Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-24
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Reappointment Of Annapolis
Postmaster.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
E. E. CLARK BEING CONSIDERED
FOR DEPT. OF COMMERCE.
Germans Want Statues of Baron Steu-
ben and Gen. Pulaski Placed
in Lafayette Square.

in Lafayette Square.
President Roosevelt today directed the re-
appointment Of DR.. Washington G. Tuck as
postmaster at Annapolis. This is the Of
flee over which there has been lively set
to between Senator McComas and Repre-
sentative Mudd Of the Annapolis district.
Charges were made by Mr.. Mudd and de-
MED by Mr. McComas. The other day both
saw the President. Senator MeComas
then suggested that he had no objection to
DR.. Tuck's reappointment and wanted the
appointment made at once. Represent
ative Mudd, who had been striving to have
DR.. Tuck's name sent to the Senate and
confirmed before that body adjourned, sud-
denly changed front and asked the Presi-
dent to permit DR.. Tuck to continue as
postmaster without reappointment until
next winter, when his name could be sent
to the Senate for confirmation. He ex
planned this by saying that he did not de-
sire any uncertainty about DR.. Tuck 8
future, inasmuch as the Annapolis post
master would probably be a candidate for
county this year, and that any uncertainty
left about his probable confirmation by
the Senate next winter would hurt his
chances. If DR.. Tuck succeeded in being
elected to the senate he would resign the
office Of postmaster. The President, after
studying the situation over, saw no good
reason why the reappointment should lie
withheld, since both Senator McComas and
Representative Mudd favored DR.. Tuck
The President had an unusually small
number of visitors prior to the cabinet
meeting this morning. Among these were
Senator Warren, with some friends; Sena-
tor Alger, Senator Spooner and friends
from Wisconsin, Senator Quarles and Sen
ator Bard Of California, who will leave
this afternoon for his home.
Gen. Leonard Wood and Gonzala de
Quesada, the Cuban minister, visited the
President this morning and presented two
Cuban friends Of the President-Dr. ]. NJ.
Delgado and his father, ]. G. Delgado.
Dr. Delgado was surgeon of the 1st Cav
airy in the Spanish war, and he and the
President knew each other well. The
President spent some time talking with his
friends.
A New Assistant Secretary.
1t is regarded as likely that e. E. Clark,
chief of the Order Of Railway Conductors,
may become the assistant secretary of the
officially admitted that Mr.. Clark's name is
under consideration by the President for
this position, and that the President has
high opinion Of the head Of the conductors
organization The official admissions stop
at this point, but the President has recent
ers that Mr. Clark is being considered for
assistant secretary. The President is per-
sonally well acquainted with Mr.. Clark,
having first met him last September at
Chattanooga, when the President attended
the annual meeting OF the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Ffremen. He was so much
impressed with Mr.. Clark's abilities and de-
meanor that when the coal strike problem
came up for solution and commission
was agreed upon Mr.. Clark was one Of the
first men to be selected. His work in that
commission has attracted general attention,
but his own colleagues have been the chief
ones in passing encomiums upon him.
Judge Gray spoke most highly Of the grand
chief conductor to the President. If he
should select Mr.. Clark the President would
crafty the labor interests of the country,
which have been demanding a labor man.
Mr.. Clark has been at the head Of the rail-
way conductors for many years, and 1t is
doubtful in many minds whether he would
sever his official association with SO i'm
portant an organization to come to WASH
ing and enter upon work that would be
more or less temporary. For commissioner
general Of immigration the President went
to the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fdremen
and took away from that organization
Frank P. Sargent, who had been it's head
for many years. The President has always
had kind spot in his makeup for railway
men. He compares their hazardous work
to the duties Of soldier.
The Historic Cabinet Room.
The historic cabinet room in the main
White House has been turned into an office
room and study for the President, and
much of his spare time is spent there. This
is the room that was occupied by President
Mckinley as his office during his four and
a half years in the Executive Mansion. The
room is equipped with books Of the kind the
President finds interest in and requires in
his work, and among the desks Is that sent
to this country by Queen Victoria when
President Hayes was chief executive. 1t
was made from the wood of an English
ship that had been rescued In Alaskan
waters many years ago and fitted up by
Americans and returned to England. When
the vessel was put out of service Queen
Victoria had an elegant desk made from
the wood, and a plate fastened upon the
desk containing an historic inscription of
the affair. President Cleveland used the
desk for the transaction Of public busi-
ness for many years, and other Presidents
have used 1T.
Clearing Up the Rear Grounds.
Under the direction of Col. Bingham, su-
perintendent of public buildings and
grounds. the grounds in the rear of the
White House have been cleared of all the
old buildings that were used when the
green houses were standing. The office of
the former superintendent of gardening and
all the small green houses and other build
ings have been torn down and taken away.
Shrubs, small trees and flowers are to take
the places Of the houses, and the grounds
Immediately south of the Presidents home
and offices are to be made to look beautiful
with fora Of all descriptions
To Call It Independence Square.
The Deutscher Central-Verein. the United
German societies of the District, has sent
to the President the following commune
cation as to the placing of the statues of
Baron Steuben and General Pulaski and the
removal of the equestrian statue of Cen
eral Jackson to some other portion of the
city SO that what is now known as Lafay-
ette square may be called Independence
Square:
s.Mr. President: This organization has the
honor to respectfully submit to you that
the statue to the memory of Baron Steuben,
appropriated for by the Congress recently
adjourned. be appropriately placed in La
fayette square in this city,, together with
the statue to the memory of General Pulas-
ki, In connestion with the statues of Lafay-
ette and Rochambeau already there.
I'VE respectfully further submit that the
present Lafayette square, in the city of
Washington, be styled Independence Square
and that the proper and necessary legisla-
tion be procured from Congress so that the
equestrian statue of General Andrew Jack
son may be removed therefrom and taken
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