Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-18
Gossip About the Successor to Judge
Cole.
CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTION ASKED
Rush of Visitors to See the Presi-
dent.
BAD ELECTION LAW


ship to succeed Judge Cole, whose resig-
nation is in the Presidents hands and takes
effect within few days. The same au-
thority is to the effect that the President
is leaning strongly to General Thomas NJ.
Anderson for Judge and TO Mr.. Ashley NJ.
Gould for district attorney to succeed Gem
eral Anderson.
Mr.. Gould's elevation to the district at
torneyship will depend of course upon the
appointment of General Anderson as Judge.
In view of his loyalty to General Anderson.
Mr.. Gould will take no steps to ask for
the district attorneyship. His friends
moving in the matter. however, without
consulting him, and today filed at the De-
partment OF Justice strongly signed petit
tion asking that he be made district attor-
ney. About 100 active members of the bar
signed the petition, it is stated.
offered to John Barrett.
Prof Cyrus Northrup, president OF tho
University of Minnesota, who was appoint
ed a delegate to the Pan-Amer:can con-
gress, has declined the offer, and the Presi-
dent today offered the vacancy to John
Barrett, former minister to Siam. Mr..
Barrett will accept the offer Mr. Barrett
saw the President. in company with Sena-
tor Hanna. The appointment will be an
nounced shortly.
Exemption From Civil Service Asked.
Mrs. Mollie Crandall of the Woman's Vet
Grams Relief Union Of the L. V. L. and
Mrs NJ. E. Peck of the Woman's Relief
Corps of the G. A. r. presented petition
to the President today requesting him to
eliminate from the operations of the civil
service law the positions known as skilled
laborers, far as the widows of soldiers
and the daughters of dependent widows are
concerned. With Mrs Crandall and Mrs.
Peck were Israel Stone, commander of the
Department of the Potomac of the q. A.
r.; Gen. r. G. Dyrenforth of the L. V. u.
and John +. Meachem.
Mrs Crandall made statement to the
President of the difficulties those trying TO
secure positions for widows and the daugh-
ters of widows encounter. She told the
President that when appointing officers are
asked for certain places for widows and
daughters of soldiers they say that the
places are under the civil service. Mrs
Crandall pointed out that the operation Of
the civil service to many of the places
on the skilled laborers rolls is ludicrous.
She said that there are hundreds Of places,
such as feeding presses, counting paper,
sewing books. paSting, etc, that Iequire
no special education. Yet the civil service
fills all these places after examinations in
intricate problems of different kinds. Mrs.
Crandall said that she had the most I,iteous
appeals at times from helpless widows per-
fecuy able to fill many of these places but
she was unable to help them. They could
not stand the examination that might give
them chance for place They have. she
said, sufficient brains and experience to do
the work required in satisfactory manner.
Mrs. Crandall told the President that if
he did not feel like making an order so
broad as to take all skilled laborers from
under the civil service she hoped he would
do so to the extent of providing that the
widows of soldiers who died in service and
the daughters of dependent widows would
be appointed to these positions without eX-
animation. The President gave close at
tention to the remarks and said that he
would take the matter under consideration.
Rush of Visitors.
AS the time for the departure of the
President on his western tour approaches
the callers at the White House become
more numerous. Senators, representatives
and others who have matters pending be-
fore the President or in any way in which
he might have to take a hand, desire to
have them disposed of before he leaves.
Yesterday there was a regular crush at the
White House and today there were almost
as many visitors. 1t is probable, in view
of the great amount of public business
which must be transacted during the next
ten days, that the President will be COM
PEELED within few days to decline to see
all whose business is not of the most press
ing and urgent nature.
One of the Presidents earliest callers to-
day was ex-senator Arthur Pue German OF
Maryland. The democratic leader was with
the President about five minutes. He said
he had simply called to pay his respects
Senator Mason who is looking after an
army appointment, was with the President
a short time. The senator will leave today
for his home in Illinois and, in his own lam
guage expects large shipment of political
barbed wire with which to mend his fences.
The other callers during the day included
Senators Hanna, Scott, Elkins, McComas.
Fairbanks and Burrows. Representatives
Mercer Alexander, Bingham, Joy and Ed
dy; Delegate Flynn, eX-RepresentatiNes
Skinner of North Carolina, and Brumm of
Pennsylvania, Robert p. Porter, j. j. Nc
Cook of New York, and State Senator Pol
Inns of Missouri
New Mexico Appointments.
The recent death of George H. Wallace,
secretary of the territory of New Mexico,
furnishes vacancy for which there Is al
ready a fight. Prominent republicans of
the territory are coming here in connection
with the place. Among the candidates are
Wallace Reynolds, son of prominent
banker at Los Vegas; Z. l. Rice and Silas
Alexander. who was secretary of the ter
ritory under President Harrison
The four-year term of Governor Otero
does not expire until June TO- and no fight
on him is being made now. He is well
liked by the President and there is = strong
feeling that ne VIII De redppolIiltu 10 lAc
governorship.
A Bad Election Law.
Representative Joy and State Senator
Rollins saw the President together. Both
talk In the strongest language against the
Nesbitt election law, which operates only
in St. Louis.
'It is a despicable law" said State Sem
ator Rollins, "and in the recent mayoralty
election swindled the republicans out of
so, 600 votes. The democrats won the cleo
ton by this method. 1t is a worse law
than the Goehel outrage in Kentucky or
any of the other election laws becoming so
numerous in southern states. What we
want and need now is a federal election
law. That will put stop to these out
RACES
The Missouri democrats have gerryman-
dered the three congressional districts in
St. Louis 30 to throw Representatives
Bartholdt. Joy and Pierce in one district,
that now represented by Mr.. Bartholdt.
The latters district has been given an