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HON. ]. Y. JOINER.


tee, and this list will be added to from
time to time.
HON. J. Y. JOINER.
Jasper School House, Northampton
August 18th.
Ormondsville, Greene county, August Is.
Sparta, Allegheny county, August u
Laurel Springs, Allegheny county, August
%.
Helton Academy, Ashe county, Aug. "a.
Jefferson, Ashe county August %.
Franklin, Macon county, August %.
Highland, Macon county, August %.
DIR. CHARLES D. McIvER.
Castalia, Nash county, August 21st.
Kirby, Northampton county, September.
PROF. ]. B. CARLYLE.
Kittrell, Vance county August II.
Jonesville, Yadkin county, August Is.
Broomvile, Yadkin county, August IA.
Yadkinville, Yadkin county, (night),
August ID.
West Bend Yadkin county, August is.
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes county, p.
m, August II.
Moravian Falls, Wilkes county, August
Is.
Kendall, Wilkes county, August 10.
New Hope, Wilkes county, August 90.
Bugaboo, Wilkes county, August %.
HON. JOHN H. SMALL.
Mt. Gilead. Cabarrus county, August
18th.
Mt Pleasant, Cabarrus county, August
18th.
Georgeville. Cabarrus county, August
goth.
Bethel Cabarrus county. August 21st.
Harrisburg, Cabarrus county, August %.
HON. R. B. WHITE.
Blowing Rock, Watauga county, August
Sth.
Skulls Mills, Watauga county, August IL.
Mabel Watauga county, Aug. 18th.
Meat Camp, Watauga county, august 49,
Boone, Watauga county, August 18th,
(night).
Newton, Catawba county, Aug. 18th.
Popular Tent, Cabarrus county, August
II.
Mt. Gilead, Cabarrus county, August 49,
Mt. Pleasant. Cabarrus county, August
10.
Georgeville, Cabarrus county, August 90
Bethel, Cabarrus county, August 81.
Harrisburg. Cabarrus county, August %.
HON. R. F. BEAsLEY.
Pink Hill. Lenoir county, August 18th
Blancheville, Robertson county, Aug. 20.
Centenary, Robson county. Aug. 81.
DR.. G. T. WINSTON.
Haywood county week ending August 15
Enon. Pennsylvania county, August 20th.
Brevard, Pennsylvania county, August
22nd.
Hob Back, Pennsylvania county, August
24th.
Dillsboro, Jackson county, August 18th.
Silver, Jackson county, August 18th.
Webster, Jackson couny, August 10th.
PROF. j. E. RAY.
Ridge Academy, Lincoln county, Aug. u.
Daniels School House, Lincoln county,
August 18th.
Lincolnton, Lincoln county, Aug. 18th,
(night).
Iron Station, Lincoln county. Aug. 14th.
Louisville, Lincoln county, Aug. 10Th.
DIR. THOMAS NEWLIN.
Jonesville, Yadkin county, August IS.
Bonneville, Yadkin county, August IA.
Yadkinville, Yadkin county, August IA,
(night).
West Bend, Yadkin county, August Is.
Augusta, Davie county, Augu. 18th.
Fork Church, Davie county, Aug. 18th,
(right).
Advance, Davie county, Aug. 18th.
Pennington, Davie county, Aug. 30th.
White School House, Aug. goth, (night).
HON. WALTER NJ. THOMPSON.
Bryant's Chapel, Brunswick county, Au-
gust 18th.
Leland, Brunswick county, August 18th
(night.)
Town Creek, Zion, Brunswick county,
August 18th.
Davis Creek Academy, Brunswick coun-
ty, August 18th (night.)
Southport, Brunswick county, Aug. 18th.
Lockwood Folly, Brunswick county, Au-
gust 18th (night.)
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NEW YORK MONEY.

