Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-22
Will CAST HIS VOTE
|NJERSEY PRIMARY
President Wilson to Support
Gov. Fielder in Seeking
Nomination.
CONTEST BY MARYLAND
TO RETAIN COLLECTOR
Protest Against Choice of Revenue
Office Head From Delaware.
President Greets Friends.

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President Wilson will go to Princeton
tomorrow to cast his vote in the state
primary elections, when candidates for
governor will be voted for The candI-
dacy Of Gov. Fielder to succeed himself
has the Presidents Endorsement The
President will leave here about s o'clock
in the morning, and will start back In the
afternoon.
Secretary Garrison Of the War Depart
ment and the private secretary to the
President Joseph D. Tumulty. will ac-
company him. Secretary Garrison and
Mr.. Tumulty will proceed to Jersey City
to cast their votes. Both will be for
Gov. Fielder.
Two invitations to visit southern cities,
in the event that he attends the Southern
Commercial Congress in Alabama In
October. were received by the President
this morning. Representative Clayton of
Alabama asked him to stop of In Au-
Technique In that town. Representative
Bartlett Of Georgia wanted him to be
guest Of the city Of Macon IN passing
through on his way to Alabama. The
President declined both Invitations, and
is not confident that he can attend the
Southern Commercial Congress.
Protest Choice of Collector.
To protest against the appointment Of
Delaware man to be collector of the
customs district OF Maryland. which In
cludes Maryland. the District Of Colum-
ba and Delaware. State Senator Blair
Lee and Representative Covington were
at the executive offices this morning.
They have no candidate for the post, but
oppose the selection Of Alfred Raughley,
upon whom the Presidents choice is sup
posed to have fallen. Senator salisbury
of Delaware is said to have the Presi-
dents promise that Raughley shall have
the job.
The entire Maryland delegation will
wait upon the President during the week,
1t Is stated, and enter its protest against
the selection OF any but a Maryland man
for the post. and It Is expected the mem
bers will have by that time united upon
a candidate whom they will urge the Presi-
dent to appoint. Representative Lintih-
cum has called q meeting Of the delega-
ton at 2 o'clock this afternoon, to con-
slider the matter and to determine upon a
man for the job, preparatory to the call
upon the President.
French Commission Pays Respects.
The permanent exposition commits
sion of France, which has just selected
a site for the French building to be
erected at the Panama Pacific exposi-
tion in San Francisco. paid it's respects
to the President this morning. The
commission was escorted by Maj. J. j.
Dickinson OF the State Department.
special commissioner for the exposi-
ton.
Firman, assistant secretary OF the
French department Of commerce, and
head Of the Merchant Marine Associ-
alton: Roger Sandoz. secretary OF the
commission and COUNSELOR Of the de-
partment of commerce.; CASTOR de
Pellerinde- Latouche, chairman of the
directors of the French-American
Steamship Company. and NJ. Savy. an
engineer.
NJ. de la Rocca. charge d'affaires OF
commission at luncheon in the New Will
lard at 1 o'clock. Maj. Chambrun. mill
tary attache, assisted in the entertaining
and Maj. Dickinson was present The
latter will entertain at dinner at 1:3O
O'Clock this evening at the Cosmos Club.
The Secretary Of State will be one Of
the guests. At 2 o'clock this afternoon
the commission called on Secretary Bryan
at the State Department.
The commission arrived in the United
States September 5 and proceeded to San
Francisco. where the site was selected
The party is now returning, on Its way
to France.
Friends Of Boyhood Days.
In the throng OF visitors at the execu-
tive Offices today resident Wilson found
two friends OF his boyhood days-Misses
Elizabeth M. and Ellen D. Bellamy of
Wilmington. n. c.
The two sisters, well advanced IN age.
were ushered into the outer Offices Just
as the President, according to his usual
morning custom, began shaking hands
There he is now" said one Of the sis
ters; II knew / could tell him. but how
old he looks We used to call him Tommy,
and 1 am afraid I'll call him that yet
You mustn't do lt.t that" Interrupted ,te the
The two sisters were talking enthu-
siastically, and several persons in the
crowd listened with interest.
When She First Saw Him.
.sYou know. the first time I ever saw
him." said Miss Ellen, ''he was riding a
bicycle"
1T was the first time / ever saw @
bicycle. too remarked her sister
The two sisters told how their brother
who was family physician for the VIII
sons. was summoned to attend the mother
of the President.
Tommy came over" said Miss Ellen.
ito get me to stay up with his mother.
He stayed around and was a very helpful
boy. / said at that time Tommy would
make a fine husband for somebody some
day How proud his father would be II
he could see him now!
two women introduced themselves, and
Mr.. Wilson said he remembered them
well. He expressed his regret that Mrs.
Wilson and the members of his family
were not home to greet them. and the
Sisters went forth beaming with satisfac-
ton.
Receives Offer Of Winter Home.
President Wilson was today offered a
winter home In Columbia, s. C. A dele
cation from that city told him that the
house in which he had spent a part of
his boyhood days and which his mother
had originally designed had been reno |
vated and would be purchased by the |.
.ity IL he would come to Columbia
The President told his visitors that if |
he made his winter home anywhere il
would be at Columbia, but that 1t looked /
very much as II he would spend the COM
ing winter, and others, too, hard at work
at the White House.
In the delegation were Mayor W. H |
Gibbs, former Gov. d. c. Hayward.
Christie Benet and James A. How.