Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1909, Page 1

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APPOINTMENTS OF Supreme Court of the United States Makes Formal Call on-the Executive. ——— wresident Taft's first cabinet meeting was convened at 11 o'clock this morning. All the members of the new cabinet, ex- cept Mr. Dickinson, who fs to be Secre- tary of War, were present. Previous to the meeting Secretary Knox had a con- ference with Mr. Taft, and the President bad time to receive the following call- ers: Gov. Ide of the Philippine Islands. Senators Bradley of Kentucky, Nixon of Nevada, Scott of West Virginia, Gamble f Sauth Dakota, Carter of Montana and Clark of Wyoming, Representatives Mar- tin of South Dakota, Dwight of New York, former Senator Fulton of Oregon, former Representative Richardgon of nnessee and Elmer Dover. secretary te the executive committee of the na- tienal republican committee. The new cabinet is under the same regu- lations to talking of cabinet affairs as the old ‘one. The new rule was put into effect today by President Taft. Hav- ing served under President Roosevelt and being familiar with the operations of the | rule. Mr. Taft is supposed to know its} benefits. At any rate he told his new inet advisers today that all n cerning the business of the cabinet would be given out by him or his secretary, Mr. Carpenter. The new cabinet officials got acquainted with the procedure of the abinet table and grew to feel at home. It is sup- hosed that President Taft will continue uesdays ‘and Fridays binet days, as heretofore. ‘These two days have been for cabinet meetings for twelve . having begun under President Me- iinley. Secretary Wright Present. Secretary Wright was the only cabinet member of the old administration who continued to sit in the official family to- day. Mr. Wright understands that his successor, Mr. Dickinson, will reach Washington the last of this week, prob- ably Friday. c immediately afterward for his home in Memphis, where he will resume the prac- tice of law, “if I can get any clients,” he said. He knows nothing of talk that he may be appointed a justice of the Supreme Court. ‘teeretary -MacVeach of the Treasury said after the cabinet meeting that he had not had time to get down to the work of his department. “I have been kept busy listening to the statements of Washington real es- tate men as to renting their houses,” he said. ’ Mr. MacVeagh has no children, and he will not know what his plans will be until he has consulted with his wife, who will come here shortly. The South Dakota delegation in Con- sress is working together in harmony for the first time in years. The feud between Senators Gamble and Kittredge was somewhat relieved by the defeat of Kit- tredge by Gov. Crawford, now Senator Crawford, and Crawford and Gamble are as thick as the proverbial insects often referred to. They called on President Taft today to talk generally with him. They have obtained his promise that he ill send to the Senate next week the Wagner as Uni s of the state. € “could not put Wagner through whi tredge was in, but now believes will be no trouble in that direction. Rep- resentatives Burke and Martin of the ne stat e matte Wagner formerly sulted on patron- have n their assent to appointment, although the ot seem to have both- hether the two senators do ered them obtainable. Sixth Circuit Judgeship. Representatives Kennedy and Joyce, the latter succeeding Dawes from the fifteenth Ohio district, were callers at the White They did not discuss with ent the appointment of a judge xth circuit to succeed the late Judge J Richards, but Ohio people are informed that the new judge will be John M. Worringham a well known Cincinnati personally known to the Presi- elves When President ‘Taft finally gets down to the selections of judges, he will have sufficient to keep him busy for many hours. Congress created several new dgeships, one of them in Oregon. Ex- Fulton is being pushed for the but it is stated that Senators id Chamberlain are both against These two senators called on the Presi- dent today. e in connection with © judgeship ‘or Chamberlain, though, fs a + and will not be consulted as to patronag' A new judgeship w Iso created in Alaska, and Senator Heyburn called on President today to get the job for a t arren Truitt of Judge Truitt served for as a federal judge in Alaska. The much-fought-over “Alabama judge- ip is to be handled again. Oscar Hun- dely has been federal district judge in t state for two years, and has been nominated three or four times without aving been confirmed. ‘The opposition him has grown. The North Carolina