Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-09
lat THE WHITE HOUSE
Gossip Over the New York Sur
veyorship.
SHARKEY TO BE DISPLACED
VIM. ]. Youngs Said to Be Favored by
President.
SOME OF THE OTHER LEADERS
Two Members of House Committee on
Territories Confer With President
on Statehood Situation.
SHARkEY TO BE DISPLACED
SOME OF THE OTHER LEADERS

Brooklyn people represent President
Roosevelt DESTROYS of appointing his per-
sonal friend and former private secretary,
William ]. Youngs. now United States at
torney of the eastern district of New York,
as naval officer of the port of New York IN
place of Robert Sharkey. who has held the
place eight years. Sharkey was accused OF
evasions of the civil service law. Actual
violations of the laws could not be proved,
but Commissioner Cooley reported to the
President that Sharkey SKINNED along
close to the edges and evaded the law IN
every way possible In making openings for
his political friends In Brooklyn. The
President declared he would not give
Sharkey the position again, despite the fact
that the Brooklyn organization was strong
ly committed to him.
Youngs formerly lived near President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. and they have
been intimately acquainted for many years.
When the President was governor of New
York Youngs was his private secretary part
of the time. AS United States attorney
officer of the port OF New York he would
get $500 year, and would be in a posi-
ton to WELD considerable political power
in the future affairs of his party In Brook
Ign. If he should be named as naval officer
he would be succeeded as United States
attorney by Thomas 1. Chatfeld. assistant
attorney. This arrangement would. It is
said, be satisfactory to Senator Plat, who
is friendly to Chatfeld.
The Brooklyn politicians are proceeding
upon the assumption that they will get the
tatives Dunwell. Calder, Law and Waldo
recently asked Ex-Mayor Schieren of
Brooklyn and four other prominent men of
the town to lay before the President the
publicans who would be acceptable to
Brooklyn people. This committee has al
ready selected Adolph Kiendle, Charles
Ieale and Ex-senator Rudolph Fuller, and
Keen, for two years president Of the Union
League Club prominently identified with
religlous, business and financial organize
tons OF Brooklyn. The name of Mr.. Nc
keon was presented to the President TODAY
by eX-Representative Charles G, Bennett
Those most familiar with the situation do
not believe that the President would make
an appointment which was aaainst the
wishes OF the Brooklyn organization
The Statehood Situation.
Representative Hamilton, chairman of the
House committee on territories, and Repre-
sentative Brick, a leading member of the
same committee, conferred with the Presi-
dent today as to the insurreotion among
the republicans OF the House on the state
hood and Philippine tariff bills and the ad-
visibility of holding back the report of
their committee on the statehood bill. What
action, II any, was taken by the President
and the statehood committeeman was NOT
given. the callers declaring that they could
not discuss the matter in any shape
FRANCIS j. Heney, special counsel for the
government in the land fraud cases In
oregon, called on the President this morn
ing and talked with him about the cases
Representative Binger Herman of Oregon.
former commissioner of the general land
office, will be brought to trial in Wash
ington during the last week in March.
There are two indictments against Mr.
Herman, two in this jurisdiction and one
in Oregon. The District case will be prose
cuted first, to be followed by the Oregon
case Mr.. Heney will conduct both cases.
An Alabama Disappointment
Warren S. Reese. jr, has been United
States attorney OF the middle district of
Alabama for four years. There was moth
ing in his record that was Objectionable to
continuance in office, and the understand
ing of Mr.. Reese and his friends was that
he would be named for another four years.
Attorney General Moody had recommended
his retention in office and everything was
ready for his name to go to the Senate, ex-
cept the assent of the President. Along
came Charles H. Scott, a former referee
Of Alabama appointments. He was &C.
companied by j. s. ,-arkson, surveyor of
the port of New York, former Iowa poll
tician and manager of presidential booms
and aid to the President in southern ap-
pointments. Scott had a grievance, 1t Is
stated, feeling that the President had not
treated him with the same consideration
as he had some of the others. He asked
the President to nominate e. ]. Parsons as
United States attorney of the middle dis
tr.ct. The President ascertained that Par
sons was clean young man and directed
his appointment.
1t has since developed, however, that Par
sons lives at T'alladega, In another district
of the state, and howl has gone up from
Alabama about putting IN northern dis
trict man in the middle district. The case
Is pending before the Judiciary committee
of the Senate, where there is a disposition
gardless of the objections that have been
made
Some of those who are making objections
to Parsons have indicated a desire to ask
the President to withdraw the nomination,
and II is stated that Judge Jones, who has
been looked to by the President as g. guide
in Alabama appointments, is willing to sug
gest to the President that Parsons is most
too young man for the place, and has not
had enough experience.
District Attorney for Maine.
The President today sent to the Senate
the nomination Of Robert Treat Whitehouse
to be United States attorney for the district
of Maine.
Special Counsel Heney.
Francis J. Heney. a special counsel of the
Department of Justice. who has had direct |
charge of the Oregon land cases, had a con- |
ference with President Roosevelt today, in
which some details of the land cases were |
discussed. No information concerning the |
conference was disclosed.
TO REIMHnRSE GEM uARRTES