81
to cabinet meetings.
The Case of Capt. Van Schalck.
The President received a visit this aft
ernoon from a committee representing
the maritime exchange of New York, VINO
called to plead for a pardon for Capt
W. S. Van Schaick. who is now serving
d ten-year sentence in Sing Sing for
criminal negligence. He was pilot OF the
Inflated steamer Gen. Slocum. winch
burned on the East river and was re-
sponsible for the death of more than LOU
persons The committee which waited
upon the President was composed OF Com
modore Frederick B. Dalzell, Eugene Mo-
ran and A. ]. Grymes. The President re-
ferred them to the Department OF JUS
tice.
Jackson to Be Named Again.
President Roosevelt will again nominate
John ". Jackson to be postmaster at
Columbia. Tenn, the Postmaster General
having recommended that the nomina-
ton, which was withdrawn from the Sem
ate March 30 be again sent to that body.
Jacksons nomination was withdrawn by
the President following an investigation
by the civil service commission in March.
resulting from charges that jackson was
influencing politically his subordinates III
the post ofnce.
When Postmaster Hughes of Columbia
was dismissed last year Jackson. who
was the assistant postmaster, received the
recess appointment. The records OF the
Post Office Department show that his
services have been satisfactory. Follow
ing the withdrawal of the appointment
from the Senate a mass meeting was
held in Columbia April 1. at which reso-
lutions were passed and petition signed
asking that Jackson be reappointed. Sen
ator Bob Taylor and Representative
Padsett also used their influence to have
the President again nominate Jackson.
The Treaty With Great Britain.
National President Cummings OF the
Ancient Order of Hibernians. accompanied
bv a delegation of representative men
from Irish American societies in New
York and New Jersey, including Patrick
OMara of Jersey City, P. ]. Conway and
Martin ]. Sheridan of New York city,
have had several interviews with leading
members of Congress and with PRESIDENT
Roosevelt in which they presented argu-
ments opposing the proposed arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain. Yesterday the delegation
saw Senators Lodge, Cullom, Crane. Carter
and Beyeridge of the foreign relations
committee of the Senate and had several
hours discussion with them on the ques-
ton of the proposed treaty. Martin Sheri-
dan. the champion athlete of the world.
received a cordial greeting from Presl-
dent roosevelt. Representative OCon-
rel of Boston accompanied the visitors to
the White House.