Evening star., 1897-05-04
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
An Unusually Long Meeting of the
Cabinet.
GOSSIP As TO The TOPIC
No important Nominations Are Ex-
pected Soon.
I II E NISH MIS- SION

believed to have been of importance. The
cabinet officers. however, were reticent be-
yond the ordinary. 1t is ue.ieved that there
was discussion of the civil service, but
how far this may have gone is rot krown.
1t was thought that there had been some
talk of the case of Chapman, the sugar
witness, but Attorney General McKenna
said he knew nothing of the case. He
stated that no petition for the pardon cf
Chapman has been :iled in his office. Post
master General Gary was with the Presi-
dent fifteen or twenty minutes after all the
ether cabinet officers had left. His car
riage took to the White House basket of
papers, probably relating to post offices.
The President is expected 20 consider post
office cases to a large extent this week.
The President and Secretary Gage talk
ed short time over the auditorships, and
the impression left en- the minds of other
cabinet officers was that the President
has about settled upon the men he will
nominate to fill these places
No Big Places Soon.
The President will not fill the Russian
or Spanish mission this week. There is
good authority for this statement. 1t is
row limited that the President has decided
to delay filling the good foreign places left.
This policy is along the same line as that
all the luscious pieces of pie Immediately
Is to cause interest to cease and members
OF Congress to go home, endangering the
early passage of the tariff bill. Nomina-
tions for big places will not, therefore,
be the order for scme days.
There is considerable gossip now en- the
rounds about the Spanish mission. This
gossip does not relate to men whose names
have been mentioned, but to two Illinois
men. Ex-Representative ]. Frank A,drich
is one and Charles Page Bryan. ex-speaker
or the Illinois mouse, is the other.
By invitation Mr.. Aldrich went to the
President long time. Gossip says that
Mr.. Aldrich may have been offered the
Spanish mission.
Mr.. Bryan is talked of for the same place
Both men ca mot get the place, and it is
almost certain that Mr.. Aldrtch has had
something offered to him. 1t may have
been some other mission OF about the grade
sntsa Of aaat t. BsgiIm; Whieh MT Aarieh
strong backing. Secretary Gage is one of
the strong men urging Mr.. Bryan. The lat
ter did not apply directly for the Spanish
mission. but asked for that. the Neither
lands or Denmark. He was not choice IN
his selection.
Representatives Van Voorhis, Fenton
Weaver and Southard of Ohio were among
the White House callers today Messrs
Gunsaulus and Michael O'Neal of Column
bus, applicants for positions. were with
Messrs. Fenton and Weaver. Rev. J. P.
Erick of Cleveland, an applicant for Ger
man consulate. was with Mr.. Van Voorhis.
The New Mexico Governorship.
Ex-Chief Justice Waldo of New Mexico,
Col. Richard Hudson of the same territory,
candidate for internal revenue collector,
and d. NJ. Wortring, candidate for col
lector of internal revenue of West Vir-
ginia, were introduced to the President by
Senator Elkins. The President asked Judge
Waldo numerous questions about the can
didateS for governor of New Mexico SEN
ator Elkins and Judge Waldo are said to
be backing Pedro Perea for governor. H.
H. Llewellyn, speaker of the house of
representatives of the territory, is backing
Mr.. Perea.
During his questioning the President
spoke very highly of Speaker Llewellyn.
Mr.. Hugh Ii. Price of Graham Socorro
county, N. M, is one of the strongest can
didates for the governorship of that terri
tory. Mr.. Price represented the eighth dis
trict of Wisconsin in the Forty-ninth Con-
gress, and shortly after his term expired
removed to New Mexico, where he has
since been engaged in mining He is backed
py many of the leading citizens of the ter
ritory and by about forty members of Con-
gress. His appointment is urged on the
ground that he is a citizen of the territory
bright. able and clean, and a thoroughly
safe man, and II Is stated that he Is the
second choice of most of the other candi-
dates.
1t is not out CT the possibilities that as
a settlement of the fight over the governor
ship the President might give the placa to
Speaker LlGweliyn, II he would accep.
This method has been pursued by the
President n numerous appointments SD
far. He refuses to decide between two
men who have brought on a hot fight over
a place. He simply picks out a man not
identified with the row. This was done
yesterday in the Calcutta consulship, and
shows the Presidents s intentions. Two Ten
no
and were making things warm for each
other Col. r. F. Patterson, the man ap-
pointed. quietly put in an application for
the Calcutta consulsnip or something as
good. He kept out of the squab bible of the
other two candidates. and plucked the
plum.
Some Other Callers.
Senator Spooner, Gov. Scofield and Jesse
Stone Of Wisconsin were visitors Gov.
Scofeld came to the city few days ago.
His visit to the President was, he said,
purely personal.
Representative Walker of Massachusetts,
went to see the President to say a good
word for Mr.. Bailey. who Is assistant to
the chief examiner of the civil service COM
mission. Mr.. Walker said he thought Mr.
Bailey worthy of promotion to even the
position of civil service commissioner, and
voluntarily called to say something kind
of him.
The Missouri Fight.
A lively time in the Missouri field is look
ed for IN a few days. A big delegation of
prominent politicians from st. Louis will
reach the city this afternoon, and arc
scheduled for conference with the Presi-
dent tomorrow morning. Representative
Bartholdt will be with the delega tion The
selection of officials for that city will be the
subject of the conference. The anti-Kerens
people Of st. Louis are in arms against the
dictation of the national committeeman.
They allege that he was overwhelmingly
turned down by the recent republican
primaries In st. Louis, and protest is to
be entered against his manipulation OF
positions going to that city.
Mr.. Kerens was at the White House to-
day. He Is an enigma to newspaper men,
He never furnishes news and never ac-
knowledges that he is being fought 1t is
said how, however. that he will be made
strongly aware that fight is waging on
him.
Representative Pearce Of st. Louis was
ct the White House this morning with John
A. Okerson of his city, scientific man.
who Is a candidate for superintendent Of
the geodetic survey.
Missouri republicans today say that the
appointment OF postmaster for ST. Louis
will not be made until next year. The