The Washington times., 1911-01-23
WHITE HOUSE RUSH
BEGINS IN EARNEST
More Than Score of Repre-
Sentatives Among Presi-
dents Callers.

The rush for the White House, which
always marks the closing weeks of a
Congressional session, started today
with vigor. Senators, Representatives,
and others who come TO Washington
for a session and leave 1t Immediately
upon adjournment, always want to close
up all their business before taking their
leave
More than score of members of the
House today interviewed the President.
Most all of them were interested in
small local matters, which they wanted
TO see closed up before they leave for
their homes. Then, there were some
Senators and a fair sprinkling of others
who wanted to see about matters now
awaiting Executive action.
West Virginia Fight.
Representative Sturgis was among the
callers AS he was leaving the EXecu-
tive offices he said that he had come
to talk over the West Virginia political
situation with the President. He de-
clared the fifteen West Virginia State
senators who went to Cincinnati to
break a quorum in that body had made
a mistake. Those who fight and run
away" said Mr.. Sturgiss, may live 70
fight another day, but our friends In
this case ran away without fighting. l
don't know whether they Will hSht an
other daY or not
Senator Smith and Representatives
Young and Townsend of Michigan to-
day introduced President F. w. NC
Nair to the President and invited the
Executive to deliver an address at the
tWenty-fifth anniversary of the Hough-
ton School for Mines at Houghton'
Mich. Some time ago Mr.. Tart tenta-
lively accepted this invitation and today
he gave the visitors the assurance that
he would be present in August II II
could possibly be arranged.
Michigan Represented.
Representative Mclaughlin Of Mtchi-
gan presented a delegation from his
district to the President today. They
are interested in an appropriation Of
$75O,OOO for the lake harbOr at Manistee,
Mich, and today appeared before the
board of army officers asking for re-
view Of the needs of this inland port.
Senator Burton talked over the legis-
latIve program with the President. AS
he was leaving he said that the EXecu-
tive still entertained the hope that prac-
tiCally all of the measures in which the
Administration has a special interest
VIII be aCt6O upon DelOTe duJOulllIlt
The Senator said that the Presidents $
chief interest lay in the tariff commits
sion bill. This he has set his heart on
and will be sorely disappointed if it
does not receive favorable attention by
the two houses, said the Senator. Speak
ing further he said that the AppalaCh-
ian and White Mountain Forest reserve
bill would come up in a few days and
that he would again have something to
say on the measure.
Tawney a Caller.
Representative Tawney of Minnesota,
who has been prominently mentioned as
Mr. Norton's successor as the Presi-
dents private secretary, today stated
that he did not take the boom in his
behalf very seriously. He said that he
was in consultation with the President
upon legislative matters.
Represe Hative BOutel Of Illinois was
in conference with the President con-
cerning the dispute over the boundary
between Texas and New Mexico.
At the instance of Representative
Payne of New York the item providing
for a settlement of this question was
stricken from the House calendar a few
days ago. Mr.. BOutell has now prepared
a special resolution which he hopes to
have acted upon by a special order from
the Rules Committee.