Evening star., 1909-06-02
INVITATIONS FOR TAFT
East, West and South Ask
President to Visit Them.
HE CAN LIFT A MORTGAGE
Probably Will Seize Opportunity and
Attend Sunday School Picnic.
JUDGE REID ASKED TO RESIGN
Appointment of Brother-in-Law as
Receiver Investigated-Uriu
Dinner Tonight.

Dlnuer Ion1gnt.
| Invitations to President Taft to visit
| three sections of the country were re
| ceived today
| The first was from Benjamin L. Wig
| gins, vice chancellor of the University
of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. The
| communication came through Capt. A. w
Butt.
| The President was asked to visit the
| institution because Of it's national work
| 'The Entrance of the South Into the AT
| fairs of the Nation" was suggested as
| theme for an address.
| The President was told that he woulC
be welcomed at any date he might select
| He expressed the wish to make the visit
some time in the future.
Religious and financial motives were
| both back of another invitation. This
was presented by Representative Rob.
erts of Massachusetts,.
The Bethel Sunday school at Point
Pines, Mass. has a $1,000 mortgage it
wants to lift. 1t proposes to give big
picnic this summer. If the President
will attend when he goes to his sum-
school will promise to have an i'm
mense crowd to welcome him. Also, the
mortgage will be lifted.
The minister of the church with
which the Sunday school is connected
is Rev. L. B. Bates, father of Gov.
Bates of Massachusetts,. The Presi-
dent will probably accept the invitation.
The third invitation was from Repre-
sentative Taylor, the democratic repre-
sentative at large from Colorado. The
President has already received a num-
ber of invitations from that state. which
he will visit If he makes his proposed
western trip.
Mr.. Taylor told the President that the
vention of the west, will be held in Den
yer from August Is to 81. 1t was the
hope of Colorado people that he could
be in the city at that time. The open
ing of two. big irrigation projects will
take place about the same time If the
President will agree to go.
Only two things will stand in the way
of the President going west. Mrs. Taft 8
health must be such that she can go with
the President and Congress must make
an appropriation for travelling purposes.
Mrs. Taft is speedily recovering from
her nervous attack. There seems little
doubt that the summers rest near Bever-
ly will completely restore her.
Judge Reid to Resign.
Judge Silas H. Reid Is expected to tele-
graph his resignation as federal judge of
the third division of Alaska. He has re-
ceived intimations that such a course on
his part will be desirable to the admins
tration That he would comply before
this was expected.
Judge Reid was an Oklahoma republi-
can who was the candidate of his party
for attorney general of the state in the
first election there. President Roosevelt
made him a judge in Alaska.
According to the charges filed, Judge
Reid appointed his own brother-tn-law re-
ceiver for an Alaska railroad at salary
that would have soon wiped out the road.
These and other charges were investigat-
ed and the facts discovered were declared
to warrant change in the position.
Adjournment Far Off.
Congressman calling on the President
today are blue over the prospects of
adjournment House members are par
ticuarly pessimistic as to the outlook.
Two visitors today were Representa-
tives Cushman of Washington and Slay-
den of Texas. Mr.. Cushman says he can
not see an earlier date than July Is. and
Mr.. Slayden is of the same opinion.
They base their views upon the slow
ness of the Senate in getting through the
tariff bill and upon the probability that
the House and Senate will lock horns for
many days in conference The House
leaders declare that If the Senate does
not recede from many of its schedules
adjournment may be delayed almost in
definitely, the House stands committed
to downward revision and cannot afford
To yield to the Senate unless 1t is on some
unimportant schedules.
President Taft continues to believe that
everything will move rapidly from now
on and that there will be adjournment by
the end of this month or during the first
days of July.
President to Honor Uriu.
President Taft will tonight attend the
banquet to Vice Admiral Uriu of Japan at
the Metropolitan Club. He will go to the
club at 10 o'clock and will probably make
short speech expressing sentiments of
cordiality, both for the distinguished
visitor and the nation he represents.
Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding the
Department of the East, at Governors Is
land, New York. called on the President
today with Senator Root. Gen. Wood to-
day became ranking major general of the
army. Col. II. O. S. Heistand, adjutant
general of the Department of the East,
accompanied Gen. Wood
Senator Curtis called on the President
10 introduce United States Attorney Bone
and United States Marshal Mackey of
Kansas.
Representative Charles r. Thomas of
North Carolina. Representative keifer
of Ohio, Senator Stone of Missouri.
Representative BartnOldt of Missouri
and Senator Scott of West Virginia IN
troduced friends. Senator Scott pre-
sented Consul General Snyder, station
ed at Panama.
This afternoon the President re-
ceiyed the Seventh Day Adventists. IN
session here. as we'll as thirty or forty
members OF boards of health meeting
with Gen. Wyman and officials of the
marine hospital service.
Gompers and Morrison See Taft.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. and
Frank Morrison, its secretary, resumed
with President Taft today discussion
of the Sherman antitrust law as il
| applies to labor organizations. The
| President some time ago received the
executive council of the organization,
which went into the same question.
urging the President to recommend the
amendment of the law that it Will
not apply to labor organizations.
The President made no promises ex-
| cept that he will take the subject up
during the summer with Attorney Cen
| eral Wickersham and members of the
cabinet and be prepared to make rec
concentrations to Congress next win
/ ter.
| President Gompers will leave New York
June 10 for Europe to attend a number OF
/ la bor congresses there. and will get back
| to this country in September. He said to-