The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-10-20
ROOSHArS FIRST YEAR.
Can Now Carry Out Policies
of His Own.
DIPLOMATIC CORPS BACK.
Washington Not the Finest
Capital Yet, Architecturally.

rrvEIY LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
With the return Of the President to
Washington the Diplomatic corps has
in great part come back and made
their formal calls at the office OF the
Secretary Of State. For the frst
time since the death Of Hay the
State Department has a Secretary
and one worthy to sit in his chair.
Theodore Roosevelt once said In
sneech that it was liberal education
n sit in council with John Hay but
he later said that he believed EIihu
Root was the ablest statesman Of his
time and added words which meant
that he had the combined ability Of
Hay, Atty. General Knox and third
Cabinet Officer. There will doubt
less be an overhauIing IN the State
Department. With new Prime
Nlnster Root and new frst assis-
amt t5acon there must needs be a
uew clerical personcl. The Depart
meut aecds It.
There viii bc something doing in
Washington this winter. Signs OF
activity haYe never been more abun.
daat. This is the Presidents first
year in his own right. No longer has
he the behest to push the policy OF
Mckinley. He Is not scant Of poll
cles Of his own. No man in the
country knows the wants and the
weaknesses OF the various government
departments better than Theodore
Roosevelt. be assured the Keep
Commission appointed by him Is no
mere hippodrome for show. They
have done little IL is true in the way
Of original discovery but the Presi-
dent knew substantially what their
findings would be. formulation and
presentation Is their role. For the
first time in forty years has reform OF
this kind become possible, for not In
Roosevclt's administration can the
rascals turned out run to their I'm
1uence" in the House or Senate and
get reinstated. Civi, service ha; done
Its work to the extent at least OF
rendering influence nugatory. Mil
lions OF dollars will be saved the
country through the recommends
tlons OF the Keep Commission in
stopping waste; in cutting of useless
expenditures; and in simplifying and
hastcning work. Do not doubt that
the appointment Of Root, BOnaparte
and Cortelyou means something The
other members OF the cabinet are
doing we'll and they doubtless have
all necessary stimulations and are not
lacking ia esprit du corps.
The conviction Of U. S. Senator
and of members of Congress in Ore
gon Of land frauds, and the possible
recovery to the government OF MIL
lions Of acres through other convic'
tions attests the activity OF the In
terror Department under Mr.. Hen
dricks. To all appearances the coun'
try under powerful impulse from the
White House, and through the Sc
lection Of 1T licutenants, has started
on an era Of publication Throughout
all its administrative ramihcatlohs
The work of Hercules with the stables
was pastime as compared with tnt
task the President has undertaken
aud one wonders how, knowing III
magnitude, mo President has eve
known 1t SO welD he has denied MIN
self the additional four years wnict
the whole country wants him to tak'
for its accomplishment HoweVe
there Is nothing TO prevent MS DC
coming President Roots Secretary o
the Interior or +. III. Generai aiio
1908 aud at the Cabinet table nc VII
be able to uo much.
Washington, the material or Arch'
tectural capitol has heen improves
during the summer and Is approach
ing more and more the ideal OF VIVA
great capital OF a great couu''
ought to be. Your correspondent I'd
seen more then once the capitals Q
Europe and this summer spent sou'
time III Copenhagen, Cnrlss'aaa