The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-23
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)


One OF the adjuncts OF the democratic
national committee is the railroad
mans bureau in Chicago, which Is
evidently hard at work rounding up
the railroad men TO vote Tor ygydl
and Kern. The appeal which the rail-
road mans bureau is sending out is
couched in the following language:
Dear Sir-InclOsed please find Bryan
and Kern railroad club subscription
blank. Kindly place the same before
all the members OF the railroad club
for their subscriptions to the campaign
fund. receipt in the form OF a tray.
cling card will be issued by the Demo.
cratic national committee TO each
member for the amount donated. These
travelling cards are good for admission
TO the White House at Washington,
ID. C., during the entire Democratic az
ministration. Yours truly, Will c.
Long"
Tourists Favorite City-Washington
is the faVOrite city of America for
tourists. There is so much of inter
est TO see, so many dignitaries whose
names crowd the newspapers, so many
fashion parades, that tourists flock to
the capital in droyes. Almost any day
Of the year they can be counted by
the hundreds in the streets. or course
the favorite stunt" of all is a trip to
the White House and a visit to the
president This is easily arranged
through the aid OF a senator or con
sressman. Each day groups OF tourists
escorted by the congressman from
their district march To the White
House. Nearly always the president
consents TO come out Of his Office and
meet the party Frequently he shakes
hands all around, makes a clever lit.
tie speech, and the visitors depart
happy at the attention shown them.
One secret 81 President Roosevelt's
great popularity Is the charming grace
with which he receives the visitors.
No president has been more accessi.
BILE than he.
Supreme Court Docket---Beginning
October 13 the call of the docket in
the supreme court of the United
States for the l90S-0g term began.
Among other matters OF interest many
important railroad questions will re-
ceivc the courts attention OF these
the appeal from the decision of the
United States circuit court for the
eastern district of Pennsylvania on
the commodities clause" of the inter
state commerce law as affecting the
anthracite coal roads will probably
occupy first place with the public. A
case recently docketed will test the
validity Of the Haskell bank guaranty
law of Oklahoma and another, institut-
charged on account Of the Browns
Vile riot. will deal with the right "
the president TO summarily dismiss
an enlisted man before the expiration
of his term. Still another case deals
with the constitutionality of New
York city's S0-cent gas law. Another
important case deals with the regu-
larity of the proceedings of the New
York courts against Albert T. Patrick,
the lawyer now serving life sentence
on the charge of numbering Millionaire
Rice.
tuberculosis Awards.-Awards 10
successful competitors participating
in the great exhibition which formed
a vital part OF the recent international
congress of tuberculosis have been an
nounced by DR. Fulton, secretary gen.
eral of the congress, and DR.. Boy
er, chairman Of the committee ON eX-
hibition. in report of the committee
on the congress. The board of judges
consisted of Dir. Brown, United States
commissioner Of education, as. presi-
dent; Or Fulton OF Providence, r. L.,
rs secretary. and twelve committee
men. The Brompton hospital. London,
won the $4,000 prize for the best ex-
hibit of hospital for the treatment OF
advanced pulmonary tuberculosis, and
gold medals were awarded TO the Loo
mis- sanitarium, Liberty, y. Y, and the
Massachusetts state hospital, Tewks-
bury, Mass. New York won the gold
mcual TOT lnc ntSl tNulDll Stnl III ny
the states illustrating effective organ
ization for the restriction OF tubercu.
lcsis. Special gold medals for various
kinds of work I'm the campaign against
tuberculosis were made, including one
20 the Massachusetts state committee
of the congress.
Aonduran Minister Recalled.-The
recall OF Dr. Angel Ugarte, the minis
ter from Honduras To the United
states. announced last week, when
the minister called on Secretary Root
and said he had been relieved and
/ would 20 20 Mexico To represent his
country there. DR. Lazo Arriga, a
! brother of former Guatemalan min
lister TO the United States, will sue
ceed him. Arrangements are being
made for an audience with the Presi-
dent. when Mr.. Ugarte will present
his letter of recall and his successors
credentials Or. Ugarte said the mis-
sion TO Mexico was offered him more