The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-06
PRESIDENT KEEPS OPEN HOUSE
INN REGENTS AND Rf6f LtRN
WELCOMED aIfkE.


,,tatIon. ~ Did Murdork "f Kansas.
w.suISCroS. Dec. s.-Prasident Taft
held open house to-day. Insurgency was
no bar and regularity no talisman to has
ten IN. passage from lame duck alley
or the waiting room adjacent thereto to
the inner sanCtum. Everybody was vel
come The President showad his mes
sage. asked and received comments upon
IL from friends and opponents alike
Democrats and Republicans came. East
ernsr. Wes,erner. high tariff and no tariff
men.
Welcome shone in the faces Of the
attendants Even ~ the outer door VAS
waiting William Pannell. a negro messen-
ger. brush in hand. ready and anxious to
remove snowflakes-for the trst fall Of
the winter filled the air-from the coat
Of regular of insurgent alike. William
made no distinctions and his precept
was followed by other attendants who
came after him
The President saw close to Fifty Sena-
tors and Reprssenta tives. not to mention
assistant secretaries and others not in
official life They ranged in political
COMPLEXION from Senator Kean OF New
Jersey. regular Of regulars. to Senator
Rr,s,ow and Victor MurdoG< Of Kansas.
two II the most peppery Of the insurgents.
Tho line began TO form early In the
morning and il Kept up TIL late in the
afternoon. when Senator Tillman Of South
Carolina left the President office. calling
out good naturally we ought to have
a Democratic administration and We are
going TO get it while MIR. Taft's laugh
rang through TN" corridors.
There were a great many axes ground
TODAY Mt The White House. Many of the
Congressunn came 10 shake hands. but
most of them slipped III word or two
about appointments. chiefly OF judicial
character.
senator Rristow was the first 81 thu
insurgents to arrive at the White House.
lie was ono Of tho progressivas who
we're cut from the Presidents patronage
liSt in tn. last session To-day was
In, first time hes had visited at the White
Hou., IN many months. He larne on
MIR Taft's invitation
10 him th., President showed his mes
sage and requested some comment.
Th,, SENATOR afterwara said that hs I'D
NOT favor ship subsidy legislation, which
Mr. Taft does favor h'' SENATOR din
wish 10 see the powers of th. arm foarr
enlarged There he and the President
R.prs-entatIv" Mrdock was loaded
with reform suggestions. He was just
in town from Kansas tie could haruIy
wait To express his IDEAS and would listen
to no interruption at all
FIRST Of all said Mr. Murdoch. rs
bs smooth.d out his sunforer locks.
-,h,. people Of the country want Congress
IN yet busy What they want ~ reduc-
ton OF the wooil..u schedule They
would like 10 s.-. Congress sat az nlghr.
pass TN. appropriation bills Then and
in the day time instead of Useless debate.
,urn their attention to real legislation
Congress should pass tn" r"~splution OF
Representative Hill OF Connecticut pro
viding for revision ot tn. tarin schedule
by schedule Then We would get after
Schedule H. the woNlleD schedule Next
W-n perhaps the cotton schedule
REPRESENTATIVE Madison. who differs
from Mr. Murdock IN degree. talked with
the President sbou' the anti lnIpnc' ION
hill and other legislation which may
CONS. before. the Hours. Judiciary Com
had nothing 10 lay 20 III" President about
,h, report on the BailInger Pinchot
ara,r. shich h.. . Republican member Of
the IN vest iH1ting committee. made alone
Caleb Puwer- the newly elected Repub-
Iican Representative from Kentucky,
who was IN town Ia look over the field
II hi- future. lahors. wa- another caller
a. the White HOrs"
Senator b"psw cam" s'roilInC our OF
the waiting room
-NIi can say said he - that ! sat
in lame duck alley for ten minutes
II j. nO' so bad when you get used TO II
Representative, Hayes Of California,
one of th.. leaders Of the insurgents.
brought Gov. Johnson of that state Over
10 s.-.. III" President. The Governor
j. said 10 have made som" derogltory
remarks about the President during the
campaign This he later denied
We had a pleasant time he COM
niant ed and that was all.
When Secretary Norton was asked
about his reception Of "a man who had
attacked the President he smiled
Did h- attack the President he
asked Well. the campaign ~ over
And that tn" way II went NJ the White
Hou-.. to-day. Dnc caller was no more
oul Of the. way than the messenger with
his ready brush was waiting TO dust
the -nowi,ake- on another II was %
dav Of harmony and lame duck alley was
practically forgotten except for senator
Dep~w.