Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-17
NO FEDERATION MEN
At LABOR DINNER
List of Those Who viii Attend
Is Given Out.
MANY RAILROAD LEADERS
Friends Applaud Roots Attitude On
Senatorship.
FIGHT OVER TARIFF CERTAIN
Position Of Middle West Outlined by
Senator McCumber-Bucket Shops
Menaced by Mr.. Campbell.


following list of those who will tonight
attend the much-talked-of labor dinner
at the White House 1t is known that
each person named has sent an accept
ance Of the invitation:
The President
Mr.. Justice Holmes.
Mr. Justice Moody.
The Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary of Commerce and Labos.
Representative Herbert Parsons.
The assistant secretary Of state.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. U.S.A.
Mr.. E. E. Clark, interstate commerce
commission.
Mr.. Charles P. NeilI, commissioner Of
labor.
Mr.. Clifford Pinchot. forester.
Mr. Henry L. Stimson. United States
attorney.
Mr. T. V. Powderly, ex-president
Knights of Labor.
Mr.. Warren S. Stone. grand chief
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Mr.. John j. Hannahan. grand master
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
Mr.. w. s. Carter, grand secretary ana
treasurer, Brotherhood Locomotive Fire
men.
Mr.. p. H. Morrissey. grand master Of
Railway Trainmen.
T.. j.
ureT. International Brotherhood of s:eam
Shovel and Dredge Men. .
| Mr.. A. L. Faulkner, president National
Window Glass Workers.
Mr.. David Mackay, president Building
Trades Organization.
| Mr.. John j. Towers, secretary-treasurer
New York State Council OF Carpenters.
Mr.. George w. Alger, attorney for labor
unions. and writer on labor subjects.
Mr.. Edward j. Gavegan, attorney for
| labOr unions.
Mr.. Robert p Bell, attorney for labor
| unions
Mr.. James Bronson Reynolds
| Mr.. Charles H, Sheriff., attorney.
| DR. Lyman Abbott OF the Outlook.
| Mr.. Lawrence F. Abbott of the Outlook.
Mr. Ernest H. Abbott of the Outlook
! The list does not include any prominent
member of the American Federation or
Labor and is largely made up of those
leaders who openly supported william II.
Taft I'm the recent presidential election.
The heads Of the great railway LABOR
organizations are more largely represent
ed than those of any other class OF LABOR
men.
Gratified Over Roots Prospects.
President Roosevelt and other admin
istration friends of Secretary Root are
pleased with what they regard as his
splendid prospects for election as United
States senator from New York to succeed
Senator Platt.
The announcement Of Secretary Root
-e.-s-dsy. it is considered has greatly
cleared Up the ss:Szat:eR inasmuch as 1t
defined his attitude tows.iS : ..sss Ss16sesrEfp
and indicated his willingness to put up 10
fight for the honor.
SO long as he remained in the position
of refusing 10 enter into a contest for the
senatorship and left much to conjecture.
his friends were not able to make the
progress in New York they desired. 1t Is
now declared that Secretary Root will
have practically a walk-over IN the
wind-up.
The fight. as it appears on the surface.
is to be between Old-time organization
people, fragments of the Platt and Ode!l
machines, Joined with Timothy Woodruns S
concern, opposed to men who claim 10
pay little attention to organization and
carry their fights direct to the people.
Woodruff will probably be the only man
in the fight against Mr.. Root at the wind
up. If friends of the Secretary are to be
believed. Woodruff himself will be out OF
it before the question Is put TO the legIs-
lative caucus of the republicans.
| Woodruff's plan to command the full
support of the New York state machine
has fallen to the ground by the action
of the members-elect of the New fOr&
legislature from New York county in In
dorsing the candidacy of Mr.. Root and
| agreeing to support him. These men be-
llong to the state organization, but arc
controlled by Herbert Parsons. chairman
OF the New York county committee and
prominently connected with the organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Parsons let the boys know what he
desired They have fallen into line for
Root. 49,
The nucleus of Woodruff's support will
be the legislative delegation from Brook
lyn, Kings county.
Will Be Fight Over Tariff.
Congressional callers at the White
House recently have dropped enough to
conclusively point to a hot tariff fight
and a probable long session Of the extra
session of Congress to be called by the
new President.
The talks all snow perfect willingness
to revise and reduce the tariff upon
perfectly selfish basis. Each states dele
CATION will strive to protect the tarfn
on the products of that state, and man
fully aid in revising the schedules upon
the products of some other state.
The democrats must also be counted
upon to use the revision to make CAM
paign material for themselves This VIII
mix up the situation.
The middle west will demand that Con-
aress remove entirely the tariff on those
materials which, once used are exhaust
ed such as coal lumber and, to a large
extent, IRON according to Senator Porter
J. McCumber of North Dakota.
The Senator was a caller at the Whlte
House today. Upon leaving he said ne
was inclined to agree with what seemed
to be the prevailing view in the west on
the need of tariff changes.
ION all other materials we are for pro-
lection that will equal the difference OF
cost OF production in this country ana
abroad" explained the senator. I'm the
cost of production We include the cost OF
material the cost Of labor, interest and Q
fair return from capital
The senator entertains some doubt about
4 fha xs.iod N ahn I'M Wiz and
minimum tariff schedule. He wants the
plan most seriously considered before II is
adopted. as favoring one industry might
result disastrously to another.
The power to do this should be- used
sparingly. and guarded zealously by Con-
gress itself, the senator is inclined to be-
lieye..
After District Bucket shops
Representative Campbell OF Kansas. Q
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