The Washington times., 1902-02-09
Information Wanted at the
White House.
His IDENTITY STILL UNSOLVED.
President Describes Good Qualitie.
of His apPointce as MARSHAL OF
Ariz"nn-CrippIc Creek Endorses
Candidate.

IL any citizen of the United States has
knowledge OF the present whereabouts OF
Benjamin Franklin Daniels, recently ap-
pointed United States Marshal for the
Territory of Arizona, he will confer
favor by sending the gentleman S address
TO the White House Washington, d. c.
Until yesterday it was not perfectly
clear whether the gentleman name was
Ben Daniels or Benjamin S. Daniels, as it
has been variotsly spelled On official
documents. But the authoritative an
nouncement is now made that the right
name OF the gallant Rough Rider. who is
said TO be a victim of mistaken identity.
is BENJAMIN. Franklin Daniels
Mistaken Identity.
If there are two men of that name
who formerly lived in Wyoming. Colo
rado. and divers other Western States,
each of whom has lost the lobe of his
left ear, then it is possible that the enc
who has been appointed Marshal of Ari-
zona will live to fill that Office. other.
wise he will not.
President Roosevelt is sincerely anxious
that his Benjamin Franklin Daniels will
soon come to the front with proof of
the claim made by his friends that he
never committed larceny and never serv-
ed term in prison. The President grows
enthusiastic in discussing the good quail
ties OF the Rough Rider who served with
him with such conspicuous gallantry on
San Juan Hill. and he is confident that
he possesses all the qualifications essen
sa1 c.
a Western territory.
Everything in His Favor.
Every paper on file at the White House
in the Daniels case. except the one state
ment that he has prison record. is ir
his favor. and this makes the President
more than ever anxious to learn that
when Daniels tcld him that he had ncves
been accused or convicted OF crime he
spoke tire truth. Within the past three
days testimonials from many towns il
Wyoming and Colorado have come to the
White House by mail and tel oh. all
certifying to the integr' bra. y, and
ability of tie PreSi,.ur H.u.e.
The people -sU. @ Nan
without regard .r s p o- aQ:itics.
Fouy that uarislz av-- Sea. p f,race''
ran 1.aa a,|as7 rll- al-
Fa9e-5,e lopic.
1e E.n.1.s case mas yecome fayorite
fo1ir f. tammistration circles and in
clubs at dinners. One of the mos
Testing incidents in connection with
it is the account OF the speech made il
executive session by Senator Hear OF
Massachusetts, in which he defended the
action of the Committee on Judiciary, of
which he is chairman in reporting favor
ably on the nomination, when taken so
severely to task by Senator Teller OF
Colorado.
Senator Hoar grew eloquent in repelling
the charge that Daniels was a desperate
and a bad man, and in summing up his
eloquent plea, expressed his desire to be
perfectly fair. He did not desire to al
low his somewhat strait-laced puritani-
cal New England notions to put "A curb
upon the free and untrammeied habits OF
a life in the wild and wooily West
"Reminiscences.
1t is remembered by Senators that when
President Roosevelt appointed the Hon.
Pat Garrett to office, just before the nomi
nation of Benjamin Franklin Daniels was
sent to the Senate =. urgent appeal came
from ttc citizens OF Nogales demanding
mat. before confirmation took place. the
Senate should ascertain the truth OF the
charge that the Honorable Pat is an ag-
Dostic. The other counts in the indict-
Iilent brought against him by his enc
mics were lost sight OF, but when the
charge OF agnosticism was discovered
Garrett was promptly confirmed.
In behalf of Daniels the assurance l.
given out that he is a Methodist, and
therefore there is no objection from any
source on the score OF his religion.