The National tribune., 1908-10-29


employees Of the banks than have pre-
vailed. - NJ
To this end Mr.. Murray has prepared
a list of 20 searching questions to be
put by examiners toteeach individual
director of the National banks when
making his next examination. The
questions are designed to bring out
clearly the relation of the directors to
the executive conduct Of the bank; the
extent OF their knowledge OF the paper
held by the bank; the1degree OF latitude
conceded by them to bank officers In
overstepping the provisions Of the Ma
tional banking law, and the nature OF
their oversight of accounts9and assets.
of the composition of the reserves, and
of the correctness of the reports Of the
banks as turned In.
Special stress IL laid on the attention
which has been given by directors to
criticisms originating with the Comp
Office Ono question that will
probably receive particular attention is
How many OF the directors have read
the National bank act, and how many
know the duties OF directors. an6 what
the courts have decided a. to the re-
and liability OF directors? p
1t is probable that this II the firss
time a complete inquiry into the rela-
stitutions have been officially under
taken.
Lost in q blizzard" sounds queer to
washingtonians, for right now. with
these awful storms up North and In
the Rockies, Washington women are
wearing white mulls and men ice-cream
fannels. and fans are yet fashionable.
to
ton had an amateur" election the
belong to the Association. There were
three Presidential candidates. Taft
Bryan and Hisgen. The election" has
been going on since the middle OF Sep.
tember. AS II well known. the young
men and boys Of Washington know just
about as much about how an election
is carried on In the States as a hog
knows about Sunday. So. to teach the
art" some men who have once upon
a time voted started out to hold pri-
maries, County. District and State cleo
tions leading up to National ticket. The
contest was hotly waged by members
of all parties The election resulted
in a plurality Of 80 for Taft. He re-
ceived 81 votes. Bryan 81 and Hisgen 4
The number Of votes cast was 80. Five
political lectures were delivered to the
young men by principals Of various
high schools, and a boy to qualify FOR
voting had to attend at least three OF
the lectures and register his presence
It was lots Of fun. the boys think.
President Roosevelt was so years old
Tuesday, Oct. e. He Is yet the young
est President who ever sat in the White
House, and will be the youngest when
he goes out on March 4. No particular
observation of his seth milestone was
taken. Just few personal friends weTe
invited to dinner.
Senator Newiands, of Nevada. has
gone all to pieces with the ardu0ut
iabors OF the campaign, and hes had
to retire from the political field. He
viii recuperate in California, where he
has gone for treatment. f-A'- =, 49,
80 81
II an emergency were to demand tina,
the President consult with his Cabinet
there would be sudden wealth In II for
management. because there Is
not a single member OF the Cabinet In
Washington. They are ali out making
speeches in the campaigna Secretaries
Root and Cortelyou IN New. York: Sec
retaries Straus, Garfield and Wilson
Postmaster General Meyer
Ohio, Massachusetts, and New Jersey;
Secretary Wright in Virginia and Mary
land.
Bishop James G. IcHartseu, for IL
years in charge of Methodist missions
In Africa, last Saturday called upon the
President. and had a long talk with
him concerning conditions in Africa
The President outlined to the Bishop
his plans for the great trip for Zig
game which he will take the latter part
of next March.
The general route to be taken by the
President when he reaches Africa will
be from Alexandria by steamer. thru
the Suez Canal. across the Red, Sea,
and down the east coast OF Africa to
the port of Mombasa, the Capital OF
British East Africa At Mombasa the
outfit of the expedition. which has been
purchased in London, will be assem-
bled and shipped by rail to Lake Vic
toria NyanZa.
The President and his party will
make the trip to Lake Victoria Nyanza
by rail. stopping off at various points
along the route to make hunting -xcur-
traversed by the railroad is of the Wild
est sort. and all kinds OF big game can
be found along the line.
TIE real work of the expedition will
not begin until the party reaches the
plateau Of Uganda, where abounds
game to be found nowhere else in the
world. II is not known exactly how
long the President will remain in this
region. When the homeward trip be-
gins the party will strike out along the
headwaters of the White Nile River,
the stream down to Khartoum
and thence to Cairo.
The Presidents party is to consist of
his son. Kermit, who Is to be the official
of the expedition, and
two naturalists from the National Mu-
scum. No other persons will be taken
from this country. When he reaches
Africa he will employ natives and
guides.
During the entire trip the President
will be on English territory, and the
English officials along the route will do
everything in their power TO assist the
party. The President has had corre-
spondence with some of these officials.
who have given him valuable infornia-
tion and advice.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will probably not go to Pine Knot, Mrs.
Roosevelt's Virginia home, for Thanks
giving, as usual. The President finds
himself very busy man as the years
of his Administration draw to a close.
and feels that he will have to apply
himself more closely than usual to
business, if that is possible. He is also
bnsily engaged on his message to Con-
gress. and feels that, he cannot spare
the two or three days vacation at this
time. The great turkey from Mr.. Vose
of Rhode Island, who might be called
turkey purEeyor to the
Presidents" is fattenipg finely. and win
be forwarded in due time.
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