The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-06-10
GENERAL NEWS.
OENEKAL MEMS.
Washington Letter.
"HONESTY" KEYNOTE OF
PRESIDENTS GETTYSBURG
SPEECH.
BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL CITY.
Verdict tf English Visitors Pufc
Food Lecture-The Morocco
Trouble.

Trouble.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. e., JUNE 2, 1904
The keynote of the Presidents
speech at Gettysburg was honesty"
in making promotlons and appoint
ments; 10 dealing with the people in
the conduct Of public affairs; in CIV
ing out Information contained in the
reports Of special commissioners; in
enforcing the laws; 10 conducting
Presidential campaign, in doing the
just and right thing as we'll as talk
ing about it. An old soldier who
heard the speech says he was i'm
pressed with the Presidents intense
earnestness, as well as with his
personal magnetism. At Cabinet
meeting on Wednesday, the President
and the Secretary of State determined
that The kidnapping Of Americans, by
| bandits, on the borders OF civilization
mist stop. If harm comes to Mr..
Ion Perdicaris and his son-in-law,
| the head Of the bandit, Ral5uli, must
pay the forfeit Vigorous action
| will be at once taken on the part of
the United States, whatever Europe
may say, and there will soon he stir
ring times in Morocco il the Sultan
of that shaky kingdom does not
restore the American unharmed.
Marines will be landed. II need be
soldiers sent, and war will begin.
The time for action has COME, slnte
+, the very object Of big navy is to
protect Americans.
There is naturally much rejoicing
in the Department of Agriculture
over the discovery Of the red ant
which searches out and kills the
cutton boil weevil. 1t is now doing
| excellent wotk atSan Antonio, Texas,
and has cleared field Of sefetai
hundred acres in less than month.
The large delegation of English
mayors who are visiting this conntry,
have done Washington, and gone
away profoundly impressed with its
beauty and symmetry. They were
delighted with all they eaw, and
especially pleased with the cordial
reception extended to them 10y the
President. In place u bting enter
tained by the Commissioners Of the
District of Columbia, the mayors
turned the tables, and OH the 2Sth Of
May gave banquet to their Ameri-
can hosts. Lord Lyveden presided.
The only American lady present. was
Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage. Ia the
toasts given the s'eXcellency and
urbanity' Of the President were
dwelt upon. 1t goes without saying
that the Library OF Congress made IL
deep impression upon the Mayors.
Some of them have been extensive
travellers over the world, but all ad:
mittcd that nowhere had they ever
seen SO be .utiful building. The
site, the facade, the interior, the
grand staircase, the art and the
decorations surpassed anything they
had ever seen, The ascent Of the
Washington monument was made to
get an idea of the plan of the city.
The birds-eye view from that COM.
manding elevation filled them with
wonder and admiration. Altogether
they acknowledged that the capital
city OF the United States is one of
the graudest and most beautiful ever
constructed by man.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, of pure food
fame, delivered the address to the
medical and dental graduates OF
Columbian University on the evening
OF Decoration Day. 1t was quaint.
shrewd, sensible, practical talk, full
d of dry humor and cpgrams. Among
other things he SAID he was in favor
Of people doing their own chewing
and digesting, and he bad little
: conHdeuce 1u pre-chewed and pre-di.
gesteei f00xl. He considered it the
deutislrs business to preserve teeth
apd MT to extract them: that should