nocratic senators, Overman and Sim- us, succeeded In preventing the con- firmatien of Jud, Seawell in the eastern district of that and this is also to be handled by Pr t Taft Supreme Court Received. The Supreme Court of the lt nited States paid a formal call on the new President today, being received at 11 o'clock in the private parlors of White House There were allers today than at any time s ‘aft got down to work, looking more like a normal ott of West Virginia. ea with White of that state. Ex-Gov. son has been provided with a good n the interstate commerce com- ts veling abroad collecting data the commission. Wiborg to Be Appointed. Ohio people say that one Ohio man h already been fixed. He is Frank B. Wiborg, a wealthy retired business man of Cincinnati. He is scheduled for as- sistant seeretary of commerce and labor. in place of Assistant Secret Wheeler, who has resigned to go to San F JUDGES | Mr. Wright intends to leave | this assent was | ‘MEMBERS VERY WARY Ways and Means Committee- | men on the Defensive. EMPLOY FURTIVE LOOKS Dodge Through Capitol to Escape Be- ing Buttonholed. GUARDING THE TARIFF BILL ! Information Lacking as to Recom- mendations in Measure—“On to Washington” the Cry. See that furtive-looking person with the wary, apprehensive air, dodging through the Capitol?) Watch him as he flits cau- tlously from pillar to post, peering about, as he leaves one vantage place and tacks for another. He is a member of the ways and means committee, one of the republicans responsible for the new tariff bill, He is trying to escape being button- holed by one of the New England dele- gation asking for free hides and well pro- tected shoes; or by one of the westerners protesting ‘against free hides; or by a Pennsylvania coal miner who is willing to have reciprocity with Canada on coal; or a West Virginia or Colorado or Kansas miner who objects to reciprocity; or by one of the simon-pure gen-oo-ine tariff reformers from the south, who wants everything scaled down to the bone—ex- cept the tariff on rice, sugar, sea island cotton, citrus fruits and Alabama pig iron. Or perchance he is avoiding newspaper men, who are desirous of communicating to a waiting business world, with mil- lions of dollars of investments in_ sus- pense, the result of the labors of the tariff revisionists in committee as- sembled, for the bill has been com- pleted, is even now in print in the first draft, and committeemen are fearful of being overwhelmed with demands for changes in the schedules from the rates they may have decided upon. Bill Is Carefully Guarded. No tariff bill prepared within the mem- ory of the present generation of persons intersted Jn that class of legislation has been so carefully guarded from publicity during the period of its incubation. This course has been followed by committee- men to protect themselves from pressure from their colleagues dissatisfied with the rates agreed upon. So far as reliable information can be obtained from the committee as to the present status of the bill the recom- mendations will include material reduc- tions in a. number of.-echedules which have hitherto enjoyed high protection. Steel, steel rails and ather products of the steel industry will be recommended for a considerable cut. Report places the re- duction as high as 30 per cent in some items of the schedule. Hides, it is reported, will be on the free Ist, with a reduction. on manufactured Products of leather, including shoes. The shoemen of New England are more inter- ested in free hides than in the amount of the reduction of tariff on shoes, because they are,.in a measure, protected from foreign competition by’ patented shoe- making machinery, by skilled labor and the preference for American styles. If they can get their raw material cheaper and have free coal they will worry along with the foreign competition somehow. Cheaper Coal for New England. Report also says that cheaper coal for New England fs in sight, through reci- procity with Canada on coal. That plan will enable the soft coal of seaboard Can- ada to be floated to the American sea- board. The Pennsylvania miners will be compensated by being able to ship Penn- sylvania coal to middle Canada. The scheme is all right except for West Vir- ginia, Kansas and Wyoming miners. Lum- ber is in for a reduction, it is reported, probably as high as 30 per cent. Protec- tion to American forests by allowing the Canadians to denude their forests and the lumber here is a part of the program urged by some republicans. Discussion of the probable recommenda- tions of the forthcoming bill is rendered more or less tame at this time by consid- eration of