Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-13
President Turns His Attention
to Patronage Matters.
KENTUCKIANS ARE NAMED
Two Appointments Endorsed by the
Bradley Organization.
CRUMPACKER SEES TROUBLE
Indianian Known to View the Re.
publican Outlook in the Middle
States With Alarm.

President Taft. having completed his
most important messages to Congress,
has turned his attention to iisposing of a
number of patronage matters in various
states. These have been delayed while
the President struggled with the bigger
problems Of legislation. In the next few
weeks the President will grind out for
the Senate several hundred nominations
in nearly all states except those where
the insurgents have caused a hold-up.
The President today settled part of the
Kentucky patronage fight and had long
conference with Walter s. Dickey. repub-
lican state chairman of Missouri, as to
appointments that are in dispute there.
In the Kentucky nominations the Pres
ident stands by the organization as rep
resented by Senator Bradley and Repre-
sentatives Langley and Bennett. The
faction represented by Representative Ed
wards has been left in the cold. The
nominations today were Ludlow F. Petty
to be collector of internal revenue for
the fifth district, and Asbury p. Patrick
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district. Mr. Petty is the private secre-
tary of Senator Bradley and Mr.. Patrick
is the choice Of Representative Langley.
Another nomination agreed upon is that
of T. A. Field, to be collector of internal
revenue at Lexington. He also is an
adherent Of the Bradley faction.
Among the other nominations was that
of William p. Warner to be United
States marshal of Nebraska. a reappoint-
ment satisfactory to Senators Brown and
Burkett. who are classed with the radical
progressives back home and are admins
tration men in Washington.
Bad Situation in Indiana.
Representative Crumpacker of Indi-
ana. the only republican returned to
the House from that state a year ago
last November. talked over conditions
there with Mr.. Taft today. Although
Mr.. Crumpacker, always careful of his
words. would not discuss his visit. il is
known that he views the republican
outlook with a good deal of alarm
The party there Is split on the Cannon
Aldrich proposition as badly as I'm Ohio
and other middle western states. The
belief is expressed that any republican
nominee for Congress who expresses
himself in favor OF Speaker Cannon
Will be defeated for election, and the
demand is that every republican nomi
nee must pledge himself for or against
Cannon Mr.. CrumDacker has always
worked with the organization and IL
personally fond of Speaker Cannon, but
he is nevertheless able to clearly dis
cern public opinion.
Senator Aldrich Is To try to help stem
the western tide by speaking on the cur
rency and financial problem at Indian
apolis January 20. Ex-Representative
Overstreet OF Indianapolis Is here
v.-As I~.- n. IL
speak at Cincinnati January %. These
will be the only two speeches he will
make in the middle west.
Representatives Martin and Burke OF
South Dakota are to be guests Of Presi-
dent Taft at luncheon tomorrow to dis
cuss the proposition pending to harmon
ize factional differences in that state.
They were at the White House a few
minutes today.
To Attend Local Functions.
President Thirkield of Howard Univer-
sity arranged today for President Taft
TO dedicate the Carnegie library OF the
institution March 10. The President laid
the corner stone of the library some time
ago. II is hoped to have Andrew Car
negie present at the dedication.
DIR. w. c. Borden of George Washing
ton University invited the President To
dltCHu Tic CIldllly bdll OI the lIdOleS
Auxiliary of the hospital OF the institution
at the New Willard. February The
President will go if he can find the time.
President George l.. Cain and the dele
gates to the annual meeting of the league
of navy yards and arsenalS, the name
of which has been changed 10 the Ma
tonal League of Government Employees
called on President Taft today to discuss
conditions at the Schuylkill arsenal They
told the President that the rights of en-
l0lnyeS there absolutely diSraga rdeA
and that they are not treated as are
employees in navy yards and arsenalS
elsewhere The War Department. which
has the matter before il. has asked the
Attorney General for an opinion. The
President gave President Can a letter
to Attorney General Wirkersham. 50
that the side of the employees may be
made known 20 that official.
Representatives Weeks and Currier to-
day discussed conservation and forest
reserve matters with the President. espe-
cially with reference to the proposed
White mountain and Appalachian forest
reserves. Mr.. Weeks has introduced =
bill dealing with the forest question.
A Kick From Lumbermen.
Upon the complaint of the National
Lumbermen's Association as to the long
drawn-out delay of the bureau of corpo-
rations upon the lumber business. Presi-
dent Taft has directed Secretary Nagel
and Herbert Knox Smith. head of the
bureau, to present the report at the
earliest possible minute. Three years ago
the Senate passed a resolution directing
report upon whether there was
conspiracy, trust. agreement or contract
in restraint of lawful trade" in the lum-
ber business. Several hundred men have
been at work getting the facts for years.
and the cobwebs have covered the thing
so deeply the lumber people want the
agony over.
Mr.. Smith told the President tnat tne
facts wanted are I'm the final stage of
compilation Lumbermen and others eX-
press the belief that this one investiga-
ton by the bureau of corporations has
cost the government quarter of mil
lion dollars. and that II will be OF no
practical benefit to the country when