The Washington herald., 1909-01-01
AT THE HOTELS.

Representative James Francis Burke.
Of Pittsburg. when seen at the Shoreham
last night. said that he was almost posi-
tive Of his being the successor Of Sena-
tor Knox iE The United States Senate
from Pennsylvania Mr.. Burke said that
his assertion was based on a personal
canvass OF the legislature Of Pennsyl-
vsnia, and that there was nothing which
could effect a change.
Dir. Burke said he came here in con-
nection with the Inauguration. He paid
high tribute to Senator Knox. and
said that Pennsylvania has every reason
to feel proud Of the fact that one Of he,
/ sons is TO be the adviser Of the new
President
Kansas will get no Cabinet position
at the beginning Of the Taft admiuisJra-
ton. unless possibly Senator Long con-
sents 10 accept a place. Later on the
State stands a show In my judgment
it viii be F. D. Coburn for Secretary Of
Agriculture I shall present his name
at the proper time
This statement from Senator Charles
Curtis sizes up the Cabinet situation so
far as il relates 10 Kansas.
Mr. Taft has selected his Cabinet with
one exception. said the Senator. but
he win not announce their names for
some time Long may get the position
OF Secretary OF Commerce and labor. y
he Indicates that ne viii take f. Ha
says he does not want a Cabinet place. or
any other official position
Secretary Wilson viii be reappointed
at The head OF the Agriculture Depart
ment for two reasons First. because
he is an able Secretary; second. because
he wants 10 break ali records in the
length Of service Of a Cabinet member.
II he quits on March I. when Taft goes
in. he viii have served the same length
Of time as some other fellow way back IN
the early days.
Wilson thought he already had broken
the record, but recently discovered that
some other statesman Of the past would
tie him If he quit March T. He explained
the situation and told Of his ambition to
serve longer than anybody else. So Taft
viii reappOint him He viii likely resign
some time next summer and then 1 pro
( pose 10 present Secretary CObsrn's name
for the place.
The Kansas delegation IS working har-
moniously, and I believe that we viii
stand as a unit under the Taft admins
! tratIon."
According 70 Senator Curtis. former
Kansas man. who is sure % be In the
Taft Cabinet from the start is Judge
Richard BalIinger Of Seattle, who viii be
( Secretary Of the Interior Judge Balm
ger practiced Law at Larned IN the early
days. moving from there 10 the Coast
( He was commissioner Of the General Land
( Office until last year. when he resigned
Count and Countess Santa EulaHa. or
Philadelphia, are at the New Willard.
/ The count. who wears numerous decora-
/ tions and orders. traces his ancestry
/ back TO the fourteenth century, when his
I forbear was the highest IN command OF
/ the knights Of Malta az Malta fighting
/ of the iHfdeis and UpEolding supreme
I Christian power The consul is Portu-
guese consul a. Chicago and SPECIAL
/ commissioner 10 Mexico.
/ Only recently he married Mrs Sfetson.
I a wealthy Philadelphia woman. the
widow Of the famous hat manufacture.
I The Portuguese nobiemau said that King
Manuel Judging from his wise deliberate
methods was bound 20 grow NJ 70 be one
I of the strongest and most popular mon
archs IN Europe. Count Santa Eu-sI.a is
{ a great admirer Of art and sculptor OF
note himself. He said that The an Of
+ the impressiOnist in America was ahead
/ Of that in any other country as nature
/ provided in such liberal measure every
thing for the art Of the impressionist
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/ considerable attention IL Chicago tlroueh
! his reply 10 an article about the late King
OF POrtugaTs gastrOnOmic triUmphs and
his weight Count Santa declared that
/ the king had grown 10 his present bulk
I not through heavy estng-but because Of
/ his joviality. big-heartedness and love
/ for his subjects
/ The consul told how tle ruler dispOrtsd
/ himself in the early morning. He also
/ gave a complete royal uenU-breakfa
1 dinner and sUpper-a canary bird diet in
/ comparison with the six daily plowb0y
! repasts cited in the article which the
/ count so vigorously denied The count
at that time intimated that the dispatch
/ had emsnated from q press bureau Of the
/ Republican party Of Portugal
Dr. s 3. Elliot. Of Bedford. Mass.
when seen a. the Raleigh last night. sad
/ that the Emmanuel movement IS cor
Quoted by Rev Dr- worcester, OF Boston.
! had been OF benefit 10 those who had
/ come within It's radius Of action and IN
/ huence. Dr. Elliot said that as far as be
knew the medical profession indOTsed tha
movement. Il being in harmony with
medical tenets and doctrines. but that
/ Il was causing considerable discussion n
Boston.
Mu2aH Bey. OF New yo-k. the Turkish
consul general. and charge d'affains Of
the Ottoman empire IN this city. IS at
the New Willard. Tie newly appointed
| Turkish Ambassador, KAHN Bey. not
! having arrived AT his post N this city as
yet, Mundji Bey IS holding down the Job
can be aSCertaineG-
Klazim Bay left Constantinopls for
this country. some months ago, but no
news OF his whereabouts and the cause
Of his delay has reached this country.
/ MundT Bev does not know where he IS,
Prof. Dr. Schoenfeld, the Turkish consul
/ general IN this city. has no idea Of his
whereabouts. and Nj Einstein, the sscre-
tary of the American Embassy at The
/ Sublime Porte, who visited here recently.
was surprised 50 hear that KAHN Bey
had not long ago arrived in Washington
7 may E0t be in favor Or every sUg-
gestion which President Roosevelt has
made in the past" said David Wilson. q
prominent business man Of Spokane,
Wash. at the Raleigh last night. but