Evening star., 1899-02-11
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
District Bar Delegation at the Ezecu-
tive Mansion.
HHE SUCCESSION 10 JUSTICE M'COMAS
Report Of War Commission Not
Ready for Publication.
NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Senator-elect McComas Of Maryland visit
ed President Mckinley this morning to
further urge the nomination of Attorney
General Harry NJ Clabaugh of Maryland as
his successor upon the bench of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia.
Judge McComas was accompanied by
delegation Of the Bar Association of the
District, consisting of William f. Mating
Iy, Nathaniel Wilson, United states Dlstrlct
Attorney Henry e. Davis, Samuel Maddox,
J. ]. Darlington, A. S. Worthington, X Ross
Perry and George e. Hamilton. The Presi-
dent received the delegation pleasantly ana
listened to their representations in behalf
of Attorney General Clabaugh with much
interest
Secretary A1ger Calls.
Secretary Alger was an early caller His
visit was for the purpose of conferrlng
with the President over some details, IN
Guiding the distribution of captured guns.
The war secretary stated that no further
information had been received from Ma
Mia since that already made public, ex-
cept that list OF the wounded had come
this morning.
War Commissions Report.
There was quite steady stream of news
paper men during the morning, bent on
securing the report of the war commission
and the synopsis thereof 1t was devel-
oped that the report and synopsis would
not be ready for issuance for publication
until tomorrow night.
Others who called and saw the President
on matters affecting their immediate con-
stituencies were Senator Shoup of Idaho,
Senators Burrows and Mcmillan of Mich-
gan, Senator Allison, Senator Platt of Con-
necticut, Representative Lloyd of Missouri
n Pan tori nialen If
New Assistant Secretary.
The appointment of Mr.. Horace A. Tay-
lor of Madison, Wis, the editor of the
Wisconsin State Journal. to be assistant
secretary of the treasury to succeed Mr.
William R. Howell. made a general ap-
praiser of merchandise al the port of New
York, has been made, and his nomina-
ton was sent in today. The new
assistant secretary however, will not have
the direction of the affairs which came
under Mr.. Howells supervision, which in
cluded customs and the revenue cutter
service. These matters will be again plac-
ed in charge of Assistant Secretary Spald-
ing, who attended to them prior to Mr.
HowelPs appointment as assistant secre-
tary, and Mr.. Taylor will perform the
duties now performed by Mr.. Spalding.
Clemency Extended.
The President has commuted the sentence
H.
1895, in the southern district of Iowa for
embezzling the funds of the First National
Bank of Pella, Iowa. of which he was presi-
dent In ndorsing the application for COM
mutation Attorney General Griggs said:
s'Cassatt was at one time man of high
position in his state. AS president of ma
tional bank he embeZzled its funds, and on
plea of guilty was sentenced to nine
years Imprisonment, of which term he has
now served three and one-half years
I'm mitigation of his offense it is stated
that during the period when he was mis-
using the banks funds he was a victim of
intemperance; that he will again become a
good citizen If given chance. The petit
tions for his pardon are numerous and
very influential and include the judge who
sentenced him. l think the ends of justice
will be served if his sentence is commuted
to four years and six months actual i'm
prisonment.''
The effect of the Communication will be to
relieve Cassatt from serving fifteen months
Imprisonment.
The President, upon recommendation of
the Attorney General, has also commuted
the sentence of w. ]. Foust, who was con-
victed in April, 1895, for embezzling $500 in
post office funds while he was assistant
postmaster at Thornton, Texas. Foust was
sentenced to five years at hard labor In the
Ohio penitentiary and to pay fine of 500
and costs. His time would have expired
In November next His sentence is COM
muted to expire May /.
John d. Mitchell. who was convicted in
December, 1898, for introducing liquor into
the Indian territory and sentenced to a
year and day imprisonment has had his
sentence eommuted to four months actual
imprisonment. In his recommendation At
torney General Griggs said
He is under twenty years of age and
appears to have used the whisky more for
the injury of himself and friends than as a
means OF dapraving the character of the
red men,
Executive c1ernenov has alec hea, av+a,5
ed to Paris Gilmore. convicted in Decem-
Der, 1897, in the northern district of Indian
territory and sentenced to five years i'm
prlsonment for stealing steer worth Sill
The sentence was commuted to fifteen
months actual imprisonment
The President has granted a pardon to
Simon Ammonia, convicted in the western
district of Arkansas for selling beer In the
Choctaw nation Indian territory He was
sentenced to sixty days imprisonment in
the Fort Smith jail and to pay 500 fine
he mad license to Sell liquor and believed
he was authorized to do So. His case was
a test one. His sentence would have ex-
pired March g.
Spanish Vessels Utilized.
Secretary long called during the after
noon and remained some tir.e. He read the
President a cable message received this
morning from --dmiral Dewey, announcing
that three Of the Spanish ships sunk by
him last May ana raised since then, were
being utilized to great advantage. and that
he would require no more vessels to block
ade Philippine ports.
Hawaiian Visitors.
Among the Presidents early callers to-
day were Paul Neumann, Justice Frear.
William A Kinney and A. G. M Robertson.
all Of Hawaii who submitted a memor-
andum bearing upon the financial and polft-
ical conditions of the islands. The visitors
were with the President for some time