Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-20
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Many Appointments Signed by the
President,
rIhLJn mn A rhID NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FIGHT FOR AFFAIR COMMISSIONERSHIP
Talk About the Successor to the
Late Mr.. Brewer.
HOIO POLITICS DISCUSSED

The list. which is as follows, includes sew
eral cases where the Senate failed to con-
firm and the reappointments Of officials
whose first four years have expired:
Treasury-Robert 8. Rode. to be supervls-
ing inspector Of steam vessels for the :ec-
ond district: Henry F. Schoenborn, to be a
first assistant engineer in the revenue cut
ter service Of the United States.
Justice-Henry P. Moulton of Massachu-
sets, to be attorney Of the United States
for the district of Massachusetts,: Albert
w. Wishard of Indiana. to be attorney OF
the United States for the district of In
diana; Henry c. Petit Of Indiana. to be
marshal of the United States for the dis
trict of Indiana.
Interior-George P. Bennett Of South Da-
kota, to be register of the land Office at
Rapid City, 8. D.; John A. Oliphant of
Oklahoma territory, to be register of the
land office at Mangum, Oklahoma territory
JAS A. Trotter of Granite, Oklahoma terri
tory, to be receiver of public moneys at
Mangum, Oklahoma territory.
War-To be surgeon, with the rank of
major, United States army: George d. De
Shon. To be assistant surgeons of volun-
Apple, Robert A. Anderson, Ira Aver, VIM.
Alden. Robert Boyd, Thomas w. Bath,
Frederick D. Branch, VIM. w. Calhoun,
Samuel X. Carson, Gilber 1. Cullen, Chas.
a. CdtteTInOle, w IN. L. DdVleS, FRANK Du
Bois, Paul T. Dessez, VIM. r. Davis, Chas.
G. Eicher, Vernon K. Earthman, Lewis T.
Griffith, Joseph c. Darlington. John s. Hill,
Vernon ]. Hooper, Carl r. Hexamer, Ed
win P. Hayward, Arthur Jordan. Thomas
w. Jackson, Loren B. johnson, George H.
Jones, Cyrus D. Lloyd, Thomas H. Landor,
VIM. E. Mcpherson, Donald P. McCord.
Allen d. Mclean, James G. Mckay. John
F. Minor, George E. Means. Albert L. Mil
Ter, Wilson Murray. Charles B. Mich DIS,
Eduardo c. Poey. George L. Painter. Henry
Pick, James B. Pascoe, Alva s. Pinto, Per-
cival S. Rossiter. John J. Repetti, Naieeb
NJ Saleeby. Herman j. Schlageter, George
K. Sims, John T. H. Slayter, Charles H.
Stearns Edwin c. Shattuck. VIM. D. Shell
by, Jerome B. Thomas. Startling 8. Wilcox,
Oscar W. Woods and Raymond E. Whelan.
To be first lieutenants of cavalry-Fred-
erick T. Arnold. William d. Chitty. Clar-
ence r. Day. ChalmersfG Hall, Matthew
E. Hanna, Alfred E. Remington. Willard
III. Mccormack, Frank R. Mccoy, James
N Munro, Pierce A Murphy George p.
Pope, Lanning Parsons, Thomas A. Rob-
erts, John c. Raymond, Henry c. Smither,
Edgar A. Sirmyer. William S. Valentine. =
Robert o. Patterson, to be first lieuten-
ant in the 29th Regular Infantry, U. S. ";
Gideon H. Williams to be first lieutenant
in the 39th Regular Infantry U. S. ";
Charles l.. Causler, to be second lieutenant
in the 39th Regular Infantry, U. s. V.
Rodenberg May Yet Be Appointed.
The determined, loyal fight the friends of
x-Representative Rodenberg Of Illinois are
making to land him on the st. Louis ex-
position commission may yet be successful,
although the President has given no posi-
tive assurances to anybody of his purposes
in the matter Immediately after the
Presidents return yesterday afternoon, and
again today, the claims of Mr.. ROdenberg
have been strongly pressed by ardent
friends. delegation in Mr.. Rodenberg's
ha1,o all lIx1I %lo l.:
morning. 1t consisted of Representatives
Hit, Foss, ]. r. Williams and Foster of
Illinois, Benton and Rucker of Missouri,
Mudd Of Maryland, Miner Of Wisconsin and
strongly urged to put republican eX-rep-
resentative on the commission. 1t was
pointed out to him that eX-Representatives
Glynn of New York and Allen of Missis-
sippi are democrats while the republicans
of the last House are unrepresented. &c
was also pointed out that Illinois should be
represented, inasmuch as 1t will furnish
more patronage to the exposition than any
other state. Representatives Joy and Bart
holdt Of Missouri saw the President yester-
day and asked him to reconsider his sup
posed intention not to appoint Mr.. Roden-
berg. They said that as Missouri could not
have one of the commissioners they thought
the close state of Illinois should be given
one.
The intimation was given to the de1eea-
ton that called today that there is only
one place on the commission that is in
doubt.
Fight Between Rodenberg and Nor
thrOp.
The fight 1t was stated, is now between
Rodenberg and Cyrus Northrop of Mime
sofa. 1t was heretofore thought that Prof
Northrop was a certainty on the commits
sion. He has not been candidate, but
the President has had him in view because
OF his great ability and fitness for the
position.
Prof. Northrop is one Of the best-known
educators In the country. For more than
dozen years he has been president of
the University of Minnesota, which, under
his management, has grown to be one Of
the foremost institutions of learning in the
west. Some idea Of his; phenomenal execu-
tive and administrative skill may be had
from the statement that the Minnesota
University, which had less than a thous-
and students when he went to il. now
ranks third in the United States in point
Of enrolment, only Harvard and the Uni
versity of Michigan exceeding it. President
Northrop Is a graduate of Harvard and
was a classmate there of Senator Depew
For some years after graduation he was a
member of the faculty of that institution
and he left Harvard for Minnesota. He is
recognized as the best after-dinner orator
In the northwest, and his reputation in
this respect is somewhat similar to that
which Senator Depew enjoys in a wider
field. His occasional orations on mfscel-
idneOuS SUBJECTS nave given him wide
fame, but he is best known for the tact
and diplomacy which he has brought into
play in his official position.
Two Illinois Places
Senators Cullom and Mason have united
in recommending the appointments of F. e.
Coyne to be postmaster at Chicago and
H. L. Hertz. to be collector of internal
revenue. Mr.. Coyne, who is now collector
Of internal revenue, will succeed Postmas-
ter Gordon. who has resigned to take ef-
feet April l. Mr. Hertz will succeed Mr..
Coyne. These appointments will be credited
to Senator Mason, who is watching and
handling politics in his state more care
fully than ever before.
Long Talk ON Ohio Affairs.
Senator Hanna and Representatives Gros-
venor and Dick were with the President
at least two hours today discussing vari-
GUS Ohio matters. There was much specu-
lation as to the conference, and conjecture
frequently gave 1t an extreme Importance
because of the long time 1t lasted The
three Ohio leaders will soon be going
away for the summer. and there were
many things to settle before their depar-
ture. An interesting part of the confer