The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
Secretary Flourishcs ~
SS3ssJ oyfula Command While. Cab
u met Heads Take Rest. d.
LAB OR EN- TIERS INTO J. POLITICS
Eff ct8of Campaign 81 IS liberation
& Being Watched With With. Int; Inter
\ ss ss ses fairs in Capital.
sy%sHELDoN 8. SLIME.

WI WAsH1NGTON,8 y. {. !, july FL This
Is the season OF tho year v hen the Gov.
eminent OF the United States Is In the
Hands OF chief clerks and bureau chiefs.
)SDurlng nine months OF the year these
officials aro merely moths that nuttcr.
about the Hamc OF greatness. Come the;
dog days, and 10 NJ they themselves burst
forth Into flame, a bout which other moths
must fluttor.s a u 81 an IN
The chief clerk and the bureau chief
have not had their full share N Of glory
|5the present summer, because some OF the
/ department heads are still detained In
washington by83t the press Of important
| business Another ii spell OF acorching
5wea Their, though, like the one we had
two weeks $50, Will send these Ca binct
ministers scurrylng to II: mountain and
seashore, and 4 tho reign OF the su bordi-l
nate Will DO complete. IA, { II IA
i In each OF the nine great departments
there Is at least one. and In most cases
TWO orr three, asslstant secrctar!es " iosss
ldutyIt Is to take the place OF the absent
1 department chief. This arrangement
would work beautifully were itnot for
I5tho fact that m assistant secretary
doesn't like sweltering heat any better
! than q full-nedged Cabinet member, and
| there generallyfis3 important business that
| takes him away from Wnshingt ton In July
Land August Il. 4. .S.
Now, the chief clerk or bureau chief
\ tlotcs on heat, especially II 1t enables
Thin to sign ofiolal documents as Acting
8 Secretary Tho asphalt on Pcnnsyl-5
wanna Avenue may run IN rivulets ana
\ the washington Monument all but coll
ilapsc under the bllstering rays, but the
5i.Acting Secretary, ls serene and sn1il-
ling. Sitting at the desk Of the Cabinet
member who rules his department door3
vide open--so that all who pass may see
he does his best to look the spart-.at n.i
! messengers and minor clerks are kept on
| the jump 81 His dignity sticks out Ike !. q
4 snaiIs eyes and Sam or I" Jack, who
| always address him at other times q as
h"Bill,' or 4 Jim, " make the deferential
bow, and l"Mr. Secretary Is the form o.
Etheirt salutat ton. 81 n S3 ss Z, a
Il Some folks may growl and grulmbie.
and declare washington 70 be an inler l1,'
Fin dog days, but the5A I,l sec s,e 81
mo New York SUI Sun set the politicians
nll agog BY a prediction. which ran about s'o'l'
= ..rhe next Governor 81 the State Of
| New York will be IA Democrnt
s"The next Governor OF the state o.
New York will be the next Presld 1'e NJ y
}tha United States 3g555 {, !, g, s
Al Nnthing ut 3allBof5 Bryan or the brya ".
,,,oom. The Nobraskan Is counted o ~,
M r"op' fnnly for the election, but even tor
the nomination, which other people nav NY =
t..,,n conceding was his without the ass as sT
' tThe noliticians want to know what Ino
sun meant; they want The sun % l'u I.1.s
it's man. Is 1t Hearst That Is tme
easiest conclusion at which g aF I,,s, :,
but The Sun Is anything rathel 49, nn.
a Hearst organ: and mel sun = = ~ .
~ the hnbit OF boosting public men
whom It doesn't like. MI ~. u
Tho New York World, a year or or 20 &,
\ npn D. made the solemn prediction 4 MI MY
Theodore Roosevelt would succeed MN.
self as President on March 4, lsoV, ana
The World has stuck to i ever slt g.
The World doesn't like Roosevelt /. ~ ~.
| White House at oil, and THIS Is ~ VIZ VIZ
/ diction may have been Intended TO 1lelp
i The warning Republican, factions TO get
"a 'o r. liz present efforts to bring about
i harmony fail Of effect, tho Republican
4 situation in the Empire State efFtainlS
4 will have an ugly aspect, and the ,elec-
4. ton of a Democratic Governor coula ~
acceptkh as O. natur raj result ANY pet, ..,7
crnt with the triumph Of successtu'
1 campaign for the New York GnySTnor-
4 ship fresh upon him would be q hress-
Dental quantity OF weight IN ordinary
seasons. but just now II would pc haru
ITO find a Democrat, aside from the
Hearst enthusiasts, who. was .ane!lned g
go to New York for q presidential ca "
dldate. s5s TIA
some, little while ago We were RECALLED
4 with the story that Congressman ~ e
4 tleneld, OF Maine, had determined 70 fol-
4 low the example Of that other son OF
Maine, Thomas 3. Reed and retire from
He would NOT stand for re-eleetlon, Ing
story ran, and there were elaborate de-,
tails OF his plans for the legal conquest
4 Of the metropolisI Mr., Battlefield dia
not CONFIRM the story. nor did he deny
lat. At least, tho danial never oYe'too 'tl
4 the original tnlo. llg
And yet we find Mr. Littleheld fights
\ ing tooth ana nall, upSln Maine to pre-
vent the very thing for which he was