Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-23

| AMONG THEM WERE THE FAMOUS BROOKLYN
! PREACHER, T. DE WITT TALMADGE, PATRICK
| EGAN, THE NEW MINISTER TO CHILL, AND
\ NUMBER OF wELL-KNowS POLITICIANS.
| There was snow at the White House to-day
Real snow. Beautiful snow. All through the
night and all through the day clustering boreas
swayed the trees in the grounds and,
with unseasonably chilly fingers. dis
arranged the hirsute adornment on
many manly office-seeking face as
it turned toward the Mecca of American cti-
zenship. and just about IL a. N. the snow ap-
peared. He was from East Boston, Mass,
weighed about 100 pounds, and had the initials
| Z. A. before his name. His business was said
to be political, but further particulars have not
| disclosed themselves.
| There were a good many callers around, but
| they came mostly In delegations, and were
| easily handled and summarily disposed of. For
| the individual oftice-seeker it was truly a cold
| day.
! BROOKLYN WAS VERY NUMEROUS
to-day. Senator Hiscock led a Kings county
delegation of ten republican ward leaders in
and persuaded the President to listen to them
while they acclaimed on the evils which
may fairly be expected to ahict the
republican party if the administration
| does not Gust the democrats who hold Office
| and draw salary in Brooklyn. Then when the
practical politicians had retired an audience
was given to two more BroOklynites-
! more fitting representatives CT the City
of Churches than their predecessors.
| Rey. T. Dewitt Talmadge and his
| son. From the President and the library they
were conducted into Mrs. Harrison's presence,
| and few minutes later were shaking hands
with a STAR reporter.
TALK WITH THE BROOKLYN MINISTER.
En- 81,
seen the President and Mrs. Harrison and Mrs.
Mckee. Everything appears to be lovely and
| peaceful. l find the President in good health
| and spirits in spite of the heavy work
he must be struggling with. What
! do L think of the administration?
Very much pleased with it, and so is every body
| else. Expressions of goodwill toward the
| President are very numerous wherever | go
| and the general feeling is hopeful one.
| I've had very pleasant visit. More pleas
ant, perhaps, than that of many an Office
| seeker. although cannot imagine how they
| feel because have no axes to grind. You
| see"-and he slapped the empty pockets of his
| spring overcOat-''nOt an axe; not even a pair
! of scissors"
Isn't there any position you would like y
| queried the reporter.
mo; might have asked for the appoint
ment as minister to Brooklyn, but got that
place some years ago."
Il see.' continued the divine, that THE
STAR Is shining more brightly than ever. 1t is
| an EVENING STAR in name, but its rays are
visible through the columns Of the morning
papers. OF the following day. Long may it
| shine
PATRICK EGAN.
man cast in gigantic mold came out of
the library in company with pleasant featured
gentleman who probably did not weigh
half much as his heroic-loOking COM
panion. They are of one mind on many
subjects. The giant was John l.. Finerty, the
Chicago ex-congressman. and his friend was
Patrick Egan United States minister to Chilli.
1t was Elnertys first appearance at
the White House since the inauguration
of President Harrison. and he came
to greet the new administration. He was
as taciturn as he used to be loquacious
Minister Egan's visit was for the purpose of
saying farewell" He leaves for New York to-
night and will sail for Aspinwall i'll day or
two.
BUFFALO DELEGATION NOT AFTER OFFICE.
Buffalo was strongly represented. Congress
man Farquhar headed an excursion party,
| which simply wanted to shake hands with
the President The little crowd has
been at Gettysburg dedicating the
monument to the Wedrich battery-the
| battery that held the key at Gettysburg right
alongside of Ricketts-and listening to
| the Oratory of Representative Farquhar
The party consisted of Messrs. Philip
Bachert, Adam Schell. Alderman Beck.
Henry J. Fox, Edward A. Schusler, William W.
Lett and w. Z. Georges; Mcsdames Schell, Fox.
Beck, Lett and Schmidt; and the Misses Bachcrt
and Wiedrich. the latter being . the daughter
of the battery" 1t is understood that there
was not an oftice-seeker in the crowd.
vIRGISIANs INVITE THE PRESIDENT.
Fredericksburg, Va. had lots of people ready
to say a good word for her at the White House
to-day. Following the lead of Representative
T. II. b. Brown came Mayor A. p. Rowe, o. D.
Foster, John NJ. Griffin, NJ. G. Willis, q. W.
Wroten. f. ID. Cole. John 7. Knight. G. H.
Pearson. W. Ii. Russell, q. W. Sheperd, l.. o.
McGrath, all OF Fredericksburg. and j.
J. Mcdonald. of Northumberland county. When
they got into the library Mr.. Pearson delivered
quite an eloquent address, the gist of which
was an invitation to the President and
visit Fredericksburg in October next when the
great agricultural fair will be in progress
Mayor Rowe followed with an adj
ditional appeal, and then the President
of their invitation IT, said he. Il consulted
the prompting of my heart | would say yes
instantly. As it is | will promise you to con-
slider the matter carefully. and if no very i'm
pOrtant business comes to interfere will try to
| attend"
Not single member of the delegation even
| thought of mentioning politics and no one
whispered office" 1t was very welcome
delegation.
WESTERN MEN.
Representative COnger called to discuss few
Iowa matters in which he and some of his con-
stituents are much interested.
Ex-Representative Deuster, of Wisconsin,
was accompanied by one OF the now somewhat
numerous Harrison family-S. A. Harrison of
Milwaukee.
Among the most prominent Hoosier politi-
clans in the city now Is Chas. F. Griffin, secre-
tary of state for Indiana He is an intimate
personal friend of President Harrison and
Private Secretary Halford and lunched with
them at the White House yesterday. He was
one of the strongest candidates the ticket
with General Harrison. and being the youngest
man on the state ticket and one of the most
active, run ahead OF his cOnfreres. Mr.. Grit
| fin is here looking after the interests of some
! of his friends who want Offices.
One OF the rarest specimens of the genus homo
! shook the Presidents good right hand this
morning. 1t was a Missourian who repUdiated
all designs upon office by having the word
! Respects on his card. There was another
MissOurian-R. i. Lawder-who did not COM
! promise himself in any sucheway.
THE OTHER CALLERS
were b. C. Hobbs, Birmingham, Ala; L. E.
Parsons, jr., Alabama; Capt. c. F. Porter, New
York; E. Y. Goldsborough, Maryland; John T.
Wilson, Pittsburg; Col. W. b. Crooks, Phila-
delphia; DR.. Harrison Il. Whitman, Read
| ing, Pa; James w. Templeton, Chicago;
J. f. j. Trerch president of the National Re