davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Arizona republican., 1908-02-23
100000 TREES AND PLANTS AT WAGNER'S NURSERY.

Umbrella trees. .......2 .21kc each and up Ash trees. ..........1c each and up Mulberry trees. SC each and up Rose bushes. each and up Fruit trees. .........20 20c each and up Ornamental Fan and Date Palms.
 ..............- SC each and up , varieties Hedge plants. 5c each up Grapes. es.................5c each and up
 My fruit trees have been inspected by proper authority. It will pay you to come and see me at the nursery, T of a mile south of Eastlake park. R. F. D. No. 1.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-23
l Will Give You a Course Of Treatment

Without PayAn It Costs Two Cent stampA Let of Treatment TomorrOw- Is Truly Astonishing How ar Deep Seated Kidney, Liver, Stomach and Lung
 Troubles and Other Dangerous Dseases-Eet
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Arizona republican., 1908-02-23

Frank Drescher. of Prescott, spending a few days in Phoenix.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
HOME OF A DESCENDANT OF MARTHA WASF1Il

ware. The china has quaint designs of
blue. and some dishes used by Washington
after he became President are simple
white with a plain gold decoration. There
are fans of Martha Washington; as dell.
cate and as beautiful as any used by a
belle of today, and as quaint as they can
be. There are wine glasses, and, by the
same token, the guests at Mount YER
non were treated we'll and drank Ions
toasts, for the glasses hold more than
those made now. A champagne glass
from Mount Vernon holds about twice
as much as the puny little goblet OF the
twentieth century. despite the songs and
poems sung and written for. the edifca~
ton Of latter-day wine lovers.
~
In the eighteenth century America did
not have as many silver ornaments and
playthings as a single jewelry store has
today, and when Washington wanted to
present little Columbia Peter. Mrs. Ken
mons oldest sister, with a silver rattle
of exquisite design tipped with red coral,
he had to send across the Atlantic for 1t.
1t was many weeks in getting to Ameri-
ca, but II was a good one. and had four
little silver bells that tinkled through
out Columbia's baby days. and then was
put away for good. 1t Is at Tudor Place
now. Mrs. kennon has said that her sis
ter Columbia could remember George
Washington, and that she walked up and
down with him on the lawn AT Mount
Vernon. her little hand barely able to
close around the large finger Of the gem
eraI.
There are several little groups. made OF
plaster, and the product OF the finest
french shops Of a hundred years ago.
They are groups of peasants, children, la.
dies and gentlemen in court dress, and
We're ornaments on the plateau used at
Washington's dinners. The plateau was
long mirror. the length of the dinner
table, and covered with flowers and the
little French ornaments. Much of the
Washington silver is there, too. The q.
w" china and some OF the M. W."
china Is In a cabinet together with an
egg cup and a coffee cup sent to Wash.
ington by Louis Philippe OF France.
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ing government salaries under President
Monroe. These presidential offices have
more than doubled since Cleveland first
entered the White House. since when
have been added two new departments.
many new bureaus and such great under
takings as the digging of the Panama
canal and the administration OF our in
sular possessions.
Mr. Taft cannot Independently appoint
these officials. He can merely nominate
them. Under the first article of the Con-
stitution senator's are part of the ap-
pointing power. and an appointment to a
.'presidentiar' Office under Mr. Taft will
represent an agreement between him and
the upper house of Congress. Appointees
of this class will not receive their COM
missions until confirmed by that body
But few presidential offices are exceptions
to this rule, these being members of
boards of visitors to some institutions, or
men selected for similar service. So, i'm
mediately after Mr.. Taft's Inauguration
the Senate will sit in extraordinary SEES
sion" TO consider such nominations as the
new President may make to it,
Those of the cabinet officers will be the
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ton sometimes say that the entire nelsh-
borhood was once known as Tudor
Place. and named IN honor Of the royal
house of England. The Tudor Place OF
today has on 1t the old house built CEN
tury ago by Thomas Peter. The house
IS a link between the day of the broad
lines OF colonial architecture and the
modern builders ideas There was plenty
OF room for the house to spread out and
plenty OF ground around it on all sides.
II has been the home OF the lineal de-
scendants of Martha Washington for a
century. 1t is house whose design and
character are forgotten. except when
seen now and then in old prints or per
haps in descriptions in u best seller"
written by an author who has discovers"
that after all the world lost tremendously
when the march of time left behind thS
grace and courtesy, the comfort and
genuine hospitality. the ideas and man
ners and houses OF the days before cleo
tricity and aeroplanes.
Mrs. Beverly kennon was born at Tu-
cally all her life has been passed there
She is in the line of direct descent from
Martha Washington. Martha Washing
toms first husband. II will be remembered,
was John Parke Gusts. When she mar
ried George Washington she had one son.
also John Gusts. who is mentioned as
aid-de-camp to Washington at one period
during. the revolution. This young mar
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X
Next in line comes the public land serv-
ice, with 2OS registers and receivers re-
ceiving 81 200 to 5000, besides seventeen
surveyors general. getting $500 to 81 600.
Then come the court officers Of the De-
partment Of Justice-S2 United States dis
trict attorneys, receiving from $500 to
$4,000. and as many United States mar
shals, getting from $1,000 to $4,000. And
under the internal revenue service there
are sixty-six collectors, getting from
$2.S75 to $500. while in the -mints and
assay offices there are twenty-six more
presidential beths. with salary attach
ments of from $1,000 to $4,000.
Summing up. then. there are the follow
ing presidential patronage offices under
the different departments: Post Office,
6.S51; Justice dncluding the courts), I,O7O;
Treasury, S65: Interior 342; Commerce
and Labor, 80; War g. State, %; Agricul-
ture. 3; Navy. 2; miscellaneous A.
By no means will all Of these offices
be refilled by Mr.. Taft. Indeed, fur
thering the policy of civil service re-
cradle percentage Of the incumbents,
especially those whose positions de-
mand some special scientific admins
tration or legal skill. Mr.. Roosevelts
placing Of the whole consular service,
with it's generous salaries, in the per-
manent and competitive class of offices
that can be entered only by examina-
filling these 100 offices. for which
Office seekers of the past have been
ravenous. How the nation has grown in
a generation. both internally and in In
ternational Importance, can be read from
the fact that Taft has to fill twice the
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was Washington's very own. has about
1t distinctive home air. In museums
where revolutionary relics and articles
once belonging to the great and the we'll
beloved of a nation are placed in glass
cases and catalogued and labeled that
feeling is entirely missing, although they
may be fully appreciated and reverenced.
AT Tudor Place Britannia Peter grew
up from infancy among the things Of
George and Martha Washington. They
were part of her daily life, as we'll as
of theirs.
There are candlestcks from Mount
Vernon. and cut glass, varying only a
trif1e from the design of modern orna-
ments Of the same kind. Two great glass
shades surround them, not from Mount
Vernon. however. but from the table Of
the last royal governor of Virginia. There
is an engraving of the family at Mount
Vernon, also a little mahogany desk.
There are two engravings of Trumbulls
paintings of the death of Montgomery at
Quebec and of the battle of Bunker Hill.
Both are from Mount Vernon. A camp
stool used by Washington is there. 1t
is a massive affair. very much heavier
than the camp stool of today, and covered
with leather. Washington used 1t through
out the revolution.
Martha Washington's wedding slippers
are in a glass cabinet. They would not
be worn at a wedding today. but were
grand slippers of their kind. and probably
tripped through many minuet at Mount
Vernon There is large bowl. probably
a punch bowl. of Cincinnati china" and
another bowl with the mark of the En-
peror of China upon 1t. And no one
could help stopping to look at Martha
Washington's Bible. we'll worn from much
reading. There is also a pair OF her
spectacles. They have tortoise-shell
rims in place Of steel or gold, and are tied
at the hinges with bits Of ribbons. And
not the least is a diary which she kept
during one year at Mount Vernon. i'm
which is written many and many a line
descriptive Of her everyday life, her
guests. her walks, her entertainments
and her visits
There is great deal Of china and glass
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TUDOR PLACE, GEORGETOWN THE HOME

