Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-31
WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Correspondence.l l

The presidential parrot objects to the remodeling of the White House. When the workmen assaulted the roof of the conservatory and began remov- ing the glass, the bird became wrathy and abused the mechanics. She has a fluent vocabulary of vituperation, but her choicest epithets were learned in Cuba and are expressed in elegant Castilian, so that the finer feelings of the workmen were not too much shocked. Still at every unpleasan nt noise Polly vOciferated. shut upr'
 Finally the bird took to careering through the conservatory and fire quently in its rage biting of the small CT branches of the plants. She was captured and tethered by a short string to remote perch Polly seemed to be humiliated. as heretofore she has had the free range of the conservatory After she became a chained prisoner her vivacity deserted her.
 When strangers approached. no vio- lent language was used. Polly hid her head under her wing or dropped 1t be- tween her feet and simply muttered her wrath. This parrot is a native Gu ban and was sent to President Roose. welt about six months ago.
 A Tumble.
 Everybody knows the story in ''The Texas Steer" of the applicant for office who began by living at the finest ho- tels and smoking twenty-five cent ci- gars and finally landed in the cheapest joint that he could find. The story is very nearly duplicated by the case of witness before one of the senate committees who came here from Cali fornia. He travelled in style and upon arriving in Washington secured the most expensive quarters at a fashion able hotel He drew S17O for mileage and expenses and proceeded to have a good time while he waited for the com. mittee 10 examine him. Presently however. his money was all gone. He appealed to tine senate officials in vain for another advance and then discov. cred that his daily expenses were about three times as much as the gov. ernment would allow him. The rapid. ity with which that witness gave up his expensive quarters and sought small back room in cheap lodging house was q caution.
 Solid old Floors.
 The tearing up of the floors of tue east room of the White Hons:' prepaya tory to the Improvements in the build ing has uncovered many indications h. ..ff h.- ,;,l tache of the executive mansion. For instance. the blanks of the floor of the east room must have been put down many years ago. and don't suppose that new flooring has ever been put in. ! The flooring was held to the big gir- 1 ders by means of iron cleats, which ! resemble a formidable mod | ern nail. The head is like that of spike. but the body is rather 1 slender. There is no doubt that they i were put in to stay and to hold the 1 flooring. In other parts of the east | room have been found handmade nails | The present generation does not know how a handmade nail looks There is | ! great demand for souvenirs from the , work in the east room. but the fore ! man will not allow anything to be talk i en away"
 The President on Duty.
 The president will not go away from ! Oyster Bay for any considerable length , of time until the last of August, when . be will visit Maine and New England | states. In September he will be on trains a good deal and also in October. His vacation, with the ex- eeption of a few weeks early in Sep tember. will practically come to an end the Last of August.
 Mayor William c. Maybury of De troit. accompanied by Senator McMil Ian, saw the president the other day and completed arrangements for the visit of the latter to Detroit upon the of the convention of the Span- sh war veterans in that city in Sep tember. The president will arrive in Detroit Sunday morning, Sept. 21, go- ng there direct from Cincinnati, which ,ity he will visit Sept 20. Tue presi- lent will remain in Detroit until Mon- lay afternoon. the 22d He will re- view the parade of the Spanish war and has promised to address he convention
 Not Many Friends.