ARTHUR v. BRIESEN, ANTONIO KNAUTH. FRITZ v. BRIESEN, HANS v. BRIESEN, JAMES L. SUYDAM, OTTO V. SCHRENK, WM. L. HARRISON, FRANK F. KIRKPATRICK, CHARLES LA RUE. CABLE ADDRESS, BRIESENK. BRIESEN & KNAUTH. COUNSELORS AT LAW. 49 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. WASHINGTON OFFICE, 918 F. ST., N.W. TELEPHONES, NEW YORK, 714 BROAD. WASHINGTON, MAIN 1764. NEW YORK December 21st, 1905. [*Ackd 12/22/05*] Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. My dear President: - The Board of Directors of The Legal Aid Society, at a special meeting to-day, with reference to the operatic performance of "Haensel and Gretel", which will take place in the interest of The Legal Aid Society on March 15th, directed me to ask you whether it will be correct for us to say that you will be there in person, if you possibly can. Every effort will be made to make this a gala occasion, and you will of course appreciate that the best people of New York will be more than delighted to be permitted to greet you in connection with your sacrifice and your devotion to the work of The Legal Aid Society. I beg of you to express to Mrs. Roosevelt my best wishes for a Merry Christmas, and for a most prosperous and peaceful New Year, all of which wishes, of course, go also to you. I remain, Yours very truly, Arthur v. Briesen[*Ackd 12/23/05.*] EXECUTIVE CHAMBER State of Arkansas LITTLE ROCK. JEFFERSON DAVIS, GOVERNOR. CHAS. JACOBSON, PRIVATE SECY. December 21st, 1905. To The President, Washington, D. C. Mr. President: The Arkansas State Board of Health, under Executive authority and laws of the State instituted on August 1, 1905, a thorough quarantine against the threatened epidemic of yellow fever, continuing such quarantine regulations most effectively from August 1, 1905, until October 31, 1905, thereby preventing and suppressing the spread of yellow fever into any part of Arkansas. Now, many claims arising from and by reason of the execution of the quarantine regulations aforesaid, have been presented to the Governor for payment, and as the State did not have and at present has no immediately available funds in its treasury for the full settlement of such emergency demands, it occurs to me not to be improper to invite Your Excellency's attention to the fact that Congress, in the Act of March 3, 1905, made express provisions to assist the several states in the execution of their quarantine laws, and that I may accordingly formally apply for such assistance, under the laws herein referred to, for and in behalf of the State of Arkansas, and I do now so apply for the order of the President on the Secretary of the Treasury for Fifteen Thousand Dollars, same to be disbursed at my discretion in the payment of sworn accounts in executing the quarantine laws and regulations thereunder, during the period hereinbefore mentioned, conditioned, however, that while I, as the Governor of Arkansas, make request for this public fund in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress, it is to be understood that I will recommend to the General AssemblyEXECUTIVE CHAMBER State of Arkansas LITTLE ROCK JEFFERSON DAVIS, GOVERNOR. CHAS. JACOBSON, PRIVATE SECY. #2 of Arkansas, when it next convenes, January, 1907, that it appropriate Fifteen Thousand Dollars, with six per cent interest to be added, to re-imburse the United States, the sums, if obtained by this State as hereby requested, and I beg to assure your Excellency that I entertain no doubt that the same will be paid promptly. To facilitate action hereon, I respectfully submit the provision of the Act of March 3, 1905, since its requirements may, in this emergency warrant and fully justify my officially making this request in behalf of Arkansas for $15.000., not one cent of which shall be disbursed excepting on account of and for the effective maintenance of the quarantine. "The President of the United States, (the law says) is hereby authorized in case of threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, typhoid fever, yellow fever, small pox, bubonic plague, Chinese plague, or black death, to use the unexpected balance of the sums appropriated and re-appropriated by the Sundry Civil Service Appropriation, Act approved April 28, 1904, and One Hundred Thousand Dollars in addition thereto, or so much there of as may be necessary in aid of State and local boards, or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of same, including pay and allowance of all officers and employees of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service assigned to duty in preventing and suppressing the spread of same; and in such emergency in the execution of any quarantine laws which may then be in force, the same to be immediately available". Act March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. L. 1170.) When it is known that yellow fever came within a few miles of the border line of Arkansas, the effectiveness of the quarantine preventing same from spreading into the State evidences what was done arresting the pestilence at the State line. Respectfully, Jeff Davis, Governor of Arkansas.OFFICE OF GEO. W. DUNN [*Ackd 12-23-05*] X BINGHAMTON, N. Y. Dec 21, 1905 My Dear Mr. President Thanks for your favor 19th You are right I am in favor of good cleam Polotics As soon as I arrived at New york I found the Govenor had announced his preference for Mr Wadsworth I got hold of Rogers & Moreland & they withdrew leaveing the high binders to flock by themselves ODell is playing his last card by getting a lot of his people to wire & write Rogers to stay in I have just talked with Rogers over the phone telling him that I had communicated with every other Assemblyman in the Southern Tier & not one of them would follow him if he changed his position I have notified the Govenor to call upon me for any service required Respt Geo W Dunn[*F*] United States Circuit Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit CHAMBERS OF JUDGE PETER S. GROSSCUP. Chicago Dec. 21st, 1905 My dear Mr. President:-- I have yours of the 18th, enclosing copy of letter from the Attorney General. I agree with you that the letters cannot be destroyed, and am pleased to have them taken from the files of the Department of Justice, and put on the files of the office to which they were sent. I take it for granted that my letter to you will be put on file with them. Thanking you for the consideration you have given the matter, I remain, Sincerely yours, P. S. Grosscup To the President, Washington, D. C.[*[P.P.F(.Cal)]*] United States Senate, WASHINGTON,D.C. [*Ackd 12-21-05*] Dear Mr. President, Let me encourage you about the word Mi Ka Do. James Laull told me that the sanskrit lines - which are as Maha Gate - made up Mi Kado! - and it is the same word as Sublime Porte! SoKing David sat in the High Gate. Is not that good? Always yrs, Edw. E Hale [*P.F.*] STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER ALBANY Dec. 21st, 1905. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: I am very much gratified by the receipt of your very hearty letter of congratulation of December 19th, and I note the enclosure which you sent us. We are in a warm fight for civic righteousness, which you have so ably advocated and supported throughout your administration. May I ask that you convey to Mrs. Roosevelt, for me, the compliments of the season? Believe me, Faithfully yours, Frank W. Higgins [*[Higgins]*] [*P.F.*] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON. Gloversville, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1905. President Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Roosevelt:- I have been [doing] acting for the past two days exactly in line with the suggestions in your letter of Dec. 20th just received. Immediately on the announcement of Governor Higgins' position on the speakership, I gathered together my friends in this neighborhood, with a result that Clinton, Essex, Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery and Fulton counties will support Wadsworth's candicacy. Moreover, in answer to an appeal from Odell, Brackett and I both wrote him plain letters advising him of our position, and further exhorting him that it was now the time for him to step aside and withdraw from opposition to Wadsworth. I have just consulted with Brackett in reference to your letter. He feels that everything has already been done that can be done here, and we are both to communicate with Black with a view of having him exert himself among his friends in other parts of the state. I am sincerely pleased that in the crisis of our party's affairs in this state, a proper type of clean, able men are being put forward to do the work, men unschooled in the Platt and Odell system of political management. This work has now had a notable start and we must help in guiding the movement with wisdom gained from experience so that when next we present our party's candidates for the suffrage of the people, they will be convinced that the element which standsHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON. Gloversville, N.Y., Dec. 21, 1905. and works for principle, for decency and integrity in conduct, is in control of the party's affairs. Very sincerly yours, Lucius N. Littauer [*[Littauer]*] Dic. L.N.L. [*P.F*] Dec. 21st 1905 To President Roosevelt Dear Mr. Roosevelt At Dora's request I write to thank you for the check and lovely letter you sent to her she is very proud and pleased to think that you think of her and she wants me to tell you that many a time she lives over again the days when she was your nurse and thought there was not one boy in the world likepaper Dora sends her love to all and wishes Mrs. Roosevelt and Yourself a Merry Christmas and many more of them. I am Yours Respectfully, Margaret Mott her Master Teddy she is getting feeble and is troubled quite a little with her head she says she would dearly love to see all of the children and tell them that there was a day when Dora could romp and play as well as any of them she wants to send her love to all of the family and she hopes God will bless and keep you all from harm she is always very much interested when we read any thing about you out of the12-21-05____ X V _____ PITTSBURG GAZETTE, December 21, 1905. Canal Salaries Reconsideration of the confirmation of members of the Panama canal commission probably indicates another attack on the administration and a further threshing over of the question of salaries. It may appear to some of the senators that canal salaries should not exceed the stipends paid to honorable members of congress and cabinet officers, but any fair grasp of the problem must lead to a different conclusion. The attack centers on Chairman Shonts and Secretary Bishop, the nomination of the latter being sent in yesterday. Construction of the Panama canal is a gigantic task, the largest piece of engineering work ever undertaken. It affords temporary employment, only, to the men engaged on it. It will require the highest order of ability to carry it forward satisfactorily and economically. In the end the men who accomplish this great work will have no such reputations as if engaged in a private enterprise of similar magnitude, and they will be left to seek other employment. Their work will be more difficult than any private work, for nothing can free them from the red tape inseparable from government work. If the senate is to pursue a policy of obstruction, harassment and character assassination in addition, the prospect will not be attractive, whatever salaries may be allowed. There are more creditable ways in which the senate could indulge any pique it may feel over the popularity, or aggressiveness of President Roosevelt. ___________________________[Ca 12-21-05]PANAMA CANAL APPROPRIATION. 58 Mr. SHONTS. Yes, sir; the great mass of labor, after we get the sanitary work a little further along, will really be engaged on the railroad-track work---the shifting of tracks and arranging for the distribution of the spoil. Senator PERKINS. In the case of blasting, what do you use---power drills, air compressors? Mr. SHONTS. Yes; and for that we have to have skilled men. Senator PERKINS. You have to have good men, skilled mechanics? Mr. SHONTS. Yes; we get those from the States. The CHAIRMAN. As to supervising these men, these Jamaica laborers; do you find black men can do that, or are they all white men? Mr. SHONTS. We have them both. The CHAIRMAN. Both black and white? Mr. SHONTS. Yes, sir; but there is not much ambition on the part of those black men to even get to the position of subforeman. Senator HALE. Are they peaceful? Mr. SHONTS. They are very orderly. Senator HALE. Not quarrelsome, generally? Mr. SHONTS. Their chief fault is talkativeness. When you give them an order they will discuss it for an hour or two. The CHAIRMAN. Now, Mr. Secretary, we come to the eighth item here, which is the salaries, incidental expenses, rent, etc., in the United States, from December 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906; salaries of the Commissioners, employees, etc., at the Washington office and at other places. That estimate is based upon the present salaries? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. There is practically no labor involved in this estimate? Secretary TAFT. None at all. The CHAIRMAN. Except, I suppose, that you have messengers and so on? Secretary TAFT. Oh, yes; our office labor comes under that item. The CHAIRMAN. That is all calculated upon the basis of the salaries which are now being paid? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. I think there is nothing in the print that shows the detail of these salaries? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir; there is. The CHAIRMAN. Where is that? Secretary TAFT. It was filed with the lower House. Senator PERKINS. I think you will find the most of it in the Record, Senator. Senator GALLINGER. That is on the basis of $25,000 a month for expenses in Washington? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. The salaries are in the Record. This is the list of the salaries that are fixed by the month, I believe? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You have no employees or people in this list that are working by the day Secretary TAFT. I think not. The CHAIRMAN. Who fixes those salaries? Secretary TAFT. The Commission. The CHAIRMAN. The Commission?54 PANAMA CANAL APPROPRIATION. Secretary Taft. The President fixed the salaries of the Commission, and then the Commission employ and fix the salaries of their employees. The Chairman. Of all the other forces? Secretary Taft. Yes, sir. Senator Hale. By direction of the President? Secretary Taft. Yes, sir; under the supervision of the President and the Secretary of War. The Chairman. There has been some little criticism about some of the salaries, you know. Secretary Taft. Yes, sir. The Chairman. Is there any explanation that you want to make about those details that would be useful to us? Secretary Taft. Well, I ought to say this: As to the fixing of the salary of the chief engineer, that was originally, with Mr. Wallace, $25,000. Then, after Mr. Wallace left us we conferred with a man who we thought could follow him and take the responsibility, and he would not go to the Isthmus unless we paid him $30,000. The Chairman. That is Mr. Stevens? Secretary Taft. That is Mr. Stevens; and it seemed to me that that, under the circumstances, was a reasonable salary. I conferred with the President about it. Mr. Shonts approved, and he and Mr. Shonts employed him at that price. The Chairman. I think the criticism, so far as I have noticed it in the Record, was rather toward the employees here. Secretary Taft. Of the Commission? The Chairman. The employees under the Commission who are not on the Isthmus at all. Secretary Taft. Yes, sir. Senator Warren. The auditor and so on. Secretary Taft. With respect to the auditor and the purchasing agent, Mr. Shonts came to me and said that he desired to get as good a man as he could get from the railroad service of the country to do the auditing and to do the purchasing. The purchasing of five or six or seven millions of dollars of supplies a year involves a skill and integrity and high character on the part of the purchaser that it seemed to me justified without any question the payment of $10,000. But an investigation was made as to what was paid for that service by the railway systems of the country; and Mr. Shonts said that he had an opportunity to employ a gentlemen who was in the Wabash system that he thought he could get for $10,000. Mr. Shonts. The Burlington system. Secretary Taft. I thought it was the Wabash. At any rate, whichever the system, he offered it to him; and the result was that the gentlemen was employed at $12,000 a year and became a second vice-president of the company. I met him in St. Louis a few weeks ago, and he thanked us for the opportunity that our offer gave him to secure a better position. I think he is now a second vice-president of the Wabash. Mr. Shonts. That is it; he went from the Burlington. Secretary Taft. And he is getting $12,000 a year. The same thing is true of the auditor. The railway companies pay quite that price for auditors who are skilled in the matter of keeping railway accounts. PANAMA CANAL APPROPRIATION. 55 I observe that there has been a good deal of criticism of the fact that we have an auditor at all; that we do not rest on the Auditor of the War Department; and that the Auditor of the War Department gets $4,000, and that the Secretary of War gets $8,000, and that there ought to be a uniform charge. All I have to say about that is that I do not think the Secretary of War gets enough, and I do not think that the Auditor, if he does his duty, gets enough. Still, there are people who are willing to serve the Government at that price, though you probably do not get as good as you would if paid better salaries. But this was a great enterprise of construction, equivalent to the building and maintenance of a railroad, and I thought the standard of railroad salaries was a fair standard, and we found that we could not get the men unless we did. With respect to the auditor, it is said that we can have an audit for nothing by the Auditor for the War Department. That is true; we can. But, gentlemen, there has not been a disbursing officer's account, there has not been a single account, passed by the Auditor of the expenditure of money for this canal since its beginning. That is the system of Government audit that we have; and those of us that were responsible for the carrying on of this great financial business were not willing not to have an audit closer to the time of expenditure and more of a business character than that which we get from the Government auditors. That is the truth of it; and that is the reason why we have an auditor that it costs $10,000 to have. The Chairman. He keeps the audit up to date, as it were? Secretary Taft. He brings it down within six weeks, and after we get organized it will come down more closely. You can not get a statement from your auditors in the Government service here short of six months. Senator Perkins. A paymaster in the Navy informed me a few days since that his accounts had not been audited for eighteen months. Secretary Taft. You will hear that in all the Departments. Now, we can not carry on, or at least I should not be willing to carry on business at the risk of having accounts subject to examination eighteen months after expenditure of the money. Senator Wetmore. Do you mean that the auditing officials are incompetent, or that there is an insufficient force? Secretary Taft. I do not know the reason. I think it is because of the lumbering character of the methods of doing Government business. They require too much paper work and too great deliberation. Senator Hale. Are those Accounts afterwards sent to the Auditor for the War Department? Secretary Taft. Yes, sir. Senator Hale. What does he do with them? Secretary Taft. He goes on, and in the course of time he will approve them; and some poor fellow who has been disbursing will find out three years afterwards that there are a few hundred dollars that he has disbursed, supposing they were a legal disbursement, that were not; and then he will either have to go down in his pocket and pay the amount, or he will have to come to Congress to have it adjusted in some way. I speak of this because I know what happens in the Army. I know what the disbursing officers of the Army have to do in reference56 PANAMA CANAL APPROPRIATION. to delay in auditing. So we need, in a business matter like this, an auditor who keeps up to date. Senator HALE. In short, what you did when you fixed these rates for this kind of work was this: Instead of taking the rates that are maintained by the Government here in Washington in corresponding offices, you took the rates that are paid by large, extensive railroad corporations? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. Senator HALE. Because you believed that you would get your work done, if not better, certainly more expeditiously; and you could know at any time what was going on, what was being paid, and what it was paid for from your auditor within a few weeks of the time it was done? Senator TAFT. Yes, sir. Senator PERKINS. And you think these salaries much more eco- nomical than those paid by the life insurance companies in New York? Secretary TAFT. I do. Senator HALE. You speak of five or six millions of dollars a year being under the control of the purchasing agent who gets the sup- plies. Now, of course, the head of the Bureau of Supplies and Ac- counts in the Navy Department expends more than that every year, and he only gets about $4,000? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. Senator HALE. But that is subject to delay, and his accounts are long in coming in; and we know that when we appropriate that money the accounts are sometimes a year behind time. Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. Senator HALE. You do not think that is—— Secretary TAFT. I do not believe, where you have a kind of per- sonal responsibility for the construction, that an officer ought to be called on to assume that responsibility unless he can in some way, by some instrumentality that the Government furnishes, keep close to the expenditures. Senator WARREN. Mr. Secretary, is there not here a greater diver- sity of purchases, so that the purchasing agent of the Commission would not have experience year after year in the same line that he would have in the Army, or the same line in the Navy? I suppose new matters are coming up every day-a diversity of purchases? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. Senator WARREN. A diversity of accounts, so far as the auditor is concerned, requiring perhaps greater skill? Secretary TAFT. But the gentleman whom we have employed is a man of long experience, and he has already saved us many hundreds of thousands of dollars by reason of his knowledge of- The CHAIRMAN. Of the things purchased? Secretary TAFT. Of the things to be bought; they are exactly in his line. The CHAIRMAN. Though they are bought on advertisement? Secretary TAFT. Though they are bought on advertisement or otherwise. All this construction material is what has to be bought every day for every railroad system in the country; and, as I have stated, his experience has been in just that kind of work. PANAMA CANAL APPROPRIATION 57 Mr. SHONTS. If you will permit me, I will say that he saved $193,000 on one purchase from the lowest bidder after he had the bids in and opened. Senator TILLMAN. Will you explain that, please? Mr. SHONTS. He did that by pointing out to them where they were charging us more they should for different items entering into the construction of the cars and engines that were concerned. Senator HALE. So that they changed their bid? Mr. SHONTS. That was the lowest bidder. Now, mind you, he had the lowest bid; he did not change it. We go on the theory that it is beneath the Government's dignity to play one man against another; but after he had the lowest bidder in, he talked him out—— Senator HALE. And the bidder changed it? Mr. SHONTS. The bidder himself—the lowest bidder—came down in his bid, and saved the Government $193,000. Senator HALE. Which you would have spent if you had simply taken the figures of the lowest bidder as they came in? Mr. SHONTS. That is it exactly. The CHAIRMAN. In case an unskilled man had been purchasing agent? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir; in case an unskilled man had been pur- chasing agent. Mr. SHONTS. Or a skilled man, if he had not known all those items and the relations that they should bear to each other. In three items, in three purchases, we have saved, according to an account I have kept, over $240,000. Secretary TAFT. Mr. Shonts calls my attention to the fact that the Auditor for the War Department only audits disbursements, while our auditor audits disbursements and makes all our statistics as well. But I do not rest on that alone; it is the necessity of the thing. I called the auditor before me when he was appointed, and told him that his position there was one that was judicial, rather; that he occupied a relation between the President on the one hand and the Commission on the other, and between the Canal Commission and its employees and disbursing officers in a third relation; so that he held the commission by virtue of his audit, as well as holding the agents of the Commission to the Commission. The CHAIRMAN. He audits the accounts between the Panama Rail- road and the Commission? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir; he is the auditor of the Panama Railway as well. The CHAIRMAN. You do not pay him for that? Mr. SHONTS. That is all included. Secretary TAFT. That is included in his salary. Senator HALE. How do you select your clerical force? Secretary TAFT. The clerical forces here have been selected largely through the Civil Service Commission, and that has caused a great deal of friction. It has been not so much the clerical force here, which could be easily selected through the Civil Service Bureau, but employees on the Isthmus. Mr. Wallace sent a man up here to assist the Civil Service Commissioners in making selections; but I am bound to say that even that arrangement was not successful. Men took advantage; they would study up question to fit them to pass58 PANAMA CANAL APPROPRIATION. examinations as track layers and other things, and then, when they would get down there, it would be found that they had never acted at all as carpenters or track layers, or what not. Senator HALE. Do you not meet that trouble all the time? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. Senator HALE. The process is cumbersome, is it not? Secretary TAFT. For that sort of thing, where they do not have eligible lists—in other words, for nonclerical employees, the system does not seem to be adapted. Senator HALE. But they take jurisdiction over it all? Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir; but they are willing to give it up, I think; they are getting so disgusted about it that rather than be held responsible they are anxious to give it up; and I rather think we are coming to that. Senator GALLINGER. That is the first intimation I ever had that that Commission were willing to give up anything. Senator HALE. It is the first instance. The CHAIRMAN. I do not see how they can examine a track layer; I should think some skillful man on a railroad would be able to pick out a track layer better than the Civil Service Com- mission. Secretary TAFT. It is very difficult to get track layers at all during this work of construction of the railways of the country. The CHAIRMAN. I have no doubt of that. Senator TILLMAN. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask a question. The CHAIRMAN. Yes, sir; certainly. Senator TILLMAN. I notice that the secretary of the Commission gets $10,000. Secretary TAFT. Yes, sir. Senator TILLMAN. Does the Commission sit here? Secretary TAFT. It does, part of the time. Senator TILLMAN. Practically all of the time? Secretary TAFT. Practically; it sat here most of the time. Senator TILLMAN. I say, practically all of the time? Secretary TAFT. Well, its minutes are kept here. The records are kept here, and a very large part of the clerical work is done here; though by direction it has to meet four times a year on the Isthmus. Senator TILLMAN. I notice that particular officer because I can not see why the mere keeping of the records of the work of the Commis- sion requires so much skill or so much brains. Secretary TAFT. He is the historian of the Commission. He was employed at a time when it was thought necessary to have a man of very considerable journalistic experience, for the reason that the attacks on the canal, its construction, and the preposterous misrep- resentations concerning everything, both on the Isthmus and here, had gotten to such a point that it seemed necessary for the Commis- sion to protect itself in some way. Senator TILLMAN. So he is the press agent, then, of whom we have heard in the debate? Secretary TAFT. You can call him a press agent if you choose to. Senator TILLMAN. I would not call him that, except from your description of him. Secretary TAFT. Well, that was added to his duties as the secretary of the Commission, the recorder of the Commission, and its historian.61 STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER ALBANY Personal [*Ackd 12/24/05*] December 22, 1905. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: Mr. Loeb this morning on the 'phone informed me that you were very anxious to know definitely as to how the different members of the Assembly stood on Mr. Wadsworth's canvass for the Speakership. I inclose a list with those marked in red ink who I believe can be thoroughly relied upon to support Mr. Wadsworth. In fact, practically all of them have so informed me. This does not include only two from New York - Mr. Wadsworth is very confident that he will have eight. It includes only nine from Kings - Mr. Woodruff is very confident there will be twelve. It includes only one from Erie - and I think there will be three.[For inc. see Senate of N.Y. '05 and '06][*61*] STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER ALBANY Personal [*Ackd 12/24/05*] December 22, 1905. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: Mr. Loeb this morning on the 'phone informed me that you were very anxious to know definitely as to how the different members of the Assembly stood on Mr. Wadsworth's canvass for the Speakership. I inclose a list with those marked in red ink who I believe can be thoroughly relied upon to support Mr. Wadsworth. In fact, practically all of them have so informed me. This does not include only two from New York - Mr. Wadsworth is very confident that he will have eight. It includes only nine from Kings - Mr. Woodruff is very confident there will be twelve. It includes only one from Erie - and I think will be three.You will therefore see that we are on the safe side; but the more members there are pledged, the better it will be for the Party, and I shall be glad of any assistance you may be able to render in this connection. I am, with best wishes, Yours sincerely. Frank W. Higgins [*[Higgins]*] Inclosure [For inc. see senate of n.y '05 and '06 ]TREASURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE Washington, December 22, 1905. My dear Mr. Loeb: On the ninth of this month a letter was sent by me to each Collector of Internal Revenue, indicating clearly that it was the desire of the President that no Collector or Deputy Collector should serve on local political committees. I enclose herewith letter from Collector Goldsborough of Baltimore, in which he states that he is a member of the Republican State Central Committee of Maryland, and is on an important sub-committee and desires that his resignation be not required until after the meeting of the next State Convention. Knowing Mr. Goldsborough as I do, and his forcefulness as an advisor and counselor in Maryland matters I take the liberty of suggesting that an exception in his case might be advisable. However, I submit the matter for the President's determination. Very truly yours, John W. Yerkes Commissioner. Hon. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President, The White House. [*To the late President of the National C.S.R. Assn. I have allowed this! T.R.*] [*Accd 12-22-05*][For encl see 12-20-05]"We Furnish Information - We do not Influence Legislation" THE CITY CLUB BUREAU OF LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION 55 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK CITY LAWRENCE VEILLER MANAGER TELEPHONE 1818 BRYANT ________________________ LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR 1905 AND 1906 _________________________ DIST. NAME POLITICS POST OFFICE ADDRESS 1 CARLL S. BURR, JR.......................Rep. Commack 2 *LUKE A. KEENAN.........................Dem. Long Island City 3 *THOMAS H. CULLEN...................Dem. Brooklyn, 252 President Street 4 JOHN DRESCHER, JR...................Rep. " 379 Rodney Street 5 JAMES J. KEHOE..........................Dem. " 108 Pioneer Street 6 FRANK J. GARDNER....................Rep. " 897 Union Street 7 *PATRICK H. McCARREN.............Dem. " 97 Berry Street 8 CHARLES COOPER......................Rep. " 174 Hancock Street 9 CONRAD HASENFLUG................Dem. " 695 Bushwick Ave. 10 *DANIEL J. RIORDAN....................Dem. New York, 29 Oliver Street 11 *JOHN C. FITZGERALD.................Dem. " 38 E 4th Street 12 *SAMUEL J. FOLEY........................Dem. " 472 Grand Street 13 *BERNARD F. MARTIN..................Dem. " 118 W. 13th Street 14 *THOMAS F. GRADY....................Dem. " 151 E. 30th Street 15 *NATHANIEL A. ELSBERG...........Rep. " The Oxford, Park Av. 16 JOHN M. QUINN........................Dem. " 341 W. 34th Street 17 MARTIN SAXE.............................Rep. " 2345 Broadway 18 JACOB MARKS............................Dem. " 213 E. 71st Street 19 ALFRED R. PAGE........................Rep. " 252 W. 128th Street 20 *JAMES J. FRAWLEY.....................Dem. " 180 E. 95th Street 21 *JOHN A. HAWKINS....................Dem. " 601 E. 139th Street 22 *FRANCIS M. CARPENTER..........Rep. Mt. Kisco 23 *LOUIS F. GOODSELL.................Rep. Highland Falls 24 SANFORD W. SMITH.................Rep. Kinderhook 25 JOHN N. CORDTS......................Rep. Kingston 26 *JOTHAM P. ALLDS.....................Rep. Norwich 27 *SPENCER K. WARNICK..............Rep. Amsterdam 28 *EDGAR T. BRACKETT................Rep. Saratoga Springs 29 *JAMES B. McEWAN...................Rep. Albany, 26 Clinton Avenue 30 *WILLIAM D. BARNES...............Rep. Brainard 31 *SPENCER G. PRIME.................Rep. Upper Jay 32 *GEORGE R. MALBY.................Rep. Ogdensburg 33 *WALTER L. BROWN................Rep. Oneonta 34 HENRY J. COGGESHALL.........Rep. Waterville 35 GEORGE H. COBB..................Rep. Watertown 36 *HORACE WHITE.....................Rep. Syracuse 37 *FRANCIS H. GATES................Rep. Chittenango 38 HARVEY D. HINMAN.............Rep. Binghamton 39 *BENJAMIN M. WILCOX..........Rep. Auburn 40 OWEN CASSIDY.....................Rep. Montour Falls 41 WILLIAM J. TULLY..................Rep. Corning 42 *JOHN RAINES.........................Rep. Canandaigua 43 *MERTON E. LEWIS.................Rep. Rochester, 19 Elwood Building 44 *WILLIAM W. ARMSTRONG....Rep. " 841 Powers Building 45 *IRVIN L'HOMMEDIEU............Rep. Medina 46 *FREDERICK C. STEVENS.........Rep. Attica 47 *HENRY W. HILL.......................Rep. Buffalo, 471 Linwood Ave. 48 LOUIS FECHTER, SR................Rep. " 1150 Bailey Ave. 49 *GEORGE A. DAVIS...................Rep. Lancaster 50 *ALBERT T. FANCHER...............Rep. Salamanca __________________________________ *Re-elected. RECAPITULATION. Republicans.....................36 Democrats.......................14 Total..................................50LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR 1906 County |Dist.| Name |Politics | Post Office Address Albany ...................... 1 *Charles W. Mead........................... Rep. Albany 2 *Abram S. Coon............................... Rep. Preston Hollow 3 William J. Maher............................. Rep. Albany 4 *William J. Grattan .......................... Rep. Cohoes Allegany ..................... *Jesse S. Phillips .............................. Rep. Andover Broome ..................... 1 *James T. Rogers ............................. Rep. Binghamton 2 *Fred E. Allen ................................... Rep. Whitneys Point Cattaraugus .............. 1 *Jasper E. Smith .............................. Rep. Olean 2 John J. Volk ..................................... Rep. Dayton Cayuga ....................... 1 *Judson W. Hapeman...................... Rep. Cato 2 *J. Gurnsey Allen............................. Rep. Summerfield Chautauqua............... 1 *Arthur C. Wade.............................. Rep. Jamestown 2 Henry K. Williams........................... Rep. Dunkirk Chemung.................... *Sherman Moreland....................... Rep. Van Etten Chenango................... *Charles L. Carrier.......................... Rep. Sherburne Clinton........................ *H. Wallace Knapp.......................... Rep. Mooers Columbia.................... *E. Washburn Scoville.................... Rep. Hudson Cortland..................... Fred. A. Crosley............................ Rep. Scott Delaware.................... *James R. Cowan.............................. Rep. Hobart Dutchess.................... 1 Myron Smith................................... Rep. Millbrook 2 *Augustus B. Gray............................. Rep. Poughkeepsie Erie.............................. 1 *Charles J. Quinn............................. Dem. Buffalo 2 *Robert Lynn Cox............................. Rep. " 3 *Frank S. Burzynski......................... Dem. " 4 Charles V. Lynch............................... Dem. " 5 Louis Dressing.................................. Dem. " 6 James S. Keyes................................. Dem. " 7 *John K. Patton................................. Rep. Tonawanda 8 *Luther J. Shuttleworth.................... Rep. Springville Essex........................... *F.C. Hooper...................................... Rep. North Creek Franklin....................... *Charles R. Matthews...................... Rep. Bombay Fulton & Hamilton..... William E. Mills................................ Rep. Gloversville Genesee..................... *S. Percy Hooker............................. Rep. Le Roy Greene....................... *William C. Brady........................... Rep. Athens Herkimer................... *Abram B. Steele............................ Rep. Herkimer Jefferson.................... 1 *Albert Foster................................. Rep. Dexter 2 Gary H. Wood............................... Rep. Antwerp Kings.......................... 1 *Thomas O'Neil............................. Rep. Brooklyn, 58 Joralemon Street 2 Patrick Donohue......................... Rep. " 108 Concord Street 3 *Thomas P. Reilly........................ Dem. " 48 Cheever Place 4 William W. Colne....................... Rep. " 96 Hooper Street 5 *Otto G. Foelker........................ Rep. " 138 Keap Street 6 Thomas J. Surpless.................. Rep. " 622 Willoughby Avenue 7 *Michael J. Grady...................... Dem. " 1620 60th Street 8 *James A. Thompson............... Dem. " 252 Third Avenue 9 Thomas F. McGuire................ Dem. " 165 West 9th Street 10 *Charles F. Murphy.................. Rep. " 150 Lafayette Avenue 11 *W. Seward Shanahan............. Dem. " 17 Prospect Place 12 George A. Green..................... Rep. " 360a 5th Street 13 Samuel J. Palmer.................... Rep. " 595 Lorimer Street 14 *George W. Kavanagh............ Dem. " 181 Freeman Street 15 Charles C.G. Sprenger.......... Rep. " 307 South 4th Street 16 Charles J. Weber.................... Rep. " 175 Hancock Street 17 *Edward C. Dowling............... Rep. " 227 Madison Street 18 Warren Isbell Lee.................. Rep. " 156 Woodruff Avenue 19 Charles Schmitt..................... Rep. " 81 Evergreen Avenue 20 Charles Feth.......................... M.O. " 190 Stockholm Street 21 Frank E. Harvey..................... M.O. " 31 Milford Street Lewis.......................... C. Fred Boshart..................... Rep. Lowville Livingston.................. *James A. Wadsworth, Jr....... Rep. Mount Morris Madison..................... *Robert J. Fish........................ Rep. Oneida Monroe...................... 1 *De Witt C. Becker................ Rep. Fairport 2 James L. Whitley................. Rep. Rochester 3 Robert Averill...................... Rep. " 4 *Albert P. Beebe................. Rep. Barnards Montgomery *William B. Charles............. Rep. Amsterdam New York................... 1 *Thomas B. Coughlan........ Dem. New York City, 74 Beach Street 2 *Alfred E. Smith.................. Dem. " 28 Oliver Street 3 John T. Eagleton............... Dem. " 3 St. Lukes Place 4 *William H. Burns.............. Dem. " 46 Pike Street 5 *Leslie J. Thompkins.......... Dem. " 102 Waverly Place 6 James Oliver...................... Dem. " 365 Broome Street 7 Thomas F. Long................ Rep. " 210 West 17th Street 8 Abraham Harawitz.......... Dem. " 260 Grand Street 9 *Patrick H. Bird................. Dem. " 463 West 24th Street 10 Samuel Hoffman........... Rep. " 272 East Houston St. 11 *John J. Sammon.............. Dem. " 433 West 32d Street 12 Max Eckman................... Rep. " 431½ Grand Street County |Dist.| Name |Politics | Post Office Address New York................. . 13 *John C. Hackett.............. Dem. New York City, 500 West 41st Street 14 Jacob Fritz....................... Dem. " 343 East 10th Street 15 Owen W. Bohan............. Dem. " 411 West 49th Street 16 *Gustave Hartman........... Rep. " 744 East 5th Street 17 Christopher Steffens...... Rep. " 370 West 58th Street 18 *Edward B. LaFetra.......... Dem. " 129 East 17th Street 19 *Mervin C. Stanley........... Rep. " 329 West 82nd Street 20 Thomas Farnam............. Rep. " 21 *William Young................ Rep. " 156 West 97th Street 22 Thomas Rock.................. Rep. " 137 East 48th Street 23 James A. Francis............. Rep. " 172 West 141st Street 24 John Thomas Story........ Rep. " 34 Sutton Place 25 *Ezra P. Prentice.............. Rep. " 9 West 16th Place 26 Roger J. Brennan........... Rep. " 166 East 66th Street 27 *George B. Agnew........... Rep. " 54 West 40th Street 28 George Schwegler......... Dem. " 212 East 83d Street 29 Frederic DeWitt Wells... Rep. " 117 West 62d Street 30 Maurice Smith............... M.O. " 31 J. Sidney Bernstein....... Dem. " 32 East 128th Street 32 Samuel Krulewitch....... Rep. " 21 East 108th Street 33 *Jacob E. Salomon......... Dem. " 337 East 117th Street 34 Charles Campbell........ M.O. " 35 John P. Cohalan........... Dem. " 1042 Macy Place Niagara..................... 1 A. Edmund Lee............ Dem. Lockport 2 W. Lovell Draper.......... Rep. Wilson Oneida...................... 1 *Henry L. Gates........... Rep. Utica 2 *Jay H. Pratt.................. Rep. Verona 3 *John C. Evans............. Rep. Rome Onondaga................ 1 Charles H. Gregory.... Rep. Skaneateles 2 *Edward Schoeneck.... Rep. Syracuse 3 George L. Baldwin..... Rep. " 4 *Fred W. Hammond... Rep. " Ontario..................... *Jean L. Burnett.......... Rep. Canandaigua Orange..................... 1 *William G. Hastings... Rep. Newburgh 2 *Louis Bedell............... Rep. Goshen Orleans.................... *Henry V. Wilson........ Rep. Waterport Oswego.................... 1 *Thomas D. Lewis...... Rep. Fulton 2 *Frederick G. Whitney. Rep. Pulaski Otsego...................... *Delos E. Bass.............. Rep. Leonardsville Putnam..................... *John R. Yale................. Rep. Brewster Queens..................... 1 Dennis J. Harp............. Rep. Long Island City 2 William A. DeGroot..... Rep. Richmond Hill 3 William G. Miller.......... Rep. Freeport Rensselaer................ 1 Frederick C. Fillay........ Rep. Troy 2 M.J. Nolan.................... Dem. " 3 Bradford R. Lansing... Rep. Rensselaer Richmond................. *Arnold J.B. Wedemeyer Dem. Stapleton Rockland................... Gouverneur M. Carnochan Dem. New City St. Lawrence............ 1 Fred J. Gray.................. Rep. Ogdensburg 2 *Edwin A. Merritt, Jr..... Rep. Potsdam Saratoga................... *George H. Whitney..... Rep. Mechanicville Schenectady............ *W.W. Wemple.............. Rep. Schenectady Schoharie................ *George M. Palmer...... Dem. Cobleskill Schuyler.................. *John W. Gurnett......... Dem. Watkins Seneca.................... *William J. Maier......... Rep. Seneca Falls Steuben.................. 1 William H. Chamberlain Rep. Kanona 2 *Jerry E. B. Santee...... Rep. Hornellsville Suffolk..................... 1 John Lupton............... Rep. Mattituck 2 *Orlando Hubbs......... Rep. Central Islip Sullivan.................... *Edward Bisland....... Rep. Glen Spey Tioga........................ Byram L. Winters....... Rep. Smithboro Tompkins................ William R. Gunderman Rep. Ithaca Ulster....................... 1 Joseph M. Fowler...... Rep. Kingston 2 *Wm. D. Cunningham Rep. Ellenville Warren.................... *William R. Waddell.... Rep. North Creek Washington............ Eugene R. Norton..... Rep. Granville Wayne..................... Edson W. Hamm....... Rep. Lyons Westchester........... 1 Woodson R. Oglesby Dem. Yonkers 2 *J. Mayhew Wainwright Rep. Rye 3 *James K. Apgar.......... Rep. Peeksill Wyoming................. Byron A. Nevis........... Rep. Perry Yates........................ *Leonidas D. West...... Rep. Dundee *Re-elected RECAPITULATION. REPUBLICANS........................................... 111 DEMOCRATS............................................. 35 MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP........................ 4 ---------- 150[inc. in Higgins 12-22-05][12-22-05] [Enc in Woodruff 12-23-05]Brooklynn Daily Eagle Trade Mark "Eagle" Registered. Friday Evening, December 22, 1905 A Time for Differentiation. This speakership fight in the finest we have ever had in the state--Times. In many respects. It is a battle of the glants. And there are reasons why the interest taken in it by Brooklyn Republicans should be special rather than general. It brings Woodruff and Dady to the parting of the ways. Such in the nature of the lines drawn that they cannot compromise. Nor is the local fight other than typical of what is going on all along the line. Adell is a politician pure and simple. So is Dady. Woodruff, on the other hand, has made money in business and spent it in politics. Brooklyn Republicans should and probably will know how to differentiate.12-22-05The Troy Times Founded in 1851 by JOHN M. FRANCIS. _________________________ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 22, 1905. _________________________ AN UNJUSTIFIABLE ATTACK. When ex-Governor Odell recovers from the bitterness of a personal disappointment he will see that his attack upon President Roosevelt and Government Higgins is without a shadow of justification. It is only a few days ago that Mr. Odell said that Governor Higgins was the man to make a choice for the Speakership of the state, and that it was proper for Republicans to fall into line behind any man whom the Governor might suggest. The Governor did name a Member of Assembly who in character and reputation is peculiarly well qualified at this time for the Speakership. Now Mr. Odell rebukes Governor Higgins for following the very line of action which Mr. Odell has intimated as desirable. The Governor's selection of the candidate for Speaker may not have harmonized with Mr. Odell's personal preference. But the Governor could hardly be expected to name a distinctively Odell man at the time when a candidate who was not identified with a factioral controversy was needed. And in selecting James W. Wadsworth, jr., Governor Higgins did choose a man who is acceptable to the Republican party and to the people of the state, because his native abilities, his education, his purposes and all his surroundings indicate him as a thorough' type of the spirit and methods which should be dominant in the Republican party and never more than at present. The Governor has pursued a manly course and has performed a public service, and no dissent from the propriety of his action will be expressed unless that criticism is based on personal reasons and the discomfiture of selfish ambitions which will not endure very close scrutiny. As to President Roosevelt, nothing that Benjamin B. Odell, jr., can say about the President will affect the estimation of the latter's consistency and integrity in this as in all other affairs. As has been abundantly established by competent testimony the name of Mr. Wadsworth was no suggested by President Roosevelt, but sprang from Governor Higgins' own good judgment. When Mr. Wadsworth had been named by the Governor the President, as a citizen of New York and interested in the welfare of the Republican party in this state, saw at once that it was such a selection as could appeal to his sympathy and approval. Perhaps no better statement of President Roosevelt's attitude could be made than is given by Congressman Cocks, who is from President Roosevelt's home district in Long Island. Mr. Cocks says: The President said that, as a citizen of Nassau and as a constituent of the Assemblyman, if his advice were asked, he would state that, in his opinion, Mr. Wadsworth is an ideal candidate for Speaker; that it would be the best possible thing both for the party and the state if he were elected; that he possesses the very qualities most needed in the Speakership at this particular juncture; that not only is ion. President Roosevelt and his sympathetic co-operator in the executive chair of this state are on the highlands of honesty and sincerity, and wailings and sputterings from below will serve only to emphasize the fact that the mountains remain in their place while the inundations do their work of cleansing and removal. Not Guilty. A New York paper to-day quotes ex- Governor Odell as saying: I charge Theodore Roosevelt, as President of the United States, with having plotted with Governor Higgins to wreck the Republican party of the state of New York to promote the political ambitions of both. I charge the President with having more than once broken promises of his own making to me. I charge him with 'endeavoring' to employ not only the federal but the state administration to insure that his own boss-ship, not only in the state but in the nation. Whether he aims to be President for a third term, or whether he seeks to supplant Thomas C. Platt in the United States Senate, I do not know. I do know that he is attempting to run everything in New York state as he is running everything in Washington and elsewhere throughout the country. I am satisfied, also, that he never will be content until he runs rough shod over every Republic leader in the land. The jury of the public, without leaving its seats, will with unanimous promptness declare "Not guilty." The people are abundantly satisfied that under no circumstances would President Roosevelt seek to dictate the election of any many as the Speaker of the Assembly of this state, and the only interest that he would take in the selection would be as a citizen of the state and interested in clean politics at the Albany and in having a man of blameless character and record placed in the influential position of Speaker. President Roosevelt is against corruption in public life and the use of official place for personal profit. If that is treason Mr. Odell may make the most of it, but the American people will say as against all spiteful charges of improper interference "Not guilty."his action will be expressed unless that criticism is based on personal reasons and the discomfiture of selfish ambitions which will not endure very close to scrutiny. As to President Roosevelt, nothing that Benjamin B. Odell, jr., can say about the President will affect the estimation of the latter's consistency and integrity in this as in all other affairs. As has been abundantly established by competent testimony the name of Mr. Wadsworth was not suggested by President Roosevelt, but sprang from Governor Higgins' own good judgement. When Mr. Wadsworth had been named by the Governor the President, as a citizen of New York and interested in the welfare of the Republican party in this state, saw at once that it was such a selection as could appeal to his sympathy and approval. Perhaps no better statement of President Roosevelt's attitude could be made than is given by Congressman Cocks, who is from President Roosevelt's home district in Long Island. Mr. Cocks says: The President said that, as a citizen of Nassau and as a constituent of the Assemblyman, if his advice were asked, he would state that, in his opinion, Mr. Wadsworth is an ideal candidate for Speaker; that it would be the best possible thing both for the party and the state if he were elected; that he possesses the very qualities most needed in the Speakership at this particular juncture; that not only is he a man of ability, of unflinching courage and ruggedly aggressive honesty, but his election would mean that the Republicans would have a Speaker absolutely free from dictation by any individual or by any ring, a man who would be entirely his own master and incapable of being coerced by any interest, political or financial; that it would indeed be a fortunate thing if Mr. Wadsworth were elected, for he is a man of the Herbert Parsons type; that is, the type of man that the plain people, who compose the great bulk of the Republican party, wish to see high in the party management. And Governor Higgins responds: I know positively that the President knew nothing about it. I never mentioned Mr. Wadsworth's name to him. I have had no communication with the President, verbal or otherwise, on the subject of the Speakership. While it is true that he would not, in may opinion, interfere in the election of a Speaker, I have every reason to believe that he would be much pleased to hear that the Assembly has chosen Mr. Wadsworth. The accusations of inconsistency which spring from Mr. Odell's frenzy of disappointment will recoil himself. His rage is childish in its lack of dignity and also in its impotency for any end except his own humiliation in the sight of the public. President Roosevelt and Governor Higgins represent the highest type of honor in public life. They represent that confidence in and loyalty to the Republican party which, believing in the continued supremacy of that party, are determined to assure uninterrupted victory by steadfastness to the ideals of wisdom and integrity. The high minded procedure which culminates in the inevitable election of Mr. Wadsworth to be Speaker, over an opposition which will steadily dwindle until the day of the final choice, represents the best sentiment of the American people to-day--a sentiment which, fostered by example and precept of President Roosevelt and finding expression in his election to the Presidency by a phenomenal majority, has come to be recognized as the saving quality of political parties as well as of political systems and as harmonizing with the truth, which is as deeply founded as morality itself, that success must be based upon virtue. There will always be selfish protests against a rising wave of purification, but the protests will come from those who have not taken a position lofty enough to escape the danger of submer-[*[Enclosed in 12-23-05, Cortelyou]*][Enc in Miller 12-26-05] [12-22-05]Roosevelt's Assemblyman Is for Wadsworth. ALBANY, Dec. 22.--Assemblyman Miller, of Nassau County, was at the capital to-day, and took occasion to pay his respects to Governor Higgins. He says he approves of the selection of Assemblyman Wadsworth for Speaker.SOUTHWEST Press Clipping Bureau TOPEKA KANSAS From Kansas City Knox Journal Date Dec 22 1905 LONG ON REBATES -- Senator From Kansas Discusses Pending Legislation. -- HE AGREES WITH ROOSEVELT -- Addressed the knife and fork club last night. -- Other Speakers Were Ng Poon Chew, H. M. Beardsley, Judge Mason, J. S. Bristow, Judge Porter and Henry J. Allen. -- Distinguished Kansas guests, in addition to the speakers, of the Knife and Fork Club at the annual banquet given last night at the Coates house were: Hon. J. S. Bristow, Salina; Judge John C. Pollock, United States district judge, Topeka; Mort Albaugh, clerk United States district court. Topeka; W. Y. Morgan, Hutchinson; N. H. Loomis, attorney, Wichita; Judge Silas Por[t]er, Kansas supreme court, Kansas City, Kas.; Representative William Hackney, Winfield; N.H. Loomas, attorney, Topeka; H.J. Bona, Ashland; J.M. Simpson, McPherson; T.T. Kelly, Paola; Henry J. Allen, Ottawa. Two hundred guests sat at the tables, and H.B. Topping, president of the club, presided. The speakers were men fully versed in the subjects they discussed, and the address of Chester L. Long, United States senator from Kansas, was especially timely and interesting, as he publicly expressed his ideas of the contemplated railroad rebate bill legislation. Mr. Long said: "The act to regulate interstate commerce was passed in 1887 and has since been amended seven times. When the original act p assed the house, it contained no provision for a commission. All of the controversies arising under it were to be determined by the courts. The interstate commerce commission was created by a senate amendment to the bill, and was finally agreed to in the house. The original act gave the commission large powers of investigation and provided for the institution of suits in the courts to compel obedience to its orders. In 1897 the supreme court decided that the commission did not have the power to fix a rate for the future to take the place of one that it determined was unreasonable and unjust. The commission had exercised this power prior to the decision, not without question by the railroads, but in most instances with their acquiescence. Ever since the supreme court decided that the commission did not have this power, there has been an effort made to give the power to it. the courts have always been open to a shipper who wished to attack a rate as unreasonable and unjust. He could always bring a suit and recover thi excess above which the court might find was a reasonable rate. Under the interstate commerce act, instead of bringing the suit in court, he can lodge his complaint with the commission and ask for an investigation and order. The chief criticism made by shippers on the present procedure is the long delay and their inability to secure speedy action on their [?