St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-02-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Especial correspondence

1oe" Cannon. III the hours Wnen he Is
olonp. and often when some one is with
him, he plays the fascinating game
consistently. Not infrequently he seems
N play it automatically, for he con-
ducts a conversation easily while he
deals and arranges his cards.
Not a long time ago Mr.. Cannon
rppked out Of the window in his corner
room at the Cochran to see if there was
light in the bachelor establishment
of Brother Moody" the secretary Of
the navy. There was. Forthwith Mr..
Cannon journeyed around to the sec
rotary to see what might be doing. Mr..
Moody and Representative Gillett Of
Massachusetts, were at dinner with
some friends, and Mr.. Cannon seated
himself in the parlor. There he saw
mack of cards. AS he waited he start
ed a game of solitaire, and he played
and he played. The secretary and Mr..
Gtllett and their friends came out from
dinner. but Mr.. Cannon was still at his
came of solitaire. They engaged in
conversation and talked in informal
fashion. Mr.. Cannon talked, too, but
he stuck to his game of solitaire.
1t was we'll toward midnight when
he concluded this game with himself,
stepped out into the rain and darkness
and again skipped around the corner
to his own vine and fig tree.
Wants to be "Rura1 Christener."
A San Francisco woman has written
TO Senator Beveridge applying for
nosition as rural christener" At pres
ent no such position exists, but Miss
Rua G. Miller, the applicant, believes
that one shC&ld be created. She has
free delivery routes are designated by
numbers. such as Marion County Rural
Route East ! or West or East =, and
so on. Now, at a reasonable salary,
she would undertake to fit appropriate
names to these new routes, such as Ma
pie Dell, Silver Leaf, Primrose Valley,
Daisy Dingle Hyacinth Hollow, Lilac
Lane and others that might occur to
one of her poetic temperament.
When Miss Miller's suggestion was
forwarded to Superintendent Machen
of the rural free delivery service, he
replied that there had evidently been a
mistake and that rural route inspect
pr" was probably the position desired.
Social Favorites.
There are Il few people in Washing
ION who are almost strangers at their
own dinner tables, except when giving
formal dinner parties themselves.
Among the most invcterate diners out
are Senator and Mrs. Depew, Senator
and Mrs Lodge, General and Mrs. Cor
bin, Senator and the Misses Kean Sec
rotary Moody, Miss Alice Roosevelt
and her bevy of young cousins, all of
whom are in such constant demand
that they are compelled to refuse many
more invitations than the seven days
In the week will permit them to accept.
The daughter of the president is GER
family hard worked young woman
between the continuous breakfasts,
teas, dinners, receptions, dances and
Heater parties half dozen per diem,
given in her honor.
The Minority Leadership.
81 notice that the friends of Mr. John
Sharp Williams claim that he has al
most enough votes pledged to assure
his election to the minority leader
ship" said Representative Shackleford
Of Missouri. ITO make good this claim
they asserted that he would receive the
almost solid votes of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Tennessee. | have
taken some pains to inquire, and l ind
that many members from these states
will support Champ Clark, and many
more of them have not committed
themselves on the subject II the
friends of Mr.. Williams have no tirmer
basis upon which to rest their hopes
than the states named they are easily
elated. We feel very sure that MI
Clark will win the honor"
Department of Commerce.
The passage by the house of the bill
creating a department of commerce
md it's probable passage by the senate
after conference mean the nomination
Of George Bruce Cortelyou, President
Roosevelt's secretary, as the first head
of the new department. The senate
passed the bill at the last session, but
the house has added a number of new
bureaus, making the department much
larger in scope than originally intend
ed. The belief is that the senate VIII
act within short time in taking up the
bill and in probably agreeing to It.
The Democrats are almost sure TO OPP
pose it in the senate, as in the house
on the ground that it is an unfair treat
ment of labor to place the department
Of labor in the new department.
White House Entertainment.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt arc
breaking their own record in the mul
tiplicity of their entertainments They
have constituted Thursday rs White
House day, every Thursday evening III
to the close of the season being rele
gated at the executive mansion elthe'
to state dinner or reception. Besides
these gala things, Mrs. Roosevelt IS adj
dicted to the habit of weekly Monday
teas and Friday muscales.
Seen by II Blind Man.
A few days ago, when private pen
sion bills were under consideration II
the house. General Shattuc Of Ohio was
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