The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-07-14
WASHINGTON LEI TER
Items from Capitol by special
Correspondence
Washington, ID. c., July z. 1904.

Saturday he found the town Illuminated,
cannon roaring and all the Inhabitants
cheering. Sunday morning. in open
wagon, he took his wife and five of his
children and drove to church. ' where
there was a crowd inside and outside OF
the structure, and much handshaking. In
pay a visit and stay to supper. Monday,
with the help of the little Roosevelts.
the President celebrated after the regu-
lation fashion, winding NJ with a fire.
works party In the evening. During the
afternoon he assisted In extinguishing a
small prairie fire. Visitors have begun
to pour over into Oyster Be- from all
points of the compass. Senators Fair
ready on hand there. and Civil Service
Commissioner Cooley is sweating. playing
lawn tennis with the Roosevelt boys. Ex-
Mayor Seth Low. of New York. recently
dined with the President, and those who
have kept tab on the after results of such
dinner doings nave already slated Mr.
Low for the Italian mission when the
time is rire. 1t is remembered how the
Morton ct a White House dinner. Extra
rooms have been secured for the execu-
tive offices at oyster Bay; extra tele-
graph wires rave been rut up. and extra
clerks and o?erators have been brougnt
on from the White House. hus the
s'quiet summer vacation promises to be
the most active and strenuous in history.
Life in Washington is by no means dun
iticians are out OF town. The Fourth
passed of with plenty of noise. and only
ore man drowned and one policeman shot
By a drunken soldier. Secretary Morton
of the navy 'carght on" very quickly
and took an outing in the Sylph down The
Potomac. having for guests the secretary
Of agriculture. Assistant Secretary Oar
ling and Rear ADMIRAL Evans. The Sec
rotary Of the interior has rushed OFF to
Dublin. ~. H. for the summer. and Sec
rotary Hay has made an excursion into
Michigan to deliver an address,. Assist
ant Secretary -.dee of the state depart
ment has returned from his annual two
months bicycle trip in Euro:e. and win
permit Mr.. Hay to spend the rest of the
summer In New Hampshire. Mr.. Bing-
ham. the assistant secretary of agricul-
ture, recently died quite suddenly and has
been buried at his old home in Ohio. Con-
gresham Hit, VINO once was so vigor-
ously doomed for the Vice Presidency,
has gone to Bar Harbor. Me, to regain
his health. All during the Chicago con-
vention he was very Ill.
Reform is in the air, and the postoffice
department finds there Is a large field for
exercising It's authority. . IT is an aston
people are supposed to be better educated
and informed than In any other country.
so many are imposed upon by quacks,
rogues and ~humbugs. An "astrologist"
In Boston is reouted to have an income
of from &c., 900 to SIS. 900 annually. secured
by swindling people. inducing them to be-
lieve he could read the stars and pre-
dict the future. A fraud order has been
general. and the announcement IS made
that the authorities will suppress all
other astrologists. palmists. fake bankers.
medicine men. Messiahs and similar
frauds. in the interest of collective civ.
ilization."
Much satisfaction Is expressed by those
who have recently had business to trans
act with the navy department. over the
manner in which the new secretary, MIR.
Morton. onducts affairs. He is a coed
counterpart OF the President In this par
ticular-he does not hesitate to assume
responsibility; arrives at conciuTions
quickly. and gives decisive answers. re-
CARELESS OF red tape. This Is said to be
because he is a business man and not a
lawyer. There are those who fear that
business and 'commercialism' will crowd
out LAWYERS and presidents. and work a
reform In the executive departments OF
the Government. The President has been
more OF a business man than a profes-
sional. He prefers doing things to talk
Ing about them. The navy department,
proposes to make the Norfolk. Va, navs