Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-26
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Program for the Presidents New
Year Reception.
A FIGHT ON SENATOR M'LAURIN
Changes Likely in West Virginia
Offices.
SOME OF TODAY'S CALLERS

Secretary COrtelyou today announced the
| following arrangement for the Presidents
| New Year reception:
| The President will receive at
II am.-The members of the cabinet; the
| diplomatic corps.
11:15 a.m.-The chief justice and the as
sociate justices of the Supreme Court of
| the United States; the judges of the United
| States Court of Claims; the judges of the
! Court of Appeals; the judges of the Su-
| preme Court of the District of Columbia;
| ex-cabinet members and eX-ministers of
the United States.
11:25 a.m.-Senators, representatives and
| delegates in Congress; the Commissior
and judicial officers of the Distri, -.
| lumbia.
11:40 a.m.-Ofcers of the army; officers
of the navy; officers of the marine corps;
commanding general and general staff of
the militia of the District of Columbia.
u m.-The regents and secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution; the commissioners
of fisheries; the civil service commission;
the interstate commerce commission, the
commissioner of labor; assistant secre-
taries of departments; assistant postmas-
terS general; the solicitor general, assist
ant attorneys general; the treasurer of the
United States; commissioner of pensions;
commissioner of patents; controller of the
currency; the heads of bureaus in the
eral departments; the president of the Co
lumbian Institute for the Deaf and Dumb.
IT'D p.m-The Associated Veterans Of
the War of JSi6-41; the Grand Army of the
Republic; the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States; the Union
Veteran Legion; Union Veterans Union;
Spanish War Veterans; the members of
the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the
District of Columbia.
12:35 p.m.-Reception of citizens, which
Will terminate at 1:3o pm.
Carriages will approach the Executive
Mansion by the western gate and leave by
the eastern.
Pedestrians will approach the mansion
b. the western gate and leave by the east
ern.
In accordance with custom the grounds
soutl of the mansion and the southern en-
trance will be closed on New Year day.
Fight on McLaurin.
Senator McLaurin of South Carolina was
ore of the Presidents callers today. The
senator's term expires in little over Two
years, and in the summer of 1901 he will
have to be a candidate for reelection il
he wants to come back to the Senate His
political opponents have begun a fight on
MN already, charging him with practically
being a republican. These charges origi-
nate because of Senator McLaurin's pro-
gressive views on territorial expansion and
several other questions. The endeavor is to
awaken as much prejudice as possible in
the democratic ranks. Senator McI.aurin
is making no reply to the charges and has
in no way changed his views He and his
friends are beginning to believe that even
in South Carolina freedom OF political opin-
Ion VIII not result as disastrously would
be supposed. Several of the strong papers
of the state have recently espoused the
same progressive ideas as the senator and
the statement is made in many directions
that revolution in political views is
really going in the state. What will he
the outcome of the changes being wrought
is a matter that even the democratic ma.
chine does not attempt to conjecture il is
said.
About West Virginia Affairs.
Senators Elkins and Scott talked with
the President some time regarding West
Virginia affairs. The election of a repub-
lican legislature and of A. r. White as
governor viii make some changes in the
state. Mr.. White Is the collector of inter
nal revenue of West Virginia and will
be succeeded by republican. II is pro-
posed to make two federal judicial districts
in the state, and if this is done there viii
be Il new judge, new set of court officers
and new collector of internal revenue.
Some Other Callers.
Senators Fairbanks, Thurston, Quarles
and Foraker and Representative Lands
saw the President. "Corporal' Tanner.
former commissioner of PENSIONS talked
to the President, representative of the
L. V. L.. regarding the status of the vet
eran soldier under the civil service
Guests at Dinner.
At their Christmas dinner yesterday even
Ing President and Mrs. Mckinley had with
them as guest Surgeon General Sternberg,
DR. and MIS-. RiXey, Mrs. o. S. Heistand.
Gen. Corbn and Secretary and Mrs. Cortel-
you.
Two Sentences Committed.
President Mckinley has commuted to two
and a half years the five-year sentence OF
Marshall, Texas, National Bank. Reynolds
pleaded guilty to making false reports
garding the condition of his bank to the
controller Of the currency. and was sem
fenced February 10, 1899. to five years in
the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. Rey
nolds was a prominent man Of Marshall.
The sentence was commuted because his
offenSe was largely technical and because II
was shown that Reynolds had made good
all the losses by using his own personal
property. His sentence will expire on March
10 good behavior having cut II down.
The President has also conmuted the
sentence Of Alexander Carroll. a sfoop cap
tain of Baltimore. October % last Carroll
pleaded guilty in Baltimore to dumping
refuse in the channel of the Patapsco river.
He going down the river with load
of pineapple tops when his sloop was over
taken in a storm and began to leak. To
save his ship Carroll unloaded the refuse
in the channel. The minimum sentence Is
$500 fine month in prison, but this
sentence of the court was suspended and
Carroll has not been in prison. The Presi-
dent has commuted the sentence to a fine
Of $25 and costs, and this will be paid.