Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-12-01
COS SIP FIR ON
WASHINGTON.

tEdDit SURPRISE Ids DSbH CduScu III Ot-
fetal circles over the announcement
that the president has decided to make
at the opening of congress, all the
cabinet changes necessary incident to
filling the vacancy en- the supreme
court bench by the appointment Of
Attorney General Moody. The plan to
have these changes made now, instead
of at the close of the session, indi-
Gates the desire on the part OF the
president to have as many of the
transfers as possible made at the be-
ginning, so that each member may be
in his new Office to look after such
legislation as his department may
| need.
According to the nresent program,
the nomination or Attorney General
Moody as justice of the supreme court
will be sent to the senate on the open
ing day, instead of waiting until after
the holiday recess. 1t is believed that
the president now feels there is lit
tie danger Of the appointment failing
of confirmation, and Immediately that
action is taken, Mr.. Moody will assume
his duties on the bench, thus giving to
| the supreme court its full member
ship, thing much desired in deciding
important cases. Then, if all goes as
per schedule, by December 10, Secre-
tary of the Navy Bonaparte will be-
come attorney general, Secretary of
| Commerce and Labor Metcalf will be-
come secreatry of the navy, and Oscar
| s. Straus, of New York, will become
secretary of commerce and labor. The
| other cabinet changes that have al
ready been decided upon will not be
made until the close of the present
| congressional session.
Many complaints are being received
at the agricultural department in
which it is charged that various rail-
roads are violating the thirty-six-hour
law regarding the transportation of
stock. Secretary Wilson is turning
tic complaints anu ouSn CfluCuNC
as his agents gather to the department
of justice and prosecutions are expect
ed to follow, resulting, if the charges
are sustained, in heavy fines against
the railroad companies. The law re-
quires that a railroad company shall
not carry live stock on it's trains more
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such stock with food and water, but
if the reports that have reached Wash
ington are correct, live stock is being
transported for forty, sixty, and in
some cases as many as ninety hours
without being .unloaded to be fed and
watered. The charges apply to nearly
all the big railroads, both in the east
and west, some of the worst violators
being eastern roads running out of
Chicago and ST. Louis for New York
and Boston. Secretary Wilson has de-
clared his intention to insist on an
observance of the law and will extend
no leniency to roads that break it.
A surprise was in store for the pres
ident when he returned to the White
House from his visit to Panama and
Porto Rico. He found that during his
absence, the campus just to the rear
of the executive mansion and where
the Marine band gives its concerts dur
ing the summer months, had been
turned into a football grounds and
here during four afternoons in each
week this strenuous game is played
The captain of one of the teams and
the prime mover in the sport is Archie
Roosevelt, son of the president. His
)laymates are thirty boys about his
)wn age from the Friends select
| school at which Archie is pupil. Tenn
| porary goal posts have been arranged
by the youngsters and soon after the
school closes in the afternoon full
| fiedged game is under way. Each of
the players has a regulation uniform
and while all of the plays, perhaps,
are not scientifically carried out, a.
| great deal of enthusiasm is expended.
to say nothing of the noise. Tourists
have been astounded at the sigh of
1 boisterous boys whooping and yelling
/ in the shadow of the executive man
sion bat when told that it is oil plan
/ NJ the IT idents son. they manifest
considerable interest in the games as
do the policemen and attendants on
duty about the place. Some Of these
4 oy ,bat # 50 likely the president him
SELF win take a hand in the sport rs
/ his likeness for football is wen known.
Sightseers Ia Washington as Well as
\ residents. are greatly interested in the
freakish plant now en- exhibition at
the Government Botanical gardens.
4 This strange specimen of the botani-
cal world is popularly called the