Arizona republican., 1900-10-09

Washington-Since Elihu Root came to Washington as secretary Of war. fourteen months ago. he has acquired the habit of an inveterate equestrian. although he had probably not ridden on horseback more than 100 miles altogeth- CT in the other fifty-four years of his life. IT is seldom that a man of his age develops such enthusiasm for an exact ing form of exercise when seductive golf links are on every hand. and it's only satisfying explanation involves the great fancy he has evidently taken to Adjutant General Corbin. who has been his preceptor in military as well as in other mysteries of Washington life. No more notable exhibition of intimacy be- tween public men at the national cap ital is recalled in recent years than that pCpularly referred to as the ''conspicu- ous hobnobbislhness of Root and Cor bin," upon whom about equally the president is supposed to depend for the conduct of that department which has practically become the most important and powerful of the governments great establishments.
 The offices of the two men cOnstitut- ing part of a suite. are separated by a single door that swings almost con stantly, while the headquarters of all other floors of the big building devoted exclusively to fighting and foreign af- fairs. those of the general commanding being situated at the extreme distant limit of the structure. This neighbur- Illness is undoubtedly as the secretary would now wish to have it, although it was none of his making, for he found the arrangement when he came just as ft had been under half a dozen of his predecessors. The duties of the civ ilian director of the war office, as it is still officially designated upon it's great seal, and of its real military head, are closely complimentary and interde- pendent and, their business hours be- ing sharply synchronous, nothing is more natural than that the periods and pursuits of leisure of these two men should be strictly coincident. That they are so is unquestiOned by all who have seen how the New York member of the cabinet has heroically and at much pains achieved distinction as a devotee of the Rough Rider" fad.
 Every evening between o'clock and S, and frequently in the early morning hours before officialdom is awake, the clattering canter of two fine horses which bear him and his chief of staff is heard in one part of the district and nearby states or another, and on half holidays CT dull days. and sometimes ona Sundays, very distant points are reach ed. Virginia battle fields are visited and the surrounding country beyond the sight of the tall marble shaft of the Washington monument is thoroughly explored.
 During these long journeys. often eX- oeeding forty miles from start to finish. pc. picking problems of policy and ad- miaistratiOn are solved under congenial influences. with utter disregard of the eXasperatng red tape tangles fastened upon the army through long inaction and congressional apathy. With clear heads from the eXhilaration of purer atmosphere than ever penetrated the war department building. the two men are often credited with reaching con- clusions of inestimable value to the plesident-conclusions deeply affecting the domestic and international It, cations Cf the republic and the welfare of the people.-New York Tribune.