---?] additional legislation is necessary. It is generally understood that the legislation will be enacted at this session of congress. "The president recommended certain legislation in his message of a year ago, and he made other recommendations in his last message. And so it is that the question is up, and is receiving careful and painstaking attention by senators and representatives upon whom the responsibilities [?] arises as to the tribunal that should be invested with the power to determine what is reasonable maximum rate for the future. "There are three different plans proposed in congress. First, the bill introduced by Senator Foraker, which provides that the interstate commerce commission shall do less in the investigation of a complaint than it does now - making only a preliminary investigation; and without making an order shall submit a brief statement to the attorney general, who shall file a petition in a circuit court of the United States. The court is required to inquire into the facts and enjoin any rate in excess of what the court shall find to be reasonable and just, and the rate found to be reasonable shall be the lawful rate in the future. Second - The proposition of Senator Elkins, which provides that the interstate commerce commission shall have the power after investigating a complaint against a certain rate to make an order modifying such rate so far as may be necessary to remove the unreasonableness, the order to take effect within such time as the commission may prescribe. Any party affected by such order can institute a proceeding to review it in a circuit court of the United States, and if the court in such proceeding finds that the rate fixed by such carrier was not unreasonable, it shall set aside the order made by the commission; or if the court finds that such an order of the commission modified the rate fixed by the carrier either more or less than was necessary to remove the unreasonableness of such rate, then the court by its decree may modify the order of the commission accordingly. Several Plans Proposed Both of these plans provide for the fixing of a future rate by the courts; that of Senator Foraker's imposes the duty upon the court in the first instance without any preliminary order of the commission. That of Senator Elkins proves that the commission shall make an [?] courts can determine whether the procedure of the commission has been legal and the order lawful. They can determine whether the maximum limit fixed by the commission is so low that the rate would not give a fair return to the carrier on the property invested in the railroad, or so high that the rate would be extortionate to the shipper. "The contest in the senate will be on the question as to what direction should be given in the law to the courts in reviewing orders made by the commission. There will be an attempt made to permit the court to try the case anew, the same as though the commission had not passed upon it, and modify the order fixing the limit of the rate. I do not believe that this effort should be successful. Of course, if the case is to be tried from the beginning in the courts, it is but little consequence what order the commission may be. There should no attempt be made in the las to restrict the power of the courts to inquire fully into the lawfulness of the maximum limit fixed by the commission and it would probably be better not to attempt to restrict or enlarge their present jurisdiction. The carrier must have its day in court and any attempt to prevent it will render the whole legislation void. If the commission is given real power to determine that an existing rate is unreasonable, with power to order it reduced below a certain maximum limit, then the tribunal which does this should be made purely administrate. It should not have inquisitorial or prosecuting powers. If the present commission is to be given the power, all other duties should be taken from it, except that of passing upon the complaint after it is made. It the interstate commerce commission is to retain the powers that it now has, then a new commission should be organized, purely administrative. It should pass upon the questions when they are presented and should not participate in the preliminary investigation or proceedings. I believe that such a commission should be provided and that its orders should be final, subject only to [?] legislation. Mr. Long said: "The act of regulate interstate commerce was passed in 1887 and has since been amended seven times. When the original act passed the house, it contained no provision for a commission. All of the controversies arising under it were to be determined by the courts. The interstate commerce commission was created by a senate amendment to the bill, and was finally agrees to in the house. The original act gave the commission large powers of investigation and provided for the inatitution of suits in the courts to compel obedience to its orders. In 1897 the supreme court decided that the commission did not have the power to fix a rate for the future to take the place of one that it determined was unreasonable and unjust. The commission had exercised this power prior to the decision, not without question by the railroads, but in most instances with their acquiescence. Ever since the supreme court decided that the commission did not have this power, there has been an effort made to five the power to it. The courts have always been open to a shipper who wished to attack a rate as unreasonable and unjust. He could always bring a suit and recover the excess above which the court might find was a reasonable rate. Under the interstate commerce act, instead of bringing the suit in court, he can lodge his complaint with the [?] and ask for an investigation and order. The chief eritioism, made by shippers [?] the present procedure is the [?] [?] and their [?] ability to secure speedy [?] or their additional legislation in necessary. it is generally understood that the legislation will be enacted at this session of congress. "The president recommended certain legislation in his message of a year ago, and he made other recommendations in his last message. And so it is that the question is up, and is receiving careful and painstaking attention by senators and representatives upon whom the responsibility rests to shape the legislation. The courts in their decision have said what can be done and what cannot be done, and of course, everything that is doen should be well done so that it will be declared void. Responsibility for Rate Bill Passage. "President Roosevelt in his last message says it is not his province to indicate the exact terms of the law which should be enacted, but he calls the attention of congress to certain existing conditions with which it is desirable to deal. The prediction that the president would, in advance, put the stamp of his approval upon a particular bill has not been realized, for he has wisely considered that while it is his province to recommend, the responsibility is upon congress to shape the legislation and pass the bill subject to his approval. "To show the difficulties that surround this question and the changes of opinion that come after full investigation. I call your attention to the recommendations of the president last year and this. In his message of a year ago he recommended that authority be given the interstate commerce commission to fix a definite rate for the future and put it into effect. In his last message he recommends that interstate commerce commission, or some other administrative body, be given the power, not to fix a definite rate, but a maximum rate--an entirely different proposition. Last year he recommended that the rate made by the commission should go at once into effect and stay in effect unless and until the court of review reverses it. All admit now that this would make the whole law invalid. This year the president recommends that the decision shall go into effect within a reasonable time and to obtain from thence onward subject to review by the courts. Such a law would be valid because it does not attempt to take from the courts the power temporarily to restrain an illegal act during the pendency of the suit which finally determines its legality. "It is well known that at present all agreements made by railroads as to rates are in restraint of trade and are illegal. It is also known that it would be impossible for the great transportation companies to carry on their business without some consultation in advance as to rates, and yet all agreements of this nature, whether reasonable or unreasonable, are illegal under the anti-trust law. In his message the president says that the power vested in the government to put a stop to agreements which are to the detriment of the public should be accompanied by the power to permit, under specified conditions and careful supervision, agreements clearly in the interest of the public. Under the recent recommendations of the president, not attempt will be made to take the rate-making power from the railroads and place it in a government tribunal. They are left with the same power they now have to say what the rates shall be for the future, provided they are reasonable. They are prohibited from discrimination between shippers, charging one more than another for the same service. When they have made a rate that is unreasonable and unjust, there should be some kind of a tribunal to determine that fact, before the shipper is compelled to pay the rate; and also to say to the carrier that any new rate it may make [?]ust not be higher than a certain limit. That some tribunal should have the power to determine a reasonable maximum rate for the future in place [?] that rate that has been declared unreasonable all now a[?]mit. What Is Fairest Method? "It resolves itself into the best method of procedure, and the question is, What is the fairest, quickest and most expeditious method of settling differences that arise between shipper and carrier? The bills all provide for abolishing rebates and regulating icing charges and private car lines. All the bills provide for inspection by the government of the accounts and books of railways engaged in interstate commerce similar to the examination that the government makes of national banks, so as to detect discriminations by carriers. There is no division of sentiment in congress and no opposition to legislation more clearly to provide for equal charges for all shippers for the same service. Rebates and discriminations between individuals must stop, but a difference--making only a preliminary Investigation; and without making an order shall submit a brief statement to the attorney general, who shall file a petition in a circuit court of the United States. The court is required to inquire into the facts and enjoin any rate in excess of what the court shall find to be reasonable and just, and the rate found to be reasonable shall be the lawful rate in the future. Second--proposition of Senator Elkins, which provides that the interstate commerce commission shall have the power after investigating a complaint against a certain rate to make an order modifying such rate so far as may be necessary to remove the unreasonableness, the order to take effect within such time as the commission may prescribe. Any party affected by such order can institute a proceeding to review it in a circuit court of the United States, and if the court in such proceeding finds that the rate fixed by such carrier was not unreasonable, it shall set aside the order made by the [?]; or if the court [?] that such an order of the commission modified time rate fixed by the carrier either more or less than was necessary to remove the unreasonableness of such rate, then the court by its decree may modify the order of the commission accordingly. Survival Plans Proposed. Both of these [?] provide for the fixing of a future rate by the courts; that of Senator Foraker's imposed the duty upon the court in the first instance without any preliminary order of the commission. That of Senator Elkins provides that the commission shall make an order fixing the future rate and that it shall go into effect, but leave to the court in a proceeding brought by the carrier the province of inquiring into the whole matter from the beginning, and either to raise or lower the rate of the commission. The question will naturally be asked by the shipper, who has been subjected to interminable delay under the present procedure, what advantage will there be under wither of these plans over that which now exists and will the courts assume this power when they have decided that fixing a future rate is a legislative power and not judicial? "The third plan is the one proposed by the interstate commerce commission in its bill. on fixing a future rate, its bill provides that after the hearing on a complaint the commission is to determine what is a just and reasonable rate in place of the one it found to be unreasonable, and it can fix a maximum rate, a minimum rate, a differential, or change the classification of any article. This proposition goes further than the recommendation of the president, which is only that power be given to fix a maximum rate. The order goes into effect on a date fixed by the commission. Any carrier can bring proceedings in a circuit court of the United States to set aside or vacate the order. if the court finds that the order of the commission is not a lawful order, it shall be set aside. "The difference between these plans are clearly apparent. Under the Foraker proposition, the commission does not do as much as it does now, but the authority to fix the future rate is imposed upon the circuit in the first instance. Under the Elkins proposition, the commission makes the order as it does now, but it is of no force or effect except to change the burden of proof when the question reaches the court where it is finally determined. The committee on interstate commerce of the senate is still considering the question and will not report a bill until after the holidays. The question is asked, 'What will that bill probably report?' Its report will very likely not favor either the Foraker or Elkins plans. The Foraker plan would be a step backward and would be an abandonment of the commission scheme that has been in vogue in many of the states as well as the United States, and has been held legal by the supreme court. It will probably not report in favor of the Elkins proposition, for of what avail would it be to permit the commission to make an order fixing a future rate if the whole matter is to be tried anew in the courts? As between the two, the Foraker proposition is infinitely preferable. What bill will the committee probably report? It is fair to assume that it will report the only practical, effective plan that has been suggested, and that is one along the lines of the recommendations of President Roosevelt in his last message. It will not report in favor of a commission fixing a definite rate for the future. That proposal has been abandoned. It will not attempt to take from the railroads the rate-making power and lodge it in the government. It will probably report in favor of giving the power to a subordinate tribunal to investigate on complaint a rate made by the carrier, and to determine whether it is reasonable and just, and if it finds that the rate is unreasonable, it will be given the power to fix a fairly remunerative and reasonable maximum rate, above which the carrier in fixing its new rate cannot go. The carrier will be required to obey this order of the commission under heavy penalties; and the order will go into effect at such times as the tribunal may designate. This subordinate tribunal will not be a court, but will be an administrative body, subordinate to congress. The constitution lodges in congress the power to regulate interstate commerce rates and the courts have decided that congress can declare laws that the rates shall be reasonable and just and then leave to a subordinate tribunal the fixing of a limit above which the carrier cannot go in making the rates. Railroads Can Be Regulated. "Railroads are private property in the sense that individuals own their stocks and bonds, but they are public property in the sense that they have a duty to perform in relation to the public. They can be regulated and controlled by law. "Will provision be made for a review of the order of the commission by the court? Whether such provision is made or not, the courts have that power now and will continue to have it, and any law that attempts to prevent or restrict such review would be unconstitutional. The [the] question as to what direction should be given in the law to the courts in reviewing orders made by the commission. There will be an attempt made to permit the court to try the case anew the same as though the commission has not passed upon it, and modify the order fixing the limit of the rate. I do not believe the this effort should be successful. Of course, is the case is to be tried from the beginning in the courts, it is of but little consequence what order the commission may be. There should no attempt be made in the way to restrict the power of the courts to inquire fully into the lawfulness of the maximum limit fixed by the commission and it would probably be better not to attempt to restrict or enlarge their present jurisdiction. The carrier must have its day in court and any attempt to prevent it will render the whole legislation void. If a commission is given real power to determine that an existing rate is unreasonable, with power to order it reduced below a certain maximum limit, then the tribunal wh[?]el does this should be made purely administrative. It should not have inquisitorial or prosecuting powers. If the present commission is to be given the power, all other duties should be taken from it, except that of passing upon the complaint after it is made. It the interstate commerce commission is to retain the powers that it now has, then a new commission should be organized, purely administrative. It should pass upon the [?] when they are presented and should not participate in the preliminary investigation or proceedings. I believe that such a commission should be provided and that its orders should be final, subject only to review by the courts. Discrimination Should Cease. "The president says in his recent message that he is aware of the difficulties of the legislation and suggests the need of temperate and cautious action in securing it. He emphatically protests against radical or hasty action. He states that the power to regulate rates should be exercised with caution and self-restrain, but that it should exist so that it can be effectively exercised when the need arises. He also objects to giving the commission power to initiate or originate rates generally, but only to regulate a rate already fixed or originated by the carrier and then only on complaint and after investigation. "It is most important that the law shall stand the test when attacked in the court and provide a method for the speedy settlement of the controversies that arise between shippers and carriers. The courts are now open for the trial and settlement of such controversies, but nothing is determined except the reasonableness of an existing rate. No authority is lodged anywhere to sat to the carrier that the rate shall not exceed a certain limit. A procedure should be provided for determining the limits within which rate are reasonable and beyond which they are unreasonable. The only measure that will meet the situation will be one that will provide an impartial tribunal for the settlement of all the controversies between shippers and carriers with power to enforce any order that it may take. "Discriminations between individuals should cease. Discriminations between localities must be only those that are due to natural advantages which one city has over another and to competition that may exist at one place and not at another. The railroads are not the only means of transportation. We still have transportation by water so that the rates between two towns both of which are upon navigable streams, of necessity must be made with relation to the charges water transportation. If the rate from New Orleans to Kansas City is made to high by the railroads, the products will be shipped by water from New Orleans to St. Louis and then by rail to Kansas. And so it is that cities located on or near navigable streams have natural advantages in rates over towns in the interior that must depend solely upon railroad transportation. Why Kansas Enters Protest. "It is also true that the city that has a large number of railroads has by reason of that fact advantages over cities that have fewer lines. A city may grow so large that it can dictate to the railroads what the rates shall be. And so Kansas City has advantages in water transportation which are not enjoyed by Topeka, Wichita, Hutchinson and Saline. This great city owes much of its wonderful growth and great progress to the favors of railroads, some of which have been granted freely and others upon compulsion. The interior cities of Kansas know of these favors and have believed for years that you have obtained more favors that were just and right, and that while some of your rates should be lower than theirs, yet you have been accorded reductions at the expense of the interior towns of Kansas. It is believed in Kansas that if congress exercises more of its powers in the regulation of interstate commerce that may of the unjust discriminations that now exist in favor of Kansas City and against the interior towns of Kansas will be corrected. President Roosevelt has wisely not attempted to suggest to congress that terms of the law. he stands sponsor for no bill. He has made recommendations under the authority given him by the constitution; and the recommendations in his last message are indorsed by many who could not support his recommendations of a year ago. The responsibility rests upon congress to frame a bill that will meet the situation and prove effective when administered. It is the great responsibility. The power of the railroads to fix rates is almost equal to the power of taxation. The unrestricted exercise of this great power menaces the rights and liberties of the public. Congress has the unquestioned power to regulate and supervise the making of interstate rates and it should exercise more of its power soChester S. Long U.S.S.[*F*] THE POSTMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON December 23, 1905. Dear Mr. President: You may have seen the enclosed. If not, it will interest you. Francis is publishing some mighty good editorials in his paper these days. Very sincerely yours, Geo. B. Cortelyou [*[Cortelyou]*] The President, White House.[For I. enclosure at 12-22-05]SULLIVAN & CROMWELL WM. NELSON CROMWELL. WILLIAM J. CURTIS. ALFRED JARETZKI. WILLIAM V. ROWE. GEORGE H. SULLIVAN. EDWARD B. HILL. HECTOR H. TYNDALE. CABLE ADDRESS: "LADYCOURT." [*RECEIVED DEC26 1905 OFFICE Secretary of War.*] 49 & 51 Wall Street, New York, Dec. 23, '05 190 Hon. Wm. H. Taft, Secretary of War, WASHINGTON, D.C. My dear Mr. Secretary: I thank you for giving me the opportunity of replying to the article appearing in the "Chicago Chronicle" and sent to me with your favor of the 21st, and which you well say you cannot believe. At once and unqualifiedly and indignantly, I denounce every allusion to me as a news concoction and untrue in fact and spirit. It is preposterous and ought to need no reply. My position as a devoted and untiring friend and advocate of Mr. Shonts, the Commission and the Administration is known in every circle where I am known at all. My heart and soul are in their support and success; and I have been grieved at the attacks made upon the Chairman, not only because they are unjust but because they tend to dishearten a man bravely bearing a most onerous task. I esteem Mr. Shonts as a personal friend and within a few hours he has again expressed himself to me in a similar manner. I like him as a man, independent of officialHon. Wm. H. Taft, --------------2. relations. As you know, and as Mr. Shonts tells friends, I was more instrumental than any other person in persuading him, at that decisive midnight conference, to accept the Chairmanship proffered him by the President; and from that moment I have promptly answered to ever call in emergencies that have arisen, and I have been (I think I have a right to say) helpful in realizing a happy solution of them. It is no secret, either, that several times when he told me and other friends that the burdens and difficulties of his position made him inclined to ask to be relieved of it, I, as a friend of him and of the Panama Cause, earnestly dissuaded him from such a course and gave him good cheer and encouragement. Whatever of influence and of helpfulness for the Chairman, the Commission and the Administration I may possess, both here and on the Isthmus, has been and is now being loyally and gladly given; and there does not exist a man in the world who can refer to an incident to the contrary by so much, even, as the lifting by me of an eyebrow. Everybody who knows me at all knows this. Before Congress convened the air was full of rumors of impending attacks by defeated interested upon everybody in any was connected with the Canal and you all know how earnestly IHon. Wm. H. Taft ----------------3. advised the fullest preparation of facts, data, etc., for quick and effective reply in support of the Chairman, the Commission, and the Administration - whether such inquiry should be inspired by unworthy motives or be for information properly due. Accordingly, I spent days in Washington and here conferring with Mr. Shonts and other officers both of the Rail Road Company and of the Commission, and went over the records of each body; and by my direct and urgent advice meetings of both the Commission and the Rail Road Company were held successively in Washington and New York (at which, upon request, I personally attended and advised) in order that all previous proceedings should be again carefully revived and passed upon, to meet the most critical inspection. My reward has been ample in the warm appreciation expressed by Mr. Shonts for my solicitude and care for the maintenance of his administration upon the highest plane, and in the pleasure it gave me to loyally serve the President and you. In view of what I have said, which is but a tithe of what I have done to help make the Shonts Administration successful, one may realize how preposterous is the news article referred to. But, unworthy as it is, I yesterday went with it right straight to Mr. Shonts to ask him if he gave credence to any such statements concerning me and I need hardly say that he mostly warmly assured Hon. Wm. H. Taft ----------------4. me that he did not and that he knew it was impossible. He did say that a newspaper man had come to him with the same story using the name of Mr. Farnham. As Mr. Farnham so well knew that my attitude and policy was as I have stated above and was in fully sympathy with it, I did not for a moment believe that he could have dropped any adverse remark; but I asked him about it and also told him of Mr. Shonts' statement. Mr. Farnham authorises and requests me to say that the statements as to him are false and that on the contrary, he has invariably told those who have talked with him on Canal matters of the great progress made in all respects upon Canal work since the appointment of the new Commission; that the Commission had reason to feel proud of the showing it could make to-day of accomplishment in Panama and that if members of Congress, public officials and representatives of the Press would only make a trip to the Isthmus and see for themselves the situation there, the knowledge thus acquired would at once put an end to the prevailing impressions concerning the administration of the Canal affairs and the conditions on the Isthmus. But not content with this emphatic denial, Mr. Farnham insisted upon at once seeing Mr. Shonts and he has this moment returned from an interview with the Chairman. He tells me that he went over the subject with the Chairman fully and that the Chairman expressed himself at the conclusion of their interview as more than satisfied and as realizing that insteadHon. Wm. H. Taft, --------------5. of disparaging the work of the Chairman and of the Commission Mr. Farnham had been a consistent and earnest supporter of both, and that Mr. Shonts expressed himself as more than satisfied and they parted with expressions of most cordial good will and regard. I may add that Mr. Farnham had the opportunity of showing Mr. Shonts that it was he, Mr. Farnham, who had furnished the material for several important publications which have recently appeared in important magazines in defense of the Canal work and in correction of the public conception of the Shonts Administration. I am gratified at this manly exchange of views but it is quite like Farnham to meet the subject in this direct fashion and quite like the Chairman to deal with it in his characteristically manly way. Mr. Farnham most earnestly and respectfully requested Mr. Shonts to bring him, Mr. Farnham, face to face with this reporter whom Mr. Farnham does not believe he even knows, and Mr. Shonts considerately agreed to do so. Mr. Farnham is leaving to-day for Washington and will be there for this or any other purpose desired. I would not trouble you at this length were it not that the air is so full of mischievous perversions designed to disturb the progress of the undertaking to which I, as a citizen, am so devoted, that I think it is time to take some notice ofHon. Wm. H. Taft, No.6 ------- them, and I am prepared to do so. Yours very truly, Wm Nelson Cromwell [*[Cromwell]*][Enc. in Taft 1-1-06][*Ansd by phone*] AMBASSADE DE FRANCE A WASHINGTON Dec. 23. 05 Dear Mr. Loeb I was speaking to you the other day of of Mr. Thiébaut, but I could not finish what I wanted to say - and then I had to go to Chicago. Now I am back and I resume. Mr. Thiébaut is for the present and and for some tendays work, acting councillor of my Embassy. He had formerly the honour of being presented to President Roosevelt and would be most happy to be allowed to present to him his respects before returning to Europe. Mr. Thiébaut belonged, some years ago, to this Embassy so much so that he figures in the picture representing the signing of the peace with Spain at the White House. I would be very happy if the President were able to grant Mr. Thiébaut's request: though I feel that this time of the year must be for him a very busy time. Believe me, dear Mr. Loeb Most sincerely yours JusserandAMBASSADE DE FRANCE A WASHINGTON Dec. 23. 1905 Dear Mr. President, I thank you heartily for this book so kindly sent. I have just begun it - What's in a name? - What's in a "smile"? True the "setting" is poor, but I shall see to that: a book with such a word from such a hand should be better dressed thanCinderella was after the fairy godmother's visit. Now it looks too much like Cinderella before the visit. My wife joins me in expressing the warmest thanks: as she should; for your most kind words make the book hers as well as mine. I am, dear Mr. President, most respectfully and sincerely Yours JusserandJOHN M. PARKER, 818 PERDIDO STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA. J. H. WHYTE, OFFICE OF THE DAILY STATES. NEW ORLEANS, LA. JOHN LOWNDES McLAURIN, Chairman BENNETTSVILLE, S. C. ERISTER ASHCRAFT, Secretary FLORENCE, ALA. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN TRADE OF THE SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION. Dec 23 - 1905 My Dear Judge: I know you are wondering why I haven't written since our interview with the President, but I have been waiting to size up the situation. I am reluctant to admit even to myself, that the outlook is gloomy. The wonderful wave of enthusiasm following the "Southern Trip" is rapidly evaporating, because no practical step has been taken to crystallize it. I hoped when the President came South, that he had some well defined plan to inaugurate a movement, which would result in the formation of a new white party, he may not realize it, but it was this thought more than anything else, that made his visit one continuous ovation. Both old parties are fighting him in Washington, because they want the old partisain [partisan] lines kept intact. I believe that Roosevelt is the most popular man, without regard to party, that ever occupied the white-house, but mark my prediction,2 he will not be at the end of his term. If he stops right here. The people are with him on his canal, R.R. & trust fight, and they want him to go on another term and lead them to victory. The people want to elect our President and in New York, as in South Carolina they desire the opportunity to free themselves from party shackles. What I had in mind was this, that he was bold enough to lead that sort of a fight, or for the present to let some of us do it for him. It is absurd to think of doing what you & he said for me to do, run as an independent in South Carolina. I shrink from no danger or responsibility where duty calls, but cui bono? A petty local fight confined to one state, means nothing, and my overwhelming defeat would only serve to "point a moral and adorn a tale" of how inevitably death comes to all who oppose the machine. No movement that does not embrace every Southern state commends itself to my 3 intelligence. Nothing can succeed unless the President is willing to go into it with all of the prestige of his personal and political influence. With that it is by no means assured, the first time. In other words Pritchard, it is in my opinion a sine qua non, that we should have Roosevelt another term. His movement should be started independent of both parties and be made so strong, that either or both would be forced to nominate him. I see no other way, and after our interview with the President, I am convinced that he cannot be used and that he is satisfied to merely popularize himself with all sections and go down into history for the great things already accomplished, taking no chances with the future. I have tried to win his confidence and keep in touch with him, hoping against hope, but I am about ready to give 4 up now. The New Orleans convention comes Jan 11th & I intended to make the speech of my life there, but I hardly think I shall go now. Tillman is assuming the leadership of the Southern democracy and is being coached by republican leaders, who desire to curtail the influence and dilute the popularity of the President. There is no chance of my being able to make a state platform, that will not stultify me , so I have made up my mind to let politics alone. I am making money and trying to educate my children, that seems to be about all I can do. What I have dreamed of and fought for will come some time, but I fear that I will be so old and worn out, that I will only be a "looker on in Venice". As long as I can, whenever the opportunity comes I will strike a blow. Wishing you & yours all good things. Yr friend John Lowndes McLaurinJOHN M. PARKER, 619 PERDIDO STREET NEW ORLEANS, LA. J.H. WHYTE, OFFICE OF THE DAILY STATES. NEW ORLEANS, LA. JOHN LOWNDES McLAURIN, Chairman BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. ERISTER ASHCRAFT, Secretary FLORENCE, ALA. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN TRADE OF THE SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION.(P) Copy No.1419. American Legation, Habana, Cuba, December 23, 1905. The Honorable Elihu Root, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith translation of the Statement of the Cuban Treasury Department for November 1905. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Jacob Sleeper, Chargé d' Affaires ad interim. Enclosure as stated. [for encl see 11-30-05]Supreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Department [*Ackd 12/26/05*] Alfred Spring Associate Justice Franklinville, N.Y. December 23, 1905. The President, White House, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President, Governor Higgins' announcement that he will support Mr. Wadsworth for Speaker of the Assembly has cleared the atmosphere. The declaration was necessary. In the first place, the sentiment had been insidiously instilled into the voters that the Governor lacked nerve and back-bone and dare not face Gov. Odell in a political fight. The position taken by the Governor dispels this conception of him. In the second place, his stand counts for good politics. We have been in a bad way politically. The revelations of the Armstrong Investigating Committee have shocked the people and impaired confidence in our party; and we have had, besides these disclosures, other delinquencies sufficient to wreck us in this state. We must have a clean record in the Legislature this winter or we cannot win next fall. It may be that McClellanSupreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Department Alfred Spring Associate Justice Franklinville, N.Y. 190_ The President-2. Hearst fight will tear asunder the Democratic party, but it will not do for us to rely on discord in the ranks of the enemy to excuse our own omissions. We have been the affirmative party and must continue to be so, but above all, we must retain the faith of the citizens. I think Wadsworth will win. While his legislative experience has been limited, every one realizes that he will be fearlessly honest and is intelligent and fairly energetic. In this Judicial District I think every Assemblyman, with possibly one exception, will support him. Aldridge, Hendricks and Barnes will have their respective counties and each will carry along contiguous counties. Woodruff will get a fair share of the Kings delegation and Fassett will take some of the central-southern tier. If Gov. Odell thinks there is a reasonable show for him to win he will make a desperate struggle. On the other hand, if he apprehends certain defeat, he is politic enough toSupreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Department Alfred Spring Associate Justice Franklinville, N.Y. 190_ The President, 2-- make terms or withdraw his opposition. It seems to me important that you in your own way aid the Governor. It will not do for him to fail in this contest. Success means much to him, but more to the party. So far as I have learned, the people are with him. Very respectfully yours, Alfred Spring.EXECUTIVE OFFICES. The Smith Premier Typewriter Co. 339 Broadway, New York. Timothy L. Woodruff President [*Ackd 12-26-05*] Syracuse, New York, December 23, 1905. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, The White House, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: I am in receipt of your favor of the 19th enclosing copy of a petition signed by Messrs. Schieren, White, Batterman, Ogden, and McKeen, favoring Mr. Laimbeer, Mr. Fuller or Mr. Teale for the office of Naval Officer. You ask me to confer with these petitioners and if possible meet their wishes in reference to the appointment in question. This I most certainly will be pleased to do, but I think you will pardon me for saying that in my judgment the requests of these gentlemen are less worthy of your favorable consideration than the recommendations of those who, by virtue of their attention to political and public affairs, are better informed as to conditions and what should be done to converse the best interests of the party and the people. For instance, these men recommend Mr. Richard H. Laimbeer as their first choice. They do this simply because they belong to the same club, where they meet him and know him as a gentleman of pleasing personality. They evidently are unaware of the fact, or have ignored it, that he is a cousin of Odell, wedded more than any man in Brooklyn to Odell's side in the present factional fight, and therefore more closely associated with Dady than any other District Leader in the County. Mr. Schieren and the other gentlemen who have signed the petition recommend as second Ex-Senator Puller, because, as they say, "it is to his credit that he is not looked upon with favor by Mr. Michael J. Dady and his followers," and yet Lainbeer whom they recommend as first choice, is fighting shoulder to shoulder with Dady in an effort to deliver our Assemblymen-elect to Odell against my efforts to hold them for Wadsworth and in line with the party policies for which you and Governor Higgins are contending so sturdily and (may I say?) strenuously. I enclose a clipping from last night's "Brooklyn Eagle," in which my attitude toward Dady is referred to as a parallel with yours toward Odell. It is true that Dady and I have come "to the parting of ways," just as have youMr. Theodore Roosevelt -2- and Odell, and as have Governor Higgins and Odell. I was with Governor Higgins yesterday in Albany, and he was proud in the belief that he had taken the psychological moment to assert himself. I believe that I have taken the opportune time to asset my leadership in Kings County against the machinations of Dady. For two years he and Odell have been doing everything they could to undermine me and my influence. Odell did this because he knew he could not use me, while he was equally certain he could Dady, to support him in any emergency and under any circumstances. Three of the signers of the petition which you have sent to me, Mr. White, Mr. Ogden and Mr. McKeen, are residents of the First Assembly District, of which Dady is the leader. Why don't they assert themselves, and put to the front to cooperate with me a man of their own stamp, instead of leaving me to handle matters as best I can, with Dady as their legal party representative doing what he may to thwart my efforts and theirs to bring about better conditions? Now, my dear Mr. President, just as soon as I can I will get Mr. Schieren, Mr. White, Mr. Batterman, Mr. Ogden and Mr. McKeen, all of whom are among my most intimate friends and associates, together, and as I wrote you last September, I will do everything in the world that can be done to present to you for appointment a man whom you will be glad to appoint. I will appreciate it very much if you will consider what I have written to you confidential, especially for the reason that I have no easy task in handling those forces which are denounced by the gentlemen whose petition you have sent me. If they will co-operate with me in this effort, their assistance will be valuable. I am sure they will be glad to assist when the time for action arrives. Wadsworth will have at least eleven of the thirteen Assemblymen from Brooklyn, despite the efforts of Dady and Odell to deliver them. I beg to remain, with very best wishes for a Merry Christmas and the continuance of your remarkably able and successful administration, Yours very respectfully, Timothy L. Woodruff [*[For 1 enc see Brooklyn Eagle 12-22-05]*][*Ackd 12/26/05*] 2111 Bancroft Place Washington D.C. Dec. 24, 1905. Dear Mr. President, I send you three books. They are a little out of the ordinary. With many of the conclusions of the smallest volume you will agree. With some at least of the conclusions of"The Pardoner's Wallet" You will disagree. In the case of the third, it will not be a question of agreement or disagreement but rather, I hope, of a little genuine amusement. As "the man who settled the coal strike, " I invite your particular attention to the picture accompanying Subject 3. According to this veracious chronicle you were not the first person of consequence to have labor troubles on his hands. The family all join me in best wishes for the holiday season and the New Year. Sincerely yours, Geo. B. Cortelyou [*[Cortelyou]*] The President[*CF*] 303 NORTH STREET Buffalo Dec. 24. 1905 Dear Mr. President I return the correspondence and thank you so much for showing it to me. It is intensely interesting and I have read it several times but have not shown it to any one. With what keen satisfaction you will always be able to lookupon this whole incident. As to the future, if the Japanese should get the big head and try to start a yellow peril with the aid of China, I hope it may come in your time. Very sincerely yours, F. V. Greene Telegram [*Ackd 12-28-05*] The White House, Washington. 1WU HD JM 8 Paid NN 1022am Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Dec. 24, 1905. President Roosevelt. Merry Christmas and best of luck to you. John C. Greenway. [shorthand]AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS WINDSOR. VERMONT. Dec 24 1905. Dear Mr. President:- Your letter of Dec 20th is at hand. I should like to say that the sculptor under consideration is the best man available for the work, but I cannot. There are three or four other men, distinctly his superiors, who would produce a more artistic and characteristic portrait than he. Our friend has acquired notoriety through sensational acts, and probably through confusion in the public mind of his name with that of his brother, a modest and retiring man, for whom I have the highest admiration, and who, in my opinion, has modeled the best animals in our day. That is saying a good deal when we have a Proctor and Potter with us as well as some three or four in Europe. He is the equal, in his way, of Barye. Mr. Earl Fraser, 3 Mac Dougal Alley, New York City - Mr. Adolph A Weinman, 97 Sixth Ave, New York City and Mr. A Jaegers, 28 East 14th St, New York City are the men I refer to. The former has recently made a bust of Mr. Harry Payne Whitney's boy, whichAugustus Saint-Gaudens Windsor. Vermont. No 2. is equal to the best things of the Renaissance, and perhaps he had better be addressed first. I am at work on the coin and will probably in a month send you a sketch of the side with the eagle. I also have the side with the figure of Liberty put up in a large model and work at it with my other things. I return the letter. Faithfully Yours Augustus Saint-Gaudens[*Ansd Dec 28/05*] House of Representatives U.S. Washington, D.C. December 24, 1905. [*Received Dec 29 1905 Office Secretary of War.*] Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of State, Washington, My dear Mr. Secretary: As an Engineer, I have been intensely interested in this whole Panama matter, and wish that some good friend of the President, like yourself, would give him a little disinterested advice on the subject for I feel sure that he is getting into a position which will not only be unpleasant but will seriously hamper the work the accomplishment of which I know he has most thoroughly at heart. There are so many members of our American Society of Civil Engineers that are eminent in the construction of canals and the control of water that it would be a very simple matter for the President to make a Commission composed exclusively of such men and have them devise, with the Chief Engineer, a thoroughly digested plan for the construction of the canal and when this has been accomplished, arrange to have the work let in sections, like any other work, to competitive bidders, under the usual restrictions. Having done this the functions of the Canal Commission would be ended and the Chief Engineer and his corps of Assistants would be held responsible for the carrying out of this work, and would have a perfectly free hand so far as the limitations imposed by the plan of the Commission would permit. I cannot say that I approve of calling in foreign consulting engineers, believing as IRespectfully submitted to the Secretary of War. Washington, D. C., December 28, 1905.House of Representatives U.S. Washington D.C. Secretary Root --2. do that we possess in our own country men thoroughly competent to deal with this question, and who understand the American people as no foreigner possible can. I think this course would be eminently satisfactory to the American people, and what is more, would facilitate the construction of this great work. It would do away with all purchasing agencies, with all arrangements for laborers, both of which would be the functions of the respective bidders and not of the Government. I feel so strongly on this subject that I almost spoke to the President myself, but I feel that it is a delicate matter and one on which I would not like to give advice which was unasked. Of course if you do not take the same view that I do, there is no occasion for doing anything, but I have always found you so thoroughly well balanced in your views and possessing foresight which I consider remarkable, that I feel you know the necessity of this work, and remain, Yours truly, Wm. H. Wiley P.S. - I find my suggestions about the Government owning the homes of its Ambassadors are embodied in the very excellent bill introduced by Mr. Longworth, which I shall be glad to favor in any way I can. W.H.W.Respectfully submitted to the Honorable William H. Taft, Secretary of War. E Root Washington, D.C., December 28, 1905.[*[ca 12-05]*] F ppf B Xmas[?] 201 18th Street My Dear Mr. President I must apologize for not having given the Secretary your invitation yesterday to lunch to meet New Haven[*[For 1 attachment see 10-28-05]*] When I arrived back at the department he was closeted with Ambassadors for some time and then went hurriedly away before I could get my wits to see him. I am mortified & haveno excuse to offer but with every grateful wish for your happy Xmas believe me faithfully yours Robert Bacon1) New York, Waldorf Astoria December 25 -1905 [*ackd 12-27-05*] Mr President, In a previous letter I took the liberty of calling your attention to the state of anarchy determined by the outcome of the works of the consulting board, and upon the necessity of ending it by an energetic act of government settling definitively the long debated question of the Panama waterway construction. This state of mental anarchy hitherto confined to the technical ground is gaining, as rapidly as a prairie fire, the political ground. Those who foresee your forceful action, and the prompt opening of the Panama Canal that it will bring as a natural consequence, have realized the terrible danger impending upon them to see in a few years ridiculed forever the black phrophecies they are constantly injecting into the public mind. They have begun a dangerous and treacherous campaign in order to attack your administration on insignificant points, a campaign which would fall short before the public contempt, if they were not precisely taking a marvelous advantage from the universal sentiment of anxiety, which may soon be transformed into a sentiment of doubt His Excellency Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States Washington D C2) about the form the Canal is going to take. Though your views have permeated for keen observers, in your last message, they are unknown to the general public and your already legendary personality is so much, in the mind of the world, associated with rapid decision and superior generalship, that everybody is led to think that your silence is due to the impossibility of extracting the unknown from the complicated Panama equation. Nobody can think that if your mind had found the true path you would have left the nation in suspense, on the most critical event of its actual history, have failed to proclaim it, and not have thrown it to the four winds of publicity. It is this lack of harmony between the real state of affairs and the inferences that the public mind naturally draws from the conception it has of your personality, which the enemies of your government, allied with the clever enemies of the Panama Canal and with the stupid part of its friends (the sea level or nothing people) try so adroitly to exploit now. They open the war with lateral and secondary issues, they will on one hand try to make you abandon the high ground of lofty questions of principles, in order to bring you to a fight on the low ground of questions of details. They intend to absorb your attention and harass your patience by secondary but offensive debates about the selection of the officers you have made and the real or imaginary mistakes they may be accused of.3) on the other hand without our instant referring to the principles of the construction, which you have the high duty to settle for the benefit of the United States and of the world, they will try by this infamous little war to discredit in advance, in the public mind the soundness, and the elevation of motives which will dictate your final decision. Mr. President there is not one minute to loose if this abominable plan of campaign has to be annihilated. The ground on which is is based is the anxiety of the nation about the final solution of the Panama problem. If the first word pronounced at the opening of Congress on the fourth of January is that solution, the nation as one man, will rise to acclaim the beloved general, who never before was though to have hesitated when requested to give a direction. The threads of the the congressional conspiracy will be cut and you may afterwards smile at the conspirators, when trying to put them together and reach with their disconnected ends the public mind. There has never been in the Canal history, except perhaps when I resolved to deal the death blow on the Colombian tyranny on the Isthmus, a period more necessary to utilize, to its full extent, than the ten days which are going to lapse before the reopening of Congress. From a firm and resolute decision, disregarding the weak and hesitating advices of those who never advise to shoot the tiger, until its claws are buried in your throat, depends the fate of the greatest enterprize of humanity.4) If this moment passes without this necessary action of the head of the State, your administration will be dragged into the abominable misery of a parliamentary enquiry, the most insignificant errors of your officers will be amplified one million times by the interested clamors of the concealed enemies of the Canal and of yourself. The good faith that will preside to these debates, we know it beforehand: Mr. Hepburn has shown what it is, when he publicly stated that the $40.000 000 purchase price of the Canal was entirely for these houses and machines, which the United States received for nothing. The ignorance of the public, its erroneous comprehension of the cause of your silence as to your decision on the type of Canal to be built, will lead him to absorb all the sophisms brought forward as demonstrated truths, and when your judgment will finally come it will be too late: the overflow of lies and sophisms will have so much invaded the general sentiment that it will be unable to crystallize correctly as the public sentiment in Russia deems incapable to crystallize correctly because the right thing has come at the wrong moment. If tired, exhausted by this campaign of snakes you reject on Congress the responsibility of the duties actually imparted upon you, the Panama Canal will be lost again into permanent anarchy, as it was killed in France by a parliamentary inquiry.5) The only reasonable objections to your immediate and necessary action is the fact that in your last message, you seemed to declare that your final recommendation would come after the successive reports of the consulting Board and of the Isthmian Canal Commission. As the majority report will be signed in Brussels about the eighth of January and will not be here before the eighteenth, the expectation of such a report would preclude sending a message on the 4th. It seems however easy to justify the reconsideration of the terms of your message, in what concerns this particular point, if one thinks that the conclusions of the majority report are well known to you and that they have justified the redaction of a minority report, which must be, by this time in your hands. In any case the conclusions of the report cannot be modified in what concerns the recommendation of the type of Canal, that is to say the fact which you will finally judge in your special message. I do no see therefore any difficulty in not waiting for the arrival or even for the signature of the majority report, when I see in waiting for it dangers of the gravest, of the most striking character. There is on the other hand no impossibility in ordering a report to be drawn by the chief engineer of the Canal and by the Isthmian Canal Commission on the best lock canal among those characterized by summits at sea level - summit at 30 foot - summit at 60 foot + summit at 90 foot - summit at 130 foot elevations6) This can be done within 4 or five days by men long accustomed to handle this question and to think over the matter. This would leave ample time to establish the message for the reopening of congress on the 4th of January. I scarcely need to express to you Mr President, how necessary I think that the public sentiments may be fully instructed, not only about the first phase, which will allow the opening of communication in the minimum of time and with the minimum of risk, but also about the second phase which will give to the world the "Straits of Panama" the free lockless communication. The inscription in your program of works of the "Straits of Panama" as a deferred but obligatory and in view will generate the enthusiastic approval of the great mass of the world. It is this simple and large conception which is that of a thinking democracy and which brought to Mr de Lesseps the for a time illimmited support of an enormous number of small capitalists. The anonymous public thought is wiser than that of the so called scientists at it is the "Straits of Panama" which humanity wants. Great would be the error of lifting only one corner of the curtain and of not showing the complete perspective of the whole plan. If you are handicapped by statements of these engineers who ignore the modern method of underwater rock extraction, it can be disposed of by stating that the Suez Canal in its works of deepening and widening have met7) the same question and completely solved the problem of cheap removal of rock under water, and that there is therefore not the slightest element of doubt that this will not be repeated in Panama with still greater success on account of the facilities offered by the conditions of works at Panama and the large supply of gratuitous energy furnished by the falls of the Gamboa and Bohio lakes for the motion of rock breaking machinery. If the first days of the year 1906 see the adoption of the two essential principles of the Panama Canal construction 1st the immediate realization of the dream of the centuries by the adoption of the 130 foot level plan, and 2nd the "Straits of Panama at close range afterwards, there will be an outburst of patriotic pride here and of universal admiration everywhere because the world will understand that you have finally solved the puzzle of the history of mankind since Cristopher Columbus. Those who will protest against this necessary act of government will not find any more echo than the criminals shouting against the law that paralyses their black conspiracies. To those who will try to mislead the generosity of public opinion, and who will say that the principles you adopt are those of french science, answer in advance, Mr President, that for the third time in the history of this great country americans and french will have been mixing their blood, their gold, and their genius8) for the progress of humanity, and that the case of the Panama Canal is nothing but the repetition of what has happened with the wars of Independence and with the purchase of Louisiana, the only two facts which can compare with the opening of the Straits of Panama, in their vital influence on the conquest of the North American continent to civilization. Let the jealous, the envious, the deaf and the blind protest against what they will call an act of personal despotism La force morale d'un seul homme est l'accoucheuse necessaire des grandes idées. If you do not act immediately according to the only pressure of this great moral force of this lofty duty, you will be gradually disarmed by the powerful combination of interest, ignorance, jealousy and wickedness and the vital interests of your great country will suffer a blow, the consequences of which, within twenty years will most probably make it weep tears of blood. There is no instant when the great thought of Victor Hugo may be more appropriately remembered: „Un francais c'est la France, un Romain contient Rome, „et ce qui brise un peuple avorte aux pieds d'un Homme. Please to accept, Mr President, the expression of my most respectful regards P Bunau-Varilla.25 Dec 1905 Christmas day STATIONS WOODFORD OR CHINGFORD [*Ackd 1/9/06*] KNIGHTON BUCKHURST HILL. My dear President- I am sending you the Life of Lord Dufferin which I believe will interest you as he was essentially a diplomatist of the old school as you are, if I may say so, the head of the profession. HIs dealing with Egypt Syria and Constantinople will I think especially appeal to you.My daughter and I wish to send you and Mrs Roosevelt cordial greetings and good wishes for the New Year and to your daughter felicitations not less hearty. I trust we may see her and her husband at Knighton on her wedding trip. I am asking Sir Edward Fry who is an old friend of mine to let me send this book through Sir Mortimer Durand in the F O parcel as your customs are so troublesome. Next week my daughter Theresa and I start for the Upper Nile but alas the Sudan[?] vetos a trip, long projected, to the Western desert for the rare Addosa antelopeSo we must content ourselves with a river trip on the White Nile when I shall see lots of shooting with the camera perhaps. I shall take your new hunting book as a companion. Ever my dear Roosevelt yours sincerely E N Buxton. P.S. Your politics are getting intensely interesting On this side we back you to win.[*P.F.*] Xmas -1905- 1765 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington. Dear Theodore - The statue of Colleoni has always seemed to me as it did to Ruskin the finest equestrian statue in the world. He is I think the best & most imaginative figure of the fighting man on horseback that the art of sculpture has given us. Until this summer in Venice I have never seen an adequate photograph. But I may have at last made a working one & I send you an example, hoping thatyou like this statue as I do, with a great deal of love & best wishes for a Merrie Xmas & very Happy New Year - Ever Yrs, H.C. Lodge[*F*] G-R NAVY DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON. December 26, 1905. Dear Mr. Loeb: The Secretary directs me to return herewith the letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and to say that he has noted the President's memorandum thereon. Very truly yours, H.C. Gauss Private Secretary. Hon. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President. [*See Treasury Dept from Zerkes, J.W- 12-22-05*][*Personal and Confidential*] [*wrote Mr. Calhoun 1/2/06*] Springfield Ohio,December 26th., 1905. Dear Mr.President: I have been travelling a good deal through the middle west and as far east as Buffalo during the last month and have taken some pains to try to understand what people are saying and thinking about current matters. The atmosphere a hundred miles west or north of Washington is often very different from the environment and the political atmosphere at the capital. There is no abatement of polular love for you and interest in you. The attitude of the man-in the- street,is that whatever you do is right. I do not suppose in the history of the world there is any record of another man being trusted and admired by anythink like the vast number of people who admire and heartily believe in you. The people of this country believe in you and in the great work you have set out to do. They believe in the Panama Canal and in your San Domingo policy and if you ever have to appeal from Congress to the people you will find that I am right --and I see no signs as yet of a disposition on the part of the people to change their attitude toward you. On Saturdat last I had a talk at the Chicago Club with Judge Calhoun. He volunteered this statement"; in referring to his report on Venezuelan affairs which he is writing. He said:" I did not investigate formally the matter of Mr.Bowen's charges againstMr.Loomis.I [see by] found by reading the record of Mr.Taft's searching and thorough investigation and from other sources of information that there were no more facts of importance to be developed. But I did talk with many Venezuelans, foreigners2 and Americans in Caracas about the matter and ascertained that there was entire acquisence in and approval of Mr. Taft's complete exoneration of Mr. Loomis, on all of the charges. I found it also to be the consensus of opinion that Mr. Bowen had long been from a diplomatic point of view imposible in Caracas." Would it not be well to ask Judge Calhouhn to incorporate a short statement such as he made to me, in his formal report to you. He could very easily do it. The effect would be excellent. Of course care would have to be taken to see that the wording is clear. Very respectfully, Francis B. Loomis [*I*][*Miller*] State of New York. Assembly Chamber [*Ackd 12/27/05*] Albany, _____190_ Freeport, N.Y. December 26, 1905. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of United States, Capitol, Washington, D.C. Dear President:- Accept my congratulations with the Compliments of the Season. I enclose card and clipping. Sincerely yours, Wm. G. Miller[*[For 1. enc see 12-22-05, clipping]*][*Tracewell*] CCM OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON December 26, 1905. [*wired Senator JP Clark 1/4/06*] [*see Davis, Jeff 12/21/05*] The Honorable The Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: I am in receipt by your reference of a letter, bearing date of December 21, 1905, from the Governor of Arkansas to the President, in which he requests that the sum of $15,000 be advanced to him out of the appropriation contained in the act of March 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 1170) in order that he may pay the claims now due arising out of the enforcement of the quarantine laws of the State of Arkansas incurred from August 1, 1905 to October 31, 1905, in preventing and suppressing the spread of yellow fever. The act under which the request is made reads: "The President of the United States is hereby authorized in case of threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, typhoid fever, yellow fever, small pox, bubonic plague, Chinese plague, or black death, to use the unexpended balance of the sums appropriated and reappropriated by the Sundry Civil Service Appropriation, Act approved April 28, 1904, and One Hundred Thousand Dollars in addition thereto, or so much thereof as may be necessary in aid of State and local boards, or otherwise, in his discretion, in preventing and suppressing the spread of same, including pay and allowance of all officers and employees of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service assigned to duty in preventing and suppressing the spread of same; and in such emergency in the execution of any quarantine laws which may then be in force, the same to be immediately available." (Act March 3, 1905 (33 Stat., 1170). The President under the terms of this act is vested with the broadest discretion in the use and distribution of the funds so appropriated to aid state and local boards, or otherwise, in preventing--2-- and suppressing the spread of yellow fever and other diseases therein mentioned. If the President had advanced the funds in question to be used in the enforcement of the quarantine laws of the State of Arkansas before their use, the use thereof would unquestionably have been a legal use of this appropriation. To pay proper and necessary bills incurred in the enforcement of the quarantine laws of a state to prevent and suppress the spread of yellow fever where the state is without funds is also a legal use of this appropriation. Respectfully, R J Tracewell Comptroller. [*Tracewell*]1 -63927- [*Exhibit 6?*] [*[12-26-05]*] June 3, 1905. The Honorable the Secretary of Public Instruction, Manila. