Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-11-16
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dent Roosevelt has started for Pauama
aboard the Daltieship Loui. lana ana
will thus este bilsii II precedent by TAX
lug the first trip that u President has
ever VI dertaken outside of ire United
States during his term of office he Is
accom- panied by Mis- Roosevelt, AS
sistant SscretsIy Lstta. Of the White
House staff, Surgeon General Rixey
of the Navy and some of the White
House servants. He WAS seen off from
the Washington Navy Yard ou Thurs
day afternoon, went down the river
GU the yacht May flower and transfer
red 70 the battlesnlp at Wolf Trap
Rock in Chesapeake Bay. The depar-
ture from the Navy YARD WAS quite
social fair, the President Deiug BID
good bye by the French Ambassador
and Madam JusseraDd, Postmaster
General and Mis. CurGelyou. Commls
sioner Gat field aud number of the
higher officers of the Navy Depart
ment. Tue quaILers on the Louisiana
have b-en very luxuriously fitted up
and the battleship. i'll common with
other warshjps Of tho Navy, is equip
ped with wireless telegraph instrn-
mente. that will keep her indirectly in
touch with Washington during the
whole of her voyage. The President
will make use of his time during the
six days sail from here to Colon in pre-.
pairing the message to Congress. 1t
would be good chance for rest, but
the President seems 10 think that work
| is all the rest he needs 80 loug as he
can get d chance to do il uulnterrupt-
edly.
The party will remain on the lsthmus
| three days aud during that time will go
from Colon to Panama. looking over
al The work that has been done on the
i big ditch. Arrangements have been
made to give the President very cor
dial welcome, and President Amador,
of the Republic of Panama, will be
present with the Governors of all sew
en- of bis PROVINCES at great reception
| to President Roosevelt in the Capito'.
Dispatches from Panama already an
nounce that people from the Interior
towns are arriving in great numbers,
and it will be made gala occasion.
Announcement has been made from
the White House OF two more Cabinet
changes that will involve the shifting
of some minor position 10 the Federal
departments. Attorney General Moody.
it has been understood for some time,
would 60 from the Department Of JUS
tice, and 1t is announced that he would
succeed Associate Justice Brown in
the Supreme Court. Secretary Hitch
cock will also resign from the Interior
Department, and will be succeeded by
James A. Garfield, at present Head OF
the Bureau of Corporations. Secre'
tary Hitchcock will quit the govern
ment service altogether against
the wish OF the President. who offered
him the Ambassadorship to Paris, in
succession to Am bassador Mccormick,
who is returning to this country. Sec
rotary Hitchcock declined, however,
! on the ples that he had already served
eight years in the Department aside
from his previous service as Minister
to st. Petersburg. and was entitled to
q rest. There will be number of 9th
er changes in the diplomatic corps, fol
! lowing the retirement of Mr.. Meyer
from st. Petersburg to position in
the Cabinet. Lloyd Griscome, now
| Minister to Brazil, will fill Mr.. Meyers
piacs as Ambassador at st. Petersburg.
There has been considerable speculs'
ton as to Mr.. Griscome's successor in
r 10 Janeiro, and the most generally &C.
cepted choice far the plaes Is Charlie,
Page Bryan, Minister 10 Portugal
| who was formerly minister to Brazi
before that position was raised to the
post of an Embassy. There are some
other changes in the diplomatic corps
impending. the most important being
that of John Barrett, Minister to
Bogota, who is now In this country.
1t is generally understood that he will
not return and that Leslie Combs. now
| Minister to Honduras. will be given
the Colombian post. There is also an
opening for some promising young man
as Secretary to the American Mission
at Sant0 Domingo. No appointment
has as yet been made to this place
There will also be vacancy in the
Secretaryship of the American Mission
at Bolivia, and there will be several
other changes In 6ecretaryships at the
European posts. But no changes have
yet been announced in these minor
positions, and while they may De de
cided on during the Presidents ab.
ssnca, Secretary Root will not make
then pu bile until after President ROose
velt s return.
To return to Secretary Hitchcock.
e is term of service In the Interior De.
parsment has been one OF hard work
and little praise since he succeeded
Cornelius N. Bliss Of that Department.
There have been moro frauds turned
up in the Land Office during Score
tary Hitchcock's incumbency than un.
der any previous Secretary of the In
terror. 1t he's been due perhaps to the
fact that land was one of the cheapest
things in possession of the United
States government, that such wide
field for fraud was allowed to exist
The Oregon land fraud cases have been
notorious and have involved hundreds
Of thousands OF acreas OF government
land. There have been swamp land
frauds, grazing land frauds, mineral
entry and railroad frauds and frauds
upiar ainnnt ovnru otho. .ao<io0 -