The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-09-05
OFFICIALS
DINED BY
PRESIDENT

oyster Bay, n. Y, Sept. 6.-President
Roosevelt a a considerable oniclal
luncheon party yesterday. which included
besides Robert Bacon. the new assistant
secretary OF state, Postmaster General
Cortelvou. Senator A. j. Beveridge OF In
diana. ex-Judge w. L. Penfeld, solicitor
for the state department; Hamilton King.
United States minister 10 SIAM; aired
H.. Cooley. Civil Service commissioner for
the Isthmian Canal Zone; FRANK stem
hardt. consul general at Havana. and DR..
G. r. Morrison, Pekin correspondent OF
the london Times.
ct do not know a thing, gentlemen
said Senator Beveridge, breezily, In re-
Spouse to a question when he stepped
from the train. Il just came out OF the
Maine woods, where l lived for weeks
alone with a cook and a guide. All /
know is that they seem 20 want peace in
Japan" So saying. the senator smiled
genially, shook hands with one man,
slapped another on the back and left the
station in the carriage OF j. Handling
Sears, whose guest he is going 20 be here.
Postmaster General Cortelyou said there
was not any particular significance TO his
visit. He came. he said, 10 talk over
with the president some things he had
been investigating for i'm. Judge Pen
fields visit was said 10 be purely per-
soma. In its nature and in no way con-
nected with the appointment OF Mr.. Bacon
as assistant secretary OF state.
Alfred II. Cooley came to discuss with
the president methods OF employing labor
on the canal. Mr.. Cooley, whose domain
as Civil Service commissioner. includes
the Canal Zone, has had some differences
with the Panama Canal commission on
ways OF obtaining skilled labor on the
tsthmus. Under present conditions the
canal committee was experiencing diff
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labor wanted. Mr.. Shonts' way was 10
establish agencies In New York. Chicago
and New Orleans, for the purpose OF
securing skilled labor and mechani OF
all sorts demanded on the canal. The
agents In charge OF those offices are 10
be made members OF the Civil Service
board in the respective cities. and they
are 10 proceed TO secure that labor. That
means that the labor will stu be under
the civil service. only the examinations
the applicants will have 10 pass. Will no
longer be 90 exacting. The president is
always opposed 10 bureaucracy and red
tape, so the method proposed by Mr..
Shonts will be adopted. Mr.. Shonts Is
eminently practical and he knows that
what Is wanted on the canal is skilled
labor that can do the work, not men who
can answer ingenious questions I'm gram
mar and arithmetic. In n way. the presi-
dent succeeded in pacifying the Civil Ser
vice and the Canal commissions.
Minister Hamilton King said that he
came 10 bring 10 the president greetings
Cor his majesty of Siam. Mr.. King is
in this country on a vacation. SIAM
he said, rs making greater progress In
civilization than any country in the Far
East. not excluding Japan. Fifteen years
ago. when ! first went there, they had
scarcely a street in Siam. Now they have
rs miles OF well-paved street and IS miles
OF trolley lines. They think the world
OF America and have the warmest feel
ing for the president"
Consul General Steinhardt. who Is here
on a vacation, came to pay his respects
TO the president before sailing for Cuba.
President Palma will. in all probability,
be reelected" he said. The Cubans."
he added. ARE very enthusiastic about
President Roosevelt"
After his guests departed the president
went out for a horseback ride.
II Is believed here that the president
Will soon appoint a successor OF Public
Printer Palmer. Who the successor will
be Is not yet definitely known. but IL Is
believed the president has already a sue
cessor IN mind. The Keep report re-
Gently submitted 10 the president by the
committee which Investigated the Gov
eminent Printing office, while not exact
ly recommending Mr.. Palmer's retire
ment. II is believed left the president no
other course but TO appoint a new print
er,