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith requisition No. 133 on the Insular Purchasing Agent for your approval. Mr. Ledyard, who incurred the expenses for the printing and developing, used all of this material in the preparation of illustrations for a bulletin on Animal Life, the manuscript of which has been turned over to this office and which will be published as an official publication. Mr. Ledyard prepared this bulletin during vacation on his own time and will receive no extra compensation for it. Very respectfully, W-M General Superintendent. -------------------- Baliuag, Bulacan, Province, P.I., Nov. 4th, 1905. Honorable Dean C. Worcester, Secretary of the Interior, Manila, Philippine Islands. Sir: I have the honor to state that I have completed the manuscript for the Bureau of Education. In writing up the mammals and birds I followed out your suggestions as nearly as I could. I will be in Manila on Saturday, November 11th, and if your duties could be so arranged that I could see you on that date for one half of an hour I will present the manuscript for your final criticism. Will you please name the hour? Very respectfully, (Sgd.) EDGAR M. LEDYARD, Instructor in Science, Bulacan Provincial School. -------------------- November 7, 1905. Mr. Edward M. Ledyard, Instructor in Science, Bulacan Provincial School, Baliuag, Bulacan. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of2 6 November 4, 1905. As far as I can now tell, I shall be able to see you at my office on Saturday morning at eight o'clock. There will doubtless be a Commission meeting at ten o'clock that morning. Very respectfully, (Sgd.) D. C. W. Secretary of the Interior. -------------------- ARZOBISPADO de Manila. Manila, November 9. My Dear Gen. Smith: I trust you will understand that my motive is not to find fault - but to correct. I am deeply interested in the Philippines and all that concerns her reputation and welfare. Yours very sincerely, (Sgd.) JEREMIAH J. HARTY, Abp. ------------------- Manila, November 9, 1905. General James F. Smith, Secretary of Public Instruction, Dear Sir: Permit me to call your attention to "Bulletin No. 22 - 1905 - Bureau of Education. Lessons on Familiar Philippine Animals - (Part One) by Edgar M. Ledyard." The pamphlet is, apparently, to serve as a text-book in the public schools. A careful examination of the pamphlet will show that it is not only unsuitable as a text-book, but unworthy the approval of any educational board. For, in the first place, there are strange inconsistencies in Mr. Ledyard's publication. "Lessons on Familiar Philippine animals" is the title, but the animals treated are by no means the familiar ones of the Philippines. The preface has more to do with agriculture than with zoology. Further, the pamphlet is poorly written, v. g. "they (bats) are said to be very troublesome when gotten in the hair" (p. 16); the sentences are obscure and at times even ludicrous, v.g. "Taking an ordinary fish we see that it is a flat animal, somewhat pointed at each end" (p. 31); the punctuation is faulty and the grammatical construction is occasionally incorrect. Moreover, it is unscientific. Take for instance page 9, paragraph 3. "The pupils should understand that Latin names are used by scientists to enable people speaking different languages to name and classify systematically. Under 'species' the first name is the family name and the second name given is the individual name. For example, take "Corone philippina;" Corone (crow) philippina (locality),3 literally, the crow of the Philippine Islands." -- Now, Corone is not Latin, but Greek - And what Mr. Ledyard says in the second sentence of this paragraph is incorrect. For, in naming an animal the first word, (written with a capital letter) represents the genus; the second (with a small letter) the species; v.g. Corcus americanus (not corone) is a bird of the family corvidae; sub-family, corvinas; Genus, Corvus; species, americanus. The sentence on p. 15 "The old classification of bimana and quadramana has no emphasis and should not be taught", apart from the un-English use of the word "emphasis", and the incorrect spelling of "quadramana", is scientifically false. The classification in question, though for a while rejected, is now accepted and employed by the leading scientists. On page 14, we read, "Homo sapiens stands alone as the only representative of the species." Pausing over the glaring tautology of the sentence, the statement is incorrect. "Homo" is a genus and "sapiens" the species. It should read "of the genus." This leads me to remark the most baneful quality of the book, its evolutionistic teaching. On page 11, for instance: "When the theory, as it is called, was published to the world a few years ago the man who brought this idea to the notice of the world was ridiculed as much as Christopher Columbus was when he declared the earth to be round, but when people began to make a study of this theory of animals as this man had done they at once saw that there was something in the idea." The paragraph is so full of errors, in style, punctuation and history, that it would take too long to enumerate them here: but to put on a par the facts brought forward by Columbus, and the theories of evolution; the ridicule heaped on Columbus by ignorant men, and the ridicule that the evolutionistic theory has met with from men of science, is either crass ignorance or unpardonable dishonesty. Nor will it tend to the uplifting of the Filipino masses to tell them, not as a theory but as a fact, that there exists less differences between a man and a monkey, than there exists between any two classes of brute beasts. ("Some persons are very careless and give the name of "monkey" to all animals that look like them, but it would be as proper to call a man a monkey, as there is less difference between the highest form below man and man than there is between the different primates below man" - page 12). This is not science, but error. A little science is a dangerous thing. The little science of Mr. Ledyard will prove dangerous indeed; for besides its tendency to rob the Filipino of all morality, since it teaches him that he is no better than a beast, it will create every where a very unfavorable impression of the education which Americans are now imparting in these Islands. When the pamphlet reaches the States, as undoubtedly it will, it will be accepted as representative of the work of the department whose name it bears, - "Bureau of Education, Manila". Steps4 should therefore be taken to suppress a pamphlet that is ungrammatical in expression, irreligious in sentiment and unscientific in its teaching. I have not exhausted the errors of the book. I have merely touched on some of its glaring deficiencies. Very sincerely, (Unsigned) -------------------- wa December 26, 1905. My dear Archbishop: Careful examination of Bulletin No. 22, 1905, Bureau of Education, "Lessons on Familiar Philippine Animals", discloses many inaccuracies, and that the criticism made of it by you in your letter of November 9, 190, is well founded. It is very evident that Mr. Ledyard has not had sufficient scientific training to enable him to write with the degree of accuracy required in a scientific discussion of zoological subjects. The attention of Dr. Barrows has been called to the fact that Bulletin No. 22 deals with the subject of evolution which is a matter of religious controversy/and should not be introduced into the schools. You need have no hesitation, my dear Archbishop, in calling matters of this kind to my attention, and you may be assured that any communication you make to me on such a subject will always be received by me as an indication of your profound interest in all that the United States is attempting to do in these Islands. Dr. Barrows informs me that hereafter Mr. Ledyard will be confined to descriptive work in zoology for which he is better fitted than he is for dealing with zoology as a science. Very respectfully and sincerely yours, Most Reverend Jeremiah J. Harty, Archbishop of Manila, Manila, P. I. jfs-je ------------------- should therefore be taken to suppress a pamphlet that is ungrammatical in expression, irreligious in sentiment and unscientific in its teaching. I have not exhausted the errors of the book. I have merely touched on some of its glaring deficiencies. Very sincerely, (Unsigned) -------------------- wa December 26, 1905. My dear Archbishop: Careful examination of Bulletin No. 22, 1905, Bureau of Education, "Lessons on Familiar Philippine Animals", discloses many inaccuracies, and that the criticism made of it by you in your letter of November 9, 1905, is well founded. It is very evident that Mr. Ledyard has not had sufficient scientific training to enable him to write with the degree of accuracy required in a scientific discussion of zoological subjects. The attention of Dr. Barrows has been called to the fact that Bulletin No. 22 deals with the subject of evolution which is a matter of religious controversy and should not be introduced into the schools. You need have no hesitation, my dear Archbishop, in calling matters of this kind to my attention, and you may be assured that any communication you may make to me on such a subject will always be received by me as an indication of your profound interest in all that the United States is attempting to do in these Islands. Dr. Barrows informs me that hereafter Mr. Ledyard will be confined to descriptive work in zoology for which he is better fitted than he is for dealing with zoology as a science. Very respectfully and sincerely yours, Most Reverend Jeremiah J. Harty, Archbishop of Manila, Manila, P. I. jfs-je --------------------[*File*] Dec. 27th 05. UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND President Roosevelt Dear sir:— I want to thank you very much for the delightful time I had at your luncheon, last Saturday. I was very glad to sit by Archi. Because I am so much fond of him. He will be a great man. I was very much pleased that you invited me sothat I could give you the sword. I am very sure my father and mother will be very much pleased to get your kind letter, and that they can not sufficiently thank you for your great kindness to me. May I ask you to give my best regard to Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt. Respectfully, Asahi KitagakiPersonal and Confidential METROPOLITAN CLUB. Washington D.C. December 27th., 1905. Dear Mr. President: Col. Harvey, the director of the Harper publications, whom you know, told me in New York some days ago that he would be glad to print in the North American Review an article on the Bowen affair setting forth the facts and the findin(g)s in the case from my point of you. He wants someone to write such an article. Col. Harvey that a portion of the public in the East has from reading the gabled newspaper accounts, (many of which were inspired by Bowen) reached the conclusion that I may have been guilty of receiving bribes as charged from the Asphalt Company and that you through the movies of friendship have taken a too lenient view of the facts in the case respecting me. Col. Harvey says that all that is necessary, is to set forth the facts, which Mr. Taft's very thorough and searching inquiry developed and that they speak so strongly for themselves that there is nothing further to say; they are clinching and conclusive. But an article merely a reviewing the salient points of Mr. Tafts' findings would clear up every thing in the way of doubt in the mugwump mind and such an article to have most effect ought to be written by someone of high legal attainment and standing such as Judge Day, of the Supreme Court. If he could be induced to wire a review of Mr. Taft's investigation to the end of showing that any criticism of you to the effect that you were moved by consideration of friendship rather than by the weight of irrefutable facts, was false unwarranted and unjust, the result would be most happy, I am inclined to think. I must possibly get bJudge Day to write such an article because I think he probably understands the case ---and if he wrote at all he would say what he thinks---- but I am sure that if you were to xx think it expedient to suggest that matter to him he would be glad to do this very proper and useful favor. The main value of the article in the North American Recview at this time is that it would get the salient points and facts developed by Mr. Taft before the intelligent portion of the public all over the world--- and that is all that is necessary --to get the facts before the readers. The whole difficulty has been that the press has printed garbled versions and for a time kept repeating these misleading and incomplete statemen ts. A plain statement of the facts by Judge Day would be in effect final. Very respectfully, Francis B. Loomis[*P.F.*] METROPOLITAN STATION. SOUTHFIELDS. Dec. 27. 1905. FLOWERMEAD, WIMBLEDON PARK. S.W. Dear Mr. President, It gives me very lively pleasure that you should think of me and my political fortunes There is nobody whose good will I prize more. I was not keen to join the new government, for [w] I was happy enough in my library, and was much interested in a new book that I had upon the stocks. You knew better thanany other of the rulers of men, the fascination of literature and composition . But we are not our own masters, and you know that also. So there I am - a democrat in charge of a great military bureaucracy !! Rather a paradox? We are now on the brink of the Rapids. What our majority will be, no man can say: some hope for 100, others give us 40, ever Miscreants plus Irishmen. I used not say how closely I watch your doings, and how warmly I wish you well. May I beg you to recall me to the memory of Mrs. Roosevelt: My days at the White House stand as among the most attractive of all my life. Yours most sincerely, John MorleyCOPY L/S December 27, 1905. David B. Ogden, Esquire, 12 East Tenth Street, New York City. Dear Mr. Ogden: Complying with your request of the 9th instant, I enclose herewith a statement of Mr. MacNutt's connection with the diplomatic service as shown by the Department's records. Very sincerely yours, Elihu Root Enclosure as above.[For end see Ca 12-27-05][*Ca 12-27-05*] Mr. Francis McNutt was appointed Secretary of Legation at Constantinople March 29, 1890, and Secretary of Legation at Madrid, February 26, 1892. While at these posts he was Chargé at various times as follows: Francis McNutt was in charge of the Legation at Constantinople from July 20 to September 10, 1890; from June 23 to December 26, 1891. At Madrid from May 26 to September 23, 1892, and from November 7 to December 24, 1892. There seems to be no reference to his conduct or standing in the correspondence with the Legations except as follows: On August 18, 1892, he fell into some trouble with the police at San Sebastian, forcibly resisting a police officer without revealing his identity, and was arrested. He was at this time Chargé d'Affaires, and he reported the incident in his despatch No. 290 of August 30, 1892. Mr. John W. Foster, Secretary of State, replied to this despatch under date of September 16, 1892, criticizing Mr. McNutt for his conduct in the incident in question. On February 1, 1893, Mr. Snowden, Minister at Madrid, telegraphed to Mr. Foster as follows: "Private and Confidential. Please transfer elsewhere Secretary of Legation. I regret to inform you cannot rely upon his loyalty (refusing absolutely to obey(?)" Note: Some uncertainty as to the meaning of the cipher caused brackets and interrogation mark to be used).On February 3, 1893, Mr. Foster telegraphed to Mr. Snowden, "McNutt ordered to Paris", and on the same day he telegraphed to Mr. McNutt, "Proceed at once to Paris. Report to Legation to assist preparation Bering Sea case. Advise departure." On February 21, 1893, Mr. Foster telegraphed to the Minister at Paris relieving Mr. McNutt from duty at Paris where he was ordered in connection with the Bering Sea Arbitration, granting him leave of absence for 30 days and directing him to await instructions there by mail. A copy of this telegram was sent to Mr. McNutt, under date of February 21, 1893, with the instruction that at the expiration of his leave he was to report to the Department by the mail for further orders, and he was further informed "It is not, however, expected that you will return to Madrid without the express authority of the Department." On May 10, 1893, Mr. Gresham, Secretary of State, cabled to Mr. McNutt, "You are hereby relieved and recalled." The archives of the Department are silent as to the causes on which this action was based.[*[Encl in Root 12-27-05]*]ALL ORDERS AND CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO STRIKES, ACCIDENTS AND CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL TELEPHONE No. 1046. Walstein R. Chester & Co. Wholesale Lumber Commission Merchants Office 17 Doane St. Boston, Dec. 28, 1905. To the Editor of the "Outlook":- Dear Sir:- I was surprised and pained that a magazine of the character, standing, and influence of the "Outlook" should, in yours of the 18th, characterize the Senior Senator of Massachusetts as a "Boss", classing him with men who have done so much to make Politics disreputable. I presume that every "Business" or "Political" organization has a "head": he is ofttimes called the "Boss". He maps out the work to be done, sees that his orders are carried out, and to his ability and energy the success of the business or party is done. Mr. Lodge, as the Senior Senator of our State, is naturally looked up to as the Leader and Head of the Republican Party, and is intensely interested in its success. He is the close friend of the President and uses every effort to strengthen his hands. Every ward and every town in the State has a political head and each is responsible for the work in his locality. Every one of these men is more pronounced in his ideas than a Representative at Washington and there is really more "Bossism" (as you call it) used than a Senator could possibly show. The Senior Senator of every State is supposed to be the mouthpiece of his party in National affairs. To him all matters are referred and on his judgment and wisdom they rely; and yet a Senator must consider the wants and needs of other States; otherwise, he would favor a high tariff on all goods manufactured in his State and no duty on the goods in the raw state that entered into the manufacture. Henry Cabot Lodge is one of the remarkable men of the age, with a character that any young man would do, well to emulate. Born of an old and honored family, one of the best educated men in the country, with a fortune that would have enabled him to lead a life of leisure, he chose rather to devote it to public affairs and literature, with all the hard work those matters demand. He stands politically on the broad platform of the Republican party of Massachusetts - could he do better? What is the result, although still a young man, of his years of labor?ALL ORDERS AND CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO STRIKES, ACCIDENTS AND CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL TELEPHONE No. 1046. Walstein R. Chester & Co. Wholesale Lumber Commission Merchants Office 17 Doane St. Boston, #2 As a literary man, he stands high-among the authors of the day. As a Legislator, his work shows rare ability - earnest , energetic , perfectly honest - a ready and able debater, frank, painstaking, as friendly to a poor as a rich man; an authority on International Law; a safe counsellor and guide. He always is ready to stand and fight for what he considers is for the best interests of the State and Nation. The old commonwealth is safe under his guidance and has reason to be proud of him as its representative in the Senate - one of the most earnest, honest and efficient members. It would be wrong to call an Admiral of the Navy a Major General in the Army, or a Governor of a State a "Boss"; it is equally so of a United States Senator. If any Senator has done wrong, say so; and say wherein he has gone wrong, and let him reap the reward. Give him the same punishment that would be given Business man; but, don't - don't, in the name of all that is fair and just, cover a crime against the Public good and call it "Bossism", and add under the same page or even book the name of as pure and honest a statesman as Henry Cabot Lodge. Very truly yours, [*[Chester?]*] C.A.B.[*[Enclosed in Abbott, 3-2-06]*] [*ackd 1/1/05*] THE EVENING MAIL BROADWAY AND FULTON STREET HENRY L. STODDARD EDITOR NEW YORK Dec 28th 05 My Dear President Roosevelt: I want to bring out of the desert of Arabia via Syria some Arabian horses stallions and mares. for this I have to have a permit I thought with a word from you perhaps through the Turkish Legation I could getTHE EVENING MAIL BROADWAY AND FULTON STREET HENRY L. STODDARD EDITOR NEW YORK one. As I have an Arab who thinks he can get some horses and mares for one the offspring of which will convince even you that the real Arab is a great horse and that we might proffit the same as the French Government has which have built the finest horse in the world from the Arabs they haveTHE EVENING MAIL BROADWAY AND FULTON STREET HENRY L. STODDARD EDITOR NEW YORK thoughtfully bred. This same Arab Said Khalil Haik of Beyrouth went with the repersentative of the German Govt last year and they selected 12 stallions for the German Gov't. I dont believe as your neighbor in inbreeding but before I drop in I want to give it a thorough test and will miss my guess if I am not able in 6 of 8THE EVENING MAIL BROADWAY AND FULTON STREET HENRY L. STODDARD EDITOR NEW YORK years to show you a horse that you would be proud to ride as the horse would be to carry you. For your continued health and power in the peoples behalf I remain Yours Homer Davenport[*[For 1. attachment see ca. 12-28-05]*][*[ca. 12-28-05]*] Shall the usual letter be asked for? Yes - "at the request of the President"[*[attached to Davenport 12-28-05]*][*P.F.*] 19 West 31st Street, New York, December 28th, 1905. Dear Mr. President: I have just come back from Chicago to find your very kind letter. I need not tell you how gratified I am to know that you liked the articles. Perhaps the insurance one was too bitter - but I felt bitterly about these people. I can sympathize with a fellow who breaks a statute and takes his chances of jail, but these smug operators who keep inside the law and deliberately violate their implied trusteeship oughtn't to expect much mercy here or hereafter. They accept a confidence that springs from a well-advertised reputation for uprightness and then lightly violate the obligation at the expense of a lot of poor devils. The job is one for a hangman, not a humorist. I liked the other article better. I am so tired of the perpetual scolding in the newspapers and magazines. Our public men and even our business men compare very favorably with those of any other country. Steffens and the rest of our friends in the literature of exposure seem to forget that it is the greater facility of investigation and not the greater amount of crime in this country that makes us appear so bad in comparison with England and France. Besides, as I said, one of the greatest troubles of the world is that it is infested with human beings for whom we ought to feel a little reflected self pity. Whenever I see the worst of these rascals marching through McClure's or Collier's, I feel like saying, "But for the grace of God, there goes John Bunyan." When I wrote the article I had particularly -2- in mind the unpunished scandals in England and France - the cases of Hooley, the Guinea Pigs, the Army Remounts, the South African forage and Lord Dufferin's connection with the Whittaker Wright case in England; and, among others, the Wilson-Grevy case in France - but all this is too much like preaching. William Allen White has promised to take up the "merry sunshine" work in a more serious and effective fashion, and I look to him to save our countrymen from the suicide which is the logical consequence of believing all we read now-a-days. I would also respectfully suggest that you give the Nelson Miles reprimand with a coal scuttle to that military genius who has been telling the world that an army can only be managed by an autocracy. It might be a good plan to have Fortescue pound him over the head with a singlestick while you read him the history of the Russian army. I would not dare to suggest that the message was too long - I might say about it wat the fellow said about his feet, that they were long but they were broad. I crossed out the allusion in my letter because I thought it might appear that there was a trace of literary jealousy in it. Although I have written some pretty good stuff I never have been able to induce the papers to print more than 2,000 words at a time - and here comes along a young and comparatively unknown writer, and they crowd out poems, jokes and patent medicine ads to give him 30 nonpareil columns. Is it because my style is not elevated enough, or have you a pull with the editors? On behalf of the rejected manuscript marching club of the 27th ward, I demand an answer! But I am comforted by the thought that in the midst of your greatest success as a popular author you were still interested in my small venture of chaff. Seriously, Mr. President, your generous-3- appreciation of my work has been one of my greatest comforts, and I offer you again my most sincere thanks. Two or three times I have been tempted to stop writing because I felt I had taken out of my head all that the good God had put in it, when along came a pleasant letter from you to cheer me up and hurry me on. We [all] look forward with great eagerness to seeing you on January 4th. If it is convenient for you, I should like an opportunity to talk with you alone for half an hour that day or the next. Thanking you once more time for your extremely kind letter, I am, Very sincerely yours, F. P. Dunne The President, The White House, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C, 201 F St. N.W. Dec. 28th 1905 [*RECEIVED DEC 29 1905 Secretary of [?]*] Dear Sir, I have received a letter from His Excellency, Mgr. Aquis, Delegate Apostolic to the Philippines Islands, in which he states that the telegram purporting to come from Rome, with the allegation that he had sent a report to the Pope regarding Miss Rosevelt's visit to Manila, is a malicious fabrication and has no foundation whatsoever. He assured me that your visit as well as that of Miss. Rosevelt, was for him and for the Bps a source of great consolation and that there was nothing to disturb the sentiments of cordiality which prevailed during your stay there. As the President may be under the impression that perhaps there might have been some foundation to the story sentabout by the press, you will confer upon me a great favor by assuring him that the mentioned report was a mere invention. With sentiments of profound respects I beg leave to remain, Hon. W.H. Taft.} Sec. of War.} Respectfully Yours D. Falconio, Apost. Deleg.[Enc. in Taft 1-1-06]TELEGRAM. The White House, Washington. 6 WU HG JM 17 paid 137pm San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 28, 1905. Theodore Roosevelt, President. Happy New Year to you and yours. Mine was a sorrowful Christmas. Your letter cheered me up. Thanks. Robert Fitzsimmons.[*ackd*] THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON. December 28, 1905. Memorandum for the President: Interstate Commerce Commissioner Fifer some time ago sent in his resignation to take effect January 1st. He has not yet been advised of its acceptance. Is it desired that he hold office until the confirmation of his successor, or shall his resignation be accepted to take effect January 1st? W.L.Jr. [*[Loeb]*][*Ackd*] The White House, Washington December 28, 1905. Memorandum for the President: Senator Hale was in this morning and stated that as the President's champion in the case of Bishop he would like to be advised as soon as possible of the exact duties that Bishop would perform as Canal Commissioner, as he anticipated he would be questioned very sharply on this point on the floor of the Senate. I asked the Senator what his engagements were for Sunday evening and he said he had a dinner party on, but that it would be convenient for him to come the White House about 9:30 o'clock. Will this arrangement suit the President, or shall another time be named? Senator Hale also said that he was continually hearing complaints about the accommodations at the Executive Office, especially in connection with the receiving accommodations for Senators. He says he is seriously thinking of putting in the appropriation bill a provision for adding a second story to the Executive Office building. I was noncommittal on the proposition, but intimated to him that the more I thought of it the more I was inclined to Mrs. Roosevelt's view, that there ought not to be any building on this particular spot, and that I was afraid a two-story building would not harmonize with the surroundings. He seemed very insistent that some change should be made that would afford better accommodations in the way of reception room. I mention this matter now because the President may think well of arranging a little conference with the Senator concerning the matter before he goes ahead. W.L. jr [*[Loeb]*][*F*] House of Representatives U.S. Washington, D.C. New York, December 28, 1905. The President, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: Will you accept my hearty thanks for putting down Mr. LeGrand Beaumont Curtis, of 115 East 27th Street, New York City, for an alternate to take the examination on May 1st, 1906, for admission to the Military Academy June 15th, 1906, which Mr. Loeb has informed me you will do in a response to my letter of the 18th instant. I hope you appreciate that I was proud to be fighting so prominently under the Roosevelt banner on last Thursday, the 21st. Respectfully yours, Herbert ParsonsT/E DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. December 2(?), 1905. William Loeb, jr., Esquire, Secretary to the President, The White House. Sir: I enclose, for communication to the President, a translation of an article published recently in "Politiken", the leading opposition newspaper in Copenhagen, in relation to the Royal Greenland Company and the situation in Greenland, which has been received from the Legation at the capital. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Elihu Root Enclosure as above. State.[*[For enc. see 12-28-05]*]WILLIAM A. OTIS & CO. BANKERS AND BROKERS, COLORADO SPRINGS. COLORADO. WILLIAM A. OTIS. PHILIP S. STEWART. [*Ackd 1/1/06*] [*[12-28-05]*] The President, Washington D. C. Dear Mr President, I was talking yesterday with a friend from New Mexico - a cattle man of extensive experience with New Mexico men and affairs - and a fearless, straight fellow. He tells me that the responsible citizens of New Mexico are thoroughly pleased with your appointment of Hagerman. I have also had talks with Hagerman in the last two days and his programme is sane and strong, as it seems to me. I thought my New Mexico friends opinion most encouraging and that it might interest you. With most cordial wishes for the New Year - I am most sincerely Philip B Stewart Dec. 28th 1905.Department of Justice. United States Marshal's Office, District of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebr., Dec. 28, 1905. Mr. J. H. Procter, 3713 N. 22nd St., Omaha, Nebraska. My dear Sir: - Yours under date of December 22nd, 1905, asking for a position with me as one of the Deputy United States Marshals, together with the enclosed endorsements, is duly received. I wish to assure you that there are none of the many who have applied for such positions who have presented endorsements such as the two that you sent me. On account of my own inexperience, I have concluded to reappoint, for the time being, subject, of course, to the approval of the Department, four of the old force of deputies. The other place I will not fill for a few days. I would be very glad to have you call upon me at any time, and would suggest that if you can get from the President an endorsement of this date similar to that given while Governor, it ought to gain you a preference in my considerations at this time. Knowing that you value these endorsements, I return them herewith, and suggest that at any time you call you make yourself known as being the Mr. Procter who presented these endorsements. Very truly yours, Wm. P. Warner[*P.F*] Dec. 28th 1905 AMERICAN EMBASSY ROME Dear Mr President. In your letter of 6th instant you ask about our having dined with the McNutts and as it takes several weeks at this season of the year for letters to be exchanged between Washington and Rome, I thought it best to cable you that Cabot who was here at the time, knows all the circumstances and could tell you about them. They are briefly as follows: When we first arrived here the McNutts, like most other resident Americans, expressed a desire to give us a dinner. Never having liked McNutt who however when chargé d'affaires at Constantinople ten or more years ago was very kind to me, and who differed fromour other resident compatriot in being a prominent member of the "blacks" or Papal society and the occupant of a very high position at the Vatican, I inquire what had been the custom of my predecessors and was told that Draper and Meyer had dined once or thrice a year with McNutt and had received him at the Embassy. His wife moreover is an old friend of my family and a, particularly nice woman - née Ogden of New York whom I think you also used to know - and we decided to follow the custom of our predecessors and accept the invitations I had not then heard - as I did shortly afterwards from Cabot - that men had been turned out of our service for giving away diplomatic secrets nor had the incident which had got him into all this trouble occurred when we agreed to dine with the McNutts. It took place however two evenings before the dinner, although I was not aware of it until after the latter when a newspaper with the paragraph describing McN's arrest was sent to me anonymously. Of course if I had heard of the incident - even at the last moment before the dinner, at which Prince Colonna and several other leaders of the "black" party and their wives were present, we should not have attended it. I may add that from that day to this I have not spoken to McNutt and I have refused either to see him or to take any steps whatever in his behalf although earnestly pressed to do both and, no attempts have been made byinterested parties - probably McN. himself to represent me as "protecting" or defending him, I took the precaution to tell the Foreign office not very long after the incident occurred that I proposed doing nothing of the kind and had no interest in the case. Not withstanding which Mrs. Storer who seems to consider herself as specially privileged to interfere in matters connected with the Roman Embassy, which have any bearing, at all events, upon the Vatican, however indirect, has taken me to task by letters (whereof I have sent Cabot copies and of my replies) for protecting or defending McNutt and, not satisfied with my assurance that there was no truth in such alleged action on my part, she has recently written to a mutual friend that she hears on the authority of an Austrian Princess her friend that I had given McNutt a dinner at the Embassy[*[12-28-05]*] 2 American Embassy ROME "in honor of his acquittal which she thinks highly improper - not unnaturally, if true. Of course I shall have nothing to do with McNutt when he returns to Rome although I shall have to base my action on his past record in our service rather than upon the recent incident here, as it will not do for me to reflect upon the decision of one of the higher Courts of this country, which reversed the action of the lower Court that pronounced him guilty. I have also received your letter saying that you had given Mrs. Wolcott another letter of introduction to me, together with one from her asking to be presented to the Queen as soon as possible after her arrival and to be invited to the first Court Ball. I shall not probably be here on either occasion, as the Algeciras Conference meets on the 16th and I sailfrom Naples for Gibraltar on the 12th but of course I shall make the arrangements for Mrs. Wolcott's presentation before leaving and upon my return I shall be delighted to any thing I can to further her happiness & pleasure. And if Daisy remains here during my absence, which is as yet uncertain, she will do like wise. Having no roof over our heads last year we could only ask Mrs. Wolcott to lunch and tea at our Hotel but now I am happy to say we shall be in a position to do more for her. I am more delighted than I can say to see that you have recommended the purchase of Embassy houses in foreign capitals and that a bill has actually been introduced by your future son-in-law providing funds for that purpose. We have succeeded in getting fairly commodious quarters in one of the old mansions of Rome — the Palazzo del Drago at the Quattro Fontane — but it cannot be described as suitable for our Embassy, if for no other reasons, because (1) it is not a whole house to ourselves and (2) because on either side of the front door and in one of the drawing rooms which we took over, furnished (having been obliged to furnish completely all the rooms save three) are placed conspicuously the Royal Crowns of Spain. I tried to get them moved but my landlord Prince del Drago who is very proud of being the son-in-law of Queen Christina of Spain by his secondmarriage especially stipulated that they should not be touched , saying with perfect truth that the front door is his and not that of our Government. He and his family occupy one floor of the house, whereof we have the other two but of course it is undignified for a great Government like ours not to have a whole house to itself, as all the other great Powers — and Turkey also — have here, but which I doubt if I could have obtained if I had had forty or fifty thousand dollars to spend in rental and unwilling to rent their houses although there are several historic mansions now which can be bought and of which the French[*[12-28-05]*] 3 AMERICAN EMBASSY ROME have just bought the finest - the Palazzo Farnese — a really magnificent work of art for their Embassy. The purchase of a house here is only more urgent than elsewhere because of the crowded state of Rome which is fast becoming a centre like Washington to which all the wealthy people from other parts of the country come for the season, thereby enormously increasing the value of real estate. Pray accept, dear Mr,. President our heartiest congratulations upon Miss Alice's engagement- especially to so good a fellow as Mr. Longworth appears from all accounts to be. It is, I know from experience a course of no little anxiety to afather with a marriageable daughter as to how she will decide to settle in life and I rejoice that in your case this anxiety at least among the many which fall to same lot, has been removed. We are hoping that the couple after their marriage will pay a visit to this country. If they do we shall be able and very happy to take them into our house to stay with us and to do all that we can to make their visit a pleasure. I think we can make them fairly comfortable. I only hope that their visit will not take place while I am at Algeciras. I expect to sail on the 12th for Gibraltar and to reach there the 15th the day before the conference meets. The air is full of all sorts of rumors about the prospective assembly and its outcome, in respect to which the Bench are still very anxious and which in any case is bound to be the centre for the time being of European intrigue. I am looking forward to it with much interest and I propose making an effort at some time during the settings in favor of the Morocan Jews. In any case I shall endeavor to pull through with your approval A very happy New year toYou & yours and believe me, dear Mr President, with the earnest hope that the many projects you have at heart for our country's welfare may be pushed through Congress or otherwise realized Most Sincerely yours Henry White[*[Ca 12-28-05]*] [* tr 7 Article published] [See Root. E. 12/28/05] THE ADMINISTRATION OF GREENLAND *** The Administration is Worse than Ever. * The other Sunday the last ship cam home from Greenland, so we are now able to judge of the manner in which the communication with our distant colony has been effected. It may be said in a few words: The institution "Den Kongelig Gronlandske Handel" (the royal Greenland Company) has never, in as far as the aforesaid is concerned, been so badly managed as it has been in this year; the whole state of affairs has never been so destitute of circumspection, nonsensical and senseless as in this summer. The following lines will but prove to well the correctness of the above assertions. This year the institution had invented a new plan. It was decided that depots should be established at certain places in Greenland, and that the steamers from Copenhagen should only call at these places, while, on the other hand, the communication between the aforesaid depots and the other settlements as well as with the few outlying minor settlements should be kept up by the S.S. "Gadthash" and by the old S.S. "FRA" a vessel bought from the Cryalate Company at a very high price for this purpose.2. But if a system as the aforesaid should be carried into effect properly, then it is absolutely necessary that the depots should be in perfect and complete order at the beginning of the spring, so that the other settlements really could draw their supplies from them, but --the leading men in the administration had not thought of that? The fact is that when the two ships came up there at the beginning of the summer load provisions and other stores etc. at the depots for the outlying settlements, there was nothing for them to load, but it would not look well that the ships had nothing to do, and, as according to the plan made out by the managing director, it had been decided that the "Fra" should make a voyage to the small settlement "Fiskenesset" (of which settlement we shall speak later on), the said vessel got orders to go to that place with coals and 2 women who had learned to be mid-wives. Coals were just the article which the inhabitants of the settlement had no occasion for at that time. Exactly in the same manner the "Gadthash" was sent out from the settlement "Egedesminde" to carry supplies to the neighboring settlements without more cargo in her holds than one fourth part of what there really was room for , in return she carried train oil back. There was not gained much by this style3. style of proceedings, for when at length the principal ship HANS EGEDE arrived with the main part of the supplies it became a necessity - exactly as it had been customary before- to send large boats along the coast with goods and provisions, which had to return with nothing else but ballast. As anybody easily will understand, this style of proceedings was only fit to increase the trouble to the double and the expenses to more than the double, a result which can only be attributed to the fact of the depots concerned not being sufficiently supplied with provisions and other commodities as well as to an extraordinary bad management. We can assure our readers that we have not exaggerated anything with respect to what we have said in the foregoing. What would people think f. inst. when they hear of the "Gadthaah" goin from "Iaeakshavn" to Egedesminde" without more cargo in her than a barrel filled with eiderdown. We beg to add that the cost for keeping the "Gadthaah" running amount to 150 Kr. a day; the "Fra" will cost a little less, as the crew are less numerous. Furthermore the two vessels have consumed a lot of coals; all the spare coals deposited in Greenland have been consumed, as well as the coals produced at the new colliery in North Greenland. It will appear next year that the first 4. first thing there is to be done will be to let the ships carry a lot of coals up there from Copenhagen, but if so, a great deal of the room in the ships that otherwise could have been filled up with goods and provisions will be lost, and it will be still more difficult for the settlements tp be supplied with the articles they need. But we spoke before of the little place Fiskenesset. This little outlying settlement generally gets its supplies from the settlement "Gadthaah" in the month of May, but at that time no supplies had arrived at Gadthaah, consequently it became a necessity to send provisions etc. to "Fiskenesset" in large boats in the month of July when at length the Norwegian steamer "Knut Skaaluren" (a vessel chartered by the company) arrived at the depot. But it tool a long time to make all these arrangements and to convey the supplies to "Fiskenesset". Even in the month of August, supplies had not arrived, so that the people living there were highly short of provisions etc. The people living there had no needles and no matches (whenever a Greenlander had to strike a light, he was obliged to fire at some dry moss, so that he had to use powder and caps, and this would cost him 1 (?) for every time he wanted to strike a light). They had no wheat-flour, neither brown nor white sugar, no tobacco, no large but only small shot, which 5. could not be used when firing at sea-birds; furthermore the women had no shirting or linen of which they could make a shirt; there were no boards, notwithstanding the fact that some of the Greenlanders needed to have their houses repaired. They had no yarns of which they could make nets for salmon fishing during the best season for that kind of fishing (as the yarns they had were not thicker than thread); moreover they had no shot-guns (there was a person already long time ago had paid for such a thing in advance to be sure of getting one). There were no scissors in the company's shop at the settlement, and there had not been any kind of grease since Christmas. Certainly we need not make any further commentaries. Let us now on the other hand see what the settlement (Fiskenesset) had produced during the year that had elapsed. The Fiskenesset had produced: 1 bear's skin; 239 fox skins of which 133 were blue ones; 36 seal skins, prime quality, 354 sealskins ordinary quality; 34lbs. of uncleaned down; 362 lbs. of birds' feathers; 2 large and 10 small blankets of eider-down; 143 barrels of seal and whale blubber and a small quantity of shark's liver. As it will be seen by the above, the question is not here about a small amount, if we take into consideration6. f. inst. that at the present time the skin of a blue fox is paid with 150 Kr. For all these articles the Greenlanders have only been paid a sum of 2700 Kr. from which 1-6 has been deducted to be paid to the treasuries of the different communities, the administration of which, such as it is managed at present by the officials of the institution, we shall refrain from speaking about this time. We think this explanation will do for the present, as we are lead to believe that our readers now will have got a sufficient clear idea of how the administration is carried on in Greenland. We shall only try to explain in a few words how foolishly everything has been arranged with respect to the navigation. The Norwegian S.S. Knut Skaaluren, chartered by the company, got 18000 Kr. to go up to Greenland with a cargo of 610 tons. This is a freight of 30 Kr. per ton. According to the estimate for this year, the company had calculated that altogether 3633 tons should be sent to Greenland. The freight of this quantity would then, calculated on the basis of the aforesaid, (30 Kr. per ton) have been 108000 Kr. The smallest sum the navigation- expenses have amounted to was 130000 Kr., and this was last year, but according to the opinion of those who are well acquainted with such matters, the aforesaid expenses will not likely be below 250000 Kr. this year -- in7. consequence of the new arrangement. What is the use of the Greenlanders being diligent and catching all that they can get, when the profit is spent in such a foolish manner as aforesaid. Would it not be advisable -- and this is a question which is representing itself as a necessity on account of the above information which is founded on facts -- that the Government sold all the Greenland Company's ships, in which there is invested such a large capital that is yielding no interest. The said vessels are laid up in the winter time and doing nothing at all. Instead of keeping the ships, the whole business with respect to chartering should according to our opinion be left to a clever shipowner. The Greenland Company has proved, at any rate, that it is not equal to the task. We shall in a near future express our opinion of other questions regarding the administration of the affairs of Greenland, which is a little short of the scandelous, and with respect to which it seems that it will come to a crisis in a short time. [Enc. in Root 12-28-05]OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. December 28, 2905. Translation. J.L. ---------------- From the "Moniteur de la Flotte" of November 18, 1905. THE RUSSIAN VERSION OF THE BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA. concerning the tactical movements of the battle of Tsushima, details of which remain rather obscure in spite of the remarkable work attempted by Commander de Carfort and published by the "Ligue Maritime Francaise", our readers will find no new light in the reports of the Russian admirals and captains. It seems that the Russians, as wells as the Japanese, had, each within a limited space, but an episodic view of the titanic struggle, a full account of which as a whole it remains impossible to construct. Up to the present time, but two descriptions of the battle have been given, one published in the Moniteur de la Flotte, the other in the Times, translated into French by Commander de Carfort; the latter version differed from ours in the essential point that the Enquist division, which we placed in the lead for scouting, was therein placed in the rear of the center of the Russian formation. Rodjestvensky's reports confirm our version and dwell upon the strange maneuver of the Enquist division, which, after doubling the Japanese lines to the Northward, steamed South when night fell, abandoning the objective in order to get away more quickly from the battle field. Nebogatoff on his side pleads Enquist's flight in order to lessen the responsibility of his own surrender. Aside from that most important point, the documents which have reached us give precise details touching the Russian materiel, armament and personnel. At the very start Admiral Rodjestvensky reported to the Tsar the defects of his squadron; those defects only increased during the voyage. The technical board which had accepted 2 those vessels as in good condition is responsible for the Tsushima defeat, for it alone brought it about. The commander-in-chief of that fleet did not conceal his disappointment from the Tsar; let us quote a few of his reports: From Djibuti he wrote that his battleships had displacements 35% greater than they should have, "which did not permit him to take on board a full supply of coal and which made frequent stops necessary;" the heavy guns "in eleven out of the twenty-five large ships were defective and their fire was inaccurate on that account." During the disastrous battle the guns indeed functioned deplorably. "The crews are listless; a rebellious spirit reigns throughout the squadron;" and later, "things are getting worse at Madagascar; a mutiny is threatening on board every ship." Thanks to Rodjestvensky's coolness the danger was averted; 23 mutineers were shot and the revolt was put down. "But could men obeying only through fear be depended upon?" Certainly not; and Rodjestvensky wrote to the Tsar from Singapore: "A victory is more than doubtful; it is impossible." He then referred to the crews of Nebogatoff, who were to play such a pitiable part in that cruise, and Rodjestvensky saw with despair that he could in no way rely upon those vessels which, instead of being a help, only disorganized a portion of his own vessels. He knew that he was going to his death and did not conceal the fact; and the Tsar was so well aware of it that when, before the battle, he was congratulated upon the arrival of the squadron at Hongkong, he replied sadly: "Yes, they have sailed far, but God only knows whether they will reach port." The decision of the French Government not to allow of a prolonged stay of the Russian squadron in the Indo-Chinese waters was a bitter disappointment to Admiral Rodjestvensky. We read in his report that "The squadron had reached Camranh with bunkers completely empty, and twelve vessels in want of repairs; he only succeeded in obtaining one-third of the necessary3 supply of coal, and when the order came to leave Camranh Bay, in spite of every effort not more than one-half of that quantity had been taken on board; Nebogatoff's squadron was still at sea, and also short of coal; it coaled on the high seas, repairs were not made, and the vessels could not be scraped, which diminished considerably their speed." On the arrival of the squadron at Shanghai, the situation was discussed in a council of war, and it was admitted that they were going to a defeat; but it was hoped that only a part of the fleet would be sacrificed, the main point being to give a chance to a certain number of vessels to reach Vladivostok. After effecting his junction with Nebogatoff and having arrived off Shanghai, Admiral Rodjestvensky convened therefore a council of war before which he laid his plan. This plan was judicious; it consisted in sending Nebogatoff's division up the strait of Korea, while the main squadron comprising the best ships would appear in Tsugaru Strait. This plan implied the sacrifice of Nebogatoff's division; it obliged the Japanese to divide their forces and did not materially weaken the main Russian squadron. But the crews of the coast defense vessels, learning (one asks how) of the sacrifice expected of them, mutinied. Here is the text of the Russian document: The vessels which were to remain, learning of the order, refused and threatened to revolt; the admiral could not circumnavigate Japan with all his ships for want of coal and because of the low speed of the coast defense vessels; he then gave the order to steam directly to meet the enemy, hoping to take advantage of the fogs which had been prevalent for two days. He entered the channel unperceived; he reached Tsushima. A few more hours of fog and he would be safe; unfortunately a gale rose, the fog disappeared, and the surprised Japanese saw the Russian fleet which they were not expecting and which, according to the latest intelligence, was still off Port Arthur. The action began. The Russians were caught between two fires, and being in the middle of the channel they were exposed to a heavy sea and could not fire with accuracy owing to the gale; moreover they were facing the sun; their vessels afforded excellent targets to the Japanese, the high waves exposing the hulls far below the water line, while the Japanese, being nearer land, in comparatively smooth water, had the advantage over the Russians. The firing of the latter was deplorable, but not altogether on account of the inefficiency of the gunners. The Russian vessels had no telemeters, while all the Japanese were provided with them; the armor of the Russian battleships did not have the thickness officially credited to it, besides being of poor quality, and the Japanese projectiles 4 penetrated it easily. While Rodjestvensky remained personally in command there was still some hope, not of victory but of an honorable outcome. But he was wounded; Admiral Foelkersam was killed; and Enquist left the battlefield, thus further weakening the wretched squadron. The rout began. Nebogatoff had proved his utter inability to lead his squadron during the voyage and had no authority. As soon as he was known to be in command, his vessels, whose crews had been exclusively recruited from the Black Sea fleet, mutinied; in vain he assembled the remainder of the squadron and tried to lead it to Vladivistok. He had a chance to reach that port; but his crews were mutinous, and some of the officers joined the mutineers, and the shameful surrender was consummated; the coast defense vessels were only slightly damaged and their ammunition rooms were full! Thus is made perfectly clear the fact, until now hardly conjectured, that the idea of forcing the strait of Korea did not enter into Rodjestvensky's plans. It was forced on him by imperious circumstances infinitely painful. The strategic reputation of that commander, whose misfortunes were as great as his indomitable energy, therefore remains unimpaired. Besides, the Russian admiral did not deceive himself in regard to his chances, for before entering the strait of Korea he detached the auxiliary cruises RION and DNIEPER to Shanghai with the treasure of the squadron amounting to the enormous sum of 5,600,000 rubles. (The papers spoke of 56 millions; that amount seems to us exaggerated.) There will be noted the contradiction between the Russian reports, affirming that the appearance of the Russian fleet surprised the Japanese, and the fact that Admiral Togo ordered his divisions to get under way on receipt of information sent by wireless messages from his scouts. Here will be seen the superiority of the Japanese information service which enabled the commander-in-chief to receive the necessary intelligence without disclosing his position and without undeceiving the Russian admiral, who counted on traversing the strait by surprise. The reports describe briefly the general formation for the battle as it is known, but do not give with precision the places of the units in the column. It is certain that at the5 beginning of the action there must have been some confusion in the columns of the main squadron, which included, on the right, the SUVAROOF, ALEXANDER III, BORODINO, and OREL; and on the left, the OSLIABIA, SISSOI VELIKI, NAVARIN and NAKHIMOFF. In fact, besides finding the OREL dropped to the rear in Nebogatoff's division, confusion appears from the description which the document gives of the beginning of the battle. The battle began. The BORODINO, NAVARIN, ALEXANDER III and SISSOI VELIKI were swept by a terrible hail of projectiles, the hostile ships having received orders to specially concentrate their fire on them. The first of the Russians was not systematic and was much less accurate. The Japanese, having a superiority of speed, began to envelop the Russians. The difference in gun fire then became crushing. The BORODINO, which had concentrated its first on the MIKASA, was the target of three hostile vessels; its heavy gun forward was soon dismounted; water enetered through shot holes below the water line. She soon went down, followed by the ALEXANDER III and the NAVARIN. The OSLIABIA held on. With the SISSOI VELIKI, she had succeeded in getting out of the most dangerous zone of fire with unimportant damages, when suddenly they were attacked by a flotilla of at least 25 torpedo boats. The first attack was repulsed. The Japanese had one torpedo boat sunk; another one, disabled, had to be towed away. A Russian destroyer being surrounded refused to surrender and was sunk. In a second attack the Japanese succeeded in launching four torpedoes against the OSLIABIA, bringing her down by the head; a fifth torpedo struck her well aft, and she sank almost immediately. The SISSOI VELIKI had been hit twice by torpedoes, but continued to advance, when fire broke out on board. The crew succeeded in extinguishing it, but just as she fell out of line she received a shock which caused her to tremble throughout, and she sank in five minutes. The Russian officers were convinced that the SISSOI VELIKI has been sunk by a submarine; but the Japanese state that at Tsushima, owing to the storm, the submarines were not available, and that the battleship was sunk by a submarine mine. Admiral Nebogatoff succeeded in withdrawing from action with his three coast defense vessels, and the DMITRI DONSKOI, VLADIMIR MONOMAKH, OREL, and NICHOLAS I, and two destroyers which he succeeded in assembling. Hoping to reach Vladivostok, and the enemy being no longer in sight, he stopped under the lee of a group of islets to make some temporary repairs to the OREL and NICHOLAS I. His object was to join Admiral Enquist who he thought was on his way to Vladivostok, but who in fact had gone about, abandoning the fleet at the end of the first day. But the damages were more serious than it was thought at first; the rudder of the OREL had suffered, and the NICHOLAS I had four serious injuries above and below the water line. The Japanese torpedo boats discovered the vessels near the OREL and informed Admiral TOGO, who advanced with two divisions including battleships, armored cruisers and6 protected cruisers, while the torpedo boats headed off the Russians and intercepted them. As soon as Nebogatoff saw the Japanese he tried to get away without stopping for repairs; but at that moment the mutiny broke out. It began on board the coast defense vessels; the crews of the OREL and NICHOLAS I soon followed. The other vessels then got under way, but it was too late. The DMITRI DONSKOI, on being summoned to surrender, refused; she was sunk close to the Islets and in sight of the mutinous crews. The VLADIMIR MONOMAKH succeeded in cutting her way out between two hostile cruisers; but a shell broke her rudder and she stopped; the captain ordered her to be blown up, and she sank in a few minutes. The Russian version makes no mention of the KNIAZ SUVAROFF, and it can not therefore be entirely depended upon. Nevertheless it clears up a particularly important point in regard to the attacks by the Japanese torpedo boats. It seems now to be an established fact that the OSLIABIA was sunk by torpedoes, and this not in the night time, but in the height of the action, about 3 P.M. The work of the Japanese torpedo boats in the thick of the engagement must therefore have been effective. If they succeeded in discharging four torpedoes against the OSLIABIA and two against the SISSOI VELIKI, it is quite likely that, having approached so close to the Russian line, the damage they caused did not end there; it may be supposed that they also struck the SUVAROFF. The efficiency of the work of the torpedo boats at Tsushima has been much discussed. The official Russian version, although prepared under evident conditions of confusion and inaccuracy, seems to clear away any doubt that may exist in that respect. On the other hand, the fact that the SISSOI VELIKI, an obsolete vessel, sustained the shock of two automobile torpedoes without being disabled is remarkable. Finally, the success of the Japanese torpedo boats was due to their massed action. The Russian admirals and captains are unanimous in assigning as the immediate causes of their disaster of the inferiority of their intermediary batteries and the lack of speed of their vessels. It was on account of the deficiency in intermediate calibers that Admiral Rodjestvensk[y] had given instructions to open fire at sufficiently long range to reap the advantages7 advantages of the fire of the big guns, and this explains the premature opening of fire by the Russians. The importance attributed to the intermediate guns should command attention owing to the question of the generalization of heavy calibers. If the 303 mm. (12 in.) shells did the Russian vessels the most harm, we must not lose sight of the fact that the immunity of the Japanese vessels was due to their intermediate guns which disorganized the Russian batteries. The coast defense vessels which surrendered had suffered but little and were hit only in the upper works. The ADMIRAL APRAXIN had lost a funnel. The OREL was seriously injured - a turret dismounted, a mast splintered, the steering gear disabled, 14 openings above the waterline, three holes through the armor and six holes below the water line. She had 320 of her crew killed or wounded (104 killed outright, 216 wounded), among whom were her commander and three officers; the vessel had fired 34 