Smyrna times., 1905-11-01
SHORT, SHARP, PITHY NEWS
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
GLEANlNGS PICKED up FROM OUR WASH
INGTON CORRESPONDENT OF INTEREST.
President Roosevelt Discusses the Panama
Canal Project 10 His Speech at jackson.
vile at Greater Length than Heretofore.

the assumption that large bodies move
slowly.
If the South would only vote the way
she shouts this would be a good year
for the Republicans.
Europeans are objecting to the prin.
ciple of American diplomacy which is
to ''say what you mean, mean what
you say and be quick about It,"
The influence of motoring on the
nervous system must in every case be
beneficial" says the American Doctor.
Not if you are walking, or riding a
timid horse
"All eyes are on Hearst" is a head
line in the New York American, that
gentlemap's paper. All eyes perhaps,
but not all the bets.
The Presidents gagging of the Cab
met did not prevent Secretary Taft
saying all he wanted to on the subject
railroad rate legislation.
If Sir Henry Irving had as many
good things said about him twenty-five
years ago as have been said since his
death he might have lived to enjoy
them.
''The entire nation is with Jerome"
states the New York Sun. Unfortun-
ately Jerome will have to wait until he
runs for President to find out whether
the Sun knows or not.
Senator Clark of Montana cables
from Paris that he is opposed to con-
tributions to campaign funds. The
opposition was not so marked as to be
noticeable when he was candidate for
office.
Senator Dubois says the Filipinos
are incapable of progress as we under
stand the word. That Filipino bride
of an army officer no has sued for di-
vorce and alimonY seems to be a re-
futation of the Senator's statement.
President Roosevelt makes fifty
thousand dollars in one year. In the
same length of time Richard McCurdy
and his son made $27l, 766, about five
and one half times the salary of the
President, showing how much more re-
munerative it is to be President of a
life insurance company than President
of the United States.
Chambers of Commerce of different
{ cities are combining to implore the
, Secretary of the Treasury to allow Miss
{ Roosevelt TO bring in her Oriental pre-
sents free of duty. The Secretary is
doubtless very willing to do so but he
is wary of establishing a dangerous
precedent.
When it was stated that the supplies
for the Panama canal would be bought
: in the cheapest market which was
equivalent to saying they would be
bought in Europe, great howl went
up from the producers in this country
e but it is fact known by great many
+, large firms that the United States is {
In the first place the conditions re
4 quired in a contract with the Govern
ment are usually difficult to comply
: with and are su ch that a firm woulC
j. make with no other customer. Mel
s. who do work for the Government mus
s. be content to wait many months TO
= their pay, and they always run thu
s. great risk of having their goods throw
9 back on them because eff the report O
e some inspector, who may or may no
's know his business and who probabl
J. is not g specialist IN his line. Th
l. amount of red tape in the form of ad
~ vertisement, competitive bids ETC., Ie
n suits in decided increase in the cos
:. of commodities which the Governmen
u buys by reducing the competitio
that would take place if the Govern
ID melt bought as privat firm would
|. The President in his speech at JacA
" sonville last week went into the sui
o. ject of the Panama Canal at create
re length than he has done before in
DO public speech. This is subject tina
lies near his heart and it is not in
le probable that his Administration wi
d, be in future generations better know
re by the purchase of the canal rout
10 than by any other one thing. Biase
E. or preiudiced reporters of his speec
to have interpreted feeling of discou
le agement that in reality has no exi
,e tence. By admitting that there wen
K difficulties and obstacles to be owe
or come they affect to believe that I'll
ID President "soured on his job" and b
Mt reiterating the statement that thei
ed are adventurers and feeble spiritt