Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-23
At THE WHITE HOUSE
President Hears News of His
Nomination at Chicago.
OFFICIAL ADVICELATER
NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE WILL
GO TO OYSTER BAY.
Mr.. Morton Will Confer With the
President This Afternoon as to
the Navy Portfolio.
OFFICIAL ADVIGELATER

President Roosevelt will remain in Of
fetal ignorance that he has been nominated
at Chicago for at least ten days, and 1t
may be fifteen or twenty days before he
formally knows .lthat the convention has
placed him before the people as the stand
ard bearer of the republicans. While the
President is waiting to ascertain the facts
he Will be preparing speech of accept
ance in reply to the notification that will
be given him by the committee that waits
upon him.
The notification will be extended at
Oyster Bay a few days after the Presi-
dent reaches there. He will leave here Sat
urday, July ,, for his home at Oyster Bay
and will remain there about three weeks
before he comes back to Washington for "A
brief stay in midsummer, The official mott
fications of national conventions are usual
ly made by committees about ten days af-
ter action by a national convention, but the
President will be in Washington for nine
more days, and Sunday. July 3, will be
ten days from the date of his nominal ton.
1t is suggested that July would be a
good date for the notitcation and the
speech Of acceptance, but this sugges stion
is by no means certain to be adopted The
committee on notification that has been
appointed by tile convention will COM
municate with the President and ask him
when 1t will best suit him to receive the
committee and its communication The
date of the notification is, therefore un-
oeclded upon, depending upon scircum-
stances. The President viii prepare his
speech of acceptance some time the com
ing week and Will be ready for the noti-
hcat1on when 1t reaches him 1t is
thousht That the speech will be short and
Will not spring new issues or ideas deal
ing with the platform promulgated at
Chicago tt
President Hears thu News.
There was nothing at .he executive Of
ilces this morning to Indicate that Theo-
dore Roosevelt was about to be unanimous
iy nominated for President by his party
with the prospects exceedingly favorable
that he will receive "a majority of the
electoral vote of the country In November.
he entered the offices at the usual hour
IN the morning and immediately began to
go over his mail with Secretary Loeb.
when this was over he began the daily
,eceptlon or visitors. He gas in charac-
teristic good humor, but dfd not manifest
the slightest elation. If there was any
change in his manner It. wars that of even
greater seriousness and appreciation of
added responsibilities.
The days callers were ,robablv more
numerous than usual lately but the con-
ferences with the PRESIDENT were not i'm
portant or ON topics Of deep concern
v
Bishop-elect ]. w. Bashforll of the Metho-
DIST Episcopal Church, wha will shortly
leave for Shanghai, China, William L.
Merry, United States miakster to Costa
Rica; Nicaragua and San Salvador; James
&. Cutler the mayor efsJ{oehester; Ad-
miral Ahmed of the yTurhash navy ana a
number OF strangers and others
INC nomination of the President had been
anticipated so long that no members of
the cabinet paid calls during the morning,
He received several priva te messages from
chicago and read the ntorntng papers con-
tanning the proceedings Of the convention
yesterday
The bulletin announcing that the con-
vention had formally chosen the President
was taken to him by Secretary Loeb, who
extended congratulations His good wishes
were followed by scores of others that
came pouring In by telegraph a few min
utes later Then cabinet ofiicers and other
friends began to drop in to feIicitate with
the President and to predict his easy cleo
tiOn in November next.
Keeps Up With Everything.
Admiral Taylor talked wsfh the President
some about the movements of naval YES
dent a good listener and pbssessing most
retentive MEMORY.
There isn't a captain in the navy who
knows as much about the ships and other
things connected with that branch of the
said Admiral Taylor, land presume he is
as thoroughly well posted as to affairs In
the army. 1t is really wonderful how well
informed the President is on the smallest
details.
Joseph Fl. Brigham, assistant secretary of
agriculture, and chairman of the govern
ment board to the st. Louis exposition.