Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-13
ELLIS IN CONFERENCE
President ConsuIts Him on
Ohio Appointments.
ROBINS CASE HANGS FIRE
Nothing Definite Decided as Result
of Long Hearing.
ROBINS CASE HANGS FIRE
OTHER BUCKEYE JOBS TO FILL
bennett to Stay as Commissioner Of
Land Ofice-Papers in Florence,
S. c., Post Office Fight.

Wade Ellis, assistant attorney general
and the quiet adviser of the President
as to Ohio appointments, conferred for
half an hour today with Mr.. Taft as to
several complicated cases In that state.
For three hours yesterday afternoon, as
stated in The Star. President Taft sat
as judge and listened to the defense of
Oscar l. Robins against charges that he
used money too freely in running the po-
litical machinery at Dayton.
| Mr.. Robins has been surveyor of the
port at Dayton four years. His term has
expired and the organization republicans
| In his county greatly desire his continua-
| ton for another term. Charges preferred
against him were carefully investigated
by an agent of the Treasury Department,
who reported adversely to the incumbent
Senator Dick and the friends of Mr..
Robins asked personal hearing of the
| case, and this was granted. With Pres1-
dent Taft sitting judge and Senators
| Dick and Burton as jury, the case has
been gone oyer.
| Robert Nevin, jr. republican county
| chairman at Dayton, and Theodore Flu
| hart appeared before the President and
made statements The President called
| in Mr.. Ellis today to go over the situa-
| ton with him, as nothing definite was
decided as a result of the long hearing.
| Not only is the Dayton surveyorship
! under consideration, but the post office
at Sandusky, the internal revenue collect |
orship of the Columbus-Athens collection
district and several other matters are
giving worry. The President wishes to
dispose of all the appointments at the
earliest possible moment. but he is pro- |
ceeding with deliberation and care, his
| uppermost thought being to promote har-
mony in the state.
Wade Ellis was close to the President
fIa o1 ZION los
year. and he has immediate entree at the
| White House whenever he calls
| Bowland in the Lead.
| For the internal revenue Office, made
| vacant by the resignation of Collector
Moore, the most prominent candidate is
w. G. Bowland of Columbus, but rail-
road conductor. John H. Elder of Athens.
popular among railroad men, is strongly
backed. --ssr
An impending change of importance at
Cincinnati is in the Office of the United
| States attorney. Sherman Mcpherson, a
personal friend of ex-senator Foraker.
| has held the Office five or six years, and
| it seems settled that there is to be a
change. Henry G. Williams. republican
| state chairman, is slated for the office.
| 1t is interesting that President Taft has
| shown no favors to the republicans Of his
| state up to this time. He has given no
| important Office to the state. Not a single
| member Of his cabinet halls from that
| state, and in giving his cabinet officers
| unlimited authority in selecting their as
| sistants he has shut the door on horde
of hungry Ohioans. who expected to land
| in choice spots in the great federal office
places have gone to Ohio, and the boys
/ are mourning.
Papers in Post Office Fight.
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which has been pending before the Presi |
dent ever since he came into Office. was
enlvened today by affidavits, letters and
papers filed with the President by Repre-
sentative Ellerbe of that congressional
| district. The administration, upon the |
| recommendation of Postmaster General |
| Hitchcock, has been ready for some time |
! to appoint Howard Cassel, a son of Rep
| resentative Cassel, who has been living at |
Florence some years as manager of the |
| Electric Lighting and Water Company. |
Mr.. Ellerbe asked that the appointment |
be held up until he could present objec- |
| tions to Mr.. Cassel. This he did today |
These are in the form of affidavits from |
county officers and others, to the effect |
| that Mr.. Cassel has never paid taxes in |
| the county. and especially the poll tax. |
which would entitle him to vote in the |
elections of the state. Il
The affidavits show also. 1t Is said, that
| Mr.. CaSsel was technically arrested by
the chief of police for non payment of
street taxes of the city of Florence, all
| going to show that he has never consid-
cred himself citizen of the town up to
| the time his name was mentioned for
| postmaster. There are other charges.
| The President told Representative Ell
| lerbe that he would have a careful inves-
/ tigation Of the charges made before act
| ing. Some time ago Representative Cas-
| sci of Pennsylvania, father of the young
man, filed papers showing that his son
| had voted at Florence and owned DrOD-
erty in that section of the state.
Fred bennett to Stay.
Secretary Ballinger of the Interior De-
partment has asked President Taft to
continue Fred bennett as commissioner of
the land Office, and this will be done. Mr.
| bennett was assistant commissioner of
the land Office when Mr.. Balinger was
commissioner. Upon the retirement of
Mr.. Ballinger he urged President Roose-
welt to promote bennett. and this was
done. The Secretary regards Mr.. Den
nett as too efficient a man to let go.
| Representative Austin of Tennessee
asked President Taft today to visit the
summer school of the University Of Ten
nessee at Knoxville this summer. Mr..
Austin told the President that there are
e.tp pupils. embryo teachers. at this
school each summer. and that he would
he heartily welcomed. The President could
not make any promises, but said he would
think it over.
| President Taft has at last decided that
he will go to the Gettysburg battlefield
on Memorial day. He will deliver an ad-
dress to great gathering of G.. A. r.
men who will be there to decorate the
graves. The President will remain as
guest at banquet in honor of Gov.
Stuart.
President Taft not long ago bought, for
lone cent, the first woman suffrage stamp