Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-24
At THE WHITE HOUSE
The President Spent a Busy
Day.
MANY CONFERENCES
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO THE
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
Bishop Doane of Albany Received
Pending Consular Appointments
Commissioner Ware Calls.

Inc freS1QenC was kept DuSy tOudy Soh0
ferring with departmental officials. talking
with friends and callers and receiving dis
tinguished visitors. The archbishop of Can
terbury was received at noon, and the Presi-
dent had a long personal chat with the
eminent primate. Sir Mortimer Durand
the British ambassador, made the presen-
tation, and the archbishop was accompanied
to the White House by Gen. Gillespie. Late
this afternoon the President received the
members of the Interparliamentary Union
Another visitor was Durham W. Stevens,
who has been selected as the foreign ad-
wiser of the King of Korea Mr.. Stevens
will leave for Korea the Sd of October. He
desired to pay his respects. and was warmly
received by the President.
Pending Appointments.
Assistant Secretary Loomis, acting secre-
tary of state, spent some time with the
President this morning going over matters
in that department, and especially several
appointments that are pending. One of
these Is the appointment of a successor to
Robert McWade, who was recently dismiss
ed as United States consul at Canton.
China. The appointment will be announced
in short time. The State Department has
also decided upon the dismissal Of Vice
Consul Da Silva, who is charged with some
of the offenses that led to the dismissal of
Mr.. McWade. The case of McWade is still
attra citing some attention, and in the State
Department Is topic of conversation be-
cause of bitter telegram McWade sent to
Assistant Secretary Adee several days ago.
From the tone of the telegram it is in
ferred that McWade is coming to this
country to make counter charges and that
he Is bitter against Assistant Secretary
Adee, whom he believes to be responsible
for his dismissal.
Bishop Doane Received.
Almost simultaneously with the visit of
the archbishop of Canterbury the Presi-
dent received Bishop Doane Of Albany.
Bishop Doane was attired much in the
same way as the distinguished British
primate, with whom he came from Albany.
The dress of the two men was so similar
in every respect that most Of the White
House attaches thought that Bishop Doane
was connected with the archbishop in some
way
Eugene E. Ware. pension commissioner,
paid his respects to the. President. Mr..
Ware promptly informed the newspaper
men that he had not resigned this morn
ing"
Secretary Morton discussed with the
President some of the pending matters in
the navy, and the President shook hands
with Hector van Cuylenburg of Colombo
world 5 fair at st. Louis.
"New York by Big Majority"
A republican of national prominence, con-
nected with one of the republican copmit-
tees I'm New York, today made the predic-
ton that the majority of President Roose-
welt in New York would easily be as much
as 40.o90. and probably more. THE
President is gaining ground in New York
right along" he said "and there does not
seem any way that the democrats can now
recapture the ground they have lost. Six
weeks ago the situation in New York did
not look promising, but there has been
an important change
1.-The election of the republican electors in
New York does not necessarily mean that
the republican nominees for state offices
will carry the state. l think it easily pos
sible that the democratic state ticket could
be elected by 20,OCO majority and President
Roosevelt will carry the state by at least
10000"
Some Campaign Curiosities.
Hundreds of campaign devices-badges,
pins, pictures, lapel buttons and PURSES
have been received at the White House
since the opening of the presidential cam
vass. In fact. the Presidents mail is bur-
dened with all sorts of oddities in the way of
campaign songs, political literature, poems,
mechanical toys and puzzles. AS rule,
the devices received are filed away in the
curiosity archives of the White House, but
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