Arizona daily citizen., 1901-01-02
THE NEW YEAR
OF THE PRESIDENT.
How he Spent the Day at the White
House. General Gossip Of the
Day at the Capitol and Nat.
tiers of Interest to Every.
one.

| WASHINGTON. Jan. 2, 190l.--President
McKinley's holiday present TO the sol
diers, sailors and marines who served in
the war with Spain was to amend the
civil service rule which authorizes the
reinstatement OF cid soldiers who have
at any time been in the civil service so
az to include the Spanish war veterans.
The civil service commission has always
given all war veterans and the civil mar
ines who were honorably discharged
from the service on account OF wounds
or oil sickness contracted while in the
line OF duty preference Of per cent In
examinations. That is to say, they have
only to make Is per cent in the examin-
ations to get ON the eligible list, while
civilians are required to make 10 per
cent.
Following was the official programme
of the presidents New Year reception:
At IL a. m.--Members OF the cabinet
and the diplomatic coFps: at II :i5-the
chief of justice and associate justices oil
the United States supreme court, jus
tices of the United States and the Die
tict OF Columbia courts, ex-cabinet Off
GERS and ex-minislers II :i5-senators,
Representatives. District OF columbia of
ficials / I .i0-ofTieers OF the army, navy.
marine corps and the District OF Colun-
bia militia; ~ m.--tlie regents and sec
rotary oi the smithonian Institute. as
sistant secretaries and heads OF bureaus
In the executive departments; 1915 p.
nl.--Associated veterans OF The Mexican
war; Grand Army Of the Republic; mil
itary ories of the Loyal Legion: Union
Veterans legation, and the Oldest In.
habitants' association OF the District of
Columbia; i2 IS TO 30 -citzens.
Secretary Hay has received a dispatch
from Minister Conger telling Of the pre-
senting 10 the representative OF the
mands signed by all the foreign ministers
mt Pekin, bat he has ex pressed no opinion
of what the nature of the answer would
be when received. No official OF this
government will express an opinion, bat
from the tenor of private conversations
it IL believed that most OF our officials
expect the answer TO he one that will
have tendency to open negotiation on
several important clauses OF the joint
demands, rather than to accept or re-
fuse outright. The Chinese minister
to the United States also expects that
sort OF an answer and has gone as far as
to publicly express the hope that nego-
tiation would result in moderating sew
eral OF the demands, which be thinka
too severe.
Senator McIaurin. OF South Carolina
was one OF President Kckinley's callers
this week. Heand the president are
good friends personally, and he has
been one of the few democrats in con-
gress who has supported the expansion
policy all the way through. For the lat
ter reason has opponents at home, who
charge him with being practically re-
publican. have already begun fighs on
him with the intension OF trying to pre-
vent his reelection to the senate. His
term will not expire until 1908, but he
will try to go before his people next
year and carry the primary election in
order to be reelected. He has made no
reply TO his opponents and he says none
is necessary, as he believes that the
course he has followed, which has been
endorsed by some of the prominent
papers of His state, has been in accord
with the sentiments held by majority
Of South Carolina and particularly by
the more intelligent of them.