Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-18

The Trouble Doorkeeper Loeffier Has
With White House Callers.


m CAN'T MANAGE TO GET THEM ALL IN TO SEE
THE PREsIDENT-THosf WHO SUCCEEDED To-
pAY-Two PHILADELPHIA PLACES TO BE FILLED
THE NEW AUDITORS CALL.
dts worse than the pigs-in-clover puzzle"
was Doorkeeper Loefaer's remark to-day as the
hands Of his watch pointed to o'clock and
there were yet twenty people whose sole aim
in life seemed to be to see the President and to
see him at once. The crowd was fully up to
the average in size, but il was decidedly long
winded. A few Of the callers talked at such
length that the President had to 60 down stairs
at ten minutes past 1, leaving nearly dozen
disappointed ones mourning in the library.
They will call again, but they grieved very
much over the fact that they cannot see the
President until Tuesday.
CONGRESSIONAL CALLERS.
Senator Blair was one of the first to admire
the new oilcloth, which was laid yesterday in
the hallway upstairs. The only other Senator
who called was Jones, of Nevada, and the few
Representatives are included in the following:
Hill, Posey, Reed, of Iowa; Harmer and Allen,
MIR. Harmer is very much interested in
COUPLE OF PHILADELPHIA APPOINTMENTS,
and he wants the President to settle the matter
as speedily as possible. The genial Congress
man thinks that Deputy Coroner Tom Powers
has a sure thing on the naval officers position.
and he Is also Of opinion that the internal
revenue collectorship will go to David Martin.
The latter place was rendered vacant by the
death OF Collector Gerker a few days ago.
Senator Quay will DO down here on Monday.
and as he is interested in having these two
places hlled by the persons named. it ia not
unreasonable to suppose that their commits
sions will be signed on Monday or Tuesday.
REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Delegate Allen was shaking hands with him
self, 30 to speak, when he came out of the
library. II received telegram from Seattle
this morning." said he to STAR reporter, land
1T tells me that the republicans have made a
clean sweep. That may possibly refer only to
the Puget sound region"
THE GRAND ARMY
OF the Republic had delegation on hand early.
IL consisted OF Department Commander Odell,
Senior Vice-Commander ]. N. Pipes, Col. Erd-
man, OF Louisville, Ky; Gen. Whitaker, Capt.
Harm, Of San Antonio, Tex. They were ali very
secretlve as to their mission, but a little bird
that flew over from the Treasury department
whispered it at the White House that they were
urging the President to appoint Gen. Whitaker
as deputy second controller. No assurances.
The NEW AUDITORS.
Abright-eyed man with clean-cut features
thanked the President to-day for having ap-
pointed him fourth auditor of the Treasury.
Ex-Representative Lynch, for it was he, told a
STAR reporter that he had not yet settled when
ne would take charge OF his new Office. He
was then on his way to consult
about that matter with Mr.. Shelley.
Accompanying the famous Congressman
was Col: James Lewis, stalwart mulatto
who in the days of President Grant was sur
veyor OF the port of New Orleans. He seemed
to be as much pleased as was Mr.. Lynch and
said that the appointment would do great
deal to allay the feeling which southern demo-
Gratis had endeavored to implant in the negro
mind-that the colored people were going to
be ignored by the present administration.
They went over to the Treasury department to-
gether.
DR.. i. W. Habercom, who received his an.
pointment as fifth auditor yesterday, also fol-
lowed the promptings of grateful heart and
thanked the President for the solid assurances
OF his distinguished consideration.
IN A HURRY.
Hon. John S. Wise, of New York and yir-
ginia, was in a good deal Of hurry. 1t was
nearly o'clock when he rushed into the cabi-
net room, dragging after him an unknown
friend He distanced all the others in the
waiting-room, introduced his friend to the Pres
ident, talked about Virginia patronage, and was
gone before some of the loiterers had quite
realized that he had gone in. Don't know
anything now" said he to STAR reporter. as
he ratified down the stairs. I'm going back
to New York tonight"
ALABAMAs VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVES
here seem to be tireless. They were present
in very marked degree to-day. Some of them
saw the President and some Of them did not.
Among the latter were Charles w. Buckley
and Lewis L. Parsons, jr. (the latter the
son of Lewis L. Parsons, who was one of
Andy Johnson's reconstruction governors).
Mr.. Buckley stated very frankly that he wanted
to be postmaster at Montgomery, but he did
not care to displace the incumbent, who is, he
says, good Official. The term expires very
soon, however, and thereafter Mr.. Buckley
proposes to collect the box-rents and sell green
postage stamps.
The other Alabamians are supposed to be
looking after the possibilities as to the two
United States marshalships and the vacant
place of district attorney for the northern dis
trict of the state. Their card directory to-day
reads: r. A. Moseley, jr., j. d. Gardner and
j. G. Goodloe.
OTHER SOUTHERN CALLERS.
The other callers were in the majority of
cases Southerners. Judge A. r. Norton, with
the same hair that he wore when Grant was in
augurated had an interview, and so did James
H. Bell, Lock Mcdaniel, r. F. Campbell, and
+. d. Jodon.
William E. Riley, secretary of the state re-
publican central committee, and J. X. Faulkner,
represented Kentucky, while p. Raleigh. F. NJ.
Thompson, and s. Wheeler did the honors for
Arkansas.
Richard NJ. Whites card was ragged-edged
piece of paper on which was penciled his name
and applicant for U. s. marshall for New
Mexico" Mr.. White will probably spell mar
shall with only one ''r' if he secures the ap-
pointment.
MISCELLANEOUS CALLERS.
The other callers were Judge John A. Bing-
ham, H. G. o. Chase, of Boston; A. W. c. Now
lin, Virginia; John Miller, Keyser, W. Va; DIR.
H. Fl. Cary, the Georgia fish COM
missioner, Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Epping, Florida; Samuel w. Mel
ton. South Carolina; Gen. Curtis, New York;
G.. w. Caldwell, Philadelphia; f. A. Field. In
dianapolis, and Henry Billings, the latter stat
ing on his card that his visit was sin regard to
postmaster at Ligonier, Ind"
Mr.. George Francis Dawson called to felici-
tate the President upon the District Commits
sioners appointments, but he was crowded out
and will come again on Tuesday.
THE PUBLIC RECEPTION
was attended by about $50 persons, and was, as
usual, without special feature.
After the reception was over delegation of
Philadelphia merchants called and we're re-
ceived in the library. The party consisted
of VIM. Brockie, president mari
time exchange; VIM. F. Hagar, presi-
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