Evening star., 1909-03-03

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the lions than you are in the man who Is
going to hunt them."
Fourteen of the most popular school
children of st. Louis. selected in a great
voting contest by a st. Louis newspaper,
1 200. 900 votes being polled, were also in
troduced to the President.
Some Who Didn't See President.
With three or four columns of news
paper space it would be easy to print
the names Of those who did see the
President today, but there were some
notable absentees. Senator Tillman, for
instance did not make his appearance.
Neither did Senator Knute Nelson of
Minnesota. Senator Perkins OF California
or Kittredge of South Dakota. Repre-
sentative Jim Tawney was a notable
absentee. Senator Nelson has not been
to the White House since the President
refused to appoint his selection as fed
eral judge in Minnesota and named Mil
ton D. Purdy. Mr.. Purdy has not been
confirmed by the Senate and Senator Mel
son says he does not think that Mr..
Purdy will ever become one by law. Sen
ator Perkins was Swatted by Mr.. Roose-
welt in his letters on the Japanese ques-
ton. Representative Tawney came In
| for White House mention on account of
| the secret service.
| on Mr.. Roosevelt. believing that SEN
ator should let the executive branch of
| the government alone and attend to his
own. Senator Tillman has been no near
er the White House than Pennsylvania
| avenue for many years. ever since the
| Prince Henry dinner. There are others.
too
| Representative Mccall of Massachusetts,
who remained away from the White
| House for years, turned up there yes
| ter6ov afternoon and shook hands hlry-
| ing whatever feeling he may have had,
if any.
| Frank H. Hitchcock new Postmaster
General in the Taft cabinet, was with
two friends. Senior Quesada. the Cuban
minister, who is to retire and practice
law in Washington. paid his respects.
The list Of callers from Congress was
heavy again today as during the last
few days. Many of them were with
| friends
A Busy Afternoon.
President Roosevelt will be almost as
busy this afternoon as he was during the
morning. He is scheduled to shake hands
with the White House Republican Glee
Club Of Columbus, Ohio, at 2:3O O'Clock.
and to listen to songs by the men. Later
he is to receive Gov. Draper and staff of
Massachusetts, Gov. Hughes and staff
|
and staff and the Governor of Rhode Is
land and staff.
AT 6 o'clock in the afternoon he will re-
ceive his old friends from Oyster Bay.
who have come over to shake hands with
him, and at the same time he will receive
the friends and neighbors of Vice Presi-
dent-elect Sherman. After this he will
shake hands with the members of the
famous Hamilton Club of Chicago.
The last Roosevelt dinner in the White
House will be served at o'clock tonight.
with fourteen persons present. They will
constitute members of the families of the
retiring and incoming Presidents. Mr..
and Mrs. Taft will be the principal guests
of course. None of the Roosevelt chill
dren will be present and the Taft children
! will spend the night at the Boardman
residence instead of at the White House
with their father and mother.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt left Washington
at 10 o'clock this morning for Oyster Bay
and none of the other children are here
The youngest of the family, Quentin
Roosevelt. will remain at school in Alex
landria until the close OF the school year
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