The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-26
" Observation-Disclosures
+ Events Of the Deck
I Under Brief Review.

There comes a story from Princetoh
that Mr.. Clevelnnd's failure TO speak
there during the commencement seaaoA
this year is due solely TO the TACT that M
rs taking up all OF his time to prepare 1of
tho big effort at the dedication cefe-
monies at st. Louis. President fooso'
welt will speak at St Louis on the Same
day and from the same platform. The
themes OF the two distinguished men VIII
be tho same, but tho treatment will very
likely be quite different. Thus tho two
men will be brought into comparison ana
there can DO no wonder that tho ex-Presi-
dent Is utilizing all of his time to make
ready for what will probably be the of
fort of his life.
New reports OF carly changes In the
Presidents cabinet arc rife again. 1t ID
now asserted with some Sign OF plnus-
bility that when -eecretnry Root leaves
Warrington this summer to serve on the
Alaskan boundary commission in Lon
don, he Will not return to the Cabinet.
Such Is said to be the present understand
Ing In official circles. Service abrond for
several months on boundary tribunal Is
incompatible with the work Of war sec
rotary; and Mr.. Root Ia quito as likely to
take advantage OF the opportunity to re-
tire from Departmental work Us Becre"
tary Day did when he went to Paris IN
1893 as a peace commissioner.
Little birds that fly out from tho inner
~. w&n,, rau nfrf1
thu abatement that an ordcr has been cir
culated on the quiet, but In official form
nevertheless. that naval officers SHAH
ceaya ''bniting Germany In Interviews
and addresses or either. This. 1t seems.
has been found necessary because inc
president dld not have the grit to take
Admiral Dewey across his knee, hgura-
lively speaking, and spank him as no has
been known to 90 other naval ana army
officers who have been giving TOO free eA-
preston TO their Views. NO ono can De.
ny no matter what may Do his pre)u-
diccs, that Dewey deserved tho knee
treatment quito Us much as some who
have been subjected to II and nobody
can doubt that Germany would have been
h,shly pleased had no gotten his de.
eerts." However. this quiet order VIII
keep Germany from again feeling az
rricyed and It Is we'll enough to lot It go
at that.
A most interesting political story cana
out during tho wcok which tho Brooklyn
Eagle vouches for on tho authority OF "a
friend and political nlly OF ex-senator
HILL" It is TO tho effect that Colonel W.
J. Bryan Is seeking to effect a compro-
mise with tho New York leader, and that
Mr Hill expects to be able to control the
next National Democratic Convention.
Other features OF this story arc that Mr..
Bryan is expected to ncauicsce In tho
nomination OF Judge Parker for the
presidency, ana that Mr.. Hill will con-
sent that Bryan shall BIO permanent, but
not tho temporary chairman OF the con-
yeut!on. Tho reaaon for this distinction
is. Of course that the temporary chair
man will be able to influence the organi-
cation of the convention, while the per-
mnnent will have no power In that direc-
ton. Evidently these things are being
talked about, but 1t Is too carly to say
that they have been made.
The Corporation Bureau OF tho nov, Do
part1nent Of Commerce and Labor 50 get
ting down to work and great progress
was reported for tho wenk just closed.
It Is compiling data by gathering ell
State lnws, and the reports OF all inves-
tigntions within thirty years relating to
this subject. Thus far no corporation
has shown any tendency TO hinder the
bureau In Its labors. although the COM
missioner has had little time to probe for
corporation secrets. AS repository Oh
free-to-all information, hitherto widely
scattered. tho bureau promises TO be
grea. success whatever Its luck may be
In getting inside views OF present cor
pornt!on business.
Id
The new Stock Exchange building,
which was opened for business last week.
IS said to be the nearest to q perfect es-
Establishment OF It's kind In tho world It
contains many new and improved appli-
nnces to facilitate the buying and selling
OF stocks and bonds. There arc IN the
building for use in the enormous business
to be done over five hundred telephones
which will be kept constantly busy at
certain hours OF the day. The building
has been two years in the hands OF tho
architects and builders and It has cost
very large sum OF money.
It Ia less than hundred years since
the vast business of the New York Stock
Exchange began with little meetings OF
men who had commissions to buy or sell
property of various kinds under tree IN
front OF what Is now No. 0s Wall street
dispatch from Lansing, Mich, says'
."rhe proposition to hold tho Republican
National Convention in Detroit as fea-
ture Of the celebration OF the semi-oen-
tennial OF the birth OF the party under
tho Oaks at Jackson. Mich, has created
enthusiasm in the State capital, Auditor
General Powers has communicated with
Senator Hanna, chairman of the Nation-
al Republican COMMITTEES, to secure his
views in regard to the proposition
rnik t,o lra off In w
a convention In, but while our friend tha
enemy are celebrating their birth as
party, why should they not do the whole
thing and hold the National Convention
under those jackson trees. Doubtless
they are still standing.
Senator Clark, OF Montana, one OF tha
| richest men In the United States Senate.
| is too susceptible by far, and hence he Is
| In trouble A handsome young woman