shots of heavy caliber and 150 of medium caliber; - the last figure is surprising, as one can not understand why the vessel fired so little. It was on board the OREL, while she was being taken to Sasebo, that two Russian officers heading 22 men attempted to blow up the vessel to wipe out the disgrace of surrender. Being detected by the Japanese they were shot on the spot. The NICHOLAS I had her after turret and four guns of medium caliber dismounted, her funnels full of holes, her rudder unshipped; she had been hit by a torpedo and had besides sixteen ruptures above the water line and five below. There were 248 casualties on board, - 98 killed and 150 wounded, among whom were nine officers. The vessels of Admiral Enquist had suffered comparatively little. The upper portion of the middle funnel of the OLEG had been shot away; one mast was broken; there were two holes above and two holes below the water line; there were only 22 casualties on board. The AURORA had 18 men wounded; the JEMCHUG,8 12 men and 3 officers; both vessels were only slightly damaged. The IZUMRUD, which succeeded in escaping and went ashore on the coast of Asia, had only ten tons of coal left when she was blown up by her captain; and this fact proves that the supply of coal on board the Russian vessels was very low. The OREL had 65 tons on board and the NICHOLAS I 80 tons at the moment of their surrender. Following is the number of shots fired by the ships of Admiral Enquist: IZUMRUD, 37 heavy caliber, 90 medium caliber. AURORA, 53 " " 129 " " OLEG, 47 " " 106 " " JEMCHUG, 34 " " 78 " " Evidently the above figures do not suggest a very severe engagement. The ALMAZ, the only vessel that succeeded in reaching Vladivostok, had been terrible battered; she had only one funnel left; her masts were split; she had 27 holes in the hull, 11 of which were below the water line; the majority of her guns were dismounted, and she had 384 men hors de combat. Her bunkers were empty when she arrived. Every piece of wood on board had been used in the furnaces, and her commander in his report says that he despaired of ever being able to make port. ---------------- At the moment that these advices reached us, ex-Admiral Nebogatoff landed in Marseilles and in an interview with some of our contemporaries made statements which on many points are contradictory to the reports of the other admirals. The two essential points in those statements are that his men did not mutiny, and that his ships were short of ammunition. We have seen that the OREL fired comparatively few shots, and it is not easy to understand how the coast defense vessels, which were far from the field of battle, could have expended more ammunition9 than she. Ex-Admiral Nebogatoff pleads as his excuse solely motives of humanity. A Russian Version of the Sortie of the 10th of August. From the 20th of July, the exterior line of land defenses of Port Arthur had to be reenforced by two forts and eight batteries which were established under the direction of General Kondratenko. To arm them, General Stoessel dismantled a few batteries of the interior line, but there lacked about 280 guns to complete the defense. At that time no one looked forward to a sortie by the squadron. The experience gained in previous actions had shown that it was principally the effects of the heavy-caliber guns that were to be depended upon, and that the light batteries were only useful against torpedo boats. On the 23rd of July a council of war was held composed of the highest officers of the garrison and the fleet. General Fock presented a plan to strip the vessels of their light batteries, in the ratio of one half per vessel, and one third of their guns of medium caliber. That proposition met with great opposition on the part of the commanders of the BAYAN and SEVASTOPOL, but was adopted by the majority of the council. The measure was applied with slight variations on board the various vessels; the SEVASTOPOL, retained her guns longer than the rest. But the whole squadron was left with only 76 light guns and 194 pieces of small and medium caliber, or 270 pieces instead of the 615 which constituted the complete armaments. More than one half of the guns, with the exception of the heavy calibers, were taken off. It may be added that already several vessels were without their entire armaments, in consequence of losses and injuries suffered in previous engagements. It was under these conditions that the order came from the Tsar on the 2nd of August for the squadron to put to sea10 from Port Arthur and not to return under any circumstances. The heads of the defense were thunderstruck by this unexpected decision. There were no means or time to replace the guns on board. Besides, General Stoessel formally opposed the suggestion. It was then decided to go out with the reduced batteries. The heavy guns of the PERESVIET and DIANA were considerably worn; the forward guns of the RETVISAN showed strain. Several vessels had injuries only temporarily patched up, among others the RETVISAN and CESAREVICH, whose steering gear had been damaged a few days before by a shell and worked badly. The instructions issued were the following: "Order not to return to Port Arthur in any case, except by a formal order of the commander-in-chief. The general direction of the course shall be Tsingtau (Kiau Chau)." It was supposed that the squadron would cool at Kiau Chau, only taking what was necessary from the coal supply at Port Arthur, which was getting low, especially having regard to the manufacture of ammunition. That fact has been disputed since; it is certain, indeed, that the ASKOLD, DIANA and NOVIK had their bunkers full. Moreover there was believed to be a secret understanding between Germany and Russia, according to which the German squadron assembled at Kiau Chau was to join the Russians against the Japanese. I only quote the rumor without commenting upon it. Admiral Withoeft had communicated directly to Prince Ukhtomaky the instructions of the Tsar. The squadron got under way on the morning of the 10th. A detail not known heretofore touching the sortie is that the BAYAN maneuvring in the dredged channel came in contact with a mine well aft, sustained serious injuries and had to return to Port Arthur, depriving the squadron of its best unit and its best captain, now Admiral Viren. (Here comes the description of the action, which gives no further details of the operations, except the statement, which is disputed, that the CESAREVICH was torpedoed, and that other11 astonishing fact that Admiral Togo, "who might have sunk at least one half of the Russian ships with his torpedo boats, did not do so, as he preferred to force them back into Port Arthur." The RETVISAN towards the end of the engagement attempted to ram one of the rear vessels of Togo's squadron, which were the NISSHIN and KASUGA.) At nightfall, during the confusion following the battle, Ukhtomsky signaled: "Follow me; do not return to Port Arthur." Every means of making the regulation signals had disappeared, for there were no masts, halliards, or electric lights left. The signal was therefore made by a sailor by means of a flash lamp, or signals with lighted arms. Although the Japanese fire had nearly ceased at that time, a shell burst near the quartermaster who was signaling and he jumped aside interrupting the signal. When he took it up again, his negative had passed unperceived by the other Russian vessels who interpreted it to signify: "Follow me; return to Port Arthur." In Russian, that signal is expressed literally: "Follow me; return not Port Arthur;" the word not was lost in the movement occasioned by the bursting shell. The PORIEDA, POLTAVA and RETVISAN were near the PERESVIET. The other battleships turned towards Port Arthur. Astonished at this show of disobedience, Ukhtomsky thought that all the other vessels were returning to Port Arthur, and he decided to join them there. The following day a council of war was assembled at Port Arthur, and it was surmised that the ASKOLD, DIANA, NOVIK and CESAREVICH had sunk during the night. The situation of the other vessels was pitiable. SEVESTOPOL: 22 holes in the hull masts and smoke stacks gone by the board, deck wrecked, 7 guns dismounted and one burst, 184 wounded and 13 killed. RETVISAN: 17 holes, a serious leak, one smoke stack gone, masts down, 2 officers and 17 men killed, 3 officers and 37 men wounded.12 POBIEDA: Masts and smoke stacks down, deck partly destroyed, 17 holes, of which 6 were below the water line; two guns dismounted in the forward turret; 25 killed, 75 wounded. POLTAVA: Returned in tow of the SEVASTOPOL; engines damaged, leak caused by a torpedo, steering gear injured, signal mast cut, one smoke stack pierced, 36 killed, 18 wounded. PALLADA: 27 holes, big leaks, 3 feet of water in the hold, smoke stacks pierced, masts split, 22 killed, of whom 2 officers 47 wounded. PERESVIET: Masts down, one turret disabled, 14 holes, one leak, a considerable list, 36 wounded and killed, including two officers. Each vessel had fired from 400 to 800 shots. The order of the Tsar to the squadron to leave Port Arthur prescribed that disabled vessels were to make for neutral ports. It fixed a rendez-vous with the Vladivostok squadron for the 9th, 10th and 11th of August in the vicinity of the entrance to the strait of Korea. Admiral Bezobrazoff had steamed out of Vladivostok on the 7th; on the 9th he cruised off the Hokkaido; on the 10th he entered the strait, where he cruised the whole day. In the morning of the 11th, not seeing anything of the Port Arthur squadron, he supposed it was engaged at the entrance to the strait. According to his report he heard the cannonade in the direction of Masampo. He steered in that direction and fell in with Kamimura's squadron which was engaged in gun practice. It was under these circumstances that took place the unfortunate notion in which the RURIK was lost.Enc. 2 17537 60 Navy Dept. Secretary's Office, Rec'd Jan 2 1906 Enclosed in Bonaparte 1-2-06ARTHUR v. BRIESEN, ANTONIO KNAUTH. FRITE v. BRIESEN, HANS v. BRIESEN, JAMES L., SUYDAM, OTTO v. SCHRENK, WM. L. HARRISON, FRANK F. KIRKPATRICK, CHARLES LA RUE, CABLE ADDRESS, BRIESENK. BRIESEN & KNAUTH, COUNSELORS AT LAW, 49 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. 918 F ST., N. W., WASHINGTON, D.C., [*Ack'd Photo retd 1-1-06*] TELEPHONES. NEW YORK, 714 BROAD. WASHINGTON, MAIN 1784. NEW YORK, Decbr 29 1905. My dear President Now look out for your laurels. This is not your picture but of Captain L: R. Demers of the British Steamer Company, playing between Quebec and Prince Edward's Island. He had me for a passenger several times and sends his Photo as a new years greeting. Does it not strike you as a strong and also as just the least bit Teddyish? With wishes for a most happy new year Yours faithfully Arthur v. Briesen. [*Please return the picture*]JOHN M. PHILLIPS, President. WATSON P. PHILLIPS, Vice Pres. [*Ackd 1/1/07*] J.E.ROTH, Secy. & Treas. JNO.J.FLEMING, Eng'r. ESTABLISHED 1863 Phillips Mine and Mill Supply Co. MINE, MILL & COKE WORKS EQUIPMENT Pittsburgh, Pa. ALL AGREEMENTS CONTINGENT UPON STRIKES, ACCIDENTS OR OTHER CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL. OFFICE: 2227 JANE STREET [*P.F. (Letter not sent to files)*] Dec, 29th, 1905 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President :- I enclose a quaint letter from R.M. Norboe of Meyers Falls, Wash., covering a part of the questions you asked me in regard to the actions of the dog wolf while the female is raising pups. I have written Norboe again, asking him if he ever saw the dog kill and carry food to the pups, and if he ever found him in the den with them. Mack is a typical Western man, having been a Texas cowboy in his youth, then Foreman of a large cattle ranch, afterwards taking up trapping. I have hunted bear with him for years, and can vouch for his truthfulness. If you desire to write to Norboe direct, I know he will feel honored in giving you any information he may possess. With seasonable wishes, I am, Your friend, Jno. M. Phillips.[*[For 1 enclosure see [(???emp)?] ca 12-1905]*]DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. December 29, 1905. William Loeb, jr., Esquire, Secretary to the President, The White House. Sir: I enclose for the President copy of a despatch from the American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Habana, forwarding a pamphlet containing articles opposing the British-Cuban Treaty. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Elihu Root Enclosure: From Cuba, No. 1413, December 19, 1905. [*State*]Department of State, Washington, December 29, 1905. Dear Mr. Bussche: I beg to confirm what I said to you yesterday when you asked me if there was an objection to including in a forthcoming White Book on Moroccan Affairs the statement telegraphed to the Imperial Foreign Office on April 14, 1905, by Count Tattenbach to the effect "that his American colleague assured him on several occasions that the American Government is pursuing in Morocco the policy of the open door and that it wished to wash its due share in trade and consessions and desired to conclude a treaty of commerce with the Sultan." The statement very fairly represents our policy as to intercourse and opportunities in Morocco being open to all on equal terms; but the concluding statement is not quite accurate. Mr. Gummeré has not been instructed to propose a new commercial treaty and no overtures to that end have been made. Our old treaty, one of the first negotiated by Morocco, bears the test of time and seniority very well. I am, My dear Mr. Bussche, Very cordially yours, ELIHU ROOT. 28 Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen etc., etc., etc., Washington.[*ackd 1/1/06*] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON. DECEMBER 29,1905. My dear Mr. President: I enclose a letter referred to me by Mr. Root on the subject of the Canal, by Congressman Wiley- not our Wiley, of Alabama, but the other Wiley. Very sincerely yours, Wm H Taft The President. Enclosure.[*File*] EXECUTIVE OFFICES. THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO. 339 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF PRESIDENT Syracuse, New York, December 29, 1905. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, The White House, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: I am in receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, in which you say you wish I would let you show my letter about the indorsement of Laimbeer, Fuller and Teale by Messrs. Schieren, Ogden and McKeen to the last three named gentlemen. Now, I just have read over the copy of my letter to you, and I am afraid that there are one or two things that might irritate them. For instance, I said: "They evidently are unaware of the fact, or have ignored it, that he is a cousin of Odell," etc. I probably should not have suggested that they had purposely refrained from calling your attention to the fact. Also in one or two other places in the letter I have expressed myself in a way that they probably would take exception to. I saw Mr. McKeen in New York City, but he was so busy with the Insurance Investigating Committee, of which he is one of the counsel, that I did not have time to talk with him. I am going to see him, Mr. Schieren and Mr. Ogden and the others in the course of a week or two, and inasmuch as the appointment does not have to be made before April, I do not think it will be necessary to see them until it is perfectly convenient for all of us to meet together. I will, however, as I have previously stated, advise with these gentlemen and bring about a solution of the problem which will relieve you of all embarrassment and be entirely satisfactory to you. These men mean to do exactly right, and in advising others they intend to have the best results produced, but the trouble is, they give so little attention, until forced to do so, to matters political and public that they do not have a grasp of the situation. Everything in connection with the Speakership matter is going along splendidly. I think Wadsworth will have at least eighty votes to forty. He probably will have nearer ninety to thirty. He has conducted himself admirably, and I believe is capable of taking care of himself under any and all circumstances. With very best wishes, I beg to remain, Yours very respectfully, Timothy L. Woodruff[*RECEIVED BY Jan 3 1906 Secretary of War*] Personal. Helena, Montana, December 30, 1905 Hon. William H. Taft, War Department, Washington, D. C. My dear Bill:- I simply send you a word of greeting for the New Year, and wish you health and happiness. I know how busy you have been, and will be, but I concluded long ago that fellows of our age should be the ones to take the severest responsibilities, and that we deserve no sympathy in having a tremendous amount of work. I have been running Court every day, and it is impossible for one judge to do the business in this district. By the way, a curious thing has just happened. Two weeks ago to-day, I impanelled a Grand Jury, and charged them as vigorously as I could to inquire diligently into the instances of enclosures of public lands, and stated to them that it was their duty, if they found a man had wilfully enclosed the Public Domain, to indict him, no matter whether he might be rich or poor, influential or humble, etc. I appointed as Foreman of the Grand Jury a business man, formerly United States Marshal, and a thoroughly intelligent man. This morning the Grand Jury presented thirtyHon. William H. Taft, -2- indictments, and the District Attorney told me that the Foreman would like to be excused, as the jury would be called upon to investigate certain matters, wherein the Foreman desired not to sit. It appears that the Special Agents of the Land Department have found out that he, himself, was guilty of maintaining an unlawful enclosure; so I excused him, and appointed another Foreman, and directed them to continue their labors. The result is that they have just indicted the Former Foreman of the Grand Jury of unlawfully fencing in land in the Northern part of the State. This fearless action on the part of the Grand Jury is to be commended, and is an index of the healthier situation that exists in Montana. I thought you might think it worth while to mention this to the President. Wishing you all sorts of blessings, believe me, my dear Bill, with affectionate regards, Faithfully yours, William H. Hunt H-J[*[Enc. in Taft 1-8-06]*][*ackd 1/1/06 Report returned*] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CUI PRO DOMINA JUSTITIA SEQUITUR AFE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D.C. December 30, 1905. Dear Mr. President: I have caused an investigation to be made of the fitness of John G. Capers for re-appointment as United States Attorney for the district of South Carolina, and send you herewith the report as the result of that investigation. Before determining to re-appoint him, or to appoint him to any other office, I think you ought to read this report. Briefly summarized, it shows him to be a lawyer of slight attainments, and a man addicted to the frequent use of intoxicating liquors to an extent which sometimes disqualifies him from the performance of his official duties. It further appears that an indictment was found against Capers in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of South Carolina in 1893 for receiving an unlawful fee in a pension case. A nolle prosequi was entered upon this indictment, although the evidence would seem to have warranted a conviction upon it. Capers made restitution to the pensioner of the fee which he had received and, it is said, promised to leave the State if the indictment was nol pros'd. He seems to be indebted in divers small amounts, but the debts apparently antedate his appointment as District Attorney. This-2- question does not seem to be important in view of the other more serious allegations. May I ask you to notice that it appears by this report that much of the evidence was obtained by our Examiner upon the pledge that it should be treated as confidential. Very respectfully, William H Moody Attorney General. The President, The White House.[*ackd 1-3-06*] House of Representatives U.S. Washington, D.C. New York, December 30, 1905. Personal and private. The President, Washington. Dear Mr. President:- Your letter of December 20th was received and I had already endeavored to act along the lines that it suggested. I am afraid there is going to be a great deal of trouble over the Wadsworth matter and that, although he can be elected, things will not be anything like as smooth as nor will they be any better than if a man like Moreland had been selected. I am, however, trying to do all I can to help the situation. But it is difficult to get strong independent men, such as some of the New Yorkers are, to stand for a man whom they do not think is qualified by experience, no matter how much they like him personally. Respectfully yours, Herbert ParsonsTHE STREET RAILWAY LITERARY AND AMUSEMENT CLUB. 24TH AND AMES AVENUE. [*Ackd 1/2/06*] OMAHA, NEB., 12 - 30 1905 Hon Theodore Roosevelt President of the U. S. My Dear Colonel I have made application for the position of Deputy under U. S. Marshall W. P. Warner of the dist of Nebraska He looks with favor on my application but would like a letter from you similar to the one I enclose, and which you will recognize, but of a later date [Hop] I have the endorsement and friendship of Mr Edward Rosewater of the Omaha Daily Bee, and other leading Republicans and would very much like to better my condition by receiving this place You will remember me as the Private of Troop "D" who was photographed with you in front of the old Mission house at San Antonio Texas when I was acting as your Orderly, in the "Rough Riders" Thanking you and hoping you may find it convenient to further interest yourself in me I am Your former Comrade Joseph H Proctor Enclosures.Personal 99 BAY STATE ROAD [*File ppF*] Tuesday, Dec 30 [*05*] Dear Theodore - Many thanks for your warm letter of introduction to the Secretary of War - I made use of it yesterday and had aSatisfactory interview with the Secretary & his assistant Col. Sanger - I was only in Washington during one day and it was a great disappointment to me that I was not able to secure time to come and see you -I wanted to Extend to you in person my Earnest wishes for a happy New Year - Very Sincerely Yours Richard M. Saltonstall [*[SALTONSTALL]*] To The President Hon Theodore Roosevelt Washington D.C.[*[12-20-05]*] OUTLINE OF ACTS PROPOSED BY Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections.OUTLINE OF ACTS PROPOSED BY ASSOCIATION TO PREVENT CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. New York, Dec. 30th, 1905. Three leading topics are treated. first, publicity. Second, prevention of campaign contributions or expenditures by or on behalf of corporations; also prevention of contributions, but not of expenditures, by candidates for judgeships. Third, defining, discovering and punishing corrupt practices. The following analysis is general and the acts should be studied for details and matters not here mentioned. Publicity is sought by extending the existing provisions requiring candidates to file statements of election expenses, now found in Section 41-w of the Penal Code, to political committees and others receiving or expending monies; no statement is required of private person contributing monies. The question of obtaining statements from subordinate agents to whom monies are entrusted for further distribution is met by requiring such agents to file a sworn account with their principal who shall in turn make the same part of his statement. As many proper expenditures are now forbidden by Penal Code Section 41-w, that section is amended so as to widen the range of permissible expenditures. The hiring of unnecessary 3 workers and carriages as a cloak for bribery is met by limiting for each election district the workers to four, and the carriages to two in the city and four in the country. To make effective the requirement of publicity, there is presented an act which in substance permits any citizen on filling a bond of moderate amount to force an enquiry as to the need, truth and completeness of a statement, and which provides that on proof of a wilful failure to file or on the filling of a materially false of misleading statement the court may impose a fine of One hundred dollars to One thousand dollars. The prohibition of campaign contributions or expenditures by or on behalf of corporations is made by an amendment to the Penal Code punishing the corporation and also any officer or agent acting for it. Candidates for judgeships are forbidden to contribute to political organizations but may make on their own behalf any expenditures allowed by law. A separate act against Corrupt Practices has been prepared which follows in a restricted form the Act passed by the Senate and the Judiciary Committee of the Assembly in 1905. It permits a citizen after filing a bond to force a judicial enquiry as to the existence of Corrupt Practices in an election district. Where such practices are proven to exist on behalf of a part, it shall be deprived of the votes case in the district for its candidates for local offices. But any candidate may prove in proper proceedings the number of votes uninfluenced by corrupt practice actually cast for him in any district and have the same counted. [Enclosed in Davis, 1-24-06] 4 The judge presiding at such a proceeding must report to the Lieutenant Governor and to the Speaker of the Assembly the existence of such corrupt practices so far as they bear upon Senatorial or Assembly elections. The enquiry does not affect the election of State or Unites States officers. Where corrupt practices are legally proven to have been prevalent a party may be deprived of its political emblem at the next election. In each of the enquiry acts is the clause obtained by District Attorney Jerome in the "Canfield" law that witnesses may obtain immunity from prosecution by testifying.[12-30-05] [attached to 1-1-06, memo for State Dept]COMPLAINS OF ROOSEVELT [*[?] Post 12/30/05*] Scotch Candidate for Parliament Hears He Expressed Preference. London, Dec. 30.-Cameron Corbett, a Parliamentary candidate for Glasgow in the interest of the Unionist party, writes to the Times this morning calling the attention of Mr. Reid, the American Ambassador, and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the British prime minister, to the alleged unconstitutional actin of his opponent, D. M. Mason, who, he says, in meeting his constituents announced that he had a friendly interview with President Roosevelt at Washington, in which Mr. Roosevelt guardedly expressed his hearty sympathy with the Liberal party in Great Britain.[*Dec 31st 1905.*] [*PF*] TELEGRAMS. WORPLESDON. STATION-BROOKWOOD. HEATHERSIDE, WORPLESDON, SURREY. Dear President Roosevelt Thank you so very much for so kindly sending me your photograph and also for your very kind and appreciative letters. They will all be reckoned amongst my most cherished possessions, and handed on tomy eldest boy. You don't know how much I value your friendship and your appreciation of anything I have done. I will say no more however on this subject, but I know you will believe that I have said nothing that I do not mean. Yes, I will try and write more natural history notes on African animals. Your letter willbe a great incentive to me to do so. As regards running into Chetahs on horseback. I was one of the men who did so on two occasions. The first occurred in 1885 near the Umfuli river in Mashonaland. I was out looking for game with one of my old Boer friends Cornelis Van Royen take in the dry season of that year, after all the grass had been burnt off. Presently we rode out of the sparse forest, into a broad open valley perhaps 600 yards across to the forest on the other side. In the middle of this valley was a small creek with pools of water all along its course. The ground sloped gently down from the forest on each side of this open valley to the watercourse in its centre, and as it was firm and hard and free from grass was excellent galloping ground. We had scarcely[*[12-31-05]*] TELEGRAMS- WORPLESDON, STATION - BROOKWOOD HEATHERSIDE, WORPLESDON, SURREY. ridden clear of the open forest when three Chetahs a big male and two full grown females ran out of the creek in the middle of the open valley, and trotted towards the bush on the other side. Van Roy and I put spurs to our horses, both very good ones, and galloped after them as hard as we could go. The[y] Chetahs stood looking at us until we had crossed the creek and were quite near there. Then they went offat a light springy gallop, but we gained on them, and as they entered the sparse growing open forest we were close up to them. The two female Chetahs then suddenly stopped, and we passed within a few yards of them as they stood looking at us, as we wanted the big male. The forest of small trees was open enough to allow us to gallop at full speed through it and we were soon within ten yards of the big male Chetah. Suddenly he squatted flat on the ground, and Van Roy and I galloped past him one on each side, for we were so near when he squatted that we could not pull in our horses until we were 20 yards beyond him. The Chetah never moved again, but lay perfectly still watching us, and we shot him as he lay. Now this Chetah when he first started to run was probably about 50 yards in front of our horses, and after a run of notmore than a quarter of a mile we were up to him. On the second occasion referred to, I was riding across the high velt of Mashunaland with three other Englishmen Majors Jameson (brother of the yachting man) Fountaine and Cooper. This was in October 1887. The country was pretty open but not altogether free from a light growth of scattered trees. As we were riding along my horse suddenly, turned its head to one side and snorted, so I pulled him in and said to my friends "wait[*[12-31-05]*] TELEGRAMS- WORPLESDON, STATION-BROOKWOOD. HEATHERSIDE, WORPLESDON, SURREY. a minute, there must be something lying near here, that my horse has smelt, or it would'nt have snorted. As I spoke [out] up jumped a chetah (a big male) within 10 yards of my horse, and went off at a gallop, and we all four of us raced in after it. Jameson was mounted on a very fast Basuto pony and was himself a light weight, and he soon got a little ahead of us. I don't think we had raced that Chetah more than 300 yards, when it squattedflat on the ground just exactly as the one had done that Van Roy and I had chased two years previously, and so suddenly that Jameson's pony which was almost on top of it, jumped clean over it. We all pulled in our horses as quickly as we could, and Jameson then shot the Chetah (which had never moved) from the saddle. In a state of nature, I fancy that Lions Leopards and Chetahs very seldom attempt to chase and run down game like wild dogs and wolves. I imagine that they lie in wait for or creep very close up to their prey, and make a sudden rush on to it. When a lion first rushes out after a man on horseback he always gains on the horse but as the latter has usually a good long start he generally manages to get away, as his pursuer cannot apparently keep up the great pace at which he is able to cover the first 50 yards. Please give my very kind regards to Mrs Roosevelt and yourchildren, and wishing you all a very happy new year Believe me, my dear President Yours very truly F. C. Selous.(COPY.) Memorandum for the Military Secretary: Please transmit following to General Corbin: "confidential. How is your health since you cam from Australia? Wrote you December first that you would be appointed Lieutenant General April 14th. What assignment do you wish? President will probably make MacArthur Chief of Staff, though this is not certain. Taft." By direction of the Secretary of War: FRED W.CARPENTER Private Secretary. December 31, 1905. [enc. in Taft 1-3-06][*Enc. in Wood 2-21-06*] (NOTE.-General Orders, No. 43, is the last series of 1905.) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 43. Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. I., December 31, 1905. The department commander takes pleasure in publishing to the troops the names of the officers and enlisted men who have distinguished themselves in action and otherwise in the Department of Mindanao: Second Lieutenant Roy W. Ashbrook, 17thInfantry, for gallantry in action at Laksamana Usap's Cotta, January 7, 1905, being one of the first to enter the barricade where he was severely wounded, losing an eye by a spear thrown from within the cotta. Sergeant Henry Balbach, Troop M, 14th Cavalry, for gallantry in action at attack on Peruka Utig's Cotta, May 2, 1905, where he was killed. Sergeant J. McI. Carter, 14th Cavalry, for coolness and quick shooting in dispatching a Moro (juramentado) who suddenly attempted the lives of officers of the 14th Cavalry, who were attending a Moro wedding at the rancheria of Sultan Lantoy, January 31, 1905. Chaplain Francis B. Doherty, 17th Infantry, for gallantry in caring for wounded under fire at Simpetan (1904); Usap's Cotta, Jolo; Pala's Cotta, Jolo. Captain Halstead Dorey, 4th Infantry, A. D. C., for gallantry in action, and for valuable assistance after having been wounded at Usap's Cotta. January 7, 1905. Second Lieutenant R. E. Fisher, 14th Cavalry, for fine conduct at Peruka Utig's Cotta, May 3, 1905, where in a hand- to-hand fight in a trench in the jungle with Moros who had killed Sergeant Balbach, he killed three and cleared the trench. Private James H. Gilson, Band, 22nd Infantry, for gallantry in saving a comrade from drowning near Camp Keithley, Mindanao, February 24, 1905. Private Gilson has been awarded a certificate of merit. REC'D. HDQRS. PHILS. DIV., FEB 19 1906 A.M.Sergeant First Class James C. Gunn, Hospital Corps, U. S. A. for conspicuous gallantry in caring for the wounded under heavy fire, at Peruka Utig’s Cotta, May 3, 1905, where he was twice severely wounded. Recommended for certificate of merit for his action in this fight, as well as for his fine conduct on the March and under fire in Datu Ali expedition. First Lieutenant J. W. Hanger, Assistant Surgeon, mentioned in reports of his commanding officers for conspicuous conduct under fire at Peruka Utig’s Cotta, May 2, 1905, and during the fight with the Prophet Tungulan, on Pata Island, May 13, 1905. First Lieutenant H. L. Harris, jr., Battalion Adjutant, 22nd Infantry, for conspicuous gallantry in directing movements of most exposed part of firing line and being the first man to enter the blockhouse at the capture of Peruka Utig’s Cotta, May 3, 1905. First Lieutenant H. P. Hobbs, Battalion Adjutant, 17th Infantry, for gallantry in action at Pala’s Cotta, May 5, 1905, where his company (Provision Company, 17th Infantry) he held a position under heavy fire at a range of from ten to one hundred yards from a strong position for more than four hours, and for fearlessly exposing himself in a tree, by which he gained valuable information as to the enemy’s position. Captain H. P. Howard, 14th Cavalry, for gallantry and efficiency at Usap’s Cotta, January 7, 1905. Private William R. Hutchinson, Company K, 22nd Infantry, member of the advance guard, for bravery in action and fine marksmanship at engagement with Datu Ali at Malala River, Mindanao, October 22nd, 1905. Second Lieutenant James M. Jewel, 14th Cavalry, for gallantry in action at Laksamana Usap’s Cotta, January 7, 1905, where he voluntarily took upon himself the dangerous duty of cutting through the stockade, and was mortally wounded. Private John Kelly, Company K, 17th Infantry, (Provisional Company) for gallantry in action at capture of Pala’s Cotta (Cotta Lumbo), May 5, 1905, where he was killed while in advance of the charging line. Captain William F. Lewis, Assistant Surgeon, for gallantry in caring for wounded under fire at capture of Laksamana Usap’s Cotta, January 7, 1905. Captain Frank R. McCoy, 3rd Cavalry, Aide-de-Camp, for most efficient conduct in organizing and commanding the expedition, 2 composed of the Provisional Company, 22nd Infantry, and a detachment of scouts (50th Company, P. S.), resulting in the death of Ali and the capture or destruction of his immediate following, a result most important to the peace of the Cotabato Valley. Major Charles M. O’Connor, 14th Cavalry, for gallantry and skill in the attack on, and capture of, Pala’s Cotta, Jolo (Cotta Lumbo), May 5, 1905. Major Abner Pickering, 22nd Infantry, for gallantry at the capture of Peruka Utig’s Cotta, Mag 3, 1905. Captain James H. Reeves, 14th Cavalry, for gallantry and efficiency at Usap’s Cotta, January 7, 1905. Second Lieutenant Philip Remington, 22nd Infantry, for coolness and gallantry in action at Malala River, October 22nd, 1905 (Datu Ali Expedition) where he commanded the advance guard. First Lieutenant Henry Rodgers, P. S., twice selected for special field service against Datu Ali (Simpetan Expedition and Datu Ali Expedition) with detachments of the 50th Company, P. S. for valuable services under trying conditions on these occasions. Private John J. Rorke, Company G, 22nd Infantry, for bravery in action, in voluntarily continuing in the fight after being severely wounded in both lungs at engagement with Datu Ali at Malala River, Mindanao, October 22, 1905. Major H. L. Scott, 14th Cavalry, (Governor of Sulu) for gallantry, and successful conduct of operations against Moros of Look, ending with capture of Laksamana Usap’s Cotta and effective pacification of that district. Packmaster Mora E. Smith, for gallantry in bringing up supplies under fire for the wounded at attack on Laksamana Usap’s Cotta, January 7, 1905. Lieutenant J. E. Walker, U. S. N., (Commanding U. S. S. “Quiros”) for valuable and gallant co-operation with his gun detachments (with Midshipman J. P. Hart, U. S. N., 1 six- pounder and 2 Colt automatics) at Usap’s Cotta, January 7, 1905. Sergeant Lewis Williams, (Acting First Sergeant, Provisional Company) Company K, 17th Infantry, for gallantry in action at Pala’s Cotta, May 5, 1905, where by taking an exposed position in a tree he was able to fire unto the enemy’s 3works, doing considerable execution. Sergeant Williams was afterwards killed in the same engagement. The carefully selected officers and men of the following named provisional companies for their valuable services and active field work in the pursuit of Datu Ali, in the Rio Grande Valley, Mindanao. Their perseverence under very trying conditions made possible the final destruction of the hostile forces and the complete pacification of the valley. Fourteenth Cavalry Provisional Troop, Captain C. C. Smith, Commanding, August 9, 1904, to February 10, 1905. Seventeeth Infantry Provisional Company, Captain R. O. Van Horn and First Lieutenant H. P. Hobbe, commanding, August 15, 1904, to April 21, 1905 (also in expedition against hostile Moros in the Islands of Sulu and Pata, First Lieutenant H. P. Hobbs, commanding, May 1 to May 24, 1905.) Twenty-second Infantry Provisional Company, Captains O. R. Wolfe, W. H. Wassell and D. G. Berry, commanding, from August 11, 1904, to May, 1905 (also in the expedition against hostile Moros in the Island of Jolo, Captain D. G. Berry, commanding, May 1 to July 5, 1905.) Twenty-third Infantry Provisional Company, Captain M. C. Keith, commanding, from August 13, 1904, to February 17, 1905. Twenty-second Infantry (Second) Provisional Company, First Lieutenant S. B. West, commanding, in the expedition which resulted in the death of Datu Ali, October 11 to November 2, 1905. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL WOOD: J. R. WILLIAMS, Major Military Secretary. 4[*P.F.*] [*[1905?]*] U.S. SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, D.C. Dear Mr. President: In conference with Senators Aldrich & Platt (of Conn) today on other matters, the Japanese-Russian question came up Both are of the opinion I gave you this A.M. & Platt especially seemed worried, May I suggest that you advise with him - or with both - butsent out the dispatch that you had a long conference with Platt of Conn. on the Panama crisis. Pardon this intrusive note. The suggestion is purely for your interests. Sincerely Albert J Beveridge Platt anyhow. You know how devoted he is to you & how wise he is. And it does good to have it known that you council with such a man. For example - I heard favorable comment in Ind, when the Associated Press[*[Ca 1905?]*] [*Copy of telegram*] W. U. Govt. chg. Gov's office. The President, Washington, D. C. In case my confirmation I would suggest the appointment of Edmund William Wells, of Prescott, Arizona as my successor, appointment to take effect April first, nineteen hundred five, Judge Nichols, the present Secretary, to act as governor until that time. The people of Arizona desire continuation of policy inaugurated and this arrangement would be more than satisfactory to them. You will remember meeting at the Grand Canyon Judge Wells who was then my attorney general and who took the position under me solely in the interest of good government. Judge Wells answers in every particular all your requirements for sobriety, honesty and ability in the public service, and it is only on account of his private affairs that it is asked that the appointment be made to take effect April first. He will accept the appointment if tendered him. Nothing that you could ever do would so please the people of Arizona as this. Alexander O. Brodie [*[BRODIE]*] Governor. Translation [*[ca. 1905]*] To the President of the United States: Honored Sir - Ever since the year 1883, when the United States first signed a treaty with Korea, we have received repeated proofs of the good will of the American Government and people, They have always sympathized with us in our efforts at improvement. They have sent many teachers to us and our whole country has benefitted by the aid thus rendered. The American representatives have always taken pains to understand the situation and by their kindly advice to render what aid they could in the right direction, Korea has not made the progress that she should have made This is partly due to our own and our people's ignorance and partly to the fact that Korea has long been the field for the political machinations of rival claimants to supremacy. From the first, Japan and America stood strongly on the side of Korean independence. In 1894 Japan fought a great war to uphold and endure that independence, and since that time she has constantly adhered2 to that policy. At the beginning of the Japan - Russia war, when Japan needed the use of Korean territory and harbors for war purposes, she made an agreement with us whereby we granted what she wanted and in return received her definite assurance that the autonomy of this government would be preserved. But now that the war is over and all danger of attack by way of Korea is obviated, efforts are being made to abrogate Japan's part of this agreement and seize this country. We know of no code of international ethics which sanctions such an act of treachery. We carried out to the letter our part of the agreement of 1904 and now Japan, after enjoying the benefits of that agreement proposes to withhold the price which she solemnly promised to pay. There are cogent reasons why Japan should not thus stultify herself, and we crave your patience as we recount them. Japan has assumed the position of an enlightened power and she cannot thus break her pledged word and revert to purely oriental methods without losing in the minds of all thoughtful people the moral prestige3 which her avowed principles would secure for her if strictly adhered to. Furthermore the impairment of the independence of Korea will inflict great injury upon the Korean people. As for ourselves, we recognize our many faults and we make no claim that we are in any way worthy to govern this people but there is no ruler who is not solicitous for the welfare of his people and it is for them we plead. The time has come when our people recognize the necessity of bestirring themselves and attempting to prove their right to the heritage that has been left them. They are eagerly asking for education, for social reform and for industrial improvement; and at the same time there are the sure signs of the awakening of a nationalistic spirit and of genuine patriotism. In spite of all the failures of the past there is the possibility of a bright and successful future. This new spirit among the people in founded upon a genuine love for Korea which even our failures and inadequacies have not been able to alienate. The Korean people are passionately devoted to the real Korea, the nation, and any form4 of administration which proposes to impair what the Korean people believe to be their national existence will be a deathly blow at the heart of the new movement. Let this country become a mere appendage of Japan and all incentive will be taken away, the old time hatred of Japan, which might easily be overcome by fair and sympathetic treatment, would be intensified and the cause of genuine progress here would be put back a century, if not destroyed forever. It is plain that in entering upon a new era of progress Korea needs the guidance and instruction of some more enlightened power. That power is manifestly Japan; and both we and the Korean people stand ready to carry out loyally the suggestions of that government, We will gladly see the resources of Korea developed under the direction of the Japanese and we are willing to cooperate heartily with her in her plans for Korea's improvement In this way Japan could weld Korea to herself by far closer bonds than any enforced vassalage could forge, and mutual advantage would work out results of lasting benefit to both peoples. We urge that5 Japan's most valuable asset in the peninsula is the goodwill of the Korean people and by fair treatment that good will could be secured in place of constant suspicion, hatred, and obstruction. The Japanese people are so constituted that if the Koreans are deprived of even their nominal independence the very slight consideration which the Japanese people show for the rights of ordinary Koreans would be still further lessened and, in spite of the good intentions of the better class of Japanese officials, the people will be driven to the position of mere serfs, and the first blow will struck for the extinction of the Korean nation. It is necessary to the self-respect of the Korean people that they should retain the form of an autonomous government while under the tutelage of Japan. To this end the treaties now in operation between Korea and the Western Powers should be preserved and our government should remain in direct communication with these friendly powers through their legations in Seoul; and for the sake of the Korean people we beg of you to use your powerful influence in this direction6 and to refuse to become a party to the further degradation of this empire and the extinguishment of our last hope, It is said by some that sentiment should play no part in such matters, but, Sir, we hold that in the last analysis the world is ruled by sentiment; that generosity, faith and humanity are not dead nor even laid aside. Above and beyond all questions of material acquisition there is the question of international faith of which you are an exponent, We pray you to bring to bear upon this point the same uncompromising and unbiased judgment which has characterized your past career and if it appears that our appeal is worthy of attention to act upon it as you may think best, [*[Emperor of Korea]*] [*The Emperors Private seal*][*[Attachment to Korea undated]*][*[For two attach see Korea undated]*] 大韓國大皇帝敬問 大羙合衆國大伯理璽天德閣下好粤自 一千八百八十三年 貴國舆我韓締約以後 貴國多派教師指導我民 貴代表者恒加衷曲直以勸告足徵 貴政府及臣民顧護我韓之確據也然而尚未進就者因民未達識且因我韓間於列强争局故也日清戰役以後日本認准我獨立嗣后日俄開戰初日本舆我締約 以我土為臨時軍用期以報答認許我韓當享自治權矣今綠休戰日本非徒欲以我韓為保護國行欲并取此萬國公法之断不可許也馬關訂約我韓因以實施而現今日本享其所利背其約兹將其不可之理由膽列佈明尚望細察焉日本之牢約天下所共見而絲以文明國達背其約不可者一也夫從民好而好之為君之王責也我韓未趂開明自知其過然今我民並以愛國之心奮力前進欲保獨立注意於學問可期文明而今若属於日本則民皆失望抱寃含憤視日本若仇讐有倍於前日無望進就不可者二也今我韩欲進於文明則必要文明之幫助故日本顧问官臨時雇入擇其忠告合力以進日本當以公平待我韓反此而壓制不可者三也我韓如或未保獨立則日本下民不拘役官人指揮蔑视我民使之不能支存無望進步不可者四也獨立維持之 策惟在於我韓各國間所訂通商條約永為支保一㘦交法舆駐韓各公使直行辨理也尚望閣下存心垂納扶我獨立罩鞏我皇室不勝幸甚藉 閣下享福無疆 光武九年十月十六日 在漢城慶運宫 㷩 [*File*] [*PPF*] Thursday [*1905*] [[Shorthand]] 800 Sixteenth Street, Lafayette Square Dear Mrs Roosevelt - I think your kind note to Mr Hay was sufficiently encouraging to justify me in asking a few of our friends and yours for Tuesday at eight - Of course this does not commit you to anything but - we hope that we shall have the pleasure of seeing you and the President -with Mr & Mrs Strachey on that evening. Mr Hay is wiring Mr Strachey - Yours sincerely, Clara S Hay. Helen will be perfectly delighted with this little blanket - which is sweet I will take it to her when I go up next week. I am so glad the lotion was a success , I was almost sure your boy would find it soothing.Roosevelt [*[ca 1905]*] I It doesn't make a bit of odds What other fellows do, I'm going to vote for Theodore The brave, the square the true, II Do you suppose he thought of votes At Santiago Hill In a hail of Mauser bullets which The Spaniards shot to kill? III Say! Do you think a man could stand So near the Pearly Gates And calculate on offices Held for him by the Fates? IV God! That's the style of man I like! A man of nerve and grit Who holds his life as nothing when His country calls for it, V A man of sturdy, sterling worth A man's man, through and through! A gentleman, a thoroughbred, One of the mighty few, VI A Kipling has poured poems from A mind with genius stored But Roosevelt wrote epics with The bayonet and sword VII And he shall find his pathway paved Along Fame's bright, broad way, With myriads of true men's votes Upon Election day. Joe Kerr I found this among Mr Trautmann's private papers[*P.F*] CHURCH OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE, 59TH STREET AND 9TH AVENUE. [*[05.]?*] New York, Monday 190 My beloved Friends, Let me beg that you will offer to the President my respectful & affectionate greetings. And if you find it opportune, please tell him that on Saturday I intend to leave with the Secretary of State,For the President, a letter reminding him of the petition, presented by me & urged by Cardinal Gibbons, for the appointment of Mr. Nelson O' Shaughnessy as Secretary of the Embassy at London. Reliable information is received that the third Secretary, owing to serious injury to his sight, is making all preparations to leave, though he has not yet, I think, offered his resignation.- This place would suit my friend admirably, and I am convinced that he would fit it too. I know I can have the endorsement of Abps., Farley & Ireland] too,- a heavy force of influence for a comparatively small favor! Au revoir - J.J.K. [*[ABP. JOHN J. KEANE]*]Winchester people.GERMAN EMBASSY Washington D C, 1905 Dear Mr. President Permit me to thank you for your letter, just received, the contents of which I immediately shall wire to the Emperor. Believe me Yours most sincerely Sternburg. To The President of the United States of America White House.[*Norbee*] 2 [*[ca 1905]*] [*To Jno M Phillips from Robert M. Norbee*] as we will be first on the River and will likely have our trails cut and Grub packed in before any one arrives. but as you say hunters on the Elk River side will run the game over our way. Am glad you liked the wolf story and will tell you something more about them. I have often seen the Dog wolf carrying meat to the pups as well as the mother. They will chew a hind leg off a calf at the hip joint or tear off a shoulder and [it] carry it several miles. I do not think the male wolf enters the den unless3 they want to move the young which they will invariably do if one goes near the den and are satisfied that he helps to move them as I find his tracks along with the females. After the young are say: six weeks old they usually move them weather disturbed or not and think they do this to get away from the fleas as they get very numerous. have often had 15 or 20 to start up my spinal chord and I suppose they was running a race to see which one landed on top first; while the majority of people think differently, it is very dangerous4 To hunt wolf pups as they often den in solid rock where they can find a hole large enough to get into. I have crawled in those places for one hundred feet and the hole was so small I would have to work my shoulders in order to get through and I would take off all but one shirt also one going into those places must be very cool as when they get fastened a little and should get excited they would soon suffocate as the stench is something fierce and is always very dry and dusty. I suppose the next I see you your hour will not be quite -Enclosed in Phillips 12-29-06[*[Ca 1905]*] [*cal*] [*[Tangiers Conference Proposal]*] According to a telegram from the German Legation at Tangiers the Morish Government has declined the French proposals and has invited the signatory powers of the Madrid Convention to a conference to be held at Tangiers in order to deliberate thereon the reforms decided upon by his Sherifian Majesty which answer to the existing situation in Morocco, and to discuss the providing of the necessary means for those reforms. The Imperial Government believes according to its previous declaration that such a conference would be the best way to introduce such reforms. As these reforms can only be made with the support of the signatory powers the possibility of their being carried out is limited by the convention of Madrid, especially by article 17, according to which every one of the signatory powers has the right to be treated as most favored, and therefore no power can get a preferential treatment. The intended reform work could therefore be carried out only with the consent of all signatory powers. Considering these circumstances the Imperial Government has accepted the invitation of the Morish Government. If the conference should be frustrated by the refusal of some of the signatory powers the consequence would be that the actual conditions are upheld unaltered. Nothing would be changed at this2 this if some of the signatory powers should declare that they are satisfied with the intended staps or that they take no interest in the matter, because according to the considerations mentioned above, the opposition of a single signatory power would be sufficient to make quite illegal the granting of any special privileges that are incompatible with the most favored nation clause. Leaving aside these legal considerations the Imperial Government further believes that a conference would be useful because quite independent from the legal question the existing political and economical interests of the signatory powers would be injured by the granting of preferential rights to individual powers and it is of the opinion that the conference would be proper way to bring about a compromise.[*P.F*] [*[Ca 1905]*] Tokio 31st '05 Officially announced that in last naval battle damages our fleet very slight and none of our battleships cruisers destroyers nor any other ship except three torpedoboats lost. Under imperial command Togo was authorized to permit Nebogatoff submit Czar reports on last battle and list Russian killed and wounded prisoners also to release on parole surrendered officers of Nicholai first, one Apraxin Senyaven, Rojestvensky taken to Sasebo naval hospital. No other admiral captured from Biedovy last report this respect being due clerical error.[*[Ca 1905]*] It is reported by a Canton paper of July 31st that on the 28th instant the Foreign Goods Guild borrowed a certain Chinese Hotel to hold a meeting and it was decided to boycott American goods hereafter. As the members feared that some bad member may secretly buy and sell American goods and thus evade the boycott, they proposed to write an oath and swear before a Chinese God.[*[Ca 1905]*] An article published in a Canton paper of July 31st, 1905, reporting a meeting held at the "Kwong Chai" Hospital re the boycott of American goods. -------o------- On the 30th instant "The Society for devising means to retaliate the vexatious Exclusion Treaty" held the usual meeting at the "Kwong Chai" Hospital and decided two points as follows: 1. A special meeting will be held on the 3rd of August, 1905, for the purpose of arranging the affairs of the Society. 2. In future the Society will hold a meeting on every Saturday instead of every Sunday. It is reported that in the last few days the society sent some one to call at the various Benevolent Societies, etc. to ask them to sign or seal that they are willing to boycott American goods. It is further reported that over ten Benevolent Societies and 55 Merchant-Guilds are willing to assist the Society and the other Societies or Guilds have not answered as to whether or not they will assist the Society. When the said signing is completed, the same will be photographed and presented to the public.[*File*] [*[1905]*] Mr. Hutchinson, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the American Legation at Caracas in a confidential despatch to the Department dated May 14 says: "I have obtained the ideas of prominent men here, and the talk of the clubs. Every one seems agreed that our last representative here lent momentum to a needless scandal at the most inopportune time and that he has lessened, if not ruined the chances for a clean and full settlement of the affairs of the United States and other nations. The prestige of our Legation and other Legations in Caracas is incalculably lessened. Mr. Russell's coming pleases the Venezuelan President and offers him a chance, which he has planned for and expected, to be able to retreat with dignity at the eleventh hour and throw all the blame on the United States and discredit on its diplomatic action."[*Argentine Bluebook 1905 p. 187*] [*[translation]*] * * * Mr. Roosevelt addressed us, in the energetic and emphatic tone which is peculiar to him, in the following terms which I reproduce almost word for word: "A more pleasant and a more desirable opportunity could not have been afforded me than the present one in order to express to you, Mr. Minister, the high appreciation, admiration, and sympathy with which I follow out the phenomenal progress of the Argentine Republic. Your country interests us greatly, and the power and wealth it has attained concern us and please us, since you are destined to be the defenders of the Monroe Doctrine in the South, as we are in the North. I do not wish to offend any nation, but I may say between ourselves that I should like to see the countries bordering on the Caribbean Sea -- Venezuela, Colombia, and the rest -- stand up and behold over their mountain tops the example of truly phenomenal progress of the Argentine, in order to find a lesson and an example to follow. You are destined to constitute one of the great powers of the globe in the present century, and your development will be analogous to and parallel with that of the United States. As far as it is possible for me, I study and follow with the greatest interest the development of the Argentine Republic, and I have a great affection for that country." I answered the President in English, "that his words were very gratifying to us, not only because they emanated from the Chief of one of the greatest nations on earth, for which we had always cherished the greatest friendship and good feeling, but also because his personality gave them a special importance and was universally known and respected among us. That the progress of the Argentine Republic was really extraordinary, and that the latest news I had received from my country continued to be very satisfactory, for the ancient prosperity of our country had become strengthened and consolidated in recent times. That one of our greatest advantages, as a Nation, was the composition of our race, which was all of European extraction, for we have not the Indian and Negro elements which predominate in other countries of America. That I 2 wished to request his permission to transmit his words to my Government, in a discreet form, for I was sure they would produce an agreeable impression.” The President then told me that I might communicate his words, and added: “You are right in what you say with regard to the racial superiority of the Argentine people. Brazil is a great country, but it has the misfortune of having the greater part of its territory situated in the tropical zone, and is therefore not suitable for the white man. The same thing happens in Columbia, in Venezuela, in Peru, and in Central America. I have great regard for Chile, but it must not be forgotten that the territory of that country, which is nothing but an extremely narrow strip between the mountains and sea, offers but a limited field of expansion to its people, and can not be compared with the greatness and richness of the Argentine territory. Your nation is a great one, and it has all the elements for a magnificent future.”Copy. * * * Mr. Roosevelt se dirijió á nosotros con el tono enérjico y enfático que le es peculiar, en los siguientes términos, que reproduzco casi testualmente: "No podía proporcionárseme una oportunidad más grata y más deseada por mí que la presente para manifestar á Ud., señor ministro, el alto aprecio, la admiración y la simpatía con que sigo el progreso fenomenal (testual) de la República Argentina. Su país de Ud. nos interesa grandemente y el poder y la riqueza que ya ha alcanzado nos atañen y nos convienen, pues Uds. están llamados á ser en el sur, los defensores de la doctrina Monroe, como nosotros lo somos en el norte. No quiero ofender á ninguna nación, pero puedo decirlo entre nosotros, que desearía que los estados que bordan el Mar Caribe, Venezuela, Colombia y el resto, se empinaran y miraran por arriba de sus montañas el ejemplo del progreso verdaderamente fenomenal (repitiendo la palabra) de la Argentina, para encontrar una lección y un ejemplo que imitar. Uds. están llamados á constituir en el siglo actual, una de las grandes potencias del mundo, y su desarrollo será análogo y paralelo con el de los Estados Unidos. Hasta donde me es posible, yo estudio y sigo con el mayor interés el desenvolvimiento de la República Argentina, y tengo un gran cariño por ese país." Contesté al señor presidente, en inglés: "Que sus palabras nos llenaban de satisfacción, no sólo por emanar del jefe de una de las más grandes naciones de la tierra, por la cual habíamos tenido siempre la mayor amistad y simpatía, sino también porque su personalidad les daba una importancia especial y [?lla] era universalmente conocida y respetada entre nosotros. Que en efecto, el progreso de la República Argentina era extraordinario siendo muy satisfactorias, pues la antigua prosperidad de nuestro pueblo, se había fortalecido y consolidado en los últimos tiempos. Que una de nuestras grandes ventajas, como nación, era la composiciónde nuestra raza, toda elle de esolusiva estracción europea, pues no teníamos el elemento indio y negro cuya mezola predomina en otros países de América. Que le pedía permiso para transmitir á mi Gobierno sus palabras, en una forma prudente, pues estaba segurp que ellas producirían drafta impresión. El presodente me dijo entonces que podía hacer esa comunicación, y sñadio: "Fiene vd. razón, en lo que dice respecto á la superiordad de raza del pieblo argentino. El Brasil es ub gran país, pero tiene la disgracia de que la mayor parte de su territorio está situado en la zona tropical, y por consiguienta, no es apropiado para el hombre blanco. lo mismo pasa en Colombia, en Venezula, en el Perú y en la América Central. Yo tengo mucha considersoión por Chile, pero no hay que olvidar que el territorio de aquel pais, que no es sino una estrechísima faja entre la montaña y el mar, no ofrece sino un campo de expansión limitado para su pueblo, y no puede comprarse con la grandeza, la riqueza del territorio Argentino. La de uds. es una gran nación, tiene todos elementos para un futuro grandioso."