Evening star., 1900-05-19
The President to Go to Canton
July 4.
SECRETARY FOR PORTO RICO SELECTED
Pardon for Convict Since Proved
to Have Been innocent.
ADJOURNMENT AGREEM ENT

White House today said that an agreement
had about been reached this morning for
the adjournment of Congress on June 9 or
II. A resolution will probably be intro
duced in the House Monday. The House
leaders are confident they can get through
by June IL, or earlier, but they do not
know exactly what the Senate wants. The
House is really ready for adjournment by
June 4. and the advisability of resolution
to that effect is under consideration today,
the idea being that If the Senate wants to
change the date to the 9th or 11th 1t can
do so. The real object, however. is to Sc
cure adjournment not later than Monday.
June IL. The 9th is on Saturday. A House
resolution for June or will demonstrate
the readiness of that body to end the ses-
sion early. The Senate will be responsible
for any delay.
The President Going to Canton.
1t is learned today that the President has
accepted invitation to be in Canton on
July t. to take part in a monster non-parti-
san celebration of the day How much sig
nificance may attach to the trip is not yet
determined. The President had decided to
go to Canton late i'll June or early in July
before the invitation to the national holiday
ceremonies reached him. 1t is not known
whether the intention is to ask the President
to speak at Canton on that date. but if he
should do SO his utterances would likely be
of the greatest Importance. The gathering
of the democrats at Kansas City July i is
intended to make as much out of the pa
triQtism of the day possible.
1t is understood that the President In
tends to remain in Canton several weeks.
The changes on his home will have been
completed by the end of June. and the
President and Mrs. Mckinley will stay in
their own home during their visit. In fact,
they may be away from Washington at
the fullest extent the privacy Whch the
change will give. Both look forward with
much pleasure to the trip.
Going to Three BattIefieIds.
The President this morning finally in
fol med Senator Pritchard that he would not
be able to accept the invitation to go to
Charlotte, N. c., on May - to attend the
Mecklenburg celebration. The PRESIDENT
will go to Fredericksburg May % to attend
the reunion of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac. May 30 he will go to Antie-
tam to attend the unveilng of a monument
to the dead of both armies On June he
wants to go to Gettysburg, the occasion
being the thirty-fourth annual encamp
ment of the Pennsylvania G. A. X. Com
mander-in-chief Shaw and other officials
of the national G. A. r. have accepted in
vitations to attend. On June the Presi-
dent will attend the closing exercises of
the National University Law School. in this
city.
An Ohio Office Filled.
Senator Hanna talked with the President
this morning about nominating a marshal
for the northern district of Ohio. The SEN
ator has presented the name of Frank NJ
Chandler of Cleveland There is no fight
OH the selection. and the nomination will
go to the Senate on Monday.
Senator TiiIman Gets n Place.
Senator Tillman got a place for con-
he obi jari i,,tar OF iS hat
the constituent is democrat. The posi-
ton is that of consul at Rouen. France.
and was procured for Tnomwell haynes OF
Central S. c. The position pays small
salary, but the senator is always alert for
something for constituent and discovered
this opening. He asked the President for
it and got It.
Senator Pritchard wants a place in Porto
Rico for Tyre Glenn, postmaster at Green's
boro', N. c.
Senator Penrose saw the President re-
garding some positions. Among the other
visitors We're Senators Mcmillan, Burrows
Elkins, Bard kean and Platt Of Connecti-
cut, Representatives Sibley, Kahn, GroSVe-
nor and Wanger.
Secretary for Porto Rico.
William H. Hunt of Montana has been
selected to be secretary of state for the
Island of Porto Rico. Mr. Hunt was re-
Gently appointed agent for the United
States government before the Chilean
claims COMMISSIONS position which he va
Gates to accept this last appointment. He
is a son of the late Secretary Hunt and a
lawyer of high standing in his own state.
Executive CIemency.
In recommending pardon which was
granted by President Mckinley today At
torney General Griggs indirectly scores the
value of the testimony Of handwriting ex-
perts, pointing out that two Of these ex-
-
whose innocence has since been demon
strated beyond doubt.
The man pardoned is William Brough-
ton He was convicted in the northern
district of Georgia of sending an obscene Gene
letter to man, and on March A. 1900,
was sentenced to five years In the penl-
tentiary. In recommending the pardon IN
this most interesting case the Attorney
General says:
1.-The petitioner was indicted. tried and
convicted of sending an obscene letter
through the mail, and was sentenced to
five years imprisonment and to pay tine
and the costs. Since his conviction 1t has
been clearly demonstrated that he Is en-
tirely innocent of the charge; that the
true culprit has been apprehended and
convicted of writing the letter or which
Br oughton was convicted. and Oh writing
and mailing other obscene letters and mas
been himself sentenced to Imprisonment Tor
five years in the penitentiary. Both the
district attorney and the trial Judge nave
written q statement OF IactS WHICH Hidhes
the conviction of Broughton appear to
have been clearly erronsous. and he ought
to be Immediately pardoned and released.
''It Is worthy of observation that his con-
viction was secured upep the evidence OF
two experts in handwriting. both OF whom
examined the handwriting of the letter
which had been Intercepted compared IT
with the handwriting Of Bpughton' and
testified that in their opinian, the same
person wrote both. After Broughton had
been convicted and committed to the pen
itentiary the same person to whom the
original letter had been addressed received
other letters of a similar character in the
same handwriting. showing beyond all
doubt that they were written by the same
person, and 1t was obvious that they could
not have been written by Broughton, who
at that time was In the penitentiary. Fur
ther investigation traced the authorship Of
these letters to one Mitchell who, as be-
fore stated. was arrested, indicted. tried
and convicted of sending all of them.
II advise an immediate pardon"
Today's Nominations.
The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
William H. Hunt of Montana, to be secre-