Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-18
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Foreign Affairs Considered at the Cabinet
Meeting Today.
Many Callers on the President-The
AttOrneyship for the
District.

The President today sent these nomina-
tions to the Senate:
Tressury-Thacher T. Hallet Of Massa-
chusetts to be collector of customs for the
district Of Earnstable. Mass. Thomas :.
Sholers of Louisiana to he assistant ap-
praiser of merchandise. district of New
Orleans, La.
Justice VIM. J. Mills of New Mexico to
be chief justice of the supreme court ter
ritory cf New Mexico.
Postmasters -Massac huse;ts - Merton Y
Woodward. Shelburre Falls; Serbertrum f.
Bliss, South Hadley Falls. Indiana-James
w. Hess. Indianapolis: James +. Caskey
Greensburg; Thomas +. Newton shelby
Vile; Geo. F. Brown, Nappanee. Georgia
James A. Burdetts, Cedartcwn; John NJ.
Duff, Tifton. Illinois-D. +. Keen, Mount
Carmel; John F. Rector Cairo; August Us
Gibson. McLeansboro; Jerome B. Stewart
Wilmington; VIM. A Sticnbarger, Augusta.
lowa-Frank s. Appelman, Emmetsburg;
Milton \. McCord, Newton. Kansas-EIdon
Lowe, Fort Scott. Michigan-Lemuel q.
Dafoe, Alphena; Henry +. Edwards, Jack
son. North Dakota-Agatha G. Patterson
Bismarck.
To be registers of land ofEices-Archibaid
X. Gardner of South Dakota at Rapid CITY.
S. D.; VIM. f. Chaplin of Wyoming, at
Cheyenne, Wyo.: John $. Mayhugh of Ne
vada. to be general agent of the Indians,
western Shoshone agency. in Nevada.
Navy-Passed assistant paymasters to be
paymasters-E B. Webster, G.. w. Simpson
w. B. Wilcox. Ensigns to be leutenants,
junior grade-E. H. Durell A. H. Scales
F. H. Brown. c. NJ. Stone. 4. Washington
To he assistant paymasters-U. G. Ammen
Of Mary land, r. c. Schenck of Maryland
George Brown, jr., of Indiana.
The shortest cabiuet meeting since this
administration took charge was held at the
White House today 1t lasted threc-Quar-
terS of an hour, Secretaries Sherman and
Long depart ting good while before the
others left. Secretary Sherman is under
stood to have reviewed foreign affairs TO
some extent. The situation in Cuba was
referred to, but nothing definite was de-
ciced on. Secretary Gage was absent, be-
ing at the Capitol before the banking and
currency committee of the House Secre
| tary Alger was, Of course, not present.
The New York Judgeshfp.
Senator Platt Of New York took UP the
vacant federal judges,lip with the Presi-
dent today. The President, however, will
not make an appointment at an early date.
1t is not thought that the President is sat
isfied with any of the candidates now in
the field, and may insist on somebody more
to his liking.
Two avowed candidates for the judgeship
are Representative Israel F. Fischer. Fos-
ter q. Backus, former district attorney;
John j. Allen, former corpora ton counsel.
ex-Representative VIM. c. Wallace, and
Alexander S. Bacon. Albert z. Lamp was
a candidate, but his name has been with
drawn.
Representative Fischer is more largely
iEdorsed than any Of the other candidates
but the President seems in doubt about
giving him the place.
representative Southard of Ohio present.
ed Frank w. Rickenbaugh to the Presi-
dent Mr.. Rickenbaugh is a former Ohio
an, but row lives in Arizona. He is a cam
d!date for district attorney of Arizona
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, Represen-
tative Grosvenor and Judge Tompson of
OHIO were callers at the White House.
Tn. District Attorneyxhip.
1t is said that the President will soon
take up the district attorneyship for the
district, bu; up to this time he has not
mentioned the subject to those he generally
confers with on these matters. Prior to
Christmas the understanding was that Mr..
Davis would not be molested for a long
time to come. His work is satisfactory TO
the Department of Justice, and Judge Nc
kenna has all along advised against a
change.
The Brazilian government has informed
the President that It will be pleased to
have MIR. Charles Page Bryan sent there
as minister from this country.
Various Candidates.
Many prominent members Of the Union
Veterans Union pushing William f.
Pierce Of Georgia for nomination as consul
to Nottingham. Mr.. Pierce is a member
of the organization and held the same con-
sulship under President Harrison. Tn, fol-
lowing delegation Of the L. V. L. visited
the President and requested the reappout-
ment of Mr.. Pierce: Representative Strobe
of Nebraska, Col. Fl. l.. Street, commander
in-chief of the organization: Coils. Meecham.
Beck. Middleton, Snodgrass. Jones, Fonda
of Iowa and Bowman Of North Dakota.
Representative Brownlow Of Tennessee
has indcrsed Earnest Campbell for district
attorney of the middle district of Tennes-
see. and has presented Mr.. Campbell to the
President. The term of the incumbent will
expire on the 18th of this month Other
candidates are A. NJ Tlllman, Lee Brock
and r. A. Haggard.
Charles o. Whittemore, q candidate for
district attorney of Utah, to succeed ]. w.
Judd, the democratic incumbent is in the
city, and IS pushing his candidacy at the
White House, With good chances of sue
cess. ii is claimed. Mr.. Judd is a gold
because of his support of Palmer and
Buckner.
Senators Clark of Wyoming and Carter of
Montana have extended the President an
invitation on behalf of both their states to
visit Yellowstone Park and the west next
summer, as he will probably do If Congress
adjourns i'll time. Since the announcement
in The Star that the President may go west
next summer invitations have reached him
from hundreds of cities and towns to stop
off with them on his journey.