, 1901-03-21
WASHINGTON NEWS

Rose BllZZHru mas DeeH dppoiiteu
United States marshal for West Nir-
ginia.
Representative Shafroth is planning
n trip to Porto Rico before his return
to Colorado.
The new senator from North Caro-
lima bears the name of Furnifold Sim
mons. His colleague is Jeter C. Pritch-
ard.
Congress appropriated a years sal
airy $4,000 each for Mrs. Gear n
for Mrs. Davis, the widows of the late
senators from Iowa and Minnesota.
The number of persons visiting the
library of Congress in II day. March
9th, was T2,5T2 by actual count kept
by n mechanical register. In three
days-Saturday, Sunday and Mon6ay
the total was over 10000 persons.
At n Cabinet meeting the President
told his secretaries that the start for
California would be made h first
week in May. He extended an earnest
invitation to the whole Cabinet so ac-
company him. The purpose is to
make the journey by a leisurely Tin
erary, devoting, perhaps, six weeks TO
the round trip, including the week or
more to be spent in California. The re-
turn is to be by one of the northern
routes with possibly a visit to Yellow
stone park, which the President mas
been trying to see for several years.
Attorney General Griggs talked with
the President about a number of
places under the Department of Jus
tice, the terms of the incumbents be-
ing about to expire. These include a
large number of United States district
att,nnnx~a and VnnF~hnlG ENrnn1
where charges have been made against
incumbents and where the senatorial
status has changed, the incumbents
will be reappointed as their terms eN-
pire. In a few instances new senator's
have succeeded 30 those who secured
appointments four years ago. In n
general way it can be said that the
new senators will be allowed to eNer-
else their prcrogatives and name men
of their own selection If they are not
satisfied with the present officials.
Colonel William Carey Sanger of
New York received his commission as
assistant secretary of war on the l4th
instant, and was Immediately sworn in
the office by Secretary Root. The fol-
lowing official announcement was
made at the War Department regard
ing the appointment of Colonel San
ger: Some time before the eXpira-
ton OF the last administration and be
fore the reappointment of the Cabinet,
Assistant Secretary MeiklejOhn noti-
ned the President that by reason of
his candidacy for the Senate, the long
attending it and the necessity
that there should be an assistant sec
rotary who could be present in Wash
ington to perform the duties of office.
he was unwilling to permit his name
TO be considered for reappointment.
William Carey Sanger has, according
~, been appointed and will immediate
ly enter upon the discharge of his
duties"
Among the curious items in the de-
ficiency bill passed at the late session
was an appropriation of S1OS.9O for
suppressing the slave trade" This
covers a long story. Many years ago
the government of the United States
entered into an understanding with the
European nations Ia cooperate in
preventing slave trading along the
African coast. 1t was n humanitarian
scheme, but very little was done. Pub
lie sentiment was not then educated on
the subject. but after the organization
of the abolitionist societies in this
country the movement was revived
and has been kept up until the present
day. The government Of the United
States now pays its share of the eX-
pense Of %patrOllinG n certain portion
of the African n to prevent the
capture of native negroes by pirates,
who sell them into slavery. and it so
happens that the assessment upon this
government last year amounted TO
S10S.90.