Evening star., 1909-02-20
TO Be LEFT TO TAFT
Political Patronage Surren-
dered by the President.
SOME PROBLEMS INVOLVED
Believed That Roosevelt Will Sail
for Europe March "a.
RECENT CONGRESS IN CHILE
Delegates Report on the Work Done
in Santiago-Next Meeting
Here In 1912.
SOME PROBLEMS INVOLVED
RECENT CONGRESS IN CHILE

President Roosevelt will make no more
political appointments in his administra-
t'on.
lie will turn all patronage matters over
10 his successor. leaving to the next chief
executive whatever benefits may or may
not come from handling these things.
The President will confiue all his nomi-
nations to the army and navy and the
diplomatic and consular service. These
are more or less automatic but must un-
der the law bc made in the regular way.
For the last two or three months the
President has been following d policy
of putting off the filling of positions un-
Ill Mr Taft comes in. hut he has found
Il advisahe To make no hard and fast
rule in this respect He now knows Of
no appointments he will nave to make
before his term ends He has left to Mr.
Taft number Of desirable vacancies
the filing of which will give the new
President some knotty problems to solve
\ large number Of the appointments are
In the south, and at the outset the new
chief executive will have opportunity to
show what his program in that part of
the country is TO be.
The President is leaving number of
other problems for his successor. and so
Ear possible is winding up his admin
iStration in easy fashion.
Presidents Departure for Africa.
The White House will make nothing
public about the departure of the Presi-
dent for his African trip. but ii is now
believed he will sail from New York
March ~ on the steamer Hamburg. reach
ing Naples April 4. and will leave there
the next day on the steamer Admiral of
the German East African line, reaching
AIobasa. East Africa. the last of April.
II is proha BILE that members of the party
who will be with the President in Africa
will leave New York ahead of him, going
by the steamer koenig Albert, which
leaves New York March 13.
The Recent Congress in Chile.
l.. $ Rowe of the University of Penn
sylvania and Paul S. Reinsch of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. two of the ten dele
gates OF the United States to the Pan
american Scientific Congress. held i'm De
cemoer a Santiago. Chile, submitted TO
President Roosevelt today a preliminary
report of the work of the congress- the
mrs, % its kind at which the Unhed
States was ever asked TO participate. Mr.
Rove was chairman of the American
delegation.
The congress considered many problems
Of common interest to pdn-American
countries. An agreement was reached to
urge upon the legislative bodies Of the
different countries the adoption of laws
AS near uniform as possible dealing with
commerce citizenship. etc a plan look
ing toward such international uniformity
was adopted by the congress and will
he submitted to the interested nations.
The next congress will be held in this
city in October 191..
American Invasion of Chile.
II. F. McGarvey. who is to be general
manager OF the South American exhibit
OF American manufacturers AT Santiago
Chile, in October and November called
on the President today with David Day
The President is pleased at the enter
prise that has induced American manu-
faCturers To invade South America with
great exposition. the expenses of which
are I" he paid wholly by them. and
which will be free TO Chileans and other
South Americans. This decision to un-
fertahc such an exposition was reached
by manufa cturers after the visit Of Sec
retary Root TO South america The
President has promised that the govern
mcnt viii give all the moral aid desired
Other White House Callers.
Buffalo Jones. the westerner who
breeds catalos in Texas by crossing cat.
0a and buffalos, called on the Presiden,
today He told the President he is makine
some experiments in hybridzng Persian
and merino sheep. Some time ago he
sent the President some Of the meat OF
the mixed animals.
Frank Stenhart. general manager ot
1ite electric railways in Cuba and for.
rnerly in the consular service Of this couu.
try. talked with the President today Hs
called with Secretary r.. \. Moseley 81
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