Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-05
At THE White HOUSE
Another Gold Invitation for
the President.
MERCER AND CENSUS
PRESSURE FOR NEBRASKA MAN
FOR DIRECTOR.
Kentucky Has Some Candidates
Pritchard Still a Power as
to Patronage.
MERCER AND CENSUS


A solid gold invitation was presented to
the President today to attend the Black
Hills mining congress.to be held at Dead
wood and Leadville next September. Sena-
tors Kittredge and Gamble and Representa-
tives Burke and Martin made the presenta-
tion, the latter being the representative of
the Black Hills mining district. The invi-
tation was inscribed on an eighteen-carat
gold plate. three inches bys five inches, and
an eighth of an inch thick, The inscription
follows:
ITO the Honorable Theodore Roosevelt,
President Of the United States. The Black
Hills Mining Mems Association beg to ex-
tend to you an invitatioH to be its guest
during the session of the american Mining
Congress. to be held in our twin cities OF
Deadwood and Leadville. South Dakota,
September Z to II. 1903"
The gold plate was contained in a beauti-
full plush case. containing a gold plate on
the outside inscribed: Hon. Theo. Roose-
Welt. President Of the United States.''
Accompanying this Invitation was one
from the American mining congress itself.
This was a written invitation, including
resolutions adopted by the congress. All
was hand written in copper plate style on
parchment. with beautiful leather cover.
Representative Martin who presented the
two Invitations in a neat speech, recalled
that similar invitation had once been pre-
sented to President Mckinley and said:
Gold is so abundant in our state that we
make many Of our invitations in this form. y
The President expressed his pleasure at
the receipt of SO beautiful an Invitation and
at the honor done him by the Black Hills
Mining Mems Association and by the min
ing congress. He did net know whether he
would be able to accept the invitation.
he ho1 frr,ns f11vaa f,,11
of visitors today. Many of them were rep
resentatives and retiring representa- tives,
who called to say farewell before depart
ing for their homes. Added to the official
tions, including the delegates to the Ma
tional Lumbermens Association.
Senators Hoar and Coekrell, committee
from the Senate to notify the President
messages from him. called, briefly commu-
nicated their business and returned to the
Senate. .
A Place for ME-. Young.
Senator Penrose and a number of MEM
bers of the House from Pennsylvania called
on the President and urged that he appoint
James R. Young. the retiring representative
from Philadelphia, to a position Of impor-
tance in the new Department of Commerce
and Labor Among those aiding Senator
Penrose to present Mr. Yonng's qualifica-
tions for place were Representatives Sib-
ley, Wright. Wanger, Mahon, Baker, Adams
and Bingham. The President said he knew
Mr.. Young well and liked him SO much
that he would be pleased to do anything he
could for him.
Mr. Mercer for Director Of Census.
President Roosevelt had not received the
resignation Of ex-Gov. W. r. Merriam, di-
rector Of the census, up to last night, and
knew nothing of whether Mr.. Merriam
contemplates resgning his position, as
stated in tel1graphic dispatches. This fact.
however, has not prevented the presenta-
tion Of the names of a number of people to
succeed the director in case he does re-
sign. Among these Is ex-Representative
David Mercer. The latter does not know
that he has been made a candidate. This
was done by his labor friends in Washing
ton. The President received call today
from H. w. Szegedy, A. ". Stockton, c.
T. Smith, j. A. Kehoe, T. A. Rooney and
G. p. Foster. members of the executive
bfard of the international Steel and Cop
per Plate Printers Union, Local No. 2, of
the District, who formally presented Mr..
Mercer The President said he would con-
slider the matter, and he then discussed d
number of labor matters with the COM
mttee.
Kentucky Has Some Candidates.
Representative Boreing;an retiring Sem
ator Deboe of Kentucky, along with other
Kentuckians, called on the President today
to ask that Harvey S. Irwin the represent
ative of the Louisville district In the Con-
gress just closed, be appointed assistant
commissioner of corporations in the new
Department of Commerce and Labor. The
President said he would consider the mat
ter. The Kentuckians likewise asked the
President to appoint w. w. Masterson
who lives near Covington, as United Stats
consul at Alden. Arabia, to fill a vacancy.
Alden is described by all cOnsuls who have
been there as the hottest town on earth,
and as being as near the burning regions in
temperature as terrestrial places ever get.
Deboe is for Roosevelt.
Mr.. Deboe gives way in the Senate to for
mer Gov. McCreery, democrat, but he will
continue actively in Kentucky politics. He
has worked hard for his state here. II am
for nomination Of President Roosevelt as
the republican presidential candidate next
year." said Mr.. Deboe,s -tand / predict that
Kentuckys delegates will be for Hm. II
he continues In the line he has followed for
a year and. half he will have little or no
opposition for the nomina ton. He is the
logical candidate of the party, as the situa-
tion stands today, and have no doubt he
will be the man. While there is some
factional fighting in Kentucky. the friends
Of Mr.. Deboe predict that he will be return
get control of the state.
Mr.. Pritchard is sStillin Power.
Notwithstanding thaa expiration of the
senatorial term Of JeAer c. Pritchard, he
win control In the fnture the federal
patronage Of the Republicans. as he has in
the past. Il will stand by Pritchard out
of the Senate as well 40 in that body" the
President told a large body of North Caro-
linians who We're presented to him today
by Mr.. Pritchard. who left the Senate yes
terday. The compliment was one which
Mr.. Pritchard appreciated. 4 The fact that
there was in the, party Of North Carolina
callers brother Of Tom Brown. one Of the
White House policemen. caused the Presi-
dent to single the young man out for special
conversation. This was Albert 8. Brown
of Marion. Tom Brown Was a sergeant in
the 9th Infantry, during<the Spanish war
and took part IN the memorable charge up
San Juan hin. The. President knows Brown
and was glad to meet his brother.
Mike Crpnin. the Adirondacks man who
drove President Roosevelt on the Wild race
from distant mountaiHs tps the .raiiroad sta
ton at North Creek the ntEht the President
was. trying to reach BulfaIo to take the
oath OF Office NJ President. is in town on Q
visit and called en- The President today. He
says he does not want any office. and Is