the fact that {t does not, after all, make much difference what the bill provides at the outset; it will have to un- dergo amendment in the House, will cer- tainly be amended by the Senate commit- tee on finance, will again be amended in the Senate, and then come to its real preparation, shaping up in conference committee. That is where the vital work will be done, and to that conference will be pushed up all the knotty problems in connection with the new tariff law. Six men will make the tariff of 1909. Things in the Reckoning. How long will all this take? Only di- vine prescience could frame an adequate answer. It depends largely upon how ob- stinately the House resists the wishes of the Senate. It depends also upon the tem- per of the insurgents in the Senate. A feature of the tariff legislation sure to cause extended debate will be the revenue-raising provision, It is as cer- tain as death and taxes that more rev- enue will have to be raised. What will supply it? Coffee will be asked to provide some $30,000,000. A tax of four or five cents a pound will be proposed on coffee. That will bring the tariff home to every: man’s breakfast table and remind him his noonday luncheon of the at neces- sities of government. It 1s an ill wind that blows nobody good, however, and those wise old owls who have optioned | Porto Rico coffee lands—since Porto coffee will be duty free—will study the European tour lists and look around for models of 1910 automobiles. me of the war taxes of 1898 may be re-enacted. Income tax will be proposed and discussed at length. Whisky and beer will be suggested for increased taxation, but probably will go scot free. Reporting the Bill. As soon as the House is organized | next week the ways and means commit- tee will be appointed by Speaker Can- non. He will reappoint the present com- mittee, filling two vacancies, one repub- lican and one democrat. Chairman Payne | will then produce from his inside pocket | the draft of the tariff bill, which will be introduced and referred to the new com- mittee, which will hold a formal session and the democrats given opportunity to | vote against reporting thé bill. It will be reported and debated and be- | Yond this statement, man, with the limited | foresight of mortal, is venturesome indeed ! | ranclsco. |to predict what will happen to it. Beat ex-President’s Riding Feat. | This morning's mail brought a Mace- ‘a SAGER =e |donian cry from the organization of the Dr. J. A. Throckmorton of Sidney, Ohio, | stand-patte the American Protective called on President Taft today and pre-| Tariff League. “On to Washington” is the sented to him a handsome riding whip as|Watchword, and manufacturers are ad- « souvenir of a wonderful riding feat; ™onished to camp out at the Capitol until he performed March 1. He rode 126 miles|te tariff bill is passed. on horseback in twelve hours, exceeding | Substance of Circular. the feat of President Roosevelt, who rode ” *, ninety-elght miles in elghteen hours. Mr.| The circular of the league, addressed to Phreckmorton is sixty-one years old, mak-| Manufacturers, says in part: ing his feat unusual. “In our judgment the executive head of A Liberal Reward Is Offered for the First Correct Solution of the Problem of Putting Four Thousand Applicants Into Four Hundred Vacancies. “a Q | \L | Fi i] i | | | your business, or the man who know how goods are made, should be in Wash- ington continuously after the special s sion of Congress is called. As we are informed, the ways and means committee and the Senate finance committee do not want any third house, but the. members of these committees do want honest infor- mation as to the tariff duties actually needed in the interest of American labor and production, and they want to reach the man who knows the exact conditions existing. Recently ore of our prominent members said: ‘Let your office boy run the factory until tariff matters are set- tled,’ and the gentleman who made this remark is in ington and will stay there until tariff conditions are deter- mined. “The majority of the members of the Congress, and especially the members of the ways and means and Senate finance committees, are friends of American in- dustry and American development. Some people think they will be taken care of by others. If you are in that class, don’t think it. Please go to Washington and stay there until tariff legislation is dis- posed of.” White House Conference. The problem of financing the govern- ment—providing the necessary funds to carry on the projects under way and maintain the plans of the Taft adminis- tration, and making the demands square with a new tariff schedule—is