The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01

War Secfet1rys1s$O Only man
ii Iii 19OS-Situation
;publicans. J,
IDS 10 the next presidential nomination.
The recent Dryan boom hAs brushed
aside ALI previous calculations, and has
rendered substitute calculations we1l-nish
impossible.
one 81 those p~aradoxicai things % ire.
quentiy 20 be observed In politics 81 thht
Republicans much moro generally than
DernocrAts.tf have accepted ~ an al1ngk
assured that Nj, Bryan Will bs the next
Democratic candidate, This iB not be-
on the part OF the average Democrat In.
Congress. but they appear, especially
those who have SerainNd &steadfaAt TO
Bryan through all his adversities, To- be
b%ewildsred by ths situation which has
developed Xxi
Many 81 those men had hoped that
events might W shape Themselves az to.
make Bryan the logical candidate In 1905,
but the had hardly had the 8tennerity 70
give voice 70 this hope. Nov that the
boom has been sprung BY Democrats
whom they regarded 90 the natural e enc
mics OF the Nebraska man, they simply
wi btV ~ ~ W. AStNSAd5S3a3X Fl
For this reason Democrats $aru inclined
to be non-commlttai when8questioned on
the subject OF the 1905 nomination. al
one OF sthem expressed Il, they are waiting
to see owsBryan'ssboo wears In the
East and to discover, II they can, whether
there Is anything back OF 1t that ought
not to be there II Eastern Democrats
sasctunted In their enthusiasm for
Bryan by d sircer re desire to vrest control
of9theS government from the Republicans,
then the Bryan Democrats are with them
heart ana soul, But the Bryan Demo;
Gratis do not propose to- become a party
TO any premeditated slaughter.
&s&FeaYs 49,
EowEthat Benjamin. r. Barnes has been
confirmed by the Senate as postmaster
OF Washington, ana the .,Mrs. Minor
Norris incident is thus officially closed.
|4tgperhaps Ii snotlamiss to say something
to the credit OF this young man, who has
been the target for so much condemna-
stionBand abuse.
lS.sN O. attempt is made here to explain
awaytthe election from the White House
of Mrs. Morris. That affair Ia shrouded
I'm peculiar and impenetrable mystery.
and no man outside the sacred confines
wherefores OF It. ut Ii not possible,
though. for g$anyS one who knows Mr..
Barnes to believe that he ordered, Ede-
liberately and d cold blood. any outrage
on Mrs. Morris or on any other$woman.
Il Is much easier to believe that for a
moment he lost his head. Sor that acting
on orders from higher : force was
used where II repugnant to his per-
sorlal ii cllnationH. f83Ss
4 However that may be, for half zdo1en,
years or more Nj. Barnes has enjoyed
GtHA vA~ye RtnNtA%SA LGE AteSf
est and most obliging officials who had
any connectionsw with the White House.
He$receiyed his White House tutelage
from GeorgeaB. Cortelyou,# and had much
Of Mr. Corteiyou's charming courtesy and
engaging Il ankness.aSWhe Mr.SCortelyoll
loft the Init House, Mr.. Barnes fell
heir to- much OF the formers popularity
Mr.. Loeb,nf$who succeeded Mr.. CorteIyou
a. secretary 70 the President. has not
be MISUNDERSTANDING with newspaper
me n and visitors TO the White House.
whenever Il was possibleRhave preferred
tos transact stheir business With Mr..
Barnes. g&#% s9as SA$ia4s
The United Is States Trea Depart
mentSis certainly@the field OF young
man'slssposiaibllitle s. More young men are
placed5ina positions OF largo responsibility
there than In any other department of
the Federal Government. Especially has
this been true insthe matter Of assistant
secretaries IN This week J. H. Edwards,
native OF Ohio. and formerly private
secretaryySto Mr. Shaw asHun1sd5hi 4 duties
ms Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury:
Mr., Edwards e Just thtrty-one years OF
age. and IS the youngest OF a number OF
young men who have preceded him in
that posltion.S
M .ssEdwardss@wh Attle more than a
boy, was assistant secretary OF the Ohio
Bankers characterization and? In that position
attracted the attention OF Mr.. shaw. He
came ito Washington as secretary 10 Con-
gressman Weaver, OF Springfield. Ohio,
and later vas vas ,appointed private secretary
TO the late Postmaster-G General Payne,
When g chance came forsSsMr. Shaw "a
secure his services the opportunity was
seized, and now Mr. Edwards Is holding
down q $4,000 year job,. with the pros
poet before him Of sorne lucrative place
In the world OF finance when he retires
from his present office