Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-12

@e,fcky. DIR. Underwood wants to succeed
. John c. Dancy as recorder of deeds of
Z. The District. OF get some other position
just as good.
: Thomas s. Rollins. former republican
state chairman of North Carolina. saw
the President to request the reappolnt-
ment of his father. Maj. w. w. Rollins,
a former Union soldier, as postmaster at
Asheville, n. c. Maj. Rollins was first
appointed by Mckinley, and has held the
;. office ever since.
=. Senator Bacon and Representative Ad-
amson of Georgia urged the President TO-
. day to withhold his approval from the
{. pa pers dismissing Cadet j. HI. BROKER OF
> Georgia from West Point. the vlsitors
,, held that Cadet BROKER is innocent OF
/. the charges upon which he has been dis
missed.
! Negroes See the President.
7 \ delegation Of Virginia negroes today
asked President Taft to refuse appoint
ments of white men to Virginia Offices
: whose chief qualification is their antag-
onism to the negro under nearly all cir
cumstances. What we want is cordially
between the races in Virginia. said
James /. Mitchell. spokesman of the del
!, cgation. I'VE cannot have this cordiality
: and complete understanding if white men
= who are agitators OF race antagonism are
:, named to federal positions"
The President seemed TO he impressed
: with the argument of the visitors. who
were. besides Mitchell. James NJ. Harri-
son OF Norfolk, J. Thomas Newsome.
Newport News: DR.. ]. E. Mills. Norfolk:
: Dr. w P. Dickerson, Newport News:
; James Fl. Coleman. Newport News and
DR.. Philip Scott. Newport News.
The visitors were pleased with their
conference. but would not quote the Presi-
=. dents attitude.
The President today received Charles
Rurnham. president of the Theatrical
2. Managers Association. and Daniel Froh.
: man. president of the Actors Fund OF
: america The theatrical men invited the
: President to attend the Actors Fund fail
at the list Regiment Armory in New
York. May .. and to deliver an address
opening the fair. The President accepted
the invitation. and said that he was
: heartily in favor of the movement to
establish an actors relief fund.
Confers With President.
Harry NJ. Daugherty. for years a
leader in Ohio politics. and recently
announced as candidate for the Unit
e. cd States Senate against Senator Dick.
: was in conference today with President
Taft as to political complications in
: Ohio. A movement is on foot in Ohio
!. Ia take the senatorship contest out of
: the primary this year and leave it for
settlement later on. The contest FOR
governor Will be the feature of the re-
: publican primaries and many think II
senarorship fight.
Representatives. Austin and Brownlow
OF Tennessee Thstlewood of Illinois and
: Lee of Georgia asked President Taft to
name Gen John T. Wilder Of Chatta-
nooga as a member OF the Chickamauga
Park commission in place Of Gen. Car
man. who died a few days ago.
President Taft today sent q telegram OF
coincidence to the widow of Rufus n
Rhodes editor of the Birmingham News
who died in Birmingham this morning
q The President was great admirer OF
Mr.. Rhodes.
:. President Taft is eligible to member
ship in the, Society of the Mayhower
Composed of original descendants of the
Pilgrims, and was invited today to join
The invitation was rendered by com
= mittee of the society composed of former
Justice Brown of the Supreme Court ant
Thomas S. Hopkins.