The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-05-06

Grant Of opposition, he Is certainly be.
come pcaecmaker There is positive evil
dcnce of H. Not hut what Bryan adj
heres in the main 70 old time stand
ards but he Is willing 10 shake hands
oVer the bloody chasms of the irrecon.
cilahle past. More than one Of the war.
lriors Of the Baltimore convention, who
encountered there the volleying of the
Bryan muskctccrs, have been made wei.
come in the spacious offices of the sec.
rotary of state and encouraged to talk
things over in amicable mood.
But those enterprising ones who are
already trumpeting about cabinet dis
cord. should 90 hang. What's the use
of such things, when there are now no
evidence of discord. nothing to indi.
cate that Bryan won 7 stay in the cabi.
net moro than two years. A more har.
monious cabinet and more harmonious
Bryan there never was to date. 1t
may not be so always, but that is an
other story.
Better contemplate the studious Bry.
an, for MS a matter of fact the political
agitator of near two decades, is really
working hard to master problems of
state. These arc .crowding numerously
to the fore and, beyond question, he is
striving dutifully to look into every
nook and Granny of international com
plieations that he may advise wisely
when he crosses the little avenue be.
tween the state department and the
White House offices for counsel with his
official chief. The President and the
secretary of stare have their heads to
\ gether much. They are crowded for
time in which to talk things over. The
two were at dinner together the other
evening and quickly utilized a conversa.
tional opportunity to dispose of an ar.
rearage of state business.
Want Facts Regarding Moore.
The. sensation in cabinet circles of
recent days rests with the secretary
of agriculture. His vigorous custer of
Prof. Willis Moore, chief of the wealth.
err bureau, for a long while, has made
!. Washington take notice. OF course he
had the full cooperation Of President
Wilson. There is an impression that
very summary action was taken there.
Although Willis Moore Has his faults.
as Washington generally knowns, high
and good opinion of him has been very
prevalent. This can be shaken only
upon evidence, Secretary of Agrieul-
ture Houston simply will have to pro-
duce the evidence that will stand scru.
tiny or suffer in the estimation of PEG.
pie, whose opinions are not to be des.
pissed There is an idea abroad here
that it was Secretary Houston, quite
as much as President Wilson who do
manded Moore official head. ,f,
n The weather bureau will get along
very nicely under new chief, Some
people thought Professor Moore pretty
efficient but he was not indispensable.
Now he is fighting back as hard as be
can for his good name and there is a
big following back of him. ' Il
y" The Word Artist, y,
.lt Radical governmental times these,
/ Wy hen d the race is to the swift and the
I F,htt'c to the strong, In which connec-
1 ton there is no such idea as losing
the esteemed Vice President. With SC
many stalwart figures rising up a,
Washington, "Tom Marshall might
be overshadowed if. But there's tht
! point Mr.. Marshall does not propose
/ 20 be overshadowed for a salary OF
= $l2,0p0 a year and very remote pros
o poets of better things. He never die
+, allow himself to be overshadowcd since
!. he first entered politics, and he wcn'
q now. He is able and will make. JUS
> as big..a show at Washington as Hen
!. bricks and Fairbanks. other Vice Presi
a dents from Indiana, ever did. yoii
i. word artist and sensationalist tn
n Vicc-Presidcnt is, and as word arts
y and sensationaiist he will loom forth
;. lie always was an excellent self adver
tiser during four gubernatorial year
q in Hoosierdom and he apparently in
:, tends TO he a good self advertiser dur
n ing four yice-Presidential years. Hi
o speech about the consequences of re
=. pea'ing the laws of inheritance san,
descent has startled official Washing
ton more than all things else said sine
! March last, and the new Lloy,
y George of the American administrator
y has not finished. He not ony make
!, speeches, but he gives interviews. An,
his latest is an attack upon lawyers
a men Of his own profession, for promot
y ing an undue amount Of trouble in thi
world of woe. That may give him som,
y additional publicity, beyond his sur
misses about the wisdom of giving nj
< personal fortunes above 100000 to tn,
} State. 1t will not be forgotten alto
gether that Vice President Marshal
quite startled the senate on inaugura
n ton day by his address on assumin,
t the gavel. He talk about binder
n mon the senate and made other horsey
T illusions.
No Freak Is He.
j u Let it not be thought that the Vice
: President is freak. He ism t. II,
, seems in fair way to mako a prett,
good presiding officer of the senate. Fol
a while he was tremendously new. Tn,
, old Republican senators sneered at hi,
rulings in polite but decidedly dis
agreeable manner that elder senator,
have with new Viee,President. Their;
are plenty of old parliamentary head,
at the clerks desk in front of him, Il
coach him in an undertone and bcfor,
; long Vice-President Marshall will b;
: able TO 60 it alone. The senate likes
him. The Vice-President is good fel
| low. f.
? No longer, however, does one heal
about admitting him to cabinet meet
! ings. That was fine eoneeit, sprung
by some youth who did not know any
better, but it started tongues to wag
ging as almost any out of the ordinary
remark will do in these high strung
, times The President and the Vice
D President seem to be getting along
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