Evening star., 1902-04-25
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Matters Considered at To-
days Cabinet Session.
COURTESIESEXCHANGED
CALL OF A NEW YORK DELEGA-
TION AND PLEASANT SPEECHES.
Gen. Clayton Going Back to Mexico
Mr.. Bartholdt Safe to Re-
turn to Congress.

| At the cabinet meeting today the relative
| proposition of the Colombian and Nicara-
| guam governments in connection with an
| isthmian canal were discussed. The Presi-
| dent Is exceedingly desirous that whatever
| decision Congress may come to as to the
| relative merits of the two routes in any
| event some decision may be reached at this
session. The President believes that pro-
| vision should be made for a canal, and has
expressed himself freely to his cabinet and
to members of Congress.
The question of the fiscal agency in the
Philippines was also discussed, but no con-
clusion was reached can be until the
Attorney General renders his opinion on the
power OF the Guaranty Trust Company to
keep it's agency.
The cabinet meeting was the shortest in
the history of the Roosevelt administration,
lasting just thirty-five minutes.
| Secretary Long walked to the cabinet
meeting with Admiral Crowinshield, who
| turned around at the cabinet door and re-
turned to the Navy Department.
Praise From and for Charleston.
| The President received this morning
delegation consisting of members of the
Merchants Association of New York, the
chamber of commerce and the cotton ex-
change, accompanied by ladies. The dele
cation on its way home from a visit
| to the Charleston exposition. The party
numbered about forty. William F. King
chairman of the delegation from the Mer-
| chants Association, addressed the Presi
dent, saying, among other things:
During our stay in Charleston We were
| deeply touched by the many cordial and
feeling expressions with regard to yourself
aroused by your visit to the exposition. At
a banquet which We attended every one
who spoke, spoke most feelingly Of you.
| In addressing the company assembled
told them that it rested with themselves to
| take a leading part in the world of today;
that we would help them all we could in the
north. They have made a wonderful start
| in the last few years. There is no reason
| why Manchester should not come to Ameri
| ca. 1 believe their exposition is a new day
| for the south. If they continue actively at
| work their section will become one of the
most prosperous parts of the country. What
they need now to draw on is their labor.
| skill and brains.
The President responded as follows:
| Mr.. King, Ladies and Gentlemen: I ap-
preciate very much your visit to me, and
| am glad you We're down at Charleston. 1
| was deeply touched by the reception l met
| there-a reception not personal to me- but
| given to me as representing the nation to
| which all Of us belong and all the parts Of
| which and the success Of any part Of which
are matters Of pride for every one Of US
! everywhere. 1 feel in the strongest way
| that nothing can be more important than
| the building up of the great industrial in
| terests of the south through just such or
| ganizations as you represent here today.
| 1 thank you for calling upon me. You rep
| resent bodies Of the kind that have made
| New York's greatness what it is. AS
| CARDS what Mr. King said concerning the
| expressions used by the people Of Charles
ton about me. can only say that 1 am go
| ing to do my best to deserve them and to
] deserve your good will; and to do all that
| 1 can. all that in me lies, to help In keeping
I11Y, orft,
moral. Of our country Applause)
Two Important Arkansas Offices.
| Gen. Powell Clayton. United States min
lister to Mexico, was with the President
short time today. Gen. Clayton is going to
| return to his post about the Goth Of May.
In the meantime he will take short vaca
| ton. Gen. Clayton says that President
Diaz is apparently in good health and is as
| vigorous and active as ever. He Is in his
| Seventy-Second year.
| Gen. Clayton is not taking much part in
| the selection of men to fill two important
offices in Arkansas. The President has
| notified the Arkansas republican leaders
that he will not renominate H. L. Remmel,
the collector of internal revenue for the
| state, and Henry M. Cooper, marshal of
| the eastern district.
Charges were filed against both Of these
| men, and the investigation made was not
| favorable, in the Presidents mind, to the
l
| the republican organization. The President
| is not disposed to overturn the organiza-
| tion, and If good men are presented for the
| positions named will appoint them. The
| republican state committee, which for years
| has been the mouthpiece of the organiZa-
| ton in Arkansas, has recommended Col. A.
| s. Fowler Of Little Rock for marshal, to
| succeed Mr.. Cooper, and Mr. Tucker of
Dover Bend for collector. These recon-
| mendations are understood to be agreeable
| to General Clayton, and the President will
probably follow them if the men named are
| of the type the chief executive wants for
federal Offices
Mr.. Bartholdt Will Come Back
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri saw
the President to present Col. Charles w.
Holtcamp of st. Louis. Mr.. Bartholdt is
being congratulated on the fact that he
will be renominated by the republicans of
| the new tenth district of Missouri without
opposition: AS this district was gerry
| wandered by the democrats to contain prac-
| tically every republican ward in st. Louis,
and will have at least 10000 republican ma
Jortty, Mr.. Bartholdt is sure of membership
| in the next House. Under the new election
law OF Missouri the primaries for the nomi-
nation will be held May 10 and the conven-
ton May H. Today is the last day for
the filing of the names Of delegates to the
convention. No list of delegates other than
that prepared by the friends Of Mr. Bar
tholdt has been submitted, and no other
delegates will be voted for in the primary.
Representative Joy has been put into a
democratic district, the eleventh, and will
be the republican standard bearer there.
His chances Of election, however are not
good, inasmuch as the democrats arranged
the district to elect one Of their own faith
Educating Children In Porto Rico.
President Roosevelt had among his callers
today Prof. Martin q. Brumbaugh, former
commissioner Of education Of Porto Rico
and Samuel B. Hickman, assistant COM
missioner, who conferred with him regard
ing the educational outlook in that island
The President expressed himself as being
In entire accord with what has been done
and Is being done to provide an education
for the children there. He was much Inn
pressed with the statement that there were
already established and in operation over
1000 schools with $1,000 children enrolled,
fifty per cent Of whom could read, write