Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13
President Mckinley to Return This
Afternoon.
The CABINET WILL MEET TOMORROW
Disputes Over Patronage to Be
Settled.
PUBLIC MATTERS OF NOTE

this morning from Somerset, Pa, that the
President and Attorney General McKenna
will arrive in Washington at $50 O'Clock
this afternoon over the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. Everything at the White House
is in readiness for the Presidents return,
and he will find his apartments there as
attractive and as comfortable as they can
he made under present climatic conditions.
AS has been already stated in The Star,
the Presidents sojourn in the capital will
be brief His stay will be limited to the
demands of public business and will not
last over two or three days, when he will
go away again, probably to New England,
to remain until the 1st of October Re
turning to the city at that time, he will re-
main throughout the fall and until Con-
gress adjourns next summer
a meeting of the cabinet will be held at
the White House tomorrow, beginning at
IL O'Clock, at which several important
questions will be considered with a view to
prompt action. Among the matters eX-
pected to be settled by the President and
his advisers this week. is the application
of section - of the tariff law to goods i'm
Ported through Canada, and the San Pedro
harbor Improvement controversy. The
Cuban and Hawaiian complcatioIls will
also receive thorough consideration
Representative Pierce of St. Louis, who
is in the city, will invite the President to
go to that city to attend the fair.
SGuabble Over Ala bnma Offices.
A lively time among the Alabama office
seekers is promised oa the Presidents re-
turn. A lot OF them are on hand, await
ing his arrival. There is much rivalry
and serious complications cmbarrass the
situation. National Commit teemaa Young
blood, VIM. Vaughan, the chairman of the
republican state committee, and Dr. ]. w
Hughes are looked upon as directors in the
distribution of patronage. Mr.. Young
blood Is third auditor, Mr.. Vaughan is col
rector Oh internal revenue in Alabama, and
DR.. Hughes is postmaster of Birming ham
All three are here, are Julian Binghani
J. A. Bingham. 9. A. AleXa ader and ex-
Representative Aldrich, who are interested
i'll settling the squabble over the offices.
Others are expected. e
1t appears that the terms of the four
marShalS and q number of presidential
postmasters have long since expired and
that the President and Attorney General
are ready to make the appointment of
republicans to the places, but that the
democratic holders of the offices still re-
tain their grip because of the failure of
1oungblood, Vaughan and Hughes to agree
upon the appointees. Youngblood wants
Long appointed marshal for the northern
district and Hughes and Vaughan want
Judge Steele appointed.
The several candidates for the marshall
ship of the seventh district-five in num-
ber-all claim that they have the support
of Youngblood, and there is said to be a
very scrapDy feeling among them. Rival
candidates for other Offices it is SAID claim
each to have the powerful support of the
national committeeman and the state chair
man. and it is said that they now intend
TO assemble for a general reckoning on
the Presidents return.
Tie fact that the three leaders to whom
the rest are looking to secure their an
pointments have themselves been in office
since carly in the administration is said
to add to the irritation of those who are
kept out. A lively scramble and consider
able heat is expected.
The New Orleans Collectorshfn.
The Louisiana fight over the collector.
ship OF the port of New Orleans is still 60
ing m arrily on, and all parties are prepar-
ing to see the President as early as pcssi-
Die to present what they have to say
J. l.. Joubert, the secretary of the state
committee Of which Mr.. Herwig is chair
man, is said to be here claiming TO have a
statement from the state committee to the
PRESIDENT as to the distribution of patron
age inasmuch as this statement is no o,.ile
TO Captain Wimberly for collector of tne
port the Wimberly people say that Jou-
perts papers are watered; that the state
committee mas given no authority to ary
one to represent ii in this fight. He-yig
was elected state chairman by the VIM
perry people, and has been supposed to he
friendly to Wimberly, but some of the
strong Wimberly people now doubt how he
stands. "
The Wimberly people have been expecting
senator Hanna to throw himself into the
isnt LOT their man, but If he has done SO
IL Is not known. and that is Causing the
-Wlmberly faction to take heart