The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15
Shaw Men Suspect cummins.

saAW Nlen suspect Cumm1nS.
One Of Secretary shaw's friends said
tonight: 81 suspect that the recent
canard about the secretary's plan to
remove from Iowa to New York next
spring and become the head of great
business corporations, was started by
some ofStthe gnmmins people at home,
VINO are anxious to eliminate him from
the Iowa Situation. But for goodness
thing. for 1T you do, Governor Cummtns
may write another letter.
THE secretary s. temporary indisposi-
ton, IS due to excessive campaigning.
He has been hard al, work in VIRGINIA
FOR Two weeks and finds that his throat
is affecfed and that he is generally done
up. "A short. rest will revive him, how,
evef.t4it is Just possible that he may
deliver one address in Ohio before cleo
tion, but the details have not vet beer
worked out. He made a tentative prom
Use, to- do so before the announc cement
came that the president rather. opposes
members Of The cabinet taking the:
stump this year. s{st -; s..
IS South Turns to Roosevelt.
Mayors Of southern cities seem to be
the order Of the day at the White House
just now. It was only short time ago
that the: president exchanged compi
ments with the mayor Of New Orleans,
to the delight Of both. Next he visited
with the, mayor Of Richmond, in which
city he will tmakeSa considerable, stop
on his southern trip. . -, -;
Ihen came the mayor and the ex-
mayor Of Charleston, ;S.E G., who! have
been in the front. ranks of the presi-
DENTS critics on account Of the Booker
washington incident and the Crum ap.
pointment. The fire of indignation once
burning SO fercely in the breasts Of
these gentlemen has died out They
were in Washington. arranging for a
Charleston and stopped to see the presi-
dent before going away. He was espe-
cially "de-Hght-ed' to see them, and
frankly told them so. They accepted
an invitation to return later in the day
for luncheon in the state dining-room.
A prominent public man, noting these
recent events, and knowing them to be
Indicative of a change Of front all over
the south, so far as the president, is
concerned, observed today that it was
as yet uncertain whether: the democrats
or the republicans would nominate Mr.
Roosevelt next time. =. s7i:,1, z,--;.
The Mississippi Must Wait. :. -
General: Mackinzie IS determination
not to submit estimates for new work
on rivers and harbors in his annual
report seems to settle for, the present
the question: of the Improvement of the
upper Mississippi, river, even if the re-
port OF; the board now investigating
that subject should make it's report in
time for submission to, congress at it's
| next session. It also means that nothing
will be done now toward changing
conditions in the vicinity of the reser-
voirs at the headquarters Of the Mis-
slssippi, on which q report lis expected
shortly from the board which met. re-
Gently In st. Paul. :, :: <: .,n;. ~
tlmates was reached after, icensultation
with Chairman Burton Of the rivers
and harbors committee and Secretary
Taft, said General Mackenzie to-
day. According to Mr.. Burton, it.. is
now settled that no river and harbor
bill will be prepared in: the coming
session, and it would have been >: a
waste Of labor to 1. prepare estimates
which would not be used. x ~ y. :
Too Much Trouble. !. :
;ssLoeal engineers have: submitted :es-
have been published; totaling about
$50 100000. These would have had to
be cut to about $40, 100000 and, as no
horizontal cut is pOsslble, it would
have been a great labor TO take up
each project. and rearrange the esti-
mates to suit the views 5of the commit:
tees Of the house and senate. ".,s<2i
HI doubt very much whether the
board investigating the Improvement of
the upper Mississippi will have it's re-.
port ready during this session of con-
gress.29 # it should come in, however,
it win be submitted to congress, where
it can be acted upon when the. state of
national finances will permit the pas.
sage Of a river and harbor bill. 2
HThet recent investigation Of condi-
tions at the head waters Of the Mis-
sissippi was made att Mr., Bede's sug-
gestfon in order that this office might
have information at hand on that sub
ject in case the rivers and harbors COM
mittee wanted it. ~ g.
~ Estimates will be submitted for ap-
propriations on account of continuing
contracts for projects heretofore au-
thorized. There is still enough money
on hand from the appropriation Of two
years ago to use in. preventing work
already constructed from deteriorating,
SO that no project will suffer from the
failure of congress to pass a river and
harbor bill at the next session.
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