the work with which President Taft, Senator Al- drich, Speaker Cannon and Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh were engaged at a two-hour conference at the White House yesterday afternoon. The necessity for the enactment of a tariff bill at the earliest possible moment was discussed, there being little reference to the details of the proposed legislation. Whether a definite policy was outlined at the conference could not be stated. —_———_e_—_—_—_ PLANS OF “INSURGENTS.” Will Follow Personal Inclinations About Republican Caucus. Unless the House “insurgents” are suc- cessful in securing an amendment to the rules the only important committees of the special session will be those on way and means and on rules, according to the present plans of House leaders, it is said. The insurgents are uncertain as to their course if they succeed in amend- ing the rules so as to provide for a com- mittee on rules and committees. The insurgents will follow thelr per- sonal inclination in regard to the repub- ean caucus next Saturday night. Some will remain away, it is said, while others will leave should an attempt be made to outline a policy in regard to the rules of the new House. The fight will come on the floor next Monday when Congress convenes. Letters are being sent broad- cast over the country, asking constitu- ents to write to the members to vote against ordering the previous question on an anticipated motion for the adoption of the rules of the last House as the rules of the new House. The adoption of this motion will be regarded as a defeat by the insurgents for the entire Congress. SSS PLANS PERMANENT PEACE. Zelaya Calls for Another Conference on American Warship. MEXICO CITY, Mexico, March 9.—Ac- cording to private advices, President Ze- laya of Nicaragua bas called another conference between Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Salvador and Costa Rica, with the view to arranging permanent peace for Central America. The confer- ence is to be held on one of the warships of the American Pacific squadron now at Amapala. The statement that President Zelaya of Nicaragua has called a peace conference to be composed of the Central American governments was culled to the attention of the State Department for the first time, by the press dispatch from Mexico City. The department has received no other in- formation of such action on the part of President Zelaya. seen ee Se OIL OUSTER STANDS. Supreme Court of Missouri Declines to Reopen Case. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Mareh The motions by the Standard Oil Com- pany of Indiana and the Republic Oil Company of Ohio for a rehearing of the ouster suit recently decided against them and for a moditication of the judgment were overruled by the Missouri supreme (PLANS OF THE ROOSEVELT PART OF THE FAMILY WILL) House last week the President asked if VISIT ITALY FOR LONG STAY." To Be Guests of Miss Carew at Her} ™isht make a suggestion, however, I Villa, Near Rome—Other Details. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., March 9.—Ac- cording to the present plans of ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt, his entire family, with the exception of Mrs. Longworth and Theo- dore, jr., will spend most of the time in Italy while Mr. Roosevelt is in Africa. They will be guests of Mrs. Roosevelt's sister, Miss Carew, at her villa near Rome. Mrs. Roosevelt will remain at Sagamore Hill only about three months after her husband and son Kermit sail for Africa. Miss Ethel will remain with her mother at home. ‘The youngest son, Quentin, now attending the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Va., will fin- ish his term there, and the other son, Archibald, will complete his academic year at Groton School in Massachusetts early in June, and then they will return here. By that time preparations will have been completed by. Mrs. Roosevelt for the transatlantic trip. She and her three children will leave by a Mediterranean steamer for Naples the latter part of June or the first of July. They will be met at Naples by Miss Carew. During the nine months inter- vening until the arrival of Mr. Roosevelt at Khartoum, Mrs. Roosevelt and her children will visit various parts of Italy and Europe. It has been planned to have Mrs. Roose- velt leave Italy early in March, 1910, and journey across the Mediterranean to Alex- andria, and thence by boat and rail up the Nile to Khartoum. Here Mr. Roose- velt with his expedition will arrive about April 1 and will be met by Mrs. Roose- velt. They will make visits to points of interest in Egypt on the way down the Nile and will then proceed