~aIl nym a closing 26o2k time money
firm. 60 days 40H; 90 DAYS S. sig months
s 100. Prime mercantile paper $500 ster'-
Ing exchange nmi al actuI bushes In
uanker Ills at ie50sO for dem an
4<3G15 for 60 day bills. Posted rates
$500 on. and Commercial bills 483hO
Bar silver SIS Mexican 42A.
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Barbee e. Co.'s
Cotton Letter.
Especial to News and observer.)

New York, August 8.-Renewed liquida-
ton and generalization in the stock mark
ct had some effect on prices this morning.
The wonderful progress of the cotton crop
in the South and many. of the finest re-
ports ever received from the cotton belt
at this season of the year, have operated
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For Whooping Cough use
CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the name OF
the Raleigh and Eastern North Carolina
Railroad Company has been changed ny
the stockholders of said company to the
Raleigh and PamHco Sound Railroad Com
pany, as is provided in the charter OF In
corporation passed at the last session Of
the Legislature.
J. M. TURNER, President.
!. B. BARBEE, Vice-PresIdent.
June 9th. 1903.
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100000 Reward!

The undersigned stockholders of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank of New
Bern, North Carolina, hereby offer re-
ward of Four Thousand Dollars for the APP
prehension and delivery to the proper of
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WEEKLY BANK STATEN ENT.

New York. Aug. S.-The statement of
averages OF the clearing house banks oil
this city for the week shows:
Loans $912 ,6e7 zoe, increase sS.S32, 600.
deposits s?le. 500, increase s3.414, 500;
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REUNION OF CAMP RYAN.
Gala Day at Maxton--- chivalry and Beauty
in the Line.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Maxton. N c., August S.-The reunion
in Maxton of Camp Ryan Confederate
Veterans, proved a great success, and a
gala day long to be remembered by the
thousands gathered here from half a
dozen counties.
The exercises were begun at 1920 a. m.
when the crowd assembled on the green
just above Maple Shade Inn, to form
line of march to Camp Ryan. The Rock
ngham brass band led. followed by the
Maxton National Guards, who acted as an
escort to the company of hoary-headcd
old veterans, who came next in line in
columns of twos. Just after the veterans
came the handsomely decorated float,
drawn by six white horses caparisoned IN
white. Enthroned on this float was the
queenly sponsor of Camp Ryan, Miss An
ME Lane McRae, of Maxton, surrounded
by her five lovely maids of honor, ex-
quistely gowned in white.
Following this were a large number of
decorated conveyances of various kinds,
one of which contained dozen small boys
who sang, as the parade moved down the
streets, the grand old tune of Dixie
Then came long line of vehicles, a host
of pedestrians bringing up the rear. Up
and down the line on either side rode the
marshas and numerous other horsemen.
Arrived at Patterson's Park, the speech
of welcome was made by Hon. G. B. Pat
terson, of Maxton the able and popular
Congressman of the Sixth district. In
closing he introduced Prof. Myrover.
Capt. w. S. Norment of Lumberton. was
the veteran chosen for the response TO
the speech of welcome. The orator Of
the day was the Hon. Harry L. Myrover,
of Fayetteville, veteran known and loved
throughout the State and idolized by his
fellow ex-soldiers. The address Of Prof.
Myrover was both scholarly and eloquent
and inspired frequent and prolonged
bursts of applause.
At 1870 O'Clock a generous dinner was
served and the rich viands prepared By
the worthy matrons of Maxton and the
Surrounding country side were thoroughly
enjoyed At intervals before and after
the speaking and during dinner, the brass
band discoursed sweet music. The re-
union was undoubtedly the biggest occa-
sion and greatest success experienced Iii
Robson county for many years.
Thursday evening, the Annie Laurie
Cotilion Club gave a brilliant german in
honor of the sponsor of Camp Ryan her
maids of honor and the visiting young
ladies.
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o. A. L. STOCKS AND BONDS.

