Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-17
At THE WHITE HOUSE
A Large Number Of Callers
on the President.
CANAL COMMISSION
CANDIDATE PRESENT
ED BY REPRESENTATIVE MANN.
No Appointment to Be Made Until the
Route is Settled-Annapohs
Cadetships.

President Roosevelt had all he could do
today seeing and talking with callers. He
was especially busy during the morning
hours before assembling Of Congress A
number of representatives called on all
kinds of subjects, a good portion OF them
having constituents they desired to present.
The number included the, following: Rep
resentative Gibson Of Tennessee and E. s.
Cunningham, consul of the United States
at Alden. Arabia; Representative 4Goldfogie
of New York and friends; Representative
Martin of South Dakota and o. s. Sven
son of Sioux Falls, warden of the South
Dakota penitentiary; Representative Need
ham Of California and friends; Representa-
tive Calderhead of Kansas and his brother,
J. H. calderhead, state auditor Of Montana;
Secretary Shaw and friends; Arthur w.
Ferguson, executive secretary of the
Philippine commission; Senator Hanna and
his brother, H. NJ. Hanna OF Cleveland;
Representative Cochran OF Missouri and
friends; Senator McEnery OF Louisiana and
friend; Senator Kearns Of Utah and friend; ;
Hugh MCGOWAN Of Indianapolis Represen-
tative Burton of Ohio; Senator Dillingham;
Of Vermont, Senator Burton Of Kansas.
Senator Proctor Of Vermont, Senator Alger
Of Michigan. Representative Powers OF
Maine, Representative Tawney OF Mime
sofa, Representatives. Moss, Kentucky;
Crowley. illinois; Skiles, Ohio; Senator For
aker OF Ohio, John 8. ClArkson Of New
York, Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island.
The Isthmian Canal Commission.
Representative Mann Of Chicago today
placed before the President tAe name Of
Isham Randolph for appointment as MEM
ber Of the isthmian canal commission. Mr..
Randolph is chief engineer Of the Chicago
drainage canal, and is represented as an
exceptionally able man, just the kind Of q
man the President is looking for. Mr.. Mann
does not know what will be done, but be-
lieyes Mr.. Randolph will stand a fine chance
Of being named ON tne big commission. The
President said he viii not name the COM
mission until the matter of a route for a
canal has been settled.
Cadetships at Annapolis.
Representative Southland called on the
President with A. H. Niles, son of the late
Lieut.. Charles r. Miles, IL. S. N. Young
Miles has asked the Presidentrto appoint
him to a cadetshtp at Annapolis. Lieut..
Miles died of yellow fever on board the
Yantic in 1888. He contracted the fever
during the stay of the Yantic at Port au
Prince when the ship was sent there to pro-
tect American interests during revolution
on the island Young Miles is nineteen
years old.
Senator's Spooner and Quarles saw the
President to ask the appointment of con-
stituent to Annapolis. -,4-g
Representative Davidson of Wisconsin
paid call of respect, and likewise told the
President the people of Oshkosh and sur
rounding region wanted an opportunity to
see him and hoped he would pay Wiscon-
sin visit during the coming summer, when
he makes a long trip away from Washing
ton.
Representative Mercer had an interview
with the President as to some Nebraska
matters.
Attorney General Knox returned from
trip to Florida and called on the President
this morning to discuss son1e departmental
matters with him. Secretary Root was a
caller and remained with the President
short time
Invited to Dinner.
Representative Douglass of New York
presented a committee from the West Side
Republican Club of New York to invite the
President to attend the annual dinner of
the club at the Waldorf-Asteria Thursday
evening, January % This Is the anniver-
sary o. the birth of the late President Nc
Kiney. and the annual dinner of the club
will hereafter be given on that date. The
President said the date confleted with re-
ception to be held in the White House by
him and he would not be able to accept
the invitation. The committee consisted of
Frank K. Kohler, Charles N. Taintor and
Fred H. Wilson.
Capt. John u. CaperS, republican national
committeeman of South Carolina, presented
DR.. V. P. Clayton. candidate for marshal
of that state, and Preston Rion, post
master at Winnsboro, 8. c.. Mr.. Rion is
a candidate to succeed himself.
The President Talks in German.
President Roosevelt enjoyed a long con-
versation in German today with Represent
atives Wachter and Schirm of Baltimore
and Louis Michel, editor OF the Deutsch
Amerikaner Of Baltimore. These men called
at time when the President wasn't busy,
man and Dutch languages. The President
repeated in Dutch an old folk lore song
popular for many years among the South
African Dutch, "rhe Cows Are in the
Clover" The President talked about
Goethe, Schiller. Lessng, Theodore Koer-
ner and many other great literary men of
Germany. He knew the history of each
and had read their works.