New-York tribune., 1902-04-23
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington April % (SpecfaD.-Presdent f'oose-
welt presided the semi-weekly Caoihe' -
this forenoon, usual All the meiioei IT.
present except the Secretary OF war; WHO Il III &c
vana Political matters Of the day were uiiue. ~
cussion but policies were annouhCeu- 80
master General Payne remained with the fresiue
some time after the meeting 10 oisc"9s -.
ments Secretary Long will be present at oliS ~
more Cabinet meetings before he reures, O -
l IL is expected that William H. Hioo"S WI"
charge of the office ,-,,.
benjamin f. Barnes. whose record at the w" ~
House in the last few years has won lot MIN .
high esteem of officials and public men. was 'o''
appointed assistant secretary to the Presioeht. SUI
ceedfng Major o. l.. Pruden- HIS duties win "
clude keeping the record books of the White hou'e
and carrying message from the PRESIDENT W ~ wi
gress Necessarily this office requires l'u'
worthy man. Mr.. Barnes was one OF the assistah'
secretaries TO President Mckinley On the acces
sion of Mr. Roosevelt to the Presidency ne re'ireo
from that place, be succeeded by the fresiuen'
private secretary William Loeb IT. oiice .
he has been enrolled the Treasury roster nav
ing been detailed for duty at the White House as
assistant Secretary Corteiyou anu w a
acted as confidential clerk. He was DOTH III
December 1861 when his parents were nsi"9
abroad In 1876 he removed TO New-Jersey, ""e'e
he attended the public schools A1terwaru NC We"
graduated from the Chicago High Schooi' was
onnoin+ed n clerk IN the Postoffice Department uh-
der competitive examination In ocooer' io''' P
NOTED in 1889 to be private secretary 10 'ne
Assistant Postmaster General: later Ieit the ue-
nartment to enter private business. but was coin-
nelIed bv i'll health reIinquish this ana @
o the department in 1897 remaining there un' 1870
as stenographer to the Fourth Assistant fos'ias
fer General Mr.. Maxwell, when he re-ehtereu
nrtvate business In January, lS9s. was aPpoih'eu
to a place in the executive offices; promoted july l.
1888 10 executive clerk. and appointed py
dent Mckinley assistant secretary 10 the fIeSiue'
Nov 1900 He was transferred to the treasury
I,enartment In January 1902 but has reinillleu &
~ The White House detail since that tIine I a. s
ON assistant to Secretary Cortelyou MI. .I,,.
Is n graduate OF the law department. OF creoi se
psentative Iittauer called at the White
I{ouse this forenoon and had long tdlk VIII
preeiIiant about New-York and national p3iit@IJ III
fs tJs1araII believed that Governor UdeII VIII
accent a denomination. Mr.; Ltttauer si51,1 q
nIeos sure over the outlook in New ork ItIliH
fhat there was perfect harmony between 'ie Iie9i
dent and the Governor -,o,,.,,. oonsidared
Herbert G.; Squiers Is being seriously i Vi
nv tbs president for appointment as the frst Min
tster H 10 cuba His candidacy, which has been an
nounced repea tedly. has been well reSeivem re- me-
and il would be surprising X the appoliLti ,
rara made His service at Pekins has given MN
experience qualifying him for the place Eis seec-
tion has been urged by Senator Thomas y ldtI.
rnmmIttee OF negroes composed of ex,tioTernor
Tnchhack of Louisiana: Bishop Grant. OF indlaha :
+ W Hampton, of Mississippi. and w Mchlniey /;
~ South Carolina called the President ana asheu
his support OF the Crumpacker resolution ana the
bill introduced by Representative lrWln' proVulls
for the appointment OF a commission to lnvestsate
the condition OF the negro They said the interview
was satisfactory to them . .z
Mrs Roosevelt returned to the city Tonight from
her visit NeW-1 Ork