Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-18
WILL SUPPORT TAFT
Gov. Osborn Believes Presi-
dent Will Prevent Party Split.
PRAISES RECIPROCITY IDEA
Declares Michigan Favors Pact With
Canada.
WORK OF THE TARIFF BOARD
Report on Wool and Cotton Sched-
ules Not Proposed Until
December.
PRAISES RECIPROCITY IDEA
WORK OF THE TARIFF BOARD

L am a progressive republican. not a
professional progressive, but such pro
gessive as is Mr.. Taft" said Gov. Chase
Osborn Of Michigan, who called to see the
President this morning.
AS he was Waving the White House
the governor said he would support Mr..
Taft for denomination at the next nation
al convention. The republican party
cannot afford to be split, and 1 believe
Mr. Taft is the one man to reconcile all
factions he added.
Gov Osborn was accompanied to the
White House by Senator William Alden
Smith. Representative Olin Young, and
gan School of Mines. They renewed the
invitation to have Mr.. Taft attend the
twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of
the School of Mines at Houghton, which
takes place August s.
|. incidentally the governor discussed rec
tprocity with the President, and reiterated
his statement made before the Senate
committee finance yesterday that
Michigan is in favor of the ratification of
the proposed pact. Reciprocity is a big,
splendid, world idea said he. This op-
portunity OF welding the ties of friendship
between Canada and the United States
must not be overlooked. Why, in our
state alone 81 per cent of the country
newspapers have declared in favor of the
reciprocity program, regardless of what
opposition may have been raised by the
oranges.
I'm the state college OF agriculture.
when the president and dean declared
their opposition to the proposed treaty
and minor members of the faculty came
out in favor of ii, the debate was left for
the students to decide. The farmer boys
In ov-n~ 0f fHo tr1.
one
The governor praised the efforts of Rep
resentatives Loud and Young in working
for the ratification of Mr.. Taft's policy
Mr.. Osborn's parting word was that he
is progressive republican who wants to
stay on the track" He said Col. Roose-
welt uses this expression frequently. but
that the former President borrowed the
expression from him.
Tariff Board Report December l.
That the present Congress at it's spe-
cial session will not reap the benefits of
the investigations Of the tariff board in
the cotton and wool schedules Of the
Payne-Aldrich law became known at
the White House this morning when four
members Of the board announced that the
findings In these two schedules would not
be made known until December l next.
Every member of the board with the
exception of Chairman Emery, Hho sailed
for Europe several days ago. visited the
President and told him they would re-
port on all schedules now under investi-
cation December ]. This statement is
taken to mean that Mr.. Taft will be un-
able to recommend any revision of the
cotton Or wool schedules until after the
next regular session of Congress begins.
Americans in Mexico Safe.
A committee representing the American
citizens in the City Of Mexico has sent a
letter to President Taft discounting the
rumors (which are calculated to disturb
the equaninity and peace of mind of
Americans" The Society of the Amer
lean Colony of Mexico City, the letter
states, feels there is no just cause for un-
due apprehension on the part of American
citizens resident there. and has perfect
confidence In the good will of the Mexican
people and their ability to conserve the
best interests of Americans in Mexico
In closing the letter says: This So
ciety is fully in accord with the present
policy of neutrality of the American gov
ernment in it's attitude of non-interven-
ton
Another letter was received at the White
House today, in which the United Con-
federate Veterans Association, in con-
vention at Little Rock. expresses its ap-
pTeCldtloH Oh fTeSlUcHl Idlt sentiments
in working for perfect harmony between
the north and the south.
Greeted Nineteen Presidents.
Mrs. Sam Houston Carr of Parsons,
Kan, a descendant of the famous
Texan, came to the White House this
morning. accompanied by Senator Curtis
of Kansas. and paid her respects to the
President. When she had shaken the
Presidents hand she announced that
she had shaken hands with every Presi-
dent from Martin Van Buren, down.
There have been tWenty-siX Presidents
of the United States, and Mrs Carr
has met nineteen of them. Sam Houston
Carr, her son, represented this country in
Cuba in Strengthening out the legal af
fairs of that country following the
Spanish American war.
Representative Crumpacker introduced
Claus Specht of Valparaiso, Ind, to the
President today.
Lewis Crockett, secretary of the New
Hampshire Fire Insurance Company. who
was i'm Manchester, n. H.. paid his re-
spects to President Taft today. He was
accompanied by Senator Burnham.
Senator Terrell Of Georgia paid brief
call on the President this morning. This
was his first visit to the White House
since his recent illness, and the President
expressed best wishes for the senator's
recovery.
There are no new developments in the
Massachusetts, judgeship situation. ac-
cordng to Senators Crane and Lodge or
that state, who were in conference with
the President for a few minutes this
morning. There are numerous candidates
for the vacancy in the circuit judgeship
caused by the death of Judge Lowell.