Evening journal., 1905-06-27
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OUR PRESIDENT
Would Ife Gegs% Revenge
E:FromN Great BrThin for
- Waterlooss-
NAME, Of SECRETARY MENTIONED.
/. ey-MnIIam Wolff Smith.

y washington June Lb.-ll Is airom /
Washington that Presidential booms
are started Ton, their journeys afound (
the country. Some OF them do not get |
many miles away from the Capital be-
fore Shilling frost" nips them. or
they fall by the wayside a victim OF
the torrid. summer heat. Many afboom
has beehrbdrn to die an earlysdeath, I
but that does not interfere with the
WORK. Of the, boom factory, and Il goes
on and on, like the brook IN the song.
When not engaged In launching lbooms,
Washington employs its time in Areor-
ganizing- the- Presidents Cabinet Up
to the present time seven very prom
islng and 4. healthy. booms are touring
tie .ceuntrs,aand one more Is just now
in an embryonic state. but It is hoped
the .chgysalis, viii. soon emerge into a
beautiful and' captivating butterfly
Taft. Shaw. Foraker Fairbanks,
Cannon and Cortalyou each have
lovely boohf IT. fooks as II this list
would satisfy, and that selection
could be made from it, but the wise
ones who1are not satisfied except when
sending forth a boom, are busily en-
gagged ain the ,woEk Of bringing Root
.bacll into the CaBinet preparatory to
putting forth his boom. Taft tried to
step on his own. by announcing that
he was-for Foraker, but he just grazed
it, and the boom still flourishes, The
Introduction. of. a new Secretary or the
Navy may add another to the list.
Would It not be delightful to have a
Bonaparte. as President of the United
statesg Would he twist the tdil Of
the British lion out Of revenge for
Wateyloo and 81. Helena? Stranger
things than this have happened Since
the world began making history.
lHr. .f- s;a'- =
Recent Investigations by the law Of
ficers of the War Department. has
brought to light the interesting fact
tf17t any person who has the taste TO
de ESQ can wear the uniform of amy OF
tho military officers of the government
without fear of molestation. Recently
an officer was dismissed for the good
of the service. but he persisted In
wearing the uniform OF his rank. This
\ was so obnoxious to the department
that steps were taken TO prohibt him
i from continuing this affront to the
service from which he had been. dis
missed. Examination of the lawthow-
ever, showed that the department. was
lpowerless and that any persofk can
saa Isha s. iii-z{f E i: il4l I ssegsbued TO
lthss sattent iCglAof A eQlagresE Bed an. act
ipassed that VIII make such an incon-
gfuity impossible. -
There is but one. oficial IN. the gov
lernment entitled Aoiswoar the uniform
lof the lieutenant. general OF tba army
fand that is theachief of .siaffr General
Adna- r. Chaffee., yet, as the law today
islands anyone, so minded, and caring
TO make the. necessary expenditure for
the requisite amount of gold lace, etc.
. lcan array himself in this gorgeous
lcostnme 10 defiance Of an the oficials
lof the War Department. Here is 3
chance for birds OF ordinary plunia q
to array themselves i'm fine feathers. .
or the coast OF Columbia, in tn,
i Pacific Ocean about two hundred miles
{ distant from Panama, lie the Galapagos
1slands belonging to. Colombia. Fol
lmany years some American statesmen
J have aloolsed at these islands with COW
4 letous eyes but colombia has. never
ldeigned to notice the@unoaicial sugges.
tions, made that. she sell them to the
/, Limited States. A change seems. tC
lhave come over the Colombian govern
Lment.. supposedly caused by her dam
-faged finaneial condition as a result o
1.-The severance OF Panama from tbs
fmother country. Rumors have reach.
lied this country that owing to hei
: pressing need of funds Colombia vii
now negotiate for the sale Of the is,
llards tSenor Eritique Cortez, q. conn.
Dental agent of President Reyes, haI
Z Just reached New' York butithe nature
OF his mission has not beeps disclosed.
8 FrDmsa military point Of -vhaw thes'
Rslands1 would be advantageous. two
Of them, san Luis and san Andres d.
Provideneia. are. especlally adapted al
naval basie .tq protect the entrance e
, the Panama Canal and. such basi
= there would give the United States alb.
y Ees3sate control. over Ihe- whole Of the Pa
r tcihc co6sf SOUTH OF California. I
, would not create surprise in some ofii.
cial quarters II proposition to pur
Z chase these islands is made to Con
, gress early in its next ifession.