Evening star., 1907-10-29
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Administration Reassured as
to the Financial Situation.
Mr.. CoRTELYOU REPORTS
Callers on President Discuss Okla
homa Federal Offices.
LOCAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Announcement Of Appointment Ex-
pected in a Few Days-Spanish
War Veterans Call.
LOCAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

War Veterans Call.
! The cabinet meeting today did not prove
of especial Importance Department mat
| ters engaged the attention Of the Pres
| ident and his advisers. Secretary Cortel-
| you reported that conditions in the tinan-
cial world were greatly improved and that
everything was looking better and bright
er. The information was received with
expressions of great satisfaction by the
! ca binet
There has been some talk that the Pres
| ident acting upon suggestions from Secre-
tary Cortelyou, would revoke the procla-
nation issued by acting Gov. Filson of
Oklahoma territory ordering legal holi-
day for all banks from October 2S to No
vember 9. The administration does not be-
| ieve that this action on the acting gov
eTnor's part was wise and is of the opin-
! lon that it will do far more harm than
good. But inasmuch as the action had
| been taken and business interests were
accommodating themselves to it. the de-
cision was reached not to turn down the
acting governor.
| District Justice of the Peace.
| Attorney General would have settled
upon the appointment of local justice
of the peace at the cabinet meeting to-
| day, but Attorney General Bonaparte was
not able to remain at the meeting, owing
| to business in the United States Supreme
Court leaving the White House about
| noon. Mr.. Bonaparte said he thought the
| appointment would be announced in few
days.
The Oklahoma Appointments.
| Oklahoma appointments continued to
take the time of the President today. Gov.
! F'rantz, Delegate Mcguire and Senator
Warner of Missouri consulting the chief
| executive and introducing Oklahoma citi
zens interested il some of the many can
didates. Gov. Frantz introduced r. t.
Campbell of McAlester. l. T.; ". ..
Cromwell, attorney general of Oklahoma;
]. c. Roberts. former attorney general of
Oklahoma, and William Maurer of El
Reno. Mr.. Campbell is a candidate for
Judge of the eastern district of the new
state, or Indian Territory, while Mr.
Cromwell wants to hold the same posi-
tion in the western district.
Gov. Frantz himself is not a candidate
for any office. He is not lawyer and
could not become judge or United States
attorney and he would not accept Il mar
shalship. Il cannot afford to continue to
hold federal Office said the governor. Il
expect to engage in private business
again
Delegate Mcguire consulted the Presi
dent about the appointments. He is ear
nestly desirous of having Chief Justice
Burford of the Oklahoma territorial
supreme court, appointed federal judge
of the western district.
Senator Warner of Missouri is seeking
the appointment of Judge Luman Parker
of the Indian Territory as judge OF the
same district.
Congressional Trip to Panama.
Representative Taylor of Alabama,
who will be member of the House COM
mittee on appropriations, called today on
the President, VINO told him, as he told
Representative Tawney yesterday. that
he thought personal visit TO the isthnus
the best method of ascertaining what is
needed there and what should be provided
for in the next fiscal year. Those who
will make the trip are representatives
Graft. Kefer. Brick, Madden. Livingston,
Taylor, Brundidge, Fitzgerald. Burleson
and Loudenslager James {. Courts,
clerk of the committee; Fred p. Fellows.
assistant clerk. and John D. Cremer.
stenographer, will accompany the party.
Ali will leave New York Thursday, ex-
cept Represe ntative Gilett. who will
meet the steamer at Key West, and will
also leave II tnSfe on MS return NJ
Gillett goes to Key West to avoid ocean
travel
Prohibition in Alabama.
Representative Taylor said that the cleo
ton in Birmingham. Ala, yesterday gave
the county in which that city is situated
to the proh!btionsts which Will leave
only one county in the state wet. That
is Mobile county. II have no idea Mobile
will go dry" said Mr.. Taylor. "Birming-
ham was forced to accept prohibition be-
cause of large county vote. but Mobile
is nearly all made up of city population,
which is opposed to prohibition. No. do
not think Alabama viii adopt state pro-
hibition for awhile. Thc local option laws
will b" allowed to take care of the Situd-
ton for the present"
Spanish War Veterans Call.
The current countersign ana pass word
of the organization of United Spanish
War Veterans. was today given 20 Presi-
dent Roosevelt in private reception
room at the " mite House by Commander
in-chief Walter Scott Hale OF Boston,
Mass. Tie President is an active member
OF the organization, and his name, il is
understood. is carried Oh the membership
rolls Of Manhattan Camp OF New York
city. President Roosevelt was formally
mustered into the association at the
White House by Maj. Charles r. Miller
OF Cleveland, Ohio when the latter was
commander-!n-chief Accompanying Ma
tional Commander Hale 10 the White
House were Gen. Andrew S. Burt L. S.
a. retired: Col N. Enmet Jrell, past
commander-in-chief; Capt. j Ligon King
acting national adjutant general; apt.
Thomas y. Green. national aid de-camp;
National Historian j. Walter Mitchell;