Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-16
Two Hundred Politicians at Least
Failed to See the President.
he is BUSY FROh EARLY MORNING
Long Conference With Assistant
Secretary Day.
NEW YORK NJ MAYORALTY

| White House this afternoon without hav-
| ing the President or having had a
| chance to communicate with him in any
way. Had these men been members of
| Congress, OF the cabinet or important ad-
| min:stration officials they might have sue
oeeded. Most of them viii probably so
over the same road for days.
The President was busy from early norm
| ing. A great part of his time was given
| to a conference with Assistant Secretary
of State Day. The conference was not fin-
ished at the lunch hour and Judge Day
lunched with the President It is believed
the major business of the conference re-
lated to consular appointments.
The President had no opportunity to talk
over consular matters with Judge Day
while he was away, and he has now decid-
ed to go over some of the papers with a
view to making out batch of appoint
ments.
Mr.. bliss and New Yorl1's MnyoraIty.
Secretary Bliss was the first visitor of
Importance at the White House. A half
hour after he left Senator Platt of New
York the President. 1t is learned
beyond all question today that all the
newspaper talk about Secretary Bliss be-
coming the regular republican nominee for
mayor of New York is mere gossip. Meth
er Senator P!att nor anybody else is row
pressing Secretary Bliss to accept the re-
publican nomination. President McKin-
ley has not asked HIM to do so and Senator
Platt did not ask him TO do SO yesterday.
Three months ago there was u combined
effort by the regulars and independents
of New York TO have Secretary Bliss take
the nomination. Had he done Seth
Lew would not have been nominated ard
the republicans would have presented
\ il, tn Tpyo ln-
clined then and has repeated that declina-
tion every time the matter has been men
tened to him Senator Platt several
months ago gave UP hope OF getting Dir.
Bliss to take the nomination, ard has not
mentioned the subject to the Secretary of
the Interior for good while.
1t is matter Of deep interest now to
recall that Secretary Bliss actually de-
clined a terder of the no.ninat:on BY the
Citizens Union of New York. This was
three months ago. TIE Secre,ar received
letter from the union practically Offering
him the nomination, which it later heStow-
cd on Mr.. Low. He respectfully declined
the suggestion then and has emphatica!ly
done SO on all occasions since.
Sef II Participant In the Conference.
Regarding the statement that Secretary
Bliss was present yesterday when Senator
Platt and other New Workers were with
the President, il IS row known thai Sec
retary Bliss did not participate in the col-
ference and he was net then urged by
Senator Platt, as has been stated, to re-
consider his determination.
Al the cabinet meeting Tuesday Secre-
tary Bliss was unable to finish all his work
with the President and made an appoint
ment fer II o'clock yesterday Secretary
Bliss has made out about sixty COM
missions for the President to approve, and
1t was on these affairs that he went to the
White House at l. O'clock When he went
into the Presidents room he found the
New Workers. He passed the greetings of
the day with them and then, with out TAX
ing part in the conference went to the
room of the assistant secretary, remain
ing there until Senator Plat departed.
Administration Will Stand AIOof
1t can be positively stated that the adj
nliriistraticn will hold itself aloof from the
factional fight in the city OF New York,
and Secretary Bliss, who is of course
mere deeply interested in the outcome than
any other member of the cabinet, will
make no statement, either public or pri-
vate, which can be construed as favorable
to one side or the other.
The New York offices which Senator
Plat has been talking 10 the President
about were practically filled months ago
before Mr.. Low was nominated, and the
appointment of Platt men now VIII be no
slap at the independents.
Senator Platt left for New York at noon
today, and said ne called to say good bye
and to speak about the Brooklyn post Of
flee. The senator said that in his hurry he
ftrgot to bring up the Brooklyn Office
There is an intimation today that after all
Senator Platt may not be SO heartily in
favor of Representative Wilson for oos.-
master.
Representatives Low and Hurley of
Brooklyn saw the President during the
morning, but they would not talk about
the Brooklyn office.
Maryland Candidates Presented.
The fight for Maryland offices was open-
ed before the President today. Represen-
tative Baker Of that state had a confer
ence with the President about the collector
ship of internal revenue and the surveyor
ship of the port Of Baltimore. Mr. Baker
saw the President to speak for himself, and
his acknowledgements Mcdonald
Barber and McIntyre-in behalf Of b. F.
Pariett for collector and John B. Hanna
for surveyor. The President received Mr..
Baker cordially and said that he intended
to take up the Maryland offices as early
as he could do So
Mr.. Baker does not believe the story that
POSTMASTER General Gary has withdrawn
his support of Mr.. Parlett for collector
or the work of yesterdays state con.en-
uon Representative Baker said: Il think
the work of the convention is entirely
satisfactory to the mass of the party. Re-
publican prospects in Maryland this year
are good despite all talk to the contrary
appointment of Gen. LOngstreet,
Georgia republicans here say that it is
petty Well settled that Gen. Lonystreet
Will be appointed railroad commissioner to
succeed Gen. Hampton some time next
me nth; at any rate, by the 1st of Novem-
ber. 1t is said that Gen. Hampton is en-
gagged in the preparation of his annual re-
port This must be submitted to Secre-
tary Bliss by the 1st of November 1t NAV
be done before. 1t is not desired, it is
thought, to disturb Gen. Hampton ,sEsil
he finishes his report.
National Committeeman Long and the
following Florida republicans saw the
President: H. J. Ritchie, E. E. Skipper.
Capt. Welsh. c. E. Spencer, Bishop Grant.
Capt. Mccormick E. R. Candy. National
Committeeman Long has indorsed w. III.
Lucas for postmaster at Jacksonville
Secretary of War Alger and Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt of the navy talked
with the President about matters In their
departments
Representatives Skinner of North Caro-
lina. Cramp of Michigan and Butler of
Pennsylvania had conferences with the
chief executive.
When the President Goes Away.
The President had not decided today