Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-27
President Informed of Senate
Naval Program.
PRINGLE TO GET HIS JOB
Pittsburg Labor Leaders Name Is
Again Sent In.
PLACE FIXED FOR MR.. LOEB
New York Col1ectorship Considered
About Right by His Friends.
Virginia in the Cabinet.

Senator Aldrich conferred with Pres
ident Roosevelt this morning. Following
his usual custom. he refraned from re-
vealing the subject of the conference. He
is understood though. to have given the
President assurance that the elder states
men of the Senate will not object to two
battIeships at this session, but will ac-
cept the House provision for two fighting
monsters.
Senator Flint proposes to offer an
amendment for four battleships, two of
which will go to the formation of bat
tleship fleet for the Pacific, but he does
not know whether it can be put through
the Senate. 1t is stated by those who
ought to know that two ships will be as
far as the Senate will go.
John ID. Pringle. the Pittsburg labor
leader, who has learned some wrinkles
in politics in the last few months, was
this afternoon again nominated by Pres-
dent Roosevelt as appraiser of merchan-
disc of the port of Pittsburg. This time
he will probably be confirmed Pringle
attended the famous labor dinner of the
President this winter The President
asked him if he wanted anything. He
said he would like to have the appraiser
ship job. The, President promised to give
1t TO him. In the face of serious oppo-
siton from republican leaders and or
ganiZa ton men PringleS name was sent
to the Senate.
Then he allowed himself to be trapped
into presiding at local political meeting
handling the mayOraltf fight. The meet
ing was a machine affair, and Mr.. Prin-
giles action and presence was declared to
be indicatory of the attitude of President
Roosevelt on the mayors fight. Senator
Knox promptly stepped in and had Prin-
gle'S name withdrawn from the Senate.
Then Pringle began to explain hard and
fast He has succeeded in having Senator
Knox believe he was innocent in his at
tendance at the meeting, and that he will
never do so any more. Mr. Knox today
saw the President and raised the ban
Virginia in the Cabinet.
Representative Slemp, the acknowledged
head of the Virginia republican organiza-
tion called upon the President today to
introduce E. w. Nichols, superintendent
of the Virginia Military Institute. Mr..
Slemp has been discussed as available
material for the Taft cabinet, and many
of his friends think should be invited
into that muc'l-talked-of body. When the
subject was preached to Mr.. Slemp to-
day he said Virginia republicans had
been working to secure a cabinet place
for Alvah Martin, the republican leader
of Norfolk and prominent in business
and financial circles there. Mr.. Slemp
does not know what will happen to the
efforts of the Virginians. but hopes that
Mr.. Martin will be given a cabinet place.
William Loeb, jr., is slated for about
the best job in the Taft administration
next to a cabinet place. but today he
wouldn't say what Il is or even admit 1t
is So That he will be connected with the
Taft administration, though. is now posi-
lively known. Some OF his New York
friends believe he will be collector OF the
port OF New York, considered the best
job in that state and one OF the best IN
the federal service.
President Roosevelt has sent Emperor
William of Germany message of con-
graduation on his birthday, but the White
House wouldn't make it public today.
Porto Rico a Live "Kicker."
Delegate Tulie Larrinaga of Porto Rico
declares he can establish the fact that he
is good American. IL told the President
today" said the delegate. that I am
tired of insinuations that there is an anti
American sentiment in Porto Rico. It is
wholly false. If there was I wouldn't be
here as the delegate of the island, because
they all know down there I am an Ameri-
can. Yes. we do kick a little down there,
but kicking is one of the chief rights and
glories of an American, and what we are
kicking for is some of the things We ought
to have.
I'VE will keep on kicking until we get
what we want and need, but don't forget
that we are Americans and propose to re-
main so. The flag is ours and will be
ours the balance OF time" Mr.. Larrinaga
! introduced NJ Rodriguez Sierra, a Porto
Rican lawyer.
| A number of delegates to the dependent
| child conference saw the President today
and he expressed pleasure at the outcome
of the gathering. He was especially
complimentary of ]. f. West of this
| city, the real father of the gathering.