Evening star., 1908-01-20
AT THE White HOUSE
Mr.. Campbe|I's Views as to
Kansas Delegates.
Mr.. M. E. INGALLS, ON BRYAN
Thinks He Will Be the Democratic
Nominee and Be Elected.
NEBRASKA PATRONAGE FIGHT
It Oought to Be Settled Next Satur-
day-Southern and Union
Pacific Combination.
NEBRASKA PATRONAGE FIGHT

| election law, one of the things for which
| it was called in special session, L am O
the opinion that the law will be made tt
apply first to the election of delegates Il
the state convention that is to nominate
| candidates for state officers and not tt
/ the other convention. Whatever is done
however, l see no reason to expect thai
| Secretary Taft will lose any delegates IL
| our state"
Mr.. Campbell's remarks were baset
upon statement appearing in dispatche:
from Topeka that the legislature will
pass state primary law that will go into
| effect in ten days. If this should be don,
| 1t would defer the state convention fol
election of delegates to the national con
Evention until May and be somewhat of {
| blow at the Taft prospects. The republican
state committee of Kansas, at a meeting
| last December, fixed Marcn as the date
| for the first convention to elect delegates
the plan being to start the Taft boom roll
| ing that early in the year by an instructed
| delegation from Kansas. The convention
to nominate state officers was fixed at &
/ later date. If state primary law is
| enacted at once the delegates will have
to be elected much later on and the con
vention would be delayed until some time
in May.
Says Bryan Will Be Elected.
| NJ. E. ingalls,, former railroad man, al
present banker, business man and demo
| cratic leader in Cincinnati, paid his re-
spects to the President today. Speaking
of the political situation, he said: LAS II
looks to me, Taft will be the republican
nominee and Bryan the democratic.
| think Bryan will be elected. There does
not seem to be any question that he car
| have the nomination If he wants 1t. II
| he doesn't want it some man suitable tC
/ him will be nominated. No, / don't take
! much stock in these proposed conference:
| In New York or elsewhere designed &c
| sheIve Mr.. Bryan. These same elements
| asked Bryan to stand out of the way
| four years ago and promised to DO Dig
| things. What did they do? A most es-
| timable man was nominated, but the par
| ty was badly defeated.
"As to Ohio l think Judge Harmon will
| have some delegates. He will get those
| from the Cincinnati district, anyhow. lie
| is a splendid man and would make
great candidate of the democratic party
Mr.. ingalls, will return to the city sew
| eral days from now after a trip to New
York.
The Nebraska Patronage Fight.
| The collectorship of internal revenue
| in Nebraska ought to be settled next
| Saturday. The President two days age
told Senator's Burkett and Brown thai
| his advice was that they call the five
| representatives of Nebraska into confer
ence ana settle the fight as to the col
lectorship by majority vote of the whole
! delegation. The two senators asked the
| representatives to meet them last Satur
day afternoon. They laid the whole
thing before the lower house men, who
side a few minutes while they thought
it over. They did the thinking stunt fol
| over an hour, while the senators walked
up and down the corridors outside the
/ room. Then the doors were opened ant
| the senator's were told that by vote Of
| three to two the representatives had de-
cided that they had nothing to do witt
i the little game of patronage, and didn'
| want to have anything to do with 1t
We are willing to be sisters to you
but that's ALL" was the verdict. The
| senators put up great outcry. The
| President had told them that the figh
must be settled that way. Furthermore
i IL the representatives would join then
this time they would be let in hereafter
on all good things. all patronage to bt
| settled by vote of the delegation. Thi!
sounded good the fellows who hav
| been getting nothing but small post of
fees for years. and they finally agreed
\ vote is to be taken next Saturday.
Southern-Union Pacific Combine.
/ Attorney General Bonaparte had a con
ference with the President today. 1t il
| understood that within a few days tn,
Department of Justice will begin pro
ceedings against the Union and Southern
| Pacific roads to determine whether the,
are being operated as a combination IL
| restraint of trade. The question of wha
| the administration would do in thes
| cases has been under consideration som
time There has been considerable tall
nf inofu
| Hartman. the head of both roads, but !
Is said that this is not likely to be done
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania. in whom
the President has much confidence as
trust buster, and Milton ID. Purdy. tn
trust expert of the Department of Justice
| were also in consultation with the Presi
dent during the day, whether on TIL
same subject was not learned.
Use of the Elks' Teeth.
Representative Knowland of California
handed to the President today lette
from Judge Henry A. Melville of Oakland
past grand exalted ruler of the Elks. to
gether with resolutions adopted under tn
administration of Judge Melville as hea
of the order. doing away with the us
of the elk's tooth an emblem of tn
order The President appreciated tn
action of the Elks. as it did away wit
one OF the strong incentives for tn
slaughter of these animals The teeth be
came very valuable. largely because the
were bought by the Elks 10 be mad
into emblems Artificial teeth are to b
used instead of the genuine.
Secretary Loeb said today that ther
was no truth in a New York dispatch tina
the President has donated to the Wash
ington Jockey Club handsome silye
service to be awarded TO the winner O
4 special race for registered thorough
breds. ridden by commissioned army Off
, GERS. to be run at Benning this spring.
Representative Graft OF Illinois intro
} duced Charles II. May. owner of the Pc
oria Herald-Transcript.
Senator Warren and Judge Vandever
ter formerly in the Interior Department
now on the Federal bench in Wyoming
called upon the President.
Indian Chief Received.
A band of several Indian chiefs of tn
Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Ok a
homa were introduced to the President to
day by Indian Commissioner Leupp. The
were an unusually super.or-looking lot c
Indians, and all of them own property
the new state. They are in Washingto
to talk with the Indian Office about mat
ters Of taxation. Under the treaty wit
the government. which has nine year
: yet to rum their real estate Is exemr
8 from taxation. but personal taxes are i'm
posed. and the Indians do not understan
! the distinction between real estate an
5 were Prairie Chief. Cloud Chief. Wo
Chief, Little Wolf and Heap of Birds.
To Elect Senators by Vote of Peopl,
e Applications of the legislatures of low,