BALTIMoRE. Aug Sea board Air Line
common 18%G1A. preferred 14A04.
Bonds 80, II
Atlantic Coast Line. common, =. a :.
preferred -.
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1opxsISs. HIGHEST. LOWEST CLOSING
s,ash quotat,ons were as follows

Cash quotat,ons were as FOLLOWS
Flour steady; winter oatents 81 80; straights
S35(s7h2. 70;b kers $3.50 as 30
3.2o0340; cl iars 50 35ll3 ando spring snecials
i20; sprng paseuts SoO9t4O; DO q" 0s straigh'
Oats s5aSs; Mo-, 35nGa6h' No 3 white teo,
'reding oariey Ssa4;2 fair to choice msltln !:
'rime timo'hy seed 3.4O; Mess oorsl per hbl
short rihs eide, loo.e. 100 $50 Dry
sides boxed. Si03 Whskey basis high
grade wine l.3O; Glover. contract s'aie. l2,OOG;O
NEW YORK
New York. Aug. Flour was firm
winter ratents g. 5000. go: Minnesota paten 450
0475; Minn boxer a. 3UOt.63
Rye -four ste ids fair 70 good s. 9013.3O; choice
TO fan " , .906h225
Corn mes steady. yellow wes5erp 81 r.
parlev stea y feeding p maitin' 30.
Barley -" steady western 650l66
Wheat firm No. 2, red, SiX; Closing
septehbsr $50. Decembr SO
Co-p-Spot firm; No. g 59A closing Ju'y -.
. Spot stea " No 2. IS; standar white IS.
q ef steady amiiV 40 0G1l0Al: mess ~ OJD
30; beef hams s2l'5o@24.0O. packe' slg5@ll: >
pi kid shoulders 606X picked hans LAO 3
Lard fir n Western steamed OO; refined
steady; tontinent 500; compo1n 7407H
p"rx dull; fairly II OC0 1850 short Gle r 10 {,
0l7.75: ms IS sl6 501l7 IS.
rAIlow quiet; city per package 4%0; country
Ros'n essy; strained common tcgood, 50t2O5;
~drpentlae firm 52H053
Rice: firm domestic, fair toe1tta 4AG6 : (;
apan 4x0 (.
Molasses: firm: New Orleans, open Kettle.
rood 20 choice, 3lQ140
Coffee-soot Rio Quiz No invoice BIS
mild easy; cordovs TOLL
Sug'' raw ste dy air refining 10 10 mol
ass es 2 1913 -efned firm;
t. Ter steady; extra creamery 10, Safe dairy
l40l7x.
ored 1925: wi tie, fail maize, 1925
Eggs 70 Q: state AND Pennsylvania 2lG1
Southern, Wesf rn extras l9;
Potatoes ,taady; State and western lSl.
lbs. IS 02l2 sJuth Va sweets 12796 Je.
iesnIIs firm fancy nand-picsed 4.W4A
CabbGges st ally; L. l. sl@i@s8 BALTIC
Cotton seed oil was dull and unsettled
Prime crjde {. o. b. mills. 2SG29, prime
summer yellow 431N. of summer ye,low
OBI prime white 470t8, prime winter yellow
i7, prime meal s27OO127.5o nom
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
BALTIMORE. August g. Flour quiet.
Winter nat 'nts 3950i; ,pring patents T. $50 O'
Wheat Quiet Sou9 SPOT Southe "he"' o'
CcIn strong spo- 5s04; Juy O..
Southern white corn 81 059.
Cats steady; No. whit, 49, 039
Rye firmer. Nc. 2 55s: No. western. =
Rutte. steady unchanged; fancy imltAtlon ~
OILS fsnc7 Gre .merJ lU9.
Eggs staa v; fresh lt0l7
Chesse steady 1890; large small lU7IW ~
Sugar firm; fine and coarse granulasea o Zlh
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circulation SAB GIG, 900, increase $2972, 900,
lega! tenders SIT, S13 300, increase $4,000;
specie S17l ,S41, 800, increase $1,1o1 600; re-
serve S249. Co., 200, decrease 81 1863, 800; re-
serve required 1929, 06S, 12o. increase $603,
7O0 surplus $21 ,5S7, 075, decrease $2,473,O0o'
ex-U. S. deposits $50, $40, sou, decrease 3d.
4eg 6E5
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Aug. ga bullish sentiment
pervaded the grain pits today and on a
good demand wheat ruled strong Septem-
Der closing nc up. September corn Is
higher; oats Is and provisions from five
to ten cents higher.
I.aao ny IN. urAs ranRan a. foiiows.
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wv ORLEANS. LA. Aug. 8 -Cottol
LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL. Aug. 8 40. 3m. -Ctoton-Srot
closing fair demand prices s eady
American middliug fair ZIP; good middline
90 uns ding 6.64 good ordinary f-12 orjin-
airy 5,92, Fhe sales of the day were 40 o bales
of which son for speculation and export anc
Included 4.hOO American, receipts
including no American.
Futures opened aud closed quiet.
American nliddling, go. c.:
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LANDSLIDE ON THE
STOCK EXCHANGE
Prices Plunge on Bank State
ment's Appearance.
BIG INCREASE IN LOANS
This After Week Of Such Heavy Liquidation
Was too Much for the equaniruiy Of
The Market---The Close
Weak.
BIG INCREASE IN LOANS
(By the Associated Press )