[*[Enc in Root 12-16-05]*][*[1905?]*] Minister Takahira says Baron Kaneko will probably be here about the middle of June. Thinks President may be interested in the attached.TELEGRAM. White House, Washington [-1905] Mr. adee says upon search fines that Rosen has not sent any remarks to the Department therefore no reply was prepared; says possibly Rosen may have prepared one and is holding but it is the custom of the Department not to prepare a reply until his are received. Nothing been done in the matter at all.[*[ca. 1905]*] The Interior Dept were just about to give considerable advertising to the 3 local papers. I told the Dept to hold up the Star's W.L.Jr [*[Loeb]*][*[ca. 1905]*] Justice The item for fiscal year 1905, $14.30 Similar item for 1906 now appearing.Treasury [*[ca 1905]*] Since July 1 1905, $31.85 now owing, 18. Total 49.85WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON. Odell 1905 Nothing in President's book March 31 to Dec 1. Nothing in Secy's Book March 27 to Nov 28 Oyster Bay: July 8, 1904, Lunch - with Wm. Barnes Jr July 27 - Notification Sept 7 - Lunch with Capt. Cuppers [(Loop up Graham and McKnight)][*[Ca. 1905?]*]16 AS BONAPARTE SEES HIMSELF ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE SPOILS SYSTEM. In an Address Before the Woman's Twentieth Century Club He Tells of Appeals for Political Patronage Through a Supposed "Pull" or "Influence" - Deals Also With Two "Fat" Jobs Held by Himself and Says He Found Them Hard Work. Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte yesterday afternoon delivered an address before the Woman's Twentieth Century Club on "Civil Service Reform," at Heptasophs' Hall, Cathedral and Preston streets. The remarks of Mr. Bonaparte, which dealt largely with his own experience in heading off with visits of position hunters were most characteristics, and were keenly enjoyed by the large gathering. Mr. Bonaparte said: "Ladies-You have doubtless heard a bore defined as one who talks so much about himself that his hearers have no opportunity to talk about themselves. This afternoon you are doomed to be listeners in any event, so I may perhaps meet with indulgence if I talk about myself; although I shall do this with a full appreciation of the fact that the subject posses far more interest for your speaker than for anyone else. You will not be obliged, however, to hear a complete autobiography; my trespass on your patience will be limited to certain recent personal experiences, which illustrate, and, to my mind, illustrate very forcibly, the influence, more or less direct but undoubted, exerted by the 'spoils' system of selection for public employment on officials, politicians, those in quest of work and the general public. "During the past 18 months, and especially since the late election, I have been asked more and more frequently for help in obtaining minor positions in the federal service. These applicants have not been the ordinary partisan 'workers' or 'hustlers' who clamor for 'indorsement' and 'recognition' on the strength of 'what they have done for the party;' such sturdy beggars as they have long since ceased to call upon me and, should a stray representative of the class turn up now and then, he is easily and expeditiously disposed of. The appeals for aid which now come to me are usually from persons no less reputable than needy, many of them women, fully able to prove that they have excellent reasons to wish fairly remunerative work, and that in character, in habits, in surroundings and in sentiments they are legitimate objects of sympathy; in short, with few exceptions, they are what the Charity Organization Society would consider eminently 'worthy cases.' The Government's Side. "The one question which never (or ('hardly ever') seems to enter their minds is: What advantage would it be to the government to employ them? Why should a vacancy be made or a new place created that one of them may earn his or her living? I can remember but one or two out of all I have seen to whom, so far as I could judge, this idea had ever occurred; their notion of the public service was evidently that it existed for the benefit of the placeholders; if these were estimable people and really needed the jobs, what more could be asked by the most exacting advocate of civil service? Now this view of the public service, federal, state and municipal, is really altogether under the 'spoils' system, the service does exist primarily for the benefit of the placeholders; a position is made, first of all, that somebody may draw its salary. The public schools, for example, in the view of the 'practical' politician, are maintained at enormous expense to the taxpayers, not that hundreds of thousands of children may learn to be good citizens and useful members of society (to his mind, that is merely an incidental consequence), but that a few scores or hundreds of young women, relatives or dependents or friends of those with 'pulls' should have clothes and pin money at public expense for a few years before they get married. "In like manner when a judge of our Supreme Bench is chosen the first thought of those 'in politics' is not of his virtues or talents or learning, not of all the good or evil he may do when called to deal with the vital interests. fices a [political] leader is inevitably brought face to face with the problem how to make the obtainable places 'go round,' how to please his guests at what a noted local statements once called 'the governmental table,' when he has only one egg for every five or ten men who invite themselves to breakfast. He is compelled--compelled by the very conditions of his work--to appease the pangs of four-fifths or nine-tenths of his followers with what is known as 'wind pudding,' and this dish, which is unsubstantial at best, must be served with a plentiful dressing of fibs to 'go down' at all. The old stories, unfortunately, no less true than old, of public men who give 'warm indorsements' to officeseekers and then drop a line or say a word privately to the appointing officer asking that these receive no attention, illustrate and justify popular disbelief in the explanations and excuses of our politicians to their hewers of wood and drawers of water when these see the prize, once dangled before their eyes, fall to the lot of another, anyone who is, or is thought, a place jobber, must expect to be also thought a liar. As to That "Pull." "But why should I be thought either? Why do the poor people I have mentioned insist on believe that I have "pull," or "inflooence," or "the call" in federal jobs in Maryland, and shut their ears, or at least their minds, to my own assurances that I haven't? First of all, because they are miserable and, therefore, at once credulous and suspicious; they grasp at straws and chase shadows and see everything in a distorted shape. One of them, an intelligent and well-informed as well as attractive woman, who has been partially successful in securing employmeny, wrote me recently: " 'Sometimes, when I think of how much effort and time and thought and the sleepless nights and heartaches that this getting into government service is costing me, I almost wish we had paid the tea tax and stayed with the old mother country, for I really believe I should stand a better chance.' "This lady is not attempting in any wise to evade the civil service law; she is willing to take her chance, and, I believe, fully able to hold her own in a competetive test, should she have thee opportunity; 'heartaches' like hers are far keener with those who know they must trust to favor alone, since they also know they can reasonably hope for nothing from merit. CHARLES J BONAPARTE. "There are probably, however, two special reasons why I am credited by the officeseekers with power to help them. It so happens that I was personally acquainted with the President before he assumed his office, and about gan to hear from those wanting places I was employed, with his approval, successively in two investigations of real or alleged abuses in the public service and in the criminal prosecution of some of the offenders. I was flattered by this employment, for undoubtedly it implied a compliment, I hear but ill deserved, to my personal character and professional standing; but, while gratifying for this reason, it was anything but a 'soft snap;' the work was onerous and highly responsible, and while I may not be a fair judge, I think I fairly earned the compensation paid me. However this may be, and while those responsible for my employment may have erred in selecting me, still I can say with absolute certainty that this selection was made by them for the public benefit and not for mine. Two "Fat" Jobs. "To the average politician, however, brought up in the melarial atmosphere they are legitimate objects of sympathy; in short, with few ex- ceptions, they are what the Charity Or- ganization Society would consider emi- nently 'worthy cases.' The Government's Side. "The one question which never (or 'hardly ever') seems to enter their minds is: What advantage would it be to the government to employ them? Why should a vacancy be made or a new place created that one of them may earn his or her living? I can remember but one or two out of all I have seen to whom, so far as I could judge, this idea had ever occurred; their notion of the public service was evidently that it ex- isted for the benefit of the placeholders; if these were estimable people and real- ly needed the jobs, what more could be asked by the most exacting advocate of civil service? "Now this view of the public service, federal, state and municipal, is really [?al- [missing line due to folded page] under the 'spoils' system, the service does exist primarily for the benefit of the placeholders; a position is made, first of all, that somebody may draw its salary. The public schools, for example, in the view of the 'practical' politician, are maintained at enormous expense to the taxpayers, not that hundreds of thousands of children may learn to be good citizens and useful members of so- ciety (to his mind, that is merely an in- cidental consequence), but that a few scores or hundreds of young women, relatives or dependents or friends of those, with 'pulls' should have clothes and pin money at public expense for a few years before they get married. "In like manner when a judge of our Supreme Bench is chosen the first thought of those 'in politics' is not of his virtues or talents or learning, not of all the good or evil he may do when called to deal with the vital interests, the reputation, the liberty, even the life itself of any member of the community; these are mere 'side shows;' the 'real thing.' the truly momentous question is: Who will he pick out as his two bailiffs? Uses as an Asylum. "Nor are politicians and placehunters the only people who think this. During the recent meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League a very charm- ing and very charitable lady of Wash- ington complained to me that the civil service rules were a serious impediment to getting work for needy persons in the District; our civil service has been so often and so great a scale of safe refuge for incapacity and ill-repute that its use as an asylum for well-meaning helplessness appears, even to people of intelligence and public spirit, neither un- reasonable nor unjust; a competitive ex- amination for those would enter it seems to many much like a similar test for admission to an almshouse; it shuts out those who most need, and therefore best deserve, to get in. "I have told all these unfortunate people, without exception, that I had no means of securing them places. This was not said merely to get rid of them, for I have taken time I could ill spare in hear- ing their stories and advising them to the best of my moderate ability, and have offered some of them such very slight as- sistance towards obtaining work as lay in my power. What I said was the sim- ple truth, told when to raise false hopes would have been cruel. I believe that they have all thought I was lying, have been satisfied I could help them and knew I could, but wouldn't and there- fore said I couldn't. Now, I may be mistaken, but I think, after living more than 50 years in this community my reputation for veracity in it is fairly good. I feel confident that if I had made a statement to these very people about some other matter within my per- sonal knowledge—even a statement which at first sight might seem improb- able, they would have believed me with little hesitation. Why were they so ready to suspect me of a willful false- hood when I said this? "Again because of the existence of the 'spoils system. When the end of poli- tics is to obtain and distribute pretty of- ______________________________________________________________________ The Old Reliable ROYAL BAKING POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE There is no substitute CHARLES J. BONAPARTE. ______________________________________________ "There are probably, however, two special reasons why I am credited by the officeseekers with power to help them. It so happens that I was per- sonally acquainted with the President before he assumed his office, and about [missing line] [?] I was employed, with his approval, suc- cessively in two investigations of real or alleged abuses in the public service and in the criminal prosecution of some of the offenders. I was flattered by this employment, for undoubtedly it implied a compliment, I fear but ill-deserved, to my personal character and professional standing; but, while gratifying, for this reason, it was anything but a 'soft snap;' the work was onerous and high- ly responsible, and while I may not be a fair judge, I think I fairly earned the compensation paid me. However this may be, and while those responsible for my employment may have erred in se- lecting, me, still I can say with absolute certainty, that this selection was made by them for the public benefit and not for mine. Two "Fat" Jobs. "To the average politician, however, brought up in the malarial atmosphere of 'spoils' politics, the idea was alto- gether unfamiliar; all he could see was that I had been given a job—indeed, two jobs—just how 'fat' he didn't know, but presumably adipose enough to be pal- atable, and my getting them suggested at once to his mind, and, also, unfortu- nately to the minds of many other poor peo- ple who passed 'sleepless nights' seeking for ways to make both ends meet, that I must have an 'inside pull,' which might be 'worked' for the benefit of others as well as my own. "Moreover, during the last political campaign, I did all I could—which, I am afraid, was very little—to promote the election of Mr. Roosevelt, and, in what I then said and wrote made, sufficiently clear the undoubted fact that I was pro- foundly interested in the outcome and very solicitous for his success. Here again, to the genuine 'spoils' mind, my course in talking all this trouble ad- mitted of but one explanation: evi- dently I 'worked' because I 'wanted something,' and when the election end ed in an overwhelming victory, and es- pecially when, by a singular combina- tion of more or less obscure causes, I became the only presidential elector of my party in Maryland, and yet re- ceived a larger vote than any elector on the Democratic ticket, my 'claims' seemed to such a mind, probably, des- tined to satisfactory 'recognition.' Hence a series of curious published guesses at possible places—in the Cabinet, on the bench or elsewhere on one or the other of which my eagle eyes was thought by political wiseacres to be fixed; and when, at last, it became plain, even to them, that I was really telling the truth saying I had no promise of any office, no reason to ex- pect any and no wish for any, big or little, the conclusion was reached in their minds that my 'recognition' would probably take the shape of jobs for others, since I didn't somehow seem to care for a job myself. Not Wholly Egotistical. "It was said of Erskine that there were as many "I's in one of his speeches as in a peacock's tail; I fear you may now think he is not the only person of whom this could be said with truth. My purpose, however, this afternoon has not been wholly egotistical. I have sought to use my own recent experience to il- lustrate the misleading, perverting, de- grading influence of the doctrine that public offices are 'spoils.' "This abominable doctrine makes can- didates for public employment mendi- cants for public servants parasites on the treasury; it destroys public confi- dence in the truth and honor of public men, brands every man who takes any part in public affairs as self-seeking, and deems every public officer intent only on his personal advancement. It holds patriotism mere Fourth of July gabble, and the profession of public spirit a confession of hypocrisy; it de- moralizes every one who admits its truth and half blinds to the truth the many who half-consciously assume it to be true. In short, it is not worthy of a free, civilized and Christian people; least of all, is it worth of Americans." [*Bullock, Seth*] [*P.F*] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. OFFICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHAL, District of South Dakota. Sioux Falls. January 1st [*06?*] Hon Wm Loeb Jr Washington D.C. My Dear Mr. Loeb As you are no doubt interested in the Senatorial contest in South Dak I enclose copy of the charges against Senator Gamble which have been generally printed by newspapers in the State and may result in the defeat of the Senator as he virtually admits they are true. Of course if the charges are sustained he should be defeated as it is a contemptibly low species of graft, implicatingDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. OFFICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHAL, District of South Dakota. Sioux Falls. his own son, should Gamble be defeated the election of a senator from this State & would result in a very hot contest resulting possibly in the selection of Martin probably of Crawford but most likely a deadlock I will keep you advised - Fairbanks cannot get the vote of South Dak, this is the Colonels state and he can use it as he sees fit. Martin is all right. Even Kit begins to see a "light" Wishing you all a Happy Near Year Yours truly, Seth Bullock[*[For 1. enclosure see ca. 1905]*][*1-1-06*] [*PF*] 1733. N. Street. Dearest Theodore just after you left Lizzie Reid Will phoned me that the lunch on the 4th they will of course come for the 4th, if you wish it instead of fifth, but, thought from Edith's letter you had surely forgotten which daywill you just send me one line & I will settle it with them without saying I have referred it to you in case as I fancy from what you said you prefer their coming for 4th they just asked me thinking I might know & will wish to do whatever is really most you had named & as they could only come by midnight train evidently felt if exactly the same to you the fifth of course would be better for them especially as we had refused Mrs. Root's invitation for them for 5th on account of the lunchingconvenient to you -- Thank you dearest brother for your little visit it was a joy Devotedly Bye [*[AR Cowles]*] Jan 1 - 1906 ---[*Ackd 1/2/06*] Executive Office. Des Moines. Iowa January 1, 190[5]6. Mr. President: There appeared in the Chicago Record- Herald of December 30th a dispatch or communication, apparently from Des Moines, which, under bold and startling deadlines, stated that in a speech made by me on the evening of December 29th I had attacked the bill introduced by Senator Dolliver, and through him had attacked you and your course with respect to further railway regulation. Of all the false and malicious things which my enemies have said and done, this is the most contemptible and most malignant. I made no speech of any kind on December 29th. I did make a speech at the banquet of the Fruit Jobbers' Association held in Des Moines on the evening of December 28th, in which I dealt with certain phases of the railway question. I did not mention Senator Dolliver's name at all, and yours only to commend your leadership. I did not refer to or mention Senator Dolliver's bill, or any other bill that has been or is now pending before Congress. I did not mention, directly or indirectly, the terms of any measure. I did censure Congress for its tardiness in taking the subject, but this censure was general, and singled out no man. My speech was directed wholly to the necessity of eliminating the influence of railways and of corporations in the nominationExecutive Office. Des Moines, Iowa. -2- and election of our public officers. I have probably made seventy-five speeches during the year of 1905 in which, in some form or other, I have taken up the railway problem, and in all of them I have done what little I could to induce the people to stand firm for the policies you are promoting, and to follow your leadership. I find it a little difficult to be patient under this last and infamous attack, intended solely to injure me in the fight I am making. I am aware of the persistency with which these same men have attempted to create a breach between you and me. Hitherto I have said nothing, believing that ultimately the truth must prevail; but I cannot permit this last outrage to pass unnoticed. I acquit the Record- Herald of any evil intent, knowing that it is the work of someone in this state. I intend to discover him if I can, and to invoke against him all the penalties of the law. With high regard, I am, Yours very truly, Albert B. Cummins Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D.C.[*Ackd 1-3-06*] UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND President Roosevelt Dear Sir: - I wish you a Happy New Year. Respectably Asahi Kitagaki Jan 1st 06[*Ackd 1/6/06*] [*[1-1-06]*] My Dear Mr President Allow me to offer your excellency the accompanying gift - made by my unworthy hands with my sincere wishes for the New Year Your humble servant Florence Bayard La Farge New Year's Day 124-E 22nd NY City 1906P.S. This is in part the wording of a similar letter to Washington by my great grand mother. I would like on my own part to throw in the word affectionate Somewhere as a tribute to [Edith?] F.[*PF*] Jan. 1 1906 Metropolitan Club Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Loeb Here are two short letters of importance which as you will see upon reading them are of a confidential nature, and I suggest that after the President has looked them over and come to a decision that they be destroyedand not kept on the files. Sincerely yours F.B. Loomis Hon. Wm. Loeb Jr.[*For 1 enc see Plan, ca 1-1-06*] your big stick saying does not seem to me felicitous. Sentiment is not quite what you meant. By the way, if you happen to see the January Munsey you will find a paper of mine on "The Supreme Leaders" -- in all departments of human endeavor. Butler and La Farge and Mahan all helped me to make the selection. I wonder how it will strike you.681 West End Avenue New York Jan 1st 1906 [*Ack'd 1-2-06*] Dear Mr. President: This is just to convey our triplicate greetings and good wishes to you and to Mrs. Roosevelt! But I seize the occasion to enclose the advertisement of a French book which I haven't yet seen. The translation of[*For 1 enc see Plan, ca 1-1-06*] your big stick saying does not seem to me felicitous. sentiment is not quite what you meant. By the way, if you happen to see the January Munsey you will find a paper of mine on "The Supreme Leaders" -- in all departments of human endeavor. Butler and La Farge and Mahan all helped me to make the selection. I wonder how it will strike you.You are the busiest man in the world, and therefore you must have time for your friends. That's why I venture to butt in, now and again with these needless epistles. Yours Ever Brander Matthews [*[Matthews]*]WROXTON BANBURY. Jan 1st 1906. My dear Mr. Roosevelt Will you accept our most hearty congratulations on the occasion of the announcement of your daughter's approaching wedding. May I ask you to convey our congratulations also to Mrs. Roosevelt and to the young lady herself. May we also convey to yourself, and all yourour best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. Believe me dear Mr President to be Yours very sincerely W.F. North[*[Enc in North 1-1-06]*] N[*Ackd 1/13/06*] WROXTON, BANBURY. Jan 1st 1906. The Hon. William Frederick [*John*] North presents his compliments to the Private Secretary, and would be grateful if he would hand the enclosed letter of congratulations to the President, & at the same time beg him not to reply to it as his time is no doubt fully occupied. [*[William F. North]*][*[For enc see 1-1-06]*][*PF*] [*1-1-06*] 156, BOULEVARD PEREIRE. XVII The President. The White House. Washington D.C. America. The President. Sir, Both my sister and myself are very happy this morning in the receipt of your charming and friendly greeting. The painter especially is most grateful and encouraged, in the thought that a Theodore Roosevelt has found time to give a word to the solitary worker, when so many mighty issues and beneficent dreams for a Nation's future claim hispowerful initiatives. Recognition from so high an intellectual plane is a strong incentive to ones life work: and be assured, Mr. President, that much of my future effort to achieving, will be dedicated mentally to Theodore Roosevelt and the great example he has been to the World. In tendering our thanks to Mrs. Roosevelt and to yourself, and our mutual wish and prayer for the happiest issues in your lives, may we ----- as this letter will get to you somewhat near the marriage of Miss Roosevelt, as I understand ------ May we beg you to accept and to convey to your daughter all our best and most earnest truth for her future.Our thoughts will be with your and yours on that happy day, Mr. President, as many an American heart will beat in gratitude for all the greatest ------ you have given to our country. With thanks again, most earnestly yours Bruseius Simons [*Bruseius Simons*] January 1st 1906.[*PF*] War Department Washington January 1, 1906. [*1906*] My dear Mr. President I enclose herewith a letter which I have from Monsignor Falconio, Apostolic Delegate, concerning the matter in regard to which I spoke with you some time since. Very Sincerely yours Wm H Taft The President. Enclosure. [*[For enc see 12-28-05]*]War Department Washington January 1, 1906. My dear Mr. President: I enclose a letter which I have from Cromwell on the subject of the publication of the Chicago Chronicle which you sent me. Very sincerely yours, Wm H Taft The President. Enclosure.[*[For enc. see 12-23-05]*][*Wrote State 1/1/06*] [*[1-1-06]*] Memorandum for State Department: Wire Mr. Carter that the President does not recall seeing Mr. Mason. He must have been introduced to him just as many other visitors are introduced, and of course the President expressed no opinion one way of the other as to parties or candidates in Great Britain.[Enc in Matthews 1-1-06] [ca. 1-1-06][*Wrote State 1/1/06*] [*[1-1-06]*] Memorandum for State Department: Wire Mr. Carter that the President does not recall seeing Mr. Mason. He must have been introduced to him just as many other visitors are introduced, and of course the President expressed no opinion one way of the other as to parties or candidates in Great Britain.[*[For 1 attachment see 12-30-05 Wash. Post]*][Enc in Matthews, 1-1-06] [ca. 1-1-06]DE LA LIBRAIRIE PLON 7 extrasié au spectacle impossant de la Chine démesurée et grouillante, force endormie dont le réveil est proche peut-être. Enfin nous assistons, au retour, à l'irrésistible poussée de la puissance russe vers le Pacifique, eu l'attendait le Destin. Histoire AURIOL (Ch.). - La France, l'Angleterre et Naples de 1803 à 1806. Deux volumes in-8* (22,5 x I4)... 20fr. Au moment où nos relations avec l'Italie, discrètes d'abord, sont devenues presque officielles, et où d'autre part, l'Angleterre vient de régler amicalement par une convention les différentes questions pendantes depuis si longtemps entre elle et la France, il n'est pas sans intérêt de se reporter à cent ans en arrière et d'envissager quels étaient, au commencement du siècle dernier, les rapports de ces trois puissances. A cette époque, en effet, le royaume des Deux-Siciles joua un rôle considérable, et contribua pour une large part à établir dans la Méditerranée la prépondérance maritime de l'Angleterre à la suite des luttes engagées entre Marie-Caroline de Naples et Napoléon. M. Ch. Auriol a cru intéressant de faire de cette période une étude particulière. Elle comprend la correspondance entre Bonaparte et lord Whitworth venant rompre, au sujet de l'ile de Malte, la paix momentanée qui existait entre la France et l'Angleterre; les lettres d'Alquier, notre ambassadeur à Naples; celles de l'ambassadeur d'Angleterre Elliot, du général Gouvion Saint- Cyr, du marquis de Gallo, ambassadeur de Naples à Paris, de plusieurs personnages russes, et nombre de documens d'égal intérêt, relatant l'histoire du royaume des Deux-Siciles qui aboutira par la suite à l'élévation au trône de Naples de Joseph Bonaparte. BARRAL-MONTFERRAT (Marquis de).- De Monroë à Roosevelt. Préface de M. le comte d'Haussonville. Un volume in-I6 (I8,5 x ii,7). xv-356 pages..... 4 fr. Qu'y a-t-il au fond de cette nouveauté inquiétante qui s'exprime par ce vocable : l'américanisme? Où va la grande République des Etats-Unis, dont l'ambition, servie par l'utilitarisme de la race, se manifeste par des actes qu'explique, en un livre fortement documenté, M. le marquis de Barral-Montferrat? Jadis, c'était la doctrine de Monroë qi traduisait la jalousie d'un peuple jeune envers ses ainés d'Europe. Tout en respectant le statu quo, elle interdisait toute nouvelle colonisation et posait le principe d'un protectorat idéal des Etas-Unis sur les pays indépendants de l'Amérique. Depuis, la politique ankee a fait un beau chemin. Ses prétentions se sont accrues avec la conscience très nette de sa force. Elle est arrivée à l'impérialisme pur. M. Roosevelt est l'éclatante personnification de cette tendance audacieuse, qui se rattache, avec les formes prudentes d'une nation d'affaires en plus, aux rêves de domination universelle symbolisés par ces noms historiques : César, Charlemagne, Napoléon, et, plus près de nous, Guillaume II " On peut parler gentiment, a-t-il dit, à la condition d'avoir en main un solide bâton. "[*ca 1-1-06*]The Gamble Matter __ Watertown Public Question: President Roosevelt is more responsible, we believe, than any other man for the existence of the prevailing sentiment against dishonesty and graft. He has been unsparing in his denunciation of official dishonesty. No man has been big enough or powerful enough to prevent the administration from getting after him if upon investigation, he has been shown to be a grafter or otherwise derelict in his official duties. The South Dakota legislature, committed through the last republican state convention in the most pronounced manner, to needed reform and to purity in politics, cannot afford to elect a man, be he ever so great and powerful, to the United States senate to whose name there attaches the stigma of graft. Let the South Dakota legislature investigate these charges against the senator and, if shown to be based upon fact, let Senator Gamble retire to private life. __ Miller Gazette: If the people of Texas repudiate Bailey for having legitimate business relations with corporations, which they believe disqualified him to properly represent them at Washington, why should South Dakota return Gamble to the senate? True, like Baney, he has the endorsement of his party's state convention, but no one believes he would have received that endorsement had the charges, now proven against him, been known. __ Pierre Capital-Journal: If it were not for the new political machine Mr. Gamble would certainly find his present predicament a real one. __ Woonsocket Heralt: The Argus-Leader charges Senator Gamble with keeping his son, Ralph A. Gamble, on the payroll of the United States government while he was attending school. In support of these charges that paper in its issue of the 27th publishes a list of the warrants issued between September 1902 and December 1904 amounting in all to something over $1,800 and also records taken from the school paper of which he was editor. Heretofore these charges have been looked on with considerable skepticism but with the proof offered by the Argus-Leader it seems as though the senator had homething to answer. __ Dell Rapids Times: L.C. Campbell, a well known democratic politician of the state, makes a serious charge against Senator Gamble, claiming that the senator has kept his son's name on the senate payroll as a clerk while he was in another city attending college. Campbell alleges that young Gamble has drawn about $1,800 from the public treasury without having performed service therefor. Senator Gamble's friends do not take stock in the report, but it is now necessary for the Senator to explain the matter, otherwise it may interfere with his election for another term in the senate. ___ Dell Rapids Tribune: Governor-elect Crawford is quoted as declaring emphatically that he will not be a candidate for senator against Senator Gamble. Crawford naturally would be the first choice of the insurgent element if they decide to drop Gamble, but if his declination to be considered as a candidate is final what is the matter with Hon. A.L. VanOsdel, of Yankton county? A better man could not be selected. ____ Britton Journal: Senator Gamble is the latest man in public life to be accused of graft. Whether the accusation is made by political opponents who wish to defeat him in his attempt to secure re-election to the senate or whether the charges are made on good grounds or not, we do not know. The story has been circulated through the press of the state for the past two weeks with denials and affirmations by the ...... the old saying smoke there must be some fire. Gamble is charged with collecting pay monthly from the government for the services of his son who is said to be attending college at Princeton. The sooner an investigation is made and the truth or falsity of the charges settled the better for Mr. Gamble and the state at large. Such stories are not beneficial to the reputation of a state in any way. Senator Gamble Trouble __ Howard Spirit: Mr. Crawford says he positively will not be a candidate for senator against Gamble and would take it as an insult were any one to vote for him as against Gamble. However, there are a lot of other reformers who are dead anxious to be insulted. ___ Groton Independent: Did Senator Gamble have his son on the payroll as a government clerk while the boy was attending college in a city distant from Washington? That is the question which should be answered positively before the legislature meets. No use in calling names or denouncing the stalwarts for a charge which originated with the insurgents of Yankton. The ellimination of grafting is the order of the day, and men in high places are not being spared. If a similiar charge could be sustained against a stalwart senator or congressman, he would be consigned to the depths of oblivion with a mountain of execration for his monument. Let Gamble take his medicine if the charge is true. ___ Doland Times-Record: There is considerable talk over the state to this effect that the insurgent members of the legislature will not support Senator Gamble for re-election. A recent attack on the Senator published in the Dell Rapids Tribune, one of the original and strongest insurgent papers in the state, would lend color to the report. Senator R.J. Gamble Must Answer Charges __ L.C. Campbell Produces the College Records and the Reports of Secretary Bennett ___ Senator Gamble's son was in school from 1902 to 1905 ---also on the payroll of the Government ___ Will Senator Gamble continue to refuse to 'Dignify" these charges, and if so what will the Legislature do? __ To the Editor of the Argus-Leader: I have been reading, the past few weeksm with a great deal of interest the newspaper controversy is reference to the re-election of the Hon. Robert J. Gamble to the United States senate, and have observed the charges that are being made with regard to his son being on the pay roll of the United States senate while he was at the time attending school in Maryland. I was not inclined, at first, to give this serious consideration, but was induced later to investigate and satisfy myself as to the truth of these charges and from the report of the year book of the Tome preparatory school at Port Deposit, Maryland, i find that R. A. Gamble entered this school in 1902, and continued there until 1905, after which time he entered Princeton college. And from the report of the Hon. Chas. G. Bennett, secretary of the senate, Mr. Gamble's son, Ralph A. Gamble, drew pay from July 1, 1902 to January 11 1905, thus making it impossible for him to perform public duties in Washington, and I see no reason why he is entitled to draw the amount of pay as the statement below shows- whether the term graft is pleasant to the ear or not- or whether some other word is more pleasing- it would seem the charge was so close to getting money without a reasonable consideration it will be for the people to say if a public office has been used for a private gain. It would seem as though there was no party pledge that should be before public duty- and no public duty can have charged to it private gain or public graft and keep the high ideal of government- a public office a public trust. I herewith submit a detailed statement taken from the public record for the consideration of the public- and it is for the people of this state to instruct their public servants as to their duty in this matter. ___ The Secretary's Record Taken from the annual report of Hon. Chas. G. Bennett, secretary of the senate. __ From July 1, 1902 to June 30, 1903- date- To whom paid and what service. Page Amount Sep. 1902. R.A. Gamble folder.................... 7 $139.20 Dec.1903, R.A. Gamble folder.................... 13 210.00 Mch. 1903, R.A. Gamble, folder..................... 19 58.30 ___________ $407.50 Date- to whom paid and what service. Page. Amount July 1 to Sept. 30, 1903 R.A. Gamble, messenger ...................................................7 $360.00 Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, R.A. Gamble, messenger......... 13 136.95 May 10 to May 31, R.A. gamble messenger ........... 307 87.00 June, 1904, R.A. Gamble, messenger..........................168 120.00 ____________ $702.65 Secretary's report from July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904. Date- To whom paid and what service. Page. Amount July, 1904, R.A. Gamble, messenger................................163 $120.00 Aug. 1904, R.A. Gamble, messenger.................................165 120.00 Sep. 1904, R.A. Gamble, messenger................................ 169 120.00 Oct. 1904, R.A. Gamble, messenger.................................171 120.00 Nov. 1904. R.A. Gamble messenger..................................173 120.00 Dec. 1904, R.A Gamble ... The College Record. Ralph Albernethy Gamble, Yankton, S.D., entered Tome institute, 1902. ___ Football team fullback 1902. Football team quarterback 1904. Manager football team 1902. __ Gymnasium team 1903. Track team 1902, '03, '04 Relay team 1904-'05. Associate editor 'The Tome.' Editor in chief "The Trail." Captain fire department. Cattle king of Western Club. [?] and the Reports of Secretary Bennett ----- Senator Gamble's Son Was In School From 1902 to 1905 ----Also on the Payroll of the Government ----- Will Senator Gamble Continue to Refuse to "Dignify" These Charges, and if So What Will the Legislature Do? ----- To the Editor of the Argus-Leader: I have been reading, the past few weeks, with a great deal of interest the newspaper controversy in reference to the re-election of the Hon. Robert J. Gamble to the United States senate, and have observed the charges that are being made with regard to his son being on the pay roll of the United States senate while he was at the time attending school in Maryland. I was not inclined, at first, to give this serious consideration, but was induced later to investigate and satisfy myself as to the truth of these charges and from the report of the year book of the Tome preparatory school at Port Deposit, Maryland, I find that R. A. Gamble entered this school in 1902, and continued there until 1905, after which time he entered Princeton college. And from the report of the Hon. Chas. G. Bennett, secretary of the senate, Mr. Gamble's son, Ralph A. Gamble, drew pay from July 1, 1902 to January 11, 1905, thus making it impossible for him to perform public duties in Washington, and I see no reason why he is entitled to draw the amount of pay as the statement below shows--and whether the term graft is pleasant to the ear or not-- or whether some other word is more pleasing--it would seem the charge was so close to getting money without a reasonable consideration it will be for the people to say if a public office has been used for private gain. It would seem as though there was no party pledge that should be before public duty--and no public duty can have charged to it private gain or public graft and keep the high ideal of government--a public office a public trust. I herewith submit a detailed statement taken from the public record for the consideration of the public-- and it is for the people of this state to instruct their public servants as to their duty in this matter. ----- The Secretary's Record. Taken from the annual report of Hon. Chas. G. Bennett, secretary of the senate. ----- From July 1, 1902 to June 30, 1903--- Date---To whom paid and what service. Page. Amount Sep. 1902, R. A. Gamble, folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 $139.20 Dec. 1903, R. A. Gamble, folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 210.00 Mch. 1903, R. A. Gamble, folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 58.30 $407.50 ----- Date---To whom paid and what service. Page. Amount July 1 to Sept. 30, 1903, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 $360.00 Oct. 1 to Nov. 1, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . 13 136.95 May 10 to May 31, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . 307 87.00 June 1904, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . . 168 120.00 $702.65 ----- Secretary's report from July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904. Date---To whom paid and what service. Page. Amount July, 1904, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . 163 $120.00 Aug. 1904, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . 165 120.00 Sep. 1904, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . 169 120.00 Oct. 1904, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . 171 120.00 Nov. 1904, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . 173 120.00 Dec. 1904, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . 180 120.00 Jan. 1 to Jan. 11, 1905, R. A. Gamble, messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 44.00 $764.00 Secretary's report from July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905. ----- From July 1, 1902 to June 30, 1903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $407.50 From July 1, 1903 to June 30, 1904 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $702.65 From July 1, 1904 to June 30, 1905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $764.00 $1874.15 ----- The College Record. Ralph Abernathy Gamble, Yankton, S. D., entered Tome institute, 1902. ----- Football team fullback 1902. Football team quarterback 1904. Manager football team 1903. ----- Gymnasium team 1903. Track team 1902, '03, '04. ----- Relay team 1904-'05. Associate editor "The Tome." Editor in chief "The Trail." Captain fire department. Cattle king of Western Club. Secretary of class. Will enter Princeton. ----- Above taken from the year book issued by the Tome Institute, spring of 1905. --L. C. Campbell. last republican [?] most pronounced manner, to needed reforms and to purity in politics, cannot afford to elect a man, be he ever so great and powerful, to the United States senate to whose name there attaches the stigma of graft. Let the South Dakota legislature investigate these charges against the senator and, if shown to be based upon fact, let Senator Gamble retire to private life. --- Miller Gazette: If the people of Texas repudiate Bailey for having legitimate business relations with corporations, which they believe disqualifies him to properly represent them at Washington, why should South Dakota return Gamble to the senate? True, like Bailey, he has the endorsement of his party's state convention, but no one believes he would have received that endorsement had the charges, now proven against him, been known. --- Pierre Capital-Journal: If it were not for the new political machine Mr. Gamble would certainly find his present predicament to be a real one. --- Woonsocket Herald: The Argus-Leader charges Senator Gamble with keeping his son, Ralph A. Gamble, on the payroll of the United States government while he was attending school. In support of these charges that paper in its issue of the 27th. publishes a list of warrants issued between September 1902 and December 1904 amounting in all to something over $1,800 and also records taken from the school paper of which he was editor. Heretofore these charges have been looked on with considerable skepticism but with the proof offered by the Argus-Leader it seems as though the senator had homething to answer. --- Dell Rapids Times: L.C. Campbell, a well known democratic politician of the state, makes a serious charge against Senator Gamble, claiming that the senator has kept his son's name on the senate payroll as a clerk while he was in another city attending college. Campbell alleges that young Gamble has drawn about $1,800 from the public treasury without having performed service therefor. Senator Gamble's friends do not take stock in the report, but it is now necessary for the senator to explain the matter, otherwise it may interfere with his election for another term in the senate. --- Dell Rapids Tribune: Governor-elect Crawford is quoted as declaring emphatically that he will not be a candidate for senator against Senator Gamble. Crawford naturally would be the first choice of the insurgent element if they decide to drop Gamble, but if his declination to be considered as a candidate is final what is the matter with Hon. A.L. VanOsdel, of Yankton county? A better man could not be selected. --- Britton Journal: Senator Gamble is the latest man in public life to be accused of graft. Whether the accusation is made by political opponents who wish to defeat him in his attempt to secure re-election to the senate or whether the charges are made on good grounds or not, we do not know. The story has been circulated through the press of the state for the past two weeks with denials and affirmations by the score; and as the old saying tell us, [?] smoke there must be some fire. Gamble is charged with collecting pay monthly from the government for the services of his son who is said to be attending college at Princeton. The sooner an investigation is made and the truth or falsity of the charges settled the better for Mr. Gamble and the state at large. Such stories are not beneficial to the reputation of a state in any way. ----- the stalwarts for a charge which originated with the insurgents of Yankton. The elimination of grafting is the order of the day, and men in high places are not being spared. If a similar charge could be sustained against a stalwart senator or congressman, he would be consigned to the depths of oblivion with a mountain of execration for his monument. Let Gamble take his medicine if the charge is true. --- Doland Times-Record: There is considerable talk over the state to the effect that the insurgent members of the legislature will not support Senator Gamble for re-election. A recent attack on the Senator published in the Dell Rapids Tribune, one of the original and strongest insurgent papers in the state, would lend color to the report.The American Bison Society [*Ackd 1/5/06*] Office of the Secretary, Meriden, N.H. Hon. President, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. President, William T. Hornaday, Director, New York Zoological Park. Vice- Presidents { A.A. Anderson, President of the Camp Fire Club of America. {Dr. Chas. S. Minot, Harvard University. Secretary. Ernest Harold Baynes," Sunset Ridge," Meriden, N.H. Treasurer, Edmund Seymour, 45 Wall Street, New York. Advisory Board Prof. Franklin W. Hooper, Director of Bkn. Inst. Arts and Sciences. Prof. David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford Univ., Cal. Prof. Morton J. Elrod, Univ. of Montana Prof. L.L. Dyche, Univ. of Kansas Prof. John H. Gerould, Dartmouth College. Dr. T.S. Palmer, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. William L. Underwood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Madison Grant, Sec. N.Y. Zoological Society. Ernest Thompson Seton, Cos Cob, Conn. Meriden, N. H. Jan. 2, 1906. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D .C. Dear Sir:- I have the honor to inform you that at the organization of the American Bison Society, at The New York Zoological Park, New York City, on the 8th of Dec. 1905, you were unanimously elected Honorary President of that society. Yours Truly, Ernest Harold Baynes Secretary. [[shorthand]][*F*] IN REPLY ADDRESS THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, AND REFER TO NO. 17537-60 NAVY DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON. January 2, 1906. Sir: Replying to your letter of the 20th ultimo, enclosing copy of a French newspaper entitled "Moniteur de la Flotte," containing an article giving an account of the Russian view of the battle of the Sea of Japan, and directing that said article be called to the attention of Admirals Converse and Evans, Lieutenant Commander Sims, and any one else who has made a special study of gunnery: I have the honor to inform you that the article in question has been translated by the Office of Naval Intelligence, and copies of the translation furnished to the three officers named in your letter, as well as to the General Board and the Chiefs of the Bureaus of Construction & Repair and Ordnance. In forwarding the translation of the above mentioned article, the Chief Intelligence Officer submits the following comments: "In connection with this matter the President may find interest in the following expressions of opinion by Admiral Rojestvenski in an interview of November 16th: 'Battleships carry a great many small guns of 1-1/2 to 2-inch calibre which make a great deal of noise and do no earthly good; moreover their crews having no protection are immediately killed. In future battles ships should carry no guns smaller than 3-inch and very few of them. The17537-60 2 D-O Only role of these small guns is to repel torpedo boat attack. The only guns for battle are the 12 and 10-inch pieces. Guns of this calibre alone have the power necessary for naval fighting; handled by cool and well trained men these will be for many years the kings of naval battles. 'Also 'The Japanese victory was won entirely by guns.' "The Osliabya was sunk by gun fire alone before any torpedo boats came into action. The Veliki sank on the day after the battle; her captain states positively that although she was torpedoed once (during the night), her sinking was caused by gun fire and not by torpedoes. For your information, I herewith enclose a carbon copy of the translation of the article from the "Moniteur de la Flotte," made by the Office of Naval Intelligence. I have the honor to be, Sir, Very respectfully, Charles J Bonaparte, Secretary The President, (Encs.)[*For 1. enc. due. see 12-28-05. “Tsushima”*]TELEGRAM. The White House, Washington. PO. K. FD. 10 Via Az. 5:26 p.m. Kreuznach, January 2, 1906. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, Washington. Happy New Year heartiest congratulations Miss Alice. Eccardt.[*Ackd 2-20-06*] Private 2.2.6 My Dear Mr. Roosevelt You will have more on your hands than ever until the wedding [*Alice*] is over, on which I must offer my hearty congratulations. We are so delighted to see that Miss Roosevelt intends coming to London. Politics We came very well out of the polls & fairly well out of the making of the Government. The big posts are all well held, or 4 or 5 of them at any rate, but one of which was in such good hands under the late Administration. In the end it could have been stronger, but the one real misfortune is the House of Commons Leadership, it is one to which I always have been, & am still, opposed. Rosebery did[*[For attachment see 2-2-06]*] just what he should but have done the week before Balfour went out, in a Cornish speech, the whole situation became demoralized & the chance was lost of getting the full advantage out of the Majority. Nevertheless, much very useful work will be done; &, as I told you, nothing could be better than E. Grey at the Foreign Office. I have just heard from him that Lady Grey lies in great danger. Her loss wd. be a terrible blow to him &, possibly, to the Govt. There will be no change in our Foreign Policy - but in Colonial affairs, as in North Africa, there will be a good deal & Believe me yours H H M Ferguson [*[Ferguson]*][[shorthand]] [*Ackd 1/2/06*] The Outlook 287 Fourth Avenue New York January 2, 1906. My Dear Mr. President: I have suggested to Edwin Mims, of Trinity College, Durham, N.C., one of the most intelligent and progressive of the younger men of the South, that he should send a copy of his "Life of Sidney Lanier." It is never an impertinence to call attention to a good book. I think this book will interest you for three reasons: It is a valuable contribution to literary biography in this country; it is a contribution to the literature of heroism, which I know has great attraction for you, and which cannot be too rich for educational purposes in this country; it is the story of a Southern man with the national idea written by a man3. of the New South who is thorough nationalist. These things give the book an importance for your reading which excuses this intrusion on your time. Please do not answer this letter. With all good wishes for the New Year, I am Faithfully yours, Hamilton W. Mabie The President [*F*] T/T DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON. January 2, 1906. William Loeb, jr., Esquire, Secretary to the President, The White House. Sir: I enclose for the President copy of a despatch from the American Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at Habana, forwarding a statement of the condition of the Cuban Treasury Department on November 30, 1905. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Elihu Root Enclosure: From Cuba, No. 1419, December 23, 1905.Copy. Windsor Vermont. Jan 2 1905. [*[1906]*] Hon. L.M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington D.C. Dear Sir:- In my correspondence with Mr. Roosevelt in the matter of the coins, we concluded it would be well to try and make a coin with the design in higher relief than those now in use. Perhaps, as he suggested, a trial between the extreme high relief of the Greek coins and the very low relief of the modern ones night show that a higher relief is permissible in our currency than now prevails. I am working at this now and on reflection, I think it would be best to know at once if there are not some inflexible modern requirements that neces- sitate extreme flatness. If that is the case, it is useless to lose time on trials; also, to a certain degree, the relief determined on may modify composition. If you will kind- ly give me a reply to this at your earliest convenience I should be much obliged. Of course in what I propose doing, the rim will be as high as the highest relief, so that the piling of the coins will not be interfered with. Yours Very Truly, Augustus Saint-Gaudens.[*[Enc. in Saint Gaudens 1-2-06]*]Augustus Saint- Gaudens Windsor. Vermont. [*Ackd 1-6-06*] Jan 2 I906. Dear Mr. President:- I enclose a copy of a letter mailed this morning, which explains itself. Faithfully yours Augustus Saint-Gaudens[*[For enc. see Saint Gaudens to Shaw 1-2-06]*][*[1-2-06]*] [*F*] 1600 I Street N.W. Dear Mr. President, I should certainly act on Saint-Gaudens advice - and have personally no interest in the other man, and had only forwarded his letter out of good nature, with out recommendation of any man.I return Saint Gaudens' letter, and am yours affectionately Emily Tuckerman. January 2d 1906. I understand that it is confidential.Booker T. Washington [*F*] Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute incorporated Tuskegee, Alabama January 2, 1906. President Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President:- You will be interested to know that I have just received and accepted an invitation to deliver an address is what is perhaps the largest most wealthy white church in the city of Nashville on next Sunday. Yours very truly, H. Booker T Washington[*Wrote Senator Hale 1/3/06*] Isthmian Canal Commission Washington January 3, 1906. Dear Mr. President: I send herewith the memorandum which you desired. I send also a copy of the report of the testimony before the Senate Committee in which I have marked the passages relating to Mr. Ross, Purchasing Agent, and Mr. Benson, the Auditor. Very faithfully yours, J.B. Bishop The President.[*[For I enclosure see ca. 1 -1906]*][*F*] Jenkintown Pa Jan 3rd 06 My dear Mr. Roosevelt I see from "The Press" I am acredited with having hunted with you and of having added my mite towards your pleasure in Albemarle - I regret verymuch I missed you that morning. I chased all over the woods after you, and when I got back to "Plain Dealing" for the third time I found you had gone to "Pine Knob" and thinking you were tired for that day, I went home - I would have liked very much to have gotten you on theGreen Mountain as it is much better for Turkeys than the flat woods - I would have come down again, but I was called here by telegram, as my Mother was very sick - Hoping that next time Imay have better luck - And with best wishes for the season Iam Yours most sincerely Peyton S. Coles. [*[Coles]*]Cableram Received at the war department, January 3, 1906. (by postal telegraph messenger 7.55 a. 1 CB. Manila. The Military Secretary, Washington. For the Secretary of War. Confidential. My health is better and improving, Secretary of War letter December 1st not yet received. Most desire command of the Atlantic Division but hesitate asking on account of inconvenience to General Wade. If MacArthur is to be made Chief of Staff consequently continuing the association of the rank of Lieutenant general with the assignment it would be acceptable to me also provided of course it is so desired by you and the President. I tell you my greeatest desire also of my entire readiness to fit in wherever I can be most useful, and cause least inconvenience to others. Any assignment made by you will satisfactory. Suggest my relief from this command not later than March or April, and that I return by either commercial liner or transport, as may be most convenient at the time of my leaving. Thankfully for this evidence of confidence and great consideration. Corbin.[*[Enc. in Taft 1-3-06]*][*Ackd 1-4-06*] Confidential 28 Wall Street New York Jany 3rd 1906 [No. 17 TREASURY DEPARTMENT] The President Washington Dear Mr. President Upon my return from a dinner at Judge Gray's last night I found your message deprecating my telegram to Assemblyman Wainwright, regarding his candidacy for the Speakership It was the first intimation that I had that you would look unfavorably on his candidacy -- The first person who asked me to help Wainwright was your warm friend Alford Cooley. -- Until the receipt of your telegram I had supposed that all you desired to accomplish was the defeat of any candidate who was backed by Governor Odell, or any candidate who had voted for Judge Hooker -- In other words that otherwise any man of high character would be acceptable - To my mind Wainwright who was no more an Odell man than Wadsworth was to be preferred on account of his legislative experience and the further fact that his election would not arouse the antagonism that Wadsworth's would.2 [No. 17 TRESURY DEPARTMENT] I am still of that belief -- Had I known however your interest in Wadsworth's candidacy, as one who has been your loyal supporter, I would have refrained from sending the telegram, but as I have said, I had no indication of your predilections; on other occasions you have done me the honor to write me or sent me word through others what attitude you wanted me to take, a notable instance lately, where you were so interested in the election of the Chairman of the New York County Committee; [and] the assistance which I secured for Mr Parsons has since been gratefully acknowledged by him -- Ever since I assumed the duties [of the office] of Assistant Treasurer, almost three years ago, I have endeavored to so conduct the office as to reflect credit upon your administration and to heartily support and cooperate with you in your policy, and I have, I believe, enjoyed your confidence and had your good will -[*F*] [No. 17 Treasury Department] If owing to my telegram to Assemblyman Wainwright, I have forfeited your confidence and good will, and the cordial relations that have existed between us, are not to continue I should be loath to serve out my term here. I have the honor to be Very respectfully yours Hamilton Fish[*Wrote Asst Sec'y Bacon*] [*1-3-06*] 6 Gramercy Park, My Dear Teddy I am sincerely obliged to you for the interest you have taken in the Col. Leonard matter. As I understand it when Mr Hull knows of your attitude towards the bill it will be favorably reported. However I trust to you in thematter entirely. As to myself. I have been been trying to get abroad for sometime & now hope to be able to leave about the first week in February. I shall be delighted to go over to Washington & dine with you whenever asked. I hope the New Year has begun propitiously for you & yours & with best wishes. I am yours sincerely Charles Morgan To the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt[*Ackd 1-4-06*] DOUGLAS ROBINSON, CHARLES S. BROWN & CO. REAL ESTATE 160 Broadway New York Uptown Office, 570 Fifth Avenue. Douglas Robinson, President. Charles S. Brown, 1st Vice President. Frederick Winant, 2nd Vice President. W. R. Buchanan, Treasurer. Arthur W. Weed, Secy. & Asst. Treas. Cable Address, "Robur," New York. Jan 3rd / 06. Dear Theodore Only a line to wish you & yours a Happy & Prosperous New Year. You have indeed a hard year ahead of you but I have an undoubted faith in your ability to win out. Whether you had anything to do with the late contest at Albany or not I do not know everyone insists upon giving you lots of credit for it & sticking another feather in your already over crowded head gear. I am enclosing you a clipping from the NY Tribune the day after the St Paul School Pomfret game. I cut it out to send to you as I thought you[*For enc. see 1-3-06*] would be interested in Stewart's success; he certainly did [up] put up a Sandy game & a good one to boot. He saved about 10 goals for St. Pauls. [but] St. Pauls did not need such a good goalkeeper they had the others from the start Stewart sent them home with a goose egg. Love to Edith & the children & with all sorts of good wishes to the Father-in-law of the future I am Yours sincerely Douglas Robinson To The President The White House Washington DC[*F*] Department of State Washington. L. January 3, 1906. My dear Mr. Loeb: In reply to your letter of the 1st instant, I have to say that on the following day a telegram, as directed by the President, was sent to Mr. Carter at London concerning the alleged interview between the President and Mr. Mason, the Liberal candidate for Glasgow. Very truly yours Elihu Root William Loeb, Jr., Esquire, Secretary to the President, The White House.