The times., 1897-03-30
THE DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Many Friends and Politicians Called
Upon the President.

specific duty will be to take part in the
intended investigation of the alleged mur
der of DR.. Ruiz
1t is not at all settled that ex-Repre-
sentative Picker is to be Commissioner
| of Indian Affairs Two more Formidable
candidates are yet to be pacified-Needles,
OF Illinois, and Elliott. of the District of
Columbia.
Quite a fight is on for the consulship tc
Calcutta, an office which pays So, 900 per
annum: The two prominent candidates are
| Tennesseeans, aH because of the bitter ri
| yalry between the two it is possible that the
| State will lose tie place. The present CON
| sui to Calcutta S Il Tennessee man. Jane
! f. Rule, of Knoxville, is backed by Repre-
| sentatiyes Gibson and Brownlow, while
| Herman Haslock, of Nashville. has the in
| dorsement Of Senator Hanna. HasIock
has beea delegate to several national Re
| publican conventions aud has always voted
| for Sherman. Secretary Sherman mas inti-
| mated that, in view OF { he fight Tennessee
! would lose the place, aad at the same time
| he advised Mr. .HasincI, to put in a claim
| for something else in the diplomatic service.
MI Henry NJ, Cooper, chairman of the
! Republican State committee OF Arkansas,
is In the city. The Republicans of the
| State of Arkansas have inaugurated a
| system Tor the disposal OF Federal patron
age, which seems to have given consi deTable
satisfaction to the Republicans OF that
| State, and which is now being used in the
| making of appointments by President Me-
! Kinley. Republicans of A arkansas having
! claims for Fedora! patronage submit their
claims to the State Commit tee, OF which
| Mr.. Cooper is tie Chairman, and that com
| nlittee considers all applications, select
ing one name to receive it's Endorsement
and to be presented by the comm lit ee to
the President.
This plan OF dealing with Federal ap-
pointments was put in vogue in Arkansas
for the inst time during Mr.. Harrison's
Administration and 1T is said to have
worked we'll. Mr. Cooper is here to present
the names OF applicants to the President
Yesterday he called at the White House
to urge the appointment Of H. l.. RcfnmeI
as Collector OF Internal Revenue at Little
Rock.
President Mckinley is about TO enter the
order IF the Mystic Shrine He will be
initiated into the order IN this city on
Wednesday night by ti1e Almas Temple
The Acca Temple of Richmond and the
BouHi Temple Of Baltimore VIII also be
present at the ceremonies The mobiles OF
Alnas temple VIII officiate. The occa-
sion will he one OF the most Interesting in
the history of the Shrine, members of the
various temples throughout the country will
be present.
President Mckinley was elected MEM
Ter OF the organization at Cleveland
just before the opening of the campaign,
but owing to the demands upon him, ne
has no: had an opportunity until now OF
participating in the initiatory cere-
monies
Congressman Mills Of Chicago called to
secure the appointment OF Leopold Mayer
as consul To Berlin. Mr. Mayer is indorsed
by Secretary Gage and the Marquette
Club, OF Chicago. The Columbia Post, q.
A. r, ofwhICi AIr Ma yerisa representative
member, has also forwarded a petition to
the President .indorSing him for Imposition
Uncle Dick kerens, the Republican
Warwick OF Missouri, was another caller
az the White House, and spent some time
with the President 1t Is thought that Mr.
KpIens mission was for the purpose of de
ternining just what share OF the spoils |
Missouri might expect at the hands of the |
new Administration,
Senator Spoongr and Representative Bah
cock, OF wisconsin, were others who saw !
the President Representative Long, Of |
Kansas, accompanied by a large delegation |
from his State, urged the appointment Of !
5. S KIrkpatrtck as first deputy commits |
sioner uf pensions.
Col. jeremiah Wilson urged the appoint |
ment Of his sdn-iHlaw', William Haywood, |
who wants to be appointed consul TO Homo |
lulu. MT. Haywood was formerly en-
pIoyed in the State Department and is said |
to have u good chance OF securing the |
coveted position.
John Russell Young gave the President
to understand that his old position as
minister to China would again be highly
acceptable jack Robinson, who Is
slated for Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
whispered n few hurried words into the
President ear and took his departure
Capt 1. A Woodward, of West Virginia,
who wants to besappoihted supervising in
spector of steamboats, for the Seventh dis
trlct, which includes the States of West
Virginia, OHIO and Pennsylvania, was an
other who saw the President
Gen. Woodward has the recommendation
of Senator Elkns and the entire RepuhIi-
can delegation of his State. Senator Hanna
is also said To be backing him for the posi-
tion.
This stated that the President will ap-
point Gen. Spalding, OF st. John Mich.
and Mr.. William B. Howell, of Hights-
town. y. j., as Assistant Secretaries of
the Treasury, to succeed Messrs. Curtis
and Wike. Both are said to have re-
ceived Secretary Cages recommendation. |
Spalding and Howell are experts on
questions of tariff, and Will have import
ant duties TO perform in case the Dingley
tariff bill becomes a law. Mr.. SpaIding
was assistant secretary in charge of Gus
toms during President Harrisons Admin
and before that was special
agent of the Treasury. He was a volun-
teer officer during the war.
Mr.. Howell, although a native OF New |
Jersey has lived here the hest part Of
his life He is an exceptionally bright |
young man and is selected purely on his
merits. He entered the Treasury service
is messenger, but for several years past |
INT secretary, in charge Of customs, first
under Gen. Spalding and later under Mr.
Hamlin.
The President was closeted with Secre-
tary of the Navy Long for over half an
lour 1t is presumed that Mr. Longs visit
vas for the purpose of discussing several
matters connected with his de-
Secretary Alger and Postmas- |
er General Gary were other members OF |
he Cabinet who sa " the President during |