Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-15
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Ambassador Cambon Presented to the
President.
EXCHANGE OF FRIENDLY WORDS
Many Callers at the Executive
Mansion.
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NJ. Jules Cambon. the new French am
bassador to the United States. was officially
received by President Mckinley at IL
o'clock this morning. The ceremony took
place in the blue parlor of the White
House Ambassador Cambon. accompanied
by the secretaries and attaches of the en-
bassy. first visited the State Department,
where they were received in the diplomatic
room by Secretary Sherman. who, after the
exchange of the usual courtesieS. escorted
them to the Executive Mansion and pre-
sented them individually to the President.
In presenting his credentials, Ambassador
Cambon addressed the President as fol-
lows:
THE sentiments of sympathy and friend
ship which un.te our two nations found
ed on historical traditions which constitute
their glory in the past: time has but
strengthened them; the future WILL 1 have
no doubt see them still deepening.
THE President of the French republic
has been pleased to instruct me to convey
to you the expression of his wishes for
your personal welfare and for the pros
perity of the United States. 1t is for me a
great honor to be his Interpreter on this
occasion.
ALLOW me, Mr.. President. to rely upon
your good will to facilitate the task which
has been intrusted to me. / have no other
ambition than to contribute by my utmost
efforts TO render more intimate the rela
tons of France with the United States. l
feel that. by doing, i will answer to one
of the dearest wishes Of the French nation
and to the intentions of my government"
The Presidents Response.
President Mckinley replied as follows:
Mr.. Ambassador: 1t affords me great
pleasure to greet You ambassador of the
French republic to the United States and
to receive from your hands the letters
whereby the president of the republic ac-
credits you in that high office.
From the dawn of their natural life I'M
til now the people of the United States
have cherished ever-growing sentiments of
brotherhood and esteem for the great
French nation, whether allies in the
common cause of liberty, as generous rivals
in the paths of modern advancement or as
communities governed by the broad prin-
ciple of self-rule For feelings like these
there aud should be backward path.
On the contrary, 1t is the patriotic duty of
al TO strengthen their benefcent influence
for the future, and to that end 1 welcome
your cordial offer of concurrence.
THE high personal regard which your
predecessors have deservedly won in their
intercourse with our government and with
my countrymen gives assurance. Mr.. Am
bdsSador that you will enjoy the same
friendship and esteem, and and my asso-
ciates in government will gladly contribute
thereto.
Il beg that you will convey TO the pres
ident of the French republic my cordial
appreciation of his desires for my personal
welfare and for the prosperity of the Unit
ed States and express to him my earnest
reciprocaton of his wishes, not alone in
my own name, but in the name of the peo-
pie of this Union
Many Callers Received.
The President saw many visitors during
the gay. There were also many who faith
fully chung to seats in the ante-rooms
looking for opportunity to be ranked
among the Presidents visitors
Senator Davis of the foreign relations
committee OF the Senate had a long talk
with the President. chiefly on the subject
of the Hawaiian treaty. Senator Davis
does not regard the outlook for the treaty
as bad, but states positively that he
thinks the outlook Is encouraging.
Senator Quay. who is often mistaken for
the Minnesota Senator, was also caller.
but said he did not talk on the subject
OF Pennsylvania patronage.
Senator Mason and Representative
Reeves of Illinois saw the President on
the matter of wages at Moline. ILL.,. al
ready mentioned in The Star They be-
lieye that action will be taken to increase
the wages.
Representative Sulloway had a chat with
the President about the collectorshiD Of
one of the New Hampshire placesSn which
the delegation could not agree
Representative Alexander and Howard H.
Baker. postmaster at Buffalo, n. Y, were
with the President.
Representative Northway, one of the Ohio
leaders of the fight for Senator Hanna
has returned to the city and called to re-
view the fight with the President.
The Hnppiest Woman.
The happlest woman in Washington is at
the White House today waiting to thank
the President for the pardon of her only
son and to receive from the Presidents
hands the document which will liberate
that son from prison.
She is Mrs. S. w. Hatch. the mother of
Clyde Mattox, whose case is one of the
most noted in the west. He is the only
child have" said Mrs. Hatch You may
Know from that what happy mother 1
am.
Mrs Hatch is FROM Kansas and the
story of her devotion 10 her son is touch
ing one. In the early days of Oklahoma
Clyde Mattox became emhroiled in fight
ara was tried and convicted of murder.
He was only eighteen years old at the
time, but was sentenced to hang. The
mother came to Washington, and with IN
relentirg devotion began fight to save
her boys life. President Clev Gland WAS
tCu ched by her appeals and committed the
sentence of the boy TO life Imprisonment
After waiting until number of years had
again began efforts to have the son pardon
ed She has been in Washington four
months this time. and looks back with a
smile at the dark clouds which she first
encountered and which almost made her
despair.
She succeeded in interesting several Con-
giessHen in her case, and employed a firm
of well-known local lawyers. She saw :he
President and the Attorney General at ,.if-
ferent times. This morning the joyful
news was told her by the Attorney General
that her son would be pardoned, and that
the President would sign the pardon this
afternoon Mrs. Hatch will take the doc
ument and leave on the first train for her
he me- She will not intrust 1t to the mails,
and wants to deliver 1t to the warden of
the prison herself.
Il am impatient 20 get started, but am
going to stay here to thank the President.
have already told Mr.. McKenna how
Happy i am and how much l thank him."
Death of Prof. Haldeman.