The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-25

made publlc, together with the an
n"unCemeut that his successor. Wh,
w'Ii take Office on May LIST, will h,
Mr. William II Moody, Representa-
i've ia Congress of the SIKH District
IT Massachusetts. Mr.. Moody was
hrs, elected tn the FiftyFourth Con.
gress aud has served ever since with
marked credit. Tie is at present u
member ct the Committee ca appro
rrlatinns and Is regarded Ms second
III command of that important com
mittee of which representative Joseph
Cannon is the Chairman. lie is but
torly.eigh, years old aud will - the
Youngest lnemher e the Cabinet.
The President has announced that
he will leave ror his visit to the Char
lest"n Exposition during the second
week in April. He will tie accom-.
panied Ivy Mrs. aud Miss Roosevelt
MIR r." sevet exerci'ed for the first
time his right to veto on Tuesday,
the bill being one which removed
from he record of a sailor named
John Glass The stigma ofhaviug been
n deserrer. The circumstances which
attended Glass deserliun, which &C.
CURED ut the age Of sixteen. seemed
" he particularly extenuatng. but
he President saws in his messap,
The names Of the veterans VIII,
ought in the Civil War make The
."n"r list of the Republic and an
not willing I" put up"n it thu nam,
If man unworthy of the high posi-.
ton.
The Senate ia still debating the
oros aud cons If the ship subsidy bill
senator Vest, who is bilr,rly oppose
10 the e"sure. made brilliant
| speech "n the euhlect this week al
h"ugh I've Was Obliged to leave p
SICK bel TO d" 40. Senator Mallory ol
Fl"idia aIso spoke against tie meas
! nre. hut the friel ds f tie till nu
confident that il will pnss the Senate
and have great hopes of the bill be
-"ning law
understand hat the Senate Com
mttee IA lnteroc,anic Canals is pr,
paired {" ruhn,it irs report ard thai
he report Will be- accompanied bv =
minority report favorirg The Panama
route. Ii would appear that Colon.
hin was not particularly anxious to
have the canal constructed aero,
her territory from the position sh.
has adopted and ! am tod that the
attitude of Nicaragua aud C.s,s
RIGA is in sharp con'r to tie di,s.
tory tactics purs ed by the former
country. A member If The commit.
tee stated recently that both ;he Int.
ter countries had made definite nro.
positions to the State Department
and that they were wiling To- loae,
the requisite baud f,r $1,000 600. OF
which Sc OO0, 900 would go 10 Mic
= sragna and 81 100000 to Costa Ricr
There is growing lack Of inieres
on the part If The senators, however
and 1t now seems likely THAI th,r,
will he no definite legislation N tbi
seesion. | have heard that there Is
s'"cme "n foot fr Cong essloma
CO nmissi"n To- visit the isthmu. viii
a vicwil" investigating The two rnut,
'nt am NOT prepared to say ,hat sue
, 'cri"u will he taken.
!, Representative Robert Adams. Jr
f Peunsy lvauia, told me ytsterds
thai h. sill had come hope that h
would ne able To- get his bill for Nh
Z ri.rm "f The consular service befni
he II"me Mr. Adams, when d
yas Minister" Brnzil twelve YEA
ago nude q careful Interrogation ,
our consular s,s'em md he then con
menced campaign tor lts organizi
ION unher civil service rules i'm whic
nv has never faltered "With on
exception consider this bill Nh
most important before Congress {,
day," said Mr. Adams. Every o
tort In being made To extend ou
.uTeign trade but mo moro sr,.,.s.c