The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-10
DIPLOMATS PRESENTED.
Senator Sherman Receives
the Corps and So Does
the President.
EXIT THE SPECIAL SESSION.
Senators Go Home Until Monday
One Treaty Be-
ported.
EXIT THE SPECIAL SESSION. |

corps DlplOmatique was received by Sec
retary Sherman, in the diplomatic par
lor of the State Department at Il O'Clock
this morning, and shortly afterwards pre-
sented to the President
The members of the Corps assembled in
the diplomatic reception room shortly be-
fore II o'clock by appointment, the
Chinese, Korean and Turkish Ministers
alone having other attire than the custom
ary morning dress Frock coats and
high silk hats We're unexceptional and all
decorations were conspicuous by their
absence.
AT II the Corps in body headed by its
doyen, Sir Julian Pauncefote. were ush-
efed by Assistant Secretaries Rockhill
and Adee, into the diplomatic parlor,
where they were ranged about the four
sides OF the room in their proper order Of
precedence, each head of embassy and
| legation being supported by his secre-
tarles and attaches, the order being as
follows
The Ambassadors of Great Britain,
France italy and Germany, the Ministers
OF Mexico, Netherlands. Sweden and Nor
way, Brazil, Guatemala, Chile China,
Venezuela, Austria Hungry, Switzerland,
Spain, Denmark, Hawaii, Ecuador. Rus
key, Greater Republic of Central Ameri-
ca, Belgium and Costa Rica and the
Charges dAffaires of Colombia and the
Dominican Republic.
Secretary Sherman invited Major Cen
erai Miles and his aide, Captain Mich
Ter. who were with him at the time to
witness the function. The Secretary was
escorted around the entire line and pre-
sented to each diplomat in turn and sub
sequently for half an hour, had brief
conversations with most of the members
IN cordial, hospitable manner, and with
as little formality as the dignity of the
occasion permitted.
Sir Julian Pauncefote and several 9TH
ers We're recognized as old acquaintances
and the treatment accorded Senior Dupuy
de LONE was noticeably friendly and
prolonged. At half past eleven o'clock
Sir Julian Pauncefote led the way in a
parting handshake with the Secretary,
with whom all future negotiations are to
be held, and followed by the eighty odd
| members of the body, went over to the
| White House.
This beautiful spring-like day brought
out the off1ce-seekers in force The ad-
vance guard was at the White House be-
fore ten O'Clock and waited around pa
tiently for the word to enter the room
| where their hopes and the President were
stationed. Senators Lodge Of Massachu-
| setts and Nelson of Minnesota were the
first of the Senatorial contingent. With
senator Nelson was ex-Congressman
Mark II. Dunnen of Minnesota, who
served in the House with President Nc
| hinley and who wants to be one of the
| Treasury auditors. Representative Heat
| Wole of Minnesota was also an early call
] er. He was accompanied by Captain Reed
1 Of Glencoe. Mimi. whom he urged for
| the position of Deputy Commissioner Of
PENSIONS TWO other Minnesota men who
nave not expressed their candidacy are
| being urged for Office. They are ex-
Governor Hubbard, whose friends want
him to be Ambassador to Italy, and Tams
| Bixby, chairman of the Minnesota State
| Central Committee, who would probably
| not object to being Commissioner of the
| General Land Office. Still another Minne-
| gresham Eddy.
| BY half past ten things were getting
congested around the door leading to Sec.
retary Porter,s room and this was reliev-
| letting the more distinguished of the
crowd enter The second stage in the
! sitting process was the admission of fav-
ored ones into the Presidents office. AS
| rule, however Major Mckinley saw
| everybody that it was possible to see.
Senators Teller, Pettigrew and Cannon,
| three of the bolting silver Republicans.
are quoted in dispatches. in the morning
papers as having, yesterday, during their
| visit to the White House, assured the
| President that they would not stand In
| the way of or object to any tariff scheme
| that might be suggested by the new ad-
| ministration. These Senators wish The
! United Associated Presses to say for them
| that they called upon Mr. Mckinley
simply 70 pay their respects, and they
| add with emphasis that during the time
they were In the presence of the Execu-
| tive the subjects of tariff, silver nor
| patronage were not mentioned OF referred
to n the most indirect manner by either
of the parties.
| The Republican Senatorial Steering
| COMMITTEES met this morning In Senator
AlHson's room. but no action Of any
kind was taken. The members received
| their notice late and some did not arrive
l until the conference was breaking up
While no member of the committee was
able to offer a tangible solution to the
existing difficulty In connection with the
1 filling of tho vacancies on the commit
| tees, it was the general impression that
no combination having for its purpose
| the organization of the Senate commit
tees BY the silver vote could be made
| effective
Several members OF the committee who
as individuals. have gwen this question
the most painstaking consideration and
have held numerous conferences with
leaders of both factions of the Demo.
cratic party and the bolting Republicans
differences between these elements are
SO great and the demands mad so in
| capable of being complied with that II
Will be utterly impossible to the Repub-
| licans to concentrate on any particular
i plan of action.
! For this reason members of the COM
mfttee state that the status quo In the
4 Senate will be maintained and that, ul.
timately, the vacancies will be filed with
the Republicans retaining the chairman
ships. although, owing to Populist rep
Iesentation on some of these committees
It will not be possible for the Republicans
to fully control the action of some. An
other meeting of the steering COMMITTEES
Will pc held tomorrow.
A denial is made to published state.
4 ments that a compromise has been agreef
to whereby the Republicans are to retair
4 control until December, when the regu
lar session convenes and that at tha1
time the contest for the control Of the
K Senate Is to be waged.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lationS did not take up the general treaty
of arbitration between the United State:
and Great Britain at its meeting thi.
morning The subject was not mention
n ed except in connection with a motion
which was agreed to, that specia
meeting be held Friday for the purpos.
of considering that convention
The Alaskan boundary treaty was aftel
a short discussion ordered to be favorably
reported. Later It was SO reported. Mucf
Y of the time OF the committee this mora
ing was consumed in self congratulations
over the xchange In the administration
and the discussion of the probability D.
II a freer exchange Of views and informa
tipn between the Executive and legisla
4 tive branches of the Government oWiiar
TO the elevation Of Mr.. Sherman, ths