The New York herald., 1922-10-22


stood him to mean that Harrison would ap-
than TO their imagination, and such was
undoubtedly a correct forecast. Harrison's
strictness in the observance of Sunday sur
passed that of any other President, so far
as is known. When he had planned to
set out on a long journey on Sunday night
he would not start minute before mid
night. The train would be made up and
waiting, all arrangements had to be made
by the railroad employees on Sunday, but
the President would not leave the White
House till after the midnight hour"
The Fifty-first Congress- which as
sembled in 1889, was notable not only for
the distinction of its members, but for
what is accomplished. 1T was the Con-
gress of the Mckinley tariff, the Sherman
antitrust law. the silver purchase law the
Reed rules counting quorum Tin spite of
refusal of members present to answer the
roll cal), of the billion dollars of expendi-
lures, of large pension increases and of
land legislation which resulted in the great
system of forest reserves and the beginning
of the conservation movement" Three
future Presidents now entered the field
of national politics William Mckinley, as
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means and majority leader of the House
Of Representatives; Theodore Roosevelt
as a Civil Service Commissioner of the
United States, and William II. Taft, as
Solicitor-General the law officer of the
Department of Justice, next in rank to
the Attorney General. "Of Taft" we are
told, little was known outside of Ohio
where he had been a Judge in one of the
smaller courts This statement reads
strangely. when We reflect that the same
man is now Chief Justice of the United
States; yet it was true enough, and "the
smaller court was the Superior Court of
Cincinnati. Mr.. James NJ. Beck, whose
speeches and writings were so serviceable
to the cause of the Entente allies during
the great war. now occupies the position
to which Judge Taft was first appointed
under the Federal Government. Mr.. Dunn
first met Theodore Roosevelt shortly af-
ter he became Civil Service Commissioner;
and the interview is worth remembering
as disclosing his own ideas concerning his
future career. HE was in one of the
dingy little rooms" says Mr.. Dunn. then
occupied by the commission. Sitting at a
desk he stared at me through large tortoise
shell trimmed glasses
"'Wel sir; what can I do for you?' he
asked, with his usual abruptness.
"'Oh. nothing much 1 replied. I'm
from Dakota
f." You are!' he shouted. Come in! sit
down! Put your feet on the tablet
And then We had a long gabfest about
the Territory soon to become two States.
"A few months later | wrote a little
story about Roosevelt for he was always
good for a story. and quoted him as to his
ambitions and aspirations. If 1 have a
career he said at that time. it will be in
/ literature rather than in politics."
| This declaration was prophetic of his
aptitude for the literature of adventurous
travel, hunting and natural history; in
which his achievements would have suf-
/ feed to win him distinction even if he had
attempted nothing in any other field of
endeavor
AS a result of the election of 1892 Cleve-
land returned to the White House in the
following year. with a strong Cabinet, in
which Daniel s. Lamont formerly the
Presidents private secretary. was Secre-
tary of War. Mr.. Dunn says he was a
great aid to the Presidents policy of Sc
crecy concerning the doings of the Ad-
ministration; so that the only imprudent
remark which he let fall from his lips dur
ing his four years in the War Department