Middletown transcript., 1905-02-04
WASHINGTON LETTER

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the United States who drilled knowl-
edge into their heads were entitled
to. higher pay than they got, and of that
great army who have been school teachers
not dissentig voice to the teachers right
to higher pay could be found. Champ
Clark himself belongs to this army and in
language vivid if not Addisonian he de-
scribed to the House of Representatives
his experiences and opinions. He in
formed Congress and the country that he
was teacher at fifteen and the President
OF college at twenty-three years OF age.
If Macauley were still alive he might add
Champ Clark list of his warnings to
the eminent and consultations to the OBJ
scure' with the explanation that Byron
and Bonaparte were scarcely in it with
Mr. Clarke for they were tYenty.four and
twenty-five respectively when they had
achieved fame while Mr.. Clark was presi-
dent of college at twenty-three. Inas-
much as Mr.. Clark was president only one
year it may be presumed that the college
saw in time the injustice it was doing the |
nation in keeping him out of politics. |
The school m'arms did not get the in
crease of salary demanded but they had |
saved money enough to buy bouquets for |
Mr.. Clark and his desk at the Capitol |
was covered with their tributes of appre-
citation.
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The army appropriation bill has passed |
and through the efforts of Senator Lodge |
and other near friends of the President |
the appropriation has been made so as to
allow full pay to General Miles notwith-
standing he will be drawing pay on the
Military staff of Governor Douglass OF |
Massachusetts. During the debate on
the army bill Senator Hale of Maine who |
is perhaps the star grumbler of the Senate
took occasion to criticize with great sever
ity the army staff bill which was passed
at the last session OF Congress through the
urgent efforts of ex-Secretary Root and
bitterly opposed by General Miles. 1t
is well known that under the old system
the official corps of our army was about
as obsolete in its organization and about
as ineffective in its action. as would be
an old flint lock musket for military pur-
poses. All Asia to say nothing of Eur
ope had adopted far more modern and
effective sl stem but the old systems finds
its eulogist in such boudoir strategists as
Senator Hale of Maine. 1t came out in
the debate that he had. had to wait ten
minutes or to "cod his heels" as he ex-
pressed it in an office of the war depart
ment for an interview with one of the
military officers appointed under the new
law. Twas now always thus" and Sena-
tor Hale looks back on time when he
did,not have to complain of cold feet"
President Roosevelt continues to make
speeches and write letters to everybody
and on every subject. 1t is almost mar
velous that any man can talk and writ e
SO much and make SO few breaks. A de-
putation of Episcopal bishops charged
with anti-divorce thunder called on him
yesterday AMI he told them in substance
that he. was with them in everything that
tended to the promotion of family ties |
and home stabilities and large families
The President has been twice married
and is the father of six children, so that
doubtless he feels equipped to have a {
heart to heart talk with the nation on its | !
martial affairs whenever the opportunity
presents. The Washington Clergyman
who said that while he was au ardent ad- ,
mirer of the President he could wish that
not So, bent ON being the
Father of us ALP is probably not sur
prised to find him expressing himself on
the divorce problem. Having undertaken
to adjust strikes, trust, railroad, the tar
if the navy the currency and the size OF |,
our families he probably regards the div i.
orce question as dead easy" but as a
Senator said "The man who is compe-
tent TO talk about divorce is the man
who has procured a divorce or tried Q
and failed, and happily married man
has no more right to dictate divorce laws 1
han bachelors have to make rules for 9
he care of babies" Whether this is
ogical or not is different to say but the
Bishops regard the work o. securing the
President as an aecomplice in virtue as T
lie most important accomplishment of G
heir conference here. g
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Senators Hale and, Bacon who in a n .
pasm of jeaously for the rights of the t.
enate temporarily forgot the constitu- O.
ion Of the United State or thought the z
resident was about to set it aside in his +
with the little Republic of fc