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Show NO CHANGE IN ATTITUDE " OF THE ADMINISTRATION White House and Treasury" Department Depart-ment Flooded With Appeals From New York Financiers." of tho week tho Whlto Houso and truasury department havo been flooded flood-ed with appeals for President Iloosovelt Ilooso-velt and Secretary Cortelyou to tako 8omo action to avert tho "threatened disaster" In tho financial and railroad rail-road world. It can bo stated authoritatively, author-itatively, however, that President Itnosevolt will not change his nttl-tudo nttl-tudo toward tho railroads, though It Is admitted that tho administration hag no Intention of entering on an oxtromely radical attack on tho railway rail-way corporation!). While It Is known that tho visit of J. Plerpont Morgan to tho Whlto Houso on Monday night to tnduco tho president to Ihhuo a reassuring statement state-ment to tho country in regard to the administration's attitudo toward tho rnllnd, and tho apparent fnlluro of tho financier's appeal, has had much to do with tho panicky conditions Hint swept over Wall street on Thursday, Thurs-day, President Iloosovelt has repeatedly repeat-edly said that ho is not an enemy ot tho railroad!, and that thoso that obey tho laws havo nothing to fear from tho government. Whlto It hag not been deflnltoly decided, de-cided, tho president may Issuo a statement outlining his attitudo after ho has conferred with Presidents McCrcn, Newman, Mellon nnd Hug-hltt, Hug-hltt, on tho railroad situation. Tho conference with tho four railroad rail-road magnates, which was granted by the president at tho earnest request re-quest of Mr. Morgan, will bo hold early next week. It Is generally understood un-derstood by those close to tho president presi-dent that tho railroad officials wilt urgo Mr Iloosovelt to tako some steps "to allay thu public anxiety now threatening to obstruct railroad Investments nnd construction and as to tho relations between tho railroads rail-roads nnd the government." |