The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-11-10
President Roosevelt Announces
That He viii Receive no
More Visitors.
WILL MAKE TRIP TO PANAMA
Post Office Department viii Install
Pneumatic Tubes In Several Post.
Offices In tho Large citios, ir.
respective OF Contractors.

WASHINGTON Nov.9.--That Pitts
burg man who IL goi"s TO organize
a new political party for the sole pur-
pose Of again nominating and elect
ing Theodore Roosevelt President OF
the Uultcd States may not succeed
In getting the public TO take him Sc
rioualy, but Il undoubtedly In true
that he represents "A sentiment that
In much stronger throughout the coun
have been willing to believe,
known. have never done any shouting
for Roosevelt and third term, The
notion doesn't appeal to them nj all,
for while II ls often suspected that
shrewd player nj the game OF poll
ties, his has by no means been n poll
ticlans" administration" II IL difficult
TO figure just why the politicians OBJ
ject to the Roosevelt style Of game.
but one OF their grounds OF complaint
In that when he does "sit In" he either
plays n lone hand or doubles up with
some rank outsider. instead OF being
regular and taking the boys" into
his confidence.
President Roosevelt's announcement
that he win recei evno more gener-
al callers until after his return from
Panama has had the effect OF side
tracking the stream OF politicians
which has been pouring Into Wash
ington for the past month or six weeks
only people on important business
30 the announcement said, are to be
received at the white House, and II
would be somewhat difhcult for the
average political caller to show that
he had important business.
For many years Uncle sam has beer
regarded as easy picking for contract
org, and there is not lacking evidence
that the supposltion was well founded
But even contractors viii overreacf
themselves now and then, and the
other day the Postofllce Department
furnished a case In point. AT tho
last session Of Congress an appropri'
alton was made for extending anc
maintaining the pneumatic mail tubt
systems In Boston, New York, Phila'
delphia, Chicago and st Louis anc
baltimore. Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Kan
sas city and San Francisco. The de-
partment invited bids on both propo'
sitions and they were opened th'
other day. officials were not littl'
surnrised when 1t developed that no.
n single bid had been received for th'
installation of the plants In the cities
that now have no pneumatic TUBES
A little quiet Investigations disclosed
that the contractors had proceeded
on the theory that II they did not BIZ
on the new work the entire appro
nriation would be used In the cities
where the tubes already have beer
installed, and that later on ther
would be a new and larger appropri
alton for the new cities The depart
ment officials, however, did not taxi
this view of 1t. When they saw nov
the wind was blowing they announces
that the share of the appropriation
intended for the installation of nev
plants would be segregated, and tn
probabilities are the government will
install the new plant itself withou
calling upon the contractors for an
help. The contractors ARE inhline'
to feel that Uncle Sam has used then
badly In thus beating them at thei
own game.