Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-23
CONFER ON OUTLOOK
Senators Root and Crane
Talk With the President.
POLITICS THEIR TOPIC
Election of Foss Represented as Be-
ing Largely Personal Matter.
RUM0RS IN CIRCULATION
President Uninfiuenced in His Pol
icy Toward Trusts by Reported
Appeals to Roosevelt.


Appeals to Roosevelt.
Senators Root and Crane Joined Pres
ident Taft this morning soon after he had
entered the executive Offices at the White
House. and talked with him for some time
regarding political phases of the coun-
try's affairs There were all sorts OF
rumors today that the administration is
getting panicky over the political outlook,
and that this feeling Is made worse by the
election to Congress of Eugene n. Foss
in Massachusetts, yesterday. Senator
Crane was described as quaking in his
shoes over the perturbed conditions in
Massachusetts,, and DESTROYS of putting
the President next
Neither senator had anything to say on
emerging from the White House. but 1T
is positively known that Senator Crane
told the President that the election OF
Foss was largely personal and by no
means represented the degree of political
change in the district that it Is credited
with in some quarters. Mr.. Foss, 1t is
pointed out. Is an able man. with a force
full personality. strong upon the stump.
and thoroughly familiar with the ques-
tions he discussed. Moreover. there was
not as much appeal to party spirit as is
customary, because Mr.. Foss' opponent
was formerly democrat and the repub-
licans OF the district felt that they had
little to choose as between former re-
publican now a democrat and former
democrat now a republican.
The President and his political advisers
have long realized that there is unrest
through the country which bodies the re-
indirect reference to this half a dozen
times in speeches. and has as much as in
timated hts belief that the democrats
will win the next House. owing to the
combination OF circumstances in their ia
vor. Still. he Is not panicky over the
outlook and is daily comforting with re-
publicans Of the various states in an eff
fort to make a hot fight next fall to save
the House.
The Roosevelt Scarecrow.
story current today. largely an or
shoot of the back from Elba' talk. is
that the administrations alleged nervous
feeling Is partly due to the non-arrival
from ex-President Roosevelt of any word
Of assurance or support According to
the carefully groomed accounts, Sena-
tor Root wrote a long letter to exPresi-
dent Roosevelt at Khartum giving him
the history OF matters in the last year,
praising President Taft and urging
prompt and decisive attitude by the ex-
President In behalf OF those in control of
the destinies OF the republican party at
this time. The well knitted story then
goes on to say that Mr.. Roots appeal
was overwhelmed by bushels of letters
from opponents Of the administration,
lowing the advice Of the man he once
praised as his closest and wisest adviser.
next to President Taft, Of course, 1t is not
explained just how all this inside political
history has become SO well knowns
The next chapter of the story repre-
sents the shadow of the man-with-the-
big-stick as so frightful looking In its
aspect Of possible opposition that the adj
ministration Is about to enter upon an
extensive crusade against the trusts so
as to convince the ex-Presfdent that his
policies are being carried out with great
activity.
Taft and the Trusts.
President Taft. two or three months
ago. reiterated in speeches that he in
tended to enforce the laws pertaining
to trusts and combinations, and that
the Department Of Justice was making
investigations OF the large concerns
with view to possible action. The
President has not changed his views
since that time. and his course will not
be altered one iota, 1t is positively
known, by a thought of whether Col.
what has been and is being done
President Taft has not given instruc-
tons for processes In the courts
against any particular trust, and It is
ing Of suits will be deferred until the
Supreme Court has handed down the
tobacco trust and Standard Oil de-
eisions Much OF the hu OF
these decisions. Legally, it would be
unwise to begin suits at this time. it
is understood. In the meantime, how
vestigation of corporations. will go on
as 1t has been going for some time.
No Communication With Roosevelt.
There is high authority for the state
ment that the White House has not COM
municated with Col. Roosevelt either
directly or indirectly and is not looking
for communications from him before his
return to this country. The President, it
Is represented by a close friend, feels
the warmest personal attachment for Col.
Roosevelt, but would not for a minute
yeer In his course by q thought whether
or not the exPresident likes or dislikes
what is doing. There is little appre-
hension on the part OF warm friends OF
knock the administration. 1t is as
serted that it would be political suicide
for the ex-President to do SO, and his
policy is expected to be one Of approval
Of President Taft and his efforts.
That Col. Roosevelt would be the re-
cipient of many letters adverse to Presi-
dent Taft has been foreshadowed for
months, and that he would personally
hear from emissaries Of the same stripe Is
also true. Yet the administration has
made no effort to overcome this, leaving
to Col. Roosevelt the final choice, unin-
fiuenced from the White House. Presi-
dent Taft, it Is said, would have felt 1t
undignifed to adopt a course looking to
the support Of the former President,
especially in view of the belief that his
work has been such as to win that sup
port strictly on its merits.
Charges Against Stone Filed.
The opponents Of William F. Stone. col
lector of customs at Baltimore. late yes
terday filed at the White House the for
NAL charges upon which they hope to
prevent his nomination again being sent
to the Senate by President Taft. Copies
of these charges were made at the White
House and forwarded to Collector Stone
for his answer. The collector will be
given until Saturday to reply President
Taft has decided not to give another
hearing to the contending Maryland fac
tons, but to decide the case from the
sworn facts and testimony filed for his
use The general impression. from the
charges made at first, is that the oppo-
to sustain their allegations. and that his
mans will be returned to the Senate by
the President. The charges almost who'll
ly relate to alleged gambling in the Union