The sun., 1900-10-02
sCHwAB AVID PENRosE AT CANTON.
The President OF the Carnegie Company Sees
Pre,Ideut Mckinley.

CANTON. Ohio. oct, i.-Senator Boies Penrose
OF Pennsylvania had short interview with
President Mckinley to-day and succeeded in
creating little mystery here. not on his own
account for he gave sufficient reason for his
coming but on account Of his travelling COM
panion, President Schwab OF the Carnegie
Company, who wanted TO keep his presence in
Canton a secret When first questioned on the
subj ject Senator Penrose denied that Mr. Schwab
was here. but later qualified the statement
by saying that they had not come together
and that their meeting on the train was q mere
chance. They went 10 tho Mckinley house in
the same carriage. which was hired at the sta
ton. and they left on the same train. More
over they travelled in a private car attached
10 the regular train coming in this morning.
That they came OF their own motion and not
on invitation from the Mckinley house was
shown by the fact that neither the Presidents
carriage nor any one from the house met them
nj or accompanied them to tho station, as is
always the case with Invited guests and usually
the case with expected guests Immediately
after their conference they separated. Mr.
SChwab keeping in seclusion until train time
Senator Penrose walked to the station more
than an hour ahead Of train time and thon
getting tired Of waiting. walked back uptown
again At the station he said
Il came here to see President Mckinley in
nv capacity as a United States Senator. There
are number OF postmasterships and other
matters concerning my constituents in regard
To- which wanted to see the President There
was no politics In my visit, and politics was
not mentioned In our conference
Concerning Andrew Carncgie's declaration
for Mex inley. Senator Penrose said. 1T will
undoubtedly do the President some good Mr..
Carnegie has some following, and II will be
ipn aI "a D. al ha arg
How about the strike in the anthracite coal
recious?" was asked
u think that Is being settled | IL not set
tied yet but We hope that all the differences will
be ainicnby adjusted within the next few days
No, there has been no politics in the strike up
e. this time IN my opinion and If an amicable
settlement Is reached In the immediate future
do not -'e that the strike can have any political
S.H"d As to the political situation in general
Senator penro~c said that Pennsylvania would
give Mckinley ths usual Republican
m""ag iag one to p%9aSy S}ats affairs IN arsG nanns AS
svIyania, he said. We are having a
pretty lot iactional fight there but | think
we are going 10 win ont" As he said later that
he expected Quay TO he returned to the senate
I'VE" evidently Included the Beaver statesman
Senator Pcnro-" said that all his news Of Mary
land was good news aud from what he heard
of New York tie Republican plurality would
be ANYTHING from hundred thousand up.
lie expected substantial Republican gains In
John Rarrctt Of Washington. former United
States Minister to Siam. had long talk with
the Pre- id,nt to-day. His visit was merely
n stOp-over between trains.
The President also received n political dele
cation to-day; 1t was composed Of he stark
Comfy Republican Central Committee that
had been holding a meeting in the city. Al
the opening Of the mceti x the members telc-
phoncd 20 the Mckinley house TO ask II they
would be received and the President informed
them that IL would bo pleasure for him TO
shake hands with his old friends about 70 clock.
The county chairman stood at the head Of the
line 20 introduce each of the seventy five or
more members rs they filed by, but every now
and then one was SO well known that an intro.
duction was supernuous and the President called
him by name, And some of the callers also
forgot 10 say, Mr.. President" but said, How
are you, Wniam?" or Good morning, Major"
Aside from the people well known In politics.
there were many callers at the Mckinley home
to-day, quite few of them women wishing
20 shake hands with the President II was
the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Duncan, the
Presidents sister and this was celebrated In
a quiet way.
Present Pleasure and No Future R@Rret