The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
BURROWS PRIVATE SECRETARY.

department. bert honneoy Az tne N"-
tional Cspital--A Grewsoms Forsboding.
Washington. Dec. Henry M. Rose
will tomorrow take possession OF his
desk In Senator Burrows committee
room and resume the work OF private
secretary to that statesman. Mr.. Rose
Is proba bly, acquainted with every
Michigan man Of prominence, and he
certainly knows every Michigan man
who comes to this city. That is the
kind OF a private secretary for states
man to have. Ii beats all the stem
egraphers in the world to have man
who knows men and 10 familiar with
public affairs. When visitors call and
the senator 10 not in his committee
room they are cordially welcomed, and
Henry Rose can readily find the SEN
Ator on the floor of the senate or In
the senate cloak room.
Charles Moore. political and confiden-
tal secretary to Senator Mcmillan, has
been here for two weeks busily prepar-
ing the work OF the committee on the
District OF Columbia, SO that 1t will
be we'll in hand for Senator Mcmillan,
the chairman of the committee. when
business IL called up before that COM
mittee.
Acting Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. .. l.. Spalding. assistant secre-
tsry Of the treasury has been acting
secretary for several weeks. and Is re-
garded as the most competent official
In the treasury department His ex-
psrience here AZ Michigan congress
man and then as assistant secretary
Of the treasury during the Harrison ad-
ministrati0n. naturally developed ALL Of
his administrative and executive quail
ties. Secretary Gage places great de-
pendenoe upon him, and the entire de-
tail work Of the great department prac-
tically rests upon the shoulders OF this
indefatigabls Michigan worker.
Bert Kennedy Is here. Every Michi-
gan politician, of both parties, knows
Bert Kennedy. He began public life
as a page in the Michigan Legislature.
He came to Washington as a page in
the house of representatives in the
Fifty-first congress. He has been kept
on duty here ever since. and at the
beginning Of the present congress he
was elected assistant doorkeeper. Very
soon thereafter he married lovely
Michigan girl and brought her 10 this
city. When the congress adjourned last
summer Bert and his wife went to
Michigan. Your correspondent met him
this morning in a capitol corridor. and
his boyish face was beaming with hap
piness He said: 1--WE are back again
all three of US. We have a little girl
almost 8 months old and I want all
of my friends to call and see the young
lady She will entertain you in some
manner. either by cooling or by making
faces at you. She Ia not yet much of
IiCt bat hA a tVf1a al
has something to say after midnight"
Like All the Rest-
Which means that Papa Bert is al
ready learning how to walk the floor
In the early morning hours with a beau
tiful anarchist in his arms. Michigan
babies are like all the rest.
Judge Harlan OF Kent county, says:
THE entertainments OF the Michigan
association this winter will be the most
enjoyable ever known to our Wolverine
colony. We are already making ar
rangements for literary and musical
programmes. We will have speeches
by our senator's and representatives.
Some of our Michigan girls can sing
like angels. Several Of our young men
are superior elocutionists All OF our
people are good people. and all OF them
ere fraternally and socially inclined.
The association knows no politics and
has no political diversities."
Frank Hosford is still bowling for
free silver coinage. No man on the
Detroit Free Press was more popular
with 1.-The old man" than Hosford. He
represented the paper in Washington
for six years. But In the last presi-
Dental campaign Frank went into poll
tics up to his elbows. and In order to
be free to do his own will he resigned
his position on the paper He is get
ting along all right. though. and does
lots Of good newspaper work for a syn
dicate Of far western newspapers.
River and Harbor Bill
Congressman Bishop OF Luofngton
has q grewsome foreboding concerning
the river and harbor bill. He thinks
that the effort which 10 being made TO
transfer the bill TO the old committee
on appropriations Is likely to succeed:
or at any rate. to excite a spirit OF
economy akin to parsimoniousness.
Honest old Sam Stephenson never had
any trouble in getting ample river and
harbor appropriations for Michigan.
Bishop must hustle.
The deep waterway to the Atlantic
will probably receive consideration dur
ing the present session or congress. One
of the leading members of the commit
tee on railways and canals. Congress
man Belknap Of Illinois. says that this
matter is one OF the greatest. not only
to business men and shippers. but also
to the farmers and plain people of the
northwest. He believes that the great
lakes can and ought to be connected
with the ocean by a deep water canal.
and says that IL Is practical. practica-
BILE, and can be economically construct
ed. IL Ia unfortunate that Michigan
has no representation on that impor-
tant committee.
Senator Mcmillan is a member OF the
senate committee on commerce. and
will be able thereby to exercise consid-
cradle influence in favor of the deep
waterway in the senate. The entire
Michigan delegation will work for II in
the house OF Representatives.
Congressman Mesick of Mancelona
who IL a member Of the committee on
territories, will have considerable 20 say
about the formation Of the government
of Hawaii, when that country becomes
territory OF this republic. or course
the committee on foreign affairs will
first have Jurisdiction over legislation
looking towards annexation. But
when that In Accommodated tho new