Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-03
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Proposed Currency Legislation Dis
cussed With the President.
BEEF COURT OF INQUIRY REPORT
Certain Portions of It Said to Be
Unsatisfactory.
MANY OTHER MATTERS

Representative Henderson of Iowa had
half hours consultation with the President
today regarding the work of the republican
| caucus committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives at Atlantic City. He explained
to the President at length the currency re-
! form plan, which the caucus unanimously
| decided to recommend to the republicans of
the next House. AS the committee was
composed of republicans from all sections
of the country, and as no recommendations
were embodied except such as were unani-
| mously agreed to, it is believed the plan
| will commend itself strongly to the repub-
| icans of the next House. That there may
be complete harmony OF action between the
republicans of both houses. it Is the pur-
pose or the members of the House commit
tee to confer with the republican members
OF the Senate finance committee before
giving the details of the plan to the>lb-
Hc Senator Aldrich. chairman of the SEN
ate nnance committee will arrive from Eu-
rope May =, and as soon thereafter as
possible the meeting Of the two committees
Will be arranged.
The Beef Inquiry Report.
Gen. Wade chairman of the beef court of
inquiry, spent some time with the President
this morning. 1t is taken for granted thar
they were discussing the report of the
court, which the President has now taken
up Tor consideration. The President it is
GAINED, does not approve of portions of
the report, especially those portions which
lnouige IN severe criticism of certain officers
| 1t Is possible, it is said that the President
Will not approve the report until it is sllita-
bly, amended
Invited to Omaha
Senator Thurston and Representative
Mercer of Nebraska today invited the Pres
ldent to attend the Greater America expo
sition TO- be held in Omaha from July to
November. The gounds and buildings of the
former exposition are to be utilized. and
| the exhibits will consist of not only the
products of this country, but of Porto Rico
Hawaii and the Philippines The President
could not decide what he would do about
the invitation. He said that his answer
would probably depend on whether he
| makes q trip to the west this summer
Wants Col. Cotton Retained.
Senator Thurston has asked the Presi-
dent to retain Lieutepant Colonel Cotton
| of the 1st Nebraska in the army Colonel
Cotton was detailed as collector of Gus
toms at Manila soon after the arrival of
| his regiment in the Philippines and has
filled the position satisfactorily His regi-
ment is soon to be mustered out. but he
desires to remain in the service, in his pres
ent position.
Representative Mercer Going Abroad.
Representative Mercer is not giving much
| attention to his chances of becoming
Speaker. He will leave for Europe early
next month, taking Mrs. Mercer there for
her health. They will be absent about
three months, and will visit Italy and Eng
land and possibly go to the orient. Mr..
Mercer is receiving suggestions from many
influential members of the House that he
become avowed candidate for Speaker
and put his in the hands of active
managers.
President May Not Attend.
The change of date for holding the Falls
Church celebration of the Daughters of the
Confederacy has caused some doubt as to
whether the President will be able to at
tend. He has made several engagements
for the summer, and it is announced that
the question of attending celebrations near
Washington will depend mainly on whether
the President is in the city at the time his
presence is wanted. If the President is
here when the Falls Church celebration
takes place he will attend.
Executive Clemency.
The President has pardoned Charles p.
Barrett convicted last year at Spartan
burg S. c., of conspiracy to violate the
postal laws. and sentenced to eighteen
months in the Ohio penitentiary. Barretts
(.
The AngIO-American Commission.
Ex-senator Faulkner. who is a member
of the Anglo-American commission, saw
| the President today about several personal
| matters. When the Anglo-American COM
mission meets again 1t will probably not
have to work upon the question of the
Alaskan boundary, Secretary Hay and the
English government are now negotiating on
this subject, and there is every hope that
agreement he arrived n The
boundary question was the hardest nut
which the commission had to crack. An
agreement was reached on nearly every
other question in dispute, but there was no
prospect of an agreement on this and the
question was referred to the respective gov
ernments. The boundary has been brought
up at several of the recent cabinet sessions.
Some of Today's Callers.
Senators Cullom and Chandler Represen-
tative Babcock and Gen. Scofield
| among the other visitors who the Pres
ident during the day. Senator Chandler
considers that the literature sent out by
the Anti-1mperialistic League of Boston
was reasonable and that the administra-
ton was right in putting a stop to its cir
culaton in the Philippines The senator
thought there was nothing to gain in at
tempting a prosecution of the league or its
officials.
Local Delegations Call.
Several local delegations had interviews
with the President today. Calvin Farms
worth, commander of the District G. A. r.,
accompanied by Past Commander Hopkins
and Senior Vice Commander Slaybaugh, ask
ed the President to attend the Memorial
day ceremonies at Arlington. If the Pres
tdent is in the city he will attend, but it is
not probable that he will make an address
Another delegation was made up of r. G.
Dyrenforth, eommander-in-chief OF the U.
V. u; Samuel r. Strattan, department COM
mander of the same organization. and Capt.
H. S. Street former commander-1n-chief of
the organization. The object of the delega-
ton was to request that Capt. Street, who
is now in the commissary department of
the army a captain, be retained in his
present position. The President said that
he would take the matter under considera-
ton. What he said. however, was favor
ably regarded. Capt. Street is well known