Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-14
Governor of Oklahoma to Face
Jury Early in June.
Intervention is IN VAIN
President Determines to Continue
S. R. Rush as Prosecutor.
T. A. HOLMES FOR DIRECTOR
State Biologists and Other Interests
Want Him as Head Of Blu
reau of Mines.

! The criminal Indictment against Gov
! Haskell CT Oklahoma in connection with
what are known as the Oklahoma town
! lot Indian cases. will continue to be
pressed by the Department CT JuS.ice.
which will seek TO have petit July
pass upon tie guilt or innocence of the
governor at the June term of the federal
court
This decision was made Ivy Attorney
! General Wickersham today after con-
/ ference with the President and follow
! ing Il request Of Oklahoma democratic
! congressman that sc1ne man of SPECIAL
| selection by the President should look
| into the prosecutions and report whether
! the government is justified in continuing
! these cases.
I Senators Owen and Gore and Re-
sentatives Carter and Ferris of Oklahoma
saw the President. They submitted the
direct request that a disinterested man
of high standing should be named by the
administration to go carefully into all the
details Of the case and report upon the
ACCESSIBILITY of continuing it.
Rush to Keep His Job.
The Oklahoma congressman did not ex-
press to the President any opinions. They
are known to voice the view Of large
number of friends OF Gov. Haskell that
he is being prosecuted rather than prose-
cuted, and that there is effort to hu-
initiate and embarass him. 1t is further
declared by some of the governor S
friends that politics have been injected
into the case. the object being to hurt the
democratic party in the state.
! The proSecufiOnS Of theSa town lot
cases and of the governor have been III
| charge OF S. r. Rush. a special assistant
to the Attorney General. Mr.. Rush is in
| the city and has been In conference with
Attorney General Wickersham.
/ The indirect purpose of the request
made upon the President today is to dis
credit the fairness and justice of this
special attorney andto intimate that mo-
! tives beside legal ones animate the prose-
>uficu.
! The Attorney General said that the
cases had been begun before he entered
! the Department of Justice: that he had
looked into them with some care, and
that he considered the best way to deter
mine whether injustice was being done
was to submit the facts to jury Of cit
| liens of Oklahoma.
The recommendation of the Attorney
General will be accepted by the President
Prosecutions will continue under the
charge Of Mr.. Rush, who is said at the
/ DGDdTtHcnt Oh Justice 10 nave uOHe ciCdH
work throughout his connection with the
cases.
DR.. Holmes May Be Director.
Nearly every state geologist in the
country and large mining interests united
today in asking President Taft to name
Dr. J. A. Holmes as director of the new
bureau Of mines. The probability is
that the selection will be made. although
the President did not give promises to
/ that effect.
The bill creating the bureau has passed
| both houses OF Congress and awaits the
is at present in charge ofthe technologic
department of the geological survey, and
| his work there has been satisfactory to
! biologists and mining interests
! The delegation which talked with the
President consisted of Representative
HUFF of Pennsylvania. of the House conf
mittee on mines and mining: Representa-
tives Englebright and Bartlett. 8. a.
Taylor representing mining engineers;
Frank Tilley. bituminous coal interests
A. HI. Storss anthracite coal interests:
r. j. Richards and T. G. Harper, coal
miners; J. F. Callbreath American min
| ing congress; T. A. Randall. clay indus
| tries; W. +. Carson. quarry industries,
and DR.. I. C. White, state biologists.
| There has been some opposition to the
appointment of DIR. Holmes. The big
delegation called to show the President
how widespread is the wish for INN.
Content With Dixon Amendment.
Senators Elkins, Aldrich and Crane had
brief conferences with President Taft to-
day as to the situation of the railroad
bill in the Senate. All three senators are
fully satisfied with the Dixon short I'll
amendment adopted yesterday.
THINKS IF IL pnhnil-
would say 1t is we'll understood that it
suits him. however.
ATTORNEY General Wickersllam who
talked with the President unequivocally
expressed the opinion that the amend
ment differed little from existing law on
the same subject. except that it empha-
sizes the Interstate commerce commits
SONS authority to investigate.
This is what have all along de-
Sired said Mr.. Wickersham.
| Mr. Wickersham thought that the
amendment was most satisfactory from
the administration viewpoint.
| Statehood for New Mexico and Arizona
was also under consideration at the White
House today. Postmaster General Hitch
| cock accompanied delegation of New
Mexico and Arizona men to see the Presi-
dent who promised to do what he can
to push the statehood bills at this ses-
| sion.
In the hope that something may be
done, even this late in the session, the
two territories are sending their best men
! to Washington to urge their rights upon
Congress- The delegation at the White
House today consisted of Delegate An
drews, ex-Delegate Catron, Judge Edward
Mann H. e. Holt and Z. W. Dobson of
New Mexico; Delegate Cameron and
Knox Corbett of Tucson, Ar!z
The visitors were released with the will
irgness of the President to aid them.
Actors and Students Call.
President Taft had q large number Of
visitors OF all classes and grades today.
/ Among them were thirty members OF the
New Theater company. playing at the
Belasco. and the graduating class of the
West Chester, Pa, Normal School. intro
duced by Representative Butler.
i The dedication exercises of the Ingram
! Memorial Church will he attended to-
morrow by President Taft. He today
promised .. II. Ingram of Eau Claire,
Wis. founder of the church. that he
would be present a short time. Senator
t,,,epheuson introduced Mr.. Ingram.
Building Permits Issued.
The following building permits We're
| issued today:
To D. Del Yecchio. for one one-story
br,clr store at 1897 IL street northeast;