New York, Aug. S.-The week in dry
goods ends with jobbers sanguine of the
future after having experienced salts
factory week. In certain quarters the
belief in higher prices for goods is growing
owing to the Strengthening of conditions
caused by the curtailment of production
at the mills. Business at first hands con-
tinues restricted.
NEW YORK COTTON.
New York, Aug. S.--The cotton market
opened steady with prices l to 8 points
lower under renewal of the pressure
noted early yesterday and IN spite OF
cables which were about two points bet
ter than expected. The weather reported
over the belt, however, was favorable and
thi. enc uraged tfscrlngs which We're also
stimulated by the apparent absence OF buil
support Prices, however, fluctuated With
in narrow limits. August sold down to
11.41, a net loss of points, while Sep
TENDER selling at 1925 or the call. recov-
cred to 1040 then turned easier again
while the late months though somewhat
irregular displayed declining tendency
YORK Aug. a.-Gottnn spot c'osed
quiet; points lowe middltng upland
1875 middliug gulf ,3.C0 sales IL Daies.
Futr res opened easv
m fTlf Pm IA n lnaAd
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EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
Dates When Prominent Citizens Will Speak at
Educational Rallies.

The FLOWING educational rallies have
been arranged by the executive commit
tee, and this list will be added to from
time to time.
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No such thing as summer complaint
where Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawberry is kept handy. Natures rene.
dy for every looseness of the bowels.
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Group instantly relieved. DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil. Perfectly safe. Never
fails At any drug store.
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What PROTECTION Means

Burwen of Charlotte, N c. who
of
Phcy
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Eczema, scald head, hives, itchiness of
the skin of any sort instantly relieved,
permanently cured. Doan's Ointment. At
any drug store.
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Original Rate, Without New Examination.

respectively 1893 without increase rate
annual cost OF $619 $1,000
COMPANIES FOLLOW
paid death this
during the last ten
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Burdock Blood Bitters gives a man a
clear head, an active brain, strong, Wig
our body-makes him fit for the battle
of life
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Jasper School House, Northampton
county, August 18th.
Ormondsville, Greene county, August 10.
Sparta, Allegheny county, August II
Laurel Springs, Allegheny county, August
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-06
ADOPTS PET OF LEO XIII.
of Late PentIh, to Remain
with Pope Plus.

