New-York tribune., 1901-09-26
THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS
SENATOR HEITFELD RECALLS a GOOD
STORY-MR. ROOSEVELTS FAM
lily ARRIVES.
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Washington. Sept. 25.-Presdent Roosevelts fam
lily arrived at o'clock tonight from New-York.
and were driven Immediately from the Pennsylvania
station to the White House, where the President
was awaiting them Large all day were
emptying loads of furniture and other household
material at the side doors of the Executive Man
sion, and Tomorrow Mrs. Roosevelt personally will
direct the work of putting the living part OF the
White House in shane suit her taste. The prob
lem or sleeping apartments for the family PROBABLY
will be solved by her it was solved by the wife
OF President Harrison-that is, by running two or
three partition: the wide hall that stretches
the entire length of the second floor By this means
two Or three more bedrooms be obtained at
the sacrifice Of much needed space for the children
to play IN the Cleveland children played, and
also by the abandonment of the large parlor at
the west end of the hall, which was the favorite
resting place Of Mrs. Mckinley fine days.
Whether not the Roosevelt children of school
age will be sent to school in Washington, or will
have tutor placed them in the White House.
is not yet known all these matters have been
left by the President the decision of Mrs. Roose
velt
All the personal effects of the dead President and
OF Mrs Mckinley have been removed from the
White House under the supervision of Secretary
Cortelyou and shipped to Canton. Mr, CoTtelyou
will go to Canton tomorrow to close up some of
the dead Presidents private business affairs with
which he alone is familiar. and will probably re-
main with Mrs Mckinley two or three days
LONG TALKS WITH GENERAL OTIS.
Prominent among President Roosevelts callers
to-day Were John w. Mackay. of NewYork; Cen
eral Harrison Gray Otis, of Los Angeles. and Sen
ator Heitfeld, of Idaho who is one of the two re-
naming Populists In the Senate. Mr., Mackay's
visit to the capital this time push his enter
prise for transpacfc cable line from San Fran
cisco to Asia by way of the Hawaiian and Phil
ippine islands. The company already has been
formed and chartered under the laws of New-York,
and Mr.. Mackay to-dav received only words of
congra tuaton and encouragement in Washington
for his great undertaking.
General Harrison Grey Otis has had two three
extended conferences with the President this week,
and naturally the frequency and length of his
visits to the White House have given rise 10 con-
siderable speculation as TO their meaning. Cen
eral Otis commanded, with a volunteer commits
sion, brigade during the first year OF the insur-
rection in the Philippines, and is considered
pert on both the military and civil question in that
archipelago, but 1t is not believed he has discussed
only this question with the President 1t IS known
that through his newspaper at Los Angeles he has
for year been opposing vigorously the condrnia-
tion by the Senate of the pending reciprocity treaty
with France in behalf Of the fruit and indus
tries of California 1t is, therefore, generally
thought that he has been discussing this subject
with President Roosevelt Beca Ise of his nu-
merOus and extended calls at the White House a
story has gained currency that the President is
sounding General Otis upon the subject Of entering
the Cabinet in the event of a vacancy occurring
within the next year two.
'
When the tall and muscular Senator HeitfeId en-
tered the Executive Chamber this morning he re-
Ceived cordial and what he described as a gen
uine Western welcome from the President DO
you remember when you and I the whole
Senate?' inquired the President as he graspeJ the
hand Of the Senator. 1t developed that behind this
question interesting little story When
President Mckinley went from the Senate Chamber
to the east front OF the Capitol that bleak damp
day last March to take the oath OF his exalted
ff7p
out behind him. The who Is now President
had just taken the oath Vice President and was
presiding over the Senate In the cxcitemcn, at
tending the departure OF President Mckinley no
Senator had thought TO move the adjournment OF
the Senate. As presiding officer OF the body Mr.
Roosevelt could not desert his post nor could he
on his own initiative. declare the Senate adjourned
For fully an hour he sat in lonely state upon the
Senate rostrum. Not another human being was I'm
the great chamber. even the galleries being empty
Just about the time the unprecedented situation
mad ceased to be humorous 10 the new Vlce-Presi-
dent Senator Heltfeld stroGe into the deserted
chamber to get his rain coat which he had left in
the Democratic cloak room. Taking In the ei;ua-
ton at glance the Senator with grave face 5rt
suppressed laughter. said:
"Mr. President"
The 2 dentThe Senator from Idaho
tdf Heljfeld- move that th- Senate do now ad-
1oTrn ynul = o'clock, noon, tomorrow.
senator 3e frop docking vastly reeveThe
ad@ourn Until Y O'clock noon. tomorrow Is there
stands adjourned until the hour named
Inc Vice-President emphasized this with mighty
thump Of his gavel and hastily descending from
his action. " ~ ''
a,. Tant TO thank YOU again for that" said Presi
cent roosevelt to-day he greeted Senator Heit-
teld II It hadn't been that you forgot your rain
coat and had TO return for IL there is no telling
now long would have had preside over an
empty Senate
WHITE HOUSE FUNCTIONS.
Secretary Cortelyou to-day announced that Presi-