Evening star., 1901-11-04
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The President and Party Go Home to
Vote.
PORTO RICAN DELEGATION RECEIVED
A Duty on Brazilian Coffee De-
sired.
ONE APPOINTMENT TODAY
ONE APPOINTMENT TODAY

President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary
Cortelyou, Assistant Secretary Loeb and DR..
Rixey left Washington this morning, accom-
panied by Henry Pinckney the White
House steward, and a colored servant. The
party went over the Pennsylvania road in
the private car Lucania, leaving the depot
at II o'clock, a large number of people see
ing them off.
The President has not yet bought his own
horses and went to the depot in Secretary
Corteiyous carriage. The President almost
gave the detectives who were standing
around the depot heart disease as he rapid
ly left the rear end of the car which was
waiting for him, strode up to the iron gates
and looked at the big clock hanging on the
wall to get the time to regulate his own
tlmepece. He went right up to the gates,
which were surrounded by large crowd.
the President could not see the clock from
where his stood.
The President left the White House about
twenty minutes before train time.
President Roosevelt and his party will ar
rive In New York at 4:25 this afternoon and
VIII spend the night in New York. Early
IN the morning the President. Assistant
Secretary Loeb and Henry Pincknev will
go to oyster Bay to vote, while Secretary
Cortelyou will cast his ballot at Hampstead
l.. l., short distance from Oyster Bay.
Porto Rican Delegation.
The President received only a few people
before leaving his office. An important
party of Porto Rican business and profess
sional men was received. The delega ton
consisted of Percy S. Ray, Jose Gomez
Brioso, Thomas Blassini, Rafael Fabini
Henry w. Dooley, T. G. Weymouth An
tonic Balasquide, Manuel Fernandez Jun
cos Dr. j. {. Barbosa and Luis Sanchez
doll +iry,
by Federico Degetau. the Porto Rican rep
resentative in Washington
Ihe Porto Rlcans want Congress to levy
duty OF . cents a pound on Brazilian
coffee coming to this country, that the
Porto Rican coffee may have a chance to
secure market In the United States 1t
is claimed that the Porto Rican coffee is
better than the Brazilian but as the latter
is cheaper it holds the American market
Some time ago the Porto Rican coffee
planters ard business men had an expert
ence with Brazilian coffee that gave them
much worry. The coffee was brought into
this country free of duty and sent right on
to Porto Rico to be sold in competition with
native coffee. Public sentiment there was
so strong against this that the commission
merchants were forced to send the Offend
ing coffee back to New York. All the busi-
ness men of leading cities in Porto Rico
signed an agreement not to handle the
Brazilian coffee, and none Of it is now sold
in that country
1He TieSlueHt Sdlu tnat ne would give
cons1derat ton to the recommendations made
to him.
Senator Cullom was seen by the Presi-
dent. The senator was accompanied by
Rev. Mr.. GILL; minister who lives near
Springfield. Mr.. Gill wants to be chap
lain in the army.
One appointment Made.
The President made one appointment to-
day. John r. Bonnell of Charlottesville,
Ind, was named to be collector of internal
revenue of the seventh district Of Indiana.