The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-08-27

to Consular offices, and no competitive
examination of applicants takes place
now, though some - years ago there were
such examinations to some extent. Ap.
plicants to salaried Consular positions up
to and including those paying $1,000 a
year have to pass non-competitive exam.
nation embracing the rudimentary knowl.
edge theoretically required in the public
service and in addition an acquaintance
| with the elements of International law
and the volume of the United States Con-
sular regulations.
i So indignant is one Republican mem
Der of Congress over the curt order re-
firing Gen. Miles from the Army and he
intends TO offer a joint resolution, provid-
| ing that gold medal shall be struck,
concentrating the event and presented
to the old hero, who has been in more bat
ties than any living American General. He
Claims that 1t will so through with rush.
TIE resolution will also provide that a
large number of duplicate medals in
bronze be east, and given to such officers
| as Gen. Miles may select.
Under the General Staff system just put
in force at the War Department there will
be in time of peace a rigid investigation
of all branches of the service. Informal
the General Staff concerning the resources
of all world powers. Imaginary cam
paigns will be planned against them. The
roads and bridges, the climate and the pos
SIbllity OF sustaining an army on the soil
of foreign countries will be considered
With the information cola ted by the mem
bers of the General Staff the head of TIE
Army will have at immediate command
every detail needed for the direction Of an
army of offense and defense. AS has been
repea tedly asserted, the departure does
not mean the building up of military sys-
tenn which shall endanger, even remotely,
existing institutions.
1t does not mean that the Nation pro-
poses to engage in war or that the author
tiles fear Il world struggle. On the con-
trary, the theory behind the movement for
the new and better army is that state of
preparedness is the best insurance against
war.
The New York Times, which has no rep
utation for sensationalism, comes forward
with statements rejecting on Secretary
Hitchcock, of the Interior Department. 1t
says that formal charges have been made
to the President that large sIIms of money
realized from sales of town lots i'll several
thriving young cities in Oklahoma, instead
of being expended for public uses, as was
provided by act of Congress, have been de-
posted in st. Louis banks in which Mr..
Hitchcock's friends are interested as stock
holders. The Secretary enters a specific
denial. He says: Every cent of the
money obtained from the sale of town lots
in the Oklahoma Counties were deposited
in the Subtreasury at St Louis, where it
remains to this day, except that which
had been spent according to law"
Exposing the motive of those who in
spire the charges against him, Secretary
Hitchcock goes on to say: 1--WE have
found all sorts of wholesale rascality down
there. Bills for public works have been
sent on here, and We sent Inspectors to
look over the work represented to be per-
formed, and found that it had not been
done satisfactorily. In one case a con-
tractor sent in bill and employed a man
to get his bill paid by me, and we found
that the work in question had not been
done at all, and We had the United States
Attorney proceed against the contractor
for attempted bribery, and he is to-day
fugitive from justice. There are over 100
bridges and we found that rotten piles had
been used and that mud had been thrown
in behind the stonework, and we would not
pay a dollar on those bridges"
Before leaving Washington Secretary
Root issued an order directing that the
highest honor men from the six leading
colleges where Army officers are detailed
as military instructors shall be eligible
to appointment as Second Lieutenants in
the Army.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Armstrong and Assistant United States
Treasurer Fish and Collector Stranahan,
of New York, have been invited by Presi-
dent Fish. of the Illinois Central, to make
use of his private ear for an extended fish
ing and hunting trip in the West. The
party will leave here Aug. %. for Chicago,
and. will follow an itinerary which will ex-
tend as far as the Pacific Coast and will
include a weeks stay in the Yellowstone
Park.
Addicks, the Delaware politician and
Senatorial aspirant is in trouble which
may impair his political prestige. Suit
has been commenced by George Wharton
Pepper. of Philadelphia. receiver of the
Bay State Gas Company, OF Delaware,
against ]. Edward Addieks, United States
Senator J. Frank Alice. and others, alleg
ing fraud in connection with Il transaction
involving the stock of the company, said
to be valued at S75,000,G0O. The bill
charges the defendants as directors, ex
cept Addicks. with entering into an I'M
lawful combination to issue to AddIcks
100000 shares of stock of the Bay
State Gas Company without consideration.
One shrewd commentator figures out
that the Buddhist nation that a shorter
route to eternal bliss is found by feeding
ones self to a hungry tiger is parallelled
by Gen. AIiles's idea that a nomination
for the Presidency, in opposition to The
odore Roosevelt, would afford him a per-
sonal vindication-
The st. Louis Worlds Fair manage
ment appears to have solved the prob
lem of preventing over charges by hotels
and eating-houses in very practical
way, by esta bIishing-under its own con-
troll, though managed by It concessiOnaire |
an Inside Inn" on the grounds. 1t con-
tains $500 plastered ROOMS. 500 baths and
all conveniences of firSt-class hotel. |
Rooms can be obtained for S1.50 per |
day, which includes an all-day ticket to |
the grounds, paid for by the inn.
When in st. Louis the other day Sam
Jones, the evangelist, paid an odd tribute |
to Prosecuting Attorney Folk, saying:
THE trouble with most investigations is |
that they are like the man who goes pos
sum hunting with dog that is smaller
than the 'possum. Such a man will
bring home a dead dog Now, Mr.. Folk
is a bigger dog than the 'possum, and |
he is the kind TO hunt 'possums with"