married Eleanor Calvert, a descendant of
the Lords Baltimore. From this marriage
there were four children, one of whom
was Martha Gusts. who married Thomas
Peter. 1t was Thomas Peter who built
Tudor Pace and who was Mrs. hen
mons father. Her maiden name was
Britannia Peter. She married Commodore
Beverly Kennon of the navy.
Thomas Peter built Tudor Place OF good
old-fashioned brick and covered 1t over
with plaster. He made the halls wide,
the ceilings high, the windows large and
placed great columns in a little semi
circular cluster on the south side. Folks
nowadays would say the house is a ram
bling" one; at any rate, it runs east and
west and is wider than three ordinary
city houses The plaster that covers the
brick walls on the outside has hardened
so that IL looks to be sandstone and it
was laid on SO well that it has stayed
put during the storms of century
Some vines have crept up the walls, and
with the turning of the leaves in autumn
there is contrast between the indescrib-
able tawny plaster and the red leaves that
is worthy of a great artists best skill.
1t is not surprising that the house is
well built. and that it stands as vert-
table monument of American memories,
for all the skill of DR.. William Thornton
was employed in its design and building.
DR. Thornton was the architect of the Old
Capitol. the one that was burned, and
he also designed the Octagon House in
Washington. 1t seems fitting that the
work of man whose hand is seen in
these other buildings of such close as
ISOLATION with American history should
also be seen in Tudor Place. for not only
Is 1t quaint and beautiful. but IS full Of
the memories and even the household
gods and belongings of the great WASH
ington.
Mrs. kennon's family treasures the
heirlooms more on account of their family
relation than on account of their i'm
measurable historical value 1t is prob
ably safe to say. that only Mount Vernon
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Glc&sEMcE: a,
AGENST

