The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-19
Confident of Appointment

SOihiuShe vi 1tpPOiHt
HE is confident that Fordney for one
will be appointed but did not mention any
other names. His advice is that we have
as many business and manufacturing
concerns as possible write to the speak
er at Danville
THE next two months ought to pile
up such lot of letters to at least make
an impression on the speaker.
"Of course, | do not calculate that we
will be able to control that committee in
case they bring in a Philippine tariff re-
vision BILL but the more strength we
show in the House and the more strength
we develop there the stronger we will
of course, be in the Senate
To Palmer, October 10, 1907, Oxard
wrote from Upperville, Va;
II had been trying to find out In such
wise what chances we had on ways and
means and am glad to get the informa-
ton you give on that score. VIII bring
all pressure / can on Cannon His per
sonal friend of mine, and his summer al
Saratoga outlined to me his plan OF
campaign for Uncle Joe. I shall expect
to bring strong pressure through Lit
taeur''
A letter to Oxnard dated October /. 1907
and apparently from Palmer, spoke lr
part as follows:
'In Denver l saw both Senators Teller
Lodge admitted to him that the Philip.
pine matter was not one of philanthrophy
and said to him that we had those islands
for the purpose of emphatically exploiting
them with American capital and we were
going to do it.
Teller told me that Aldrich told hin
that he and his crowd would stand by
us and try to keep the bill in the COM
mittee but If 1t got onto the floor oi
the Senate in its embodyment they would
have to stay with their party and vote
for the passage of the bill.
Cove has talked so much with Tel
Ter about some matters that he finally
became embarrassed and willing to go OF
the Philippine committee and think nov
he is really anxious to do SO. He will bt
by all odds the strongest man we car
have"
The Palmer letter added: THAT the
Philippine matter" probably would
come up soon.
MY idea has always BEEN" 1t con-
tinued, "to stave the thing off until
general tariff reduction comes, when
we could trade with the other fellows. >
A letter from Oxnard to Palmer, July
16, 1908. said in part:
II spent a day with Mr.. Thomas re-
Gently on his yacht and he seems to
think we had better stand in with
Taft, is possible"
A letter from Palmer attacked Taft
for his stand on Philippine legislation
another said he had given some assur-
ances to the sugar men but would give
no pledges that they could rely on
A letter from Palmer to OXnard July
8, 1908, in part: l..
when Taft was nominated I sent
him a congratulatory telegram and this
morning received his thanks On the
twenty-ninth I sent him letter recall
ing my last interview with him and
enclose copy herewith. / hope that he
will not convey verbal reply through
some third party"
Hard to Handle
Palmer wrote Hamlin August s, 1911:
"T have found Bristow hard man
to handle, for once he gets an idea
into his head he does no seem to be
willing to consider the various angles
of the situation, rather is inclined to
look straight through telescope with
big end toward him.
After explaining that he had ap-
peared before the Hardwick committee
at a New York hearing" Palmer added:
Mr.. Spreckles was having things all
his own way over there and Mr.. on
nard wired me to come over. BY going
on the stand few minutes | dropped
a rock into the threshing machine that
Threw tne pelt anu am gldu went
over" Et
Oxnard wrote from Washington De-
cember 26. 1907, to Palmer. then in Chi
cago:
IL have seen Colonel Edwards and
got him to agree with me that it is
poor politics for Taft to push this mea-
sure this winter and he is going to try
and bring him to that way of thinking.
also saw Loeb, who agreed with me
=, hn txtln al c1,h hot l,r
postponed and will talk with the Presi-
dent. While l have little hope of sue
cess l shall keep at it on these lines
Oxnard at Upperville, Va, received
another letter from Chicago dated Octo-
Der 29, 1907. Here is part of 1T:
Il was glad to hear of your intimacy
with Littauer and that you are keeping
that matter in mind, for, of course, il
we could hold the ways and means
committee it would save a lot of work
and avoid heap of danger.
Cove says further" the letter con-