The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-23
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'honor" battle, will probably get an air
Ing in Congress. And then Congress
will learn tnat the fist fight is consid-
cred kind of hazing game. and that
"hazing," although Officially" unknown
at Annapolis. exists, and that the Ca
diets believe that Congress will not be
very harsh with them because of this.
This grows out of the fact that three
cadets who were dismissed because of
haZing, just after Congress had made
the most stringent of rules against it.,
were reinstated by Congress, with very
: aall loss of honors. One of the ca
diets Is reported to have said that it
didn't make much difference what a
Cadet did. even II he was dismissed. he
would get back If he had enough push
behind him.
The spectators stirred things up in
the money market until they almost
made Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
believe that there was a real necessity
for the Government to come to the aid
of the money changers. Secretary
Shaw took hurried trip to New York.
Then he came back laughing. mo, in
deedy," he said, metaphorically speak
ing. Legitimate business does not de-
Id any more money. and the specu,
lators can't have it out of the United
States Treasury" And SO, Mr.. Specu-
lator. what will you do about it?
The British bluecoats left the United
States only half-satisfied, and the Unit
&c States bluecoatS are more than half
mad. and all because the Navy Depart
ment got wind of some of their plans
and put stop to them. The crews of
the two squadrons-the British and
American-had put up a job for one of
The grandest races you ever heard of.
From the time that the two sQuadrons
met 1t had been the hope of both off,
GERS and men that the sailing of the
two squadrOns from Annapolis would
be simultaneous The reason for this
IS that there has been good deal of
talk about the speed Of the vessels in
wanted to test this. The Americans
were dead sure they could show the
Britishers their heels. and the English
men just knew that nothing could beat
them, and there you are. The only
way to settles the dispute was to start
out of Annapolis together and race for
1t. My, but it would have been a sight
to see. But the old Navy Department
had to step in and spoil all the fun.
1t is said that the Navy Department
officials knew that some of our war
tubs have weak boilers and that such a
strain as they would be subjected to
under racing condition meant disaster
of the most awful character. So the
American squadron was ordered to New
York, and that regularly funked the
whole thing.
1t is said that the President is all but
inundated by the demands for a square
deaP' since he reinstated Walter Ell
vidge. There are a large number of
discharged employees who feel that they
have right to be heard in their own
behalf, and they are now clamoring
for this.
Japan Will have ambassadors to
Washington and the capitals of all the
leading countries of Europe by the first
OF the year, according to Information
given out at the japanese Legation in
this city. Official announcement of the
promotion of the different Legations to
Embassies is shortly expected.
Mr.. Takahira, the Japanese Minister
to the United States, has been reported
In dispatches from Tokyo as being the
leading factor i'm this movement. in rec
ognitiOn Of Japan's victory in the war
in the far East and the prestige among
the powers of the world that she has
gained in consequence. The japanese
Government, 1t Is understood, desires to
make the first change in Washington,
az tribute to the Presidents important
part in bringing the war to an end and
as an evidence of that country's desire
that the friendship between It and the
United States may be still more
strengthened.
There's another stir I'm the Treasury
Department. Secretary Shaw has sent
out Il want to know" circular in
which he asks good many questions
He says that the circular Is sent simply
that he may strike an average upon
which to base his Judgment about a
what he says. but the clerks are afraid
that there is some sinister movement
afoot, because the questions are pretty
personal. Here they are:
Are you male or female? Are you
married or singlec How long have you
been in the Government service? APP
proximateiy (wfthin q thousand dol
lars) what is the aggregate of the sal
airy you have received from the Gov
eminent during your entire term Of SER
vice? Have you purchased a home?
At what price? Is it paid for? What
amount IL any. Is still due? How much
are you worth above your debts?
What portion of this have you saved
out Of your salary? How much are you
In debt In excess of the value of your
property? Does your condition COM
pei you occasionally to borrow money
at exOrbitant rates of INTEREST,""
Now you know that If you had those
questions fired at you. when you were
drawing a stipend Of merely nominal
character from the Government, you
would think that "a hen was on" Es-
pecfally the one about purchasing a
home. II has often been said that to
own q home, no matter how modest,
was against one who Is In Government
employ. and that IL would be said that
anybody who could buy home did not
need a Government salary. The replies
to these questions-and every clerk in
the Treasury Department has to reply
to them. are not to be signed. The Sec
rotary directs that they shall be filled
out correctly, folded and handed to q
Chief, unsigned. and the Chief will
turn them in. The Secretary wants to
90 over each individual paper and tab
clate the replies. and thus find out Just
how forehanded his clerks are. and
whether they have frittered away their
salary in diamond rings. on the race
track, or the red-light saloon or
whether they have been laying by a lit
tie every month to keep them I'm old
age. III he finds that the majority are
forehanded. and have not lived up to
the limit and a little over, then he will
recommend pension for clerks and re-
tire them after good service. But II he
finds that the allurements Of social
life In Washington have made his