The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-14
The casinc, spelrbiDd..s

summer vacations for wash;n~to,
officials have eve been stretches 90
quite h extent that they are now IN
the campaign years Although NOT
every absentee mentioned herein .,
away haranguing his feilov-citizsn.
and irncressing them with tho xacrsa
duty OF keeping In power the admin
istration, which means bread and h,,.-
ter. and perhaps a little more. to he
harangrer. yet il is a fact that nearly
al are expected TO do missionary work
for the party during their absence
from the national capital and their
desksl
A list Of absentees il interesting. ~
not Instructive. At the head comes
Secretary Hay. of the state depart
mnet. Thrice this summer he has LEFT
Neutrality-suspicious. to deliver n lecture
to the newspaper fraternity at st.
Louis upon the beauties OF MATERIAL
SIN and the worid-good Of imperial
ism. Again he went Ia jackson.
Mich. that the virtues Of the Republi-
can party might shine through n
speech OF wide publication Lastly
he goes TO his summer home in north
erR New Hampshire for a rest.
Assistant Secretary OF state Loomis
was n mouthoiece OF the adminis-
baAtti ts1liN III Ntc year at II Cfub uln-
ner In New York. Since that date he
has been away from Washington re-
peatedly for cam aign and
although he Is I'm Washington today.
IL Is not for the purpose OF ~transacting
state department business, as officially
stated al the department. but TO pre-
pare speeches for the future He in
tends TO leave this city for the west
within a day or SO. Third Assistant
Secretary Pierce Is out or the city. and
has been away from his desk the
greater part of the summer. He Is a
protege OF Senator Lodge.
Incidentally there are q few os the
paid diplomatic representatives OF the
United States who are taking their
leaves OF absence at a time opportune
for political work. and several OF them
have frankly stated in interviews that
they were here TO further their In
terests. a partial list Is made W as
follows: w. ". Thomas. accredited
10 Norway and Sweden. David F..
Thompson. TO Brazil; Henry L. Will
son, 10 Chilli: 4. !. Sampson. tc Ecua-
dor; A. $. Hardy. TO Spain; C. v. L.
Meyer. TO Italy; Charlemagne Tower,
to Berlin. and Bellamy Storer. TO Aus
tria David avn Hill. for
merly assistant secretary OF state. now
minister TO Switzerland. is expected to
arrive before the campaign IL ended.
In the war department Secretary
TAFT, after making several political
speeches, a gone to Murray Bay,
Canada. for a rest. That rest will be
broken only on september 81, when
he opens h Republican campaign
in Ohio by a speech at Warren.
Thereafter he expects TO devote hts
time for the remainder OF The ca m
paign to speech making i'm the interest
Of President Roosevelt. AS army off,
GERS cannot voice their sentiment
publicly without e OF court martial
the heads Of bureaus in that DEPART
ment will remain in Washington and
aid the administration only ty giving
out carefully edited news.
Nearly the SAME condition prevails
in the navy department. Secretary
Morton IS at his oesk temporarily. but
Will leave the latter part or the month
for a campaigning tour In Illinois and
Nebraska. Assistant Secre.ary Dowi-
ing is now in Verr ont. where he voted
the regular ticket. and is aIding the
party in evrey possible way. He has
already had his vacation and will re-
turn in time I'd allow his chief TO go
out on his PROSECUTING tour. The first,
by the way. since he switched from
h Democratic to the Republican
Iarty.
In the treasury department Secre-
tary Shaw is away. frankly for poli,i-
cal purposes, and so is Assistant Sec
rotary Taylor. Assistant Secretary
armstrong has Just returned from a
trip. Director OF the Mint Roberts
and Chief Wilkie. OF the -ecret SER
vice, are both away.
Attorney-General Moody. Of the de-
partment of justice. is in the north
doing missionary work for the admin
istration. and SD are his assistants.
Purdy, McReynolds and Day, and
Soiicitor-General Hoyt.
Postmaster-General Payne has been
out of town for some time. and IL is
said that his health win not permit
of his participation. in the campaign.
His first assistant. Mr.. Wynne, is also
out OF town. and so is Mr.. Madden,
both of whom are in fair health.
Fourth Assistant Bristow mas just re-
turned to the city after an extended
leave.
Secretary Wilson. OF the department.
OF agriculture, as absent from his
post. He a beer campaigning active
ly. :
Secretary Metcalf, OF the depart-
ment of and labor. Is away
on vacation. and so is the commission
~er-general Of immigration. Mr.. Sar-
gent. Secretary Of the Interior Hitch
cock is out OF town. So also il Presi-
: dent Observation-Disclosures Core
spondent Baltimore Sun.