Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-12
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
China Discussed at the Cabinet
Meeting Today.
MORE MARINES TO Be LANDED
The Vice Presidential Nomination
and Mr.. Cornelius N. Bliss.
SOME OF TODAY'S CALLERS

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| There has been no change whatever in
the policy of the United States regarding
| the course this country will pursue in deal
ing with the situation in China. Every
| measure will be taken to protect American
| citizens in the empire The forces of the
United States will act independently of
those of other powers long as deemed
| advisable. but concurrent action will follow
| in case the conditions become graver and
the necessity for such concert between the
| forces arises.
| The dispatches received from Minister
Conger since the last meeting of the cabf-
net on Friday were considered by the meet
| Ing today. Those in attendance were the
Secretaries of State, Treasury, Navy, In
terror and the Postmaster General 1t was
decided to reinforce the marines already
operating in China with detachments from
| the Newark and the other vessels now there
| or, like the Nashville about to arrive there.
All the ca binet officers stated upon depart
Ing from the White House that nothing
would be left undone to protect American
| citizens. Secretary Gage asked if the
situation was not regarded as very grave
| In China. Secretary Hitchcock. who is a
M1Ssourian. was at his e bow and Mr. Gage
remarked that the situation was grave in
st. Louis. too To this sally Secretary
Hitchcock returned. Its bad enough
That Demanded Resignation.
The Postmaster General laughed heartily
when asked If he had yet written out the
resignation demanded by certain republican
clubs of Philadelphia, as announced in the
| morning press dispatches.
"Do you know who those fellows are?''
he inquired No? Well they are the fell
1ruc J-hn hnI ara1 m hay 10
in Philadelphia next week with bann6 rs
bearing such inscriptions as Down with
Civil Service Reform but they were stop
ped in their Intentions"
Mr.. Smith stated that there were no new
development nts in the Cuban situation.
A Question About the Platform.
One Of the group of newspaper men at his
carriage Goor asked:
Have you submitted the draft of next
weeks platform yet?'
The Postmaster General looked at him
quzzically.
What DO you mean?' he returned.
why, the draft that was read at that
dinner Saturday night replied the. re-
porter.
Mr.. Smith surveyed the party with a
broad. amused smile.
There is no use in me telling you fellows
anything he remarked as the horses were
about to start You seem to know it all.
there is an impression prevailing that the
Postmaster General has been for some time
engaged In formulating the platform to be
presented to the Philadelphia convention
next week, and it Is also said that the work
Is about half completed.
Mr.. Bliss and the Vice Presidency.
1t was freely declared in usually well-in-
formed political circles this morning that
the question of selecting a running mate
for President Mckinley in the November
race which is to be finally settled at Phil
adelpha next week, now in the keep
ing of Mr. Cornelius N. Bliss of New York
former Secretary of the Interior. 1t was
stated with much emphasis that Mr.. Bliss
had been urged in the past day or two to
consent to accept the nomination, and to
sacrifice any personal diSfnclinatiOnS to re-
enter active public life, which he, as we'll
known cherishes in order to assure the
carrying of the empire state for the repub-
lican ticket in the presidential election. 1t
was also stated that Mr.. Bliss was again
considering the matter and that hopes were
strongly entertained that he would over
come his ScrupleS and agree to accept the
nomination. On the other hand, intimate
friends of Mr.. Bliss insist that public life
such a Vice President is expected to
lead would be too repugnant to him to per-
nit him to accept, even If it were in his
opinion party necessity to do so, and
that, regarding the latter proposition, Mr..
Bliss considered the possibility of the dem
OcratS carrying New OGK next 1dll as 100
remote to be the cause for any uneasiness.
Those who incline to the belief that Mr..
Bliss may accept the nomination are of the
opinion that Senator Platt's opposition to
him would not be vigorous to coun-
teract the wishes of the other party man
ayers in the premises, and point out that
geographical considerations demand a man
from the east and from what is recognized
as a pivotal state Secretary Long and
Secretary Smith, whose names have been
so favorablv mentioned. are from states
which do not come within the latter cate
CORY. The natural candidate was admit
tedly Governor Roosevelt. but his positive
refusal to consider the nomination brings
the question up to Mr.. Bliss, Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff not being considered as
factor of consequence.
Senator AlIfsOn's Daily Visit.
Senator Fairbanks was among the Presi-
dents callers before cabinet meeting today,
following Senator Allison, who paid what
has come to be regarded his daily call
at the mansion. Senator Jones of Nevada,
Representative Berry of Kentucky, Repre-
sentative Gaines and others also called.
Mr.. Gaines expects to get S11 900, so he
said, to improve the military road at Fort
Thomas. He introduced General Brendon
of Gov. McMillanS s staff to the President.
FavOrs washburn for Vice President.
Senator Hanna was one of the earliest
arrivals at the White House this morning
he WIS dccoLhpdiileu ny MI. 1HoHidS Lowry
and Mr.. Hugh Harrison of Minneapolis
both representative men of the western
metropolis in the highest sense Mr.. Lowry
is the electric street railway magnate of
Minneapolis and st. Paul, as well as a
prominent factor in the 500 railroad. He
is an ardent republican and a liberal con-
tributOr to campaign Golfers and dele
gate-at-large to the Philadelphia conven-
ton. Mr.. Lowry is an enthusiastic advo-
cate of the nomination of ex-senator w. D.
Washburn of Minnesota as Vice President
on the ticket with the President, Mr..
Harrison and himself merely paid lneir re-
spects and departed. but Senator Hanna
remained until the cabinet meeting began,
Secretary Hitchcock, Secretary Gage and
other early cabinet comers previous thereto.
Chilean Commissioner From COnnec-
tfcut.
It Is believed that man has been Sc
l.s4ea ~, all tho r,la ca o,, tho Hhilaan 1o,,,-