Evening journal., 1905-07-31
|BURLESON PRAISES
/ SECRETARY WILSON
Texas CongressmaniSays the
People Of His State
Eulogize Him
.LNN0N SAS HORSEBACK RIDER
AN william W0IH smith.l

Washington. July 9.-Representat'v
,urleson ofyTexas., who is on.the House
omnittee on Agriculture. lisa staunch
aend ST Secretary Wilson. At the
Ellington recently, MT. Bureson said;
You can say for me in the most
,neeuivocal terms that the people OF
ay State have the,most implicit con-
sdence in the honor and efficiency Of
scrotary Wilson and the recent ex-
solsure Of 1nisbehaNior on the part of
flA OF his subordinates has not IN the
asst shaken their belief I'm the head
III the Department Of Agriculture. one
IA his employees acted in an dishonor-
Bile way and was sunimarily discharg-
i. Now we are told that because Of
na misconduct Of this subordinate
here is a possibility that Mr.. Wilson
I Of his official and private acts have
,und him a high-minded. sincere
snLeman. Time and again he has
zen euloeized as the best Secretary
Agriculture the country has known.
would be a remarkable thing If one
the best men who ever sat in the
abinet should be let out through such
cause"
Representative William Alden Smith
4 Michigan. was in the city recently
.companied by two Grand Rapid boys
rilliam Judson and Espey stanton.
r. Stanton was appointed by Mr.
nith to the L. S. Naval Academy at
nnapolis and passed his mental ex-
nination satisfactorily but was re-
cted because Of a minor defect OF one
be. Mr. Smith and Mr.. Judson were
ere TO see the Acting Secretary Of the
ANY in regard to the decision as they
n not believe the defect is SUFFICIENT 40
II. lpair Mr.. Stanton's ability to salts
ctorily serve his country. No action
s been taken by the Navy Depart
ent to date. Mr.. smith expects to
tend the sessions of the International
4 parliamentary Union at Brussels, be-
inning August %. While here he had
i conversation with Secretary of State
4 pot concerning the matter.
Speaker Cannon is seldom seen on
lrseback in this city but withal that
u Is an excellent horseman. After
i tpnsress adjourned last March he took
trip to Canada and surprised every
e by his ability to ride hard trotting
4 brses for hours and then turn up in
e evening in the smoking room as
a Hyper as a child while his compan-
'ns were IN the solitude of their rooms
Nirsing their bones with liniment.
liter his return from Canada he went
his home in Danville where he is
M great beloved" He is now pre-
ring to go to Lake Champlain where
representative Joe Sibley Of Pehnsyl-
mia. has a fine summer home and
here he will remain for several weeks.
b. Sibley is a devoted automobiles
it he never drives himself. Sibley
so has a fine country place near his
pme in Franklin. Pa, where he raises
breed Of ponies that are the delight
n the children an the country over IS
lev are shipped everywhere.
The vacation of Senator John T.
organ of Alabama. the grand old
Ian" is not quite so strenuous He
pes of to a summer place i'm Alabama
ID stays there and enjoys himself
aiding. reading and reading. Formerly
spent his vacations in Virginia but
bring the past several years he has
eferred his own state.
lone OF the surprises in Washington
the announcement that former
.nited States Senator Wilkinson Cal