Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-09
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Money Message May Be Sent in
Tomorrow.
TOPICS OF THE CABINET MEETING
The President Will Go to Lake
ChampIain.
LATE CONSULAR SELECTIONS

Should there be no further change in the
plans of the President, the currency mes
sage will go to Congress next Monday. 1t
would probably have gone in today if Con-
gress had been in session. At the cabinet
meeting today the President made known
his purpose. While it is beyond doubt the
intention to send the message to this
session of Congress, there is flood of ad-
vice from republican congressman against
| this. They strongly urge the President to
hold the message until next session. About
an equal number of republican leaders ad-
wise the President not to delay the mes
sage. Both kinds of advice are still being
| freely given, and, as the President is al
ways open to conviction the matter is still
| in such shape as to be subject to change.
| Other matters were discussed in the cabi-
| net meeting, Hawaii being among them
| but no definite action taken. Import
ant matters like Hawaii and Cuba come up
| in some form at each cabinet meeting ana
| go over until the next meeting, unless 1t IS
| necessary that some decision be Immediate
| ly arrived at.
| President Going to Lake Champlnin.
| 1t was today decided where President
| Nc ckinley will spend part of his summer
I vacation About week after his trip to
| Chicago to attend the exercises OF the un-
| yelling of the statue of General Logan,
| President and Mrs. Mckinley, accompa MED
| by Secretary and Mrs. Porter will leave
| for the Hotel Chamrlain, situated on the
| banks OF Lake Champlain. They Will re-
main there two or three weeks, probably
| during the month of August. In fact, the
| seat of government will be practically
| transferred there. as Vice President Ho-
Tart and Secretary Alger have decided to
take their families there at the time the
| Pre- sident is a visitor. Secretary Gage
| may also be a visitor. He has been to this
| resort and one of those to recommend
| ii to the President.
| Hotel Champlain was selected in q cur
| ious way. The President has received hun
| dreds of invitations from summer resorts
to honor them with his presence. No offer
| received from the Hotel Chainplain.
| Secretary Porter remembered having been
| there years ago, and spoke to the Presi-
| dent The proprietor of the hotel was tele-
| graphed to and came on here. Final ar
| rangements with him were concluded after
| his return, and the announcement is made
| today.
The location is said to meet the Presi-
| dents wishes in every way. The hotel is
| not in a town, and stands by itself. This
| will give the President freedom from office
| seekers The atmosphere is cool and brac-
ing, just what the chief executive wants
and needs.
| Will Go About August.
The President and the party with him
will be settled there about the 1st of Au-
gust. 1t has not yet been decided where
the President will spend the remaining part
of the sixty days which he proposes to take
as a vacation. Some Of the time he will
doubtless put in at a seashore resort. He
has finally abandoned his project of going
to the far west this year. He may make
this trip next summer at the close of the
regular session of Congress.
| President Mckinley today declined to
commute to life imprisonment the sentence
n
! Phoenix, Arizona, today. Lashley was
soldier In the army and killed fellow sol
der. He was some time ago given re-
spite that efforts might be made to secure
| communication.
| Those Consular Appointments.
| A large batch of consular appointments
would have gone to the Senate today II
| that body had been in session. This batch
will go up tomorrow, and then, stated
in yesterdays Star, there will be no fur
ther consular nominations until Congress
ends this session. A struggle has been or
today among those possessing the fac1
! mentioned to get in tomorrow's list before
THE entries close" If they are not able t
enter now they may be unable to secure
places when the flag drops for the mex
i event. The anxiety over these consuial
| places continues. Three four Thousand
applicants scrambling for about 2U
| places.
| Representative BarthOldt of Missouri
| presented to the President the claims ol
, ex-Represente tive Crowther for good TOR
| eign berth. Mr.. CroWther was some time
ago spoken of for minister to Corea, bu1
that place has been promised.
Register of the Treasury.
Ex-senator B. X. Bruce. who is among
the leading candidates for register of the
treasury, was at the White House. but die
! not see the President. He has received
no information which will lead him tt
think he will become register, but hi:
friends say the President is in search o.
a colored man of national reputation tC
| fill this place. They point to Bruce a:
probably the best-krown colored man il
: ! the country. Prof. r. r. Wright, thu
l Georgia candidate, is said to be looming up
n Col A. Il. Redstone, the former loca
: director of the Coxey army, left at tn,
| White House today IAN open letter TO
| the President. The colonel suggests va
rious plans for bringing about prosperity
| Col. Redstone wants more money turne,
| out.