Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-11
AT THE White HOUSE
Four Cabinet Officers at To-
days Meeting.
SEIZURE OF M AILS
SECRETARY HAY TO TAKE THE
MATTER UP.
Secretary MetcaH and Others Discuss
Vote to Be Solidly Republican.

Secretary Hay, Secretary Hitchcock, Sec
| rotary Metcalf and Postmaster General
Wynne were the cabinet officers at the
| brief cabinet meeting today. They were
| not with the President longer than thirty
minutes. and during that time not much
| business or politics was touched upon. The
| cabinet members so fully share the conf
dence of the President as to the outcome
next month that politics do not take
prominent part in the talk at cabinet gath
erings
Postmaster General Wynne took up with
the President and Secretary Hay the no.
tice received by the Post Office Department
yesterday from the owners Of the British
steamer Calchas. declining to carry the
United States mails during the remainder
of the Russo Japanese war. on account of
the seizure of the mails on the Calcbas.
which sailed from TaoAma early in July
The telegram from the agenIs CT the
steamship company at Tacoma stated that
the seizure of the vessel by the Russians
was an outrage against the United States
as the vessel did not. contain any contra
band.
1t is understood to be the Intention of
Secretary Hay to take the matter I'D with
the Russian ambassador without delay and
ask for an explanation of the seizure of
the vessel.
California by $4,000.
Secretary Metcalf has just got back from
the Pacific coast. where he went on bust
ness He spent most of the time in Cali
fornia. MY state will give the republican
ticket 10000 plurality ana probably more
said Secretary Metcalf. "All the indica-
tons point that way. In Los Angeles coun-
y. the republican stronghold of the state
the registration this year is 20 900 in ex-
cess of TWO years ago. and it is the general
agreement that this increase represents re--
publican strength. There is strong re-
publican sentiment all over the state. II
do not know about the other Pacific coast
states. but l am informed that the ma
Jorities they will give will be overwhelm-
ingiy republican. -
Baron Sternburg the German ambassa-
dor presented to the President. after the
cabinet meeting. Marco Graf Won Bale
strem an officer of the German army He
las been to st. Louis and other parts of
the country
Negro Determined and Solid.
The President today received Harry S.
Cummings, the colored man who seconded
his nomination at Chicago; Rev. Ernest
Lyon. United States minister to Liberia
and Hiram Watty, a member of the city
council of Baltimore. These colored lead
ers talked over political prospects with the
President. who had never before met Cum-
mings.
1.-The negro has never before been more
determined to vote the republican ticket
than this year and never more solid on that
side said Rev Ernest Lyon. There is a
zeal and enthusiasm about this republican
support that shows that the negro is arouS-
ed and that the raising of the negro issue
will, not be beneficial to the democrats.
Whatever disposition there may have been
on the part of the negro in the past to
divide on political questions 1t has been put
to sleep this year Many of the old-line ne
gro democrats of the country. men like Mil
ton Turner of st. Louis, for instance, have
come out for President Roosevelt, and will
give him loyal and earnest support It is
strange that David B. Hill should come
into Maryland. as he did last night. and
aid In injecting the negro issue there.
las matter of fact. the democratic party
in Maryland would be in a small minority
but for this issue, which is the only thing
that puts life into it. Mr.. Hill kept a negro
plank out of the platform of the West Vir-
gina democrats. when they were assembled
in state convention. but he does not mind
seeing 1t raised in Maryland"
Both Lyon and Cummings are going to
make many speeches in the campaign.
Cummings has already come from a long
tour among the colored people Of Indiana,
Illinois. New York. New Jersey and other
doubtful states. and he and Lyon are to go
into Delaware and elsewhere and remain
the stump until the end of the campaign.
I'm my long trip through different states"
said Cummings. II found the negro solid
for the republican ticket and intent upon
casting his ballot election day. His
vote will do much to decide the result in
close states"
Mr.. Root is Confident.
Elihu Root. ex-Secretary of War. Is In
the city, and last night spent some time
with President Roosevelt discussing politics
In New York state. He was at the White
House for several hours He Is optimistic
as to the political outlook in New York.
and says he feels absolutely certain that
the electoral vote of the state will be cast
for the republican ticket. Mr.. Root Will
make several speeches during the cam
paign, two of them in New York and the
other before the Union League Club of
Philadelphia next Saturday. Mr.. Root is
one of the counsel in the Fairweather will
case which is before the United States Su-
preme Court.
E. Mclaughlin of San Jose, Cal, and
Judge A E. Cheney of Reno. New, were
White House visitors today. They said
that the west is overwhelmingly for Roose
,-alt and that Parker will not get the votes