Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18
AT THE White HOUSE
General Chaffee to Retire in
January.
PROMOTIONST TO FOLLOW
SECRETARY SHAW AND SPEAKER
CANNON CALL.
Senator Cullom Says Cuba is Not
Keeping UP Sanitary Precau-
ticns in Havana.

| There is a strong intimation today that
| the President has been informed by Lieut.
| Gen. Chaffee of the intention Of the latter
| to retire from the command of the army
some time in January. possibly before, in
stead of waiting until April, when he will
| retire by law 1t is positively known. II
| Is stated by the same authority that Gen
| Cnaffee has prepared to give up his house
IN this city in January and dispense with
| his servants. This is considered a positive
| indication of his intention to surrender
| command of the army to whoever the
| President sees fit TO select as his successor
| 1t can be positively stated by The Star
! that Gen. Chaffee will retire some time dur
| Ing the winter and prior to the time when,
| by law, he would retire anyhow He has
| notified the Secretary of War and the
| president of his purpose to do this and
| they understand it full we'll The only
| question is as to the time and January is
| now understood to be very close to the
| month. The retirement will set the entire
| army TO gossipinS over the promotions that
| Will follow. Gen. Chaffee will 90 from
| Washington with his family to Californil
| and will get away from here, if the pres
| ent program is carried out, before the
| hardest part of the winter.
II General Chaffee should remain as chief
| OF staff until April II next when he will be
s,Xty-four years old, he would deprive both
| General Corbin and General Bates of the
| opportunity to serve any except the short
| est terms. Major General Bates at present
| assistant chief of staff, will succeed Cen
| eral Chaffee for few months. and then
| gave way to General Corbin, now in com
| mand in the Philippines General Corbin
| VIII have to retire, under the law next
| September, when he will reach the age
| limit. After that General Macarthur IS ex-
| pected to become the commanding officer
|
| next.
Secretary Shaw's Visit
Secretary Shaw and Speaker Cannon were
among the prominent White House visitors
| today, each having short conferences When
| Secretary Shaw was asked about the proba-
| bilities of making deposits with national
| banks in view of the recent financial furry,
! he said that he could not say what he
would do in that direction, everything de-
pending upon the way things go in the
financial world in the next month or So 1t
| is Known, however, that Secretary Shaw is
satisfied that he did not make deposits so
far, because the result would have been
that much of the money would have gone
abroad. The demand for gold in Paris and
London has been so heavy that exports of
gold have been threatened. But for the
stiffness of money rates in this country
American gold would undoubtedly have
gone abroad already. If there had been ad-
by further deposits with the banks and
consequent cheapening of money exports
would have been certain, owing to the high
rates abroad.
Sanitation in Cuba.
Senators Cullom and Hopkins spent some
time with the President this morning dis
cussing Illinois matters. Senator Cullom
recently called the attention of the Presi-
dent to the failure of the Cuban government
to take the sanitary precautions in Havana
guaranteed under the Plat amendment
which was accepted by that country Cor
respondents of Senator Cullom IN Havana
stated that the Cubans were falling back
into their old, careless methods and were
not sewering the city, as they had promised.
The Americans there feared yellow fever.
Two or three days after Senator Culloms
visit there was one case of yellow fever in
Havana the first in years confirming the
fears of the Americans. The State Depart
ment is understood to be In correspondence
with the Cuban government, but Ii is recog-
nized that President Palma has a hard
time carrying out his progressive ideas for
the island.
Champ Clark on Politics.
Champ Clark, philosopher, lecturer repre-
sentative paid his respects to the President
today, and then talked about politics to
the newspaper men. The Missouri represen-
tative was positive that If the November
elections had been general the democrats
would have swept the country and elected
the House. DO you know" he said, that
of the one hundred and sixteen years this
country has had party government the
democrats have controlled things ffty-six
years. the republicans fifty-siX years and
John Quincy Adams four years? What was
he? Blamed If l know. l think he was the
original mugwump Of this country. The
fact Is that the people even up things po-
ltically In the course of time. Another
hundred years will find about the same
division of time"
Representative Clark vowed he would
support the railroad rate policies of the
President. and would cheerfully do so. He
said those policies had long been advocated
by the democratic party, having been part
of the national convention platforms for
many years.
Gen Chaffee and Col W. P Huxford
presented the President an invitation today
to attend the twenty fourth annual banquet
of the District Commandery of the Loyal
Legion, to be held February 1. The Presi-
dent was in doubt whether he would be
able to accept.
Commissioner West introduced to the
President the president OF the Sphinx Club
of New York, Frank Presbrey.
A West Virginia Job.
The term of Reese Blizzard, United States
attorney of the northern district of West
Virginia, expires December IL, and there is
fight for his place, although it is gem
orally the custom to give a United States
attorney two terms. Representative Wood
yard of West Virginia today Introduced to
the President ]. w. Vandervort, who Is
candidate for district attorney, and who is
strongly backed. The recommendation that
will bring about the appointment viii be
that of the two attorneys.
Judge Pritchard of North Carolina and ex-
Senator McI,alrin of South Carolina sa w
the President, the former on some Depart
ment of Justice matters. Judge Pritchard
is taking no part In federad patronage dis
tribution for North Caroline. That is left
to the republican organization, and Judge
Pritchard since going upon the bench has
refrained from recommendations When he
has been asked by the President about any
man he has always given an answer, but he
has not volunteered information about ap-
pointments or sought TO influence them in
any way.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa. Repre-
sentative Bingham of. Pennsylvania and
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