The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-04

| inston.
Washington. D. c.. April SIN pur-
suaace % policy which PreSidsu; Nc
kinlsy has formulated. Il is his purpose
70 give Ohio precisely the consideration
which he gives 70 applicants Fer office
in other sta,es.and NOT more. This policy
the president outlined 20 an Ohio mem
| be- OF congress day OF two ago and he
proposes 10 adhere to it strictly.
Mr.. Mckinley has tens OF thousands oe
friends in Ohio. Macy % them hsvs
known him personally for years. aud
many Of them. TOO. are applicants FOR
Office OF one kind or another. This %
particularly true OF the E4ghseenih con-
greSsionai district. He represented the
d.st-lct Tor So many years IN congress
that nc became personally acquainted
With thousands of mn and intimately ae-
quainted with a large number OF them.
Scores % these scquaintances are new
applicants for appointment 70 positions
in the federal service. As there are not
enough Offices 20 go around IL fellows IN
evitehiy. perhaps unfortunately. that
there wiu - many disappolntmen;s- The
president regrets this FAC; as much IS
anybody. but nanifes;ly cannot -
hAc!pcd.
WHITE HOUSE LEAK
4 leak has been discovered at the
White House. and II viii be stopped.
The table used by the telegraph opera
tor VAS 81 placed that any person hSv-
ing admission 20 the executive Offices
who was able 50 read "hy sound could
readily catch the tenor Of The telegraphic
messages sent or received. many Of
walch are exceedingly important ard
not Intended for the eve or ear OF the
public. Il Is said that several attaches
of Out-ot-iown newspapers. who were
formerly telegraph operators or VINO had
otherwise learned 20 read messages by
sound. have proh.ed from that accom-
plishment by listening - the click 81 re
instrument Oh the operators table al the
White House. and thus obtaining tips
which We're some times exceedingly
valuable 10 chem in Their professional
capacity.
PRESIDENT is IRRITATED,
a senator undertook this morning In
urge the preside % make appointments
IN order 10 quiet the impatient Office
seekers and their friends In the senate
and house Of representatives: whereup-
on the president told him that II the Of
fice-seckers would go away and BET him
alone he would be able 10 81 something.
but "a long as twelve or fourteen hours
0f every day we're occupied IN receiving
calls from officc-seckers he had no time
70 think over their claims or inveStigate
their qualifications. He alluded 20
certain senator who had called upon him
every day for the last three weeks urg-
.?g him 20 appoint a constituent % one
of the most important offices IA the tXs-
cut.ve departments. BIT said the
president. at ~ impossible far ire -
make that appointment until have al
opportunity 90 examine and reflect upon
the qualifications OF the several cands-
dates. n my friends would fle their pa
rela and x home" h added. Il might
be able 70 crafty some Of them. but an
iorg as they continue . occupy ny tims
and prevent me from acting upon their
requests II Is their own fault"
PRESENT OF CIGARS.
At the dinner which he gave ?, she
cabinet las; week the president brought
out a box 81 cigars that were fully
eight inches long and an inch and a hsis
in diameter. Several OF the guests who
are tough Old smokers. Ike Mr. Gage
and NJ. Bliss. NJ. Hanna and Colonel
Herrick. - Cleveland undertook 20
smoke them. and say that their flavor
was very fine. the finest they had ever
tasted 90 a cigar. bot one would hst r
whole evening. and they dld not have
time % smoke more than hair WAY up
before thy were called 70 rei0in the
ladies These cigars were received lest
week by the president from a uznufsct-
ureT IN Havana. and were part ~ an
Invoice made @ order Tor she emperor G
Austria. who likes his cigars long. fa..
ard strong. and so box containing
only ten cigars. or - per cigar. The
tobacco r. 81 the fines. quality - BE- Oh
tanned en- Cuba. The cigars are fnais
with UNUSUAL care. and there - 1us' "a
m1cl tobacco IN Ten ~ them - Ia box
containing che hundred ordinary s.zfd
cigars. Tee president received thsss
though a friend wh3 happened - hsys
been visiting Cuba. sp1 was asked ~
tas manufacture . bring Them . hial.