| Show DAVIS IS A OFFICIAL Assistant Secretary or of the Wi Not Nol ills 10 0 01 oil or Of mind ld to Co lee lime Iho COUl Country try tryNe Ne Nea York Jan special to time II I I Tribune from I says I Trustworthy information here do donot dose not sustain recent storIes In regard to time the prospective r from the In Interior tenor d department ot of the assistant M sea Web Webster tor Davis now In South Africa There stories hat have endeavored to make I it that Mr Ir Daviss Dalas trip to tho Cap Is the forerunner o of I hm ro re to private le life I It hu h been IS as that President McKinley was dl wih with his administration of dr his adIeu Oi secretary larl his rulings with relation to 1 1 slon sion need no denial to thol those who lr are familiar wih with time the rein between n the tho assistant und and the Mr Davis VaI after Major announced Il lila candidacy for forthe the tc place or of U S B for the tho wet west ern em district ot of and shortY shortly oCer utter the Inauguration ealr to Wash Washington Ington and presented his The rho Saturday h he met the prel President dent nt at ono one ot of the public receptions To th the surprise of at time the young ong Mr McKinley invited him to b be behind hInd the lne line or of the receiving party When the reception was over or his he panted tim tho to 10 his private ot of lice and to hil his utter amazement was Ind informed by Mr McKinley that time the list Int i ter had hod already seen lIeen hi his application tar tarUS or US U S attorney for tor th the western district I ot of Missouri but ut that Ime he would rather have Mr Ir Davis Dals another cities I The lre Il said that he hall hiatt not then decided what he could offer WIthin a week the President informed hm Mm that he had hod decided to gIve him the tho assistant tant or of the In tenor Mr flavis accepted tim the and his followed a few tew days das later Inter from that ds day time the rel relations tons between the young and the chief dial executive have hae ben been the niost cr cot Although the tho youngest mn man who ha hums i ever filled the place ot of assIstant Ire scare tar Mr Davis hl has more morein In that or office thia ian ot of his de SOn sees and at time the or time ha hits taken on active in n political er oam t tErl Erl Early In 1895 1698 some friction prose arose be between tween the ner ot of pensions II and I the tho assistant secretary or of the interior by reason of oC the tact that man many or of tue tho of at the pension were r re reversed I versed er d b by the assistant secretary relar The Tho commissioner ot of Pensions frequently ap appealed paled pealed the cases decided by the assist assistant ant secretary to the secretary or of tie the In Interior tenor II Im each nh ot of thelo these ca eases the deil Ion ot f the ho assistant secretary was ns sue sus tined tamed notwithstanding the tact fact that many or of the ec cases wore were referred to time the then n attorney generl general of at the United flate for tor a judicial opinion and many al mor more to the attorney general tor or the Interior department The records of at the Interior department show that In not noL a single COE case has n a decision of at Mr been reversed but but on the the they hel hame al all been sustained b by the After the tho retirement last March of Cornelius N Bliss as secretary ot of tho In Interior tenor It W was currently reported that there I between Mr Davis DaI and hitchcock hut there has haA certainly been no fricton friction between the tho two to In the last II six months month On the con contrary the tho utmost harmony has hns lr pro tied Last tal fall Mr DavIs was OR Invie invited an lok tk n a lart In the Doll cal f campaign s In Ohio As II a result is lt Ill he returned to 10 In h health end ot at the suggestion ot of his an decided to tok a Ion long Iea sea voyage oage The war In South Africa had sun and Mr fr Davis concluded to visit that Iha t country countr 10 lie called on Sf Secretary relar ek k 1111 asked for tor an Indefinite loe ot of lb Sub r explaIning his reasons which was promptly prompt granted J If 1 Davis Dale ha has an any intention of retirIng it Is not nol known to lila hie friends her |
