The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-24
PROMISES WILSON
SUPPORT IN HOUSE
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t'tHllNufR tFoIQ = llNl 7 tt-t.t
sons He favors national policy Of
conservation.
Mr. Kent is the first progressive
Republican to talk with the govern
nor since his election to the presl-
dcnCv7 1t was reported here today
that Senator La Toilette is likely 10
come on from Washington any day
Tor conference with the president
elect Governor Wilson rather eX-
poets La Follette's support en- al pro-
gressiVe legislation, The two have
been working along different lines.
but to the same purpose for years,
and the governor would welcome CO.
operation from the Wisconsin leader
The president-elect, after Il talk
with Representative Covlngtan. OF
Maryland, who came TO urge him to
visit the Panama canal before it is
filled with water, said that he would
do so If the extraordinary session Of
congress does not drag over too long
a period
/ Would Like TO See Canal.
81 am anxious to see The canal,
said the president-elect III all de-
ponds on how long the extra session
lasts and what important matters
come up after that. the present ar
engagements put the canal zone in the
hands Of the executive and it is OBJ
I
If he finds it possible to go, the
( president-eleCt will make the trip
some time before September list.
That is the date ne is informed when
the ditch is to he filed with water.
National Chairman MCCombs had q
I long talk with the president elect and
/ went to lunch with him. Mr.. Nc
I Combs in a statement to the newspa-
per men seemed to dispose of the
! report that he is to be member of
the presidents cabinet. His atten-
ton was called to he fact that he has
/ been proposed for resident member
ship in the Metropolitan club, of
Washington, and he was asked If he
i intended making his home in the cap
ital city
q expect to live in New York dur
ing the next four years he replied.
Il did not know that ! had been pro-
posed for resident mem bershp in the
Metropolitan club / merely knew
that | had agreed to become a mem
ber'
Deadlock In Illinois.
Mr. McCombs reported TO the pres-
dent-elect the situation in the vari-
Gus States whore there are contests
over the election of United States sen
ators. Illinois came UP first. but. ac-
corcing To Governor Wilson, McCombs
did not go into the matter of the dead
lock there very lAQroughlx.
McCombs IS an expert witness and
keeps me i'm touch with everything
that is going on, said the president
elect afterwards
from AsheVlle, y. c., including
United States Senator Overman
Mayor J. H. Rankin, and others
came to offer }o the presidept-eIeci
home in their city. Ashevitle is a
summer resort for both Northern and
southern people. 1t was at Asheville
that Governor Wilson proposed to his
wife and where they spent their
honeymoon, The committee haG
called on Mrs. Wilson previous tc
coming to Trenton, and had shown
her picture of The honeymoon cot
tage, She was delighted with it,
When the governor learned of this
he told the committee that before
giving them a decided answer nc
would have to consult Mrs, Wilson
II have 70 see the boss first
he said laugbnely..
Y.ftt9S~ Time LEFT.
1.-THE Rav~ssh0a~ added, however thai
if he went to Panama there would he
very little Of next summer left tC
spend at any resort.
The governor gave a new name tC
his seven Corporation bills today He
calls them the seven sisters" y
MI. Hpdh4eT, VINO has some Interests
in Italy, came to see the governor, a.
1t afterward developed so that he
could go back to Italy and assure his
people that the next president woulC
not adopt a policy harmful to Italian
interests Mr. Spanier did not get any
such ASSURANCE Incidentally. tht
visitor took occasion. as the governor
said, to give me his approval OF the
seven sisters"
dGlphia early in the morning for &
session with his dentist.
Seats for the newspaper cores
pondents win be provided all around
the dentists chair" he said facet
uously.
The governor will not be at Tren
ton again until next Monday.