Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
TO BE SERVED ON TERRACE
Democrats as Well as Republicans
the Presidents Guests.
ARRANGING TO LEAVE CAPITAL
Mr.. Taft All Ready to Start for
Beverly Tomorrow Afternoon.
Many Say Goodbye.

dinner at the White House tonight to
celebrate the end OF the tariff fight.
All of the tariff builders have been in
vited, and for once the bars have been
removed. SO that even the democrats
are to be let in at the feast. Nearly
everybody will be at the White House
dinner except the insurgents.
The dinner has been arranged for 8
! o'clock, and the acceptance of the lead
ers is a strong indication that they ex-
pect Congress to adjourn some time late
this afternoon.
The President has invited all of the
members of the House committee on
ways and means, headed by Mr.. Payne,
and all the members OF the Senate
committee on finance, headed by Mr..
Aldrich In addition to these there will
be the Vice President and Speaker Can
non, who presided over the deliberations
/ of the two Houses of Congress during
the tariff discussion; Senator Crane or
Massachusetts. the whip of the Sen
ate. and Representative Dwight, the
whip of the House. Senator Crane
and Mr.. Dwight did yeoman service for
the President at times when the con-
ferees put up to him the matter of Sc
curing votes to pass the bill II certain
of his propositions should be accepted.
Senator Root, who had SO large part
in drafting the corporation tax provi-
sion Of the tariff bill, also is to be .
guest at the dinner. together with Capt.
4 Archibald Butt and all the members OF
the cabinet who are in town.
Will Be Served Out Of Doors.
/ Altogether there will be about forty
two guests at the dinner. which will be
| served out of doors on the western ter
race. The dinner will rival in way the
celebrated tariff dinner the President gave
about three weeks ago when the House
and Senate conferees appeared to be IN
a very peevish mood and had threatened
to stay in Washington until doom s day
before giving away an inch in their con-
trary attitudes on many OF the most I'M
portant schedules.
President Taft has made all of his ar
rangements to leave Washington for Bev-
erly tomorrow afternoon An unexpected
hitch in the program for the final hours
OF the congressional session may change
his plans. but there Is said to be little
| chance for this
The President may go to the Capitol
this afternoon to sign the tariff and other
bills which will be rushed through in the
| closing hours. His action will be guided
by advices from the Senate after the vote
on the tariff bill and the contemplated
action on the concurrent resolution cor
recting the shoe schedule.
i Telling President Goodbye.
The President did much farewell hand
shaking today with senator's and rep
resentatives. who will get away for their
homes at the earliest possible moment
after adjournment The list included al
most a fourth Of Congress.
There were also callers with odds and
ends of matters they wished to lay
before the President before he gets
away The Georgia delegation in the
House called to the Presidents attention
the case OF a Georgia moonshiner named
Edward Colbert, who Is serving two years
in Habersham county Jail for perjury in
connection with an Illicit distilling case.
Representative Bell. who halls from the
great moonshine district of the state,
told the President that he had heard the
case, and is satisfied Colbert is innocent
The President referred the case to the
pardon officials of the Department OF
Justice to make report to the Attorney
General.
Senator Daniel saw the President about
going TO the Confederate reunion at
Fishers Hill. Va. Saturday. but the
President cannot go.
Representative Moon saw him to ask
that he be sure to sign bill put through
both houses extending the time for the
completion of lock and dam on the
Tennessee river, at Hales bar, below
Chattanooga.
New Director Of Mint.
The President today sent to the Senate
the nomination of A. Piatt Andrew OF
Massachusetts, to be director of the mint
to succeed Director Leach, who resigned
to enter business in California.
Mr.. Andrew is the expert to the none
: tary commission provided by Congress
and now trying to agree upon a report
for changing the financial laws of the
country He was for some years an as
sistant professor at Harvard College, and
when selected by the monetary commits
sion had the recommendation Of former
President Eliot and others. He is classed
as one of the best informed men In the
country on financial matters. While as
Stunning the duties of director of the mint
he will continue to aid the monetary
commission In its work. He is young
man, under forty years of age.
Many Things to Dispose OF.
President Taft will have to settle a
good many important matters after he
gets to Beverly. One of these is the long
pending question of What is whisky?
; which has been hanging before the
Roosevelt and Taft administrations for
nearly year. Solicitor Bowers of tn.
! Department of Justice recently took SOC
, or 400 printed pages of testimony on the
subject from experts as to whisky and
presented his conclusions to the Presi-
dent. who gave the whisky interests until
t July 70 to file their briefs on the question
2 The long. arduous work on the tariff has
l prevented the President settling the Ques-
ton and he will carry 1t to Beverly with
: him.
Several hundred census enumerator APP
: pointments are hanging up. and II 10
J probable that no action will be taken
: until the President has had a chance to
have long talk with Postmaster Gen.
eral Hitchcock and agree upon list of
appointments in the southern states,
divided as equally as possible between
democrats and republicans. Southern
senator's who have been to see the Presi-
dent have been told that he will talk to or
communicate with them again about the
appointments.
Important Kentucky Appointments.
There are half a dozen important ap-
pointments hanging up in Kentucky, in
volving collectors of internal revenue,
United States marshals and United States
, attorneys The President had with him
General Hitchcock, Senator Bradley and
Representatives Langley and Bennett of
Kentucky. The Kentucky appointments
were discussed.
Senator Bradley does not wish to as
, | sumo the responsibility of making rec.
concentrations for all these appointments
and wishes to cooperate with the repub-
Hcan representatives from the state The
representatives are not in harmony as te
the appointments. The President would
like to see them get together. II possible
and If they do not do so he will accept
| the recommendations of Senator Bradley
| and announce the names.
The selection of the judges and officials
| Of tho new customs court will also have