Evening star., 1908-02-04
'BRYAN THE BUSY Bee At THE WHITE HOUSE
Starts Today His Final Report of Inland Waterways
Tour of Eastern States. Commission Presented
MANY SPEECHES PLANNED TO BE SENT TO CONGRESS
the Delegates Omaha Post Office Nomination
From New York State. BENJAMIN F. Thomas
MURPHY AWAY FROM CITY TARIFF C0MlussIoN URGEI
Peerless Press Agents Working Hard President
Sympahyspeech Special
at Carnegie Hall Tonight. Message to Congress.
Report of Inland Waterways
Commission Presented.
TO BE SENT TO CONGRESS
Omaha Post Office Nomination Of
Benjamin F. Thomas.
A TARIFF COMMISSION URGED
President Will Be Asked by Com.
mercial Bodies to Send Special
Message to Congress.

The inland Waterways commission to-
day presented its report to President
Roosevelt. This report contains many i'm
portant recommendations and suggestions,
especially relating to the Mississippi river.
1t was with the members or this COM
mission that the President took his nota-
BILE trip down the Mississippi. winding up
with hunt in the Louisiana canebrakes.
The commission is composed of Repre-
sentative Burton. chairman: Senator's
Newlands. Warner and Bankhead: Gen.
Alex Mackenzie. r. II. Newell OF the geo.
logical survey. Clifford Pinchot. w j Nc
Gee and Herbert Knox Smith. The report
is voluminous one. 1t will be transmit
ted to Congress with a special message
from the President setting forth his views
as to certain things. particular emphasis ,
being laid on the needs of the Mississippi
river.
The Omaha Post Office.
A nomination sent to the Senate today.
having been agreed upon at today's cab
met meeting. was BENJAMIN +. Thomas
to be postmaster at Omaha There has
been a great fight over this office for sew
eral months. Thomas nomination having
been recommended by Senators Brown
and Burkett. The talk of the nomination
drew hot fire from Omaha people. who
desired Gen. Palmer. the present postmas-
ter. retained.
Tariff Commission Proposed.
| President Roosevelt will be urged to-
morrow to send special message to Con-
gress in favor of legislation to establish
| tariff commission. He has arranged to
| receive a delegation representing forty or
| fifty Of the leading commercial bodies OF
the country who are here for the purpose
OF furthering the tariff commission idea.
This idea was explained briefly today by
William McCarroll, president of the New
York Board Of Trade and Transportation.
president OF the foreign commerce con-
vention and mefnber Of tile New York
city public service commission. who. with
Francis B. LOomis. former assistant secre-
tary of state. made arrangements al the
White House for. the reception of the
| delegation tomorrow. The function of
| the tariff commission. he said. was not
| to suggest schedules but to furnish Con-
gress with reliable information as to the
coast of production and manufacture OF
articles to be made the subject Of tariff. !.
This. it is urged; will be the first step to-
| ward putting the tariff on a nOn-partisan
and scientific basis:
The delegation will also present to the
President strong reasons for the creation
of department of public works, to b
presided over by an additional cabinet
| officer.
| 1t is pointed out that rivers and har-
| bors work has become one of the great
| items of public expenditure. and will
probably continue to he regarded as a
necessity for many years to come.
No Race Suicide in South Carolina.
The attention of the President has been
l1a.u he eoa ~ fl,at in, ~
South Carolina at least race suicide Is
foreign TO the natives. He has been fur
nished with the case of one couple who
| have become the parents of five children
inside of one year. all of them living.
The father and mother are Mr.. and Mrs.
EfTd Ballingtton Of Lexington county. In
January. 1907, three girls were born 10
| the couple. They were named Bessie
| Beulah. Lessie Lula and Essie Eula.
Within less than a year afterward twins
were born. one a boy and the other 4
| girl. The bov has been named Theodore
Roosevelt Ballington and. the girl has
been furnished with the given names OF
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Longworth.
| making her name Edith Alice.
| Representative Bennett of Kentucky TO-
| day introduced to the President ex-Judge
". S. Gudgell of OwensvilIe.. Mr.. Gud-
| gel is willing to take the collectorshp OF
customs at Louisville if tho President sees
| fit to confer the place upon him.
| Representative Peter Porter Of New
York. White House visitor today. said
that Gov. Hughes will have all the dele
gates from New York.
President on His Message.
| CLEVELAND. Ohio. February In re-
| ply to letter written by Thomas r. Bal
| lard of this city to President Roosevelt
| congratulating him upon his recent mes
| sage to Congress the President wrote as
| follows:
Il thank you for your letter of tho 1st.
| You have expressed my thoughts better
| than did, for. as you say. what wc have
| TO strive to do is 10 save the country on
| the one hand from the anarchy which
|. follows greed and graft. and on the other
hand from the anarchy winch loiiows
| want and hate.
with high regard. believe me- sincerely
yours. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The letter which Mr.. Ballard addressed
to the President was follows:
please permit a plain citizen ana Dusi-
ness man to express his profound appre-
citation to you for the splendid message
which YOU have just sent 10 congress
The situation demanded the brave and
heroic treatment which You have given
It. The course which you have taken IS
the only one which will save us. on the
one hand. from the anarchism of greed
and graft, and the anarchism OF want
and hate, on the other hand. With un-
bounded gratitude for your defense OF
the rights of the common people and the
wise Recommendations which you have
made to Congress for their welfare. am,
THOMAS P. BALLARD.
"Cleveland, Ohio.
ITO President Theodore Roosevelt,
..f~s. II