[*F*] [*1906*] War Department Washington January 3, 1906. Mr dear Mr. President: I have this confidential communication from Corbin, in answer to a cable which I sent him, a copy of which I also enclose. Very sincerely yours, Wm H Taft The President. Enc.[*For. 2 encs see 12-31-05 1-3-06*]Enc in Robinson 1-3-06Pomfret boys beaten. __ St. Paul's School, of Concord, Wins Annual Hockey Match. Constituents of St, Paul's school of Concord, N.H., and Pomfret School, of Pomfret, Conn., crowded the St. Nicholas Rink last night to see the annual hockey match between these two rival "prep" schools. From start to finish the game was fierce and rough, and, although St. Paul's won by a score of 7 to 0, the Pomfret lads put up a stubborn resistance throughout. Big delegations of schoolboys were on hand from each institution, and flanked by numerous fond mammas and pappas, proceeded to make the rafters ring with the school cheers. No better cheering, in fact, was ever heard in the rink. When the college teams meet, indeed, the "rooting" is usually conspicuous by its absence. The team from St. Paul's was much heavier than the Connecticut seven, and knew a good deal more hockey. The player s on the winning team, indeed, looked husky enough for a college or major league seven. Robinson, the St. Paul's goal keeper, was a host in himself. Time and again the Pomfret forwards shot the puck with lightning like velocity toward the St. Paul's goal, but the shot was always neatly blocked. As the game progressed, and the Pomfret boys were not able to score, the losers began to play rougher and rougher, and the winners were not loath to follow suit. The referee was willing, however, to shut his eyes to all breaches of the rules as long as no flagrant slugging was indulged in. The winners started scoring early in the first half, and when the whistle blew for time Read, Morgan and Blair had each caged the puck once and Bughman, the St. Paul's captain, had scored twice. This made the score at the end of the first period 5 to 0 against Pomfret. In the second period the Pomfret team took a brace and played better, but was unable to get by the husky St. Paul's goal keeper, while the winners piled up two more points. These were made by Blair and Bughman. For the winners the four forwards divided the honors with Robinson, the goal keeper, while for the lowers the best work was done by Fahnestock, who guarded the net. Last year the St. Paul's School team was also victorious. The winners wore red sweaters and the losers white. The New-York Athletic Club and the St. Nicholas Skating Club teams will play at the St. Nicholas Rink tonight. The line up follows: St. Paul's (7) Robinson .....................Goal..........................Fahnestock Olcott....................Point...............................Enos Read .................Cover Point........................Townsend Blair....................Forward............................Beardeley Bughman..........forward.............................Bowen Morgan...............Forward...........................Swords Chantler (kirkhead).....Forward.................Hollins Time-Twenty- minute halves. Goals: First half- Read, 1; Morgan, 1; Bughman, 2; Blair, 1. Score: First half- St. Paul's School, 5; Pomfret School. 0. Goals: Second half- Blair. 1; Bughman, 1. Final score- St. Paul's School, 7; Pomfret School, 0. Big Entry for Squash Tournament __ Everett Colby Must Concede Heavy Odds to the Other.....[*Ackd 1/6/06*] Durham, N.C. 4 January , 1906 President Roosevelt, The White House Washington, D.C. My dear sir, Leaving the White House last Tuesday I went to the Library of Congress, and almost the first thing I put my hands on was a letter from James Hamilton, Jr., of South Carolina, to Van Buren, giving an account of Jackson's inauguration, 1829. I was particularly struck with the description of the popular reception, and I enclose to you a copy of it. If it interests you or isever useful I shall deem myself fortunate in thus contributing to your comfort. With deep appreciation of your kindness to me I am Sincerely yours, John Spencer Bassette[For enc. see .ca Mar5, 1829][*[1906]*] SENATE CHAMBER. 4th January My Dear President- What you send me is just what I want - With it, I think I shall be able to manage - I do not think we will have muchtrouble with the large salaries, but it will help if you put that strongly in your message --- When the time comes it will be well for you to see Kittredge & Hopkins who will be the active men men on the Interoceanic Committee, which will have charge of all compensation - Knox, who is on the committee, where we put him to do work, can help if he will, but I am afraid he will never go near the Committee -- I am talking freely as you see - I am with high wishes[?] Very truly yours Eugene Hale[*F*] BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE. INCORPORATED TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA. January 4, 1906. President Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President:- I think I ought to say to you that I find the colored people throughout the country are very sensitive on the subject of your making any move in the direction of reducing the number of colored people holding office in the South. When I see you I shall talk the matter over with you more in detail. Yours very truly, Booker T. Washington H.[*F*] State of New York Executive Chamber Albany Personal Jan. 4th, 1906. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President: I have your very kind letter of January 3rd. Our victory was very complete; in fact, it seems to me that the enemy was completely routed and we were obliged only to use the ammunition which he furnished. I very confidently look for less trouble here than we would have had if our course had been mapped out and controlled by commercialism. With many thanks, I am. Yours sincerely, Frank W Higgins [*[Higgins]*][*Ackd 1-17-06*] 4th Jan 12, QUAI DEBILLY. His Excellency The President of the United States Dear Mr. President -- Will you do me the honor of accepting this very small present - I have been reading your articles in Scribner and I feel surethis little Jack of all Trades will be able to tell you something you may want to know if you take it with you on your next big hunt. I am with great respect Your sincere friend and admirer Katherine McCormick[*F*] B-E DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. January 4, 1906 William Loeb, Jr., Esquire, Secretary to the President, The White House. SIR: I enclose herewith, for communication to the President, a copy of a despatch from the Legislation at Copenhagen, reporting that several bills proposing changes in the administration of the Danish West Indies have been introduced in the Folketing. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Elihu Root Enclosure: From Denmark, No. 57, December 16, 1905.BRITISH EMBASSY, ST PETERSBURG, Jan 4 1906 My Dear Mrs Roosevelt I was so much obliged for the book and it will be the greatest blessing to have a book of poems to read in this awful place. "A land without any order - day even as night - " -- "Throw down her bulwarks for they are not of the Lord's" -- The prophets read now in church are the only historians capable of telling whatpasses here. I will pick up my narrative & report it, where I left -- but you have Meyer here and no doubt he is better informed. Today all is hope & confidence. The revolution is crushed. The people and above all the army are faithful to their Tsar. There is nothing more to be feared. The capitalists will lend money as before, the newspapers applaud, the diplomatists bow: the sovereign congratulate and the bureaucracy plunder & persecute -- just as before. The storm has blown about the candles a little: but the govt can wake up, & snuff them & quietly go to sleep again. It is a fight in the dark, in the mud, with weapons which don't reach, & which are innocuous when they do. No one seems to say an articulate word, or to be moved by an intelligible or an inspiring idea -- on the one side - autocracy. A little man with a snub nose, descendant [from] of an alien & scarcely royal race - who is at the center of thisvast machines and the god of 100 millions -- on the other -- nothing at all: not even a snub nosed mannikin -- but just simply destruction -- "The other shape -- "If shape it might be called that shape "had none -- distinguishable in feature, form, or limb - or substance might be called that shadow seemed -- for each seemed either -- Black it stood as night Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell -- and "shoots a dreadful dart" --- This is the only description I have seen, which is worthy of it.BRITISH EMBASSY ST PETERSBURG and now the old order is singing its song of triumph, & with as loud as any. "It never admired the Manifesto but as the Emperor has issued it, it represents the Imperial word & must be fulfilled but no more -- not a jot more --" and the main thing is to keep order till the Duma meets - which will be without "constitutional mummery" (i.e. the Emperor will not swear allegiance to the constitution)Then he will return - He doesn't think that the atmosphere of the Duma will suit his constitution which is accustomed to the pure keen air of a monarchically-inspired bureaucracy. The question is - what will the Duma do? It may do something. Everyone now believes it to be a pure farce -- to meet to register the duress of the Govt and then to vanish like the reforms of 1862 into the harmless regions of history. I pity Meyer. There is nothing here for an active man to do. The climate is vile. His wife & daughter are unable to come here. The post is one of expectancy & observation -- that of a newspaper correspondent. The Emperor is absolutely shut to all approach except through the former Emperor who has a private code. The man for Foreign Affairs is an uneasy phantom who can hardly even gibber unless he is authorized -- and he never is. truth is open with newspaper correspondents - but shut to ambassadors. There is no dangerto make it worth staying here, nor [interest] work to make it useful -- all their arguments I could advance for myself to my gut, if I weren't so accustomed to being simply an observer -- what I mean is that if you want Meyer to do anything here: he can't - It is quite out of the question and if he is a good man he had better be employed elsewhere -- I shall be here till April. My wife I drove away. She had to go for family reasons and I insisted with great difficulty. I hope to join her in April. It is very hard when one is married to be separated.BRITISH EMBASSY ST PETERSBURG I am writing a letter to Miss Alice but I cant think of the proper expression! It seems so odd considering I remember her as baby. I am sending an electric [?] which they make very well here. Ct Gleichen who comes as Military attaché is an old friend of mine. He is absolutely fearless which the President may approve of. He is also quite straightsomewhat German but with an occasional gleaming of a joke -- I like him very much & I hope you will. He is a very capable officer & knows a good deal too. I hope you like my friends Rennie & Lyndsay. Isn't the latter good looking? Rennie is not as pleasant at first as he becomes afterwards. Dear me how I wish I could get to Wash' -- 'I read Harper's with the greatest interest It writes properly about our President . Yours always C A S R [*[Spring Rice]*][*F*] GERMAN EMBASSY WASHINGTON January 4. 1906 My dear Mr. Loeb will you kindly tell the President that the sender of the enclosed telegram is a wine merchant in Kreuznach, Germany, The Honorable William Loeb White HouseHe came to America about two years ago. He is a harmless fellow but a bit of a crank. very sincerely yours H Sternburg.[*File CF*] 1/4/06 [*Panama*] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION. My dear Mr. President I told Mr Morgan's messenger that I could not send Mr Morgan "all the cables rec'd from the French Company" as the Commission was in session considering them, hoping to report to the President Saturday. Ithink the report will reach you saturday P.M. with great respect Very sincerely yours J. Walker Jan 4. 16.Booker T. Washington, Principal Warren Logan, Treasurer The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute For the Training of Colored Young Men and Women ...Tuskegee Institute, Alabama... January 4, 1906. ___ Committee on Investment of Endowment Fund __ Mr. J.G. Phelps Stokes 100 William St., New York City Mr. George F. Peabody 54 William St., New York City Mr. Paul M. Warburg 52 William St., New York City Mr. Seth Low 30 East 64th St., New York City __ [*F*] My dear Mr. President: You will be glad to note that according to the Chicago Tribune record, December 31, 1905, we have had the smallest number of lynchings during the past year that have occurred in the past twenty years, the total number being only 66. Over 25% of the total number occurred in Mississippi, Very truly, Booker T Washington President Theodore Roosevelt, The White House, Washington, D.C.[*F*] United States Senate, Washington. D.C., January 4, 1906. Dear Mr. President;- I return you herewith Miss Tuckerman's letter of January second, and Mr. Saint Gaudens' letter of December twenty-fourth, which you handed to me this morning. I have already addressed Mr. Saint Gaudens a letter in regard to a sculptor for your bust, and will write you again on receipt of his reply. Very sincerely yours, Geo. Peabody Wetmore. To the President, White House, Washington, D.C.WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau of Insular Affairs. MEMORANDUM: Mr Secretary - Fancy you would want this immediately - CR Edwards - [*[ca. 1-5-06]*][attached to cable to Taft 1-5-06]Western General Agent Columbian Marble Quarrying Co. Rutland, Vt. Telephone Main 1764 General U.S. Agent Maine Red Granite Co. Red Beach, Me. [*F*] EDWARD MACLANE Wholesale Marble and Granite Polished Granite Wainscoting BEST FACILITIES ON EARTH FOR GRANITE COLUMNS, PILASTERS, ETC. 36 La Salle Street, Room 605 Chicago, Jan 5, 06, Hon Theodore Roosevelt President of U.S. Washington D.C. Most Honored sir, although this letter may never reach your personal attention, I must enter my protest against the treatment accorded Mrs. Morris on occasion of her visit to the "White House" on Jan 4, inst. My personal opinion of you is based on the most profound esteem and that sentiment has increased year by year since you first appeared in Public Affairs in New York City I am certain that your indignation must be equal to that of the writer, but I must state that I would not keep in my employ an employee who would beat a decent and ordinarily respectable dog so brutally as our most conservative press relate this unfortunate affair I beg to remain most sincerely your constituent and admirer Edward MacLane[*Ackd 1/8/06*] Marietta Ga Jan 5th 1906 To the President of the U.S. Washington D.C. Honorable Sir: It is with heart felt grief I announce to you the death of that "servant of God" the Rev. Dr. William E. Baker of Barrington Hall Roswell GA., who entered into his rest, in the early morning, of this day the 5th of Jan. I was present at your reception in the little Roswell churchmother's Brides maid, in the dear home made desolate, for it was a true home, it beautiful peaceful influence extending far and near an ideal home. May this blessing you have received, from these now silent lips, rest upon you and yours always - Respect'ly yours Mrs. Fanny King Pratt Marietta Ga. 2 heard your hearty answer to his question "is this the President?" Yes, the President of the U.S. and " Mittie Bulloch's son", and then his prayer and blessing, and your reverent reception of them. This grand man was my uncle by marriage and having known him all my life can testify to his beautiful "walk with God" & know your kind heart will sympathize with my aunt Mrs. Baker, your [*1-5-06*][?]DAY, JANUARY 5, 1906. -- (PAGE 6.) ROOSEVELT TO AUSTRALIA. A WARNING NOTE. By RICHARD ARTHUR, M.L.A. Twice in direct address, once in indirect, an American with the gift of prophecy, has spoken to Australia. For prophecy, after all, is but the power of bringing the faculty of reason and knowledge of the past to bear on the future, and what it hides in its womb. But so intent are men on things of the day, that the prophetic utterance falls ever on deaf and heedless ears. And so though Roosevelt's words come full of solemn and momentous import, how many are there in Australia, who have ears to hear? Let us restate once again the messages that the great President has sent to us, words which should be written in letters of gold or fire, wherever men take counsel together concerning the destiny of Australia. The first, "Either fill your cradles, or throw open your gates." The second, "Beware of keeping your Far North empty"; and the third, "The nation that is opulent, aggressive, and unarmed, invites disaster." Now what manner of man is he who delivers these messages? He is not the seer of the popular imagination, a man of dreams and visions, who has withdrawn himself from the stress and storm of life, to dwell in a world of abstract thought and fantasy. Rather is he a Westerner of the Westerners, a hard, practical man, who has been in the midst of events all his life; one who has played many parts, and played them all with consummate excellence. Whether as a reformer of the civil service, or police commissioner for New York, as assistant secretary of the Navy, or Colonel of Rough Riders, he has always been an example of the strenuous life he has advocated so well. One [?] better [?] man than by quoting from his greatest [sp????] "I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labour and strife, to preach the highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship. or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph -- I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavour. The twentieth century looms before us, big with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease, and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at the hazard of their lives, and at the risk of all they hold dear; then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and win for themselves the dominion of the world. Let us, therefore, boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us not shrink from strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we are certain that the strife is justified; for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavour, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness." Here speaks a man after the grim, great heart of Carlyle, and it would be well for us in Australia to give the most earnest heed to any words addressed by such a one to us. His messages have no taint of bias or self-interest; he has nothing to gain from us, and nothing to lose. But blood is thicker than water, and the pride of race binds the English-speaking people all the world over. And so, looking across 7000 miles of ocean, Roosevelt sees the infant Commonwealth menaced by approaching dangers which threaten its very life, and, like the faithful watchman on the tower, he sounds a blast of warning to arouse the slumbering people. One hundred years ago his own nation stood where we stand to-day, except that we have escaped their baptism of fire and blood. And we are happier in this, too, that at present we are undisputed masters of our own continent, while the young United States were surrounded by potential enemies. But the stars in [?] courses fought for the youthful community. The mother country, sullen and unforgiving in the North [?] held bound by a [?] struggle in Europe; Louisiana was [?] from Napoleon for a similar reason; later Alaska was yielded up by Russia, and California by Mexico; and, with the help of Canning, the Holy Alliance was curbed and the Monroe doctrine made possible, while the French adventure in Mexico was a mere interlude permitted by the Civil War. And with the exit of Spain from Cuba went the last sire to live under the same political system, subscribe to the same ethical code. Asia could send out twice the number, but they would be yellow or brown. "And East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," or as Meredith Townsend, a writer who knows Asia infinitely better than ever Kipling did, puts it: "It is past question, that colour is an indication of differences, physical, intellectual, and moral of the most radical and imperishable kind. Throughout the history of mankind, black men, brown men, and white men have been divided from each other by lines which have never been passed, and by differences apparently wholly independent of their own volition. The chasm between the brown man and the white is unfathomable, has existed in all ages, and exists still everywhere. No white man marries a brown wife, no brown man marries a white wife without an inner sense of having been false to some unintelligible but irresistible command. There is no corner of Asia, where the life of a white man if unprotected by force either actual or potential is safe for an hour; nor is there an Asiatic state, which if it were prudent, would not expel him at once and forever. If the Mongolian tide should begin to flow Australiaward, we would be thankful for the meanest of our own race, and, therefore, we should receive gladly Roose- velt's advice to encourage the immigration of Southern Europeans into our Northern territories. Of the half-million Italians who leave their homes every year, could we not by free grants of land, and other concessions, induce 10,000 or 20,000 of them to settle in the Gulf country? If they succeeded in making a settlement there others would follow of their own accord, and we would have established a white outpost in the quarter which lies empty and undefended. Nor should we carp because other European Powers have obtained a foothold in the Pacific. Rather should it be a matter of congratulation to us, that they have acquired interests there which they would be prepared to defend. It is altogether good for Australia that at the Philippines the Americans lie athwart the from the North, and good also that the piercing of the Isthmus of Panama will allow them in years to come to throw at any moment their war fleet into the Pacific. And French and German naval stations not remote from our coasts may be undesirable, but they are the lesser of two evils. The future may compel the solidarity of the white races for mutual defence and the protection of their various interests. But when all is said and done, our trust must be neither in other nations, however friendly they may appear, nor in the sheltering aegis of the British navy. It is an extrinsic and dubious defence which is based and concentrated twelve thousand to those nations that the arm is only borders by their own right arm. If we are unfit to do this, there remains for Australia the most hideous fate that has ever befallen a white people. It is true that history records instances in which an Asiatic race has ruled a white com- munity, but it has been at most an ephemeral and transitory dominion. The Moors could not keep their hold of Spain, and the Turks drew back from the walls of Vienna; Greece has thrown off her chains, so have some of the Balkan principalities, while the others await with passionate longing the consummation of their hearts' desire. But should Asia descend upon us in might, it would be final and irrevocable. There lies no Europe behind us whose safety would be threatened, whose fierce and insolent pride would be aroused. New South Wales would be another Macedonia, Victoria another Greece, but without sustaining hope of an ultimate redemption. All this to the average man may seem foolishness -- the baseless speculations of an unbalanced alarmist. I would to God they were. But they are not. They are truth -- truisms even but needing to be proclaimed without ceasing from the house tops. The question of questions to-day in Australia is, Will her people give heed to the warnings which come from every side? If they will not listen to the fateful words of the greatest of living Americans, it should avail little though one should return from the dead. In [?ays]the historians of our [l?] messages [?] in our nation[?] The [?] League of Australia. [???IFESTO]. [AUS???????] [???????T] NEED is MORE PEOPLE. Her vast [unoc??????] [?]r POPULATION. There can be no [permanen?] [?] until these vacant lands are occupied by [INDU???????] [?] producing wealth from the soil. Our [???????????????N] and PERSISTENCE as an inde- pendent [A????????] [?] are bound up with this question. The [d??] [???e] to keep this huge territory for the people [alr????] [???ir] children has gone by. Unless we are willing [??r] own race and blood to share our [magnificen?] come when, against our will, those of Alien [ra??] [?n] such numbers, as to submerge our own people [?????shed] liberty. [Nothin?] [?ut] the influx of WHITE IMMI- GRANTS, [?nstitutions] and ideals and become good [AUST???????] The [ob????] [???????TION] LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA is to [impre??] Commonwealth with the urgent necessity of [????????ON]. The [Le????] the sympathy and co-operation of ALL [POLI?????] [?ts] Members will be united by a common [des???] [???tralia]. Its [appe??] [???????ISM] of all for whom Australia is the HOME-[?]. By [Publ??] [????ulation] of Literature, by collecting information [????????ION] and LAND SETTLEMENT, by [formulati??] [???POSALS] on the subject, an active propaganda [w???] [????h] it is hoped will arouse PUBLIC INTEREST [?] THE [L?????] [?onfidence] to the CITIZENS OF AUSTRALIA [????T] and VITAL MOVEMENT and assist by their [?????ary] Contributions. FUNDS will be [URGENT??] this work to a SUCCESSFUL ISSUE. [SUBSCR???????] [?????IONS] may be sent to the Hon- orary [Treasur???] LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA, 42 Elizabeth, [?] [??dney]. N.B.- [Su???????????] [????ership], ONE SHILLING and upwards per [an???] [?] [??THUR], M.L.A. Hon. { [Ro?????] H. [DUCKE?] Treas., { W.H. KELYNACK. Hon. { E. SCOTT MACKNZIE. Secs., { F. FORSYTH CHEFFINS. R.T. Kelly, 27, 29 and 31 Rowe Street, Sydney. OBJECTS:-- I. The education of the Australian people as to the need of increased population of the agricultural class. II. The dissemination of information both in Australia and in Europe with regard to immigration and land settlement. III. Practical assistance and advice to immigrants arriving in Australia. IV. The advocacy of a vigorous policy of closer settlement and of placing city people on the soil.FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1906. -- (PAGE 6.) ROOSEVELT TO AUSTRALIA. A WARNING NOTE. By RICHARD ARTHUR, M.L.A. Twice in direct address, once in indirect, an American with the gift of prophecy, has spoken to Australia. For prophecy, after all, is but the power of bringing the faculty of reason and knowledge of the past to bear on the future, and what it hides in its womb. But so intent are men on things of the day, that the prophetic utterance falls ever on deaf and heedless ears. And so though Roosevelt's words come full of solemn and momentous import, how many are there in Australia, who have ears to hear? Let us restate once again the messages that the great President has sent to us, words which should be written in letters of gold or fire, wherever men take counsel together concerning the destiny of Australia. The first, "Either fill your cradles, or throw open your gates." The second, "Beware of keeping your Far North empty"; and the third, "The nation that is opulent, aggressive, and unarmed, invites disaster." Now what manner of man is he who delivers these messages? He is not the seer of the popular imagination, a man of dreams and visions, who has withdrawn himself from the stress and storm of life, to dwell in a world of abstract thought and fantasy. Rather is he a Westerner of the Westerners, a hard, practical man, who has been in the midst of events all his life; one who has played many parts, and played them all with consummate excellence. Whether as a reformer of the civil service, or police commissioner for New York, as assistant secretary of the Navy, or Colonel of Rough Riders, he has always been an example of the strenuous life he has advocated so well. One [?] better [?] man than by quoting from his greatest [speech?] "I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labour and strife, to preach the highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires more easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph -- I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavour. The twentieth century looms before us, big with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease, and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives, and at the risk of all they hold dear; then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and win for themselves the dominion of the world. Let us, therefore, boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us not shrink from strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we were certain that the strife is justified; for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavour, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness." Here speaks a man after the grim, great heart of Carlyle, and it would be well for us in Australia to give the most earnest heed to any words addressed by such a one to us. His messages have no taint of bias or self-interest; he has nothing to gain from us, and nothing to lose. But blood is thicker than water, and the pride of race binds the English- speaking people all the world over. And so, looking across 7000 miles of ocean, Roosevelt sees the infant Commonwealth menaced by approaching dangers which threaten its very life, and, like the faithful watchman on the tower, he sounds a blast of warning to arouse the slumbering people. One hundred years ago his own nation stood where we stand to-day, except that we have escaped their baptism of fire and blood. And we are happier in this, too, that at present we are undisputed masters of our own continent, while the young United States were surrounded by potential enemies. But the stars in [?] courses fought for the youthful community. The mother country, sullen and unforgiving in the North [?] bound by a [?] struggle in Europe; Louisiana was [?] from Napoleon [?] similar reason; later [?] was yielded up by Russia, and California by Mexico; and, with the help of Canning, the Holy-Alliance was curbed and the Monroe doctrine made possible, while the French adventure in Mexico was a mere interlude permitted by the Civil War. And with the exit of Spain from Cuba went the last [?sire] to live under the same political system, subscribe to the same ethical code. Asia could send out twice the number, but they would be yellow or brown. "And East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," or as Meredith Townsend, a writer who knows Asia infinitely better than ever [even] Kipling did, puts it: "It is past question, that colour is an indication of differences, physical, intellectual, and moral of the most radical and imperishable kind. Throughout the history of mankind, black men, brown men, and white men have been divided from each other by lines which have never been passed, and by differences apparently wholly independent of their own volition. The chasm between the brown man and the white is unfathomable, has existed in all ages, and exists still everywhere. No white man marries a brown wife, no brown man marries a white wife without an inner sense of having been false to some unintelligible but irresistible command. There is no corner of Asia, where the life of a white man if unprotected by force either actual or potential is safe for an hour; nor is there an Asiatic state, which if it were prudent, would not expel him at once and forever. If the Mongolian tide should begin to flow Australiaward, we would be thankful for the meanest of our own race, and, therefore, we should receive gladly Roosevelt's advice to encourage the immigration of Southern Europeans into our Northern territories. Of the half-million Italians who leave their homes every year, could we not by free grants of land, and other concessions, iduce 10,000 or 20,000 of them to settle in the Gulf country? If they succeeded in making a settlement there others would follow of their own accord, and we would have established a white outpost in the quarter which lies empty and undefended. Nor should we carp because other European Powers have obtained a foothold in the Pacific. Rather should it be a matter of congratulation to us, that they have acquired interests there which they would be prepared to defend. It is altogether good for Australia that at the Philippines the Americans lie athwart the [?] from the North, and good also that the piercing of the Isthmus of Panama will allow them in years to come to throw at any moment their war fleet into the Pacific. And French and German naval stations not remote from our coasts may be undesirable, but they are the lesser of two evils. The future may compel the solidarity of the white races for mutual defence and the protection of their various interests. But when all is said and done, our trust must be neither in other nations, however friendly they may appear, nor in the sheltering [?is] of the British navy. It is an extrinsic and dubious defence which is based and concentrated twelve thousand [?] is only to those nations [?] borders by their own right arm. If we are unfit to do this, there remains for Australia the most hideous fate that has ever befallen a white people. It is true that history records instances in which an Asiatic race has ruled a white community, but it has been at most an ephemeral and transitory dominion. The Moors could not keep their hold of Spain, and the Turks drew back from the walls of Vienna; Greece has thrown off her chains, so have some of the Balkan principalities, while the others await with passionate longing the consummation of their hearts' desire. But should Asia descend upon us in might, it would be final and irrevocable. There lies no Europe behind us whose safety would be threatened, whose fierce and insolent pride would be aroused. New South Wales would be another Macedonia, Victoria another Greece, but without sustaining hope of an ultimate redemption. All this to the average man may seem foolishness -- the baseless speculations of an unbalanced alarmist. I would to God they were. But they are not. They are truth -- truisms even but needing to be proclaimed without raising from the house tops. The question of questions to-day in Australia is, Will her people give heed to the warnings which come from every side? If they will not listen to the fateful words of the greatest of living Americans, it should avail little though one should return [?] the dead. [I?] the [histori?] of our l[?] in our nation[?] The Immigration League of Australia. MANIFESTO. AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST NEED is MORE PEOPLE. Her vast unoccupied spaces cry out for POPULATION. There can be no permanent return of prosperity until these vacant lands are occupied by INDUSTRIOUS SETTLERS producing wealth from the soil. Our SELF-PRESERVATION and PERSISTENCE as an independent Anglo-Saxon community are bound up with this question. The day when we could hope to keep this huge territory for the people already within it and their children has gone by. Unless we are willing to invite those of our own race and blood to share our magnificent heritage, the day will come when, against our will, those of Alien race will pour in on us in such numbers, as to submerge our own people and threaten our cherished liberty. Nothing can prevent this but the influx of WHITE IMMIGRANTS, who will accept our institutions and ideals and become good AUSTRALIANS. The object of the IMMIGRATION LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA is to impress the people of the Commonwealth with the urgent necessity of MORE POPULATION. The League will seek to enlist the sympathy and co-operation of ALL POLITICAL PARTIES. Its Members will be united by a common desire for the good of Australia. Its appeal is to the PATRIOTISM of all for whom Australia is the HOME-LAND. By Public Meetings, by the circulation of Literature, by collecting information regarding IMMIGRATION and LAND SETTLEMENT, by formulating PRACTICAL PROPOSALS on the subject, an active propaganda will be carried on, which it is hoped will arouse PUBLIC INTEREST in the question. THE LEAGUE appeals with confidence to the CITIZENS OF AUSTRALIA to join in this GREAT and VITAL MOVEMENT and assist by their co-operation and Monetary Contributions. FUNDS will be URGENTLY NEEDED to carry this work to a SUCCESSFUL ISSUE. SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS may be sent to the Honorary Treasurers, IMMIGRATION LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA, 42 Elizabeth, of Box 939, G.P.O., Sydney. N.B.- Subscriptions for membership, ONE SHILLING and upwards per annum. President, Dr. ARTHUR, M.L.A. Hon. { Rowland H. Ducker. Treas., { W.H. Kelynack. Hon. { E. Scott Mackenzie. Secs., { F. Forsyth Cheffins. R.T. Kelly, 27, 29 and 31 Rowe Street, Sydney.toil, and who out of these wins the splendid did ultimate triumph -- I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavour. The twen- tieth century looms before us, big with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease, and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives, and at the risk of all they hold dear; then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and win for themselves the dominion of the world. Let us, therefore, boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteous- ness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us not shrink from strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided we were certain that the strife is justified; for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavour, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness." Here speaks a man after the grim, great heart of Car- lyle, and it would be well for us in Aus- tralia to give the most earnest heed to any words addressed by such a one to us. His messages have no taint of bias or self- interest; he has nothing to gain from us, and nothing to lose. But blood is thicker than water, and the pride of race binds the English-speak- ing people all the world over. And so, looking across 7000 miles of ocean, Roose- velt sees the infant Commonwealth men- aced by approaching dangers which threaten its very life, and, like the faith- ful watchman on the tower, he sounds a blast of warning to arouse the slumbering people. One hundred years ago his own nation stood where we stand to-day, except that we have escaped their baptism of fire and blood. And we are happier in this, too, that at present we are undisputed masters of our own continent, while the young United States were surrounded by poten- tial enemies. But the stars in [t?] courses fought for the youthful community. The mother country, sullen and unforgiv- ing in the North, was held bound by a [?] death struggle in Europe; Louisiana was won from Napoleon for a similar reason; later Alaska was yielded up by Russia, and California by Mexico; and, with the help of Canning, the Holy Alliance was curbed and the Monroe doc- trine made possible, while the French ad- venture in Mexico was a mere interlude permitted by the Civil War. And with the exit of Spain from Cuba went the last foreign Power which might possibly dis- turb the peace of the Americans. Well might the Republic offer up thanks- giving offerings to fortune, and in no less degree to the British navy, which had once and again stood between her and the armed intervention of Europe. Roosevelt has doubtlessly recognised this, but he is not prepared to leave the future to any such chances, and so, night and day, the American dockyards labour with feverish activity at the building of a war fleet that will guarantee the inviolability of the New World. Now, secure in their eighty millions of people, in their vast potentialities for offence and defence, the States, in the shape of their ruler, can look across the seas to regard the sister Commonwealth in the South and note her handful of people and the precarious sources of her defence from aggression. And note also that over Australia hang perils greater far than ever the United States had to face. For every thoughtful observer must realise that Australia seems placed by Nature to receive the overflow of Asia, and that the existence of a few millions of the Anglo- Saxon breed along her South-eastern coasts appears in the light of a manifest interference with the course of destiny. To no one is this clearer than to Roose- velt. He sees the pathos, the tragedy lying hid in it -- a tragedy that might move the gods to ironic laughter. Here is a people over whom is impending a possible fate which may involve them in irremedi- able disaster. And yet, careless as the dwellers in the Cities of the Plains, they give themselves over to the pleasures of the moment, and the foolish trifles which count for nothing in the history of a nation, while omens and portents crowd thick upon their view. When the only thing that might ward off the fate which Roosevelt sees clearly to be threatening the young nation is proposed to them one- half of the people are indifferent, and the other half are openly hostile to it. The vast empty spaces of Australia cry out for population. The world of a sudden has grown so small that the only valid title to any part of its surface is effective occupation. And in the Northern Terri- tory there are 820 white persons. As the population of the earth increases, the struggle for existence will grow fiercer. And Asia is awakening from her ignorance and the "silent deep disdain" of her thought to realise that it is not inevitable that she should be cooped up forever within narrow limits, and that her chil- dren should die in millions from want. Modern methods of transit have brought fertile lands within easy reach of the patient, untiring toilers of the East, who ask no more than the smallest plot of land to maintain themselves and their children. This is the menace which hangs over Aus- tralia like a Damoclean sword. Only po- tential to-day, though evident to every clear-sighted person, we cannot tell on what to-morrow it will be translated into a very actual and imminent event. The fortress is intact, but the heralds have sounded the summons for surrender. What feverish activity should therefore reign within? Is it meet for the council of the nation to give itself up to petty wrangles about union labels, or capital sites, or other trivial issues when at any moment the enemy may be at the gates? The first duty of a Government is to insure the safety of the Commonwealth. Beside this, all its other functions sink into in- significance. There should be no rest for [?] of the people until [?] the white races for mutual defence and the protection of their various interests. But when all is said and done, out trust must be neither in other nations, however friendly they may appear, nor in the shel- tering aegis of the British navy. It is an extrinsic and dubious defence which is to those nations [?] twelve thousand borders by their own right arm. If we are unfit to do this, there remains for Australia the most hideous fate that has ever befallen a white people. It is true that history records instances in which an Asiatic race has ruled a white com- munity, but it has been at most an ephemeral and transitory dominion. The Moors could not keep their hold of Spain, and the Turks drew back from the walls of Vienna; Greece has thrown off her chains, so have some of the Balkan prin- cipalities, while others await with pas- sionate longing the consummation of their hearts' desire. But should Asia descend upon us in might, it would be final and irrevocable. There lies no Europe behind us whose safety would be threatened, whose fierce and insolent pride would be aroused. New South Wales would be an- other Macedonia, Victoria another Greece, but without sustaining hope of an ultimate redemption. All this to the average man may seem foolishness--the baseless specu- lations of an unbalanced alarmist. I would to God they were. But they are not. They are truth--truisms even, but needing to be proclaimed without [?easing] from the house tops. The question of questions to-day in Australia is, Will her people give heed to the warnings which come from every side ? If they will not listen to the fateful words of the greatest of living Americans, it would avail little though one should return from the dead. [?] the historians of our [?] messages [?] in our nation [?] -----degree to the [?] once and again stood between [?} armed intervention of Europe, Roosevelt has doubtlessly recognised this, but he is not prepared to leave the future to any such changes, and so, night and day, the American dockyards labour with feverish activity at the building of a war fleet that will guarantee the inviolability of the New World. Now, secure in their eighty millions of people, in their vast potentialities for offence and defence, the States, in the shape of their ruler, can look across the seas to regard the sister Commonwealth in the South and note her handful of people and the precarious sources of her defence from aggression. And note also that over Australia bang perils greater far than ever the United states had to face. For every thoughtful observer must realise that Australia seems placed by Nature to receive the overflow of Asia, and that the existence of a few millions of the Anglo- Saxon breed along her South-eastern coasts appears in the light of a manifest interference with the course of destiny. To no one is this clearer than to Roosevelt. He sees the pathos, the tragedy lying hid in it - a tragedy that might move the gods to ironic laughter. Here is a people over whom is impending a possible date which may involve them in irremediable disaster. And yet, careless as the [?] [?] pleasures of the moment, and the foolish trifles which count for nothing in the history of a nation, while omens and portents crowd thick upon their view. When the only thing that might ward off the fate which Roosevelt sees clearly to be threatening the young nation is proposed to them one- half of the people are indifferent, and the other half are openly hostile to it. The vast empty spaces of Australia cry out for population. The world of a sudden has grown so small that the only valid title to any part of its surface is effective occupation. And in the Northern Territory there are 820 white persons. As the population of the earth increases, the struggle for existence will grow fiercer. And Asia is awakening fro her ignorance and the "silent deep disdain" of her thought to realise that it is not inevitable that she should be cooped up forever within narrow limits, and that her children should die in millions from want. Modern methods of transit have brought fertile lands within easy reach of the patient, untiring toilers of the East, who ask no more than the smallest plot of land to maintain themselves and their children. This is the menace which hangs over Australia like a Damoclean sword. Only potential to-day, though evident to every clear-sighted person, we cannot tell on hat to-morrow it will be translated into a very actual and imminent event. The fortress is intact, but the heralds have sounded the summons for surrender. What feverish activity should therefore reign within? Is it meet for the council of the nation to give itself up to petty wrangles about union labels, or capital sites, or other trivial issues when at any moment the enemy may be at the gates? The first duty of a Government is to insure the safety of the Commonwealth. Beside this, all its other functions sink into insignificance. There should be no rest for [?] representatives of the people until [?] to secure that safety have been [?] The garrison of Australia needs [?orcement.] Four millions of people [?not] guard 9000 miles of coast. Nor [?] so small a number bear the burden which expensive armaments and warships impose. And so we come back to Roosevelt's pregnant words: "Fill your cradles or throw open your gates," "Especially garrison your Far North." Here is the great, the overwhelmingly urgent reason for immigration, the reason which beats down all futile objections, and should appeal with unanswerable force to the dullest. There is no other way of salvation for Australia. One and a-half million immigrants are leaving Europe every year. many - perhaps the majority of them - would not come up to due standard of what is desirable ; but at least they are all white. They have the same religious beliefs, live undue or de-[*[Enclosed in Arthur, 1-14-06]*][*Enc. In Davis 1-6-06 1-5-06*]WINTHROP I. DAVIS SPRINGFIELD, MASS. ASSISTANT SECRETARY REPUBLICAN CITY COMMITTEE [*CITY COUNCIL*] 4 Springfield Daily News ESTABLISHED FEB. 24, 1880. DAILY NEWS PUBLISHING CO. Corner Worthington and Dwight Streets, SPRINGFIELD, MASS. __ Publishers' Announcements. __ TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. 71, Editorial Room. 72, Business Office. If one is busy, call the other. 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. Also Sundays and Holidays. 1759-1, Superintendent's Residence. 1666-1, City Editors Residence. Persons in the city desiring to have The Daily News delivered regularly at their house will please notify the office. Only 30 cents per month. Subscribers who do not receive their papers regularly will confer a favor by notifying The Daily News office. The News will pay no attention to unsigned communications. All communications should be signed, as an evidence of good faith. The signature to be withheld if the writer desires it. The News will not endeavor to return manuscript unless the latter is accompanied by stamps. All Want advertisements. 5 cents a line each day. This includes Help or Situation Wants, To Let, Lost or Found or For Sale advertisements less than 7 lines. __ Friday, January 5, 1906. A WHITE HOUSE OUTRAGE. __ According to reports published this morning, a most brutal outrage was perpetrated at the White House yesterday, when by order of the President's Secretary, a perfectly respectable woman, sister of Representative Hull of Iowa, and wife of a former Army Surgeon- who called at the White House to see Mr. Roosevelt- was set upon by Secret Service men and negro servants and ejected from the premises with the utmost roughness. Her clothing was nearly torn from her body, her jewelry was sent flying in all directions and her hair almost pulled from her head. After being thrown out the servants' door, she was sent to the House of detention in the prison van and kept until friends deposited collateral in order to free her. Members of the White House staff preferred a charge of insanity against the woman, but an examination by two police surgeons showed her to be perfectly sane. Such proceedings have no rival in any country but Russia. The only offense of Mrs. Morris was a wish to see the President in behalf of her husband, who recently lost his position in the Army Medical Museum for reasons which have been kept secret. The attack on the President's caller came after positive refusal to admit her to him. Assistant Secretary Barnes called to the guards around the private offices of the President to have her ejected by force. The woman was subjected to such a humiliation as no other person, especially a lady, has ever received at the White House for a century. While Mrs. Morris, who is about 50 years of age, refined, cultured, a woman of distinguished appearance, handsomely gowned and well groomed was being assaulted, a group of White House visitors stood by horrified at the disgraceful spectacle and powerless to go to her assistance. The policemen summoned by Assistant Secretary Barnes seemed to lose their heads the moment they laid their hands upon the President's caller. They grasped her without consideration of her sex or her sensibilities, and literally dragged her along the roadway leading to the servants' entrance of the basement floor of the building. Mrs. Morris became hysterical. She begged the policemen to let her go and pleaded with them for the privilege of slipping quietly away to avoid notoriety. Her handsome silk gown was torn down the front in two places. She fell prone on the muddy pavement and was jerked to her feet bedraggled and covered with dirt. Her hat was torn from her head, and hairpins, jewelry, muff and pocketbook went flying in every direction. Then, with her skirts disarranged, the policemen dragged her to the servants' door. The two policemen were assisted in ejecting Mrs. Morris by a negro employe and another White House servant. They emerged a few minutes later at the east door of the White House, the new entrance built by President Roosevelt, which is used at receptions. When she emerged her hair was disheveled and fell around her shoulders. A stream of servants came up, carrying her hat, her pocketbook, hatpins and hairpins. The woman made a hasty toilet. Meanwhile some one71, Editorial Room. 72, Business Office. If one is busy, call the other. 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Also Sundays and Holidays. 1759-1, Superintendent's Residence. 1666-1, City Editor's Residence. Persons in the city desiring to have The Daily News delivered regularly at their house will please notify the office. Only 30 cents per month. Subscribers who do not receive their papers regularly will confer a favor by notifying The Daily News office, The News will pay no attention to unsigned communications. All communications should be signed, as an evidence of good faith. The signature to be withheld if the writer desires it. The News will not endeavor to return manuscript unless the latter is accompanied by stamps. All Want advertisements. 5 cents a line each day. This includes Help or Situation Wants. To Let, Lost or Found or For Sale advertisements less than 7 lines. __ Friday, January 5, 1906. __ and negro servants ... the premises with the utmost roughness. Her clothing was nearly torn from her body, her jewelry was sent flying in all directions and her hair almost pulled from her head. After being thrown out the servants' door, she was sent to the House of detention in the prison van and kept until friends deposited collateral in order to free her. Members of the White House staff preferred a charge insanity against the woman, but an examination by two police surgeons showed her to be perfectly sane. Such proceedings have no rival in any country but Russia. The only offense of Mrs. Morris was a with to see the President in behalf of her husband, who recently lost his position in the Army Medical Museum for resons which have been kept secret. The attack on the President's caller came after positive refusal to admit her to him. Assistant Secretary Barnes called to the guards around the private offices of the President to have her ejected by force. The woman was subjected to such humiliation as no other person, especially a lady, has ever received at the White House for a century. While Mrs. Morris, who is about 50 years of age refined cultured, a woman of distinguished appearance, handsomely gowned, and well groomed, was being assaulted, a group of White House visitors stood by horrified at the disgraceful spectacle and powerless to go to her assistance. The policemen summoned by Assistant Secretary Barnes seemed to lose their heads the moment they laid their hands upon the President's caller. They grasped her without, consideration of her sex or her sensibilities, and literally dragged her along the roadway leading to the servants' entrance of the basement floor of the building. Mrs. Morris became hysterical. She begged the policemen to let her go, and pleaded with them for the privilege of slipping quietly away to avoid notoriety. Her handsome silk gown was torn down the front in two places. She felt prone on the muddy pavement and was jerked to her feet bedraggled and covered with dirt. Her hat was torn from her head, and hairpins, jewelry, muff and pocketbook went flying in every direction. Then, with her skirts disarranged, the policemen dragged her to the servants' door. The two policemen were assisted in ejecting Mrs. Morris by a negro employe and another White House servant. They emerged a few minutes later at the east door of the White House, the new entrance built by President Roosevelt, which is used at receptions. When she emerged her hair was disheveled and fell around her shoulders. A stream of servants came up, carrying her hat, her pocketbook, hatpins and hairpins. The woman made a hasty toilet. Meanwhile some one at the White House had telephoned to the house of detention for the van. It drew up at the curb, and, resisting with dignity, the woman was forced down the steps and commanded to enter the police vehicle. She refused and was picked up bodily and thrown into the patrol. So perilous has it become to make any attempt to see Czar Roosevelt that in a short time few will care to make the attempt. If a person differs with the President on any question, he or she runs the risk of insult- as instanced by the case of Henry H. Whitney- or downright brutality- as shown by the maltreatment of Mrs. Morris. And this is the man who was endorsed by such a large popular vote by the people only last Fall. __ [*Ackd 1/7/06*] ARMY WAR COLLEGE, Washington 6 January 1906. Dear Mr. President: Herewith is General Hamilton's book. You will be interested in it - No hurry about its return. The incident I referred to at luncheon yesterday is recorded on page 116 - I have your note acknowledging the saddleI thoroughly appreciate the personal pride and interest you feel in me. It spurs me on to greater effort & my aim is never to disappoint you - The enclosed copy of an address by Kuropatkin is interesting if you have never read it -- Faithfully your friend Thomas H Barry Hon Theodore Roosevelt[*Borah Jake*] [*Ackd 1-10-06*] [*wrote Rep. Brooks*] Gypsum Colorado Jan 6 - 1906 Dear Mr. President You no doubt will be suppised to hear from me All the boys are well also myself I have had a very good summer hunting was for 4 mo located in the muddy country whear we expected to wind up your hunt - Al Andeson & Charley Allen was with me all summer we got 33 bear over in thear I took Mr L S Thompson of New York out on my last trip he got 7 bear and three Lynx and 4 Bob cat one partey I was with got a very large bear wouldProbly weigh 6 or 7 hundred lb I think it must have been a cross betwene a grizzly & brown this one was a brown I never herd any thing more of the old grizzly we lift in the Divide creek country. I have herd of Jonnie Goff several times but never recved any letters from him On your hunt with Jamie sevral years ago you meet a Mr Wm Lea a game warden and a very nice fellow Now there is to be an apointm of post master at Glenwood Springs and he has made application for it Now if you could do any thing for him you would do me a favor alsoI think him a fine fellow and I have know her, a longe time. Give my best regards to Mr Lobe & Dr Lambert tell then fro me that some of the dude,s we had out was not as good a shot as you and we got sevral dogs crippled hoping to see you all agan some time I am Your very truly Jake Borah[*Ackd 1-8-06*] BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY Hon. Geo. A. Cox. President. J. J. Kenny. Vice President. Head Office Toronto, Canada Fire and Marine W.I. Davis, Agent Springfield, Mass Jan 6 1906 Wm Loeb Esq Dear Sir: This from the editorial page of a local democratic paper. It seems too bad that such a garbled and exagerated account as I surely think this must be should be permitted to come before the reading public. Your brother Henry and I are mighty good friends, therefore I take a double interest in any thing that happens within your jurisdiction. Very resp W I Davis[*[For enc. see 1-5-06]*]TELEGRAM. The White House, Washington. 4WU. HG. RA. 21-Paid 11:30 a.m. Albany, New-York, January 6, 1906. Wm. Loeb, Jr. Find it absolutely impossible to get to Washington before session. Am overrun with work. Hope you will pardon discourtesy. Am writing. J. W. Wadsworth, Jr. [NO reply reception]Daily Record. ISSUED EVERY WEEK DAY EXCEPT FRIDAY LONG BRANCH RECORD Issued Every Friday. Benj. Boisseau Bobbitt, Editor. Terms of Subscription DAILY RECORD, One year, $2.50 Single Copies, .01 LONG BRANCH RECORD, One year, by mail, $1.50 Single copy, .03 DAILY RECORD and LONG BRANCH RECORD, One year, $4.00 One week, .08 Published by F. M. TAYLOR PUBLISHING CO., Chas. L. Edwards, Sec'y and Manager, 182 Broadway, LONG BRANCH, NEW JERSEY. Saturday, January 6, 1906 There is no reason why anyone should become hysterical over the forcible ejection from the White House a few days ago of the sister of a Congressman. The woman was disorderly and was properly treated as a disorderly person. Her social standing should not have counted.Enc. in Atkinson 1-08-06 1-6-063850 Washington Boul St. Louis [*F*] Jan 7th 1906 My dear President Roosevelt: I send you the enclosed clipping think perhaps you ought to see it It speaks for itself - You know I don't especially admire Gov. Davis of Ark. but I saw in the paper the other day, that he said when he was elected Gov. of Ark. no woman should ever be put in prisons. And there never has beenunder his administration. There was a woman arrested in Ark. for shop lifting about Christmas, she was tried and convicted, she was not imprisoned but ordered out of the State never to return, I must say I admire Gov. Davis' chivalrous idea about woman and if I ever get into any trouble, I shall certainly try to get to Ark. if Gov. Davis is still Governor. "Man is strong; Woman is weak " ("Tim 10,16 Widow Bedot") Yours sincerely Mrs. S.M. Fields[*for enc. see ca 1-7-06*][*Ackd Wrote Gen Wood & Secy Taft 1-8-06*] 1818 Nineteenth Street. January 7, 1906. My Dear Mr. President: Relative to the question that you so kindly and considerately left, yesterday, to Mrs Key and myself to decide we have, after going thoroughly over the situation, decided that the plan suggested by you is by far the best. That is for you to write a personal note to General Wood telling him that you have heard from two or three sources that the hot and damp climate of the Philippines injuriously affects the wound made by the recent surgical operation, that this information caused you greatpersonal concern and you decided to at once place him in command of the Philippine Division, so that assignment to duty might form a part of his record; that under the conditions you think it most unwise that he should continue, in the ordinary course of Events, to remain in a tropical climate, and, therefore, unless he can give you special reasons to the contrary, you propose, after he has been two or three months in command, to order him home via Suez, with permission to remain in Europe for six months, where you want him to take a complete rest of body and mind and give his wound an opportunity to thoroughly heal. That you intend to carry out this plan unless he can give you good reasons why you should not and that you expect him to write you fully and frankly as your only concern is for his health and well being. This plan fully carries out the wishes of Mrs Wood and at the same time neither she nor Mrs Key appears as a factor and it gives General Wood an opportunity to speak for himself. Mrs Key in writing to Mrs Wood to tell her how promptly and completely you have carried out their wishes expressed in her letter and, at the same time, she will ask Mrs Wood to write at once and give the opinionof General Wood's attending Surgeon as to his condition so that you may have additional information upon which to act in case the General is not inclined to fall in with the plan for his early detachment from command and the six months stay in Europe. In conclusion, Mr. President, please permit me to tell you how thoroughly Mrs Key and I appreciate this proof of your friendship for General and Mrs. Wood. You certainly know the secret and value of prompt and effective action. In this case it mean so much to Mrs. Wood and it may be of vital importance to General Wood. I remain Sir with the most profound respect, Your Obedient Servant A. L. Key[*Sharland*] Aspen, Colo Jan 7th 1906 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt Washington D.C. Dear Colonel As one of your old Rough Riders in Cuba and being in a little trouble now, I am writing to ask you for a little assistance. I have been awfully sick for almost a year, and between times when able have been working in the mines at Victor. Colo, but the altitude being so high there my wife took sick and I thought it best to leave there for a lower altitude. When I went to leave to come here to Aspen, the butcher and grocery man attached my furniture for a $45.00 bill for provisions. I have arrived here in Aspen a stranger, my furniture is about to be sold in Victor, and my wife here sick. I have no money to do anything with, my wife about to be confined, and I want to ask you Colonel if you will kindly loan me $100 to get my furniture and tide me over my wife sickness. I will send it back to you Colonel just as quickly as I get to work here in the mines. Ido not like to ask this, but feel it better to ask this of you than to ask charity from outsiders. Please grant me this favour Colonel in my time of need, and I will return it just as quick as I get on my feet. Thanking you in advance I remain Your old friend and comrade George H. Sharland . Aspen Colorado. Late of Troop F Maximillan Luna Comm.STATE OF NEW YORK Assembly Chamber EXCELSIOR [*Ackd 1-9-06*] Albany, January 7th, 1906. 