Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-28
Thanksgiving Proclamation to Be
Issued Tomorrow.
PRESIDENT INVITED TO new ENGLAND
Throng Of Callers at the Executive
Mansion.
RDON OF WINE

President Mckinley will issue his first
Thanksgiving proclamation before leaving
the city tomorrow. He did not care to wait
until he returned from Ohio, as that would
have delayed the proclamation too long.
Editor Charles Emory Smith. Rev. DR..
Stephen w. Dana and E. Burgess Warren
today invited President Mckinley to attend
the annual dinner of the New England So
ciety of Pennsylvania, to be held in Phila-
delphia December %. The President said
he would give consideration to the invita-
ton, and indicated that the consideration
might be favorable.
President Mckinley has signed the par
don of Louis Redwine, and the document
has been dispatched to the Columbus, Ohio.
penitentiary that the man may be released
at once. Redwine was convicted nearly six
years ago of embezzlement of funds from a
national back at Atlanta. His term would
have expired in November. The pardon re-
stores his citizenship. The pardon was
sought by Georgia people, and Senator
Bacon came here to request it.
Senator Mcbride of Oregon and Repre-
sentative Richardson of Tennessee saw the
President today. The Oregon senator was
accompanied by John H. Hall, a candidate
for district attorney of Oregon.
The cabinet meeting tomorrow will prob
ably be long one, as there will not be an
Otner meeting 1Or q week. Inc PRESIDENT
will not receive visitors tomorrow.
The Pressure of Applicants.
When President Mckinley entered upon
his duties he did his best for few months
to see all his callers But the strain was
too heavy, and he began to shut down on
too much company. For a long time his
work has been SO heavy that he has seen
few visitors outside of those in official life.
An unusually large number were on hand
today. Half Of the faces were familiar
to Secretary Porter and his assistants as
the carpets on their office floors. These
faces were first seen the week after March
4, and hardly day has passed since then
that they have not appeared. AS soon as
the Office for which they have applied goes
to some one else they put in bid for an
other Office, and stay on.
1t is not believed President Mckinley will
follow the example of President Cleveland
during his last administration Of entirely
shutting out the public, but he is said to
get very weary at times.
The White House throng today recalls
the famous order of President Cleveland.
and shows the contrast between the two
administrations. Under date of May 3,
1893 two months after q wrestle with Office
seekers. President Cleveland issued the
following order, signing his name:
1t has become apparent after two
months experience that the rules hereto
fore promulgated regulating interviews
with the President have wholly failed in
their operation. The time which, under
those rules, was set apart for the reception
of senators and representatives has been
almost entirely spent in listening to appli-
cations for office, which have been Ee-
wildering In volume. perpleXing and ex-
hausting in their iteration and impossible
Of remembrance.
"A due regard for public duty, which
must be neglected if present conditions
continue, an observance Of the limitations
placed upon human endurance, obIige me
to decline from and after this date all per-
sonal interviews with those seeking ap-
pointment to office. except rs I on my own
motion may especially invite them. The
same considerations make it impossible for
me to receive those who merely desire to
pay their respects. except on the days and
during the hours especially designated for
that purpose.
Il earnestly request senators and rep
resentatives to aid me in securing for them
uninterrupted interviews by declining to in
troduce their constituents and friends
when visiting the Executive Mansion during
the hours designated for their reception.
Applicants for Office will only prejudice
their prospects by repeated importantly
and by remaining in Washington to await
results
Police to "Spruce Up"
Chief Of Police Moore was at the White
House today and had a conference with
Colonel Bingham, superintendent of public
buildings and grounds. After the confer
ence the police stationed at the White
House and on the grounds received notice
that. beginning next Monday, they would
have to wear dress coats, closely buttoned,
white gloves, standing collars, with black
ties. In addition their badges must appear
on the breast Of their coats. Colonel Bing-
ham has been making some changes in
matters of dress around the White House.
AS heretofore stated in The Star num-
ber of the servants in the residence portion
of the building have been required to wear
white costumes. The touching up of the
police squad means that the men are ex-
pected to become more careful in their
attire.
Benefited by the Pullman VIII.
One of the beneficiaries Of the will Of
George NJ. Pullman is an employe of the
White House. He Is William Wells, and
was remembered in the sum of 5000. His
brother, servant in the Pullman home at
Chicago, gets 5000 Wells has been at the
White House for three years. He is a but
ler and ranks next to the White House
steward He was recommended to Presi-
dent Cleveland by Mr.. Pullman, and it was
the latters recommendation which secured
the place for Wells.
Wells was for years in the service of
with Mr.. Pullman. and also serving at the
family home. When President Harrison
went west on his long tour, Wells was sent
along with him by Mr.. Pullman He was
with President Harrison throughout the
trip
Two Florida Appointments.
National Committeeman Long of Florida
talked with the President today, with the
result that the appointments Of John r.
Stillman as collector of customs at Pensa
cola and r. l.. Scarlet as surveyor general
OF Florida have been agreed upon.