New-York tribune., 1908-07-19
PRESIDENTS BUSY DAY
HIS OFFICIAL GUESTS.
Conferences and a Young Peoples
PARTY at Sycamore Hill.
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[By Telegraph TribuneI
Oyster Bay, July 1S.-With an ambassador.
a Cabinet minister, high official OF the
State Department and young peoples party aii
crowded together at Sycamore Hill on one date
this could have been fairly called the Presidents
busy day. Attorney General Bonaparte. Am
bassador Creel. Of Mexico: Judge W. l. Bu-
chanan. OF the South American Peace Court, and
Assistant Secretary OF State Robert Bacon ana
Mrs. Bacon were the Presidents guests at
luncheon In the evening at the cottage there
was fancy dress dance given by Miss Ethel
large number Of young people. most of them
from out Of town. attended the dance.
The Attorney General the first Of the
guests to arrive. coming on the 1919 p. m. tram
from Long Island City. 1t was reported that
he was to confer with the President about pro-
ceedings against the alleged Paper Trust When
asked If this were fact Mr.. Bonaparte laughed
and said: 1.-The only trust 1 know anything
about Is the vicious reporter trust OF Oyster
Bay" The Attorney General then added that
there several department matters to be
thrashed over. and when asked II he expected
to make any speeches during the campaign said
he feared that he would be drafted" IF I
am" he said "of course 1 will like any
other conscript."
The Mexican Ambassador said he wished TO
thank the President for the good offices shown
by the United States during the recent troubles
along the border between the two republics Mr.
CreeI is about to return to Mexico, where he fs
Governor OF Chihuahua He will return to
Washington In the fall to resume his duties as
ambassador.
Mr.. Bacon said the report that the United
States and Mexico had decided to form pro-
tectorate over Honduras was entirely without
foundation. 1T is pure pipe dream. he added
with considerable emphasis, and the Mexican
Ambassador laughed
One Of the matters which President Roosevelt
and Attorney General Bonaparte discussed in
their conference the selection of a man to
succeed Milton B. Purdy Assistant Attorney
General. Mr.. Purdy's recent appointment as
Judge Of the District Court Of Minnesota left
that post vacant. Wade Ellis, at present Attor-
ney General of Ohio, has been spoken OF as the
probable successor of Mr.. Purdy.
Secretary Loeb said after the conference that
no decision had been reached in the matter. Mr..
Bonaparte talked with the President on the neu-
trality laws with Mexico. which he believes
should be revised and made stronger, and also
on the whiskey controversy, resulting from the
operation Of the government pure food laws,
which the President Is interested in seeing rigid
ly enforced.
The efforts O. the Nebraska Republicans to in
duce President Roosevelt to go to Nebraska and
make several speeches during the coming cam
paign will not be successful. according to Secre-
tary Loeb. When asked whether the President
would go to Nebraska Mr.. Loeb reiterated what
he said several days ago, that Mr.. Roosevelt
would make no campaign speeches this fall.
Ambassador Creel, Mr.. Buchanan and Attor-
ney General Bonaparte, after luncheon, left
Sycamore Hill and took the 2:4O p. m. train
for New York Neither Senior Creel nor Mr..
Buchanan would admit that their visit to the
President had any connection with the Central
American situation. Ambassador Creel, when
asked what he thought Of the report from Mex
leo City that the United States and Mexico, or
one of those countries alone. might establish a
protectorate over Guatemala if President Ca
brera continued his rule or ruin policy, said he
did not believe that such a. thing would ever oc-
CIR The present method Of maintaining peace
in Central America, he said, had been working
successfully for the last twelve months. and he
believed It would continue to be success as
long as the United States and Mexico were
hound by treaty to see that the countries did not
encroach upon the rights of each other
Attorney General Bonaparte had nothing to
sav about his visit to the President, except that
he had finished his business sooner than he had
thought he would.
Attorney General Bonaparte, Senior Creel. the
Mexican Ambassador and W. /. Buchanan re-
turned to the city last night and went to the
Holland House. The Attorney General expects
to take an early train for Lenox to-day.