The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-05-25
OUR WASHINGTON DEUtR
What Is Going on at the Nd-
tons (opitOI

Washington. May 21.-After many
tentat We propositions on the part OF
those inter ested for a suitable man
to act as Chairman Of the Republican
National Committee during the pend ng
campaign, the choice has at last fallen
upon Secretary Geo ge B. Cortelyou OF
the Depa tment of Comme.c e and
Labor. AS soon as he is elected to the
new position he will resign his port
folio, for t would be impossible. as
we'll as manifestly improper for HIM
20 attend to the bus ness of both offices
The new Department of CONNIE. ce and
Labor has grown immensely under its
present administration. and has sew
cal large jobs on har d. such as sea en-
ing out the beef trust, gathering ma
teIial about ship subsidies. and de-
Wis ng ways and means to reconcile
labor and capital. besides looking afte
The whole bus ness of the land. AL
eady ii has fifteen blu eaus and 10000
employees, and a Senator said during
4 last session of Congress. that in
me it would have fifty bureaus. n
" uld have absoI bed most OF tie othe.
departments. 1t will be seen that Mr..
coi telyou S We y much alive and ex
eedingly st enuous. The present pro
gram is FOR MIR. Co. telyou to become
the future Postmaster General. III
?. es dent Roosevelt's new cabinet.
'ince it IS plain that the continued poo.
health Of Mr.. Payne will not permit
i'm to continue hold ng that office for
another tour years. 1t is too early
now to sa. WHO will succeed Mr.. Coz
,slycu, III the names of Ca oil D..
Wright and j. A.. Garfield have beer
mentioned. The Pres den has proba.
bly, decided in his own mind who w Il
AXE the vacant ser~cfetaryship.
All impo. tant religious conference
5 in session in this city. looking to
a DIS the un on of the Methodist pro-
.~estant. the Cong egational. and the
-hrist an chu. ches. Something Xix,
me thousand delegates are in attend
lnce from all parts of the country. and
t the desi cd union is accomplished l.
VIII At q oACR 10 AN 20
iowa ds the f.aternal union and con-
'ol dat on of all protestant churches.
This will be especially beneficial in
small towns where there Is a con-
tant struggle to maintain two or three
'eeble churches. when. by uniting. one
demand and do much moe effective
work.
The weather bureau thinks peopls
should give more ciedence to its e.
ports and should transact their bus
ness n keeping with the weather 70 e.
casts. This Is funny TO the last de-
3 ee. A fine mix-up would be the re-
suit if business ran according to wealth
r reports. Farmers would be cutting
and making hay in rain storms: we'd
dings would be postponed indefinitely
waiting for fair weathe. photograph
ars would never know when to print or
account of Increasing cl~oudiness."
One OF the Institutions peculiar tc
Washington is a ~planked shad lake OF
cast. These epicu ian feasts are helc
II q El41C oVNb "a
called Ma .shal Hall, almost Opposite
Mt. Vernon. The shad are caught fresh
f.om the liver. split open fastened
to oak olanks. ard then roasted before
huge coal fires built N long tienche'
in the ground. Cololed cooks bastt
them constantly with butter. and tn
usual como ments. I'M they a e served
steam.ng hot upon tables which stant
in a grove. A few years & you
col respondent had the pleasure of ST
ting at the table with General She
dan at n of these X who oe
voured the fish with a peculiar relish
On the l4th inst. the Bar Association
of b city II dIlged In Their n
feast of loasted skad. Among III,