Evening star., 1908-01-29
At THE WHITE HOUSE
What Mr.. Calder Says of Sup
port of Hughes.
GOOD FAITH OF WOODRUFF
All Talk to Contrary Comes From
Old Odell Crowd.
FOR HUGHES UNTIL RELEASED
Parsons People Have Surprise Up
Their Sleeves for Opposition.
Printing Office Report Made.

| According to Representative Calder OF
! Brooklyn. one of the original Hughes
| men. support of Gov. Hughes for the
| presidency is not to be coupled with at
| tacks upon the existing organizations IN
Kings and New York counties.
Il see a good deal of talk in newspapers
these days" said Mr.. Calder today, after
a visit to the White House. about Her
bert Parsons and Timothy Woodruff and
others being persona non grata to the
Hughes people in New York and limiting
at the possibility that the organizations
| in these counties are to be overturned
and these men put out of business. Now.
| l was one of the first Hughes men In
| New York. and nobody will have the nerve
to charge that 1 was for somebody else
first and came to Hughes afterward. !
| predict that any attempt to overturn the
| existing organizations in Kings and New
York counties will meet with disaster and
| that no good will come from 1t. Herbert
| Parsons, for instance. was a friend OF
| Hughes in the nominating convention for
governor and stood like a stone wall for
| him. He has said he is for Hughes, and
| he is honest" Mr.. Calder resents the idea
that Timothy Woodruff will not act In
good faith to Hughes if he is elected as
| a delegate and thinks that talk OF .his
kind comes wholly from the old Odeii
| crowd which is prompting some OF the
i Hughes leaders to assume hostlie course
/ to Woodruff Parsons and other men, be-
| lieving they will profit in getting IN ana
| coming to the top in the new organlza-
/ tions.
! The. New York county committee. Wnlcn
| is dominated by Representative Parsons,
| will meet tonight and the question ol
| what it will do In indorsng Gov. Husnes
/ will be disposed OF. Ihat the FaIson. F.
/ contingent on the committee VIII support
| resolution indorsing Gov. Hughes Is. OF
| course. known. The Hughes and Odeli
| people threaten to vote down whatever
| the Parsons people propose and supsti-
| tute the original resolution placed pefore
the committee two months ago and pig
eonholed by the Parsons men,
Stand by Hughes Until Released.
1t is understood today that the Parsons
people have a surprise up their sleeves
for the opposition. Their resolution VIII,
it is stated, not only indorse Gov. Hughes
in strong terms. but will propose that all
delegates elected be pledged to remain
by him until released by him or his rep
resentative. The object Of such reso-
| luton is to kill off the talk being circu-
/ lated by the Odell people and some or the
Hughes people that the Parsons organiza-
| tion merely desires to send delegates VINO
| will ultimately desert Gov. Hughes and
vote for Secretary Taft. the Parsons
people are confident they will be able TO
! control the county organization on this
| or any other resolution to be presented
/ by them. and maintain their hold on the
/ county organization now and in the lu-
i ture.
Printing Office Report.
i Dr. Havenner. the printing expert of
! the Department of Commerce and Labor.
has submitted TO the President complete
report upon the matters he was instructed
to look into relating to the government
printing office. The report has been
forwarded to Public Printer Stillings.
! with a request for report from him. DIR.
/ Havenner was instructed to make a care
/ ful investigation of the cost to the gov
ernment departments OF printing by the
/ printing Office as compared with former
! years. the allegation having been that
/ depa. tment printing has greatly risen In
| price since the administration of Mr.. Still
/ ings. 1t was at the request Of cabinet
| officer who believes that the departments
/ are paying too much for printing that the
| investigation was made. There is said
| t. be no truth in a report that DR.. Hav-
enners investigation EXTENDED into va
riou. charges against Mr.. Stillings and
covering number of subjects.
A Wisconsin Appointment.
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin saw
the President today and recommended
that Rockwell j. Flint OF Menominee be
nominated as United States marshal OF
the western district of Wisconsin TO sue
ceed Charles Lewiston. Senator Stephen
son said that he had not discussed poll
/ tics with the President. Replying to
questions 10 political matters in his
/ state. Senator Stephe nson said: You
know we have a presidential candidate
in our own state. and he will have the
| hearty backing of the entire state. l
refer to Senator La Toilette. I am conf
dent the senator will develop great
strength in the national convention.
Carnation Day Observed
Carnation day-the birthday of the late
| President McKinley-was observed by
| President Roosevelt and employees of the
White House today. They wore pink car
nations in the lapels of their coats. The
! carnation the favorite flower of the
| lamented President. He was seldom
| without one in his coat. and the bouquets
| furnished by the propaGating gardens for
| his desk always contained some of these
| flowers.
Kentucky Office Unsettled.
/ REPRESENTATIVES Edwards. Bennett.
| James and Langley. the four republicans
| OF Kentucky. talked for some time today
with the chief executive about the Louis
! vile colectorshp. which has been caus-
| ing so much schering and wire pulling.
/ No conclusion was reached and the
President appears to be as undecided
| now as he was some time ago. The Of
| flee promises TO become famous in Ken
/ tuckxs political history the one that
everybody wanted and nobody got for
mighty long time.
/ Senators Clapp and Dixon and Repre-
/ sentatfves Steenerson and Kahn intro
duced friends to the President. Senator'S
Overman. Piles and Hopkins were among
other visitors to see the President.