Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
a Talk With the President About
Arizona.
HOPE FOR STATEHOOD This CONGRESS
Mr.. Mckinley VIII Go to Fred
ericksburg Next Month.
OTHER CALLERS TODAY

OF H ER CALLERS TODAY
| John F. Wilson. the democratic delegate
| in the House from Arizona had A long
| and pleasant talk with President Mckinley
| this morning about statehood for Arizona
| and the other territories. Mr.. Wilson has
| been doing some effective work and is ex-
tremely hopeful OF getting n favorable re-
| port from the committee on territories at
| this session. Mr. Wilson realizes however.
| that it will be next TO impossible 10 get n
statehood bill through Congress at this ses-
| sion. and if favorable report can be had
Will be in position 10 take the matter up
| successfully early in the next session Pres
| ident Mckinley is reported by Mr. Wilson
| and all others who have talked with him
! on the subject as favorable TO statehood
| FOR several OF the territories. He would bs-
willing to see action at this session bur
| as this is thought to be unlikely he looks
with favor upon the plan which Mr Wilson
| now has in view
| The President agrees with me-" said Mr..
| Nlson that Arizona is qualified for state
| hood. We have population of over Ioaoo0
| people, % per cent of whom are Americans
VINO read and write. Our property valua-
ton is Sl0o,Or0,o00. with railroad and other
| interests as well developed as In any state.
Our public school system is as good as that
/ IN the city of Washington. We do not have
many Mexicans, and these few are q
| wealthy and valuable class"
Going to Fredericksbure.
Gen. Dan. Sickies and Gen. Horatio -
King, who has for so many years been sec
| retary of the Society of the Army OF the
Potomac. were with the President this.
morning, and invited him to attend the
| thirty-first annual reunion Of the society at
Fredericksburg May % and &c. The Pres
| ident agreed to be present May - The
oration will be delivered by Gen. Sickles ON
| that day. The President courteously said
| that this Grafton was what induced him to
| accept the invitation.
The society will go to Richmond on an
| excursion on the Goth of NAY.
A Good Many Callers.
The President had numerous visitors to-
| day, but the calls, in most instances, were
| personal and furnished little of public in
| terest. Senators Gear, Nelson, Deboe Fair
| banks, Kyle, WeJmore and Warren and
| Representatives Grosvenor, Dolliver. Burke
| Kahn. Steele, Mercer and Mondell saw the
President. The majority of them were ac-S]
| companied by constituents
Senator Gear. who was i'll for five or slNl
| weeks, paid his first visit to the White
House today in long time.
Representativ Mercer and Mondell were
accompanied by Captain Palmer of the
army and witnessed the President sign the
hlll creating a military post at Sheridan,
for The new post has been named Forr5
Mackenzie.
Senators Frye and Allison conferred for a
good while with the President this morn
ing. Senator Frye believes that Congress
will he late in adjourning, while Senator
Allison favors cutting the session as short
as possible.
Representatives Grosvenor and poIliver
believe the House will pass the Porto Rican
bill in a hurry one day next week Ii is
lntimated that a special rule may be
brought In giving consideration and vote
on the bill all in a day This will be done
on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Representative Hemingway and F. Js
Scholz, state treasurer of Indiana SAW the
President
The Kentucky Decision.
Senator Deboe said this morning that Z
yesterdays decision of the Kentucky court
Of appeals in the governorship case was
not a surprise to him. He was not suffi-
ciently well informed to know whether
Gcv. Taylor and the republicans would now
take the case to the United States Supreme
Court on writ of error. Republicans here ,
are inclined to the belief that il is useless
10 take the case to the Supreme Court .
Technically speaking, they do not believe d !
writ of error will lie.
Senor Quesada the Cuban representative
in this country, presented to the President
DR.. Claudio Dumas. Manuel Rasco and
Juan JimineZ who had charge of the Cuban
census, and who have been in this country
j
three CubanS leave for Cuba next week
They asked the President for photographs
to take with them, and We're pleased when
he ordered the pictures prepared for them.
Today's Nominations.
The President today nominated John b.
Robinson of Pennsylvania to be United
States marshal for the eastern district OF
Pennsylvania; also H. c. Bulge to be post.'
master at Miami, Fla.
pard0us INV tI,a
The President has granted a pardon 10
NJ N. Crane, convicted of Illicit distilline
in Georgia, and sentenced to eight months
in Jail and to pay fine of S1OO. The par
don is recommended by the district attor.
ney and the trial judge, account of the
hardship which would result to the family
of the prisoner.
Sentences have been commuted by the
President as follows:
John H. Poe, Indian Territory introduce
ing nquor into Indian country, sentence Of
TWO Years commuted TO eighteen months
Herbert w. Stinson, Minnesota violation
OF postal laws, sentence of eighteen months
commuted to one year.
Lewis V. Williams. District of Columbia
forfeiture of bail bond. The petitioner in This
case is an old colored man, eighteen years
OF age, of the name of Spencer Coleman.
He alleges that he was a slave. and that
after the war he moved to Washington and
began work at his trade of shoemaking
and by hard work and economy, he was
able to support his family and purchase a
small piece of property on which he erected
a dwelling.
In 1891 he signed as surety a bail bond
of Williams, who was indicted for false pre-
lenses. He delivered Williams in court
but the case was continued and finally
Williams disappeared and a forfeiture of
the bond was taken, of which the petitioner
was not informed until a few days ago
The forfeiture of the bond is remitted on
payment of costs.
Walter P. Hodges, Oklahoma embez-
zling letter from post office. Petitioner is
lad of eighteen years. the son of d cler-
gyman. The sentence Of one year commu-
ted to twenty days.
Ed. Smith, Missouri, passing counterfeit
s. bill. On account of the prisoners good
character and the belief that he was the
victim of circumstances, sentence Of TWO
years commuted to one year.
John w. Mcdaniel, Indian Territory. in-
PRODUCING liquor into Indian country. SEM
tence Of five years and fine OF 800 CONS
muted to two and half years on the
ground that the sentence was excessive
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