The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-15
WASHINGTON LETTER
News From the Capitol by
Our Regular Correspondent

3" fS 1890
time wants something and thinks the
White House is the place to get 1t.
The last ma of the Gu ntet who are
to make speeches at the Chicago NOM
mating convention has been selected
on the recommendation of Senator Nc
Comas of Ma gland. His nance is Fl
F. Cummings and he is a talented
negro lawyer of Baltimore.
Congressman Hepburn of Iowa called
to see the President a few days ago
n the interest o. col. Dinw ddie OF
the signal corps. He wanted the brave
colonel promoted to a ~brigadier gem
eralship. TIE President smiled. He
told the Congressman hat promotion
in the army dc not go by states. >
8 As one of the consequences of the
land frauds in the West, the patronage
of Senators and Representatives YIN
that part of the country IS to be re-
duced. The President has info med
:ecretarv Hitchcock that hereafte
the supervisors of forest preserves are
to appointed by promoting the head
niger a Secretary Cortelyou
who has taken a run over into Canada
fo~ a few days, comes back next Sat
urday and after having a talk with the
President will decide what he can DE-
in the matter of the charmansh'p.
Considering the Senatorial opposition
which has developed it is a hare mat
ter to decide. = Every fo~eigne
of note thinks he must see the Presi
dent, and evidently has no difficulty IL
doing so. One of the latest to call anc
pay his respects was II. Won Kupffer
the editor of a famous Be lin newspap-
er the Local Anzeiger. He was
pleased to find that the p es'dent can
speak German fuently. 1t Is certain
that the Of the United Stater
think very highly of the P esident
And so do the Hebrews. And when the
people OF New York have a chance t.
vote for him the country will see
how gladly they VII do 1t.
Next Saturday the President will
receive on behalf of the United States
a statue of Benjamin Rush. the dis
tinguished Pennsylvania physician o.
the period of the American Revolution.
He was for a long time a professor
in the University of Pennsylvania.
pract'ced his p ofession for many
years in Philadelphia and N 1777 re-
ceived the appointment of physician
general of the American army. In the
year 1776 he sat in Congress and has
enrolled his name on the sacred charter
of American Independence. But he
was principally known for his al
vanced ideas in regard to medicine.
and for his good sense and benevo-
lence. All the money he received TO.
calling on Sunday he devoted to be-
~nevolent purposes. He was educated al
Princeton college end in Edinburg,
seq land. His status VIII make the
tn rd of famous physicians with which
Washington is adorned.
Young lawyers, as a rule. have a
hard time t ying to make a living by
their profession in Washington. After
hanging on by their e~yelashes for a
year or two, they get out and go into
some other bus ness. A few try news
paper work, others go into Cove. nmeni
| employ. The fact is the profession in
/ Washington is in the hands of a close
co, poration and runs things in such a
manner as to get all the cream oil
: the practice. Now and then a youns
lawyer makes a lucky hit by marrying
into a big fortune. Such is the case
of Mr.. Carbery Richie of this city
4 tn an fnug dave ha uril ms = " The
: daughter of Marquis Martin Maloney
the multi-mill onaire, who lives al
Spring Lake, N. ]. HIS residence cos
: 81, coo, 600 and is modelled after the
White House. only is ia ger and hand
somer. The wedding VII be held ii
s st. GATHERINGS Memorial Church a
0 Spring Lake. which was built by tbs
s Ma. quis. and is one of the most costly
. and beautiful in the country. MS.
1 Margaret, the bride, will have ffteer
br desmaids. and 100 flower girls. Ca.
y dinal Gibbons, ca. dinal Satoll'. Arch
d bishop Ryan, the Bishop of Trenton
and others viii assist at the ceremony
The full Roman Catholic wedding cere.
mony win be used. 1t is not Otter
two Princes of the Church help tC
marry two Americans.
The Department of Agriculture Is
" rioting in figures. It gives out as
: founding statements every day I'm the
week. The latest is that the next cot
ton crop VII be worth $500, 600, 600
When this news reached the cotton
exchange in New York, it had a de.
lightful bearish effect. n the markel
dropped over thi. ty points. Again thu
department says the farmers of Thu
country lose annually over $3.50, 600, 90
I. LAul-ng their produce 10 ina-AS. ~.