Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-19
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The Cabinet Discusses the Chinese
Situation.
PLEASED With PROSPECT OF PEACE
General Fitzhugh Lee Talks on
Cuban Affairs.
OTHER CALLERS TODAY
OTHER CALLERS TODAY

About all of the time of the cabinet ses-
sion today was given to discussion of the
Chinese situation The President and his
advisers pleased with the favorable
turn of affairs and with the prospect of an
adjustment of the troubles. The State De-
partment has received the proposals agreed
| upon by Lii Hung Chang and Prince Ching
! offering indemnity and satisfactory guar
antees for the future. The administration
| accepts the proposition of the Chinese en-
| voys as sincere and as made in good
! faith, the Chinese government being back
! of them and intent upon carrying them
| through if possible.
| The cabinet considers that the Chinese
| government has placed itself in proper po-
| sition by admitting the wrongs that have
| been done and by Offering reparatiou.
| Whatever negotiations this country enters
| upon with the Chinese envoys will be con-
| Quoted for the present through Minister
| Conger. The real negotiations are long
| ways off, and how they will be conducted
| will have to be decided later.
members have talked politics nearly
every meeting, interspersing official mat
! ters with it. This was the case today.
| The tour of Bryan through New York and
| the campaign of Senator Hanna in the
| northwest are attracting about equal at
| tenton in administration circles 1t is
| stated that the administration believes
| Bryan is making few votes in New York,
but is losing as many as he gains. In the
end 1t is not believed that the net profit
of his tour on election day will be 100 votes
in the state.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee Calls.
General Fitzhugh Lee was one of the
Presidents callers this morning. He left
| his post in Cuba in September on leave of
absence and will return the last OF this
the President. Speaking of the yellow fever
epidemic General Lee says that it is the
worst in his experience. Il have been in
Cuba four five years, he said, 'and the
disease is worse than l ever knew. Here
tofore it has been confined to small, mar
row streets and places lacking in sanitation.
1t is now jumping about and has appeared
liz places where ii was never before known.
There We're fifty cases in the vicinity OF
my headquarters when l came away.
presume it will run along with more or less
fierceuess until January. There is SO frost
in Cuba, and the winter does not get cold
enough to eradicate the disease before jan
uary. There are sporadlc cases altef that
time.
The sanitation is first-class in all places
where the disease is raging and has been
for months. The doctors are beginning to
saw that there is nothing in sanitation al
ter all. The sanitation laws have been
carried out strictly since the military au-
thorities of this country assumed charge IN
the island.
Politics of the Island.
Speaking of the politics Of the island Gen.
Lee said: The constitutional convention OF
Cuba will assemble November B. what 1t
will do is a problem. The object is to at
tempt to establish free and independent
government. There is much diversity of
opinion as to what should be done. The
old soldiers N the island are almost unani-
nous III their demands for free and inde-
pendent government, and want tne mlntary y
forces of this country withdrawn. There
are rumors in the island that when the
convention assemblies it will Immediately
pass resolution demanding that the
United States withdraw its troops and
leave. OF course, this country cannot do
that until stable government is assured,
as promised by There is some senti-
ment for annexation. Many of the foreign,
as well as local, residents desire q pro-
tectorate by the United States for some
time to come
also today. The general said that he ex-
pected to return to his duties at Havana
about the last of this month.
Talk on Maryland.
Senator McComas, eX-Mayor Malster and
S. Davies Wartield, postmaster of Balti-
more, were with the President, talking
over politics in Maryland. They continue
to express themselves satisfied with the
outlook. Senator McComas said this morn
ing that the greatest effort is to be made
to carry every congressional district in the
state. I'VE have light, but We will win,''
is the way Senator McComas puts it.
7. St. John Gaffney, prominent SYM
pathiZer with the BOer cause, living in
New York. called on the President. Mr..
Gaffney declares that while recently travel
ing through Europe he found that official
sentiment was becoming more favorable to
the Beers He asserted his belief that the
cabinets of Europe will refuse 20 acknowI-
edge EnglandS right to annex the Boer
and Free State republics, thereby giving
England far more trouble than she Is now
looking for.
Big Crowd Received.
About 200 agents of prominent life in
surance company were received by the
President in the east room. They have
been attending meeting in New York and
are returning to their homes. When the
President made his appearance the party
made the east room ring with three cheers
for the chief executive. Nearly all of them
wore buttons which bore in large letters
the words: "Our Next President To this
button was attached a string, and if an
inuuisitive individual desired to know who
'.our next President would be he could
pull the string. This would cause the name
of Mckinley to appear.
Governor Sayers of Texas paid his re-
spects to the President. Governor Sayers
has been to New York to attend the char
ity bazaar for the benefit of the orphans
of the Galveston disaster He thanked the
President for his prompt eHorts TO ALL the
sufferers.
Greek Naval ORcers Presented.
Officers of the Greek training vessel now
IN America called on Secretary Long yes
terday, Nand later were escorted by Secre-
tary Hay to the White House, where they
were presented to the President The calls
brought about an exchange of official good
wishes and expressions of friendship in
behalf of the two governments.
MIR. SHERMAN'S CONDITION.
No Change N0ted-Had q Quiet Night
and il Resting Easy.