Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-24

The President. brown as berry from his ex-
posure to the seaside Sun, was at his desk this
morning and transacted good portion of the
business that has accumulated during his
weeks stay at Cape May Point He arrived
yesterday afternoon. but there was little or
nothing doing around the White House during
the remainder Of the day. Although Tuesday
is the time appointed for cabinet meetings the
hour was SO late and the body so depleted that
1t was not called together. Senator kenna
called to let the President feel that the city is
not wholly deserted.
CALLERS TO-DAY.
This morning the usual rush toward the
presidential ear-the presidential tongue is not
doing very much service just now-was begun.
and there was no reason for there being any lone
Illness at the mansion. First came MIR. Moore
assistant secretary of state, who is very active
Just now in the conduct of certain branches OF
State Department business.
On his heels came a distinguished couple
As Capt. Dinsmore at the big front door re-
marked, they made tirst-class pair to draw to-
One was Col. Robert g. Ingersoll. who
is growing stout he gets bald. and the
other was John W. Macksy. who seems
to grow thinner as he becomes richer
In the goods of earth The genial
colonel appeared to be in the lead and
he lost little time in evolving himself from a
state OF walting-throuCh tho medium of MIR
Halford intercessory care-to a position COM
mandlng the entire breadth and depth of the
ear Mr.. Mackay followed suit and went in
over the same cable as his more portly friend.
INGERsoLL AND MACKAY.
They held their places for nearly half an
hour, and when they emerged they were as I'M
communicative as one of Mr.. Mackay's own
untranslated cablegrames. Col. Ingersoll
shook hands with STAR reporter and instead
OF telling him what his errand was he smiled
one OF those complete, whole-souled. good
natured smiles for which he is famous,
and said: There is no news. have no news
never have Tell The STAR to keep on twinkling
as brightly as it used to in the days of the star
route trials and to go on up the ladder. NV
presence here is not significant. Goodbye"
had gone down to the portico, where he stood
meditatively chewing the safe end of a match
COMMISSIONER OWEN.
As they passed out they nodded "howdy" to
Hon. VIM. D. Owen, the new commissioner of
immigration. who Was on his way to tell the
President-through Mr. Halford-how much he
thinks of the selection of Mr.. Weber as COM
missionrr to Europe to investigate the 'why" of
immigration in place of the late lamented inter
yiewee from Ohio. Half way upstairs he paused
to say to the STAR reporter that he
new bureau, but that he hopes to get things
well under way by the LIST of July. He is now
occupying place in the ante room to Assist
ant Secretary Nettleton's Office for want of
more commodious quarters. but search war
rant has been issued in the department for the
purpose of finding a suite of eighteen rooms in
the main building to fit out the bureau as a
regularly established part of the machine.
Mr.. wEBER's COMPETENCY
Mr.. Weber, the commissioner remarked. is
one OF the most competent men in the country
for such task as has been allotted to him.
having ample experience and discretion as
well as uncommonly good sense. His
work as superintendent of immigration
in New York has fitted him to an unusual de-
gree for looking at the immigration question
through judicious microscope. and Mr.. Owen
looks tor some excellent results from this new
project. The whole matter however, he
averred, is as delicate as can be and must be
handled very gingerly.
Then he went upstairs to talk to Mr.. Halford
THE PUBLIC RECEPTION.
Those who really succeeded in seeing the
President were not 30 numerous as on ordinary
days, and at O'Clock the President went down
stairs and shook hands with a hundred or so of
his countrymen in the east room. He stood
the ordeal well and then went to lunch with
large appetite, reminiscence of the seashore.