Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-12-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The appointment of Mr.. Henry
c. Payne, of Wisconsin. to succeed
Mr.. Chrales Emory Smith as Post
master General is regarded as a
most happy selection. Mr.. Payne,
in addition to being a close friend
Of the President, has had an emf
nently successful career as a bushes
man and has been for a number of
years a politician, but has never
been the subject of the slightest
criticism even by his political en-
emies. His exceptionally capable
management of the post-Ofhce of
Milwaukee has given him an in
sight into the duties of his new
Office and his great executive abil-
ity will fit him for the management
of the vast business machine the
Postoffice Department has grown
to be- He is known to favor penny
postage.
There have been many other
rumors of cabinet changes, but they
appear to be pure speculation. Few
people realize that, apart from the
honor, which is not always unal-
Logged, the acceptance of a Cabinet
portfolio is accompanied by many
sacrifices. It is impossible, ever
by the most rigid economy, for Z
/ Cabinet minister to live within hi.
SALARY. A member of President:
cabinet, whose tastes were mos
simple and who occupied resi-
dence entirely unsuitable for The
entertainments he was compelled
to give, told me that his annual eX
penses exceeded his salary $1,000
| per year and a member Of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's cabine. placed the amour
at $4,000 per year From a bust
ness standpoint, there is no future
to a Cabinet position and politically
it is regarded as a graveyard.
As a matter of fact, however, MI
Roosevelt is Internationally anC
unconsciously setting a pace whicl
many of the elderly gentlemen VIII
compose his Cabinet find a it'll
trying. Il have just come from
Cabinet meeting and I am a littl
breathless," said one of them re
Gently. eve all admire the Presi
dents youthful energy and hav
the highest regard for him, but, I'm
, fortunately for us old fellows, tn
pace he sets is a little trying.
makes us very breathless. Their
are several of us who always leav
! Cabinet meeting painting"
, On Thursday, Congress adjourn
5 ed for the holidays and those mem
: bers who have not yet brough
their families to Washington hav
gone home. The ratification of tb
Hay-Pauncefote treaty and the re
turn of Senator Morgan S canal bi
]. by the Committee on Inter-oceani
2 Canals have cleared away goo
!, deal of what might be termed pre-
liminary legislation and as soon g
the Senate reassembIes, it will be i
t a position to take up the detail
e of the Nicaraguan canal, provide
! no opposition to the selection {
!. that route arises i'll the meantime
= The House has made the Hel
: burn Canal Bill the order of bus
d ness for January 9TH, the day aft
= Congress convenes, and unless M
a Canon, Chairman of the Commi
: tee on Appropriations, opposes it,
the growing, although not yet in
d portant, sentiment, i'll favor of Il
e Panama route develops beyond a
S expectations it is believed that Il
q bill can be put through within
week. The measure provides f
. a totalappropriation of $3.50, oOO,o
= and makes the sum of $40 ,ooo,OC
It available as soon as the measu
l. becomes a law. 1t is said that M
. CannOn's only objection is that,
chairman of the Appropriate
u Committee, he regards his respo
sibility as very great and fea
that even the sum provided in Il
II bill will be insufficient for the col
q pletiOn of the canal.