to Europe, where Mr. Roosevelt has made several engagements for the early summer. It is: probable the former President and his family will afterward spend some time traveling through Europe. MRS. CARMACK MAY BE NAME TAFT ASKED TO MAKE HER CO- LUMBIA POSTMISTRESS. ° Suggestion Comes From Col. Arch Hughes, Deposed From Job. Hitchcock to Decide. Upon Postmaster General Hitchcock devolves a decision that promises to have an effect upon President Taft's prospects of swinging the south into the republican column. The question before Mr. Hitchcock is whether Mrs. Edward W. Carmack, wid- ow of the former senator from Tennessee, prominent democrat, shall be appointed postmistress at Columbia, Tenn. A suggestion that this office, which is vacani, should be given to Mrs. Car- mack was made to the P¥esident last week by Col. Arch Hughes of Tennessee, formerly postmaster at Columbia. The President was impressed. Before taking action he naturally referred the case to Mr. Hitchcoc’. May Win Votes to Taft. A prominent Tennesseean is authority for the statement that if President Taft appoints Mrs, Carmack to the position, which carries a salary of $2,500 a year, win for him more votes among the demo- crats in Tennessee than the appointment of a dozen men like Jacob M. Dickinson, the new Secretary of War, to big posi- tions in the government. Mr. Carmack was not a wealthy man. It is understood that he did not leave Mrs. Carmack in good circumstances. If she were to be made postmistress of Co- lumbia_ her comfort would be assured. Col. Hughes is the man who was dis- missed from the office at Columbia last year as the result of an investigation. It was charged that he was not attending properly to the duties of his office. He and Mr. Hitchcock, then first assist- ant postmaster general, became involved in a controversy that grew to be personal. Col. Hughes Suggests Plan. When Col. Hughes was at the White he could do anything for him. “No, Mr. President,” Col Hughes said, “I don’t want a thing for myself. If I don’t think tt would be a bad idea if you appointed Mrs. Carmack, Ned’ Carmack’s widow, postmistress at Columbia. It will |and precipitate those on the stairways jdown upon those beneath them. | in all my Hfe and in my law practice 1 PLEADS FOR COOPERS Defense’s Attorney Scores Methods of State’s Counsel. “NOT AIM TO PROVE GUILT” “Purpose to Besmirch Characters of Defendants.” ARGUMENT OF GEN. MEEKS Closing Remarks of Capt. Fitzhugh in Asking Verdict of Murder Against Accused Men. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 9.—So great was the throng which tried to crowd into the courtroom this morning to hear the arguments in the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder of former Senator E. W. Carmack that the architect of the build- ing appealed to the judge and declared that there was danger of serious acci- dent. Long after the room itself could hold no more the curious continued to push into the corridors and up the stairways. So, great became the crush that fears were expressed lest the railings give way Judge Hart hurriedly sent deputies into the corridors and soon cleared them. Judge Hart again admonished the audi- ence to refrain ffom any kind of demon- strations. Gen. Meeks began the opening argument for the defense. Gen. Meeks has been ill. He seemed scarcely able to stand. His preliminary remarks were spoken in such a low tone that even the jurors fafled to catch them. State’s Methods Scored. As he warmed up he said: “The state has appealed to you to en- force the law. The state's idea of enforc- ing the law seems to be to convict some one, innocent or gullty. “I want to say to you, gentlemen, that never saw a witness so shamefully treat- ed as was Col. Cooper by Capt. Fitz- hugh. The prosecutor seemed careless as to whether he acquitted or convicted Col. Cooper of the murder of Senator Car- mack, but he did seem determined to be- smirch the witness’ character. “He accused him of not paying his debts. What has that to do with the killing of Carmack? They tried to make you believe that he embezzled funds as clerk and master of chancery. What has that to do with the killing of Carmack? “You saw the witness on the stand. You heard him swear that no one ever lost a doliar Behn him. You heard him swear that his business methods al- ways were unsuccessful. “The whole scheme of the state was not to convict Col. Cooper of murder, Hut please the people of Tennessee and help your cause in the south.” “Why, I'll think it over and talk to putehecck about it,” the President re- Plied. “Oh, by the way,” he added. “Hitch- cock 1s right in the next room, suppose you talk