The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-16
INTERESTING ANECDOTES
FROM NATIONAL CAPITAL.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

Washington, March 15.-Mr Cortelyou,
the Secretary Of tia new Department of
Commerce and Labor, has at last obtained
suitable quarters for his staff. When the
bill creating the department was signed,
Mr.. Cortelyou gave up his fine big mahog
any desk which he used as Secretary to the
President to Mr.. Loeb, his successor and
took a little typewriter desk in one corner
OF the room in the White House offices oc-
cupied by the stenographers. His Office fur
niture consisted Of this desk and three
chairs.
The second day the new Cabinet Minister
was thus located a big man weighing 800
pounds came In and applied for the posi-
ton Of mail messenger. The caller was ex-
planning his great activity when the chair
gave way and he fell to the floor.
There" exclaimed Secretary Cortelyou,
you have destroyed one-third Of my de-
partment. You may be all right as a mail
runner. but do not think you will be
success In sedentary position"
There Is a certain bureau chief in the
Navy Department who declares that much
Of his valuable time is consumed by listening
to retired naval officers who want pleasant
assignments on active duty.
Their requests have come to sound to me
like this" remarked the bureau chief, in
It'd like to have a nice soft Job,
Where could simply Be
sort Of weekly visitor,
To draw my salaree
And. then, as that got burdensome
An seemed inclined to bore me,
I'd like to have some fellow paid
To 90 and draw It for me-
During the illness of Justice Day Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States at the
Arlington Hotel. the soicitude Of Senator
Hanna fer the welfare Of his friend has
been touching.
The day the ailment Of the distinguished
jurist developed alarming features Senator
Hanna had to go to the Capitol.
II do not know" replied Senator Hanna.
First want to know how Judge Day Is
getting along. All the treaties and all the
work Of the Senate are as nothing to me
to-day 30 long as my friend Is in danger"
During the crisis In Judge Days illness
the first perRon to inquire about him in
the morning and the last>at night was the
Junior Senator from Ohio. The first flowers
went to the sick room from Senator Hanna
and Mrs. Day was constantly in receipt of
little acts Of sympathy from the man from
Cleveland, who thinks her husband one of
the greatest characters in the entire Judi
ciary Of the United States
Reports that Chief Justice Fuller of the
Supreme Court would retire this winter and
would Be succeeded by William TAFT, Gov
ernor Of the Philippines, have been laid to
rest by the friends Of the Chief Justice him
self. Chief Justice Fuller has no notion Of
retiring from the bench. He feels that he
can do more work and better work than
when he went on the bench. lie is remark
ably well preserved. although low In his
seventy first year.
The United States training ship Mononya-
hela carries an extraordinary outfit of big
rs nd aVrfzA1 N@Al L..
from six feet four to four feet six. When
Rear Admiral Goghlan paid an official visit
to the ship at San Juan, February 2, he
wns taken aback by having to run the
gauntlet OF six colossal side boys who
lowered aloft like the pillars of Hercules,
He modestly inquired:
Are these only boys. Ut are they Barnum
giants?''
"Oh. just everyday boys" answered
Captain Rees. They are tho KIND o. chill
dren we raise here"
On leaving the ship m hour later, six
pigmies-the smallest frv-aad supplarted
the Goliaths at the post Of honor
"What-what are thess7" asked the Ad-
miral as he looked down upon the diminu-
tive infants.
This is different lotr'
NO" replied the Captain, 1.-THE same an
prentices.'
SIR gasped the incredulous Admiral.
well, SIR" explained Captain Rees. won
see. they are very shy. defferential lot
They always dwtndle and shrink I'D this
way In the presence Of real fuIl-blown
Rear Admiral. They will grow again
The Admiral retreated laughingly over the
| side.
Soon after President Roosevelt attracted
attention to the subject OF large families he
received from Second Assistant Postmaster
General Shellenberger the photograph of
| the family OF W. G. Rowland, star route
| mail carrier In Missouri, which showed nine
boys ranging in age from to q. The mes
sage Mr.: sheilenberger got back from the
President was:
Send my best wishes to the citizen and
tell him think he Is true patriot-the
sort OF man We need more Of In this coun-
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