Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-01
Quartet Not Enough to Make
White House Meeting.
OHIO FIELD OF ENDEAVOR
Annual Reports Of Department
Heads Discussed.
PAULINE WAYNE ON HER WAY
Taft's Kinswoman Bringing Cow to
Washington-Postage on Maya
zine "Ads" May Be Higher.

Cabinet officers are so scarce in Wash
ington today that the regular cabinet
session was not held. Nor will there be
a regular meeting next Friday.
There are just four cabinet advisers in
Washington. The others are out on Of
fetal business or on the stump.
The quartet in town is made up by At
torney General Wickersham, Postmaster
General Hitchcock, Secretary MacVeagh
and Secretary Ballinger. All were at the
White House today and informally dis
cussed with their chief public business
In their respective departments.
Two Of them will not be in the city
Friday. 1t Is possible that every one of
them may be absent.
Secretary Macveagh is to leave Wash
ington this afternoon for Ohio to speak
In the campaign in that state. Tomor-
row night he speaks In Toledo.
Thursday afternoon Attorney General
| Wickersham leaves for Ohio. He is sched-
uled to talk in Delaware Friday night,
Springfield Saturday afternoon and Ur-
bana Saturday night
| Secretary Knox and Secretary Wilson
are both to talk in Ohio this week. Mr..
| Wilson is to leave his tour in New York
for Ohio His dates are Eaton November
4, Xenia November 4, Zelina November g..
To Raise National Issue.
| President Taft and the Ohio republicans
generally hope that, with the big national
guns firing in Ohio, the campaign may be
1nyy1
state and local issues to national Issues.
All the cabinet officers will refer to the
successes Of this administration in many
lines
Secretary MacVeaSh will tell Of the
Payne-Aldrich law as q revenue source,
pointing out that before the law was
passed the government laDored unoer
heavy annual deficit. which Is disapp ear
ing, with the probability OF a gooo sur
plus in the present fiscal year. He will
discuss other phases of the law.
Attorney General Wiekersham Will tell
of the legal work Of the administration
against the trusts and combines. part
u secretary S A DicEifisSa iih nas not returned
from his long eastern trip. Secretary
Meyer Is on an inspection tour Of navy
yards, coaling stations, etc. Secretary
Nagel is in Missouri talking for his party.
The President Is discussing their an
nual reports with cabinet oficials still In
Washington. He is said to be much
pleased with the showing that will be
made by Postmaster General Hitchcock
Of the Post ONCE Department.
He Is thoroughly In sympathy with the
desires of Mr.. Hitchcock that the postal
business Of the country be freed as much
as possible from the influence Of politics.
In his annual message he will ask Con-
gress to place second and third class
postmasters under the civil service.
He will also recommend an increase In
the rate Of postage on magazines and
similar publications. The present idea
Of the President and Mr.. Hitchcock is to
recommend that the rate on the reading
matter Of magazines remain as it is, one
cent pound, while on the advertising
portions the rate Will be largely Increased
The advertising end may be determined
by weighing.
from the influence Of politics, leaving
them strictly on basis of business abfl-
ity and merit. the President has in mind
to ask Congress-, within the next year or
SO, to place collectors Of internal revenue
and customs on similar footing. His
hope is ultimately to see all men engaged
in the real business Of the government
collection of revenues, etc.-removed from
political influences.
Pauline Wayne Is Coming.
AT last the famous White House COW
| is coming. She will be put on the train
at Kenosha, Wis. today, bound for the
stables of the Executive Mansion.
When she will reach here will be de-
termined by the railroads and express
men.
Whether she is coming with a baby
calf the White House does not know.
All the official information that has
| been received was a letter from Senator
Stephenson, the donor. that Pauline would
be put on a special car today bound for
Washington. She will be accompanied all
the way by James p. TOrrey, foreman OF
| the Stephenson stock farm.
| Torrey claims he is a distant cousin of
the President Torrey is to see that the
COW is not injured in her journey.
Pauline Wayne has the most famous
record of any COW ever booked for Wash
ington She Is a Holstein, and her
mother. also owned by Senator Stephen
son. holds the worlds record as a mixer
The mother produces each day over
twelve gallons of milk. Pauline herself
| has a record of over nine gallons a day
and twenty-five pounds of butter each
| week.
When Senator Stephenson heard that
| Mooley, the White House Jersey, died
from too much rich food he Immediately
| told the President he would replace the
| cow with one that could not we'll be dupli-
| Gated. This promise was made some
wisconsin farm until her milk supply was
| lust at the right point.
Acted on Mr.. Bryce's Letter.
In ordering both biological and geolog-
ical surveys of the Panama Canal Zone
President Taft acted to some extent upon
| an interesting letter he received from
lanes Bryce the British ambassador Mr..
Rrvce. on a trip through South America,
visited the Panama Canal Zone and OBJ
served much of interest from biological
| and geological points OF view
DIED TO SAVE CHILDREN.
Warned Them of Train, But Failed