to him about it.” Hughes reminded the President that he and Hitchcock were not on speaking terms. “Oh, I forgot,” said Taft.. “I forgot. But I'll speak to him myself.” He did. placing the matter entirely in Hitchcock's hands. The Postmaster General has not reached the Carmack case yet. He is expecied to act upon it in the near future. ee FOR NEW $2,000,000 BUILDING. Plans for Proposed Bureau of En- graving and Printing Completed. he will make a political stroke that will!Garcia is the The general plans of the new two- million-dollar building for the bureau of engraving and printing have been com- pleted, and the supervising architect of the Treasury and the director of the bu- reau are’ now going over the details of the interior plans with a view to com- pleting all the preliminary arrangements in the near future. While no definite estimate can be made now of the time when actual work will begin it is prob- able that ground will be broken late in the coming summer and that when the areet falls the foundation will have been aid. The delay thus far has been caused by the desire on the part of the Treas- ury officials to have Director Ralph pass on all the details in order that when final decision on the plans is reached the work may be pressed for- ward rapidly. without being held up by minor changes during its progress. ———.—_—_ POST OFFICE CHIEF RESIGNS. William B. Severe Quits Repair Shop for Private Business. William B. Severe, chief of the mail bag repair shop of the Post Office De- partment, has resigned to go into busi- ness in Washington. Mr. Severe called at the post office yesterday to say good- bye to the. second assistant postmaster general, under whom he served, and a number of other old acquaintances in the department. He has been the superintendent of the repair shop for the past twelve years. No successor for the place has yet been selected. — NO OBJECTION TO GARCIA. Department of State Reports on New Cuban Minister. It was officially announced at the De- partment of State today that Gen. Garcia Veloz has been appointed Cuban min- ister to the United States to succeed Senor Quesada, resigned. Gen. Garcia was appointed by President Gomez dur- ing the latter part of February, and the Department of State was officially ad- vised of the appointment, subject to its acceptability to the United States gov- ernment. No action was taken in the matter by the administration of Prest- dent Roosevelt, and an effort was made to induce the present administration to reject the appointment on the ground that Gen. Garcia had antagonized the United States government and its admin- istration of Cuban affairs. ‘The announcement made at the Stat Department today indicates that Presi dent Taft and Secretary Knox have no objections to make to the appointment! of Gen. Garcia, and that the Cuban gov-} ernment has been so advised. Gen. son of the Cuban patriot of that name, and has’ been himself prom- inently identified with Cuban affairs. —__—_._—_—_— NO RATE BILL FOR KANSAS. Two-Cent Fare Defeated on Recom- mendation of Committee. TOPEKA, Kans., March 9.—The senate today. adopted the report of the railroad committe, which recommended that the two-cent fare bill be not passed. This ends the two-cent fare legislation in the Kansas legislature at this ses- sion. ge to disgrace him publicly 6n his record. Mr. Fitzhugh’s Argument. Continuing ‘his argument yesterday afternoon G, T. Fitzhugh of the prose- cution said: “The editorial of October 21 was the first of which Col. Cooper complained. I sald to Col. Cooper then: ‘Colonel, this appeared first in the Nashville American, didn’t it? and he replied, as you remem- ber, ‘I don’t care if it appeared in the Holy Bible, it’s false.” If it was such an awful thing, why didn’t he go after the Nashville American? “This’ was the editorial that linked Col. Cooper’s name with those of Ban Murray, Sol Cohen and Max Hartman. Has‘ anybody heard of Ban Murray mak- ing any complaint? “Yet this man Cooper, looking for hid- den meanings. recklessly swears a man has been convicted, and then he seeks to exculpate himself by saying it was this man’s brother. He doesn't seem to be so careful about making charges against any one. If these men were gamblers, aren't they just gamblers of a little lower order than Col. Cooper has been all his life? “Col. Cooper says Mr. Craig returned and told him Carmack was in an ugly,’ humor and a vicious mood. Col. Cooper had armed himself in an hour and that was why Col. Cooper had said he heard Carmack was in an ugly, vicious humor. TAET'S HAND IN FIGHT interferes for Peace Against House “Insurgents.” HELP FOR THE REGULARS