Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-16
DEsERET EVENING NEWS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER l6 1908

ssequenfly placed at the head of our
embassy at Berlin. Henry White.
am bassador to France, was for many
years first secretary OF the legation,
and the embassy later. at London. He
Is perhaps the most thoroughly train
ed man In the diplomatic service.
William w. Rockhill minister at
Pekin, Is considered by long odds the
most valuable man In the service In
the orient. He was for many years
an official of the state department
and was minister to Greece and the
Balkan states before going to China.
Irving b. Dudley and Willum c.
FOX, am AMBASSADOR to Brazil and minis.
ter to Ecuador respectively, are re-
gardcd as the most skilled and eN-
perienced diplomats we have IN the
South American countries In 1897
Judge Dudley was appointed by tho
late President Mckinley minister TO
Peru and he remained continuously
Mt Lima until promoted and trans
ferred to Rio dc Janeiro Minister
Fox was nearly 20 years in the con-
sular service and just before his ap-
pointment as minister at Quito was
head of the bureau of American re-
publics,
STOLE a MARCH.
Judge Dudley's original selection for
the diplomatic service was a jolt and
surprise for the California delegation
in Congress. He was living at the
time in San Diego. having been a
E resident of that Pacific slope city
for only a few years. His first fancy
was the Hawaiian mission, for Queen
Lii had not then been deposed That
position CHANGED to be given to ano-
ther. Later Judge Dudley was Of
fered and accepted the Peruvian mis-
aSi NTtt, sail u ~
CATION had Endorsed him, and they
were much wrought UP when this
desirable berth was credited to their
state. Judge Dudley did not mean
to be rude and ignore the congress-
men from California, but he wanted
to get into the diplomatic service very
badly. Judge Dudley is an Ohio man
by berth and rearing and when a
young man was a teacher for Sena-
tor Hanna's children.
THE REASON WHY.
Some Democrats from Missouri who
have visited the capital since the elec-
ton have been questioned infinitely as
to why their state, which used to be
SO reliably Democratic, has gone Re-
publican In the last TWO presidential
contests. That's easy enough to ex-
plain" said one man, and most Of the
others corrobrate the explanation,
for from 10000 to 10000 people
who formerly lived In Missouri have
within the past six years moved to
aOkalohama. Nine -tenths of those vot-
ers who left Missouri were Democrats
The new people who have settled In
Missouri within the same period were
mostly Republlcans.''
RIVER AND HAFBoR BILL.
AT the present session Of Congress it
IS understood that a general river and
harbor bill will be passed. No measure
of this sort was put through last ses-
sion, but In the sundry civil bill appro-
priauons running well UP into the mil
lions were made for the projects un-
der way, which are known as con-
tinuing contracts.
A GREAT TRAVELLER.
John A. Fox, one Of the delegates
from Arkansas to the national rivers
and harbors congress-. Is such an ell
thusiastic advocate of the proper i'm
p:ovement OF the waterways of the
country that during the past year he
has visited most of the states Of the
Union and travelled something like So
600 miles in order to arouse interest
in the subject. This is more than dou-
bic the travelling done by William j.
Bryan in his first contest for the pres
idency. and at that time it was con-
sidered that Mr.. Bryon had covered a
considerable extent of territory.