Evening star., 1902-03-14

| taken up by Secretary Shaw in a statement
| of the financial situation, he going over the
ground in detail. The charges against Am
bassador Clayton also were discussed.
To Visit Mrs. Mckinley.
Secretary Cortelyou will leave tonight for
Canton to visit Mrs. Mckinley. He will
stop over in Cleveland on his way to Can
ton to confer with the officials of the Nc
ktnley Memorial Association Mrs Nc
kinley Is said to have about regained her
usual health Secretary Cortelyou will re-
turn to Washington on Monday.
Presidential Nominations.
The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
Howard 8. Nyman collector Of customs
district of Georgetown. D. c.; Carl Rasch,
United States attorney, district of Montana.
Chaplains, United States army-Revs.
Paul F. Brockmann, Wisconsin: Francis B.
Doherty, California;; James Ossewaarde.
Michigan; James a. Dalton, Pennsylvania
Patrick P. Carey, New York: George H.
Jones, Washington; Julian E. Yates Kan
SaS.
Neutrality-suspicious. Correspondence.
The following correspondence regarding
the resignation of Civil Service Commits
sioner Rodenbesg, referred to at length
House today:
WASHINGTON, D. c., March IA, 1902.
Dear Mr.. President:
I have the honor to tender herewith my
resignation as a member of the United
States civil service commission to take
effect on April l, 1902. In doing so desire
to express my sincere appreciation of your
personal favor and to bespeak for your
administration a continuation of it's mer-
tied popularity and success.
with assurances of my cordial and best
wishes. am, yours very truly,
"(Signed w. A. RODENBERG.''
The President.
WHITE HOUSE.
washington. March IA, 1902.
My dear Mr. ROdenberg:
Il accept your resignation with regret.
You have shown yourself throughout my
term an excellent public servant and
wish it were possible for you to continue
on the civil service commission.
With best wishes, / am, faithfully yours
"(signe6 THEODORE ROOSEVELT.'
Hon. w. A. Rodenberg,
I. S. Civil Service Commission,
Washington. d. c.
The appointment of a successor is under
consideration by the President.
A Bill for Relief.
Representatives Dayton and Cummings OF
the naval affairs committee of the House
talked with the President about the case Of
DR.. Edward Kershner, for whose relief a
bill has been passed by Congress. DR..
Kershner was court-martialed and dis
missed from the United States navy a num-
Der Of years ago. The bill authorizes the
President to appoint DR. Kershner a medi-
cal director In the navy on the retired list
The President. it is understood, is willing
that DR.. kershner shall be restored to the
navy as an inspector, but not as director
1t is probable that the bill will be vetoed
with the understanding that another will
be passed appointing DR.. Kershner to the
rank of inspector.
Representative Otey OF Virginia saw the
President in company with Major c. E.
the sd Volunteer Infantry in the Philip
pines. Major Cabell wants to go in the
regular army.
How Senator Hanna Stands.
Senator Hanna had a conference with
the President this morning which did not
end with the assembling Of the cabinet.
The Ohio senator remained with the Pres-
dent fifteen or twenty minutes after the
regular hour for the cabinet to begin its
work.
The closeness and cordiality Of the rela-
tions between President Roosevelt and Sen
ator Hanna have not escaped the notice and
attention of observant people. Those who
had predicted and conjectured possible per-
Wdnent MISUNDERSTANDING ana mutual dis
trust between these two men have been dis
appointed some of them woefully. For
some time after President Roosevelt came
into office various remarks of Senator
Hanna bearing upon the chief executive
were almost invariably misconstrued as
having an unfriendly innuendo. Those who
made open predictions that the two men
would get along badly have begun to hedge
and now assume that after all the hearth
ness of the relations of the two men may
be questioned.
1t is stated on excellent authority that
many attempts have been made at different
times to create in the Presidents mind
doubt as to the loyal and friendly feeling
of Senator Hanna for him. The President
has, however, consistently refused to place
any credence in rumors and insinuation to
this effect. and in his manly, open arted
way has intrusted Senator Hanna with con-
fidences Of the greatest magnitude and i'm
p0rtance, both to him personally and to the
party. What the result might have been
had the President permitted insinuations to
take root in his mind is a matter solely for
guesswork.