Evening star., 1904-03-16
AT THE WHITE | IHD Use
Not Much Political Gossip
There Now.
NOMINATION CERTAIN
LEADERS ARE ALSO SANGUINE OF
THE PRESIDENTS ELECTION.
Foraker Says There Will Be Peace in
the Ohio Camp - Executive
Clemency Exercised.

The absolute certainty thdt the president
will be nominated at Chicago, and the fall
ing in line of I'll states and territories on
that proposition, has robbed the White
House Of much Of political matter Of in
terest and of much gossip that would have
resulted had the nomination remained with
even the slightest doubt attached. Repub-
lican leaders and callers who daily visit the
White House find nothing of political ma
ture affecting the presidential nomination to
talk about, and 50 the President holds nc
long conferences with his friends and ad-
mirers, as he did when there was much gos-
sip about possible opposition. There is such
foregone conclusion air about everything
that even friends of the President do not
take his time to tell him about what is do
ing in their respective congressional dis
tricts or states. Sometimes they may briefly
inform him that definite action has been
taken, but there is no consultation, no plan
ming and no suggestions as II campaign
was in progress the outcome OF which was
in more or less doubt.
The republican leaders are not only con-
fdent Of the nomination OF the President,
and no longer regard it as matter TOT dis-
cussion, but they are becoming more san
guine each day that he will be easily elected
in November next. 1t has been many years
since there was such sanguine feeling IN
the republican camp. Any division OF sentl-
ment that may have manifested Itself as 10
the personality of the President ana the
wisdom of nominating him istpassing away
SO rapidly as to be no longer noticeable, ana
the republicans Unanimously gettns
ready for action in November under the
Roosevelt banner.
Republicans point out that while the
members Of their party sres putting aside
all differences and are as unanimous as
they have ever been in thetr HIVES the demo-
Gratis are growing more divided each day
l. fISo nff
ting the party into hostile elements Of the
worst kind. The Bryan ana conservative
forces are sure to clash In the ST. Louis
convention, it is deciared., and when they
do the republicans will have nothing to
regret.
Aside from politics the Developments at
the White House are of little interest COM
pared with other years. Executive and
eral interest to attract widespread atten-
ton. 3F
The Ohio Family Fight.
But for the talked OF 'faeti( (saa4affferences
in Ohio there would be not ing in the re-
publican camp in any directidh worth much
space. Senator Foraker, ritter a call at
the White House today declared that peace
now lowered over the Ohio clans and that
there would be no more naughty words
from either side. He did not go into de-
tails, however, or attempt to outline the
contents of the peace protocol He hadn't
seen Senator-elect Dick, he admitted, and
did not know how soon he would have
that pleasure, but he hadf told the Presi-
dent that peace was spreading all over
everything.
Representative Gibson of the House COM
mlttee on Invalid pensions discussed with
the President some of the bills passed by
that committee. Suggestions have been
made to the President that many of the
bills are OF doubtful equity. The President
does not have the time to go fully into
the merits of every case passed to him and
SO Representative Gibson took occasion to
tell him that the COMMITTEES exercised the
greatest care In It's work and that none
except mer1torious cases was ever ure.
sented to the House He took with him
a number of bills passed at the last pen
sion day.
Chan Nun shang, prominent Chiniaman
of Chinatown, San Francisco. was nre.
sented to the President Shang is at the
head of the Chinese reform movement and
declares that 100000 Cinnamon are now
part OF the movement and that it Is grow
ing every day. He wanted to nav his
respects to the President.
Col. Dunn Will Not Accent
Isaac T. Stoddard, whose resignation as
secretary OF the territory of Arizona has
ceen accepted by the President, to take ef-
feet April l, will be succeeded nv an ~.
zona man. For week or more politjcaI
gossip mas connected the name of Col
george w. Dunn, chairman of the New
iork state republican committee, with the
appointment in succession to Stoddard hnt
1t can be said that he will NOT ha nnoint.
ed. His selection for the place was sur
gested by the President, and II was con
s,oered In tentative way. but although
Col. Dunn may have been asked whathar
he would consider favorabIy such an an
polntment, 1t is quite certain that no prof
Ter or the Office was made directly to him.
CoI. Dunn Is now railroad commissioner
., New YORK state. That Office pays an
a. g.
II is likely he would receive as secretary of
Arizona. This fact, in addition to the fact
that py removing to Arizona he would
sever ms personal and political connections
IN new ork induced him to indicate that
ne could not consider the appointment
even II 1t were offered to him,
IL is understood that the President has
seieetea stoddard's successor, and that his
few days. The office will he grIacad on % a
salary basis. SO that the appofntee will re-
ceive very much less than Steddard has
feahzed from the old fee system.
Executive Clemency.
The President has granted pardons to two
f1hplnos Arturo Echelar and Elias Mem
doza' who were convicted before a military
commission OF the murder Of q native cor
poral of police Echalaravvas sentenced to
pc hanged. but the reviewing authority
commuted the sentence to imprisonment for
ten years. Mendoza was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for twenty yeats. THE pardon
is granted on the Recommendation OF the
F1lipino civil authorities, the Judge advocate
general of the army ana the Secretary of
War, because the onfensc grew out of the
insurrection and would have been included
In the Presidents amnesty proclamation
OF July 4, 1902, except for the fact that
the cases had gone to flnaI trial
he has also granted pardon to restore
the civil rights of George H Travis, an en-
hsted man In the 18th infantry. u. g. A.,
who has served out his sentence for de-
sertion. and has been dishonorably dis
charged from the army