Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-16
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Presidents Plain Talk to the
Shakers.
GARRETT'S SUCCESSOR
WILL PROBABLY BE A. I. SHARPE
OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
A Large Number of Congressional
Callers Today, Some on Pending
Legislation.
GARRETT'S SUCCESSOR


he did lot believe disarmament OF nations
was practical at this time, and that he be-
| leved war was the proper recourse in case
| of great unprovoked wrongs done by one
| nation to another. At the same time he
dfd believe In an enlargement of arbitra-
| tion of The causes OF wars and felt sat-
isfied that by degrees arbitration would
settle nearly every difficulty arising be-
tween one country and another.
Il intend to soon appoint the delegates to
| the second Hague conference" he told his
| callers and they will be instructed to
| strive for an extension and enlargement OF
the causes of war that may be, and should
| be. arbitr9ted." ..
Inc OBJECT of the visit to the President
vas to present him with resolutions adopt
| eu at the peace convention of the Shakers
| at Mount Lebanon. n. Y. August 81 A
committee was appointed consisting OF
| Eidress Anna White and Sister Sarah
Hurger, to present the resolutions. and
William Barnes of Nantucket Mass for
merly of Albany, n. Y was asked IN ac-
| company the ladies' He had made a speech
| before the Shaker convention indorslnc the
| idea that war may be completely eliminate
ed by an agreement of nations to dislrm
| The resolutions state the belIef that al,
| wars are barbarous and Unnecessary con-
| graduated President Roosevelt on his ef-
forts Tor peace, and then asked him to aka
| the lead in having the nations of the world
| agree to do away with war II was the
presentation of these resolutions that drew
forth the remarks of the President. ad-
dressed TO his hearers. The Shaker sisters
were attired in the regulat tion suit the
order and enjoyed the talk of the President,
despite the fact that il did not afford tho
greatest encouragement to the policy pro-
posed by them
Pat Garrett's Successor.
1t is regarded practically settled that
Dot rnr,
men in the southwest, will not succeed
himself as collector of customs at Ell Paso
and that his successor will be Alfred l..
Sharpe of Ell Paso. at present the only re-
publican member of the Texas legislature.
Garrett and Sharpe are the only applicants
FOR the place. and everything seems to
point to the downfall OF the slayer of BILLY
the Kid" the worst man who ever trod
the soil of New Mexico. and himself tho
slayer OF more than thirty men.
Garrett, as stated in The Star. has been
detected ever since he had a talk with the
PRESIDENT few days ago. and realized
that his chances of success were small
The President is said to believe that the
appointment of Sharpe will do much 10
raise the reputation of the republican party
in Texas. He is said TO be man of tho
highest grade, and to have the friendship
and support of many leading democrats He
secured the passage through the Texas
legislature of bill that has done much to
break up gambling in that state. Its pro-
these
dens when, through confederation other
wise, officers do not do The law is said
to have done more to eradicate gambling
than any ever put on the statute books Of
Texas.
CARROTS official record is good, but he Is
said to have some friends among the
gambling and saloon element who have not
been of especial benefit to him.
A Large Number of Callers.
Saturday was usual. most busy day
for the President senators and representa-
tives in large numbers calling on one mat
ter or another. Some of them talked about
pending legislation in Congress. some about
appointments in their states districts.
and some introduced friends Senator
Spooner, whose tilt in the Senate yesterday
with Senator Tillman in defense OF the
Presidents San Domingo policy attracted
attention, had few minutes with the
President. So did Senator Hale, who ls
watching canal legislation, and did Rep
resentative Pete Hepburn, whose canal
appropriation bill was emasculated in tho
Senate.
Representative Hepburn stated that the
House would not stand for the Senate's
constant practice of dismembering and dis
Secting sensible bills sent over to It by the
lower House. This has grown TO be
habit said the redoubtable Iowan, and
that is all. There was no reason why the
Senate should change the bill sent over by
the House bearing upon the canal appro-
priation and the canal bonds"
Representatives Curtis and Mills OF Kan
sas presented to the President w. b. Big
ham. at one time consul general at Cape
Town, South Africa. He was displs ced by
rdr Washington, and the Kansas people are
asking that he be given another place.
For Mr.. Lyons Place.
The Kansas people are expecting the
early announcement of the nomination OF
w. 7. Vernon of Quindaro register of
the treasury. TO succeed Judson Lyons. l..
s. Williams, the Chicago colored man, who
has also been under consideration by the
President for this position. will be given a
good consular place somewhere. The Presi-
dent regards him with favor and wants to
provide him a position. IL Vernon should
not be appointed register Williams will get
the place and Vernon will be given a con-
Sular position
James p Parker of Forth Smith. Ark,
was at the White House. accompanied by
Senator Warner of Missouri. They also
called the Attorney General. He is an
applicant for marshal of the western dis
trict of Arkansas. He has not secured the
backing of Gen. Powell Clayton and the re-
publican machine of Arkansas, but he ID
proceeding anyhow. Parker Is son of the
famous federal judge who sat IN the court
at Fort Smith for many years and SEN
fenced nearly two hundred men TO death.
nearly hundred OF whom were hanged.
They were all bad men and deserved what
they got
Senators Hemenway and Beveridge of In
diana introduced Robert Metzser. chair
man of the republican city committee OF
Indianapolis and Adolph Asche of the same
city Mr.. Metzger is TO become chief of
police of indianapolis and Mr.. Asche win
become chief of detectives. They have been
in Washington studying police and detective
methods here.
Representatives Bartholdt of Missouri
and Watkins of Indiana saw the President
and recommended the nomination Of J. H.
Shepherd of South McAlister, l. T. for
United States attorney OF the central dis
trict of the territory.
Senator Hopkins, who is having a vast lot
of trouble about the selection of a post
master at Chicago, saw the President again
today this having been his third or fourth
trip on that subject He asserted there was
nothing he could talk about.
Presidential Nominations.
The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
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