Evening star., 1909-05-14
GOV. JOHNSON CALLS
Executive of Minnesota Visitor
at White House.
TALKS WITH PRESIDENT
Senator Scott Getting Tired Of Tariff
Oratory.
SUGGESTS EXECUTIVE SESSION
Knights Templar Extend Invitation
to Witness Parade in Philadel-
phia-School Glass Received.
TALKS WITH PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE SESSION

Gov. johnson of Minnesota, just from
two-week vacation at Old Point Comfort.
dropped in at the White House just be-
fore the cabinet meeting today. He called
later in the day and had pleasant talk
with the President. The suit of clothes
the Minnesota governor had on was one
of several he wore in Washington last
summer when he attended the conference
of governors at the White House on the
conservation of natural resources. The
suit attracted attention then, because it
gave the governor a particularly natty
appearance. 1t Is a very light green.
with small stripe. The governor and
some of his friends were going around
Washington today in a big automobile.
They will remain mere until tomorrow
night.
The Minnesota chief executive was out
of touch with public questions, he said.
He had been enjoying himself and had
not read a newspaper in two weeks.
About the tariff, governor"
Upon my word, | don't know any,
thing about it. If there has been no
weeks as to the tariff bill under process
of construction in Congress l am frank
to say that 1 don't think much of it,
Says Talk Is Too Plentiful.
Senator Scott of West Virginia, always
frank and blunt, is getting tired over the
tariff Oratory in the Senate.
when the President asked me today
what we were DOING the West Virginian
said, Il told him we were doing nothing
but talking. If the Oratory keeps going
as 1t Is now there Is no telling when we
will get away. II we could only empty
the galleries and stop the newspapers
from printing the oratory we'd get
through with the tariff bill in a week
This talk makes me tired. What's the
good of it all? But you'll see fellows get
up. wave their arms at the galleries and
talk everybody tired. What we ought to
do is to take the matter up and dispose
OF it in executive session. That would
kill off the flow of words
Knights Templar Invite President.
The Grand Commandery. knights Tenn
plar. of Pennsylvania today invited Presi-
dent Taft TO witness the annual parade
of the Grand Commandery of that state
in Philadelphia May %. The President,
who is a Mason, but not a knight
Templar, said that he had other engage
ments that would prevent his attending.
sentative Wanger of Pennsylvania, a past
grand commander of the Pennsylvania
knights Templar.
Representative Focht of Pennsylvania
introduced 10 Tie fTcSlueIlt MIS-. H. II.
Wilmer of Philadelphia and children Mrs.
Wilmer is daughter of John B. Packer
of Pennsylvania.
The President this afternoon received
$50 members OF the senior class of the
Pennsylvania Normal School of West
Chester, Pa. The class comes to Wash
ington every spring and remains here on
a sightseeing tour under the guidance of
Representative Butler. 1t was received
Yesterday by Vice President Sherman
and Speaker Cannon. 1t Is scheduled to
visit cabinet officers and other officials.
Treasurer Treat Not to Remain.
1t is now pretty definitely understood
that President Taft will not give an
other appointment to Charles E. Treat,
United States treasurer. The President
has another man in mind for the position
and the decision not to retain Mr.. Treat
is based on desire to recognize another
man, and not to objections to the ad-
ministration Of the Treasury official who
is highly indorsed by the business and