Middletown transcript., 1904-11-26
WASHINGTON LETTER

dent Furnishes wrong-doing, insub-
ordination and unprofessional conduct
in office. illustrated by the recent dis
missal of three judges in Alaska, whose
integrity was called in question, clerk
in the Post Office department, and
surgeon in the Army, who, being aimar-
ried man. professed to he single, is only
equaled by the hearty Endorsement and
encouragement he gives to those who
have served him and the public well.
Those in the employ OF the Executive
branch of the government know by this
time exactly what to expect from Presl-
dent Roosevelt. Witness the two letters
from his hand this week called forth by
the resignation of Pension Commissioner
Ware, and Col. Hecker, one of the en-
gineers OF the Panama Canal Commission
The letter to Mr.. Ware, in which the
President tells him he knows OF no other
man who has ever conducted the great
bureau so economically and with such
satisfaction to all concerned, is stun
ming rebuke to those who have INDUCED
in carpirg criticism at the Commission.
ers expense, owing to some little eocen-
tricities of his personality. It doubtful
if any other public servant ever received
such glowing letter of commendation
and friendship from any President.
W.
The forthcoming Presidents Message
is now a matter of consideration at the
White House as we'll as of speculation in
the community. Much of it can be
easily forecast. 1t will not be a very
long message. The order has D,en gwen
to the chiefs OF bureaus to make their re-
ports short and to the point. Naturally
the President will refer with satisfaction
to the fact that man, OF his Invitations to
the nations to join in second peace con-
ference at the Hague have been accepted
The progress of the negotiations for arbi- ,
tration treaties will be mentioned with
satisfaction. Other topics WHICH can be
justly mentioned with pride are the
peaceful relations America sustaips with |
all the nations of the worldi the domestic
prosperity which has prevailed during i
the past year, the progress of the preli |
minary work upon the Panama canal
the peace which prevails in tue Philip
pines and the developments of that coun-
try; the success of the Worlds Fair at
st. Louis, the last installment of the loan |
OF S., 900, 900 having been recouped into
the Treasury; the work accomplished and
proposed in matters of irrigation and
forestry; the proposed revision of the tar
if; the necessity which exists for build
ing great navy; the need of change in
the laws relating to the inspection of
steamboats,; the recent army maneuvers
at Manassas; regret at the continuance Of
the war in the East, and a summary of
the reports from various departments.
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1t is the opinion OF politicians in Wash.
will be called; that the President will
not now propose any legislation looking
to a decrease OF representation in the
House on account of the disfranchise-
ment of the negro vote in the South.
There are reports to the effect that in
due time the President contemplates
making tour OF the South.
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The renHpciatien Of the Catholic faith
by Marqulse de Monsters, known when
resident of this city as Miss Mary
Gwendolin Caldwell, has been general
topic of conversation, and surprise. No
reasons have been given for her change
Of belief, and no action has been taken
by the Catholic church. Some fifteen
years ago Miss Caldwell, with her sister,
lived in this City in the large house once
occupied by Lord Lyons when he was
the British Minister to the United States.
1t was in 1884 that Miss Caldwell gave
$500, 900 of her fortune of two millions of
dollars, toward founding the Catho lie
University Of America: To this
smopnt her young sister added a
gift of $4,000 Miss Caldwell also
founded two chairs in the University,
endowing them with $40, 900 each. Your
correspondent often met Miss Caldwell
hefare her marriage and found her to be
a brilliant, cultivated, and spirited young
woman, entertaining, and aristocratic in
her bearing. She cut wide social swsth.
Many people of note we're received at her
house: More than once she had Cardinal
Gihbons as dinner guest. At the pre-.
sent time the Marguise must be about
forty years Of age. Her health is repre-
sented as being very delicate.
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One OF the most important discoveries
ever made by the Department of Agri-
culture is the fact that the common le-
gun1es ''pod-forming" plants such as
peas, beans, clover, alfalfa, vetches, etc.,
may be successfully fertilized by the use
of fixing bacteria. The process consists
in inoculating the seed, Or the soil, by
using the culture fluid which is filed |
with the bacteria. The Department
gives instructions for making this auid.
pr. George T. Moore is the nan who has
succeeded in making the discovery prac-
tical. It has long been known that on
the roots of the plants named are num-
bers OF rounded bulbs, called nodues,
the habitation of millions of microbes |
which are continually absorbing nitrogen
from the air and converting ii into food
for the plant. pr. Moore discovered
how these germs can be gathered and
multiplied and finally distributed with
the soil OF seed, iniusing nitrogen into
tue life Of the plant. The Department is
now sending cut free to all applicants
Mullins OF the germs packed in cotton,
with directions for use A large number
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