bers of the interstate commerce COM
mission, as their seven-year terms expire;
for seven justices of the supreme court
of the Philippine Islands. for twenty-eight
ministers and one diplomatic agent
abroad; also for the United States dis
trict attorney of the southern district
of New York, who used to get as high as
$4,000 in fees before the office was put
on salary basis. Next come the $4,000
omces-the governor of Porto Rico, who,
too, gets free use of palace: the assist
ant treasurer, surveyor of customs, naval
officer Of customs and general appraiser
OF merchandise, all at New York; also
collector of customs at Philadelphia and
Boston, the solicitor general Of the
United States, and the postmasters at
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and
Boston.
All Of these offices thus far exceed
United States senatorships in salary
The $1,000 berths go to twenty-nine
United States circuit judges, the treasur-
er Of the Philippines. who need not be
confirmed by the Senate; four collectors
Of customs. nine appraisers Of merchan-
disc and one assistant to the attorney
general. At Sc 800 there are a diplomatic
agent to Bulgaria and q chief justice of
the United States Court of Claims. while
at $4,000 there are his associate justices;
also the ninety federal district judges,
the treasurer Of the United States, the
commissioner Of internal revenue the
first assistant secretary of the interior,
the librarian of Congress, directors of
the census and geological survey, and
the postmasters Of twenty-eight cities.
Next to these comes the controller of the
treasury at $500 There are many presi-
Dental positions paying 5000, and these
include seven assistant attorneys general,
two assistant treasurers and some twenty
commissioners" bureau chiefs and '.di-
rectors'' of scientific institutions and the
like. Then there are ten assistant secre-
taries at $4,000, and hundreds of other
presidential appontees from that figure
down.
But by far the biggest group of pa
tronage offices within the gift of Mr.. Taft
is that made up Of the 6S46 presidential
post offices"-over $50 paying So 600 and
more; over 500 paying $500 to So, 900;
about 1000 paying $1,000 to 81. 500; more
than 500 paying $1.SOO to $1,000; over
1900 paying 81. 400 to $1,000; about 600
paying 81 200 to 81 400 and over 1000 more
with salaries between $1,000 and 81. 200.
This vast array of nearly 1000 berths,
while filled ostensibly by the President,
were long regarded as the perquisites of
senators and representatives. but Pres
ident Roosevelt caused considerable con-
sternation by reappointing efficient in
cumbentS who were not the choice of
congressman. When, among many others,
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts,
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contains more of the relics of Washing
ton, but it seems that Mount Vernon
can have more memories and can have
seen more of the nations loved and IA
nous men only on account of its greater
age.
When Tudor Place threw open its doors
men and women entered whose names
and achievements spell America. 1t was
to Tudor Place that Lafayette came
when he revisited America and was hon
ored and feted in old Georgetown after
visiting President Monroe at the White
House in 1924. He came to America after
many years of absence and saw the little
cluster of colonies, which owed much to
his help, grown already into a lusty young
nation. He met men whom he had first
known on the field of battle now states
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leave. Henry Clay sat in the sunny sit
ting room more than once. Daniel Web
ster dined there and visited there fire.
quently. John c. Calhoun was a guest
there, and" so was the poet Longfellow.
To those who reverence the relics OF a
past age there is feeling that the per-
sonality of the father of his country Is
somewhere near when the heirlooms Of
Tudor Place are seen. 1t is so because
those little trinkets, those pictures, the
furniture. the china and glassware, the
lace. everything, in fact, that Is found
there, and which descended from Martha
Washington's lifetime and some Of which
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men and engaged in forging the links
of lasting government.
Tudor Place was the first private house
he visited after going to the White House.
where he was. of course. the guest of the
nation. There hangs in one of the rooms
of Mrs. Kennon's house portrait of La
Fayette as he appeared in 1924, a much
older man than the popular idea would
have 1t.
Years afterward Gen. Robert E. Lee
visited Tudor Place. He was warm
friend of the family; and married. as is
well known, Miss Gusts of Arlington.
Mrs. Kennon, then Miss Peter, was
bridesmaid at the wedding.
Then there were other guests, a long,
long list of them who came frequently.
always glad to be there and regrettng to
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CALARIES Run From $780,
- 600 a Year Down-"Presi-
DENTAL Offices Now Con-
frmed by Senate Equal En-
tire Civil Service in Monroe's
Time TAFT Has Twice the
Diplomatic Berths and Over
Four Times the Post Offices
at Hayes Disposal-The Ex-
pected Rush of Office Seekers
Wrecked White House Lobby
in McKinley's Time - How
They Have Troubled Presi-
dents From Washington
Down - Early Presidents
Made Few Changes Until
Jackson-Suicide and Insan-
ity Caused by His Whole
sale Dismissals-The Record
Since.
