Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-28
IS CONTENT TO DRIFT
c. P. Taft Refuses to Announce
Senatorial Candidacy.
AWAITS TRAIL OF EVENTS
Arthur Vorys Also Maintains
Reticence.
LITTAUER SAYS Ro0TLL WIN
Intimates That Woodruff Will With
draw From the Albany Contest.
May Go to London.
AWAITS TRAIL OF EVENTS
Vorys Also Maintain.
Reticence.
SAYS RO0TLL WIN

! That buZZing sound around the White
| House today was an attempt of neWspa-
per men to get c. p, Taft Of Cincinna ii
to declare himself the senatorship.
| That light noise. almost no noise ct all.
was the effort of Arthur J. Vorys to avoid
saying anything as to the senatorship.
! All that Mr.. Taft said was whats the
| use? Just let things drift although
| when some friend expressed the wish to
see him in Washington pretty often after
| March 4 he remarked: IF I get votes
enough / will be here. This was con-
| sidered significant betokening the in
| tention OF Mr.. Taft to enter the race.
| Later, however, he declared that he did
| not care to make any statement or COM
nit himself. adding that drifting was the
best thing at this time.
| Mr.. Taft is among a large party of
| friends and admirers of Frank H. Hitch
cock. who have come to Washington to
attend the dinner to be given tonight to
| the chairman of the republican national
committee by his associates in the New
| York and Chicago headquarters. He
called on the President to pay his respects
and to have a brief chat Arthur Vorys
| is another man here on the same mission.
He, too, called on the President. but
carefully avoided anything as to the sena-
| torship He had made no statement SO
far. he said. and would not do so at this
time. He is in agreement with Mr.. Taft
as to the wisdom of just letting things
drift.
The best informed opinion among Ohio
people is that Mr.. Taft will be candi-
date for Senator, in spite Of suggestions
that he may hurt the future of his
brother if he succeeds in his desires. All
his intimatons point to candidacy for
the senatorship, but he stops short of
actual announcement to that effect.
Mr.. Vorys himself has been talked of
as candidate for senator and has been
slated for all sorts of offices under the
Taft administration. from cabinet officer
down.
Other Guests at the Dinner.
A. number of other men who viii be at
the Hitchcock dinner tonight were re-
ceived by the President during the day.
J Among these were William H. Hayward
secretary Of the republican national COM
mittee; Victor Mason. assistant secretary
of the committee: Victor Rosewater of
Omaha, director Of the speakers bureau
at Chicago; Fred L. upham. assistant
| treasurer at Chicago; David Owen, post
master Of Milwaukee, assistant sergeant
alarms at Chicago; /. ]. Behan of the
Chicago Office. and Charles F. Brooker.
republican national committeeman from
Connecticut. a member of the advisory
committee of the national committee. The
President greeted them all cordially
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania.
member of the advisory committee. and
who will also attend the dinner had
| talk with the President. He said he came
not only to attend the dinner, but to at
tend the meetings of the joint postal COM
mission. of which he is member.
Predicts Roots Election.
THE senatorship from New York is
settled" said ex-Representative Littauer
of New York. after conference with
President Roosevelt today. Secretary
Root will be elected, probably without
any opposition. Yes, 1 know that Tim
othy Woodruff has done a good deal for
his party in New York and deserves rec
! ognition, but he will not be recognized
with a seat in the senate. He will be
rewarded in some other way
Mr.. Lttauers intimation that Mr.
Woodruff will probably withdraw from the
senatorial fight and leave the field to Sec
retary Root is not the first to come from
New York republican leaders who have
been in Washington and Hot Springs
FROM the latter place comes report
that MIR. Woodruff will probably issue a
statement in short time gracefully re-
tring from the field
He has been hobnObbing with Mr. Taft
and with Herbert Parsons one of the
chief Root supporters. Mr.. Taft will
not interfere in the New York senator
ship fight. but nothing would please him
more than to see his former cabinet COL
league seated in the Senate He would
be assured of one strong friend and sup
porter i'm that body.
There is growing impression here that
Timothy Woodruff viii. be made am
q nf Tayn in,
place of Whitelaw Reid. who has no de-
sire TO remain there longer. Woodruff
| IL is declared, is young enough TO wait
some years to fulhll his political am
btions.
To Take Charge in December.
George S. Terry recently named as as
sistant treasurer of the United States at
New York, who will be present at the
dinner by reason of his association with
New York headquarters of the national
committee, shook hands with the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Terry said he would not take
charge of the New York suhtreasury until
some time in December The compllca
ton of making bonds and having two
counts If he went In now and qualified
after confirmation make ii advisable to
wait until he had been confirmed by the
Senate before he gave bond and took the
| oath.
Fowler Will Stand Pat.
! Representative Fowler of New Jersey
! has nothing to add to his original an
nouncement that he is a candidate for
| Speaker of the House. lie was with
! President Roosevelt today for a. few min
! utes and he went out OF the executive
offices was asked what he had to say as
! 10 the speakership II stated my position
| in my announcement. he remarked
''and have nothing in mind now 10 add
! To that.
What about Representative Gardners
/ position as to a committee to control the
! rules of the House?
My original statement covered that as
| you will remember. | then favored a
! committee Of seven. elected by the A.ouse
/ and responsible to that body..
| Representative Fitzgerald. democrat OF
| Brooklyn. who visited the President said
! that the talk of ousting Cannon, changing
the rules. etc. all noise. 1T re
minds me Of the celebrated frog story"
| he said. "A man engaged TO furnish II
| hotel five hundred pairs of frog legs from
| several ponds near his house One day
! he walked in with a dozen pairs The
| manager of the hotel wanted to know
| about the others. Couldn't get any
more - he said. Those blamed frogs made