The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-23
WHITE House VISITORS
Ofliceholders Hasten TO Extend
Their Congratulations.
Many Tell the President He~ Glad
They Are over His denomination.
gates Pay Their Respects The
observation-disclosures Fight Ended.

OfFiceholders Of high and low degree
Strolled into the White House this morn
:ag TO tell the President how glad they
were OF his denomination. From all over
The country they came. but the Southern
lRcumbents we're particularly well repre-
scented. II President Mckinley ever mace
public his alleged declaration that he
wanted Federal officeholders to keep out
of the national political arena, news Of the
TACT had evidently not reached below Ma
son and Dixon's lines
Among his callers this morning on their
way home from the Convention were W
II. johnson. Marshal Of the Northern Dis
trict Of Georgia, and Chairman of the
State Committee; Judson w. Lyons, Reg
lister OF the Treasury, and three eoloFed
delegates, also from the Cracker StateS
J. p. WaIworth, Collector OF the Port for
the Pearl River District OF Mississippi, L.
3. MoseIy, Clerk OF United States Court;
A. NJ. Lea, Federal Attorney at VicksbuIg;
Judge II. c. Turley, of NatcheZ; +. T.
Franks, Collector Of Internal Revenue at
0wensbOro, Ky, and ID. w. Rowland,
Postmaster at MarengO Iowa.
Besides these there were hosts OF other
delegates who stopped in to shake hands
with the President on their way home.
Senator Harris, the Popuhst. who repre-
sents the Sunhower State, called 10 say
gOOd-by to the President before leaving
for home.
This campaign will be lively one,'
be declared to a Times reporter. 1T is
not 4 sure thing for any body. The big
fight will be in the Middle West, in In
diana. Wisconsin. Minnesota and the Da-
kotas- Kansas is all right We can carry
that. The Roosevelt nomination has not
added any strength to the Republicans in
New York, although il has benefited the
party considerably in the Middle West,
where the Rough Rider is known and liked.
However. even with New York counted on
the Republican side OF the column. the
party viii not have any certainty Of sue
cess"
Senator Gear. the representative Of Iowa
who is now in his seventy year, was
at the White House for short time. The
old statesman. although in feeble health
Is now planning 10 enter the Senate again
for another term OF six years, which il
completed, viii leave him eighty-twO
years old. Save only for Senators Morgan
and Pettus Of alabama. Mr.. Gear Is the
patriarch Of the upper House. There IS
only a trifing difference in the ages OF
the three.
The fight for political control of the Re
I
resentstive BrownlOw and Pension Com
missioner Evans has been settled in favor
OF the former. and the warning clans have
buried the yOmahawk.
Representative Brownlow called on Nj
Mckinley today The little difference
between mo and Mr.. Evans have all beer
settled" he said afterward. The Ma
tioual Committee at Philadelphia seated q
majority Of my delegates TO the Conven-
ton. and have been elected National Com
mitteeman by the Tennessee delegation By
vote OF 20 TO >. Four of the Evans mel
cast their ballots for me. Now every
thing is lovely and the fight is settled A.
TO personal feeling between Mr. Evans ant
myself, there has been none. The friction
which was engendeTed was none Of on,
making. It was created solely by officiOu:
persons not acting for US In the state
Convention the Evans faction bolted anl
nominated 4 separate delegation to the Ma
tiOnal Convention at Philadelphia. w
conceded that the Evans delegates were
rightfully elected from the third and tho
tenth districts. They conceded that the
de- gates fayoring mo from the first, tn,
second. tins fourth the seventh. and tn,
eighth districts were properly qualified
That lett the National Committee TO de
eide contests In three districts. and also il
the case OF the four delegates at large
The National Committee supported my mer
in the contest for the places at large anC
also from the ninth district. Evans gOt
the fifth and the sixth district That gave
me sixteen delegates to his eight. and ny
subsequent election as National Commit
teeman by a vote Of 20 TO was brought
about by half Of his men casting their bal.
lots for NE The two delegates who were
absent and did not vote would also have
supported me-
General Miles. Senator Scott Of West
Virginia, and Representative DolIiyer OF
Iowa were also among the callers
Fifteen California boys forming the
party sent East at the expense of a San
Francisco newspaper. called upon the
President this morning. They were escort
ed by Dent II. Robert The paper recent
y held a competition, open to all boys in
the state. from whom fifteen writing the
best papers on government were 10 be sent
East to attend the Convention These
were the successful boys. They were in
trOduced individually to Mr.. Mckinley
who made a little speech telling them how
much value the trip would be to them
Afterwards the boys were shown through
the parlors and the war room, where Col
onel Montgomery explained the system OF
messages. The boys will be here until
Monday. when they leave for Niagara
Falls. Chicago and Kansas City. They
viii attend the National Democratic Con
ventiOn there
Newport News Grain Elevator.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va. June 23.-Tbe