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UDOR PLACE, the
old home of Mrs.
Beverly h e n n o n
and her grandchil-
dren. occupies an
entire city block in
Georgetown. fiv e
and one-half acres,
bounded by 32d
street, 31st street.
y street and q
street. Old resi-
dents Of Washing
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As. = ~ ~ lcoSAosO
p a t ron a & g will
amount to more
than $500 offices,
including only those
classed as "presi-
Dental" Il h l 8
a r m y, composed
solely of officials,
equals the combined
force OF officers,
clerks and other
SubordinateS draw
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y
''The relation Of a congressman to the
appointments rests not upon law but pure
ly upon custom" and in reply to state
ment Of Gardner that in certain states
senators select postmasters," the Presi-
dent replied: Senators do not select post
masters in any state while I am President"
H., went on to say that he consulted the
proper senator always and listened to his
advice. But" he added, II stop listen
ing to 1t as soon as realize that he Is adj
vising me wrongly Mr.. Roosevelt has
also advised with cabinet officers and
democratic senators and representatives
regarding some of these presidential post
masterships. long looked upon as "plums''
by the legislators of the party in power.
The next largest group of presidential
offices is In the customs service, and in
cludes foremostly 123 collectors Of GUS
toms, whose compensation ranges from a
fiat salary Of 81 500 through all sorts of
combinations Of salaries, commissions and
fee limits to a possible income Of $500.
not including the fiat salaries of 5000
and $1,000 mentioned. The commissions
range from q fraction of 1 per cent to
per cent, the maximum fees from 81 500
to $4,000. two being paid only in such
fees as they can collect up to 5000,
two others up to $1,000. Then there are
thirty-seven surveyors of customs, with
pay ranging from salary Of $500
through all sorts Of combinations of fees
and salaries to the fiat salary OF $4,000
mentioned. Added to these are six naval
officers Of customs at 5000 and the one
given at $4,000, nine general appraisers
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diplomatic missions that Hayes had and
over four and half times the post Of
fees.
From now on Mr.. Taft will be ha-
raised by office seekers, especially from
among the classes who do not under
stand that under officials, clerks and
other subordinates Of the executive
departments must obtain their posi-
tions through that monster employment
agency. the civil service commission, and
not through him. Once the new Presi-
dent is in Washington these throngs Of
patriots, eager to serve their country. will
swarm around the little annex which
President Roosevelt had built west of the
White House, partly to keep office seek
ers from blockading his home.
Indeed, every President has had the
very life harried out of him by these Of
fice-hungry hordes. Washington found
the answering of their letters IAN almost
insupportable burden" and said that he
had to experience the necessity Of hard
ening his heart. Nominations to office,
he added. were the most irksome part of
the executive trust" During his two
terms he removed but nine officers con-
firmed by the Senate. During his first
three years in Office patronage was dis
tributed on a basis of a total annual
revenue Of less than 100000.
confirmed by the Senate-an average of
one per year; but he was charged with
nepotiSm because he appointed Cranch.
his wifes nephew. chief justice of the
Circuit Court of the District of Colum-
bia; because he transferred his son, j.
@. Adams, from one diplomatic post to
another, and because he promoted Col.
Smith, his son-in-law, along with the lat
ters brother officers in the army. He
was criticised also for peremptorily re-
moving his Secretaries OF state and war:
Pickering and McHenry. On the eve of
his leaving the White House lot Of new
offices were created. some Of them for
life. and rather than leave them to JEFF
ferson he sat up late at night making out
commissions for his own partisans. who
were Jefferson's most ardent political
enemies Jefferson's chosen Attorney
General at midnight entered the private
office of Adams secretary and is said to
have then stopped the signing of these
Jefferson removed fifty-six of his pre-
decessor's appointees to presidential
Offices" an average Of seven per year.
and although he was the first President
of a new party this caused stir among
the federalists. He turned out of Office
all of the men whom Adams had appoint
ed at the last moment Of his term 70
offices other than those with definite
terms fixed by law. The others he could
not touch.
X x
Madison removed but eight officers con-
firmed by the Senate; Monroe twenty
five. John Quincy Adams said that Mon
roe adopted the principle Of renomina-
ting every officer at the expiration of his
commission. unless some charge of mis-
demeanor could be found against him."
But during his administration Monroe
signed tenure Office
act" which limited the terms of the
great PrOunS of officers of the customs
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Copyright, 1905. by John Elfreth watkins
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at $4,000 and seventeen appraisers at
1900 to $500.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-06-12
City Fathers Meet.

