Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-08
big appropriation. The result is as

1uelS 10 6OOu pIOSpeCC tudl Uue dp-
preparation for Des Moines will be in
creased to $15O,O0O in the senate.
Hopes for American Building in Paris.
Miss Smedley, the philanthropic wo-
man who has been striving to secure
an appropriation of $250,000 with
which to construct national institute
for Americans in Paris, upon ground
rendered this government by France
upon condition that the building would
be erected. is much encouraged over
the prospect. 1t was hoped to get an
item in the sundry civil bill providing
for the acceptance of the land, valued
at 100000 from France and laying
a legislative foundation for the meas
ure. would first be necessary. Miss
Smedley has interested Senator Frye
prise, and he has entered heart and
soul into the project, introducing a
bill for that purpose. Miss Smedley
has the earnest support of Senator
Dolliver, Hon. George E. Roberts, Sen
ator Allison, Senator Depew and men,
bers of the Iowa delegation in con-
gress who will support the measure
when it comes up for action. Miss
Kirkup, sister of Mrs. Geo. E. Roberts,
has been of very great assistance to
Miss Smedley in the enterprise.
Shaw Makes No Mistakes.
A reporter for morning paper, who
docs the White House," says Secre-
tary Shaw is making good,' to use
his own expression. This reporter is
perhaps in as favorable a position to
learn the general public pulse, so far
as it relates to officials, as a man III
the country. He says Secretary Shaw
has not made mistake up to this
time. He has won favor en- every
hand; personal favor and favor from
the cold standpoint of official acts The
reporter says he has heard only kind
words and favorable comment concern
ing Secretary Shaw and believes he
will make great record.
Keep Your Eye on Shaw.
The undertaking before Secretary
Shaw was not one to be coveted. He
followed financier of recognized ge-
MUS, who had taken the treasury at
low water mark and turned it over to
his successor at mountaineering point.
The opportunity for improving the con-
dition of affairs was slight. The
chance to fall down in hundred
ways, was always at hand. Shaw is
still a good man to keep your eye on.
Wilson Fixture.
Every few days the rumor that Sec
rotary Wilson is to "go" energies from
somewhere has a brief season and then
is put to rest. Secretary Wilson'S
permanency in the Office he now so
ably fills has been heralded in these
dispatches more than once. There
ought to be no further occasion to re-
fer to this matter There is no
thought of another man for secretary
of agriculture.
The Man Is First.
President Roosevelt has his own
ideas about his cabinet. He is look
ing for the men. The question of geo
graphical location is not a matter of
great Importance to him. If a vacan-
cy should occur in the cabinet, and the
President found just the man he want
ed to succeed to the portfolio, he would
invite him into the official circle even
if he happened to be from Iowa.
Wolcott May Be Favored.
1t is generally understood that be-
fore a great while Secretary Hitch
cock will resign the interior portfolio
While he has made a good official he
is not precisely the kind of man that
the President would have selected.
The general belief is that former Sen
ator Edward Wolcott of Colorado, will
be the next secretary of interior. The
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, and the
Wolcotts have been very close friends
for many years and it is understood to
be the desire of the President that Sen
ator Wolcott should enter the cabinet.
Washington, May 8.
1t appears that developments have
removed w. l. Buchanan of Sioux
City, late manager of the Pan-Ameri-
can exposition at Buffalo, and prior to
that minister to Argentine Republic,
from the list of eligible candidates for
the diplomatic post at Havana. AT
this time H. G. Squires, who stood
the time of the boxer massacre, is
understood to be the leading candidate
for the Cuban mission and will likely
be appointed.
Hull Hopes for Des Moines.
Congressman Hull is hopeful of be-
ing able to secure an additional $685.
600 for the Des Moines public build
ing site when the bill is taken up by
the senate committee on public build
ings and grounds. The chairman of
that committee is Senator Fairbanks
of Indiana. Senator Fairbanks is very
anxious that the old arsenal grounds
at Indianapolis shall be bought in and
turned over to the government for use
as an army post. The first requisite
in the long and rocky road to success
will be to secure favorable report
upon that proposition from the house
committee on military affairs, of which
Congressman Hull is chairman. With
out favorable report no action could
be taken in the direction of an army
post at Indianapolis and the project
would die right there. Capt. Hull is
in a position to render Senator Fair
banks substantial service in the In
dianapolis army post matter and Sen
ator Fairbanks, as the chairman of
the senate committee on public build
ings and grounds with the stroke of a
pen can add the desired $4,000 to the
houSe apprOpriatiOn OF course that