Evening star., 1909-04-24
MEASLES NEAR TAFT
President Meets Boy Who
Later Develops Disease.
NOT WORRYING ABOUT 1T
Opposition to the Appointment OF
John Elder Developed.
HARVEY SCOTT REFUSES OFFEE
Prefers Newspaper Life to the Am
bassadorship to Mexico-Har-
wards Ball Nine Calls.

If President Taft doesn't get case OF
measles 1t will not be because some Ohio
newspapers are trying to save him from
the disease. The trouble all comes over
the fact that a seven-year-old son of Rep
resentative James M. Cox Of Dayton
shook hands with President Taft last
Thursday and promptly went home and
broke out with measles. Ohio newspaper
correspondents who found out about the
story have sent the report all over Ohio
that the President may soon be down
with the disease as a result of his con-
tact with the youngster. The President
does not seem alarmed over the outlook,
and has sent no rush message to his fam
lily physician to stave off the impending
disaster. If he has to begin life over again
with the measles he will resign himself
to the situation and take things easy. He
is certain that he has been in contact with
far more dangerous propositions than
measles since he has been President.
Not having kept any close record Of his
childhood vfcissitudes, President Taft
doesn't know whether he had measles
when youngster, but he came up in a
well regulated American family and
caught pretty much everything else that
an American boy has. The chances are
that he didn't miss this annoying all
ment of childhood.
Master Charlie Taft, the President s
youngest son. had pink" eye recently.
executive has also passed through plague,
cholera. smallpox, yellow fever and most
everything else in his long experience in
the Philippines and elsewhere and ought
TO be immune to less and lighter diseases.
Good Luck for President.
Quite appropriately. the President today
received four-leaf clover. Indicating
good luck, in connection with a book
written by Mrs. Ella Higginson of Bel
lingham. Wash. The book was presented
by Senator Jones of that state. On the
hy leaf of the book Mrs. Higginson at
tached four-ieaf clover Underneath
she wrote these lines:
''Onc leaf is FOR hope and S Tor faith,
Aud one is for love. you know.
And God puts another in for luck:
If you search you will find where they grow.
But YOU must have hope and you must have
You must love and be strong: and SO
If you work. If you wait. you will find the place
Where the four-leaf clovers grow
Working Hard for Bowland.
The strong probability that John Elder,
a Hooking Valley railroad conductor. liv-
ing at Athens, Ohio, would be named by
President Taft as collector of internal
revenue for the AthensColumbus district
brought Harry M. Daugherty to Wash
ington, and he called on President Taft
today with Representative Taylor of that
district They urged the President to
nominate Willis Bowland. well known
republican of Columbus. and told the
President mistake would be made if
any other republican should be given the
place Elder is strong with the railroad
me1 of the state. and did great work for
the republican ticket in Ohio in the last
campaign.
Senator Burton also conferred with the
President today on Ohio appointments.
Other White House Callers.
Senators Gamble and Crawford Of South
DAKOTA invited the President today 10
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