The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-20

a foolish thing to do. This year, like
the rest of his cabinet colleagues, he
is going away to spend as much time
as he possibly can, two months at least
and perhaps twice that number of
months. Attorney General Bonaparte
has a beautiful country place outside
of Baltimore, which country place is
especially pleasant at this time of
year. The Government can not try
law cases in the summer time any
way. He will accordingly content him.
self with an occasional trip over to
washington, when it is not too hot,
to see how the department is getting
along and with an occasional trio up
to oyster Bay, when the President
wants to see him.
Perhaps the new Secretary of War
will be it, when he gets to Washing
ton in July For Luke E. Wright, the
new Secretary, is used to the hot
southern climate and need not mind a
Washington summer particularly. The
Secretary of the Navy has a splendid
opportunity to cruise around on some
of the governments navy ships during
the summer. His predecessors of re-
cent years have not overlooked that
opportunity and it is hardly probable
that Secretary MetcaIf will be derelict
Secretary of the Interior Garfield has
beat them all in the picturesqueness
of his trip, for he was away early
and will have nice sea voyage aboard
the battleshfp Maine on the cruise to
Honolulu. Mr. Garfield's department
convers bureaus which have TO do
With government affairs all the way
| from San Juan to Manila and therefor
he has an excuse always at hand for
going out on inspection trips anywhere
the American flag floats.
However, while all Washington is
| looking toward Chicago and wonder
| ing what next, the loiterers here have
some pride in the reflection that all
| Chicago just now is looking toward
washington. For after all is said ev-
erybody in the United States, who is
thinking about the convention and
about the nomination, is thinking
about "Bfg BilI'' and is searching for
the washington date line to ascertain
what big Bill'' is doing and what he
is saving. As a matter of fact the
Secretary is saying but very little that
gets into the newspapers, although he
is talking with divers people all day
long. He is receiving reports and Civ
ing directions, as busy as a general
in the midst Of a battle. AS of old he
gets up early in the morning and takes
a considerable dose of work before his
breakfast is out of the way. Then he
Iappears at the department about II
o'clock The throngs of political visit
ors there have thinned out with the
adjournment of Congress and the at
traction that the National convention
affords. He does not have to stop tt
shake hands with as many people a!
of yore when he goes through his owl
ante-room.
But just as soon as he had taken {
; look around his office and has seen how
business is going, ten to one he think
of something he wants to talk abou
; at the White House. Or perhaps tn
t President has anticipated him and ha
{ telephoned for his War Secretary. Any
way, he travels that course aImos
) every morning between 10 and II, til
, the facetious ones are talking abou
his wearing out the granite steps Of
J the east side of the State, War an
| Navy building. For while he coul
ride all the way up from the groun'
| or down to the ground on an elevator
: if he would walk in the driveway an
5 through the corridor. the Secretar