Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The President Congratulated
on His Birthday.
THE MANY REMINDERS
RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY.
Hungarian Republican Club of New
York Call-Gossip About Post
master Van Cott.

Today was the forty-fifth anniversary IF
the birth of President Roosevelt, and he
received many reminders of the event.
From different parts of the country came
kilograms and letters of a congratulatory
nature, full of good wishes. When the
cabinet officers assembled at the regular
cabinet meeting they extended congratuia-
tions and best wishes. Col. Symons super
intendent of public buildings and grounds,
sent from the propagating gardens a basket
OF the handsOmest chrysanthemums to be
found in the most beautiful collection Of
these flowers the garden ever had. Many
of the flowers were large as child's head.
and the variety of colors was most pleas
ing. The flowers were placed on the Presi-
dc s desk
President Roosevelt, as the youngest
President the country ever had, is, conse-
quontly. the only one. who ever celebrated
his forty-fifth birthday in the Executive
Mansion. Apparently the President has
never been more vigorous. physically and
mentally. in his life. He looks the picture
OF a healthy, contented man. and he works
with the energy, ease and graciouSnesS of
q man who has found nothing to worry OK
annoy him or sap his energies. For tie
first year of his occupancy of the executive
chair the endless duties were attended to
in manner to exact much vitality. but
since then he has system atiZed his work so
that it wears less upon him than ever be-
fore. With a Woodworking, cautious cab
met, and surrounded by q staff of conSerFa-
tive. able men headed by Secretary Loeb,
the President is at liberty TO turn over to
others much of the detailed work of Eis
administration Preceding presidential
year. when the opposition is watching for
every possible mistake the intrusting Of
important matters to others would be re-
gsrded by some men filling presidential
office as dangerous. but the President
doesn't feel this way about the men around
him, and his political future is in some re-
spects in their keeping. He will have the
responsibility of the mistakes of others
more thoroughly upon himself during the
next thirteen months than at any other
period of an administration.
An Anniversary Call.
The Hungarian Republican Club of New
York made it's annual call upon the Presi-
dent on his birthday. The President is an
honorary member of the club, and every
year upon his birthday a committee from
the club makes a call and extends its con-
gratulations. The committee today was
composed of Marcus Braun, William Rlau,
Anthony S. Ambrose. Max Grab. Dr. An
drew Won Grimm Thomas Rothman and DR..
Maurice Baumfeld, New York correspond
ent of the Vienna Neue Freie Presse.
Another caller to see the President was
Thomas Dennis, the armleSs veteran of the
navy, who was a doorkeeper in the Navy
Department when the President was assist
ant secretary of war. This was Dennis
birthday also. He was elghty-one years
old today, and about the healthiest-
looking specimen of humanity around the
White House during the day. Dennis ford
face, bright eyes and elastic step pro-
claimed that he was thoroughly enjoying
his birthday. Dennis was n seaman in the
United States navy in 1S4I. On board
United States vessel at Gibraltar in that
year he was engaged in firing salute to
fleet of Russian vessels. premature dis
charge of gun blew both his arms off lear
the shoulder and knocked him into the sea.
He was rescued and his arms amputated
With improvsed arms he has gone through
life since and his hardness with his artifi-
cial limbs has always been surprising. He
retired from his position in the Navy De-
partment some time ago, having accumu-
ated sufficient to maintain him in comfort
to the end of his life. which promises TO be
a long one. He receives large pension
from the government each month The
President glad to see Dennis. and they
chatted together for several minutes.
The Days Callers.
There We're few callers during the day.
Gen. Bates, U. S. A, called to present
| Raron Luttwitz of the Prussian army, the
| German army attache at st. Petersburg
! Assistant Secretary Armstrong of the
! treasury spent some time with the Pres
| dent, talking over several matters in that
| department.
The Peace Protocol Painting.
The famous painting of the signing of the
peace protocol by Chartran. which is to be
presented to the government by III. c. Frici<,
| is now at the studio of Chartran in New
York undergoing few finishing touches.
| Mr.. Frick announced to Attorney General
! Knox about ten days ago his intention to
! present the picture to the President. Ac-
companying the painting is a letter from
Jules Cambon, former French ambassador,
saying that the portrait is historically cor
| rect Mr.. Cambon WAS one of the principal
! figures at the signing of the protocol. being
| there the representative of Spain, which,
| at the time, had no diplomatic representa-
| tive in this city.
| The painting was exhibited a the Charles
! ton exposition, wnere it attracted wide
| spread attention.
Will Van Cott Be RemovedP
| New Yo politicians have come to the
| conclusion that an outcome of the Bona
| parte- Conrad report and a further investi-
| CATION of the New YORK post office will
| p1 obably be the removal of Postmaster
| Van Cott of the New York office but there
| is little more than speculation as to what
| the outcome will really be. Postmaster
| Van Cott has for years been close per-
sonal friend of Senator Platt. who has
stood behind him faithfully. While the
! charges have not so far involved Mr.. Van
| Cott, it is not known what Will result. 1t
| is among the certain things that Senator
| Platt will make a fight for his old friend II
| an effort is ever made to remove him.
! Representative Littauer of New York.
! whose connection with glove contracts has
F, been handled by the War Department and
| Department of Justice. had conference or
| nearly an hour today with the President.
When he left he stated that he had nothing
| to say as to his talk with the President.
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