190_ Personal. My dear Mr. President:- Your kind letter of January 3rd is received I can't tell you how deeply I appreciate your kindness in writing me in such a way. I need all the good advice and help I can get, as you must know, and a friendly slap on the back, if I may use the term, and a word of encouragement and counsel from you is particularly encouraging to me. I am deeply impressed at what you say about obliterating all thoughts of my future career while handling this job. I shall adopt those tactics immediately. I know that by so doing I can exert whatever energies I have without being continually handicapped and perplexed by futile scheming for my own advancement. The truth is, I have absolutely no time for that kind of scheming even if I did have the inclination. As you may suppose, I have been hard at work on the committee assignments, and I find it a most perplexing problem. It is going to be absolutely impossible to please the Press, the Public and the Members in every respect, but I believe that the final disposition of this matter will convince every one that the organization of the House is clean and efficient. Mr. Moreland is expected to, and will get conspicuous recognition. Not only do the Press and Public demand it, but he deserves it as a man and legislator. Mr. Rogers' case is very difficult one; he has behaved loyally and generously and deserves the best treatment we can possibly give him.(2) It is generally conceded, by every one who has made a study of this peculiar situation, that it is impossible to put him in his old place as Chairman of Ways & Means and leader on the floor. There is no disposition on my part, nor the Governor's, to humiliate him,, but the exigencies of the case make it absolutely necessary that he suffer some reduction in rank. My present purpose is to leave him in second place on Ways & Means, and to offer him the chairmanship of the Insurance Committee. Having been upon the investigating committee, in New York, and the senior Assemblyman on it, it would seem natural that he should head the regular Insurance Committee in the House since he cannot head ways means. The Insurance Committee from top to bottom is to be what I am calling my "pictures card" committee, composed of the very best and cleanest men to be had. The personal of this committee will be scrutinized above all others by the public, and by placing Rogers at the head of it, and giving him the best the market affords I hope and believe that he will not regard his new assignment as in the nature of degradation. I think that is the very best we can do for him. He is a desperately unhappy man and I am terribly sorry for him. I hope you will pardon my apparent discourtesy in writing to you through Mr. Loeb that I could not accept your invitation to come to Washington before the session. The task they have given me is so large and the time in which to perform it, that is before Wednesday noon, is so short that I was convinced that all my plans would go to smash, if I left Albany on such an extended trip. I thought you would understand the circumstances in which I am placed at this time; they certainly are strenuous. Should you desire me to come to Washington next Saturday I (3) shall be very glad to do so. I do not expect to be so over-run with work during that week end. Thanking you again for your friendship and your encouragement. I remain, Sincerely yours, (J W Wadsworth Jr?)[*Enc. in Fields 1-7-06*]gether A cat may look at a king, but an elderly lady from Missouri cannot see the President. in the Sunday Post-Dispatch Vindicating Authority at the White House There is a humane and widespread opinion that every person, even a crank, should be treated humanely, even in the White House, especially if the person is a woman. Whatever may be the merits of the petition Mrs. Morris sought to lay before the President, she was entitled in law as well as in humanity to the courtesy due to all women and which all self respecting men instinctively pay. It does not appear that she conducted herself as a dangerous lunatic or that the order to "throw her out" originated in anything more worthy than the tall sense of dignity which sometimes weighs down little men. The order was literally carried out with all the brutality which usually accompanies the execution of such injunctions. Authority which is sure of itself is alive with force. When it is not sure of itself force is converted into violence. There has been too much of this in the White House of late. Traditions of dignity have been discarded and courtesy gives place to an abrupt manner miscalled frankness or directness. Mrs. Morris' expulsion seems to have been due to a blunt-witted determination to get rid of an unwelcome visitor without regard to propriety, dignity or justice. The authority of the underling was vindicated. But it is doubtful if authority vindicated by means of violence to a woman will command the respect of the American people. __ Cuba is now only 52 hours away from St. LouisFifty-Ninth Congress __ Benj. F. Howell, N.J., Chairman. Robert Adams, Jr., Pa. Augustine P. Gardner, Mass. Burton L. French, Idaho. Robert W. Bonynge, Colo. Frederick C. Stevens, Minn. Ira W. Wood, N. J. William S. Bennet, N. Y. Everis A. Hayes, Cal. Jacob Ruppert, Jr., N. Y. John L. Burnett, Ala. James E Ellerbe, S. C. James M. Moore, Tex. Thomas M. Bell, Ga. C.S. Atkinson, Clerk. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization House of Representatives U. S. Washington, D. C., Jan. 8, 1906, 190 [*Ackd 1-9-06*] [[shorthand]] Mr. Wm. Loeb Jr, Secretary to the President, White House. Dear Sir:- I clipped the enclosed editorial from the Daily Record, Long Branch, thinking it might be of some interest to you. Yours very truly, C.S. Atkinson Correspondent for Newark Advertiser.[*For enc. see 1-6-06*]Executive Chamber Honolulu, Hawaii [*Ackd 1-20-06*] [*not yet rec'd*] Personal. Jan. 8, 1906. The President:- Under separate cover, I am sending you the January "Outlook," containing an article on "Chinese Citizenship in Hawaii," by Scudder, which I hope you will find time to read, as it explains, in part, why I have differed from you on this question, and my personal belief is that in a generation from now, those who, like you, will be directing and leading the affairs of our country, will be turning their energies to counteracting and making amends for the present attitude on this question. However, this has nothing to do with my official work, in which I can assureyou I am bending every energy towards the building up of Hawaii's population with other than Orientals. Secretary Atkinson calls it "domiciled labor," but I say rather "Hawaii, a Land Filled with Happy Homes." Very sincerely yours, E. R. CarterUnion League Club, New York City, January 8, 1906. [*Ackd 1-9-06*] The President, White House, Washington, D.C. My dear Colonel: Mr. Gerald Morgan, who is Lew Thompson's brother-in-law, and was at luncheon at the White House last Wednesday, is going on an exploring tour through Bolivia and Argentine. He wanted me to go with him, but of course that is impossible- as you know. He has asked me to request you to give him personal letters to our Minister in Bolivia and Argentine. I explained to him that there was very little hope of your doing this for a great many reasons, but as he is my most intimate friend I said I would ask you. Billy Hitt took him round to Mr. Root and he has a number of letters from the State Department, which really are all he needs. He was with me in Manchuria and I will back him up to the limit as being all right, if you should be able to do anything for him. The article you asked me about last Wednesday is entitled "Democracy and our Armies" by Lieut Colonel Pettit, 8th U.S. Infantry, and appears in the January number of the2 Journal of the United Service Military Institution. Thanking you for all your kindnesses during my stay in Washington and with sincerest thanks to Mrs. Roosevelt Very Respectfully yours, G.R. FortescueH.C. Lodge, Chairman. R.G. Proctor, Clerk. Private. [*P.F*] United States Senate Committee on the Philippines Jan. 8, 1906 [*Copy*] Dear George:- The President asked me yesterday to say to you that Moody would go out of the Cabinet not later than the 4th of March 1907; it was possible he might go out on the 1st of July of this year, or the 1st of January 1907, but that in no event would he remain after the 4th of March 1907, and that he should expect you to take a place in the Cabinet at that time. I do not think myself there is much likelihood of a vacancy arising before the 4th of March 1907, but it is possible that it may come on one of the earlier dates mentioned. Sincerely yours, (signed) H.C. Lodge Honorable George V. L. Meyer.J.C. Pritchard, Circuit Judge. Judges' Chambers, United States Circuit Courts, Fourth Circuit, Asheville, N.C. [*Ackd 1-9-06*] January 8th, 1906. Dear Mr. President:- I herewith enclose a letter from Senator McLaurin, which is self-explanatory. He seems to be at sea about everything- so much so that I do not feel like talking with him any further about the matter to which he refers. At the time I wrote you, he was inclined to do something along the lines indicated in my letter, but now I find that his purpose is to pursue a course that is not at all satisfactory to me, and one that would be productive of no good to any one. I am therefore inclined to take no further interest in his proposed scheme. Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year, I have the honor to be, Sincerely yours, J C Pritchard [*P.S. this letter is confidential*][*Ack F*] SPEYER & CO., 24 & 26 Pine Street New York Jan 8th 1906 Dear Mr Loeb, Will you be kind enough to tell the President that I hope very much that he will not take any steps in relation to Currency Reform, until I have had a chance to talk to him about it. I expect to come to Washington again the latter part of this month and in my opinion Mr. Schiff's statements are very much exaggerated & they ought not to influence the President to not in a hurry or before the time is ripe. My reason for writing is that Paul Morton told me that he had writtento the President on the subject & urged me to put my views before him. It is a subject with which I claim to be familiar especially as I have done a good deal of work for the establishment of the gold standard with Mr. Hugh H. Hannah of Indianapolis With best regards Sincerely Your James Speyer.[*F*] War Department , Washington. January 8, 1906. My dear Mr. President: I send you a letter from Bill Hunt describing an incident in which you may have an interest, and in which brother Hitchcock may have a still greater one. Very sincerely yours, Wm H Taft The President. Enclosure.[*For enc. see 12-30-05*][*F*] War Department Washington January 8, 1906. My dear Mr. President: I return herewith the letter from Senator Hale. Very sincerely yours, Wm H. Taft The President. 1 Inclosure. [*Eugene Hale 1/4/06*][*Ackd 1-22-06*] [*Hamilton Selous*] WELCOMBE, STRATFORD ON AVON. Jan 8 , 1906 Dear President Roosevelt, On our return from Italy I found the books you had been good enough to send me; and primarily the "American Hunter"; copy no 3, which in itself is an honour. That honour is greatly enhanced by the inscription which you have written. The portrait is a great acquisition. It could not be improved; and,if for no other reason, the book would be to me a valued possession. But I like it extremely, and have enjoyed every word of it. The hunting books I care for I have always cared for very much; but they are very few, and this is among the very best. The whole about the cougars is as good. as it possibly can be; and there is a melancholy romance about the Yellowstone Park which produced a great impression on me. I never miss spending five minutes, when I visit our Zoological Gardens in front of the Bisons. What a sequence of ideas the sight of those animals presents! But I think your bears round the refuse in the hotels are almost a more significant testimony to the irresistible, unideal, triumph of civilisation. However, romance has lastedmy time; and the last six weeks have proved to me that Rome at any rate is romantic as ever. To have produced Rome is, and I suppose always will remain, the most remarkable feat accomplished by mankind. It is a place where no one can feel old, and no one unhappy. Henry White, and [his wife old] his wife (who will never be old, and certainly are not unhappy) did very much to make our time there pleasant. Their hospitality, to anyone but an American, seemed portentous; and so very friendly and agreeable. He seems to be a great success there.[*1-8-06*] WELCOMBE, STRATFORD ON AVON. My wife and I were very much interested in knowing the great pleasure which Miss Roosevelt's marriage must have given you. It certainly was very widely shared. Have you got Sponge's Sporting Tour? Many years ago I had a bad Typhoid fever; and, as then was the custom, it was concealed from me what was the matter with me. But I gradually lost all interest in books, and in most other human things; when suddenlythere came on me a craving to read "Sponge", which I had read a dozen times, and have read several times since: and I even then read it with delight. I never can understand how it can even be named with "Jorrocks". Macauley -- whose knowledge of a horse was confined to a pretty clear recognition of the difference between its head and its tail -- was much interested in "Sponge". If you have the book, I will send you something else which you may like) Parliament is dissolved to-day. I remain yours sincerely, G.O. TrevelyanWashington, January 8, 1906. Dear Mr. Secretary: Hearing of Senator Bacon's intention to pass a resolution in Congress with regard to Morocco, I thought it might be of interest to you to hear the contents of a despatch I just have received informing me of Germany's aims at the Morocco Conference. The despatch says. "We are not following special advantages in Morocco, but merely desire freedom and equality in our economical progress. The instructions which our delegates have received are as simple as they are clear. They are to uphold the principle of the open door and of equal treatment of all nations. They are further to try to procure absolutely equal rights in economic questions and to endeavor to prevent the establishment of a preponderating influence of any one power which would curtail the rights of another. -Within these lines all minor questions can be treated more as technical ones on which an agreement should be easily reached if they are met with by an all round good will. We intend by no means to curtail the rights and legal interests of other The Honorable Elihu Roort, Washington, D.C.other powers. "The fact that we are not aiming at special advantages in Morocco, but merely asking for the open door, that is for the equal treatment of all nations, prove that we do not desire to conflict with France, and that we by no means intend to appear harsh towards France. France does not deny the principle of the open door. This excludes any conflict from the beginning, in case France shows sincerely with regard to the principle of the open door, and legally adheres to this principle. The only question which may create difficulties and dangerous complications during the conference is that touching the organization of the police. But with regard to this question we have already removed the stumbling block by agreeing that the police within the frontier territories towards Algeria should be excluded from the program and settled between France and Morocco alone. To grant to France a mandate to establish the police within the whole country of Morocco would render the principle of the open door absolutely illusory, because with the police France would receive the whole of the administration. Every granting of a concession, even the carrying on of any business would be dependent on the permission of France. "This is against the interests of all other powers interested in Morocco. The policing of the country outside of the frontier territories would have to be given either to several powers (including 3 France and Germany) or to one or several third powers (including France and Germany). France has been informed a bout our views and we hope that no power will ask for a general mandate for France during the conference." Believe me, Mr. Secretary, Yours most sincerely, STERNBURG.[*F*] PHONES: { BELL, FILBERT 45-26 A { KEYTSTONE, RACE 56-52 D T. W. McNEIL ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 1328 CHESTNUT STREET 615 HALE BUILDING PHILADELPHIA Jan 9th 1906 The President: White House. Sir; For heavens sake let those men Barnes and Loeb go. Our country needs rate legislation and it needs the Panama Canal. The Senate has been antagonistic but the people have been backing up the President until these men by their assinine treatment of an "American Mother" have changed the whole complexion of things. Last week not a voice in the whole country could be heard outside of the Senate Chamber in opposition to the President, today the people are willing to go to any length to back them up. Never except in the case of Admiral Dewey has the United States seen such a sudden revulsion of public opinion. For the sake of the reforms we need let these men go. Out with them. With deepest respect I beg to remain Sincerely T. W McNeilADDRESS BUREAU OF ORDNANCE NAVY DEPARTMENT AND REFER TO NO. 18077. CONFIDENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUREAU OF ORDNANCE WASHINGTON, D.C., January 9th, 1906. Enclosure. Sir:- 1. For the information of the Department, I have to submit herewith a copy of a preliminary report of the Joint Army and Navy Board on Ammunition Supply in Time of War, and to call attention to the very alarming condition of affairs which is indicated by this report; a condition which has already been recognized by this Bureau in its request, in this year's estimates, for an appropriation of $4,600,000.00 to be devoted to the purchase of a reserve supply of ammunition. 2. The exhaustive treatment of this subject in the accompanying report confirms the position taken by the Bureau and justifies a reiteration of that position. The Bureau agrees with the conclusions of the Board that the minimum requirement which should be insisted upon for a reserve of ammunition is a supply which will refill the magazines of the battleships twice and those of all other ships once. A modern battleship will, at her maximum rate of gun-fire, exhaust the magazine supply of her main battery in about half an hour; and, at a very moderate rate of fire, in an hour; so that, as pointed out in the report of the Board, the full amount of ammunition called for by the recommendation of the Board, - one original filling of the magazines and two reserve fillings - provides for from an hour and a half to three hours of actual firing.-2- 3. The report of the Board deals with smokeless powder alone, but similar facts and similar arguments apply to projectiles, the supply of which is even less complete than that of powder. Moreover, the time required to manufacture projectiles of the high grade of excellence demanded by the exacting conditions of today is considerably greater than that required for the manufacture of powder. It has in some cases taken several years to fill contracts for armor piercing projectiles of large caliber. This means that orders for such projectiles which might be placed at the beginning of a war would probably not be available for use until the war had ended; - in other words, that the war might be fought out, so far as armor piercing projectiles of large caliber are concerned, with the supply on hand at the beginning of the war; that is, with the reserve supply for which it is the object of this letter to urge that provision be made. 4. As an ideal condition, then, it is to be desired that immediate appropriation be made for powder and projectiles to make up a reserve of two full allowances of ammunition for the battle fleet and one full allowance for all other vessels; but as this would call for a much larger appropriation than could reasonably be expected, it is recommended that only so much of this total appropriation be asked for at present as will provide one half of one reserve for all ships; this to be divided as follows:- Reserve powder, $2,500,00.00 Reserve projectiles, $2,100,00.00 _____ total, $4,600,00.00 5. This appropriation should be made immediately available, -3- in order that no time shall be lost in beginning this very important work. It has been ascertained that the manufacturers can deal with orders of this magnitude, completing deliveries of the same within a year from the date of placing the orders. The importance of placing these orders at the earliest possible date is the justification for the request that the appropriations asked for be made immediately available. 6. In connection with the question of powder supply, a suggestion has been made that a quantity of brown powder which has remained on hand from the days when such powder was in current use, might be regarded as available in emergency, thus reducing to some extent the seriousness of the situation which has been outlined in this letter and in the report of the Joint Board. To a very limited extent this is the case. The older ships of the battle fleet: the OREGON class and the IOWA, carry guns which were designed to use brown powder, and in an emergency they could still use this powder, though not without a very serious sacrifice of their efficiency. The same is true of several of the old monitors. The Bureau is unable to regard such a sacrifice even in the case of these few and comparatively obsolete ships as justifiable in any except an extreme emergency, and feels that to treat this powder as an available reserve can only obscure an issue which it is of vital importance to place with all possible clearness before the Department. 7. With regard to the guns of more recent design, such as are carried by all our later battleships and cruisers, the chambers of these guns, having been designed for comparatively small-4- charges of smokeless powder, could not be used with the very bulky charges of brown powder, nor could these bulky charges be stowed in the magazine or handled in the ammunition hoists of the new ships. 7. In spite of the reluctance with which the Bureau contemplates the possible use of brown powder even in the old type guns, it has set aside a supply of this powder sufficient to form two reserves for all guns in which it can be used, and proposes to hold this quantity until the accumulation of smokeless powder justifies a reduction in it. An effort will be made to dispose of the surplus beyond this quantity, in order that the space which it now occupies may become available for the storage of smokeless powder, for which it is urgently needed. 8. It is recommended that this letter and especially the report of the Joint Board be treated as confidential. Respectfully, N E Mason Chief of Bureau of Ordnance. The Secretary of the Navy. D[*Eve. in Bonaparte 2-08-06*]DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, Bureau of Ordnance, Washington, D. C., January 9, 1906. Sir:- 1. For the information of the Department, I have to submit herewith a copy of a preliminary report of the Joint Army and Navy Board on Ammunition Supply in Time of War, and to call attention to the very alarming condition of affairs which is indicated by this report; a condition which has already been recognized by this Bureau in its request, in this year's estimates, for an appropriation of $4,600,000.00 to be devoted to the purchase of a reserve supply of ammunition. 2. The exhaustive treatment of this subject in the accompanying report confirms the position taken by the Bureau and justifies a reiteration of that position. The Bureau agrees with the conclusions of the Board that the minimum requirement which should be insisted upon for a reserve of ammunition is a supply which will refill the magazines of the battleships twice and those of all other ships once. A modern battleship will, at her maximum rate of gun-fire, exhaust the magazine supply of her main battery in about half an hour; and, at a very moderate rate of fire, in an hour; so that, as pointed out in the report of the Board, the full amount if ammunition called for by the recommendation of the Board, - one original filling of the magazines and two reserve fillings - provides for from an hour and a half to three hours of actual firing. -2- 3. The report of the Board deals with smokeless powder alone, but similar facts and similar arguments apply to projectiles, the supply of which is even less complete than that of powder. Moreover, the time required to manufacture projectiles of the high grade of excellence demanded by the exacting conditions of today is considerably greater than that required for the manufacture of powder. It has in some cases taken several years to fill contracts for armor piercing projectiles which might be placed at the beginning of a war would probably not be available for use until the war had ended; - in other words, that the war might be fought out, so far as armor piercing projectiles of large caliber are concerned, with the supply on hand at the beginning of the war; that is, with the reserve supply for which it is the object of this letter to urge that provision to be made. 4. As an ideal condition, then, it is to be desired that immediate appropriation be made for powder and projectiles to make up a reserve of two full allowances of ammunition for the battle fleet and one full allowance for all other vessels; but as this would call for a much larger appropriation than could reasonable be expected, it is recommended that only so much of this total appropriation be asked for at present as will provide one half of one reserve for all ships; this to be divided as follows:- Reserve powder, $2,500,00.00 Reserve projectiles $2.100.000.00 _______________ Total, $4,600,000.00 5. This appropriation should be made immediately available. -3- in order that no time shall be lost in beginning this very important work. It has been ascertained that the manufacturers can deal with orders of this magnitude, completing deliveries of the same within a year from the date of placing the orders. The importance of placing these orders at the earliest possible date is the justification for the request that the appropriations asked for be made immediately available. 6. In connection with the question of powder supply, a suggestion has been made that a quantity of brown powder which has remained on hand from the days when such powder was in current use, might be regarded as available in emergency, thus reducing to some extent the seriousness of the situation which has been outlined in this letter and in the report of the Joint Board. To a very limited extent this is the case. The older ships of the battle fleet: the Oregon class and the Iowa, carry guns which were designed to use brown powder, and in an emergency they could still use this powder, though not without a very serious sacrifice of their efficiency. The same is true of several of the old monitors. The Bureau is unable to regard such a sacrifice even in the case of these few and comparatively obsolete ships as justifiable in any except an extreme emergency, and feels that to treat this powder is an available reserve can only obscure an issue which it is of vital importance to place with all possible clearness before the Department. 7. With regard to the guns of more recent design, such as are carried by all our later battleships and cruisers, the chambers of these guns, having been designed for comparatively small-4- charges of smokeless powder, could not be used with the very bulky charges of brown powder, nor could these bulky charges bestowed in the magazines or handled in the ammunition hoists of the new ships. 7. In spite of the reluctance with which the Bureau conteplates the possible use of brown powder even in the old type guns, it has set aside a supply of this powder sufficient to form two reserves for all guns in which it can be used, and proposes to hold this quantity until the accumulation of smokeless powder justifies a reduction in it. An effort will be made to dispose of the surplus beyond the quantity, in order that the space which it now occupies may become available for the storage of smokeless powder, for which it is urgently needed. 8. It is recommended that this letter and especially the report of the Joint Board be treated as confidential. Respectfully, (signed) N.E. Mason, Chief of Bureau of Ordinance The Secretary of the Navy. D[*[Enclosed in Newberry, 2-12-06]*] [[shorthand]] [*ansd by phone 1/9/06*] K NAVY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON January 9, 1906. My dear Mr. Secretary: Some repairs on U.S.S. Mayflower if authorized would prevent her from being used by the President for a period not to exceed seven days. Will you kindly inquire and advise me if the President contemplates using this ship prior o the 18th instant and if it would be safe for me to authorize the work? Very truly yours, Truman H. Newberry Acting Secretary. The Secretary to the President.[*F*] K Navy Department Washington January 9, 1906 My dear Mr. Secretary: Referring again to the MAYFLOWER-- It is desirable that repairs to her machinery, requiring 35 days, should be commenced at once, provided it will be possible for the President to give the Department seven days' notice should he desire to use this ship. In other words, to complete this work, the engine must be dismantled for 35 days, but can be re-assembled and put in condition any time on seven days' notice. Very truly yours, Truman H Newberry Acting Secretary. Secretary to the President.[[Shorthand]] [*B*] [*Ackd 1-10-06*] 760 FORTIETH STREET, BROOKLYN. Jan - 9 - 1906 - B. F. Barnes Esq. Dear Sir - Few people, perhaps, have sympathized with you more than I in the annoyance connected with Mrs. Morris - I only wish that I might give my testimony as to the gentle courtesy which I have always received from you and others, at Oyster Bay and the White House, notwithstanding that I am a simple nobody, and must have been a perfect nuisance for some years past - (continually pleading for one of my prisoners Marshal Tucker). May God bless you this New Year, and guide you all through your many perplexing duties. Resp yrs Elizabeth - C - Ray.[*F*] Augustus Saint- Gaudens Windsor. Vermont. Jan 9 1906. Mr. President:- Your letter of Jan 6th is at hand. All right, I shall proceed on the lines we have agreed on. The models are both well in hand, but I assure you I feel mighty cheeky, so to speak, in attempting to line up with the Greek things. Well! whatever I produce cannot be worse than the inanities now displayed on our coins and we will at least have made an attempt in the right direction, and serve the country by increasing the mortality at the mint. There is one gentleman there however, who, when he sees what is coming, may have "the nervous prostration" as termed by a native here, but killed, no. He has been in that institution since the foundation of the Government and will be found standing in its ruins. Yours faithfully Augustus Saint-GaudensCa 1-9-06William Wolff Smith Newspaper Correspondent Washington, D.C. [*Correspondent Buffalo News*] [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 1-9-06*] MRS. MORRIS NOT ILL TREATED AT THE WHITE HOUSE ___ Assistant Secretary Barnes says only such force as was necessary to make her leave was used after she had created most disagreeable disturbance. __ Poem on Insomnia for the President. __ The News Bureau, Postal Telegraph Building, Washington, D.C., Jan. 6. In view of the statements appearing in the press regarding the treatment of Mrs. Minor Morris at the White House, Assistant Secretary Barnes gave out a statement of the facts. While the occurrence is regarded as unfortunate, it is felt that Mrs. Morris brought upon herself the treatment she received by acting in a disorderly manner. The executive offices and White House are approached so often by cranks that the policy has been adopted of "an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure." Consequently when Mrs. Morris threw herself in a chair and shouted loudly that she would see the President if she remained there a month, in the interests of peace and the dignity of the office Mr. Barnes thought she should be removed even at the expense of a painful and distressing scene. The statement given out by Mr. Barnes recites the facts substantially as they appeared in the conservative press, though differing somewhat from the sensational story in the "yellows." The statement was as follows: The Statement Mrs. Morris asked to be allowed to see the President. Upon inquiry as to the nature of her business, she stated with considerable reluctance that her husband had been unjustly dismissed from a branch of the War Department; that she did not propose to have anything to do with the Secretary of War concerning it, but that she wanted the President to take it up and see that justice was done. She was informed that the President could not give personal attention to such a matter, and that the decision of the Secretary of War would be final. She assorted in boisterous manner that she would not be prevented from seeing the President and that she would remain where she was for a month if need be. She gets Excited When Mr. Barnes returned to the reception room shortly after he found her pacing excitedly up and down the room, and informed her that she could not see the President. She replied in a loud voice that she would see him and that she would stay there until she did. She was then advised to go away quietly. Then in still louder tones she refused to do so. She was then told that she must either leave the office at once voluntarily or it would be necessary to have her put out of the building. At this she shrieked at the top of her voice: "I will not be put out!" rushed to a chair threw herself into, and shouted: "Don't you have any hands laid on me; I am going to stay here until I see the President." It became necessary in the interest of order to have her removed. She was accordingly taken in charge by a police officer who had witnessed the whole affair. She told him that if she was removed she would have to be dragged. Before applying force the officer asked her three times to leave the office quietly. She shrieked her refusal to each request and was then led from the room. She struggled with two officers all the way to the eastern entrance. Throws Herself Down. As soon as she was outside the office building she threw herself on the ground and it became necessary to carry her. The officers repeatedly asked her to stand up and walk quietly with them. She was finally removed to police headquarters, where she was charged with disorderly conduct. After her arrest she procured an envelope addressed to the President, which she asked to have delivered to him. This envelope was found to contain a lengthy poem on the subject of insomnia, which she said was her own composition. She stated to the officers that she had not slept for seven nights past. There is no truth whatever in the statement that a negro laid hold of Mrs. Morris and assisted in carrying her.War Department Office of the Chief of Staff, Washington. [*F*] [*War*] January 10, 1906. My dear Mr. President: Captain Soloviev's article is, as you say, "most interesting" and has the virtue of recording not theories but observations and deductions based on actual experience. Furthermore, these deductions are founded upon keen and appreciative observations recorded at the time. He records and discusses the bearings and influence of many minor details and draws inevitable conclusions from them which seem reasonable to and are in accordance with the experience of the majority of properly trained officers, very few of whom ever take the trouble to record their observations and conclusions in such a lucid and comprehensive manner. Therein lies the value of his article for students of military art. In thus recording his views, Captain Soloviev has rendered a signal service not only to the military men of his own nation but to those of the civilized world. His psychological observations and deductions are especially interesting and valuable. The article emphasizes the great importance of well trained Infantry in time of war. Japanese success was largely due to the careful peace training of their Infantry and to the fact that they were able to put over 300,000 officers and men in the field all of whom had had three years careful and systematic training. Our military attaches report having seen Japanese infantry with the pack go more than a thousand yards at a run over a stubble field. It is needless to say that organizations capable of performing such a feat are exceptional. The physical demands made on infantry in modern war are enormous, and the only way to prepare it to meet them is by careful training in peace. Though it is absolutely essential that the Infantryman should know how to shoot, this knowledge is of slight avail if he arrives at the shooting place with blistered feet, quivering muscles, exhausted breath and sore back. A mere reference to such a condition brings before us a picture of the disaster certain to ensue. Discipline, physical training and rifle shooting must go hand in hand and it is with this end in view that the General Staff Corps is now considering the entire subject of physical training and its report should be in my hands shortly. 2. There is one thing the recent war taught us and it should never be forgotten, namely: that it takes time, a long time in fact, to make really good Infantry. Only well trained troops can be hurried to the front. To do otherwise is but to invite disaster. Frontal attacks and assaults with the bayonet are still possible but only with well trained troops. The requirements of modern war can only be met by careful system and endless work in peace. Captain Reichmann, 17th Infantry, late military attache with the Russian Army in Manchuria, makes the following pertinent statement in his report. "We shall, of course, always have on our side the irrepressive American spirit of enterprise and a high average of intelligence. But in addition to that our infantry will need strict discipline and great physical endurance, and the units must have been welded together into homogeneous higher units. To import all of these qualities requires time. The physical exertions and the mental strain of the ten days' battle are apt to break down the entire human system - even the stolid nature of the Russian officers and soldiers succumbed under the stress of battle and numbers of them became insane at Liaoyang - and neither patriotism nor enthusiasm will be able to hold up the men; it is discipline alone that will triumph over human nature." The question of the bayonet and its use in our service has been definitely settled by the adoption of a 16 inch knife bayonet. The edge and false edge are sharp, the former 14.5 inches and the latter 5.6 inches long. The length of the rifle, bayonet fixed, is 59.4 inches and the bayonet itself weighs 1 lb. It is a serviceable fighting weapon. The experiences of the Manchurian war demonstrated the necessity of such a weapon and we have no thought of giving it up. Lieutenant-Colonel McClernand, 1st Cavalry, recently military attache with the Japanese Army in Manchuria states in his report that "There is but one opinion in the Japanese Army about the bayonet, and that is that it should be retained, made on the best pattern and the soldiers thoroughly trained in its use. It is doubtful if any accurate information can be obtained about the casualties caused by this weapon during the war. It is unsafe to draw conclusions from the relatively small number of such wounds found in the hospitals, for it was generally believed that those who received a bayonet thrust died on the field and therefore never reached the hospital. The war demonstrated that even if bayonets are not crossed the moral effect produced by them must be frequently brought into play to cause the enemy to desert his trenches. Herein theory and practice do not agree, for it has been held in theory he would be driven out by rifle3. fire. In night attacks the bayonet is essential. It should be sword shaped and kept sharp. The Russians had the old style bayonet with blunt edges. The active Japanese caught hold of these, and pulled them off, or pushed them aside." The General Staff has just completed a Provisional Manual of Bayonet Exercise for the Army which will be published shortly. It is the intention to make our Infantry proficient with the bayonet as a weapon and teach them that they will be called on to use it in battle. If you care to see the latest model rifle and bayonet I can get General Crozier to bring over and explain one to you. They are complete except that the rifle must have a slight change made in the chamber for the new bullet. I regret the length of this reply to your note, but I have observed that notwithstanding your overwhelming obligations you esteem thoroughness and comprehensiveness even more than brevity. Very Sincerely, J.F. Bell Chief of Staff. The PresidentHow much he will do I could not quite tell -- but the situation was that easy — and I did all that could be done. Faithfully and Respectfully yours, John L. Cadwalader The President — [*Ackd 1/12/06*] Wednesday January 10 [*[06]*] 13, EAST 35TH STREET. My dear Mr. President. To comply with your suggestion and to endeavor to assist our friend, of whom you spoke, I went on Monday to see Laffan of the Sun — now quite influential. I told him as a favor to me — and withoutfor years, in language quite unusual - but still he would "go the limit" - and give order to say no more, on his side -- I said I wanted more than that & wanted some good praise for him -- & he said "hell - yes I will go beyond the limit -- " the knowledge of the gentlemen concerned that I asked him to say in the Sun, that he would make an admirable public officer &c -- He was amused, and said the gentlemen had been consistently and persistently abusing him and his paper[*Ackd 1-11-06*] 1733 . N. Street. January 10 1906 Dearest Theodore- If not absolutely necessary just do not ask Mr Root or, Mr Moody for lunch next Monday as they are coming here to meet the Reids & it would be sad to have them called to higher realms - I am dying to tell you of a [conversation with your adoring friend Amy Schemmerhorn!I just had the unexpected sight of you at Nannie's & Mr Alsop was so intensely interested, you know he was four years on a ranch in Colorado so he takes a vivid interest in every part of your life it is very good of you to ask him for lunch today -- Devotedly Bye [*[A.R. Cowles]*][*ppF ck sent Feb 15*] FINANCE COMMITTEE The Associated Charities ARCHIBALD HOPKINS, CHAIRMAN FREDERIC L. MOORE THOMAS W. SMITH S. W. WOODWARD CUNO H. RUDOLPH JOHN JOY EDSON, TREASURER 911 G STREET OR WASHINGTON LOAN & TRUST CO. Supported by Voluntary Contributions The Associated Charities and the Citizens' Relief Association GENERAL OFFICE, 811 G ST., N.W. Washington, D.C. FINANCE COMMITTEE The Citizens' Relief Association CORCORAN THOM, CHAIRMAN BISHOP H. Y. SATTERLEE REV. TEUNIS S. HAMLIN MRS. H. S. F. MACFARLAND SIMON WOLF JOHN F. WILKINS, TREASURER 311 G STREET, OR THE WASHINGTON POST THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES OFFICERS JUSTICE DAVID J. BREWER, PRESIDENT JOHN JOY EDSON, TREASURER CHAS. P. NEILL, HON. SECY BOARD OF MANAGERS PROF, B. T. JENNEY, CHAIRMAN MRS. J. W. BABSON WM. N. BALDWIN ARCHIBALD HOPKINS DR. GEORGE M. KOBEN FREDERIC L. MOORE CHAS P. NEILL DR. EMILY YOUNG O'BRIEN CUNO H. RUDOLPH OHN B. SLEMAN, JR. THOS. W. SMITH MRS. LUCY M. SOLGER COL. GEO. TRUESDELL GEO S. WILSON S. W. WOODWARD CHAS F. WELLER, GEN SECRETARY THE CITIZENS' RELIEF ASSOCIATION GEN. GEO. M. STERNBERG, PRESIDENT REV. TEUNIS S. HAMLIN, VICE-PRES. JOHN F. WILKINS, TREASURER CHARLES F. WELLER, SECRETARY MRS. J. W. BABSON COL. HENRY F. BLOUNT WALTER C. CLEPHANE JOHN F. COOK WM. V. COX JOHN JOY EDSON REV. TEUNIS S. HAMLIN MRS. FAIRFAX HARRISON B. T. JANNEY RUDOLPH KAUFFMANN JOHN B. LARNER GEORGE X. MCLANAHAN MRS. H. S. F. MACFARLAND MRS. ELLEN SPENCER MUSSEY DR. WM. C. RIVES BISHOP H. Y. SATTERLEE GEORGE M. STERNBERG GEORGE W. F. SWARTZELL CORCORAN THOM GEORGE TRUESDELL B. H. WARNER CHAS. F. WELLER M. I. WELLER JOHN F. WILKINS GEORGE S. WILSON SIMON WOLF S. W. WOODWARD Jan. 10, 1906. Pres. Theo. Roosevelt, White House, City, My Dear Sir:- You recently received, we believe, the latest annual report of the Associated Charities and the Citizens' Relief Association. Your name appears in it it as one who has substantially helped to make possible the best year's service of these organizations. We want you to know that your cordial assistance is appreciated. We wish to ask you, also, for an early, generous subscription to one or both of the two Associations. Their treasuries must now be replenished for the year. They both depend entirely on voluntary contributions. The report of the practical, effective work accomplished last year presents the best possible argument for the adequate support of these societies. They now solicit your co-operation and financial aid in order that their work may not be crippled or abridged. Sincerely yours, Jno. Joy Edson Treasurer The Associated Charities. John F. Wilkins Treasurer The Citizens Relief Association. [*on Dec 12, 1904 (year ago) ck for $50 was sent*]Finance Committee The Associated Charities __ Archibald Hopkins, Chairman Frederic L. Moore Thomas W. Smith S.W. Woodward Cuno M. Rudolph __ John Joy Edson, Treasurer 811 G Street Or Washington Loan & Trust Co. Finance Committee The Citizens' Relief Association __ Corcoran Thom, Chairman Bishop N.Y. Satterlee Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin Mrs. H.B.F. Macfarland Simon Wolf __ John F. Wilkins, Treasurer 311 G Street, Or The Washington Post Supported by Voluntary Contributions The Associated Charities and the Citizens' Relief Association General Office, 811 G St., N.W. Washington, D.C. __ The Associated Charities Officers Justice David J. Brewer, President John Joy Edson, Treasurer Chas. P. Neill, Hon. Secy. Board of Managers Prof. S.T. Janney, Chairman Mrs. J.W. Babson Wm. H. Baldwin Archibald Hopkins Dr. George M. Kober Frederic L. Moore Chas. P. Neill Dr. Emily Young O'Brien Cuno H. Rudolph John S. Sleman, Jr. Thos. W. Smith Miss Lucy M. Solger Col. Geo Truesdell Geo. S. Wilson S.W. Woodward' Chas. F. Weller, Gen Secretary __ The Citizens Relief Association Gen. Geo M. Sternberg, President Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, Vice-Pres. John F. Wilkins, Treasurer Charles F. Weller. Secretary Mrs. J. W. Babson Col. Henry F. Blount Walter C. Clephane John F. Coon Wm. V. Cox John Joy Edson Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin Mrs. Fairfax Harrison S.T. Janney Rudolph Kauffmann John B Larner George N. McLanahan Mrs. H. B. F. MacFarland Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Dr. Wm. C. Rives Bishop N.Y. Satterlee George M. Sternberg George W.F. Swartzell Corcoran Thom George Truesdell B.M. Warner Chas. F. Weller M.I. Weller John F. Wilkins George S. Wilson Simon Wolf S.W. Woodward Supported by Voluntary Contributions The Associated Charities and the Citizens' Relief Association __ General Office, 811 G St., N.W. Washington, D.C. Jan. 10, 1906 Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt, White House, City, My Dear Madam:- You recently received, we believe, the latest annual report of the Associated Charities and the Citizens' Relief Association. Your name appears in it as one who has substantially helped to make possible the best year's service of these organizations. We want you to know that your cordial assistance is appreciated. We wish to ask you, also, for an early, generous subscription to one or both of the two Associations. Their treasuries must now be replenished for the year. They both depend entirely on voluntary contributions. The report of this practical, effective work accomplished last year presents the best possible argument for the adequate support of these societies. They now solicit your co-operation and financial aid in order that their work may not be crippled or abridged. Sincerely Yours, Jno. Joy Edson Treasurer The Associated Charities. John F. Wilkins Treasurer The Citizens' Relief Association.United States Senate, Washington, D.C. January 10, 1906. Mr. C.F. Pearson, Portland, Oregon. Dear Sir: Your favor of January 4th, inclosing clipping with regard to salary of the President is received. The matter will receive my careful attention. Sincerely Yours John. M. Gearin[*Enc. in Pearson, 2-6-06*][*F*] European Plan Cable Address "Newwillard" The New Willard, Pennsylvania Avenue, Fourteenth and F Streets Washington, D.C. Jan 10, 1906. F.S. Hight Manager The President, Washington, D.C. Sir: I have the honor to herewith return the original of the second reply of Senator C.W. Fulton, of Oregon, to the report made by me upon him personally to yourself on the seventeenth day of November, 1905. I have partially prepared a further report in answer to his replies, but will hold same for completion pending further developments unless you otherwise desire. I have much other original evidence in my possession, and my rejoinder will conclusively establish the truth of my original charge, and will place Senator Fulton in a most unenviable light in relation to a number of other similar transactions. Very Respectfully yours, Francis J. HeneyGeneral Board, Navy Dept. January 10, 1906. [*F*] My Dear President; I enclose herewith a telegram I have just received from General Wood. You will remember that some time ago you told me that you thought it best that General Wood should remain for a year or so longer in the Philippines, and asked me to writeinformed that the War Department was willing that it should be done and that the grade should be abolished. I remain with great respect, Faithfully Yours A. L. Key him to that effect and learn if he had any objections. This telegram is the answer. I know that General Wood will greatly appreciate, as will every good solider in the army, the effort you made to retain for the army their Grade of lieutenant General. I am not surprised that the military affairs committee appended it to their appropriation bill since I am[*F*] [*PPF*] [*L*] [*Leavett S[*[arah]*] B*] [*1-10-06?*] 267 Fifth Avenue. My dear Theodore I cannot well tell you, what a pleasure you have given me. I have coveted one of these superb portraits, ever since I saw Corrine's but only hoped to have small copy -To me it is the only portrait of you - and the words you have written on it, enhance its value many times - Thank you indeed - I do not think anyone outside your own family would value it more than I - for your own sake, and for so many memories of the past - with my love Your old friend S. B. Leavitt January 10 6[*Ackd & wrote Dr Van Dyke 1-10-06*] [*[1-10-06]*] My Dear Mr. President As you were kind enough to say you would ask Dr. Van Dyke to luncheon, if he comes to speak at the Annual Meeting of ourNursings Association. I write a line to tell you that I shall send a letter tonight, asking him if he can speak for us on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 31. If your invitation could reach him at the same time, it would perhaps be an incentive, to him, to combine Business & pleasure—! With many thanks fro your kindsuggestions in this matter, I am always faithfully yrs. A.L. M. Lodge 1165 Mass. Avenue January 10.Buford Lynch, Washington, D.C. [ [[shorthand]] ] January 20, 1906. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, White House, My Dear Mr. President: When today I called upon you on another matter I mentioned the Shepperd Resolution, and then sought to find him and induce him, if possible to withdraw his resolution, my motive being by persuading him to let the matter rest unagitated further to shield the unfortunate woman from aggravation of her conception of her grievance and for all proper interests to have an end to it. My information of her leads me to the opinion that any more agitation would be more unfortunate for her than any one else. As to Mr. Barnes, I, for one, have always found him courteous and considerate; always a gentlemen,Very Respectfully, Buford Lynch Normandie Hotel.[*F*] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE QUI PRO DOMINA JUSTITIA SEQUITUR Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D. C. January 10, 1906. My dear Mr. President: As Senators Allison and Carter have expressed their intention of calling upon you with reference to the pardon case of Herbert H. Matteson, I send this brief statement of the facts, so that you may be familiar with the case when they call. Matteson was indicted in the United States Circuit Court for Montana. The indictment contained ninety counts, charging him with various offenses in violation of the National Banking laws, while Cashier of the First National Bank of Great Falls, Montana. He pleaded guilty to the first count, which charged the making of false entries in a report to the Comptroller of the Currency. The other counts of the indictment charged the making of false entries in the books and records of the bank; abstraction and misapplication of the funds of the institution, and drawing bills of exchange without authority from the directors of the bank. An examination of the books of the bank disclosed that about $185,000. of the funds of the bank had been abstracted which had been misused by Matteson through his brokers and agents in New York and Boston in stock operations. His first venture in stock was in June 1901. At that time $10,000. were drawn and used, and this continued until the latter part of December, 1901 when the amount above mentioned had been abstracted and used in2. stock dealings. These operations turned out disastrously to the prisoner, and in December 1901, he confessed his wrong-doings to the officers of the bank, and in order to make partial restitution of defalcation, turned over to the bank $12,000. or $15,000. The Court, in May, 1902, awarded a sentence of ten years' imprisonment (the maximum penalty) in the penitentiary at Deer Lodge, Montana which will expire in August, 1908. He has now served almost four years of this imprisonment. An application for his pardon is made by almost all of the state officials of Montana; a number of the members of the grand jury that indicted him, officials and stockholders of the bank, and a great many good people seldom found asking for the pardon of a criminal. They urged as ground for pardon that this was Matteson's first offense and that he has been sufficiently punished; that he has a wife and four young children dependent upon him for support; that he has friends willing to assist him in starting again, and because his physical condition. The United States Attorney and trial judge recommend that the pardon be granted. The prison physician, in October, 1905, reported that prisoner's physical condition was fast deteriorating owing to kidney and heart diseases, and that his mental and nervous condition are such that if confined much longer he would be a total wreck and unfit to provide for his wife and children;3 and in another report dated Nomver 24th the physician reported that the prisoner suffered from chronic inflammation of the kidneys, and at time from severe nervous headache, accompanied with dizziness an tendency to faint; that he was extremely nervous and his confinement was fast breaking him down. The prisoner's family physician at that time reported that if he were confined much longer he would emerge from the prison a physical and mental wreck, and unable to provide for his family. On December 9th I directed the United States Attorney to employ a physician of the highest standing and utterly disinterested in the case to make an examination of Matteson. He employed Dr. Rudolph Horsky of Helena, Montana. Dr. Horsky on January 3rd reports that the prisoner is in better physical condition than he had been for some time, due, no doubt, to the cold weather which now prevails in Montana; that confinement for the unexpired term of the sentence, in his opinion, would prove fatal, but whether it would render the prisoner absolutely useless is problematical; that Matteson is suffering from nervous disorder called neurasthenia, and there can be no gain-saying whatever that the influence physically and mentally upon such a temperament and constitution as Matteson has, if he continues to lead his present life in the prison will be very detrimental, and his disease will be very much aggravated if obliged to live out of his term of sentence. If4. he were released now, that influence would be changed. Very respectfully, William H. Moody Attorney-General.POSTAL TELEGRAPH COMMERCIAL CABLES CLARENCE H. MACKAY, PRESIDENT. 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This Company shall not be responsible for messages until they are presented and accepted at one of its transmitting offices; if a message be sent to such office by one of the Company's messengers, the messenger acts for the purpose as the agent of the sender; if by telephone, the person receiving the message acts therein as the agent of the sender, and is authorized to assent to these conditions on behalf of the sender. This Company shall not be liable in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the filing of the message. This Company shall not be liable in any case for delays arising from interruptions to the working of its lines, nor for errors in cipher or obscure messages. this is an Unrepeated message and is delivered by request of the sender under the conditions named above. Clarence N. Mackay, President. John G. Stevens, Secretary. William H. Baker, V.P. and Gen's Manager __ No other service equals the "postal's" [*File C.F.*] 11 A. M., January 10, 1906. The President, Sir: Yesterday afternoon, at a business interview between Mr. Shonts and myself concerning the proper expenditure of the funds recently appropriated by Congress, he incidentally mentioned the fact that Mr. Settoon, their labor agent in Martinique, was in the city for the purpose of telling the facts and respect to the [??] shipment of Martinique women, treated of in the preceding exhibit. Mr. Shonts then advised me that, for the first time, in conversation with Mr. Stevens, he learned that there had been brought into the Isthmus, at the expense of the Commission, other than actual laborers. He said that the Commission had never authorized it, but that Mr. Stevens, as Chief Engineer, and under his general authority to import laborers, and in his anxiety to have the laborers satisfied, had given authority, after the quarters were sufficiently constructed, to Jackson Smith to introduce the wives and families of the laborers then on the Isthmus. Accordingly, I directed that Mr. Stevens and Mr. Settoon, who were in the city, should come before me this morning and submit to examination upon this subject, which I append as an addendum to Exhibit D, already filed in connection with the same subject. Very respectfully yours, Wm H Taft Secretary of War. [*see Panama Canal Jan 1906*] P.S.