Evening star., 1897-05-27
The Presidents Care in Choosing the
New Minister.
CHOICE TO Be MADE NEXT WEEK
The Post Considered One of Great
Importance.
VARIOUS NAMES MENTIONED

The exclusive announcement in The Star
several days ago that the President will
soon appoint a new minister to Spain is
strengthened from the best of sources to-
day. Unless something occurs to deter.
the appointment will be made next week.
The sooner the President can make the
appointment the better he will be pleased.
He is now trying to find the man he wants
to fill the bill. The post has been indirectly
offered to several good men. and the names
of others have been suggested. Represen-
tive Hit is believed to have declined the
appointment.
The President wants a big man for the
pos:tion-a man. In fact, who is away
above the place He must have a man of
this kind in the emergency which will
probably confront the administration. This
is one instance where the President will
probably have to do the asking He
wouldn't have man who applies for the
place.
The President is going to pick out a man
who under ordinary circumstances would
promptly refuse the offer, and put the
case before him as a situation demanding
patriots services and patriots sacri-
hces- Under these circumstances, with the
prospect of fame and glory as his portion
good man will be induced to take the
the Spaniards- The very fact that 1t is ad-
mitted that the President is hunting for a
man of the description given corroborates
all that has been said tending to show
that the President is going to play a game
with Spain that requires tact, brains and
diplomacy. and which may finally end in
serious complications If this prospect did
no; loom ahead there would be no occasion
TO look for a man broader than the office
REQUIRES.
The assertion that Commissioner Cal
hcUn may be picked out is nothing but
gossip. Mr.. Calhoun's report to the Presi-
dent will necessarily lean to side or
the other. One side will be offended and
the appointment would, therefore, be in
advisable. In his search for a man the
President will have several things to avoid.
He must not get a man whose record is
fSForable to Spain or to Cuba Spain would
not accept man known to be in sympathy
with the insurgents. The Senate would
IroDably not confirm a man who had any
tendencies toward Spain. In this respect,
"a in many others, the President is re-
tai!ed as having an unusually deica-e
taSk.
l.hitelaw Reid. who is said to have been
asked TO go to the queens jubilee as spe-
cial ambassador from this country was at
the White House today in conference witt,
the President 1t is understood that his
name mas been suggested for the Spanish
mission 10 the President. A tender may ar
may not have been made today.
tX-Minister to Germany John A. Kas-
son ildS DttIl spoken or ana some OF his
III nds speak highly of his qualifications
SlEce mention was made of ex-senator Ed
munds a number of letters have gone to
the White House urging his appointment
but the fact that Judge Edmunds is looked
upon as pro-Spanish in his views is operat-
ing against him, and it is unlikely that he
has been even indirectly sounded from the
White House.
May BE Raised to an Embassy.
Additional gossip on the subject is that
the President contemplates comforting the
rark of ambassador upon the man he
noTnipa:es to Spain. 1t is said that there
has been an informal exchange Of views
between the United States and Spain in
which the latter is agreeable to the am
ba=sadorship idea.