Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-23
At THE WHITE HOUSE
A Hearing on the Cleveland
Public Building.
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP
WILL GO TO GRoToN TOMORROW
RETURNING WEDNESDAY.
Senator Ball Has a Talk on the Della.
ware Political Muddle-Admiral
Evans Calls.

| in the Cleveland, Ohio, public building was
| had at the White House today, the Presi-
! dent and Secretary Shaw listening to a
| presentation of arguments in behalf of
| granite by an influential delegation of
| Cleveland citizens. The delegation was
headed by Representative Burton, and
| consisted of Samuel Mather, w. G. Mather,
| L. E. Holden, James Parmlee, H. D. Goul-
| der, M. B. johnson, r. w. Drummer, archi-
| tect of the new building, and F. A. Scott,
secretary Of the Cleveland chamber of
commerce. Secretary Shaw has just re-
| turned from Iowa, where he took part in
the republican state convention, and he
went to the White House to talk over poll
| tics in the west He was there when the
Cleveland delegation arrived, and the
President asked him to remain and listen
to the arguments that were advanced in
support of granite
The Secretary of the Treasury, as has
been stated. some time ago decided that
Cleveland Sandstone should be used, and
when Senator Dick and others tried to re-
open the case, wired to them that 1t was
settled. Under these circumstances it has
been thought that there would be no pros
pect of reopening No conclusion was
reached at the conference today, however,
and the matter of reopening will be left to
Secretary Shaw by the President. who was
appealed to by the granite advocates when
1t appeared that no change could be made
in the decision of Secretary Shaw.
At the Treasury Department this alter
noon it was stated that ccstract lot the
construction of the building in sandstone
was made some months ago, and an option
inserted by which the government has the
right to change material to granite at d
specified sum. The Secretary OF the Ireas
ury has declined to make the change ana
tbA President has refused to interfere BY
the terms of the contract the building is 10
be completed on February 10, l9o6, put
there is no time stated when the wo[h -
to be commenced. The contractor Is anx-
ious to build of granite and 1t Is under
stood that he will be asked by the lriehus
of granite to defer the commencement OF
the building until after Congress anee. -,
the hope that an additional Appropriation
may be secured, If necessary, Tor the
change OF course, the contractor Will
have to assume the risk of being able To
complete the building within TINS uihe'
President Going to Groton.
President Roosevelt will leave Wash
inpton this afternoon at 5:35 O'CLOCK on
the Pennsylvania road to spend tomor-
row in Groton, Mass, with his sons lheo-
dore. jr and Kermit, students at the
Sroton preparatory school for boys. The
annual prize day exercises of the school
are being held, and the President deslred
to please his boys by attending. he Will
go in a special car attached to the regu-
lar train and will be accompanied by
Secretary LOeD ana MISS Sdio", HIS
ter-in-law He will reach Groton tomor-
row morning at 8 o'clock and spend the
day there, leaving in the afternoon for
Washington, reaching here Wednesday
morning.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who has
been in command of the Asiatic squadron
of this country for some time, paid his
respects to the President this morning.
Senator Proctor of Vermont talked about
a military appointment with the Presi-
dent Representative Adamson of Geor-
gia, Representative Parker of New Jer-
sey Commissioner Cooley of the civil
service commission and Assistant Secre-
tary Darling of the navy had business
appointments with the President. Repre-
sentative Curtis of Kansas paid the Pres
ident a goodbye visit and went over
some Indian matters with him, and T. F.
Walsh of this city presented his brother
in-law, s. N Lee of Kansas
The Delaware Complication.
Senator Ball of Delaware had an inter-
view with the President today. 1t related
to Della ware politics, which continue to be
as badly muddled as ever, and which prom
ise additional trouble this year. There will
be two delegations to the Chicago conven-
tion as there were four years ago, and one
or the other will have to be recognized.
Senator Ball is standing pat against coalesc-
Ing with the Addicks faction in any way
that will mean the swallowing of the anti
AGdicks people, except on electors, but it Is
stated that his view of the best policy to
be pursued as to state county and con-
gressional tickets does not agree with the
other leaders of his faction and that they
have combined to take away from him the
management of affairs. at the same time
tentatively making an agreement with -Ad-
dicks. Those who are opposing Senator
Ball in his policy of wanting to fight Ad-
dicks to the end are ex-senator Anthony
Higgins and Col. Coleman Dupont, hereto
fore the most bitter opponent Addicks has
had The information Is that Higgins and
DUPONT have entered into tentative ar
rangement with Addicks that there shall be
an agreement this year state, county
and congressional Representations; that only
one ticket of electors shall be put in the
field, and that the question of senator
to succeed Senator Ball whose term Will.
soon expire, shall be left to be settled later.
The agreement is said to have been ap-
preached without consultation with Sen
ator Ball. and the outlook is for the for
nation of factions within the anti-Addicks
faction, all of which will be pleasing to Mr..
Addicks, whose delegation will probably be
recognized at Chicago as the proper one
from Delaware.
Senator Ball and Mr.. Addicks both made
announcements some time ago that there
would be no further attempts at conciia-
ton in Delaware and that the fight except
over electors, would be carried to bitter
finish.
Authenticity of Opportunity"
Hanging in President Roosevelt's private
of John J. ingalls, noted poem "Opportu-
nifty" 1t was presented to the President
some years ago by Mrss ingalls, and was
framed and hung in the Presidents office.
In the June number of recent magazine
DR.. Nicolo Gigliotti of Erie. Pa, declares
that he is the original author of the world
famed sonnet. He claims that 1t was first
written by him in 1887 and was success
svely printed in number of Italian pa
pers, the names of which he gives He
says 1t was afterward published in an Ital-
ian paper in Denver. DR.. Gigliotti says he
sent to Mr.. ingalls, copy of 1t in English,
the translation having been made by Mar
tin Battle, follower of the late Henry
George. The two poems are said to be
wonderfully similar.
Senator Elkins at Luncheon.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia was a
guest of the President at luncheon today.
He calls0a aon the President early in the
morning. H the lunch hour they discussed