Evening star., 1903-06-25
AT THE White HOUSE
Sir Thomas Upton to Be the
Presidents Guest.
SOME VACANT PLACES
CONFERENCE REGARDING COM
ING APPOINTMENTS.
DR.. Wheeler Tells the Sequel to the
Presidents Visit to Del Monte,
Cal.-The Cable to Manila.

Slr InOmaS LlptOn, cndlenSer TOT the
America cup who arrived there yesterday
on the Oceanic. General Corbin, on behalf
of the President, invited Sir Thomas to be
the Presidents guest at luncheon at the
" hite House tomorrow afternoon, and the
distinguished visitor promptly accepted the
invitation without reservation. The invi-
tation included Mr.. Fyffe, designer Of
Shamrock III, who accompanied Sir
Thomas to this country, who also signified
his acceptance
General Corbin called at the White House
this morning and acquainted the President
with the fact that Sir Thomas and Mr.
Fyffe accepted his invitation for tomorrow
afternoon. Those two gentlemen will ar
rive here this afternoon and will be the
guests of General and Mrs. Corbin at their
residence on 22d street until tomorrow
afternoon, when they will return to New
York on the Congressional Limited
A dinner will be given by General and
Mrs. Corbin in honor of Sir Thomas this
evening, at which the other guests will be the
French ambassador and Nine Jusserand
the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs Will
son, Secretary Moody, Assistant Secretary
Sanger, General and Mrs. Randolph and
Others
An Enthusiastic Welcome.
Gen. Corbin said today that the reseption
accorded Sir Thomas Upton as he landed
yesterday was one of the most remarkable
and significant he had ever witnessed
Fully six thousand persons were assem-
bled on the pier said he. They were
plain people, not such as ordinarily would
be expected to be interested particularly in
international yacht races The great ma
1ority of them were people who probably
never would have. in the natural course of
n onht
but they manifested in an unmistakabIe
way their interest in and regard for Sir
Thomas Upton. No political candidate ever
received more enthusiastic reception. The
crowd showered him with four-leaf clover
and shamrock, pulled him and hauled him
and cheered with such enthusiasm as one
rarely witnesses. 1t was great ovation.
Naturally Sir Thomas was delighted. He
was particularly pleased too, to receive the
invitation from the President, and accepted
1t most cordially
Several Vacant Consulships.
Assistant Secretary Loomis of the State
Department was in conference with the
President this morning about matters in
the department, and especially as to some
appointments that are to be announced.
There are two or three good vacancies to
be filled in the consular service. The best
of these is the consulship at Manchester,
England, made vacant by the resignation
of Consul Grnnel. an old and faithful en-
ploye of the consular service. Another good
place is at Cartagena, Colombia, made
vacant by the recent death of John G. In
gersoll, and the consulship at Guadalupe,
ON the island of that name in the French
West Indies. will also be vacant it is
thought.
Some White House Places.
Seven or eight places at the White House
are to be filled by Secretary Loeb within
a short time. Congress created the posi-
tions at it's recent session to meet the ad
ditional requirements of the enlarged build
ing. Four of the places are ushers at s., 200
a year each. These ushers are to do duty
at the executive offices and will take the
places of the four policemen who have been
assigned to that work at the offices. Two
ushers will serve in eight-hour shifts from
8 o'clock in the morning until midnight.
The regular force of ushers will be MAIN
tanned at the main White House building.
There has been a scramble for these places
and Secretary Loeb has been giving care
full consideration to the many applications.
There are two clerkshipS and two meSSen-
ger places to be filled. The clerkships pay
81 600 each a year and the messenger places
5000 each For these places also there are
many applicants The appropriation is
available beginning July l.
Alabama Friendly to Cleveland.
Among the White House callers today,
merely paying their respects, were General
Harrison. former representative in Con-
gress from that state. and ]. o. Thompson.
collector of internal revenue. and one of
the referees of federal appointment in the
state General Harrison was a gold demo-
crat in 1896 and voluntarily retired from
Congress the next year because he could
not support the views of the prevailing
democracy He is an ardent Cleveland man.
and when asked today what were the views
of the democrats of Alabama as to the
presidential nominee of the democratic par
ty next year he said: The democrats of
Alabama will support a conservative man
next year Grover Cleveland has far more
friends among the people than the poll
ticians are willing to admit He is strong
with them, and l do not hear SO much
among the people in the way of objection
to a third term for him. The democrats
stand good show next year of electing
good man.
Mr.. Thompson is an ardent supporter of
President Roosevelt for the nomination
There will be no opposition in Alabama
that will amount to anything to the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Roosevelt to succeed himself"
said Mr.. Thompson, tand there is a strong
feeling that no democrat who can be select
ed will stand any show against the Presi-
dent next year."
They Punished the Mayor.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the
university VI CduIOTulds VINO mas been
the guest of the President at the White
House for a couple of days, leaves this
afternoon for Poughkeepsie, N. Ito at
tend the university boat races. IT go every
year to see my old college row." said Dr.
Wheeler. Il was manager of CornelTs
acquatic affairs for a number of years,
and, ever since, have taken the most abid-
ing interest in her doings. I believe Cor
nell will win this year, not because my
sympathies run that way but because
man for man I think she has the best
crew."
DR.. Wheeler brought some interesting
items of news to the President from the
golden state. Among these was the fact
that the mayor of Monterey. who accom-
panied the President on his seventeen-mile
ride about Del Monte, has suffered Sc
we're loss of political prestige on account
of that little excursion. He is dead, polit-
ically,' said DIR. Wheeler. When he
planned that horseback ride he invited
nearly all the prominent young men of
the vicinity to go along. The President put
veto to that idea by requesting that he