Pope Plus has adopted the late Leo
XIII. g pet, white dove, which the holy
father used to feed at certain hour
every morning. The pope allows it in his
room, where 1t perches on his writing
desk, and. like Leo, he daily saves some
bread crumbs for its food. This white
dove was among the last visitors Pope
Leo received. en- the second morning
proceeding his death the winged pet
knocked at his bedroom window with its
beak, and when admitted flew upon the
bed, walking over the pope's chest and
looking into his eyes. With great diff
Guilty Leo laid his hand on the doves
head. petting 1t gently and whispering a
farewell.
The servants of the vatican called the
dove "The Holy Ghost" but Pope Plus,
when he heard 1t, forbade the designation
which he called sacrilegious. Just to
prove that the dove is nothing but an or
binary pigeon will feed it hereafter" he
said, "as the great Leo did" Several
Italian artists are at work painting the
scene, Leo on his death bed visited by
the white dove"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-06

1aSnlOn 1Or lovers
Of good eating to drive for a supper
Since then the place has had It's vicis-
STUDIES, but the permanent interest Of
1t lies In remarkable bridge erected
across the creek at a height of over a
hundred feet, through which runs the
acqueduct which for many years sup
piled the city of Washington with wa
ter.
This bridge was constructed by Gen.
M. c. Meigs, and is a work of engineer
ing which is hardly surpassed any
where. It is monument to the skill
Of the engineers of the United States
army. Although it was finished a.
years ago, 1t remains to-day the
greatest stone arch in the world, and
such it is likely to remain. for stone
construction has now given place to
steel and 1t is not probable that any
other stone arch will ever spring into
existence to compete.
The bridge was begun when Jetfer-
son Davis was secretary Of war in the
administration of Franklin Pierce. It
was completed ten years later, just at
the beginning of Abraham Lincoln's
administration. when Simon Cameron
was secretary of war. A tablet was
affixed to the side. high up, commem-
Grating these facts, but a few weeks
after it was put in place Davis became
president Of the Confederacy and his
name by order Of Stanton was chisel-
ed out. The mutilated tablet still re-
mains.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-06

Mindanao would The Moro in Subsection
havemade his name ring throughout the
country If it had been done two or
three years ago, when attention was
conferred on hostilities In the Philip
pines. but Pershing's opportunity came
after the novelty Of the Philippines
experiment had worn of and while the
eyes Of the world were turned another
way. That does not diminish the cred
1t Of his achievement In the eyes of
his official superiors, and 1t will not
diminish his reputation when history
comes to write about Inn.
Until Pershng came on the scene the
Moros had the reputation of being in
vincible. Spain had held the Philip
pines for centuries without undertake
ing to subdue them, and 1t seemed as
though they might hold out against
civilizing agencies for century more.
He was only a captain, graduated at
West Point in 1886. and he had a
small force at his command, but he
fought his way through the wilderness
Of the island, beating back the savage
band that opposed his progress and
then having whipped everything in
sight he set to work to win the natives
over to the idea of American sovsr-
eighty.
He learned their language, he studied
the Koran, and he made repeated ex-
petitions through the island telling
about the wonders of America, inn
pressing the natives with sense Of
the power Of the United States and in
spring them with hope that some
thing of all these stories was coming
to them. They called him "Datto
Pershing," and looked up to him with
reverence. "Datto Pershing" is on
leave now for the first time in years,
but he won't talk about what he has
done.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-06
4 MAMMOTH ON ICE.
The Body of a Gigantic Animal Is
Found in Russia.
Was in Perfect State of Preservation
Although Thought to Have Been
Buried for Thousands
of Years.

