The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-18
SHAW'S PLACE FOR CORTELYOU
PORTFOLIO SAID TO NAVE BEEN
OFFERED YESTERDAY.
Edwin II. Conger, Ambassador to Mexico.
TOGO Back to China a. Minister TO Fix
Tn the Boycott and tho Csnton.Han-
r kow Railway Concession Dimculties.

OYSTER BAY, Aug. i7.-Postmaster-G Gem
eral George B. Cortelyou and Edwin H.
Conger, Ambassador to Mexico, we're mere
70 luncheon and for conference with the
President to-day. It Ia understood that
the Secretaryship OF the Treasury was
offered to Mr.. Cortelyou and tentatively
accepted, the offer to become effective, OF
course, upon the retirement OF Secretary
Shaw next February.
Mr. Conger. II is understood, il to go back
70 China as United States Minister. to
etraighten out the boycott on American
goods and to Ak up the difficulties arising
out Of the Canton Hankow railroad con-
Cession,
Mr.. Cortelyou would not make definite
statement, but when asked pointblank
whether the offer had been made to him
md whether he had accepted he would not
deny IT,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cortelyou arrived for lunch
con at Sycamore Hill at 1920. Both before
and after luncheon the President. and Mr.
Cortelyou were closeted together. They
discussed party matters as we'll az Post
Office Department affairs. but the CHER
tonic was the successor Of Secretary Leslie
NJ. Shaw.
1t is thought to be certain that II Mr.. Cor
telyou will accept the Secretaryship OF the
Treasury he can have it. But the point
under discussion related chiefly az 10
whether Mr.. Cortelyou really thought
the Treasury the place where be could
render the Government and his party
the best service. The decision lies
with Mr.. Cortelyou. He is very wen
satisfied as Postmaster-General, but the
President, It Is said. feels that he would
make just as good a Secretary OF the Treas
ury as Postmaster-General.
at Ia a little early, isn't it, said Mr.. Cor
telyou to the correspondent. TO talk OF
successor to Mr.. Shaw, who. by all accounts
won't retire till February? Why don't
YOU ask Mr.. Shaw about it?"
He was told that Mr.. Shaw had said
he didn't care button who succeeded
him after he got out. THAT'S oomph-
mentary to his successor" remarked Mr..
Cortelyou, sbut the fact Is, cannot dis-
cuss that matter now"
Another matter discussed by the Presi-
tieut and Mr. CoTtelJou wee the appoint
msut OF Mr.. w. Y. Atkinson to the
postmastership Of Newman; Ga. Mrs.
Atkinson IL the widow Of Gov. Atkin-
son Of Georgia, who was Democrat. Inc
Governor was very popular IN the South'
and the appointment OF Mrs. Atkinson
to IN Office under the present Administra-
t.oa Will probably come upon the South
- q very pleasant surprise.
Whiis parrying questions relative to his
Conference with the President MIR. Cortel-
YOU whiled away q few moments before
~. 1oSk bx, tallfn q a atOrV,
Mr.. Cortelyou's summer home ia In
Homestead, l.. I. The first day he went
there this summer he found rickety little
conveyance at the station, that passed as
public hack. Mr.. Cortelyou entered 1t.
On the way the driver. who was German,
stopped before place lettered Post Office,
and said to Mr. Cortelyou. viii you piece
hold de lines while take dees mail DOWN.
Certainly" said Mr.. Cortelyou Are
you the mail carrier here?'
ooh, yaas," the driver replied.
swell, I'm sort Of a mail carrier myself, '
remarked the Postmaster General biandly.
ZACH. so?" said the cabman. "You one
OF dem fellers in gray. uniform init buttons,
80 so2'
The Postmaster General didn't dare ex-
plain further. for the driver was already
overcome with admiration.
Mr., Cortelyou was in excellent spirits
when he came down from the Hill He
said he wasn't going to Washington until
the end Of September.
The conference OF Mr.. Conger. who was
formerly United States Minister to China,
will result, it Is UNDERWOOD on good au-
thority, in his return to China.
Mr.. Conger as Minister to China rendered
important service to the United States. 1t
is assumed that the President believes no
one else is 30 we'll fitted to cope with the
problems facing this Government in China
as Mr.. Conger.
The Chinese boycott il Of comparatively
recent origin, but it Is said that Minister
Rockhil's report and the copsular reports
have been 80 alarming that the President
has decided to act quickly and forcibly
to check it.
1t is believed that as soon as Mr.. Conger
reaches China this Government will negoti-
ate new treaty that will alter the exclu-
sion provisions so that tourists and persons
travelling in this country will not be sub
jected to the sort OF treatment they have
hitherto had to suffer. That, it il believed,
will be an effective check to the boycott.
hT SOukoI, huOiCoNoAs ""S "e~' SaA~' -
during the Boxer rising, has had wide ex-
perience in China and Is best fitted to
handle the situation there.
The old treaty has become null by lfmita-
ton, and the new treaty will be framed very
carefully in order 10 obviate in the future
difficulties Of the sort now prevalent in
China.
1t Ia also believed that Mr.. Conger will
be the man for the place in view Of the pro-
jected construction OF the Canton Hankow
railroad by American enterprise. There
ia now opposition in China to that railroad.
or rather to the idea Of its being built by
Americans. But the Administration, it is
assumed, would deem an abandonment of
that project into Chinese hands loss Of
prestige to America.
Mr.. Conger declined to discuss the note
forwarded by Minister Rockhill to the
President on the progress Of the boycott.
The boycott" he said, lis a part of the
anti-foreign movement that has developed
in China since left there four months
ago."
Minister Rockhill, Mr.. Conger said. had
been for many years an attachs in China
and Is familiar with the conditions there.
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