Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-06
CHAMP CLARK IS TIRED
Declares He Is Going Home to Sleep
Two Weeks.
HUGHES ON POSTAL BOARD
Associate Justice Selected as One of
Three Commissioners to In
vestigate Rates.

number Of congressional callers wish
ing to pay respects before leaving
for their homes and elsewhere for
the extra session.
Champ Clak, Speaker-to-be Of the
next House. called to say he was leav-
ing town for rest.
II am going to sleep for two weeks"
said the Missourian. IF l stayed here
wouldn't get to rest two minutes"
Mr.. Clark wouldn't say where he was
going. He simply isn't going to bother
about tariff revision. committee as
signments or anything else until he
gets back March 20.
Representative Campbell of Kansas
is going to take his vacation on an in =
vestigation trip to Canada, where he
proposes to get down to a hard study
of conditions in that country as ap-
plying to reciprocity with the United
States. He proposes to study prices
in the cities, towns and country of
the dominion north of the United
States and later compare these prices
with prevailing figures i'm this coun-
try. He will mingle with the farm
ers of Canada. learn how they live and
their economic conditions.
There was little opportunity for dis
cuss1on or political questions problems,
which the President is willing TO set aside
for the consideration of appointments
and pressing governmental and depart
mental questions not allied with politics
Postal Rate Commission Chosen.
The President has practically selected
the commission authorized by the joint
resolution of Congress for investigation
of the question of the rates on second
class mail matter, and this will be an
nounced before the chief executive starts
south Wednesday or Thursday. Justice
Hughes of the Supreme Court has been
positively decided upon for one of the
commissioners. There are to be two
others
The President intends to name a COM
mission that will have the confidence of
the country and even Of the magazines
and publications that are so vitality in
terested. AS near as possible he will
give the commission a semi judicial rat
ing with the country. He consulted with
Postmaster General Hitchcock this morn
ing as to the personnel of the agreement,
the latter being in accord with the Presi-
dent in wishing the whole question SUBJ
mitted to body the standing of which
cannot be disputed in any direction.
The President has many federal appoint
ments to make. Dozens of these have
been pending for weeks and months. The
of Indiana is one. The fight
there is wholly over the selection of ex-
Senator Beveridge's lieutenant State
Chairman Lee, of the republican COM
mittee. as marshal. The Hoosiers say the
when made, will be signifi-
can't in that it will recognize one or the
other of the republican factions of the
state. Senator Beveridge stands by Lee.
while ex-senator Hemenway and the
leaders of the old republican organization
do not want him. Mr.. Hemenway was at
sentative Crumpacker, tie only republi-
can who got to Congress from Indiana in
the November elections last year. The
lineup is pretty strong each way, and
the President has handy a bunch of hun
dreds of kilograms and letters for and
against Lee. He did not show any indica-
tons of haste today about taking up and
disposing of the question
Pestered by Patronage Fights.
The President is pestered by a pat
ronage fight in the eleventh Kentucky
district and numerous
other parts of the country. Repre-
sentative-elect Caleb Powers, eager to
come into his division of patronage at
once was at the White House today.
He and the retiring representative,
Mr.. Edwards. have been fighting since
November over post office, appointments
in the district.
Senator Jones of Washington urged
the President today to take action with
reference to some of the Alaska coal
land cases that are pending. He thinks
that patents should be granted where
there are no disputes. SO that the Pa
citic coast people may profit by the
opening of coal mines in Alaska. The
President will take the matter up with
Ballinger.
The President will not stop in Chat
tanooga. as was originally planned. He
saw Representative Moon this morning
and agreed to postpone his visit to the
Tennessee city until September. when he
will have more time at his disposal.
Tennesseans at Luncheon.
A Tennessee luncheon was an event at
the White House today. 1T was not on
the program for the day and came about
quite Unexpectedly.
II happened that an unusually large
number of prominent Tennesseans called
about the same time on various matters
and the President invited them to join
Lea, Gov. Hooper. Repre-
Sells, Representative Aus
tin Representative Moon and eX-Repre-
sentative and Gov. Benton McMillin.
The last Of this month. on a day yet to
De determined, the President will go to
New York to accept the hospitality of
he Hungarian Club of that city at
His Message to Congress.
The President has given only the most
lesultory consideration to the message
he will send to the special session of
Congress upon it's opening. He will most
likely defer any work upon the message
Until a few days prior to the assembling
If the new Congress- 1t is generally as
,umed that it will set forth in distinct
erms the Presidents views upon reci-
,rocity and tariff revision. likewise drop
ping a strong hint to Congress that II a
.adical tariff bill is passed threatening
he industries Of the country he will
,eto it as quickly as he called Congress
ogether in extra session.
II the President works any upon the
message before the end of this month
t will be when he Is in Augusta, TAX
ng a vacation. The President will
cave here Thursday for Atlanta to
address the Southern Commercial Con-
Augusta. where he will remain at the
Hotel Bon Air until the 25th of the
Mrs. Taft will not go by way
If Atlanta with him, but will join
lim in Augusta after his arrival. The
president has agreed to go to Balti-
more May 3 to the third annual peace
conference. He today accepted an in
7itation extended by Theodore Mar
burg.
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