Evening star., 1902-01-21
Departmental Matters Discussed at
Cabinet Meeting.
NOMINATIONS AGREED UPON
Object to Colored Postmaster
in Georgia.
SOME OF TODAY's CALLERS

The cabinet meeting today was engaged
in passing upon a number Of departmental
| matters and in again discussing some of
| the arrangements for the reception of
Prince Henry, whose visit to this country
will soon be made. There were not many
additional details from those already pub
| lished
Nearly all the cabinet officers had some
thing to talk about. Attorney General
| Knox reported upon a number of applica-
| tions for offices under his department. and
| he and the President agreed upon the fol-
| lowing nominations, which will be sent to
| the Senate at once: United States attorney
| for the middle district of Tennessee, Abram
| M. Tillman; marshal for the same district,
| John M. Overall; United States attorney
| for western Missouri, William Warner;
United States attorney for Idaho Robert
| " Cozier
Drawing the Color Line.
Senator Clay of Georgia saw the Presi-
dent this morning, and his visit is under
stood to have been for the purpose of OBJ
jecting to the denomination of NJ. B. Nor
ton, colored, as postmaster at Athens, Ga,
one of the largest cities in the state. The
objections are said to be based largely on
Morton's color. The white people of the
large delegation of the best citizens of the
city are in Washington for the purpose of
calling upon the President and at the Post
Office Department to present their objec-
tons Morton is one of the few colored post
masters in the state. He has held the office
four years. Charles r. Jackson, colored
has Just been nominated for another term
at Darien, Ga, but Darien is not as large
a place as Athens, and Is in negro belt
of Georgia. The white people made no OBJ
lection to Jackson saying that he had made
good postmaster and was polite and at
tentive.
Morton is indorsed by the republican ma
chine in Georgia, and he and his friends
have seen the President.
Classification of the Census Office.
President Roosevelt, it is stated on ex-
cellent authority. is not reconciled to the
proposition pending in Congress for the
classification into the civil service of the
large number Of employees Of the census Of
flee. The President is rather inclined to
accept the views Of the civil service COM
mission that this classification would be
unw1se and unjust. The President Is not
opposed to making a permanent bureau of
the census office and to classifying the per-
manent employees of that bureau His ap-
parent objection now Is to classifying the
large force at present employed so as to
make the clerks eligible to transfer to
various departments. The President has
requested the census committees of the
civil service commission on the views of
that body as to classification. This will be
done before any bill is presented to Con-
gress. It Is probable that the President
would give some consideration to vetoing
measure that would classify the 2. 100 en-
ployes Of the Office. In q short time the
force will be reduced heavily, and the Pres
ident might not object to a classification Of
reasonable number OF persons. The Pres
ident has made no threat of a veto, and his
position In this respect is not definitely
known, and there Is little more than con-
lecture. except that the Presidents posi-
tion on civil service would probably war;
rant his disapproval of a measure putting
large number Of people of this class into
the civil service.
Conference With Senator Allison.
Senator Allison had a long conference
with President Roosevelt today, but the
subject under consideration Is not known.
Senators Spooner, Foraker, Foster and
others saw the President during the morn
ing.