The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-03-09
SECRETARY OF STATES PLACE
NowIs PROPERTY OF WEEKS,
SECRETARY OF WAR.
RAPID PROGRESS OF DENNY
Chief Of the Navy Was One Of Its Prl-
Yates Less Than; Four Years Ago
Postmaster General Hays as a
Bible Student.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

HIS CaDlueI arc new 10 w uSllIllSl'Hu
life, while some Of them have spent
good part of their adult years in
THE public service in this city. Wash
ington, however, is not strange to any
Of them, for all Of them have spent
some time here in the prosecution "
their business activities.
Charles Evans Hughes, the new Sec
rotary Of state, was an associate jus
ticc Of the Supreme court OF the
United States for six years.
The new secretary of state when he
was On the Supreme bench occupied
Il fine house ut the corner of Sixteenth
and V streets. When he was nOnii-
mated for the presidency of the United
States in 1916 he gave up his Washing
ton residence, knowing Of course that
the White House, and that if he were
Defeated he must 60 back to New York
To r;.&n his living as Il lawyer.
Today it is probable that Mr..
Hughes wishes he had kept hold on
his house instead Of turning it over
to another, the 'another' in this case
being former United States Senator
John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, tile
new secretary of war. SO today
Washington is witnessing a secretary
of state looking for home while the
secretary OF war probably is cllucklirlg
over the fact that lie was wise enough
to take over the real estate holding
Of Charles T.. Hughes. 1t is hard to-
day to &c. place in Washington to
live.
DENLY Has Prospered and Progressed.
Edwin DENLY of Detroit the new
secretary Of the navy, during his so
jOurn in Washington us Il member Of
congress lived in Il modest house on
Connecticut avenue. Since that day
the world has prospcrcd Mr.. Dcnby,
and if he wants to he can take a
mansion and not worry when rent day
comes around, but the chances arc, for
such is the nature of the MAN. that
he win seek an incOnSpicunls abode
comfortable but not palatial.
The late Lieut.. Adna Chafrce, Z. S.
army. rose from the ranks OF 4 private
Of the forces to be the ranking officer
Of the United States army, but it took
him over forty years to make the
journey. The new secretary Of the
navy, who to- all intcnts and purposes
is the commanding officer of our sea
forces, made the trip from private in
the ranks to his present position in
less than four years. thereby break
ing the record. but of course Denby's
case was exceptional and the cir
cumstanccs attending it were eXcep.
tIOnul.
james Sloane. q member of the
secret service OF the United States
and for years member of the RoOsc-
Welt body guard, was stationed ut
Detroit the year the United States
entered the war. lie knew DENLY
we'll. One day DENLY met Sloane and
said. "Jimmy, come over with me and
see me enlist in the marine corps"
Sloane thought of course that DENLY
was joking and that the invitation to
see him enlist was merely another way
of asking his friend to lunch. DENLY
ut that time was fOrty-six years old.
The two left the office building to-
gether and Sloane was\somewhat -.
founded when DENLY did hit the way
to Il marine corps recruiting Office,
where inside of three-quartcrs of an
hour he had passed the physical test,
had convinced the authorities that his
character was all right, and he was
duty sworn in to the marine corps rs
a private in the ranks.
Bird Lovers Like Weeks.
John W. Weeks, the new secretary
of war was. with Endwin DENLY. a
member Of the sO-called "Spanking
committee of the house of represent
tatives which was appointed to draw
resolution of censure Of President
Roosevelt who. in an ironically humor.
GUS way, had said something which
the house did not like. Both DENLY
and Weeks were good friends Of
Roosevelt. although neither voted for
him in 1912.
Bird lovers generally all over the
Unltcu NlultS HOltl w SCkS IN aHecllOU
for the position he took in congress
In the campaign for federal law
which would protect the song birds of
the United States.
VIII II. Hays. the new postmaster
general, lived in Washington. or at
least made his headquarters here,
from the time that he was appointed
chairman Of the Republican national
committee early in 1919 until the Re.
publican convention was held last
June, when lie moved over to New
York.
For long time Hays conducted 4
Bible class in his home trwn Of Sull;.
van, Ind. He is deep Bible student,
and the story is told of him that when
Warren Gamaliel Harding was numi.
mated for the presidency and his full
name became known TO most people
for the first time. Hays was the only
man in Il ronmful of politicians who
cuu;a tell anybody who the Biblical
Gamaliel was.