Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-24

Hittee. and Mr. Parsons. chairman Of the
New York county committee. that IL he
cannot have NJ. Root for Secretary of
State he Is very anxious to have him in
the Senate. but Mr.. Woodruff insists that
the President-elect shall say that to him.
and would be glad to hear any further
propositions that Mr.. Taft may have to
make.
The President ELECT told his brother in
this city the other day that he had not
given a moments consideration to the
ca hinet thus far. He has been so busy
clearing up matters that have accumu-
lated during the campaign that he has not
had time to go into the future, but he Is
in a receptive state of mind for suggeS-
tions.
The unanimity with which the sugges-
ton of Mr.. Root for the Senate has been
received should be, and I'm sure Is, very
gratifying to that gentleman. 1t Is an
unusual tribute to his ability and his
Root has been proposed for the Senate
several times before when the situation
was controlled by politicians who did not
care to have men of his stamp in such an
influential position. But those days have
passed. The republican machine" In
New Yorw is not what it used to be.
Hughes and the Politicians.
There is no boss In this state now. in
either party, and the triumphant election
Of Gov. Hughes is convincing proof that
the people and not the politicians had
their choice. The future treatment of the
politicians by the government will be
watched with great curiosity. He has de-
fed them, denounced them and driven
them out of the state house at Albany.
He has told them repeatedly in public and
i'm private that he had no use for them
and that their room was better than their
company. He has even issued d pronun-
ciamento that he does not consider polftl-
cal service entitled to official reward. lie
went so far as to say that 1t would he
improper for him to appoint to once the
men who had actively promoted his nomi-
nation and election. Yet in spite OF all
this he was renominated and reelected
and there Is every reason to believe that
he will act on the same principle during
his future administration as he has in the
past.
John Millions Anniversary Near.
Three hundred years ago. December o.
John Milton was born, and that anniver-
sary will be celebrated at the Lenox Lii
brary in this city by an exhibition of
portraits manuscripts. first editions. de
luxe editions and other relics and memo
rails of the great poet. Dryden said:
Three poets in three distant ages born.
Greece. Italy and England did adorn:
The first In loftiness Of thought surpassed,
The force OF Nature could no farther goe;
To make a third she Joined the former two
The Lenox Library contains very I'M
portant collection of Miltoniana, includ-
ing portraits and pictures. One of them,
which Is familiar to everybody by the
numerous engravings that are found
everywhere, is Munkacsys great oil paint
ing showing the blind man eloquent" die
tating Paradise Lost" to his daughters.
There are altogether one hundred and
Atty genuine or fictitious portraits to be
shown; young. middle-aged and old Mil
tons; fat and lean Millions. hungry and
prosperous-lookingM Millions: Millions with
boards and clean shaven; Millions In sim
Die Puritan costume and in gorgeous
robes. The librarian says that not more
than five Of the pictures may be consid-
cred trustworthy; the remainder are en-
tirely fanciful.
His Works to Be Exhibited.
Several editions of all Millions works
will be exhibited. There are nine first
editions Of Paradise Lost" dating from
1867 to 1869. and each of them varies
from the other in some particular. One
of these editions formerly belonged to the
poet Wordsworth, and contains his auto
graph and several notes. The number of
translations of Milton's poems in the
Lenox collection is numerous They ap-
pear in almost every European language.