The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-10
THEIR FIRST MEETING
President and His Advisors
Hold q Formal Gathering.
WHITE HOUSE RUsH STILL ON

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several Notable 0roups cail 20 Pay .
Their norpseis 90 The Presldsnt-Aii .
We're Calls of Courtesy aud No nusl-
ness of Any Nature was Made known .
60 the Chief
WASHINGTON. March g-prosidont /
Mckinley and his cabinet held their .
fni formal meeting AZ u o'clock to- .
day. AZ a rule cabinet day has hereto
fore boon reserved for business before /
the presidents and bis advisors. not only /
as against the general public. bat also
senators and members Of the house
To-day, however. there was tho usual
early rush of prominent mon, many Of
whom were received by the president
Several notable groups arrived about
10 O'Clock. tho lrst embracing silver
Republicans Senators Teller Of Colorado,
Pettigrow Of South Dakota and Cannon
Of Utah. who withdrew from the S.
Louis convention With them also was
Senator Warren OF Wyoming They
were shown ai once 20 che president
office aud spent or 30 minutes with
President Mckinley. Ii was entirely @
call % oouriosy and no allusion 20 party
or politics va. made Tho president
showed biz usual cordiality and thoro
was no evidence 10 his manner or words
Of che divisions resulting from the na-
tonal convention.
Following tha group came another
one comprising ilo eDiire Republican
m,mb,rship Of che ways and means
COMMITTEE headed by Chairman Ding
loy This to1. was a call q courtesy,
and DO reference 90 the tariff
Callers from private life were Murat
Halsicd. and Powell Clayton Of Arkan.
sas
The cabinet officers began 20 arrive
shopily before % o'clock Secretary
Bic did uot attend. being absent In
/ Now York Atll 05 President McKin.
/ icy lcit his oflco and joined has advisors
in The cabinet room. Then came q lun
/ of comparative quiet and the general
/ crowd vas told che president would re-
c.ys AZ 3 o'cioct
m view Of q letter of ox.Quecn Ll.
/ 'iUlalaui there was considerable com.
. m..f a. COO r-s..l.e visit from iho ca.
queen. lt Be- stated that customary
/ rules and court .aos observed fowari
/ private callers would b. observed in
this case a. in 40 others without any
. sre-al arranrements
/ Sc word hai been received up g. the
7 umo - the cabinet meeting a. 20 Iulio
sanruilly, the Caban. who, 10 was said.
woall call on tho president and present
phases q the Cuban question.
The cabinet meeting lasted an hour
| The talk wa informal the president
and his associates cuioy.ng cigars and
chatting over OLD days IN the housa Of
rourcscntaiivos Il b. stated no quos.
tiou of importance came before the
meeting the remark being made that
fortunately adiir a. % Cuba and
Hiwan were unusually quiet ai pres.
crt
Huge bundles oi applications were IN
che Office. sent from the White House
O. various departments They com
pscd about 10. 1000 applications received
at Canton BY Secretary Boyle lie hal
been at work on thcm IN advance IN.
stead Of waiting for the deluge o. ap-
piications now coming In. With n,
1000 settled officials woro able Tor arst
time % set abreast Of the incoming
mail Rough estimate by Mr. Boyle
who Is Ia charge OF the correspondence
is that $4,000 letters have been handle,
within tho recent moah
Tho conference between thepresidon
dnd Mr. sherman yesterday lasted ful
hour 10 started much conjecture. bn
those best informed said 10 related main
ly 90 initial work OF the state depart
mont ita tan, etc Several umos dur
. ine the day che Presidents dosirc % re
coivo public mon as fast aa possible, leO
b Go tho gathering o. crowds ia the ~,
waite oflco equal ia number 90 those OF
ddo. The presidents dcsk bore a hui
/, hank of Roses extending across The frou
Tho secretary Of che interior Bills.
called ai nom and was with che prosl
dent fur soro tm,.
Applications Cor office took wid
range. one % them beinc Cor tho poi
uon 70 steward OF che executive man
aon tho applicant being William Ed
wards oi no,udoro, q.
Tho secretary of ex.Qacen LIliouka
LIANT came 90 che White House No
o'clock boMine auoto addressed 90 so,
rotary Poficr The latter was ai luno
/, az che time aud tho ox.uuoon's sccrctar
, did not wait Cor au answer
General fonrstrcsl. tho famous Con
iclcaie leader. was among those await
me thc pre- lont's return o. bis desk.
, rfeaiyseut mack e. Commitiee.
WASHINGTON. March p-tu cNecJ
tive session yesterday senator navi
chairman of the foreign rotations con
mittoe. offered a resolution roferriu
back 10 thc committee the treaty Of a
mtrauon, and &c was agreed to.
Ai the close Of tho session u oongrc