Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-01
Administration Pleased With
Results in Massachusetts.
TAFT LEADS IN PRIMARIES
Gardner Says Secretary May Get
Solid Delegation.
BOURNE STICKS TO HIS CLAIM
Tennessee Postmaster to Be Punish
ed for Pernicious Political Activ-
ity-Hale to Be Judge.

President Roosevelt and the Taft people
at the White House today were reported
as immensely pleased with the results IN
the Massachusetts primaries and eau
cuses yesterday. It is asserted with great
positiveness that more than half of the
delegates are for Taft, and the prediction
is made that the entire delegation. which
will include Senator Crane, will probably
vote for Secretary Taft on the first ballot
at Chicago. President Roosevelt derived
most OF his information today from Rep
resentative Gardner Of the sixth Massa-
chusetts district. who called to discuss
the situation in view OF the develop
ments Mr.. Gardner is elated, inasmuch
as in his own district he won great
victory.
1.-The actual public sentiment OF Mas
sachusetts was clearly shown In my dis
| trict," said Mr.. Gardner. "Out Of 123
delegates to the congressional conven-
ton Ill are for Taft. Every ward In
the cities Of Gloucester, Haverhill. Bever-
ly and Salem went for the Taft delegates.
These are large and important cities, and
the almost unanimous sentiment thus ex-
pressed, as well as elsewhere in the state,
cannot be ignored. The opposition. con-
cedes Secretary Taft will have half of the
delegates from the state. but such a con-
cession Enthusiastically means more than
that number. From the information l
have it seems certain that the delegation
will stand eighteen committed to Taft,
eight unrestricted and six In doubt
II am convinced that preference resolu-
lions will be offered In the state conven-
ton and that they will be strongly sup
ported. In fact. I would not be surprised
to see the solid vote Of Massachusetts, for
Taft. Senator Crane has opposed in
| structed delegates. but at no time has he
10 nf<rx W
On the contrary he is said to entertain an
exceedingly high opinion of the Secretary
of War. With sentiment SO clearly shown
Senator Crane may desire to fall In line
with the majority of the delegates and
| whoop up things for Taft"
Mr.. Bourne Sticks to His Ideas.
| Senator Jonathan Bourne, who sticks
| to the second elective term" PROPOSE
ton in spite of the urgent invitations
of the Taft people to get aboard their
band wagon while there is seat to
spare. was asked today. following one
| of his frequent visits to the White
| House, whether he expected TO be a
delegate-at-large from his state.
II shall not refuse If I am selected"
he said.
| structed for Taft?'
Il never bid the devil good morning
/ !
| think there will be instructions of this
sort"
Senator Bourne said the Taft people
are hard at work in Oregon trying to Sc
cure instructed delegates, but he does not
| believe they will succeed.
| The senator persists that Taft cannot
| be elected; that the labor vote and negro
vote will be against him, and that the
| republican national convention will desire
| to nominate a man who can win: that it
| r.ytn mir Roosevelt the OnlV sure man,
| in view Of the apparent growth of Mr..
| Bryan's strength. The senator made
numerous arguments going to show that
| in the end Cannon. Knox and all the
| others will prefer Roosevelt
Tennessee Postmaster Punished.
! The Hale-Evans-Sanders faction Of the
Tennessee republicans will not make any
effort to save Postmaster Jackson Of Co
llumbia, Tenn, whose nomination has been
| withdrawn from the Senate. where 1t has
been pending nearly a year. The Presi-
| dents withdrawal of Jacksons name Is
| the forerunner to the naming of another
man and is punishment for Jackson's
alleged course in being perniciously active
| for Secretary Taft in the recent Tennes-
| see conventions.
! The Brownlow-Austin faction made
| charges against Jackson to the civil ser
vice commission, which reported to the
President that In some respects the
charges were we'll founded. Jackson is
charged with unduly influencing the
clerks and carriers under him. men pro-
| tected by the civil service to work for
Taft. The President might not have paid
so much attention had the charges in
volved the personal activity OF POSTMASTER
jackson, but az soon as Mr.. Jackson be-
gan to work upon the civil service en-
ployes in behalf Of his favorite the Presi-
dent drew the line, as is announced Will
be the case from now on If other post
| masters are similarly guilty.
Representative Hale OF Tennessee called
on the President today and introduced
Asbury Wright of lockwood Tenn. one
| of the candidates for judge of the eastern
| district. Mr.. Hale has already presented
Maj. Charles Evans of Chattanooga, an
other candidate and tomorrow he will
introduce ]. A. Fowler of Knoxville, who
has strong backing for the Judgeship. An
| other Chattanooga man who Is well sup
ported as a candidate is Foster v. Brown.
Hale to Be Minnesota Judge.
W. e. Hale Of Minneapolis. president Of
tho Bar Association Of that state. Is to
be nominated to be United States district
Judge for the Minneapolis district. In
place Of Judge William Lochren. whose
resignation has been in the hands of the
President several days. In agreeing to
nominate Mr.. Hale the President has
broken one of his most important rules and
has yielded his personal preference. He has
been insistent for years that a nominee
| for Judge should not be over sixty years,
and he has always expressed a desire
for even younger men. Mr.. Hale Is over
sixty years Of age. being a veteran of
the civil war.
The Presidents personal preference
was Milton D. Purdy. assistant to At
torney General Bonaparte. and trust
breaking expert of the Department Of
Justice Senator Nelson is the man
responsible for a change Of mind on the
part of the President. The Minnesota
senator picked Hale and induced his
colleague. Senator Clapp. to join him
in recommending him. Senator Nelson
today called on the President and pre-
scented the recommendation Of both
senator's, together with a bulky en-
velope filled with recommendations for
his candidate. The President promptly
acquiesced in the judgment of the two
senator's. breaking his age-limit rule
to do so.