Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Many Candidates for the New
Commerce Department.
MR.. BARNES NOT IN IT
HE PREFERS TO REMAIN IN HIS
PRESENT POSITION.
Secretary Root and Senators Lodge and
Turner Practically Selected as
Alaskan Commissioners.

being unloaded on the President right
along, and he will continue to hear of
good men and true" until he has finally
disposed of the opportunities by sending to
the Senate all the important nominations
belonging to the new department. MT.
Benjamin +. Barnes, assistant secretary at
the White House, whose transfer to the
new department as assistant secretary was
regarded as a foregone conclusion, because
of his close relations with Secretary Cor
telyou has decided that he prefers to re-
main in his present position at the Whlte
House, at least for some time to come.
Consequently all of the positions of assist
ant secretary of the department will go to
men outside of Washington-candidates
presented by members of Congress. The
President will probably conclude to act
slowly in his selections, as the places are
Of Importance. The failure of the labor in
terests of the country to prevent the bureau
of labor being incorporated In the depart
ment has left some soreness among the
labor organizations.
Suggestions have been made that the
President will recognize the labor interests
of the country by nominating representa-
tive of labor as one of the assistant secre-
taries The labor organizations have made
no request in this direction and may not
do so. but a number Of labor leaders OF
prominence have expressed the opinion
that such action on the part of the Presi-
dent would be appreciated. The names or
a number of men prominent In labor cir
cles have been suggested by individuals,
among tnem being Frank p Sargent, COM
missioner of immigration; 2. NJ. Arthur,
chief Of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Engineers; E. E. Clark, chief of the Order
Of Railway Conductors. at present mem
Der of the coal strike commission, and E.
A. M. Lawson of New Jersey. Mr.. Law
son is at the head of the printing division
{l,o - orty or,d fnrro nrI
president of Columbia Typographical Union
of this city. His executive ability is testi-
fled to by his superior in the State De-
partment and by those who know him
Mr. Sargent is the one who is closest to
the President. None Of the men is can
didate, but their names are suggested as
good material for the positions to be filled.
For commissioner of the bureau of cor
porations the President Is going to be par
ticular. Representative Wadsworth of New
York today presented to the President ex-
Representative John NJ. Farquhar Of Buff
falo, and suggested that no better man
could be found for either commissioner or
assistant commissioner of the corporations
bureau. Mr.. Farquhar was a member Of
the industrial commission. He really did
more than his share Of the work Of the
commission and remained in charge of its
affairs until everything had been wound up.
His knowledge Of industrial matters is
wide and valuable. Prof. ]. w. jerks, pro-
fessor in Cornell University, and a student
of trust questions, Is also mentioned as an
able man for commissioner
Page Morris for Judge.
The President is understood to have def
nitely settled upon Representative Page
Morris Of Minnesota for additional judge
of the United States district court of that
state. The legislation creating the new
position does not become law until July /,
and Mr.. Morris will not be named for the
position until just before that time. There
is thought to be no question that Mr.. Nor
ris has been decided upon
The Alaskan Commissioners.
The President is believed to have decided
upon the three men who will represent this
country on the Alaskan boundary commits
sion provided for in the treaty with Great
Britain that was ratified by the Senate a
few days ago. The best information OBJ
tainable is that the commission will be COM
posed of Elihu Root, Secretary of War;
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu-
setts and Senator George Turner of WASH
ington. Senator Turner's term senator
from Washington expires in March. He is
recognized as one of the ablest lawyers in
the Senate. He was elected a. a fusionist
but prior to that time had always been
republican. He was a United States mar
Shal in Alabama from 1876 to 1880 and
went from that state to the territory of
Washington, where he was elected an as
sociate justice of the supreme court. He
became fusionist upon the Introduction Of
the silver question an issue in 1896. Two
of the three men who will compose the
commission are stanch personal friends Of
the President. No two men In the country
are closer to him than Secretary Root and
Senator Lodge. The President has a high
opinion Of Senator Turner who has been
picked as representative of the demo-
Gratis.
Man Who Nominated Roosevelt.
The brilliant Lafe Young Of the Daily
Capital of Des Moines called on the Presi-
dent today with Representative Hull of
Iowa 1t was Mr.. Young who made the
speech nominating Roosevelt as the repub-
lican candidate for Vice President in 1900
Hts effort is remembered by all who were
present on that occasion 1t swept the con-
vention. The President has invited Mr.
Young to take dinner with him Sunday
Senator MiHard presented NJ. P Kinkaid.
the newly elected representative of the
sixth Nebraska district. Mr.. Kihkaid sue
ceeds Representative Nevils and is the
only republican who has ever been elected
to Congress from that district.
The Presidents Busy Day.
President Roosevelt had large number
of visitors today and had to quickly dispose
Of their wants before noon that he might
sci away to attend the marriage Of Miss
TCockre!l and Mr.. Gallaudet at noon More
than a dozen senators and nearly twice as
representatives eltner mad business
with the President or We're presenting
friends and constituents. The President
received invitations from all directions and
from many organizations desiring his at
tendance at functions of various kinds.
Baltimore sent over two delegations to ex-
tend invitations. Senator McComas pre-
sented Michael A. Mullins, William p.
Lyons and William DonneIiy of the Hfber-
nian Society of Baltimore. The society will
hold its one hundredth anniversary of ST.
Petricks day on the 18th of March. and
wishes to have the President as a guest.
The President expressed regret at his inabil
ity to accept the invitation.
The other delegation was from the United
Singers Of Baltimore to ask the President
to attend the Saengerfest OF the Northeast
ern Saengerbund in Baltimore June 49,
The President said it was quite likely that
he would not be in Washington at that
time. but II he should be he would consider
the invitation. Representatives Wachter
and Schirm presented the delegation which
consisted of l.. H. Wieman. president of The
United Singers OF Baltimore; Carl A. Al.