Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-11
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Exceptions to the Eight Year
Tenure of Office.
MR.. RYAN TO REMAIN
CONSIDERABLE Apprehension
AMONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
Senator Elkins Talks of the Work of
His Committee-Bills Signed
by the President.
MR.. RYAN TO REMAIN

President Roosevelt has asked Thomas
Ryan first assistant secretary of the In
terror Department, to remain in his pres
ent position, and Mr.. Ryan, who was a
White House visitor today, Will do So
Mr. Ryan is one of the men who would
fall under an eight-year rule of office
holding. if such rule We're rigidly fol-
lowed by the President and the heads OF
departments, but he is also one of the
men who is an exception to the enforce
ment OF this rule. He has been in the In
terror Department eight years and has
good record there. He is satisfactory to
Secretary Hitchcock, who is to remain at
the head of the department.
The eight-year-tenure idea has caused
considera BILE apprehension among various
federal officials who have been drawing pay
from the government in goodIy sums for
about that period. Worse than all, IL mas
caused a rush of applicants for positions.
Nearly every eight-year man now in once
would have heart disease if he could see
the number of applications for his position
that have poured into the White House and
departments recently. All this has induced
the official statement that there will be no
limit to a mans term of Office and IN II
men are not to be turned out because tley
have served eight years. rms Statement
have been published. 1t has been stated IN
The Star that there is no inviolable RUE
about the eight-year proposltion' anu t it
there will not be, but it is well known Iildt
few eight-year men are still hoidlfg ONCE
and that some of those now in will prop
ably lose their places.
MI. Elkins' Committee.
caroto- El,<ins whose committee on in
terstate commerce is authorized to sit dur
~ a ne
ings on railroad rebate and other PROB
lens. told the President today that the
committee would get to work next Tues
dav when the first meeting will be held.
I'VE are going into this question thorough
W. said Senator Elkns. mo, DO not
know whether the President Will can an
extra session in the fall. Extra sessions
give so much trouble that nope mere WI
be none as the next regular session Will
be long enough to consider everything thal
the people want
Vice President Fairbanks presented some
friends to the President, and there were
number of senators who performed similar
duties There is a somewhat hopeful leel-
ing among senators that the extra session
of the Senate will be finished the last OF
next week.
senator Heyburn saw the President to
ask a consular appointment for George N
Ift. editor of the Pocatello. Idaho, Tribune
and the President has promised to 90 some
thing Some Canadian consular place ID
probably to be selected.
Representative Southland was looking Tor
a consular place--in fact two places-Ioi
constituents. and was sent to the STATE De
L...lGllL cor . talk with Assistant Secre-
tary LOOMS, who has these matters IN
charge.
DR.. Bartholdt Wants Consulates.
Representative Bartholdt has four good
constituents who want to get into the con-
Sh3QElin,
Stephenson, Pell and Smith. Representa-
tive Bartholdt is being supported for SEN
ator from Missouri and there are said to be
arrangements on hand for a break to him
later. Mr. Bartholdt does not want to be
accused of irregularty or disloyalty, ana
his personal friends in the legislature con-
tinue to vote for NiedringhauS ana VIII
do so until they are released from their
pledges. The men who are voting for
Bartholdt now are admirers, but not close
friends When his friends are released
there will be a rush TO him, it is said
Bills Signed by the President.
During the session of Congress which
closed on the 4th instant President Roose-
welt signed $40 measures passed by the
Senate and House of Representatives The
footings of the enactments have just been
completed by Col. William NJ. Palmer, as
sstant clerk of the Senate committee on
enrolled bills, and Morris A. Latta, enrolling
clerk at the White House, through the
hands of both of whom all the measures
passed. Both Colonel Palmer and Mr.. Lat
ia have handled the enactments of Congress
for many years, and not bill ever has been
mislaid and not one ever has failed of APP
prevail through negligence. Of the measures
enacted at the last session 23S were public
bills, including fourteen appropriation bills;
1869 were private bills, thirtyfour were
public resolutions and one was a private
resolution. The total number of enact
ments during the previous session of the
F'ifty-eighth Congress, which was nearly
two months longer than the session just
closed was 2,199. 1t is noteworthy that
nearly two-thrds of the measures enacted
at the last session We're delivered at the
White House by Colonel Palmer for the APP
prevail of the President in the last two
weeks of the session