The Academy of Sciences in st.
Petersburg has lately received an eX-
traordinary acquisition-a complete ei-
gantlc mammoth, with even its skin in
perfect state of preservation.
When the news came that such a
mammoth had been found the academy
sent out an expedition under DR.. Otto
Herr to the spot, a wild place on the
bank of the Beresovka river, where a
recent landslide had disclosed the gil
gantic animals body. DR.. Here's party
had the greatest difficulty in getting the
animal out of it's ice bed. A wooden
house was built and fires lighted to
thaw the ice. At last 1t was all re-
moved and got to st. Petersburg from
Irkutsk.
The hide was perfect and alone
weighed 800 pounds. 1t is covered with
thick, strong hair from eight to 20
inches long.
The flesh, according to expert geolo-
gists, must have lain in the earth and
Ice about 10000 years. 1t is blood red
and has certain elasticity. Between
the flesh and the hide is a coating of
fat three inches and half thick, which
must have enabled the mammoth to
bear the most intense cold.
The stomach, found intact, was filled
with various kinds of grasses and the
teeth were lined with vegetable matter,
predicting that the animal was feeding
when suddenly buried.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-06
MARRIAGE LONG A SECRET.
in Ignorance of the Fact for
Twelve Years.

William Nelson, of Neenah. and Miss
Ellen M. Gaffney, of Fond du Lac, Wis,
were married secretly on June IL, 1891,
and the fact that they have been mar
ried for twelve years was kept secret
until the other day, when Mrs. Nelson
showed her marriage certificate while
visiting friends. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. John Faville. OF the
Congregational church, and the fact
that the brides people are Catholics
had much to do with keeping the mat
ter secret.
Mrs. Nelson says that she ran away to
be married and after the ceremony Wis
tied in North Dakota. Later she at
tended school in Valparaiso, Ind, and
returned to Fond du Lac in 1894. Since
that time they lived in Milwaukee and
Minnesota. She says that she and her
husband are on good terms, but do not
live together now.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-06

sonality and clearest intellect He was
all that with Mckinley and perhaps
more, for Mckinley leaned on him even
more than Roosevelt and depended in
large measure on his initiative and ex-
ecutive ability.
1t is striking circumstance that two
presidents of dispositions so different
should have placed dependence on the
same man and that both should have
found in him just the qualities which
appealed to each. No matter what
view may be taken of Roots policies
and politics nobody will deny him the
possession of intellect Of high order
and capacity for accomplishment
which has been possessed by few.
A fact not generally known was re-
vealed few nights ago by Postmaster
General Payne at dinner party given
to the retiring secretary at the Country
club near Washington. The postmas-
ter general, who was very close to the
inside of the campaign Of 1900, de-
clared and produced the documents to
show that he was right-that when re-
publican leaders were looking around
for candidate for vice president to
run on the ticket with Mckinley their
choice fell on Root and that it was the
presidents desire that Root should be
selected, but that Root refused to let
his name be used, as he preferred to
stay in the war department and COM
plete the work there he had begun
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-06

the creation ana de- Inc O!d Time Secretary
velopment of other OF War
departments the war department sank
into a subordinate place, and in the
whole history of the United States
there are only two war secretaries who
had great regulations in Office prior to
1898-Edwin M. Stanton and Jefferson
Davis.
Davis as secretary conceived and ex-
ecuted the plan Of seacoast fortifca-
tons which, for that day, was the most
complete and up to date of any country
in the world. He did great work
which ought not to be altogether for
gotten In the later treason. Stanton
was, Of course, real war secretary
with all that the title implies. But
with those exceptions, up to 1893 the
secretary of war was regarded as one
of the minor positions in the cabinet,
so far as work and influence were con-
cerned. 1t was position where every
thing went by roatine and where there
was little for secretary to do except
occasionally to assert his dignity and
prerogative against commanding gen
eral. Among the later presidents it
grew to be the practice that the poll
tician Of the administration was put
at the head of the war department be-
cause his official duties were less likely
there to interfere with his political
work than in any other place.
The war with Spain changed all this.
The enlargement and reorganization Of
the army, the acquisition of distant
possessions requiring certain degree
Of military supervision. and the thrust
ing forward Of the United States into
position among nations where she
was more likely to become an object
Of envy and attack have combined to
make it essential that the secretary of
war shall be man of the very highest
ability and that he shall attend to busi-
ne1s. Root has filled the bill.