Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-22
THE PRESIDENTS BUSY DAY.
Numerous Callers at the White House
this Morning.

aided very materially in the work of destruc-
ton. 1t was another Of those very busy DAYS
| which comes at least twice a week. and as the
President shut down promptly at 1890 the
multitude had to file through in a hurry.
| They were a weary-looking lot of place
hunters, but they hung on and hoped. Just
as they have been hanging on and hoping for
months past and as some of them will be hang
| ing on and hoping for year to come. The
| gentler sex has commenced to be numerous.
| Up to the present time but few of the feminine
| gender have troubled the President. but now
| they are gathering courage and the President
! has to see several of them daily. To-day there
were not less than half dozen of them in the
library. IL the increase continues the Presi-
/ dent will soon be talking about "a lodge in
some vast wilderness"
| THE PHILADELPHIA PUZZLE
Senator Quay was an early visitor He wants
that Philadelphia puzzle solved as quickly as
possible. SO does Representative Bingham,
who came later, but they disagree as to who
| ought to be the lucky candidate.
| senator Sawyer was welcome caller because
he is business-like in his methods He never
bothers the President unless he wants some
| thlng and then he states his case as briefly as
| possible. If 1t will encourage some of the more
| proilx brethren 1t may be well to state that the
! Senator generally hits everything he aims at.
and he is, furthermore, good retriever.
THANKS BY CABLE.
| Solomon Hirsch is grateful. Cable tolls are
high. but that phase of protection did not pre-
vent MIR. Hirsch, who is at Carlsbad, from tele-
graphing dispatch full of thanks to Senator
] Mitchell, of Oregon, to the President and to
| the Secretary of State. The Senator clad in a
cOol-looking suit of gray. was the bearer of the
| message to the President and Secretary Blaine
| MIR. Hirsch will not return to the United States
| before taking charge of his mission as minister
| to Turkey. All the necessary papers and in
| structions are being forwarded by the State
department to Minister Fred. Grant at Vienna,
MIR. Grant will administer the oath of Office
| and then start Mr.. Hirsch on his way to Con-
| stantinople.
| CANDIDATE FOR A MARsHALsHIP.
Ex-senator Thomas c. Platt is in the city.
| accompanied by Mr.. A. L. Baxter. of Elmira.
He wants another New York appointment
made. He wants Mr.. Baxter for United States
marshal for the northern district OF New York
There are five or six candidates for the office
IN the held, and quite contest between them.
But Mr.. Baxter has the support of Senator His
cock and Representative Flood, of his district,
as well as that of Dir. Platt. Senator Evarts
has candidate of his own for the place. but it
Is thought Plat will secure it for his friend.
MIR. Divide Musin, the violinist, called upon
the President to-day and invited him to attend
the concert this evening. Mr.. Harrison prom
| lsed to come and bring Mrs Harrison.
Commissioners Douglass and Hine made
their first official call, and were pleasantly re-
ceived
THE REMAINING DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS.
There is very good authority for the state
ment that the appointments to the remaining
District offices will not be made before the fall
The marshalship may be made an exception,
but 1T Is expected that that will be delayed with
the rest.
THE OLD AND THE NEW
neither of them very old nor very young-Gp-
peared in the persons of ex-senator Van Wyck
and Representative N. D. Stiyers, of Middle
town, n. Y. Thirty years ago Mr.. Van Wyck
represented the AIiddletOWn district in
Congress, and now he is acting as his
modern successors chaperone. The district
has been democratic for "a long time. its repre-
sentative in the Fiftieth Congress having been
Mr.. Bacon, but Mr.. Stevers succeeded Ill making
1t go republican last November.
THE SECOND cONTRoLLERsHIP OF THE TREASURY
is the place Senator Higgins talked to the Presi-
dent about, and he introduced to the chief
executive the man whom Delaware wants to
have in that position-Judge Fisher.
Twill he be appOintcd!" asked STAR re-
porter OF the Senator.
"He would be if was President" was the
reply.
Representative Cannon was out in a new
role. He was acting as escort to Mr.. c. p
johnson, of Vandalia, H., a gentleman who
simply desired to pay his respects to the Presi-
dent.
Delegate Allen, of Washington territory.
brought with him DR.. Sparkling of Seattle.
Those who ought to know say that the doctor is
not particular what kind OF an Office it is SO
long as it is an Office.
SOUTHERN APPOINTMENTS
was the theme upon which Contestant Miller,
ff no Ji,Tr
Jas. G. Hill. of Mississippi, discoursod to the
chief executive. Their conversation was neces-
sarily brief, but the visitors seemed TO be sat-
isfed.
AN INVITATION ACCEPTED.
committee from the graduating law class
of Howard University, composed of p. W. Bry-
ant, Florida; Geo. NJ. Lane, Maryland, and
Clifton l.. Hairston, of North Carolina invited
the President to attend the graduating exer-
cises on tine 9th instant and to present the
diplomas The invitation was accepted. and
the committee departed wearing a large and
interesting smile all over its countenance.
coLoRED REPUBLICANS.
Hon. Z. 2. McCabe, of Kansas one of the
representative colored men of the west has
been here for several weeks Observing the
progress ospolitics under the new administra-
ton. Mr. McCabe is republican and
of Kansas. He elected in 1882 by IL 900
majority, and again 1884 by 1900. He saws
that while the coloSed republicans have re-
ceived some recognition at the hands of the adj
minissration, nearly all the fayors thus
far extended have been to the south
ern representatives of that element.
Four appointments of colorcd men
to important positions have been made. Lynch.
of Mississippi, is fourth auditor; Spellman, of
Mississippi, and Smith of Missouri. are special
agents of the Interior department. and
Townsend, of Indiana, recorder of the
general land Office. Smith has resided
in Missouri only a short time. He came from
Mississippi, where he was prominent in poll
tics. and his appointment was secured by
Mississippi influence. Ex-senator Bruce and
ex-Representative Lynch were his principal
hackers Townsend is an Indiana man,
and Indiana men seem to constitute sepa-
rate and distinct class when 1t comes to
office-seeking and ofice-getting, exAudtor
McCabe thinks the appointment of a colored
republican from that state ought not to be
credited to the north but to Indiana alone.
Hence he argues the colored men of the north
have yet to be recognized in a full and fair
sense.
THE colored republicans. however," he
said, " are pleased with President Harrison.
think his administration up to this time has
been entirely consistent with the express
sions contained in his inaugural address.
While the protective tariff has been ac-
cepted as necessary to the development of
American industries, and has accordingly been
indicated the basis of the presidential policy,