Evening star., 1901-09-30
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Memorial Bridge and Arch Plan
Approved.
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLECFORSHIP
Three of the Candidates Here to
See About It.
TODAY'S APPOINTING ENTs

bridge across the Potomac and to the latest
proposition for an arch of the bridge to the
memory of President Mckinley Mr.. Roose-
welt was waited upon by delegation COM
posed of William S. Odell, ex-commander
of Potomac Department of the G.. A. R.;
Floyd King, president of the National Me-
mortal Bridge Association, and Judge r. E.
Doan, vice president of the association.
Mr. Odell was the author of resolutions
adopted at the recent encampment of the
G. A. R. at Cleveland approving the idea
of such a bridge and asking the President
to urge Congress to build it.
A copy of the resolutions were shown the
President who said he favored such pro-
ject to the fullest extent, and when the
matter came before him in any form would
give it the fullest consideration. Mr.. King
informed the President that meeting
would soon be held to forward the idea of
a memorial arch to President Mckinley,
the date for which has not been agreed
upon. The President said that he would
be glad to write a letter to the meeting,
showing his sympathetic interest in the
proposition. The delegation was well
pleased with the Presidents assurances of
hearty sympathy with both projects.
President RooseveIt's First Check.
The Treasury Department today sent
messenger to the White House with Presi-
SCOTIA, and is the pay for seventeen days
of the month of September. The estate OF
President Mckinley will be paid a check
for s1,S56.ss: There was a good deal OF
discussion in the treasury about these
checks and exactly how to divide them.
President Mckinley died early on the
morning of September IA and President
Roosevelt took the oath that day Under
the law Mr.. Roosevelt must be paid the
salary of President from and including the
day he took the oath. The question was
not on this however.
For number of years ca ach President has
been paid monthly one-twelfth Of $4,000 a
year, the only case in the government serv-
ice in which the regular salary table was
not followed. By this system President
In every quarter and s4,165.67 for the third
month of the quarter, making the total for
the quarter $12,50O. AS September was the
third month of the quarter the salary for
that month was s4,166.67. Divided by thirty
days the proportion going to President
Roosevelt would have been 81, ,361 and to the
estate of the dead President 81, ,S05.4 A. The
auditors office insisted on a division on the
basis that President Roosevelt should re-
ceive 1892 of the entire salary for the third
quarter of the year, there being 90 days in
that quarter.
This division gave the sums that were
agreed upon. Hereafter the regular salary
book of the treasury will be used in the
salary payments of the President. his
system Will give Q1ff amounts each
month, according to the number of days in
the month. For the fourth quarter the pay
will be: October, thirty-one days, S4, ,212;
November, thirty days, $4076; December,
ter of next year the President will receive
checks as follows: January thirty -one
days, S4,305.60; February So, SSS. 80; March,
thirty-one days, S4,3056O.
Sinclair, the Steward, Will Leave.
w. T. Sinclair, the steward at the White
House for eight years, has been notified
that his services will not be needed after
a certain time Sinclair was made stew
ard at the White House by President Cleve-
land In the beginning of his second admin
istration and was retained In his position
by President Mckinley. 1t is not nown
who will succeed Sinclair, but there is
general impression that it will probably be
Henry Pinckney, the colored man who was
brought on here from Albany by President
Roosevelt
Some of TOday's Callers.
President Roosevelt began receiving visit
ors about the usual hour this morning.
Senators Proctor, Mitchell and Foraker,
Representatives ~Grosvenor and Brownlow
were among those who saw the President
With General Grosvenor was Judge Thomp-
son of Ohio. There was a good deal of
pathos in the visit of these Ohioans to the
home Of their former chief. OF all the men
of Ohio none felt a warmer attachment
for President Mckinley than Representa-
Senator Foraker and General Grosvenor
will be in Washington several days on de-
partmental business.
Convert to Reciprocity.
Robert P. Porter, who has just returned
from an extensive business trip abroad,
had talk with the President this morning
regarding tariff and other conditions Mr..
Porter is a strong convert to the necessi-
ties for reciprocity, and gave President
Roosevelt some facts regarding opinions
abroad. Mr.. Porter believes that serious
mistake will be made if reciprocity arrange
ments that may be entered into are not
ratified by the Senate. He intimates that
some OF the European countries may adopt
retaliatory tariff legislation against the
high-tariff laws of this country at the
shortest possible notice.
The South Carolina CoIIectorshiu.
A number of South Carolina old-line re-
publicans are in the city, brought here by
the vacancy that exists in the internal rev.
enue collectorship of that state Collector
e. A. Webster who had for years been the
republican leader and national committee
man of South Carolina, died on the day
that President Mckinley was shot and half
the prominent republicans of the state are
candidates for the vacancy. Three of the
candidates called on President Roosevelt
To-Day. They were e. w. Screyen, E. H.
Deas and j. w. Wheeler. There was a
brief talk regarding the colIectorship, but
the President said that he had not taken
the case up and would not do so for the
present. The indications are quite strong.
however, that Loomis w. Blalock of New
berry, s. c., will be made collector He
Joined the republican party about seven
years ago, following the defeat of ex-Sena-
tor Butler for the Senate by Senator Till
man. Blalock belongs to an old democratic
family, and did not desert his party untii
partisan politics had become exceedingly
bitter. Senator McLanrin is not makine
the republican appointments in the s. Is.
but 1t Is said that he would be gratified at
Blalock's appointment.
A Philippine Cane. Presented,
F. Abren. wealthy Filipino planter. to-
day presented President Roosevelt with 4
Philippine cane, made from palassan. q
kind of bamboo. The head is OF gold, con-
tanning beautiful design In the highest
skill of the Filipino silyersmith's art. H.
Abren Is an uncle of ]. C. Abren. Fiji
pino lawyer, who has lived in Washington
for. more than a year. and the latter ac-s
coz panied his uncle to see the President
who expressed pleasure at receiving the