Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-25
TO OBSERVE THE
Holiday RECESS
President Announces That No Cab
met Meetings Will Be Held I'M
til Congress Reassembles.
BRIEF CONFERENCE REGARDING
The SITUATION IN PANAMA
Chief Executive Relieves Senator's by
Announcement That He VIII Not
Appoint Wood to Lieutenant Gem
ernlcy = Secretary Hay Receivers
from Attack of La Grippe.

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meetings will be held during the
holiday recess. Both President Roose-
welt and official advisers will OBJ
serve the recess so far as pub
lie service will permit. Such BUSH
ness as the several cabinet officers may
have with the president will be brought
to his attention by tbs m as individuals,
unless some emergency should arise
which should render it necessary for the
cabinet to assemble as body, for its
consideration.
President Roosevelt left the white
house carly in the day for long ride.
He was unaccompaniedw when he left the
mansion, but later was Joined by a
friend.
Brief Conference Regarding Panama.
Secretary Moody had a brief confer
ence with the president before the latter
went riding. They considered the latest
official adyices received by this navy de-
partment from the Isthmus of Panama
but assurance is given that they are
of no great Importance. Both the pres
ident and Secretary Moody are keeping
in close touch with tn; situation through
the naval officers at the isthmus. Should
anything either significant or important
occur there, the administration will be
advised Immediately.
VIII Not Appoint Wood.
To some of the senators who have par
ticularly Interested themselves in the
pending Wood nomination with an eye
especially to the protection of some oil
the veteran officers of the army, the
president has expressed himself very
plainly to the effect that these officers
have nothing to fear in the immediate
future. AS it was pointed out to him
that there was considerable apprehen-
sion among the friends of these army Of
GERS lest upon the retirement of Gen
Chaffee with the rank of lieutenant gen.
eral the president might appoint Maj
Gen. Leonard Wood to be lieutenant gen.
eral involving the jumping" of num-
Der of distinguished general officers who
never would have chance to attain the
highest rank by reason of Gen. Woods
incumbency in the place for is years
the president has expressly declared that
he has no such Intention Incidentally
; that involved an undertaking on his
part to promote some of these general
officers referred to after Gen. Chaffee's
retirement. But he did not state that
when he made such promotions as he
saw fit he would not close the list by ap-
pointing Gen. Leonard Wood to be lieu
tenant general. The understanding thus
reached with the committee is expected
to have an important influence upon the
action that will had upon the Wood
nomination.
Secretary Hay Better.
After two weeks confinement from
an attack Of la grippe and cold, Secre-
tary Hay is at last able to leave his
bedroom and spend most of each day in
| his library, where he transacts good
deal of his business requiring his per-
sonal attention or in which he is partic.
ularly interested. He still suffers from
hoarseness incident to the rather severe
bronchial attack which yields very slow.
| ly to treatment, and which recalls an at.
tack of the same kind from which he
suffered last winter, involving trip tc
Townsville, Ca, for recuperation
However the approach of the Christ
mas holidays and the necessity of enter.
tanning the diplomatic body at the an.
nual New Years breakfast at his owl
home will probably prevent the taking
OF like trip this time.