The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-10

Washington, June 10. = President
Taft yesterday declined to receive
Representative Francis Burton Harri.
son, democrat, of New York, who call
ed at the White House in company
with two other representative to in.
troduce a number of Jewish rabbis,
who took up with the president the
question of the expulsion of Jews from
Russia.
The president received the delega.
tion and chatted fifteen minutes or
more. Representative Goldfogle, OF
New York, acted as spokesman for the
party, and so adriotly had the situation
been handled by Secretary Norton that
not one of the callers knew of the in.
cident until Representative Harrison
returned to the capitol and there an
nounced he had been rebuffed by the
president.
Mr.. Taft based his refusal to see
MIR. Harrison on statements attribut-
ed by newspapers to the representa-
tive in connection with his resolution
in the house calling upon Attorney
General Wickersham for full informa-
ton as to the connection of his Office
with the Ballinger-P Pinchot episode
Mr.. Harrison, according to the White
House version of the matter, charged
the president and the attorney general
with having wilfully attempted to mis-.
lead congress in the back-dating of
the attorney generals summary of the
CLAWS charges against the secretary
of the interior.
Mr. Harrison was first quoted as
having said he could assign no rea.
son for the presidents action. He
had made the engagement with the
president some ten days ago and had
received no intimation that his pres
ence at the White House was undesir,
able.
Secretary Norton said the president
had no purpose of publicity humiliat
ing the congressman, as had been
charged, and that nothing would have
been said regarding the affair if Mr.
Harrison himself had not made the
matter public. Mr. Norton said it was
indeed his understanding that Mr.. Har
rison expressly desired that nothing
should be said.
Mr.. Norton said that during the con
gressional receiving hour he noticed
Representatives Harrison and Gold
fogIe, of New York, and Representa-
tive Kelliher, of Massachusetts, with
the party of rabis at the head of the
line, awaiting admission to the presi
dents office. He spoke to all of the
members of the party and few min
utes later informed the president oil
the presence of the delegation. Mr.
Taft announced that he would be glad
to receive every member of the dele
cation but Mr. Harrison. He declared
that because of the statements made
by Mr. Harrison he did not desire tc
speak with him. Secretary Norton
thereupon invited Mr.. Harrison into
his office, saying he had some affairs
to discuss with him. Meantime he
had the party shown into the presi
dents Office at the appointed hour and
asked Mr. Goldfogle to introduce the
callers in Mr.. Harrison's absence.
Mr.. Norton asserted the president
himself had no previous knowledge
that Mr. Harrison was to be one oil
his callers today. The engagement
had been made in the routine way
some ten days ago, through the secre
tary's Office
Mr.. Harrison was quoted on May
13, as having said of the back-datine
Of the Wickersham summary:
"This confession of the attorne,
general amounts to the conclusion
that the president and attorney gen