Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-13
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
G. Maurice Smith Urged for District
Attorney.
CALL OF REPRESENTATIVES. DELEGATION
Proposed Organization Of Chippewa
Scouts.
WOULD ESCHEW SCALPIN4

The name of c. Maurice Smith was pre-
sented to President Mckinley today as a
suitable and acceptable man for district at
torney by a delegation which supp sell that
Harry E. Davis had been or would be Sc
lected for judge Of the Supreme Court of
the District The President assured his call
ers that the judGeship question had not been
settled. 1T is by means settled In
fact, the district attorneyship is nearer set
tied" are about the words the President
used in replying to a remark of Mr.. l.. G.
Hine that he presumed the judgeship was
practically settled.
The delegation, a representative one from
the Bar Association and from business in
terests, assured the President that if there
should be a vacancy in the district attor-
neys office it would be a great pleasure to
them to see Mr.. Smith appointed to fill tn !,
vacancy. This is when the Pres dent lrade
his announcement about the judga ship
The President next asked the Ce eg / n
their opinion of the different men who have
been mentioned for the Judgeship-M -Messrs
Davis, Duvall, Barnard, Lambert and
Leighton.
The delegation left the White House with
confused IDEAS to the juGge hIp situa-
ton. All of the members, however, felt po-
sitiVe that the JudSeship is er actual
settlement now than it was two months
ago.
The delegation consisted of L. G. Hine,
Eugene Carusi, J. H Gordon, John Rid lut
E. II. Thomas, NJ G. Colbert. W J. Mill +
w. w Boarman, A. A. Wilson, Isado. e
Saks. Charles A. James and Samuel CT, SIS.
1t mas been stated at the White House
that while there is no positive selection for
| judge, the chances favor Mr.. Da.is, al
though the President did not indicate this
in his remarks this morning.
Proposed Company of Indians.
A proposition has been made to President
Mckinley and to the War Department to
organize an Independent company of Indian
scouts for service in the Philippines. The
scheme is to make Col. James III. Tillman
of South Carolina captain of the company
The first lieutenant would be Joseph H
Woodbury., chief of the Chippewa Indians
OF Minnesota, and the second lieutenant
would be some man who served in the
Rough Riders and who has had experience
as a scout in the west
Col. Tillman commanded the 1st South
Carolina Regiment before it was mustered
out. He is a son of Representative Geo
ID. T1llman and nephew of Senator Till
man. His courage is recognized wherever
ne is known. He is over six feet tall and
has the bearing of a soldier. He was re-
Gently elected junior vice commander of
the Spanish-Amerfcan War Veterans
Chief Woodbury. is a noted man in Min
nesota He was at the White House today
with Colonel Tillman He is half-breed
and talks English with the ease of a native
American. He. too. is tall and has all the
marks of soldier. His Indian name is
Pug-o-na-ge-shig, which means Hole in
the Day" He is known by the last name
all through Minnesota. He was educated al
minneapolis. He said today that he had
adopted the name Of Woodbury. because it
was easy to handle.
Could Raise n Fine Company.
Il can raise magnificent company of
chippewas in twenty-four hours" he said
l,sr
finest scouts on the face of the earth. We
think the government ought to give us
this chance. 1t would be the greatest
treaty with the Indians l know of The
Chippewas are natural fighters and can
hide behind a leaf. 1 predict that in a
months time in the Philippines they could
steai upon the insurgents with the ease of
snakes They love excitement and dan
ger. and would be loyal to their oaths.
believe they would do invaluable service
in the Philippines l am willing to take
second place in the company. l think non
commissioned officers of experience could
be secured in the tribe. Many of the Chin
pewas served in the United States army
when there We're Indian companies in
some of the regiments"
would the Indians want to scalp Fill
plnoS they might kill %
Oh no. they would fight in civilized
fashion, and as all of them would be in
telilgent men the old instinct of scalping
would not come TO them. They would give
obedience to their superior officers and !
am sure would fall in love with Colonel
Tfllman."
1t is not known what consideration will
be given the proposition at the War De-
partment Chief Pug g-o-na-ge-shig is in
earnest, and as he is of influence
and attractive appearance the proposition
may be seriously considered.
Pennsylvanians Call
Senator Penrose and Representative Bro
sius of Pennsylvania were among the days
visitors at the White House. Senator Pen
rose hoped to prevail on the President to
go to Philadelphia to the exposition, but
the President said this would be impossi-
BILE.
Representative Brosius complimented the
President on his recent speech at Pitts
burg, and said he hoped he would talk that
way often.
Invited to Sword Presentation.
Senator Scott of West Virginia invited
the President today to attend the cere-
monies Of presenting a sword to Captain
Chadwick. at Morgantown. Captain Chad
wick, who commanded the New York In
the Santiago naval battle. is a native of
Morgantown. w. Va, and his old friends
are going to give him fine sword. The
date has been left open to ascertain II the
President could attend. He said today that
he would not be able to be present.
Discussing Alaska.
Senator Foster. ex-Gov. ]. H. McGraw and
Will H. Perry of Washington had a confer |
ence with the President today. Mr.. McGraw
has been in Alaska two years, and gave
the President his views on the situation
there He emphasized the strong feeling
of Americans in Alaska that no concessions
should be made on the boundary line dis /!
pute. He told the President that in Alaska |
and the northwest the people are firm on |
this subject and do not desire any con-
cessions to Canada. |