The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-27
GLOOMY PARTY
 AT WHITE HOUSE Cabinet Meeting Has No h.
 Centive for GladneSS BAD OUTLOOK FOR PARTY 
Taft's Administration Is Facing Re. pudiatiOn and Cabinet Members Are Not Feeling Demon-
 sfrufiye Over It
BY PATTERSON sTEALEy

Washington, September 26-(Special.)- The gloomest cabinet meeting held at the White House in a quarter of cen tury took place today. It was notable only for the general belief on the part of the participants that the administra- tion is facing repudiation
 There was hardly dissent to the prop osition that the democrats will carry the House this fall While 1t was denied that politics was under discussion the critical situation of the dominant party in state and nation was unavoidably the live topic at the meeting. Nearly all the cabinet officers will take the stump, but little hope was expressed that 1t would avail anything.
 The only unusual feature cropping out of the events transpiring under the presidential roof during the day was the inauguration of a three or four days cabinet meeting and the installation of the cabinet members In the upper rooms of the residential portion of the mansion as guests of the President All of the rubbish that has been given such wide publicity relative to the cabinet confer ences at the White House was dis counted by the President and his secre- tary, who points out that this is the first opportunity the chief executive has had for meeting his official family in a body since the adjournment of Congress in June and that the present gatherings are different In no other respect than that three successive cabinet meetings e usual twice week cabinet conferences of the winter months. The last regular meeting of the cabinet was held exactly three months ago. Since then the Presi- dent and most of the departmental heads have been away from Washington. They were within easy access at Beverly in several instances but no largely attended cabinet meeting was held at the summer capital
 Nothing I'm the Stories "Al there is in these stories Of unusual cabinet occurrences" said Secretary Nor ton, lis that the President wanted to go over departmental affairs with his ad- vsers. The President has been up to his sleeves in work all day and that is the programmed for the next three or four days. There is nothing unusual about these sessions except that several cabinet meetings are being held one right after the other'
 It is stated on authority that such mat ters as the Ballnger affair and a num- Der of the other matters which were cred ited with being the main purpose of these conferences were not even discussed dur
 ing the conferences which the President oad this afternoon with the single ex- ception of the supreme court appoint l. Nx,ft 1x..t the vacancies on the supreme bench were discussed informally between the President and members of his cabinet today, but no decision was reached. The mind of the President is declared author ltatively to be wide open on both the mat ter Of the supreme court vacancies and the appointments to the new created court of commerce bench, and is expect ed to remain pretty open until December, when the appointments will be sent to the Senate Todays cabinet session began at Il o'clock and all members were pres ent except Secretary Dickinson. whose absence is due to the fact that he Is over in Siberia.
 Dinner in the White House
 At l:9O o'clock the President and his advisers strolled over into the state din ing-rocm of the main part of the man sion for their luncheon. Portfolios were
 
 were of a social and semi-politicai char acter and comprised the relating of ex.a, perlence of members of the cabinet dur- ing their summer journeys. After lunch con tho cabinet members scattered, going to their departments while the President returned to his office and plugged away at the speech which be is preparing for delivery at the banquet of the League of Republican clubs in New York city next Saturday night.
 The rest of the afternoon was given over to accumulated routine work. Less than half a dozen visitors called at the executive offices during the day. The President took an automobile ride at 6 o'clock and returned to the White House in time for his bachelor supper with the cabinet at 7:30 o'clock. Tonight they sat around the President smoking cigars and discussing various matters of interest in a sort of informal cabinet gathering. Secretary Norton stated that the Presi- dents days until Thursday would be a repetition of what happened today. There will be cabinet sessions tomorrow and Wednesday, and if any matters remain unsettled a fourth session on Thursday but their hopes are to be able to get some relief by Thursday morning.
 Automobiling will be the chief recrea- ton of the President while here. He will make trips around the suburbs late in the afternoon, leaving the white house about o'clock.
 ~ No GoIflng for Taft
 There will be no golfing for the Presi- dent this trip, however wistfully he may eve these links at Chevy Chase upon his auto spins, for the reason. as he himself stated this afternoon, that his time will be too .busily occupied with his cabinet conferences and also because the links at Chevy Chase are now so torn up in connection with the improvements in progress on the new club house and grounds that heS would not have a place to play golf even if he possessed the time.
 Representative Stevens of Minnesota, who was defeated for renomination, was at the white house but did not see the President. He had a little business to transact with Secretary of Treasury MacVeagh. Representative Boutele of Illinois arrived here tonight and intends to call upon the President tomorrow if he can find an opening. The object of MT Boutelle's visit is to ask the Presi- dent whether he considers 1t advisable for MT. Boutelle to become an independ- ent republican candidate for reelection Mr. Bouteile was defeated in the recent primaries by a progressive republican, and wants to run independently against the man who defeated him. At first he announced this to be his intention, but on second thought he concluded to seek the advice of the President before stand Ing as an independent candidate.