The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-11-25
WASHINGTON letter.
What the President has to
Attend to.
THE LARGE, NEW NAVY,
To Amply Enforce The Mon
roe Doctrine.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
>sulNGroN, ID. c., Nov. II, 1901

From Our Regular Correspondent
>sulNGroN, ID. e., Nov. II, 1901
Roosevelt means 'thc rose OF the
,,rldn The foremost man OF the
leading nation Of the. earth has
thousand and one things to attend TO.
princes. envoys, ambassadors, place
buo,crs. Senators, authors. English
stotesmcu-thcre is an endless chaln
If ,bcm going in and out of the
White House all the time. Simply
the social duties of the situation are
sufficient TO keep man busy. aul
added to these are all the ruMnrs uI
what the President intends to do:
the ruesscs and surmises which bur-
den the wires from Washington and |
MI the provincial press. The Presi
dent is surprised. If not annoyed, az
the activity and rrecipitousness with
which news purveyors reconstruct his
Cabinet and Ill important positions
IN the American diplomatic corps
lie is master of the situation. and
will choose his own Executive family.
There is nothing in the condition o;
affairs at home or abroad, calling for
laste. lie hiss made but one positive
announcement regarding his Cabinet,
after the 4th of next March, and
that is to the effect that John Hay
will remain Secretary OF State. This
has been received by the press and
public with entire satisfaction. by
1909 Mr.. Hay will be over seventy
years of age, quite ready to retire
from active life His brother, Major
IIav, who died last week was seventy.
There is NJ foundation for the
tentative speculation regarding an
extra session of Congress next spring
to consider the matter of tarlif
revision; upon that issue, If it was
one, the country "stood pat during
the campaign, and expressed Its salts
faction at the polls with the existing
state of things. Mr.. Dabcock, oil
Wisconsin, IS known to be in favor
of revision, but he has been re-
1,n,l to Congress by very small
majurity.-two small for him to bank
upon The Administration is natur
ally aycrse tn pronounced agitation
of the tariff question, aud the Presi
don't will not even mention tn
beet in his forthcoming message
SeLetor Foraker, who is back IN thi
city for the winter, says there is n
noel for an extra session, and Con
gresham Grusvenor adds that th
matter has not even been considered
Senators Cnllo,n and Proctor take th
same view.
An English newspaper recentl
said that the Monroe Doctrine is E6
w.rth the paper it is written upo
unless America has navy lars
enough to enforce it, This is exact
what America has, There are a
ready 327 vessels in the United Stat
Navy, Of which II are first ella
battle ships; IS protected cruisers al
ii otter powerful ships, snch
monitors, rams, etc. Besides the
we have I6 torpedo boat destroyer
30 steel torpedo boats and s subm
line bt ats. The Navy departme
now has under construction AZ n,
boats, II of which will be first cls
battle ships. The Monroe Doctri
will be amply protected.
Mr. Hanger, of the Bureau of La
or, who represents that departmt
at st. Louis. sent to the Exhibition
collection Of 2so photographs, Ill,
trating the work which sixt,
industrial establishments in t
country. have done towards provid
houses for their employees. The
hlblt is very interesting and attra
wide attention. Mr.. Hanger says
important feature in industrial
during the last ten years is the gre
ing interest of employers In
welfare Of their employees. i
causes greater Industrial ellicie
ana serves to prevent costly and {
eruetlve strikes. Good work depe
largely upon happy mental and ph
cal conditions aud pleasant
stable home surroundings,