Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-23
TAFT IS WILLING
Glad to Put Fourth-CIasS
PostmaSters in Classified List.
ANNOUNCEMENT CHEEREO
Delegates to Richmond Convention
Call at White House.
WILL CONFER WITH HITCHCOCK
President Has Busy Afternoon-Will
Leave Tomorrow to Be Gone
Until Winter.
ANNOUNCEMENT CHEEREO
WILL CONFER WITH HITCHCOCK

President Taft today told a large num-
Der Of delegates who have been attend
ing the convention of the National
League Of Postmasters OF the United
states. at Richmond, that he would hs
glad to place fourth-cIass postmasters
under the civil service IL Postmaster
General Hitchcock could arrange a basis
for such action.
The delegates cheered the President
Justify. They are to confer with Mr..
Hitchcock this afternoon. and are sure
they will get what they want So far
there are 1900 fourth-class poStmasters
under the civil service and 600 others
are seeking 10 be put there. The thou
sands OF third, second and first class
postmasters are looking toward the same
protection later on.
President Has Busy Afternoon.
1t was IL o'clock today when President
Taft reached the executive offices. hut
he put in some busy hours after that.
The Presidents train from Boston was
an hour late in getting to Washington.
reaching Union station at 1919. The
President went at once to the Congress
on Hygiene and later to the executive
ments that was most formidable looking.
The President is 10 stay in the White
House tonight, and will leave for New
York at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
going from there to Altoona, Pa, We'll
nesday, where he will attend the con-
ference of loyal war governors Nj.
Taft has no engagement in Washington
until he returns here for the winter
Untermeyer Sees the President.
Samuel Tntermeyer OF New York. coun-
sci for the money trust investigating COM
mittee of the House. and Edgar ". Far
rar of New Orleans. associated with hina
in the same investigation. called on TIA.
President to request that heads of de-
partments having any information that
will be Of value in the investigations Ice
instructed to cooperate with the COM
mittee.
Mr. Taft told his visitors 10 submit
their request in writing and he would
give 1t consideration. This information.
myer The New York lawyer WAS mss-
terious in his whole manner when APP
preached by newspaper men.
II cannot tell you the object of my
visit" he said. You will have to see
did you speak to him about the Wa
ters- Pierce OIL Companys attack on the
Standard Oil?"
Il cannot tell you," was the answer
Reports have been to the effect that
the Waters-Pierce people are trying to
have the government 60 after the Stand
ard Oil people again on the ground that
the big trust has been violating its de-
cree Of dissolution.
Will Attend Emancipation Jubilee.
Tonight at o o'clock the President will
attend the semi-centennial celebration OF
the issuance OF the emancipation procla-
nation by President Lincoln, to be held
at the Metropolitan A. NJ. f. Church.
street between 18th and 16th streets.
Tomorrow morning at o'clock Presi-
dent Taft will receive the delegates To
the American Association OF CONNER
cial Executives. A committee from the
association saw him today and ar
ranged for the reception. The commit
tee was composed of s. c. Mead, b. III.
Gitchell, w. A. Gibson. NJ b. Treze-
want, Richard B. Watrous and q.
Grosvenor Dave.