At the meeting Of the city
council held June 8, only routine
business received the attention
of the city fathers. The session
was called TO order by Mayor
Farnsworth and the following
officers answered the roll call:
Councilmen p. N. Stephenson.
]. w. Hire, ]. C. Hardman, r.
+. Myers. Recorder, c. H. Hor-
ner, and Marshal, l. B. Townsend.
The proposition made by j.
A. Richmond to rent the pasture
on the east side Of the city farm
for $50 for the season was ac-
cepted. The resignation of J. c.
Hardman, as councilman, was
also accepted. He expects to be
away from Condor. The regular
monthly grist of claims against
the city amounting to $3l1.2
was read and warrants ordered
drawn for the respective
amounts.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-06-12
Repairing Damage done by Fire

Repairing Damage done by Fire
AS the result of the damage
caused by a blaze because
of the sudden ignition of the
head of a match which he had
struck a little while before, Tom
johnson has had his dwelling
renovated the past week. Last
Friday, Tom who was busy about
the house, struck a match the
head of which flew off and alight-
ed on a rug near by. Such
experiences are common and
Mr.. Johnson paid no attention to
what had happened and went out
in the kitchen when he was
startled by the cracking of fire,
and reminded of what had taken
place. Before he could subdue
the flames, damage to the extent
of more than $50 had been done.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1908-06-12
WHO'S WHO IN GILLIAN.
Justices and ConstabIes
Chosen at Recent Election
Total Vote on Amend
mends for Gillian.

At the election held on June l,
the following precinct officers
were chosen for the next two
years:
Arlington; Justice. A. R Col
Inns: Constable
Blalock; Justice, 0. Parrish;
Constable, d. Frank Bunch.
Condor; Justice, E. Wheiri
Constable. William Maple.
Lone Rock; Justice, j. B. Golf,
Constable; Justice, ]. c. Phegley
Mayville; Justice, Arthur Bee
son; Constable, John Wright.
Rock Creek; Justice, W. S.
Wade; Constable, ]. B. Farr.
Trail Fork; Justice, F. B. Stew
ems; Constable, John Magee.
Willow Creek; Justice, A,
Montague; Constable, L. L.
Montague.