Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-04
NEAR GOLDEN GATE lat THE WHITE HOUSE
Fleet Preparing to Enter San Desired LEGISLATION Outlined
Francisco Harbor by the President.
ENTERS EARLY TOMORROW THINGS HE WANTS DONE
Huge Welcome Summit Confers With Representatives Wat
Telegraph Hill son and Alexander
CITY DRESSED IN GALA ARRAY TALKS WITH TAFT MANAGER
Illumination Tonight Ships Will
Which Have Remained at Saturday
Santa Cruz After Diplomatic Vacancy
Desired Legislation Outlined
by the President.
THINGS HE WANTS DONE
Confers With Representatives Wat.
son and Alexander.
TALKS WITH TAFT MANAGER
Will Address Delegates to Methodist
Conference Saturday - Kansas
After Diplomatic Vacancy.

Representative Watson. republican whip
OF the House. and Representative Alex
ander. ranking member of the House
committee on judiciary. spent an hour
with President Roosevelt today. Mr.. Wat
son was wholly lacking in optimism
about an early adjournment of Congress
and declined to make any prediction.
month ago he was predicting May as
| the date for getting away. and he and
| the President had long pow-wow. In
| which the Indiana statesman said that
| everything had been agreed upon as to
legislation. Then the President told Mr..
Watson that there was to be conference
OF governors and other dignitaries in
Washington the 18th Of the month in the
interest of forest preservation. and II
might be discourteous to adjourn before
they, met Adjournment was then ten
tatively deferred until May 10. But things
do not seem to have been going as was
planned. and no better outlook followed
| today's conference.
The Presidents Desires.
The President seems to have sent for
Representative Watson. to insist that the
House make an honest effort to put
through anti-injunction legislation. amend
the Sherman antitrust law, enact the
Vreeland currency bill. to which he IL
| unequivocally committed. put on the
books a law making the government re-
sponsible for accidents to its employees.
and do one or two other things. month
/ ago Mr.. Watson was not sanguine as to
anti-injunction legislation. but told the
President that IL was,a doubtful propo-
sition. owing to the hostility of the House
judiciary committee. 1t was TO insist
upon an honest effort" to get this legis-
lation that the President desired to talk
to Mr.. Watson and. through him, to the
republicans of the House.
Mr.. Watson told the President that the
House committee having the anti-injunc-
| ton propositions before IL at last ap-
pears disposed to do something. but what
| II Is he does not know. 1t Is the uncer-
/ tainty on this and one or two other Ques-
tons that puts Mr.. Watson up i'm the air
as to adjournment.
Although the President also insists upon
an honest effort to amend the Sherman
anti trust law. he was told by Mr.. Watson
that he need not look for legislation along
that line. That was one thing, at least
upon which Mr.. Watson was sure.
Representative Alexander has prepared
a bill providing for liability by the gov
eminent to employees injured in the serv-
ice, and this is now to be placed before
the judiciary committee. II was discussed
by the President and his two callers. and
is expected to loom ND for the next few
weeks. AS to a child labor law for the
District. Mr.. Watson regards this as as
sured, SO far as the House is concerned.
Senator Hopkins. who also saw the
President, said he saw no reason why
18th of May and the list of June.
Test Case to Be Made.
Attorney General Bonaparte has re-
ported to President Roosevelt that ar
rangements are well under way Tor q
lxe H.
clause" of the Hepburn railway rate, act,
unless a material change takes place In
| the situation by legislation In Congress.
where Senator Elkins is pressing to have
the time given to the roads to dispose
| of their coal properties. According to
| the Attorney General the railroads own
| ing coal lands have shown a willingness
| to cooperate with the Department of
Justice in making test case. They have
been in accord with the department In all
prelfminaries for a test of the constitu-
tionality Of the clause. 1t is considered
doubtful that Congress will take steps
| to extend the time limit. and the Attorney
General will proceed with a test case
within short time.
President to Address Methodists.
Saturday. May 16, President Roosevelt
will address the delegates to the general
conference Of the Methodist Church, now
assembling in Baltimore. The remarks
will be delivered at q reception which the
President will give to the delegates at the
American University at o'clock in the
afternoon. Other speeches will be made,
including one by Senator Dolliver Of Iowa
and one by Bishop Cranston.
A number of the delegates to the con-
ference who are in Washington on their
way to Baltimore were introduced to the
President today by various congressional
callers.
Taft's Strength in Maryland.
Representative Pearre of Maryland, one
of the delegates at large to Chicago. told
the President today that the election OF
Taft delegates in the republican state
convention at Baltimore had been accom-
plished in the face of much open and
covert opposition Secretary Taft. he said.
could now depend upon the vote OF that
state.
Frank III. Hitchcock the Taft manager
i'm Washington. conferred with the Presi.
dent during The day.
Presidential Nominations.
The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
War.-Coast Artillery Corps: Leuten-
ant colonel to be colonel, William ID. fIo-
mer; major to be lieutenant colonel. War
rem r.. Newcomb: captain to be major.
Clint c. Hearn: first lieutenant to be
captain. Rex Van Den Corrupt; second
lieutenant to be first lieutenant, Chester
J. Cooler.
Navy.-Pay inspector to be pay director,
Thomas ]. Cowie.
Post Ofice.-To be a postmaster: Vir-
ginia, Frank d. Lumpkin. Danville.