Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-06-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(rRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON LETTER.
frRom OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, D. c., JUNE 10TH.
A great deal is being made OF a
discovery which many surmiscd with
out having had any information on
the subject. Last week at Masonic
celebration at the Capital it was ac-
cidently disclosed that the President
carries pistol and after the discov-
cry a number of persons came for
ward to testify that he carries not
only one but several. The ncwspa-
pers assume different views in their
treatment of the matter and q few
have arisen to say that it is beneath
the dignity of a president and a bad
example to the nation that he should
90 armed. The majority though arc
of the opinion that if the President
could carry a whole arsenal without
inconvenience he would be justified
in doing so.
Plans for great Cathedral to cost
over five millions of dollars and to
have a seating capacity for five thous-
and persons have just been accepted
by the Protestant Episcopal Diocese
of Washington. For more than ten
years such an edifice has been the
hope of the Episcopalians of the Cap
ital and few evenings ago the plans
which were drawn by famous Eng
lish architect were made pnblic. The
huge building will stand on the high
est ground near the city and will be
about forty-fve minutes drive from
the centre of the city. 1t will be $50
feet above sea level and its highest
tower which will be 277 feet will look
down upon the city and far beyond.
It will be conspicuous from the Cap
itol on account of its height and To-
cation and an idea of it's dimensions
may be gathered from the fact that
the plans provide for three pulpits
from which three different services
may be conducted simultaneously.
The long protracted Brownsville
Senate investigation is drawing to a
close, and the indications are that OF
the twelve Senators composing the
committee, eight will vote sustaining
the President and four sustaining
Senator Foraker. In the investiga-
ton there will be majority and also
a minority report, the minority report
of course, written by Senator Foraker.
The investigation has quite failed OF
its assumed purpose of helping the
political aspirations or fortunes OF
Senator Foraker, and it has probably
greatly strengthened the President
in the South.
Secretary Taft's political campaign
as presidential candidate (and
everything that he says or does now
is regarded rightly or wrongly as a
part of his campaign), is watched
with much interest by distinguished
men of both parties here. 1t is doubt
cd if he is as shrewcd a politician as
President Roosevelt, and he is criti-
cized for having made some recent
breaks or false steps. His eulogy OF
Senator Spooner without eulogistic
reference to Senator La Toilette from
the same state is looked upon as a
mistake. Secretary Taft is big man
in every way, and must be accorded
the right to say what he thinks and
feels, but Senator La Toilette is also
very big and popular man in his
state, and with growing popularity
throughout the United States, and
people in his state and the United
States are DESTROYS that a man OF his
ability and strenuous zeal for the in
terests of the country at large should
not be slurred.