Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-19
Improvement Of the Civil Service
Discussed by the Cabinet.
RIGHT TO REPLY TO CHARGES
Plans Completed for the Presi-
dents Ohio Trip.
VISIT OF JOHN J. M'COOK

issued later by Secretary Gage. The orders
of the latter, 1t will be remembered, gave
each employee against whom charges had
been filed the right to answer those charges
and to make every defense before the board
hearing his case. The other departments
have not issued any such orders, and 1t
was on this subject that the cabinet talked.
The Civil Service League has addressed
several communications to the President
on the subject. They called his attention
to the efforts of Secretary Gage to enforce
the order promulgated by him. and re-
questing that the matter be brought to the
attention of other cabinet officials. he
President laid these communications before
the cabinet. After discussion of the mat
ter 1t was informally agreed that The heads
of the other departments In Washington
should promulgate orders carrying out the
Presidents intentions, and that all of them
should embody the pith of Secretary Cages
order. This is expected to be done as the
cabinet officers have time to prepare their
orders
1t is understood that not a word was
spoken as to removing the government
printing Office or any other bureau OF the
government from under the civil service.
If the resolutions of the printers of Column
bia Typographical Union have reached the
President he did not submit them 1t is
not thought that he has had time to go over
these resolutions.
The question OF deputy collectors and
nlarshals vas not discussed. The Attor-
ney General still has that under consider
alton. having been requested, as is known.
10 give his opinion.
Presidents Trip to Ohio.
Nearly all the details of the Presidents
trip to Canton to vote on election day have
been arranged. The President will prom
ably leave here Friday afternoon, the 10Th.
He will go through to Cincinnati, and will
be the guest there Of ]. 9. Scnmidtlapp.
one of his close personal friends. Saturday
afternoon he will attend an informal recep-
ton rendered by the chamber of commerce.
At night he will attend the banquet of the
Commercial Club, at which he will make
Shor. speech. The speech VIII not touch
upon politics. The President, who VIII be
accompanied by Mrs. Mckinley and Secre-
tary Porter, will remain in Cincinnati until
Mon1ay morning, wnen he will leave Tor
the morning following the election. Tues
day lie will cast his vote for the republic
can nominees for state officers and men,
bers Of the legislature. He will register
by affidavit, the i;;w of Ohio providing that
this may be dore in certain circumstances.
Early "Wednesday: morning the President
will leave Canton for Pittsburg. arriving
there IN tine t, participate in the eNer-
cises to which he mas bee. invited. He
". be the CUES III Pi:tabmrS of w. n.
Frew and Robert Pitcairn. officials of the
Carnegie library. Ie will make al adj
dress In Pittsburg. The President will re-
turn here THURSDAY morning. me lime OF
the trip aNey De'Iy six lays.
Almost Immediately after his return the
PRESIDENT will begin work upon his a'.inal
mes sage 20 Congress. H.. mas not written
4 line vet, but L., las oc..n ritf-rln:, data.
Including figures the financial uues-
.ions which n, VII discuss. One Of the
will be that of cuai,n. y reform. The Pres
it'ent has already talked on this SUBJECT
with a numoer of his political friends and
administration officials. Controller of the
something to say on the subject, has al
ready talked with the President.
Not Hunting the Cabinet.
Col j. j. McCook of New York is here
ON business. and will pay his respects to
to be a fact that since the announced re-
tircment of Justice Field the President has
not spoken word to Colonel McCook
about going into the cabinet. A close
friend of Colonel McCook said today that
it was not likely Colonel McCook would
lie awake at nights waiting for a vacancy
in the cabinet when he was offered his
choice of three cabinet positions and re-
fused" Since the formation of the cabinet
the President has several times jokingiy
told Colonel McCook that he would regret
not coming into his cabinet and hoping that
the New Yorker would change his mind
should vacancy occur. Each time Col
onel McCook thanked the President for his
kindly opinions. but intimated that he did
not have any idea of changing his mind
Assistant Pnymnster's Place.
The death Of Paymaster Rodgers will
cause a vacancy in an assistant paymas-
ter's position. Mr.. F. P. b. Sands called at
the White House today to urge the ap-
pointment of Samuel Bryan of this city,
to an assistant position. Mr.. Bryan was
graduate of the class of 1881 from Annapo-
lis. This class lost its place in line by a
ruling of Secretary of the Navy Chandler.
Congress later passed an act authorizing
the appointment of members of this class
as assistant Iaymaster. Notwithstanding
the age limit Paymaster Rodgers was the
Only memter OF the class who received an
appointment. Mr.. Sands now urges that
Mr.. Bryan should fill the vacancy Mr.
Eryan's friends are making a strong effort
in his behalf. They have spoken to Secre-
tary Long on the subject. He has ex-
pressed mis- Willingness, 1t Is said, that Mr.
Bryan should receive the appointment. but
will Lot make a recommendation to the
President
The Presidents Portrait.
The artist at work On the portrait of the
President will complete his labors in few
days. The President will give him about
two more sittings. The artist will then
have the portrait ready to present to Vice
President Hobart. for whom the work is
being done.
Representatives Fisher and Hurley Of
New York were the only official callers at
the White House this morning They were
accompanied by Robert A. Sharkey. naval
oiicer of the port Of New York. and M
Jor mart, who Is recommended by Senator
Platt and New York representatives, for
good consular position. The New Workers
avowed that they had not spoken to the
PRESIDENT politics in Navr Vol.