New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
FOR THE BUSY MAN

created Department Of Commerce and Labor and
had fully appreciated his services as an organizer
and master OF detail. Then. again. when Mr. Cor
telyou was made Postmaster General he selected
Mr.. Hitchcock for his right hand man. as First
Assistant, placing him in charge Of all the tnpor-
tant affairs Of the department which comes in
closest touch with the people. The experience he
has had in departmental work at Washington
for nearly a score of years. and his training
IN actual campaign work four years ago. added to
the results Of his efforts in the preliminary can
vass for the nomination of Secretary Taft, the
success which crowned them at Chicago, all go to
show that the right man in the right place has
been secured TO manage the third anti-Bryan con-
test In the selection of the treasurer Of the cam
paign committee New York the financial centre Of
the Western World has again been drawn For
the protracted period of sixteen years Cornelius N
Bliss, Of the successful and enterprisng bust
ness men Of this city. who had experience as a
member of President McKinley's Cabinet in the
Interior Department, has filled that post. AS his
successor he recommended OF the who
had succeeded him in the presidency Union
League Club. George r. Sheldon. one Of the most
successful Of the bankers and brokers of this
financial centre. AS the custodian Of the funds in
the campaign which resulted in the election OF
Governor Hughes two years ago Mr.. Sheldon made
public statement Of the receipts and expendi-
which forth in detail in what manner the
funds had been expended. Treasurer Sheldon prom
o O the same for the national campaign, 50
far as the contributions and expenditures are con
cerned in New York State where the law requires
publicity.
Thomas l. Watson has accepted the Popust
nomination for President. but the effort OF the
Socialist Labor party have for candidate
who not only is too young to fill the office but
has his time mortgaged by term of twenty five
years IN state prison in Nevada for murder has
proved futile, he declines have his name
on the ticket, showing that he is not quite so
undesirable a citizen his supporters sought to
make him when they said Constitutions are not
for people. but the people for the constitutions
OF the protracted cheering for eighty-seven min
utes for Bryan at Denver the candidate said The
Democrats good to me-, causing the query,
What good has he been to Democrats?
BATTLEsEIPS CROSSING THE PACIFIC.
The great battleship feet. whose movements
around the South American continent to Pa
cfc Coast engrossed the attention OF the world. is
now on its way homeward by the western route.
which viii take it through all the great waters Of
the world It will call at Pacific ports of Homo
lulu and Manila, be welcomed at Auckland. New
Zealand: at Sydney. Melbourne and Albany Aus
trala and Yokohama Japan, while some Of
the vessels will go TO Annoy, China What Euro
pean ports will be visited has yet been decided.
but II is probable that only necessity will compel
halt on the way from the Strait of Singapore
across the Indian Ocean. up the Red Sea, through
the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean to the
Strait of Gibraltar. where the Atlantic will be
again reached many thousands Of miles from
! where 1t left, at Terra del Fuego. It lS ex-
pected that English port viii be visited before
the fleet returns to home waters.
Fires in The outlying districts of both New York
and Boston have been one OF the features Of the
week. Destruction OF property at Coney Island in
the Borough of Brooklyn, and at College Point, in
Queens Borough, has occurred. The fire in East
Boston, doing million and half dollars worth of
damage, recalls the considerably larger fire last
spring in the neighboring city OF Chelsea. which
may become part OF greater Boston IL that ambi-
tious scheme ever materializes Boston's greatest
fire loss in the year following the great Chicago
fire, in 1872 when the damage exceeded $4,000 600.
FOREIGN DISTURBANCES
Affairs in the countries south OF have hA5n
considerably perturbed. Venezuela has recalled Eer
diplomatic representative here. following the
ample Of this country II Withdrawing repre-
sentative in Caracas. II is reported that President
Castro may tide this difficulty ne has other
ones by a temporary retirement from ofice. In
Paraguay a successful revolution has been carried
through. Panama has settled her dinarsnoes in