Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-17
n i, CABINET DAY.
And Hence the President Has But Few
Callers.

II was not the new. sweet-scented mating
which kept the crowd away from the White
House to-day, nor had the heat anything 70 do
with it,; it was simply the knowledge of the fact
that il vas cabinet day and that only few PEG.
pie could see the President anyhow.
The rehabilitated Offices looked quite brighti
and cleanly, and the rusty, moth-esteh green
curtains no longer depended from the rotting
gilt cornice over the window at the head of the
stairway, yet the callers were few.
Some Of the Indiana white caps and Mis-
souri, bald-knobbers who have endured an I'M
varying monotony of failure for two months
past, secured admission TO the Jail and enjoyed
the hanging more than any other enter
tainment they have fallen across in
this vicinity, with the trifing difference
that the execution was legal and orderly; il
reminded them Of the good times they have
had at home. 1t was the touch Of nature that
made them feel that all men are kin.
SMALL CONFESSIONAL LIST.
Only one Senator-the venerable Evarts-
represented the upper house in the library to-
day and he did not stay long. Ex-senator Con-
ger also called. The congressional list was small
and 1t included Representatives. Cheadle. Posey,
osborne, Bound, ID. b. Henderson, Yost j. ID.
Taylor, and Butler
Rear-Admiral Rodgers and Rear-Admiral
Franklin were among the callers.
THERE WAS AN opoR OF DIPLOMACY
in the air when the Hawaiian minister, Mr.
Henry A. p. Carter, came in and introduced two
friends-Justice Il. F.. Bickerton. of the Ha-
waiian supreme court, and Geo. W. Smith, of
Honolulu
How much or how little they said about the
appointment of the United States representa-
tive to their country is not known and hardly
VIII be, for they are diplomats.
THE KENrUcKIANs.
The y Coll;ar
ter; Jos. A Sparks, of yanceburg, and Samuel
l.. Avery, of Louisville, had great deal to dis
cuss with the President, but they were not in
the library so very long. The subject
OF their conversation was internal revenue
collectorships. but they CLEANED no fresh in
formation. 1t has been decided to Law those
appointments on one side for at least a month
yet. Lots OF the applicants have gone home
disguised. They fought necessarily while they
we're here and were the authors of their own
defeat.
Indiana had but one representatives,. Cow
gill.
r. s. Montgomery, of Palmetto, and T. NJ
Hurst, of Nashville, were the only Tennessee
ans around.
A. Thomson. the venerable Ohio editor was
among the callers. Mr.. Thomson is the senior
editor of the Delaware (Ohio) Gazette and is
older In harness than any other editor of that
state, having been connected continuously
with the Gazette as editor and proprietor
since 1884, and has, for over a half
century welded an untiring pen in the interest
OF the party. He called in behalf of his son,
Geo. III. Thomson. of the bureau of statistics
who wants to be chief of that institution
Rev. s. H. Robertson. superintendent and
treasurer of the Morris Brown college, of At
lanta, Ga; James A. Buchanan. Gibson City.
ILL.,, and John F. Beggs, a Chicago lawyer,
were the only other callers.
LETTER FROM HENRY CLAY.
N
dent than he does of a valuable photographic
letter written by Henry Clay Mr. Laughlin
resides at Towanda, Pa, and writes as follows:
Enclosed 1 send you letter written by
Henry Clay concerning your grandfather. /
have always priced the letter very highly, and
1 trust it will be of some pleasure to you"
The letter referred to is written on a sheet
OF letter paper, stained with age and broken in
couple OF places where il has been creased
The ink used is deep blue in tint, and is as
fresh in appearance as though the letter had
been written to-day. The epistle reads
WASHINGTON, 29th April, 1s40
DEAR SIR: received your favor stating that
rumor prevails in Mississippi, that objected
to the appointment of Gen. W. II. Harrison as
Minister to Columbia upon the ground of his |
incompetency to discharge the duties of that |
office, and inquiring of me into the truth of the
rumor. |
Gen. Harrison received the appointment dur |
its being true that 1 objected to his appoint |
ment, upon any ground, it had my entire con- |
currence; and, besides his public credentials
and instructions, he bore private letter from
me to Gen. Bolivar, the president of Colombia |
am, with great respect, your obed't sev't,
H. CLAY.
H. KIRK W. FORD, ESQ.
The letter was not inclosed in an envelope.
1t was folded over and sealed with black wax,
and addressed to H. Kirk W. Ford ESQ.,, Col
lege, Malcolm P. O., jefferson Co., Mississippi
Henry Clay's frank was where the stamp would
ordinarily be.
The President sent Mr. Laughlin a pleasant
little note OF acknowledgment and thanks.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Another valuable scrap of paper was received
by the President yesterday. 1t is a
letter written by George Washington
to "Mr. VIM: Black, in King and
property which Mr.. Black had to sell
and which the father of his country
desired to purchase. The writing is
quite distinct, the spelling is satisfactory
and the date is December 6, 1878. The curio
is gift from Harrison L. Wright, of North
Salem. Hendricks county, Ind. Mr.. Wright
glories in the fact that he was named for the
Presidents grandfather. He said in his letter
of transmittal that he found the letter in Vir-
ginia in 1868, when his regiment was foraging
through that state.
In judicial and political circles it is conf
IDENTIFY stated that the President will soon have
to fill not one, but two vacancies on the Supreme
Bench ofthe United States, the second one being
caused by the retirement of Justice Miller.
Who will fill the present empty chair is still
matter for conjecture, with all the probabilities
in favor of Attorney-General Miller,
but as to the place now occu-
pied by Justice Miller no name has
Al vet cd tn he latnt
that of ex-Secretary of War George w. Nc
Creary, and his sponsor was the justice himself
At present the justice believes he will retire
early in December, and he is really most
anxious that his friend McCreary succeed him.
Thirty years ago, when Judge Miller was prac-
tising law in Keokuk, Iowa, he took McCreary
into his Office and there laid the foundation
for the broad legal knowledge which McCreary
is now credited with having in his possession.
Mr.. McCreary is now general counsel to
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
company.
WASHINGTON NEWS AMI GnCSUD