Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-04
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incident sketched
on the SPOT.

full information in the volume on Foreign
Relations OF the United States" just issued
by the State department. Among other
things the volume contains copies OF In
structions sent to the diplomatic and con-
sular representatives of the United States
relative to the issuance Of passports, the
purpose being to secure greater uniformity
in the system. The attention OF the agents
OF this government is called to the fact that
while the United States does not discrimi-
nate between native-born and naturalized
citizens, yet, says the department, "in de-
%termining the question Of the conserva-
tion Of American citizenship and the right
to receive a passport Il is only reasonable
to take into account the purpose for which
the citizenship is obtained.
"A naturaliZed citizen who returns TO
the country Of his origin and there resides
without any tangible manifestations Of an
intention to return to the United States
may therefore generally be assumed TO
have lost the right to receive the protec-
tion Of the United States"
It Is urged. however, that full prot0"-
ton is to be accorded a naturalized c''i
zen until he manifests an effectual ahan.
donment OF his residence and donic'le in
the United States.
The present cabinet is made up OF men
with shorter names than any set of cabinet
officials in many years, observes the
Washington Star. Five OF the nine adj
visers of the president bear names OF only
one syllable each. These are Secretaries
Hay. Root, Shaw, Postmaster General
Payne and Attorney General Knox. Sec
rotary Moody has not a long name; neither
has Secretary Wilson. Secretary Hitch
1 aOpk has nina laftara and turo SvlIok1aq
in his name. Secretary Cortelyou has nine
letters and three syllables. His is the
hardest Of all the cabinet names to pro-
nounce. All the others are plain. The
predecessors OF these men, however, did
not have long names, and IL the letters Of
all the men who Immediately preceded them
we're put together the results would be
almost the same as at present-in fact, just
one letters difference. Secretary Hay sue
ceeded Secretary Day, the same number OF
letters. Secretary Root succeeded Secretary
Alger, a gain of one letter. Secretary Shaw
took the place Of Secretary Gage, the same
number of letters. Mr.. Payne came into
the cabinet when Charles Emory Smith
went out, the same number of letters. At
torney General Knox took the place of John
W. Griggs, a gain of two letters, and Sec
rotary Moody followed John D. Long, a loss
" OhS IL hNS hbh ud
two letters less in their names than the
five men who preceded them.
The value of a short name In department
tai work is appreciated by heads of de-
partments and their assistants. The thou
sands Of documents to be signed daily make
1t laborious and tedious work to repeat a
long signature SO often. In fact, hundreds
Of men have wished that they could have
attained equal lame and Importance under
shorter names. 1t is nearly always the
case that when a new cabinet officer takes
charge he will begin by signing his name
In full, like Benjamin B. Smith," but he
will not keep this up long, and in a month
will have reached the conclusion that "B
B. Smith is good enough for all Official
papers. In some especial document he may
sign his name in the full style, but he re
serves that as a sort Of special affair, like
q Sunday suit OF clothes.