Show F i RAILROADS AND I ITHE THE PRESIDENT I Whole Country Mightily Inter Interested ested eted in What Is Going on in Washington SPEYER AT WHITE HOUSE ROOSEVELT CONFERS WITH IL ILLINOIS ILI ILLINOIS I GOVERNOR March arch 16 Questions at af affecting railroad situation occupied snore more or l of ot the attention of ot President I Roosevelt today tOOR During Dunn tho morning there here wr informal with some of ofik lite ik e on m th subject and a dispatch Ime from President Molien Mellen ellen of ot the New Turk rk N Nw P nv IJan Hartford railroad r fr pr an Jn appointment In the after afternoon afternoon noon ther was wis al a visit from Governor De Delias lias an and Attorney General Stead of 1111 I roiL rois 0 is A semiofficial denial was as made that ih th MI governor mor and the attorney general I f alk either finance or railroads I Iton niton Deal Discussed From statements however which have bac rime from authoritative quarters quarten hg 1 tile i ii t the Inference is drawn that pr was some reference to the Chicago Alton leal which figured fI prominently n fl the r nt lit Harriman Investigation In by b r tie Int I ill it t commerce commission The i r known to bo 00 availing g himself him ef C r ery to become acquaint I rd ri till the railroad situation and the n is general g that this question I was If t f 1 to some extent at least In Inh I II h 11 I with Governor Dencen Deneen The would make no statement Statement Not Contemplated ted I A rumor gained currency during the that the president Intended to Is te tern rn At a statement fat ment defining his lila attitude on ih lb be relations ns of the government to the An Jn impression to this effect got Hb ab b oad 81 from the fact that the l president had read r d to some of his extracts from his hili speeches and let lett t f rs bearing on features of ot the rall rail question These r ports however rove groundless and later It was as rained that the president would not Is jp 11 p siKh uh I h a statement t today nor has hashe he heNh Nh an art ai idea in contemplation In InC HP of if the presidents callers was James l ml Speyer of New Nw York head hood of Spey Speyer er rr to c To many man his hili call looked irant as it followed f that of Wednesday y It was impossible to ascertain rm th White House or Fp r the purpose se of the visit Deneen Dencen at White House r p neen hd iid Attorney General GeneralI I F Std were with tie the t e president for or fully an anhuT huT The governor was at the White hite House fuse at till the presidents request to dis questions the nature of 1 which he hI declined to disclose After the I j rente the go on Senator i 4 Horn and later p fbI k a train for Chi ago ragn Neither uld make an 1 I t with the president the governor I ly admitting that nothing had been beena a agree upon that would require immediate tion Deneen gave gac the newspaper turn 1110 to understand that he expected the nt to make a statement about the thi but none was given glen out at the White House It was explained there hat list the arrangements arran with the governor ir lr r his h hI visit Is It to Washington had been made bf ye the th recent flurry In Wall all street Will Confer With Mellen Tuesday the president is I to have bave a ron eon President Mellen of the New NewYork York rk Nw Haven Haen Hartford railroad at atT Mr lIT T Melons initiative Mr M 1 Molten Mellen is one f the Ih railroad presidents with whom J n Morgan orf asked Mr Ir Roosevelt to infer Cpr as aa 3 to what steps might be taken te t allay the th public anxiety as to the rela neSs n the th railroads and the tho gov gor gO So far as ascertained at the Ue House Mr Mellen Is Js the only one f the presidents who has ms asked for f r an anaterI and it is not n t known here he represents himself alone or orail orn oril ail n il four of the presidents named by y Mr I Morgan organ Mr is well known to tho the president president dent and usually when he ho comes conies to Wash ah he tw makes a social call callon an cn Mr Ir Tr It t was said at the White House Houle that rotting had bad been heard beard from E H Har liar inan man as to a proposed second cill c ll on the president I |