The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-02
WASHING
TONLETTER
-(By Our Regular corresponden..)

Icy Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. /, 1905.
President Roosevelt came to mis-
Official home Saturday evening and
received the welcome that is his due
rs the President Of the United States
A who has accomplished the greatest feat
81 international diplomacy In the his
Sorry Of the country. II was not till
the United States became world
nower that there was chance for
the President to perform such a feat
as getting Russia and Japan together
1t Portsmouth. But Roosevelt was
the man for the hour and he took ad-
vantage of the situation as a weaker
man would not have done and. as
many strong men would have been
afraid to do. He said that he did not
wish any especial welcome home, but
zhe balk OF Washfngton's population
turned out to welcome him and that
ne had such an escort from the depot
/, 10 the. White House as has never be-
fore been youchsafed to a President.
There was no formal escort no mill
4 thry to turn the affair into set pro-
eessien. It was the people Of the city
where lives rendering Il hearty well
come to, the man the world admires.
The tribute was of an intimate and
personal character and was such as
3 no man, least of all the present Presi-
dent. could object to or ignore. 1t was
for the things he has done that he Is
hopored and not for the things that
are hoped of him in the coming ses-
xion Of Congress.
As was intimated in these letters
some time ago, the State Department
Is coming round TO the point of scan.
{ dal In Its administration. It is hoped
that there will be nothing of an un-
pleasant character proven against the
present chief clerk of the Department,
Col Michael, who has held his pres.
ant position for eight years. At the
xame time there Is serious internal
disturbance In the big department
and IL the charges against Assistant
Secretary LOOMS has intimated ratn.
er than made, should be proved, there
will be decided upheaval and an
other house cleaning added to the long
nsr that the government already has
on hand. 1t seems that there has
been trouble recently over the leak
ags Of official dispatches, and impor.
taxi State kilograms have gotten into
fie aands of foreign countries that
they were not intended for sooner al.
most than they have reached the for.
eigir offices TO which they were adj
dressed. On the strength of this de.
'syelopment. acting Secretary of State
lannIis has taken the handling of
code dispatches out of the hands of
Cal Michael, the chief clerk of the ap-
ruintment division. The action was
taken during Col. Michael's vacation
and is said to have met with the ap-
mural Of the President. There is no
question that some State Department
secrets leaked but it is said that the
action of the assistant secretary in
4 changing the handling of the code dis
patches was as much a blow at Col.
Michael personally for his attribute in
the Loomis.Bowen controversy as for
any safeguarding of the Departments
secrets 80 ~,
or - - ,.l'i'
II is really an open secret almost
MI of the great powers have copies of
their rivals code books. OF course
all of them were stolen and good
y price paid for the stealing. Most of
4 che powers change their code occa-
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