Cabinet Members, It Is Said, In- structed to Get Busy. f TARIFF LEGISLATION AT STAKE . Danger of Delay Because of Dissen-* sions Said to Have Impelled President to Act. iF 4s s President Taft has taken a hand in j the internal troubles of the House of j Representatives. He has, it is said, In- structed his entire cabinet to get busy with the insurgent republicans of the body and labor with them until they see the light. He realizes, more than any | one else, the importance of harmony in the lower branch of the national legisla- ture during the coming special tariff ses- sion. He does not need to be told what would happen to the country should a prolonged rules row in the House result in delay in the passage of new duty schedules. This is the latest development in the situation which has been considered so serious by Speaker Cannon and other leaders of the House of Representatives. On the best of information it was made apparent today that President Taft has no idea of sitting quietly by while an internal fight on the rules and organization of the House of Representatives jeopardizes the beginning of the new administration. Frank Hitchcock has been put to work in particular and the rest of the cabinet in general. By tomorrow night ft is ex- pected that an announcement will be made which will demonstrate, with abso- luteness and accuracy that the organi- zation of the House is in control, and that ! the insurgents are running for cover. Mr. Taft's activity is not the result of; an appeal from the Speaker or his friends and counselors in the House. Indeed, it. was learned today that since last fall, when it was made to appear that Pres den Taft and Mr. Cannon were on the outs | and that the now President of the United States was ready to dicker with the op- posiion for Mr. Cannon's war lock, that} the President has been in @ conciliatory; mood with regard to Uncle Joe. He is understood to have sald that misunder-' standing and misrepresentation brought about the almost-rupture of last fall and that now, having a more comprehen- sive appreciation of affairs as they really! are, that he is unwilling that there should be a repetition of the mix-up of som: months ago. Mr. Cannon and his friends left it to the common sense of Mr. Taf to take a hand in the present controver: 1 confident that when he had reviewed the situation and become aware of the dan- gers that threatened should the demo-; crats, plus the insurgent republicans, gain control over the House organtzation, that | he would volunarily take a hand and do what he could to straighten matters out. / This, it is insisted, President Taft has already done. Regulars Are Encouraged. Naturally, the Speaker and his allies are much encouraged. It was intimated today that by tomorrow night it could be stated definitely just where matters stood, although the previous general as- sertion was made today that the insur- gent republicans were weakening, or, in other words, to use the partial phrase- ology of Representative Victor Murdock of Kansas on the floor of the House the other day, there were some “notable cold feet” in view. Incidentily, Mr. Murdock gave out an interview last night in which he said that the insurgents would be able to sit up and take notice unless President Taft interfered. In view of the fact that it is positively stated that the President already has taken an active hand in the game. Mr. Murdock’s statement is now looked upon as practically an admission of insurgent impotency and prospective defeat. Today's indications made positive the The only threat made was made by Col. Cooper—it was e deadly threat. Think of a man who had received such a threat as that not speaking ill of the man who had _ sent it. “Even when Mr. Vertres handed Mr. Carmack a pistol, his manner and de- meanor were pleasant. He uttered no threat. He didn’t even know how to use the pistol and Vertres had to show him how to use it. Ah, gentlemen of the jury, this was a man of peace and the only purpose the deceased had in taking that pistol was to gratify the anxiety of his friends and to protect himself against the deadly threat which had been uttered against him. Last Straw Editorial. Fitzhugh came to the editorial of No- vember 9, the one which Cooper claims to have been the last straw. This is the editorial in which Senatcr Carmack re- ferred to Cooper as ‘the diplomat of the dreibund,’ because of his good offices in making peace between Gov. Patterson and ex-Gov. John L. Cox. “Col. Cooper said on the stand,” went on Fitzhugh, “he did not know what dreibund meant; yet he takes offense at it. The word ‘graft’ in the objection- able sentence—‘who 4g the dead bough to the living tree'—didn’t refer to the kind of graft which the distinguished defendant sought to give in the hidden meaning ascribed in his interpretation. “It didn’t mean graft such as taking money from widows and orphans by em- bezzlement in public office. It didn’t, mean the kind of graft with which Col. Cooper was familiar. “And when that editorial appeared Cooper killed Carmack in pursuance of his threat sent by Craig that ‘if my name appears again in the Tennessean Carmack or [I must die.” “Cooper had told Craig that he would do nothing until he had sent Carmack a note. When Craig returned with his mes- sage from Carmack Cooper said: ‘Then by God, this note goes.’ But it didn’t go, because Cooper wanted to catch Car- mack off his guard and kill him like a dog.” Fitzhugh then described the meeting between the Coopers and Carmack and the shooting that resulted in the sena- tor’s death. After Capt. Fitzhugh had completed his opening argument yesterday Judge Hart ordered the jury withdrawn and thanked the spectators for their good order. _—— Reception to Diplomatic Corps. It was announced at the State Depart- ment today that Secretary Knox will re- ceive the members of the diplomatic corps at the department tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, and that President and Mrs. Tafc will receive the members of the diplomatic corps and the ladies of their families at_the White House Friday aft- assertion in yesterday's Star that Mi Cannon would have practically no oppo- sition whatever for re-election to the speakership. So far as that is concerned. the Speaker and his friends are not worrying. The fact is they have never given much attention to this particular phase of the question. The fight has been not on Speaker Cannon, but on the rules which he was called upon to administer, and Representative Champ Clark of M souri. the minority floor leader, has come in for severe criticism, even’ from hi own democratic colleagues, because of his refusal to offer, at the close of the session just ended, the usual complime tary resolution to the effect that rules of the Sixtieth Congress were a ministered by the Speaker both wisely and well. ; With reference to this {t would not ap- pear that Mr. Clark 1 have very much to say with regard to the make-up of committees hereafter, even as concerus his own side of the chamber. Capitol gossip, which is usually more accurate than most of the same sort, has it that John Sharp Williams and Mr. Clark, both promised to support the rule for a calendar Wednesday, which was re- ported by the rules committee during the close of the session and which, although eriginally favored by the insurgents and democrats, was opposed by them on the ground that it was merely a “sop,” but that when the time came, and without warning to Speaker Cannon, they turned around and opposed it. Certain it is they did the latter, and during the last day or so Mr. Clark has been quoted as saying he expected no favors from the Speaker. and certainly not that of naming the minority members of the various commit- tees. But it is not known how Speaker Cannon, who will do almost anything to preserve peace and good will in the House. will carry his resentment of the action of the democratic leaders on this calendar- Wednesday proposition. No Opposition to Cannon. Representative Rodenberg of LIllinois. who will nominate Speaker Cannon for re-election in the caucus of March 15, was confident today that there would be no opposition to Uncle Joe, and the other House leaders now in Washington were equally certain in this direction. But, what is more to the point, they seemed to be much more optimistic than they have been for the past few days for a successful termination of the threatened conflict with their own colleagues. At a recent conference of democratic leaders the whole business of the rules revolt was thoroughly gone over, and it is understood that these wise men of the minority decided that they would not be the hand to pull the insurgent chestnuts out of the fire. As nearly as they agreed on the proposition it is reported that they | told the insurgents that the democrats would get together and formulate such changes in the rules of the House as they would advocate should the majority of | that body be democratic. Then if the insur- ernoon at 5 o'clock. — French Deputies Vote Income Tax. PARIS, Marci 9.—The chamber of deputies today passed the income tax bill by 407 votes to 166. gents wanted to come over and join with . them in a revolt, it would be all right. But the democratic leaders made it plain to the insurgent chieftains that they did