The age-herald., 1899-08-08
ROOT WILL PUSH
 FILIPINO CAMPAIGN President Has Confidence in New
 Secretary of War. HIS POLICY TOWARD MILES Commander-in-Ch Chief Will be Cipher no Longer in the War Department
 New Salt Life Saving De-
 vice Discovered
HIS POLICY TOWARD MILES

with the burden and wants to shift 1t to some one else's shoulders. When Secretary Alger was in the department the president was largely the secretary of war. He was consulted by Alger about everything and his advice was sought in matters of the most trivial detail He has now a secre-
 tary as self reliant as any man who has held that portfolio in many years. At least such seems his poise at present.
 The presidents friends say that he in- tends to leave the management of the Phil ippine campaign to his secretary and not to meddle with 1t unless his advice is spe-
 cifically asked. He has made his expecta- 1 tions known to MT. Root and the latter seems to think that they can be realized. l The president wants the war closed be- fore the opening of the next rainy sea- son, and does not care particularly how 1t is done as long as that result is accom- plished. The means rests largely with MT. Root. Heretofore the president has been troubled more about the means of ending the campaign than by the conclusion. He seemed to think it would be bad politics to call for more troops and when finally he was forced to make the call, he made II lOr ten regiments OHly. NOW IL IS dl- most certain that there will be another call before the December session of con- gress. The president has shifted the respon- sibility, however, and the call will be Roots, not the presidents By degrees the president has learned that all politics are good politics which accomplish results, and so if 1t taxes hundred thousand men to put down the rebellion before the next spring he will call out that number, the full quota allowed by the act of congress In providing the provisional army.
 It must be said that MT. Root has no idea of evading the responsibility that has been placed on him. He has entered upon his task in the most matter of fact way and seems careless of any criticism. Big black lines in the New York papers will not be able to frighten him little bit, if his manner and face is an index to his char acter. He is going to fight the war in the Philippines as business proposition, and what is more he will not permit his policy to be torn to pieces in the cabinet room. He has already made it distinctly under stood that he has no desire to interfere with the finances of the country, and will in turn expect to run his own department Every member of the administration beathes freer since MT. Root took charge. They all seem to feel that there is mas ter man at the helm. He may disappoint them, but he has started well chiefly by tending to his own business and letting other peoples alone, a virtue not possessed by every member of the present cabinet, be 1t known.
 Conventional Lawyer
 There is nothing remarkable about the manner of Mr. Root. He is purely of the conventional type of lawyer. He seems to do just what any conventional man would be expected to do, doing the right thing at the right time, never showing any irrta- tion nor haste. He is cordial in his man. ner, but when he thinks that he has given enough of his time to any one person he closes the interview without any awkward ness, either to himself or to his visitor.
 He has taken hold of his office with a busness-like grip, and there will be no clques or cabals formed there while he is in power. He and General Miles have al- ready struck their relative positions. As stated would be the case when he first came in, he has relegated to each head his work and does not let one branch of the service become prominent at the expense of the other. His manner the day when he was sworn in was the same to all men save when General Miles entered. The sec- retary for the first time showed any special interest. Stepping forward he grasped the commanding generals hand and greeted him with the hearty expression, General. I am indeed glad to meet you" The ex- pression of his face and the grasp of the hand showed to Miles more than anything else would have done that. henceforth he was not to be cipher in that department Everyone instantly felt it, and to the crowd standing about the commanding general at once took on additional dignity, being clothed, it seemed to them, in new power.
 new method of resuscitating drowning people has been discovered by MT. Sutton, the harbor master of Washington. There have always been an unusually large num- Der of deaths from drowning on the river front about Washington There have been several narrow escapes here in the past week, and the ones who were fortunate enough to have lived owe their lives to a great extent if not entirely to MT. Suttons new method. MT. Sutton says that when other and older methods fail to revive the person that his treatment will prove effica- cious. He does not claim that it will re- store life, but says that If spark of vi- tality is left in the body the patient will re- vive under the salt treatment. When old methods prove of no value, MT. Sutton strips the unfortunate person and literally buries him in salt, leaving only the nos- trils and mouth exposed. The salt not only sets up an irritation, but absorbs the water and moisture of the body so rapidly as to soon restore the heart to operation. The patient may have to lie several hours be- fore life is noticeable. This treatment is continued until breathing is restored and consciousness sets in.
 Life Saving Device
 The heirs of Anthony Pollock, the mill iionaire patent lawyer who went down in the Bourgoyne last year, have sent S0.000 to the treasury department to be expended