Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
PRESIDENT At The CAPITOL
SIGNS BILLS AS FAST AS CON-
GREsS PASSES THEM.
pocket Veto" for Inventors Bill
Another Measure Not En-
crossed In Time.

In evening dress and with white rose
in his lapel the President. accompanied
by Secretary Root. let the White House
at $50 o'clock last night for the Capitol
to sign bills passed in the last moments
of Congress. He arrived at the Capitol
at o'clock. and went Immediately TO
the Presidents room. across the lobby
from the Senate chamber
When the President was notified early
in the evening of the collapse of the fill
buster and the passage OF the currency
bin his exuherance was plainly manifest
Il will go to the Capitol as soon as the
bill is ready to sign he said
AS soon his presence became known
to senators he had stream of callers.
Republican and democratic senators
We're about equally represented among
those who sought his room. His greeting
was particularly cordial to Vice President
Fairbanks. and also to Speaker Cannon
who hurried across the Capitol to shake
hands.
Shortly before 10 o'clock he signed the
currency bill. and then he presented the
pen which he had used to Representative
Wilson of Chicago. Prior to signing the
bill he handed it to Secretary Cortelyou
who carefully read its provisions.
La Follette's Endurance Praised.
A few minutes later Senator Aldrich en-
tered the room and was drawn into earn
est conversation by the President After
they bad been talking for about ten min
utes Senator La Toilette Of Wisconsin
came through the door. The President
spied him at once and called him over to
his side. extending his hand in q cordial
greeting.
Il have just been hearing from Senator
Aldrich about that record breaking speech
nf ho coiI NTH, ho mn
nature. He says 1t was greatly enjoyed
by the republican senator's congratu-
late you on breaking the record of the
Senate for long speeches and on your
splendid endurance"
After thanking the President for his
kind words Mr.. La Toilette declared that
he wished he were -still talking. This
caused the President Ito laugh heartily.
and the two senators joined.
Noticing a four-leaf clover in the
Wisconsin senator's lapel. Mr.. Roose-
welt remarked:
Did YOU find that before or after
your speech. SENATOR"
After" responded Mr.. La Toilette
The President in conversing with sew
eral senator's told them that he was well
satisfied with the accomplishments of
the congressional session.
An hour after his arrival at the Capt.
toll the President had signed all the
bills placed before him. including the
public buildings. the general deficiency
and the government liability bills.
The President applied pocket veto
to the bill to compensate inventors for
inventions used by the government. Re
fusal to sign 1t killed the measure upon
adjournment Of Congress last night.
The President left the Capitol for the
White House at IL O'Clock. fifty minutes
before the time fixed for adjournment.
One bill in which Mr.. Cortelyou was In
terested. giving the Secretary of the
Treasury the privilege of transferring IL
brary books in use in that department
to the life-saving service. had been passed
by the Senate and House. but was not
enrolled in time to be signed by the
President.