Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Field Day for Office Seekers at the Execa-
tive Mansion.
Coming Diplomatic Appointments.
Inc President Has Nearly Com
pleted His Slate.

ior the ONCE seekers.
Among the number who had personal In
| terviews with the President was MI. sam.
uei RANDALL. son OF the great Democratic
protectionist OF Pennsylvania who desires
10 serve MS country as a consul. Mr. VIM
y. Chase' the colored editor, was also there
with number OF colored friends. To .
star reporter who asked him what he wa.
after Mr.. Chase loosely said: Il wan, to
be minister to Dahomey" Mr.. Smith. an
| other colored politician of the District ac
compapied a number Of colored rssiaao,.
OF this city. He declined to say what oface.
they sought. dismissing the subject st,h
the remark that there was fly one tocai
federal ONCE left-that of the marshalshIp-
ana ne mad no idea what would be dope
about that. e
Fhe New York Appointments.
senator Plat was on hand again this
morning. and IL is understood the President
assured him that his wishes would be fully
respected in making the federal appoint
menus III new York The President has
| pracucaiiy decided upon the men for the
vacant offices of collector Of customs ana
naval officer at the port of New York and
1t Is expected that they will be nominated
early next week More time will be taken
IN making the changes in the other offices
| In the empire state.
Other senators who had audiences Min
the President during the forenoon nr..
sumably IN regard to appointments In their
slates' were Senators Davis. HawIey Mel.
NOR, more ana Thurston. The constituents of
thosc statesmen had better keen a clos,
Watch on the nominations made Within m.
neA. rev Gays, as 1t Is likely they viii see
some hames they have an interest in.
of n, .opeIt r; Porter. one of the apostles
Oh protection. had a short talk with the
PRESIDENT but Secretary Porter said 4,
E su no reference TO appointments Mr.
o ma o. Dawes of Illinois. who will sue
su MI. Eckels, as controller OF the cur
fency, or the expiration of his term -,
once. dropped in for short chat with the
feslaent' with whom he is an especial
Admiral Walker and Genera, p-sos,.,
I.ose' representing the Sons of the ReyoIu
tion, extended a personal inyitation 70 ~.
t;on os ~, to attend the society's ceIebra-
tion OF the Fourth of July at the washing
ION monument. and the President said he
"ou'o IL ne could possibly do so.
Coming Diplomatic Selections.
IL is learned at the White House thar the
| esioeht mas nearly completed his SLATE
VI uipiomatlc appointments still at his dis
posai' and that numbers of them will n.
Illuminated to the Senate in A shor. tim.
Inc list OF diplomatic places subiect ~,
| change Is much larger than has been ,e,-
orally supposed 10y the initiated T, In
Guides The missions al The cau,aIs a., m.
argentine Republic, Bolivia. China ,ho
cehtrai American states. Ecuador. Greece
So LIBERIA, Persia, Russia, Siam
"sueh ana Norway, Uruguay and Para
quay and Venezuela. Ii is sep,i-n,t,,av
stated that changes will he made shorlix
AZ large majority of these places con-
fe's d;,is mere heed lie no surprise
re" diplomatic appointments are made n,
carry as next week. The probabilities cr.
t Ina Munster breckenridge at st Peters
S9urs VIII De among the very last of the
ueihccrdtie incumD.n 20 he disu,l,e1
Inc President has a high opln;on az "a.
character and ability. There IS excellent
Srouhu Tor the assertion that Mr. IeockIY1l
iate assistant secretary of state will nbe
| ton. -A.iF posi
one Of. the earliest diplomatic sppotnt-
| H,ents looked for is that of minister &c
Nlta al aqua and other Central American
| states. This is regarded as an excaa,ionaI
~ important mission, because of it's r,a,a-
uon 10 the Nicaragua canal compficatb1rs
nhe PRESIDENT desires first-class man Tor
the place, and is giving great care to HIS
selection. The proposed annexation of H,
wan gives the United States great interest
IN the canal, as 1t may have an important
osarhs upon the commercial development
| Oh the island republic. Mr.. Hiram Hitch-
COCK, president of the Nicaragua Canal
company, is in the city looking after the
interests of that corporation and has con-
Ierreo with the authorities in reference to
the appointment of the diplomatic repre-
sentative OF the United States He ceclines
10 make known the name of his candidate
Capt Merry of San Francisco is making
d stroas nsht Tor the place, but his OPP
ponents assert that his chances are slim
because of the fact that ne was formerls
consul general of Nicaragua to the United
States
An important nomination that NAV Id
made in a few days is that of Judge lame,
~ hicnarcs OF Ohio as solicitor general i'm
place Of Mr.. Holmes Conrad, who hss ar
ranged to relinluisn his Office on the fst
proxlmo Judge Richards is an intimate
friend of the President, and his appoints
ment is regarded as a personal one
Call From Commissioner Calhoun,
Judge Calhoun, the Presidents special
commissioner to Cuba, also spent a few
minutes with the President .oiay He ex-
pected to leave here yesterday for his home
In Illinois. but deferred his departure until
this evening. He merely called to say fare
well and to inform the President that he
would give serious consideration TO his
KIND of1er to appoint him controller of the
treasury, and would wire him his dec ision
as soon as he has had an opportunity 10
consult his business associates on the sub
ject.
Mr.. Calhoun also called on seoretsr,
Gage. at the Treasury Department and
told him he still had the matter under al
vfsement. His elaboration in the matter
has led to the impression that ne will de-
cline the appointment on the grounI that
ne cannot nord 20 surrender his present
lucrative law practice.
He has closed up the official business
that took him to Cuba, but holds himself
in readiness to return to Washington al
any time the President or the Secretary
of State may desire to consult further with
him on the subject.
Minister to Switzerland.
Mr.. j. G. A. Flieschman, who has been
appointed envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary to the republic of
Switzerland. has notified the President that
he will start for his post at an early date.
He was at the State Department today ex-
amining the correspondence on the pending
business Of his mission, and receiving final
instructions, preparatory TO his departure
SPECIAL AGENT HAwLEY,S REPORT.
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