The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
Events Of the deck
) Under Brief Repiaw.


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The message OF President Roosevelt
wns submitted to Congress on Monday.
and the next morning was printed by al
tho daily papers In the country IT was
a lengthy document, but because OF INC
fact that It necessarily treated Of matters
OF more lively, and up-to-date interest
than Is usual with messages OF rres'-
dents, it was probably read by more
people than usually take interest IN long
and nrosey public documents. The mes
sage, however attracted nearly az mucn
attention for what 1t didn't say as Tor
what 1t did Say. For instance, the fresl-
dents few lines" ON the currency Hues-
ton, and his profound silence on INC
subject OF tariff attracted duit as much
attention and called for quite MS mucn
comment as his lengthy explanation or
the Panama. Columbian affairs. Alto
gether It was a document that was al
most universally read, and that 10 d
great deal more than can DO SAID OF most
OF the documents that have come from
the White House OF late years.
No European monarch Is Of more IN
terest to people In this country than inc
I'm peror OF Germany, and hence the re-
cent reports OF his illness and the glesses
ot the correspondents as TO what manenr
Of malady he was suffering from, nave
attracted attention everywhere. IT VIII
Interest readers Of this and other papers
to know that En- peror William Is not
near 50 bad or as some Of the cores
pondents have made him out to be. Here
Genes the official announcement that ne
has ordered Imperial yacht Hohenzollrn
to DO placed In readiness for cruise IN
the Mediterranean, but no date has been
set for her departure. 1t Is understood
that his majesty will embark on the
yacht at some italian port II his physs-
clans approve Of such a trip after watch
ng the effect Of the southern climate
upon him. 1t Is stated that the emperor
will make his appearance at hunting par
ties at Goehrde on December II and IL.
although It is not supposed that he VIII
participate in the shooting.
This country almost got up In state
of rebellion against the government When
tho announcement came few years ago
that a Congress had appropriated q bill
lion dollars to pay the running expenses
Of the greatest government on earth
for q period OF twelve months. That
proposition was, indeed, something OF
| STARTER, but we had not then gotten
used to big figures. Since that time wo
| have had the Spanish war. big warships,
| the purchase OF the Sandwich ISLANDS,
tho Philippines a1d numerous ana sun,
our ideas and now It happens that We
are not at all startled at the estimate,
which the Secretary OF the Treasury
| makes as to what It will cost US TO
| run our great government TOR announcer
year, The figures Of the Secretary carry
us beyond the billion dollar mark ana ne
makes allowance for only what IS IN
sight. or course he does not see any
Of the stealage that ls sure to come ana
I he does not see anything else that has
NOT already been provided for ny cons
! gressional enactment. Unforeseen en-
penses may very easily run the figures
up to two billions or even more. But
what OF It? Are We not great and
| mighty rich nation?
| Last Monday Colonel William J. Bryan
was received by President Loubet at the
! latter's official home In Paris It Is said
| that tho audience was arranged by AM
bassador Porter, at Mr.. Bryans special
request Just why Colonel Bryan was 50
particularly anxious to have little cnat
with President Loubet doth not appear;
It is not known, either Just WHAT pas t,a
In the little private chat these gehtle-
men had, nor how many times they
touched glasses, before they parted, but
everybody In this country will pc glad
| that the great latter day commoher swap
ped yarns with the president Of the tr!sk-
lest nation IN the world, we nave no
doubt both were edited and benefited
Ey the interview, The colonel Is now
resting a while In the Businesses OF
Switzerland and It may be that the As
sociated Press agents will not pc able
to reach him for O. week or more FOR
such small fayors the public Will prob
ably be grateful.
Mayor.eect George r, Mcclellan, of
Greater New York, was given COM
elementary dinner at Washington last
Monday night by the Democratic mem-
hers OF the House OF Representatives
etom New York city and State John
| Sharp Williams, the Democratic leader
In the House, was the guest q honor
(. sided, and brief speeches were made by
Messrs. suler. Williams. Mcclellan. Ryan
and sullivan, For the information Of g
Suspicious public We want 70 make Prem