- This evidence does not in the slightest degree affect the correctness of the unqualified denial already made that women have been imported into the Isthmus for immoral purposes under authority of the Commission or its agents. As a circumstance inThe President -2. support of this denial it was, on the authority of the records of the Canal Office, erroneously stated that the passage of any other than male laborers had not been paid out of canal funds. This evidence shows that, without the knowledge of the Commission, but by order of the Chief Engineer, the passage of women from Martinique was paid but that the women were carefully identified as the wives of laborers who had gone before, or the daughters or sisters of such laborers, that every man had a natural protector on the Isthmus and that all were brought for needed legitimate domestic service and that not one was imported for purpose of prostitution or other immorality. Jan. 9, 1906. Memorandum of inquiry made by Chairman Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens into the alleged importation of Martinique women into the Canal Zone for immoral purposes; the same being the statement of Mr. S. W. Settoon, Recruiting Agent of the Commission, who was in direct charge of labor recruiting from Martinique, and such memorandum being based on the stenographic nots made at the time of the inquiry. Mr. Settoon stated: Fearful of the criticisms in the shipment of these women from the island of Martinique to the Canal Zone, as directed to, was careful to see that no women was sent on the convoy who did not have a natural protestor already on the Isthmus. There were 283 sent. These were selected from over 1500 who presented themselves desiring to go. Before accepting any one, the party presenting was required to give name, place where lived; lists were then examined of men who had previously been shipped from the island to the Canal Zone as laborers, and unless the party presenting was either a wife, a daughter, or a sister, of some one who had been already sent, she was rejected. Of the 283 sent, more than 200 were wives; the remainder were daughters or sisters. A majority of them were beyond the age of 30. This was done for the purpose of getting elderly, settled women, who would be, or likely to be, good and reliable servants on reaching the Isthmus. It is absolutely false that any of these women were of lewd character, or were sent to the Isthmus for any such purpose. [*[1-9-06]*] [ADDENDUM TO EXHIBIT "D"- BEING EVIDENCE COMING TO HAND] [JANUARY 10, 1906] Examination of Mr. John F. Stevens. Secretary Taft. Mr. Stevens, you are the Chief of Engineer of the Canal. Last night, for the first time, through Mr. Shonts, when he was here with respect to the general expenditure of the eleven millions, I was informed that there had been, contrary to the information which I had theretofore had, not under the authority of the Commission but under your authority, a payment of the passage of certain women from Martinique. And that he had not known it until you told him and Mr. Sattoon came into the office, when he found that you had at that timebrought into the Isthmus other than actual laborers. Will you just state the facts with respect to it? Mr. Stevens. The entire matter? Secretary Taft. Yes. Mr. Stevens. Well, our people who handle the labor- Mr. Smith- advised me that many of those men objected to coming permanently unless they could bring their families along, and at that time our quarters were not in shops to take care of married people- we have nothing but bachelor quarters for the laborers. I told him that whenever we had our quarters in shape I should be willing that the laborers have their people brought over. He advised me soon after that we had room for a certain number and I said "All right, you can bring-2- them over. Secretary Taft. How large a number? Mr. Stevens. I think 200 or 300. Secretary Taft. After that did they come? Mr. Stevens. Yes. Secretary Taft. Subsequently there was an investigation made as to what the women were doing on the Isthmus? Mr. Stevens. Yes. Secretary Taft. And the result of that was what we have already in the record- Captain Shandon's record? Mr. Stevens. Yes. Secretary Taft. Was this, or was it not known to the officers of the Commission- this matter of paying the expense of the families? Mr. Stevens. You mean the Commissioners themselves? Secretary Taft. Mr. Shonts and the Commission. Mr. Stevens. I did not report it to them Secretary Taft. You simply acted under the general authority? Mr. Stevens. Yes. I never report such payments except as they may reach the Commission through the Auditor of some such channel. Secretary Taft. Mr. Stevens, here present is your agent, Mr. Settoon? Mr. Stevens. Yes sir. Examination of Mr. J. W. Settoon. Secretary Taft. Mr. Settoon, I should like to ask you some questions. What were your orders? Mr. Settoon. In regard to the women? -3- Secretary Taft. Well, first in regard to the men. Mr. Settoon. I-- Secretary Taft. Mr. Settoon I will first ask you, what is your business? Mr. Settoon. I was sent there as a detail by Captain King and by Mr. Wallace. Secretary Taft. To do what? Mr. Settoon. To go t o Martinique to obtain laborers. Secretary Taft. How long were you over there? Mr. Settoon. About four months. Secretary Taft. How many laborers did you send over? Mr. Settoon. About 3,000 Secretary Taft. Who subsequently became your superior? Mr. Settoon. Well I suppose Mr. Jackson Smith, but my reports and my correspondence were all carried on entirely with the Chief Engineer. I was sent out by the Chief Engineer- by order of the Chief Engineer-- and after Captain King was displaced from his position and Mr. Jackson Smith put in, I received no official notice and therefore kept on reporting to the Chief Engineer as before. Secretary Taft. And you received your instructions from him Mr. Settoon. Well I got only a few instructions by cable. All cables came signed by Steven and all letters I received, by Mr. Jackson Smith. Smith was manager of Labor and Quarters. Secretary Taft. The telegrams were signed "Stevens" and the letters "Jackson Smith"? Mr. Settoon. Yes, but those telegrams originated in Jackson Smith's office.-4- Secretary Taft: After you sent the laborers, what instructions did you receive about sending women? Mr. Settoon: I was instructed to send three hundred. Secretary Taft: And whom were they to be. Mr. Settoon: They were to be- that was vague in the telegram, but I had a previous understanding so that I know what was meant. The telegram stated that it was just simply to make shipment as soon as possible of three hundred women. When I left it was understoond that as soon as arrangements could be mad mix the wives of the men would be sent. Upon employing different men, when they put the question to me in regard to the possibility of their wives being brought, I told them that it was possible that their wives would be sent to them but not right now. For that reason, when I did get the order to send the women, I selected the wives, the daughters or the sisters of some men who had already gone, giving them the preference. Every women who was sent there had a natural protector on the Isthmus. Secretary Taft: How many applications had you? Mr. Settoon: About fifteen hundred. Secretary Taft: What women made application to you? Mr. Settoon: They were from all portions of the island, of all ages and kinds. Secretary Taft: Had you a list of the men who had been sent? Mr. Settoon: Yes sir. Secretary Taft: Were you able to identify the women?[*5*] a-2 Mr. Settoon: To a considerable extent. I had young men there acting as my clerks, and a large amount of them were absolutely identified right there. Secretary Taft: Did they make a statement as to their relationship? Mr. Settoon: Yes Sir. Secretary Taft: Did you allow any women to go who did not have natural protectors on the Isthmus? Mr. Settoon: I did not. Secretary Taft: How many were sent? Mr. Settoon: As well as I remember, two hundred and eighty-three. Secretary Taft: And they were selected from fifteen hundred? Mr. Settoon: About fifteen hundred. Secretary Taft: Where did they come from? Mr. Settoon: Mostly from the interior of the Island. Secretary Taft: Were they laboring women or prostitutes? Mr. Settoon: Laboring women. Secretary Taft: Were they laboring women or prostitutes? Mr. Settoon: Laboring women. Secretary Taft: Did you knowingly send a single prostitute? Mr. Settoon: I did not. I made it my business to see that that kind did not come. When I got the order to send these women down there I was a little disturbed from the fact that I was fearful and criticism would grow out, and I made every effort possible to minimize that condition by selecting women that were[*6*] a-3 all right, and by selecting those above the average age. [Secretary Taft: What was the average age? Mr. Settoon: From thirty to fifty. And in those tropical countries a women thirty years of age is not eligible.][*7*] Secretary Taft: What was the average age of the women you were sending? Mr. Settoon: From 30 to 50. There were very few below 30 years of age. In those tropical countries a women thirty years of age became elderly. Secretary Taft: Out of the 283 sent, how many were wives? Mr. Settoon: I cannot exactly remember. About 200 were wives. Secretary Taft: And what were the reminder? Mr. Settoon: They were sisters or daughters of men who were already there. Mr. Settoon: Had you any purpose, or did you gather from Mr. Stevens or Mr. Smith that there was any purpose in importing these women – importing them for immoral purposes? Mr. Settoon: They were all sent there for the purpose of relieving the congestion of household service. There was an absolute dearth of it. The men were clamoring for their wives to come. I had been given authority to promise to a certain degree, and it was the carrying out of that. They wereabsolutely needed on the Isthmus in their capacities, just as we needed laborers on the Canal. Secretary Taft: Do you, or do you not unqualifiedly deny that there was any purpose in sending these women to furnish prostitutes to the men on the Isthmus? Mr. Settoon: Absolutely. Had I been advised of such a thing I should never have consented to it. I should have resigned my position in preference to sending them. [*9*] Mr. Settoon: As a matter of fact I have sacrificed a portion of my vacation to come here and make this thing clearly understood by Mr. Stevens and Mr. Shonts. Secretary Taft: Where did you come from? Mr. Settoon: I came form New Orleans. I am on my vacation now. Secretary Taft: Have you been to the Isthmus since you left Martinique? Mr. Settoon: When I returned from Martinique to the Isthmus, the first thing I did was to make an investigation from end to end of the Isthmus, visiting their camps where men I had sent from Martinique were at work and where these Martinique women were, and with very few exceptions I found among both the men and the women, particularly the women, satisfaction prevailing. Secretary Taft: Did you find the women represented to you as wives, living with their husbands? Mr. Settoon: Something over 100 were living with their husbands; others who were brought over as waives and claimed to be wives, and I have no doubt were, were servants in various households. Secretary Taft: Had it been represented to you, or not, that there was a dearth of laundresses and household servants? Mr. Settoon: Yes, sir, I know that to be a fact. I know there was a crying need for them. Secretary Taft: I want to ask you with reference to Martinique and the customs which prevail there. Is it the custom for a man in those islands to live with a woman as man and wife and not be married? Mr. Settoon: Yes, sir.b-1 Secretary Taft: How is it as to the legally celebrated marriages compared with these unions which are actual but not attended by legal ceremony? Mr. Settoon: Those not attended by legal ceremony, I suppose, would be in proportion to three to one. Secretary Taft: In such illegitimate unions are the men usually faithful to their wives? Mr. Settoon: Yes sir, and their wives are usually faithful to their husbands. Secretary Taft: And have children and look after the family? Mr. Settoon: Yes sir; they observe it quite as strictly as legal marriage vows. Secretary Taft: Where have you been before this? Mr. Settoon: I am a surveyor; my home is in Louisiana and I held a municipal office down there. Secretary Taft: You are a surveyor by proffession? Mr. Settoon: Yes sir. Secretary Taft: And an engineer? Mr. Settoon: Not so much. Secretary Taft: And you went to the Isthmus? Mr. Settoon: I happened down there and met Major Black and two or three others. I was there when the matter was turned over to Lieutenant Brooke. Secretary Taft: Major Black of the Engineers and Lieutenant Brooke of the Engineers?b-2 Mr. Settoon: Yes sir. Secretary Taft: You then became an employe of the Canal Commission? Mr. Settoon: Yes sir. I am the oldest man employed since the Government took hold. Secretary Taft: Where in Louisiana is your home? Mr. Settoon: At New Orleans. I was born and raised in Livingstone Parish.[*[ca Jan.10.1906]*] [D] Mr Loeb. Having heard of this Wht house [aff] afair we should say that Being from the lady's Mrs Morris our state and ctiy we say that unles you confess that you will be shot with in 15 fifteen Days Mark this word This is for that other skunk as well as your [C] No police will save you we out number them 2 to 1 [*[?]*] Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections Executive Committee __ Hon. Seth Low, chairman no. 30 East 64th St., New York City. Wm. Church Osborn, Secretary and Treasurer. No. 71 Broadway, New York City. Gherardi Davis James R. Sheffield D-Cady Herrick William Williams Francis B. Harrison William S. Bennet Charles H. Young Edward M. Shepard Robert Grier Monroe Herbert Parsons John G. Milburn John Hill Morgan M. Warley Platzek January 10, 1906. Interview with Seth Low- What the Bills Are. Mr. Low, what is the attitude of the Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elections, of which you are Chairman, towards the movement headed by Mr. Belmont? We think that Mr. Belmont and ourselves are trying to strike at the same evil. the fact that there should be two committees organized for the same purpose, shows how wide-spread and strong the feeling is that something radical must be done. Probably it is a good thing that the subject should be approached from more than one point of view. What is the difference between the measures presented by your Association and that presented by Mr. Belmont? On the general subject of corrupt practices, our Association has prepared a scheme which is embodied in five bills, two amendments to the General Election Law. Mr. Belmont has presented a single bill, dealing, first, with publicity; second, with prevention of political contributions by corporations, and, third, making provision for an inquest as to political expenses. Is there any substantial difference in the two provisions with reference to publicity? Yes. The provisions presented by our Association are simply an extension of the present New York law. and to develop a bill on the lines of New York practice, our members make no attempt to limit any one's right to spend money for political purpose. It does, however, call for the publication of all money spent by anybody for such purposes, unless it be in the form of money contributed to some political organization of candidate, from whom an accounting as to all contributions and expenditures is specifically required. Mr. Belmont's bill proceeds upon the lines of the Massachusetts Statue. It requires that contributions shall be made only through political committees. It defines a political committee as an association of three or more persons for political purpose, only through such committees. It then calls for the publication of the expenditures of such committees. Our information is that neither in Massachusetts nor in Connecticut have laws of this tenor been of large practical value. Is there anything in your bill corresponding to Mr. Belmont's provision for an inquest? Yes. One of our bills is a measure providing a simple form of procedure by which inquiry can be conducted through a court, as to the truth and sufficiency of statements of election expenses, filed by a candidate or committee or any other person, and, further, as to whether any person ought to file such a statement under a law, who has not done so. The next difference is that the examination on the inquest in Mr. Belmont's bill can only be conducted by the Attorney General of the State or the District Attorney of a county, or by some one named by one or other of those officers. Under the procedure act prepared by our Association, the inquiry can be started by any citizen who will give a bond for $250, and can be conducted before the court by the complainant. The difference between these two methods of procedure is well illustrated by the effect of Section 56 of the Insurance Law in regard to suits against life insurance companies. This is the section which Senator Brackett has been so long seeking to repeal, because it prevents any suit being brought against life insurance companies, except with the consent of a public official. This takes away from a citizen the right of access to the court, which is denied him in no other direction. Is there any substantial difference between Mr. Belmont's measure and your own in the matter of preventing contributions by corporations? I imagine not, except that in addition to the provision forbidding such contributions, we have proposed an amendment to the General Corporation Law which makes it a part of the duty of the president of every corporation, in filing its annual report, to swear explicitly that no such contributions have been made by or on behalf of the corporation. Is there any other matter covered by your bills which finds no place in Mr. Belmont's measure? Yes. There are several such points—first of all, we have made more clear what political expenses are permissible under the Penal Code. In this connection, no effort has been made to limit the sum that can be spent for legitimate purposes as so defined, except, for example, we limit the number of workers and carriages. In other words, while we make the objects for which money may be spent more liberal, we call for a strict accounting of the expenditure. Does the measure prepared by your Association make any mention of campaign contributions by candidates for the judiciary? Yes. One of our amendments to the Penal Code provides that no candidate for the judiciary shall make a political contribution, but he may pay his own campaign expenses. What have you to say in regard to the published criticism which has already been made in some of the newspapers on the proposal of your bill that where fraud is proven in an election district, the party responsible shall be deprived of its votes in that district? There are two things to say; first, that the bill has been criticised without having been seen, or if seen, not read with care; and, second, that after everything has been said, the main thing to be accomplished is to establish the fact of bribery, if it has been practiced, and then to make such bribery not only unprofitable but dangerous to the cause for which it is practised. To this end, we propose a procedure act along the same line as that for testing the accuracy of statements as to election expenses, under which any citizen can start the judicial machinery to determine whether or not, as a matter of fact, bribery has been practised in a given election district. In connection with this procedure, we have adopted the provision suggested by Mr. Jerome to break up gambling, by which everybody may be compelled to testify but is free from prosecution on the matter as to which he testifies. The bill is not aimed at sporadic bribery, but at organized and systematic bribery. Its provisions cannot be worked to the disadvantage of one party by the trickery of the other, but where, as a result of a judicial inquiry, and you will observe that everything depends upon a judicial inquiry and not on the arbitrary act of any person, it is determined that substantial bribery has been practised by or on behalf of a political party or candidate, the bill provides that those who have profited by this bribery, shall be deprived of their votes in that district. The rights of an honest candidate and of the honest voters are protected by allowing them to prove affirmatively the number of votes cast uninfluenced by corrupt practices. If such practices are proven on behalf of any party in an election district, the party loses its votes in that district for local officers. Where bribery is proven to have been prevalent in a county, and on the part of all parties, the election for local officers is to be annulled and a new election ordered. Where bribery is proven on behalf of any party, it loses its right to use the party emblem at the next election in that district. The act does not effect the election of state or national officers. It is manifest that the aim and the effect of this provision is to make it not only useless but dangerous to a political organization to resort to bribery to advance its interests. Until the American people are sufficiently aroused against corrupt practices to be willing to go as far as this, they must probably be content to have the very rich and the unscrupulous exert an entirely undue influence in the determination of elections. Do you think that the practice of bribery is so widespread as to make it necessary to resort to so drastic a provision as this last? It certainly is. It is believed that over considerable areas, as many as fifty per cent. of the voters expect to be paid in some way for their votes. Those of us who have come in close contact with city elections may not be able to express the extent of corruption by percentage, but everyone knows that vast sums of money are used upon election day in ways that will not bear the light.[*Enclosed in Davis, 1-24-08*][*Washington, D.C. Jan 10 1:30 AM 1906*] Mr. Loeb. White House Personal.[*attached to [?] to Loeb 1-10-06*]Enc. in Atkinson 1-12-06 1-10-06Daily Record. ISSUED EVERY WEEK DAY EXCEPT FRIDAY. LONG BRANCH RECORD Issued Every Friday. Benj. Boisseau Bobbitt, Editor. Terms of Subscription DAILY RECORD, One year, $2.50 Single Copies, .01 LONG BRANCH RECORD, One year, by mail, $1.50 Single copy, .03 DAILY RECORD and LONG BRANCH RECORD, One year, $4.00 One week, .08 Published by F. M. TAYLOR PUBLISHING CO., Chas. L. Edwards, Sec'y and Manager, 182 Broadway, LONG BRANCH, NEW JERSEY. Wednesday, January 10, 1906. "The White House outrage against American womanhood,' which a few yellow papers are discussing, was committed by Mrs. Morris, not by White House officials.TELEPHONE 4457 CORTLANDT GEORGE F. ALLISON COUNSELOR AT LAW No. 21 PARK ROW NEW YORK January 11th, 1906. [*F*] Dear Sir:- Like thousands of other of the citizens of the United States, I have read with dismay and abhorrence of the brutal treatment to which Mrs. Morris was exposed recently by Government employees, and reputedly at the behest of one of your Secretaries. When this news item first attracted my attention, I was inclined to write to you, but waited, hoping that you would disavow any responsibility for this blot on your reputation. It appears, however, you prefer to keep silence, and allow the public to believe that this act was done with your knowledge, and that it meets with your approval. I trust that I am mistaken in this, and that before long we will receive a statement from the White House that will clear you of any connection with this infamous proceeding. It cannot be that the people of the United States are to lose the freedom of speech and action which came with the establishment of our Republic. I believe that the finest opportunity of your life now presents for placing yourself on record as being a man fully conscious of the respect and consideration due all mothers. Respectfully Geo F. Allison The President, Washington, D. C.C. W. Fulton, Chairman. John Kean, Thos. S. Martin M.E. Clapp, A.J. McLaurin, H.E. Burnham, Lee S. Overman, J.F. Allee, J.B. Frazier. Reed Smoot, J.A. Hemenway, E.J. Burkett, __ C.W. Halderman, Clerk. United States Senate Committee on Claims Washington, D.C. Jan., 11th, 1906. Mr. C.F. Pearson, Portland, Oregon. My dear Mr. Pearson: I have just received your letter enclosing copy of article contributed by you to the Oregonian in which you advocate a higher salary for the President. I cannot say that I altogether agree with your conclusions. I think the President is paid fairly well at the present time, although I would not object to increasing the pay to $75.000.00 or $100.000.00 per annum. I do not, however, believe in maintaining a Presidential train, private cars, and all that sort of thing. I do not think the president of a Republic should travel in an ostentatious manner, but should travel like any private citizen. I would have no objections to allowing him a private car, at the expense of the government, when he makes trips of an official character, but I would have him hire the car of the railroad company and pay for it exactly as other people do. Sincerely yours, C.W. Fulton[*[Enc. in Pearson, 2-6-06]*] [*Ackd 1/19/06*] Jan 11 / 06 GOVERNMENT HOUSE OTTAWA. My dear President, I have postponed forwarding you enclosed letter from Lady Lugard (Flora Shaw) & her very interesting volume on "a Tropical Dependency"until I could send it to you by the hand of your friend Mr. Pinchot -- "Flora" is one of our best & most conscientious workers, an accurate idealist & a hero worshipper & I need hardly add is ready, whenever opportunity offers her the chance, to break her neck for you -- It has been a great pleasure to me to make the acquaintance of Mr. Pinchot. -- Ihave long been a believer in the result of the French & British Crop. & Mr. Pinchot has confirmed my faith -- I remain with my very hearty good New Year wishes to you & Mrs Roosevelt Always Truly Yours GreySTATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER ALBANY Personal January 11, 1906. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President: [[shorthand]] Your letter of January 8th received. I note what you say in relation to our friend Charlie Skinner. I fully realize his unfortunate situation, and would be only too glad to give him some place if I had one at my command. I have had this in mind for a year past, but circumstances so far have made it impossible for me to do anything for him. I shall not forget him, however, and I hope you will not. I thank you most cordially for the kind suggestion which your letter mentions. We have gotten along so far for quite as well as I could possibly have expected. I fully realize the ingenuity and force of the opposition, and the great amount of time that they have at their disposal to embarrass my administration. Before this trouble began, I was taken up on the mountain,and there viewed on the one side of the Plains of Paradise, and on the other Hades. As this was not an entirely new experience for me, it made a very slight impression. With best wishes always, I am, Yours faithfully, Frank M HigginsH.C. Lodge, Chairman. R.G. Proctor, Clerk. Personal. United States Senate Committee on the Philippines Jan. 11, 1906. Dear Theodore:-- I am sorry it has been thought necessary to go on with the suit, but I understand, of course, why you did it, and have not a word of fault to find. Fortunately I have not written the people at all in regard to its discontinuance or said anything at all to them in regard to it. Always yours, H.C. Lodge To the President. [*Ackd 2/20/06*] American Legation, Peking, China. January 11th 1906 Dear Mr President, I take the liberty of sending you the enclosed translation of Admiral Togo's farewell message to the Japanese united squadron in its recent dispersal. I thought it might have escaped your notice, and, to my mind, it is well up toTogo's standard of excellence. Although general conditions here do not justify apprehension for the near future, they are nevertheless such as to require the most careful attention. China no longer requires to be pushed ahead, but rather to be restrained, she feels herself deeply humiliated by Japan's exalted position and the position of inferiority in which she remains in her international relations.She wants to get out of it with a rush, and she may break her neck in the attempt, for, so far as we can see, she has no broad minded, enlightened men to guide her. It is an extraordinary interesting period of China's history - she will, of course, survive the wrench, but unquestionably she is in a troubled and troublesome period. Your faithful, devoted servant W.W. Rockhill[*CHIEF CLERK. JAN 15 1906 WAR DEPT.*] S WAR DEPARTMENT, Office of the Chief of Staff. January 11, 1906. Memorandum for the Secretary, General Staff: There is inclosed, herewith, a copy of Report No. 304 from Captain John J. Pershing, General Staff, Military Attache to the American Legation at Tokyo, M.I.D. No. 3253-a, entitled "Japanese Casualties During the Russo-Japanese War", and a copy of "Statistics of Sickness in the Third Army from the Moment of its Landing up to the Present Time (June, 1904- July, 1905)" furnished in Japanese by Major Joseph E. Kuhn, Corps of Engineers, Military Attache with the Japanese Army in the field, which please show to the Chief of Staff for submission to the Secretary of War if he so desires. [*[?]*] W.F. Waltz Major, General Staff, Chief Second (Mil. Inf.) Division, [*W.F. Waltz*] Enclosure. [*For the Secty of War .Chaffee Jan. 13th caps*] [*OFFICE CHIEF OF STAFF REC'D JAN 11 1906*][*[For 1. enc. see 12-11-05 Pershing]*][*[Enc. in Newberry, 2-12-06]*] [*[1-11-06]*](No. 38.) Bureau of Ordinance- Statement of Rear-Admiral, N. E. Mason, Chief of Bureau. Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, Thursday Morning, January 11, 1906. Present: Hon. George Edmund Foss (chairman), Hon. H. C. Loudenslager, Hon. T. S. Butler, Hon. E. W. Roberts, Hon. E. B. Vreeland, Hon. George L. Lilley, Hon. A. F. Dawson, Hon. Adolph Meyer, Hon. J. F. Rixey, Hon. W. W. Kitchin, Hon. L. P. Padgett, Hon. A. W. Gregg. Committee called to order at 11 a.m. Statement of Rear-Admiral N. E. Mason, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. The Chairman (Mr. Foss). We will turn to page 18. "Ordnance and ordnance stores: For procuring, producing, preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ordnance Department; for watchmen at magazines, powder factories, and powder depots; for furniture in ordinance buildings at navy- yards and stations; for maintenance of a proving ground and powder factory, $3,000,000." The same amount as for last year. For target practice you have stricken out and made a separate item and a separate appropriation. How much was that last year? Admiral Mason. We estimate about $1,200,000. The Chairman. That is, of the $3,000,000? Admiral Mason. Of the $3,000,000. The Chairman. How much do you actually spend, or have you spent, up to this time? Admiral Mason. We have not spent it all yet, but we are spending it now, and will spend it all before the end of this fiscal year. The Chairman. How much did you spend the year before, the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, for target practice? Admiral Mason. About $1,000,000. In fact, our records show that $956,322 were expended for target practice during the last fiscal year. The estimated cost for the fiscal year ending 1907 is based on this sum with additions for seven battle ships and eight armored cruisers, and allowing for a reduction in ammunition allowance at the record target practice, by which the total expenditure at that practice will be about three-fourths of what it has been heretofore. The Chairman. If you take out target practice in this item next year, why should you not reduce the item above that of $3,000,000? 227 228 Admiral Mason. The appropriations for the past five years under this head have been as follows: 1901-2 .................. $ 500,000 Deficiency................ 300,000 _______________ Total........................... $ 800,000 1902-3........................... 800,000 Deficiency..................... 500,000 _______________ Total............................ 1,300,000 1903-4, total................. 1,500,000 1904-5........................... 2,000,000 Deficiency........................ 500,000 ________________ Total.................................. 2,500,000 1905-6, total..................... 3,000,000 As will be seen, this appropriation has rapidly increased on account of the increase of the Navy and in the number and size of the ships. This is a general appropriation for carrying on all the work of the Ordinance Department of any kind, except that for vessels under construction or for purposes otherwise especially appropriated for. It includes all ordinance work at navy-yards, magazines, and the naval proving ground; all material and labor necessary for the care and preservation of ordinance stores on shore and afloat; furniture in the ordinance buildings at navy-yards and in the magazines and stations; labor, watchmen, fuel, tools, and a great variety of miscellaneous items not otherwise provided for; the remodeling of guns, mounts sights, etc., on vessels of the Navy now in commission or being prepared for recommissioning is still going on. It will be found necessary to repair and reline many of the high powered heavy guns of the Navy which are showing excessive wear in service. This last being an item of gradual but constant increase, as the guns have been longer in the service, and is an item of great expense with the larger calibers. The expenses under this working appropriation of the Bureau necessarily increase with every ship added to the Navy, and the amount asked for is believed to be the minimum consistent with efficiency and safety. It is estimated that $3,000,000 of this appropriation will be necessary for the general work and maintenance, as mentioned above. Last year we were given an appropriation of $3,000,000 with no chance of a deficiency, because of the penalty clause, and, as a matter of fact, we hope to get along without a deficiency, but the Bureau is very much hampered in disbursing this appropriation, and lots of repairs, modifications, changes, etc., that are necessary- almost urgently necessary- can not be made because of the danger of causing a deficiency. A number of battle ships, armored cruisers, and protected cruisers will be added to the Navy during the present year, and, of course, the moment they are placed in commission they became a charge on the appropriation for "Ordinance and ordinance stores," which is the regular working appropriation of the Bureau of Ordinance. The CHAIRMAN. Yes; I know; but should they not float for a year or two without spending any money on them? Admiral MASON. No. As soon as a vessel is turned over to the Government the expenses incident to the use, care, and preservation 229 of her armament commences. The expenses on shore increase also, due to the necessity for increased supplies and repairs and the increase in ammunition to be prepared, stored, and cared for. The first six months' supplies of ordinance material are issued to the ships when commissioned, but the supplies for the second and third six months must be purchased and assembled from the appropriation "Ordinance and ordinance of stores" for the year the vessel is commissioned. In addition, a new vessel, with a green crew and material not thoroughly tried out, always, requires more or less repairs and changes during the first year she is in commission. The CHAIRMAN. Now, you are speaking about the proportional increase. It seems to me that the Bureau of Ordinance really, judging on the past years, has increased faster than almost any other bureau in appropriations, though, of course, I may be wrong about it. Admiral MASON. This may be true, but it must be remembered that the value of ordinance material in the ships that have been added to the Navy in the last few years is much higher proportionately than formerly, and that this material is constantly in use and is subject to the hardest kind of service, and must always be kept in a high state of efficiency; so that a proportionately larger sum is necessary for its maintenance and repair. In addition, the Bureau has found it absolutely necessary to refit a large number of mounts with new sights and fittings, and guns with modified breech mechanisms of an increased efficiency, in order to meet the conditions developed by modern practice. Mr. BUTLER. How is the estimate made up in that paragraph beginning "For procuring, producing, preserving, and handling ordinance material; for the armament of ships, for fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ordinance Department," and so forth? Have you that estimate made up by items? Admiral MASON. No sir; it would be almost impossible to make that up by items. The maintenance expenses are constantly increasing and changing at every yard and station, and the increase in the size of the Navy makes it impossible to itemize the increased expenses. Our way of making up the estimates is to take the expenditures for the last year and make an addition to them proportionally to the increase tonnage of the Navy. Mr. BUTLER. You can not tell what the probably expense would be of procuring, producing, preserving, and handling ordnance material; that item alone? Admiral MASON. No, sir; because this is a general working appropriation of the Bureau, and we have to repair, replace, renew, and modernize as the necessities require. Mr. BUTLER. For watchmen at magazines, powder factories, and powder depots. Is it possible to tell us how much you will use there? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; it would be possible because we have a regular scheme of maintenance for all these places; we can approximate that. Mr. BUTLER. For furniture in ordnance buildings at navy-yards and stations. Can you tell that? Admiral MASON. No way of knowing what that would be. It230 depends upon how much would be required for replacing or renewing furniture. Only a small amount anyway. Mr. BUTLER. Last year the appropriation was $3,000,000 in this item, and that included the appropriation for target practice. Admiral MASON. We now practically increase this appropriation to $4,520,000. Mr. BUTLER. But these new items are added here, on page 19, beginning with "Ammunition and other supplies for new ships?" Admiral MASON. They are items added to show what the money is to be expended for and are subheads under the main appropriation. Mr. BUTLER. Heretofore we have had to spend something for purposes set out in these items, "Ammunition and other supplies for new ships?" Admiral MASON. If you will read a little further, you will see: "Heretofore included in appropriation 'Armor and armament.'" Mr. BUTLER. Then the next item, "Replacing machine guns and rifles." I certainly remember that we made an appropriation for that purpose. Admiral MASON. We asked for such an appropriation last year and did not get it. I think it has been asked for in previous years. Mr. BUTLER. "Modernizing batteries Massachusetts and Oregon." Of course that is new. Admiral MASON. Yes. Mr. BUTLER. What increase do you ask for in that paragraph? Admiral MASON. I should say that $3,000,000 plus $1,200,000 for target practice, plus $320,000 for modifying mounts, supplying sights, etc., for cruisers and gunboats, which would be $4,520,000. These last three subheads have always been incorporated under the general heads of "Ordnance and ordnance stores" heretofore, but are subheaded here in order so show how the money is to be spent. The CHAIRMAN. Do you think we could safely reduce this item of $3,000,000 for target practice? Admiral MASON. I would rather see a reduction made almost anywhere else than in this appropriation, because we are hampered so in carrying on the general ordnance work of the Navy. Mr. BUTLER. I wish to say this, Admiral: It seems to be the policy of this Administration, and from conversations which I have had with members of Congress I believe it to be the policy of Congress, to continue the present splendid efficiency of the Navy, but not to increase it -- enlarge it; but to keep it up to the present high station. Where parts of ships are worn out, to replace those parts. Admiral MASON. That is just what this appropriation is for. Increases of the Navy are paid for out of the appropriations "Increase of the Navy, armor and armament" and "Increase of the Navy, construction, and machinery." This appropriation, "Ordnance and ordnance stores," is used to keep the whole Navy going, as well as to make the necessary changes, repairs, alterations, and modifications necessary to keep up the efficiency as far as ordnance is concerned. Mr. PADGETT. Last year we appropriated $3,000,000; that included target practice. If we left that item as it was in the last bill, and left that target practice with the $3,000,000 in the original appropriation,' and struck out of this bill "Ammunition for target practice, $1,200,000," could the Department carry on business? 231 Admiral MASON. I am afraid that important work would be left undone; that the efficiency of the Navy would be impaired, or else there would be a deficiency. Mr. PADGETT. Is there a deficiency this year? Admiral MASON. There is no deficiency this year. Mr. PADGETT. What will make it more next year than the present year? Admiral MASON. The simple fact that there would be an added charge of six battle ships, two armored cruisers, and three protected cruisers, one gunboat, and two training ships. The vessels placed out of commission because of the addition of these vessels to the fleet will have to undergo a general overhauling and repairing. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How many go out of commission? Admiral MASON. I do not know how many will go out of commission, but it costs a great deal to overhaul, repair, and prepare for recommissioning these ships. This appropriation "Ordnance and ordnance stores" pays for all the repairs and preparation for recommissioning, with the exception of such cases as the item "Modernizing batteries of the Massachusetts and Oregon and furnishing armor and new 8-inch guns and mounts for the New York," where the cost is so large as to require a special appropriation. Mr. PADGETT. You struck out of the item of mounting and caring for and protecting of ships while out of commission and preparing to go into the first reserve. Admiral MASON. The ordnance portion of that charge, yes. The actual care of the ships while out of commission comes under another bureau. When the ships go out of commission the batteries are generally taken off and the ordnance stores removed, and as rapidly as possible the batteries and stores are put in condition to go on board again for recommissioning. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Practically you are asking, Admiral, a little more than $3,000,000 for what you had $3,000,000 for last year. Admiral MASON. I am asking for practically $1,520,000 more. The others are extra appropriations. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Don't you pay out of this appropriation for modernizing the whole batteries? Heretofore have you not? Admiral MASON. No. Special appropriations have been made heretofore for the batteries of the Newark, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Albany, and for 5-inch guns for the New York. The Bureau did attempt to improve the battery of the Indiana under this appropriation, and this was one of the causes of the deficiency therein last year. Even these improvements on the Indiana did not permit the replacing of any of the guns or mounts. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You generally do? Admiral MASON. By special appropriation. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Not always by special appropriation. Admiral MASON. We have attempted the modification of the battery of the Indiana, as I said before. We have been changing the gun mounts and supplying new sights to all the guns (battle-ship guns) in the service as fast as possible and as the funds available will allow. Mr. VREELAND. Admiral, there is nothing in these appropriations for the armament of new ships or the armor of any ship.232 Admiral MASON. Not in this part of the estimates; no, sir. Mr. VREELAND. Now, I would like to inquire what you mean by "procuring, producing, preserving, and handling ordnance material?" Where is that done? Is there any of this in the gun factory? Admiral MASON. This work is performed and material procured at every navy-yard, naval station, and magazine under the control of the Bureau of Ordnance. The gun factory is included. Mr. VREELAND. I would like to know what work that is. Here are specific appropriations for "Replacing machine guns and rifles;" and I suppose elsewhere we find appropriations for the batteries of ships, but there is nothing for the gun factory. I would like to know what that means--where that applies. Admiral MASON. A lot of work under these appropriations is done at the gun factory. Mr. VREELAND. Have we not appropriations for the gun factory elsewhere in this bill? Admiral MASON. Only for machine tools and for a new foundry. Mr. BUTLER. A new foundry? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; the present foundry is small, old, and obsolete. You will remember that it came up last year and was turned down. Mr. VREELAND. Then there is no light, so far as I can find, that you throw on the first item, "For procuring, producing, preserving, and handling ordnance material?" Admiral MASON. This appropriation is the general working appropriation of the Bureau of Ordnance, and we have to have a clause of that sort to cover all cases which are not specifically appropriated for. Mr. VREELAND. To do what? Admiral MASON. To buy ordnance material where it is necessary, to make changes and modifications, to keep up-to-date, and to take care of and maintain a constantly increasing Navy. Mr. VREELAND. For what? For the gun factory? Admiral MASON. For the Navy. Mr. VREELAND. What do you mean by "ordnance material?" Admiral MASON. "Ordnance materials or ordnance outfits" implies the guns, mounts, torpedoes, and ammunition supplied to a ship, together with the tools and material of all kinds necessary for using them and keeping them in good condition. Mr. VREELAND. And not the ordnance itself? Admiral MASON. Ordnance material includes everything pertaining to ordnance. Mr. VREELAND. That item covers all supplies purchased for the Navy--the materials for use in and about the guns? Admiral MASON. Yes; and for all ordnance purposes on board ship and on shore. Mr. VREELAND. What about armament of ships; you say none of this is for armor of new ships? Admiral MASON. This is for armament of the old ships--for the batteries. Mr. VREELAND. Replacing old batteries? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; if necessary; although such work involves such large sums that a separate item or subhead is considered necessary. 233 Mr. VREELAND. And further on you ask for an appropriation for modernizing batteries Massachusetts and Oregon, new guns, armor, and so forth, $466,000, and for replacing machine guns and rifles, $1,100,000. Where is that to be used? Admiral MASON. I think the best answer that I can give to this question will be from my statement here [reading]: The sum of $1,100,000 is estimated for the replacing of all machine guns and rifles or small arms in the service with guns of the new army model, together with the ammunition therefor. A somewhat similar amount was asked for last year and not allowed, the slight increase in amount being caused by the addition of two new ships to the Navy. It is manifestly dangerous to continue the issuing of two types of rifles and two caliber of machine guns, requiring different kinds of ammunition in the service, and now that the Army has adopted, and is equipping its forces with the United States magazine rifle, model 1903, which requires ammunition of yet another type, there would be three different types of rifles and machine guns, requiring three kinds of ammunition in case of a landing force composed of detachments from the Army and the Navy. This addition to the appropriation is earnestly recommended, in order that the Navy may be completely equipped with rifles and machine guns of one type, using one kind of ammunition, and interchangeable with the rifles and machine guns of the Army. We really now have 6-millimeter guns, which have a caliber of .236, about a quarter of an inch. Besides that we have the Krag- Jorgensen, caliber .30, using, of course, another kind of ammunition. Now the Army has still another gun which uses another ammunition which can not be used in the other two. If we had trouble anywhere where the Navy had to cooperate with the Army we could not furnish the Army ammunition if they wanted to. If we were short and our supply gave out we could not use their cartridges. Mr. VREELAND. How did they get into that situation, Admiral? Admiral MASON. It is quite a long story. We went along for a long time with caliber .45. Then the Navy, after waiting several years, ordered a board and finally decided on a caliber and started to use them. Then the Army made the Krag-Jorgensen, with a caliber of .30, three-tenths of an inch. After that a joint board, composed of officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, was ordered by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, and this board reported that it was a very poor policy to have two different calibers in the two services, naturally. Then an attempt was made by the Navy to go to the Krag-Jorgensen, but before the Bureau of Ordnance got money enough to replace all the 6-millimeter guns the ammunition has been changed again. The CHAIRMAN. How long is this likely to remain so? Are they likely to change inside of six months or a year? Admiral MASON. I do not think the Army is likely to make another change in its rifle in six months or a year, nor in ten years. The present rifle, the Krag-Jorgensen, was adopted in about 1895 and represented a great advance, in many respects, over the Springfield, caliber .45, previously in use. Small arms are not being improved and changed so rapidly now. It would be our policy to buy all our files from the Army and to obtain machine guns using the same cartridge from private firms. Once the Navy is equipped with the new arms the cost of maintenance will be no greater than if the old arms are retained. The234 amount asked for, $1,100,000, is necessary to equip all vessels now completed with the new arms with necessary equipments and about a year's supply of ammunition. This amount could be cut down by one-half this year without material injury, provided the remainder were allowed for the next fiscal year. Mr. GREGG. Now referring back to that item of $3,000,000. I understand that that item is the aggregate of these separate items in the bill. In making up this aggregate did you not set down each item and make an estimate opposite and then add them all up and get that amount? Admiral MASON. No, sir. Mr. GREGG. Are the books of the Department so kept that you can tell us what was expended last year for each one of these separate items? Admiral MASON. We do not keep books in the Bureau of Ordnance that would give us such information. Mr. GREGG. Are they so kept that that can not be ascertained? Admiral MASON. I doubt it, sir. Mr. GREGG. Do they force you to make up these estimates without any information excepting what some character of work has cost in the preceding year? Admiral MASON. We know the total expenditure for the preceding year under this appropriation. Mr. GREGG. We are dealing in this with separate items. Don't you have any information as to the separate items for the preceding year? Admiral MASON. We can probably get some information from the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Mr. GREGG. Can we get that information to show what was expended last year for each one of these separate items? Admiral MASON. The expenditures under the appropriation "ordnance and ordnance stores" for the calendar year ending December 31, 1905, are shown on the appendix hereto attached marked "F." It was impossible to itemize more fully from any records we have in the Bureau of Ordnance. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. The first new item of $1,200,000 has heretofore been expended out of the first item here, has it not? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. The second of the $1,100,000 has not? Admiral MASON. Never. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. The third new item, of replacing machine guns and rifles, $1,100,000--have you ever done any replacing heretofore? Admiral MASON. Only in a slight way. We attempted to make the change from 6 millimeters to Krag-Jorgensen, but a small expenditure was made out of this appropriation. All new ships were supplied with these guns out of the appropriation "Armor and armament." Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Then it has come out of the first appropriation? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Have you modernized any batteries at all outside of those that have been especially legislated for? 235 Admiral MASON. We have been doing if for the last year--modernizing batteries of the battle ships in the service to a certain extent. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Then you have had that money out of the No. 1 appropriation? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Did we not, some three or four years ago, make a special appropriation for new guns for the New York? What became of them? Admiral MASON. They are ready to go on her. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. And, then, part of this $400,000 is for other new guns? Admiral MASON. It is for 8-inch guns. The appropriation you mention was one made to replace the 4-inch guns of the New York by 5-inch. After going into the matter the decision was arrived at that it was very poor policy to commission the New York, as her engines and hull were in good condition, and let her go to sea fitted with old obsolete turrets, and the board on construction decided to replace the turrets and replace the present low-power 8-inch guns by high-powered guns and mounts. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. And the other items--modifying mounts, supplying sights, etc. Whatever you have done in that line heretofore has been taken out of the No. 1 appropriation? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Then I was practically correct when I said that the $1,200,000, the $1,100,000, the other item of $1,100,000, the $466,000, and the $320,000, making a total of over $3,000,000, was probably increased on No. 1 to the amount of what was heretofore used out of No.1. Admiral MASON. Except modernizing the batteries on the Massachusetts, Oregon, and New York, replacing machine guns and ammunition for new ships. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Excepting that? Admiral MASON. Excepting that. We have not replaced any machine guns. We asked for it last year, but did not get it. We have never furnished ammunition for new ships out of this appropriation before. The CHAIRMAN. The $1,400,000 came out of the arms and armament. Mr. GREGG. You say that modernizing batteries on the Massachusetts and Oregon has not come out of the item No 1. Have you not out of that item modernized other vessels? Admiral MASON. Some of them, but not in this same way; not in this expensive way, except the Indiana, as explained before. Mr. GREGG. Not to the extent that you want to modernize the Oregon and the Massachusetts. Admiral MASON. The policy is to make these ships--they are still pretty good ships--as modern as possible, as far as the ordnance outfits and batteries are concerned. In the case of the Massachusetts and Oregon it has not been considered advisable to replace the guns, but in the New York it is considered proper to replace or renew the 8-inch guns and mounts with their turrets and barbettes. The CHAIRMAN. Have you any idea as to what it is going to cost to modernize the Massachusetts and the Oregon? Admiral MASON. Only the expense of what the Indiana cost-- 236 $100,000 for each. The appropriation is $190,000 for the new 8-inch guns and mounts and $76,000 for the new turrets and probable armor of the New York, and then $100,000 each for the Massachusetts and the Oregon. Mr. BUTLER. Can you put a modern battery complete on the Massachusetts for $100,000? Admiral MASON. The guns can not be replaced, nor can the heavy parts of the mounts for this sum. The arrangements for loading and sighting will be brought up to date as much as possible, so that the efficiency of the guns is increased by the greater number of shots that can be effectively fired in a given time. The effect of a single hit from these guns will be no greater, but the possible number of such hits in a minute is greatly increased. The changes consist, for the turrets, of adding an additional sighting hood for the training sight, new pointers and trainers' sights, new rammers, and the substitution of electrical power for hydraulic and hand power wherever practicable; for the broadside and smaller guns, new sights and the modification of the mounts and breech mechanisms, to permit the guns to be pointed and loaded expeditiously, and so fired more rapidly. I do not believe the efficiency of these vessels justifies the much larger expense that would be required to replace the present battery by a new one. Mr. BUTLER. If I can read it correctly, it says "modernizing batteries." That certainly includes the guns. Admiral MASON. That is not intended to mean replacing the guns, but simply to include any repairs or new parts that may be necessary to put them in an efficient condition. Mr. BUTLER. What do you intend to do with the Massachusetts? The CHAIRMAN. It says "moderninzing batteries." Admiral MASON. As stated above, it does not mean replacing the guns and mounts, only fitting them where possible with better arrangements for pointing and loading. The guns themselves have only slight changes made to their breach mechanisms. Mr. BUTLER. Do these two ships have modern guns? Admiral MASON. The same guns as the Indiana and all of the ships before the Maine. Mr. BUTLER. Confessing my ignorance on that point, will you please tell me--I know that you will--how modern the batteries are on the Massachusetts and the Oregon? Admiral MASON. They are over 10 years old. Their guns were originally designed to fire brown powder, and we use them with smokeless powder now with very good results. Mr. BUTLER. You still use the heavy guns and the lighter guns? Admiral MASON. Yes. Mr. BUTLER. Wouldn't it be better to spend the money in modernizing the machinery of the ships, the ammunition hoists, and other machinery necessary to the loading and discharging of these guns? Admiral MASON. On the Massachusetts and Oregon that is what it is proposed to do. The word "battery" as used includes the guns with their mounts and all appliances required for their operation. On the New York it is proposed to go further and replace the guns, 237 mounts, and turrets by those of modern design, those now on board being so worn and of such an obsolete pattern that it would not pay to spend money on them to bring them up to date. Mr. BUTLER. These guns are still very effective? Admiral MASON. The guns themselves are efficient within the limits of their design. A muzzle velocity of 2,000 feet is obtained with them. With a higher velocity of 2,100 feet one or two muzzles were blown off. Mr. BUTLER. It is not possible that we have a gun in the Navy that is liable to explode and hurt anybody? Admiral MASON. Not hurt anybody; the muzzles are over the side. On the Iowa last year two guns lost their muzzles, but without injury to any of the personnel. The velocity has since been reduced by 100 foot-seconds to avoid future accidents. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Why the need of this new language here if former appropriations in the first item have covered these things; why the need of having new language and new amounts? Admiral MASON. This work is considered absolutely necessary. Heretofore it has not been necessary to undertake such work on so large a scale. Vessels became obsolete with their batteries and were sold, but the Massachusetts, Oregon, and New York will, with the improvements proposed, still be effective vessels. It was therefore desired to show the necessity for the increase in the appropriation "Ordnance and ordnance stores" by itemizing as much as possible. The CHAIRMAN. Referring to this ammunition for target practice -- $1,200,000. That is a larger sum than what has heretofore been used? Admiral MASON. No. I think that is a little bit larger because of the increase in the guns, but it is about $1,000,000. The CHAIRMAN. How much would that allow to each ship in the shape of target practice? What do you furnish? Admiral MASON. I am not prepared to answer that. I can answer it as soon as I get the documents. The allowances for target practice are rather peculiar in this way, that they are allowed to fire a certain number of rounds at preliminary practice and for a certain length of time at record practice. The CHAIRMAN. Do you fire full charges of ammunition? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. PADGETT. If I remember correctly, Admiral, Admiral Converse stated the other day that it was estimated that repairs to the Massachusetts would amount to about $750,000 all told. What would make that up? Admiral MASON. That I could not answer, because it comes under other bureaus; but you are speaking of the Massachusetts, are you? Mr. PADGETT. Yes, sir. Admiral MASON. I take it that the estimates were based upon the repairs to the Indiana. They would take in the repairs to the engines and boilers and repairs to the hull, repairs to the electric-light plant, and so forth. Mr. PADGETT. This relates only to what? Admiral MASON. To the ordnance part of it. It is simply the repairs, as we have used the word, modernizing as much as possible the present batteries.238 Mr. PADGETT. You have no reference whatever to the other items? Admiral MASON. No; they would come under the cognizance of the other bureaus. Mr. GREGG. Do you think that the appropriation for target practice is ample? Admiral MASON. I hope it will be. Mr. GREGG. I would rather cut somewhere else and not have these guns unless we learn to shoot them. Admiral MASON. As I say, I should prefer to see no cutting there. I hope it will not be made on that page. Mr. GREGG. I want to see a liberal allowance for that, and if we are to cut anywhere, cut somewhere else. Admiral MASON. Target practice will not do any good if you do not keep the guns, ammunition, and ordnance outfit up to date. Mr. BUTLER. This item, of course, includes the small arms of the Navy? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; the item for $1,100,000. Mr. BUTLER. And the occasion arises because of the change, as you have already stated, in the small arm of the Army? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. BUTLER. Does the Marine Corps use a rifle called the Lee rifle? Admiral MASON. The Marine Corps used the Lee rifle some time ago, but they are now using the Krag-Jörgensen, caliber .30. Mr. BUTLER. The Marine Corps will still use the Krag-Jörgensen? Admiral MASON. The Marine Corps should use the same rifle as the Army and the Navy, and although the new army rifle is still caliber .30, a rimless cartridge is used, which can not be used in the Krag-Jörgensen; neither can the Krag guns be modified to take it. Mr. BUTLER. But this does not include the proposition to change the rifle of the Marine Corps? Admiral MASON. No, sir; they now furnish their own. Mr. BUTLER. Therefore they will have to have the same ammunition? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. They should have the same guns and ammunition as the Navy, and doubtless will. Mr. BUTLER. In this same ship, where the sailors have different ammunition? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. There have been a number of instances where the marines of a ship were armed with Krag-Jörgensen rifles, caliber .30, while the seamen carried 6-millimeter rifles, necessitating two kinds of small-arm ammunition in the magazines on board ship, and also in the ammunition transport while on shore as a landing force. The CHAIRMAN. Now, these modifying mounts, supplying sights, etc., $320,000. Have you any special mounts or sights for special ships, or is it general - this appropriation? Admiral MASON. The sum of $320,000 is embodied in the above appropriation for continuing the modification of mounts and supplying new sights to ships in commission or repairing for recommissioning. This item covers the estimate for all the mounts and supplying sights for all the smaller cruisers and gunboats now in commission or being repaired for recommissioning and new 3-pounder and 6-pounder sights for all battle ships and armored cruisers. This work is considered to be absolutely necessary for the efficiency of the service. 239 The CHAIRMAN. What is the matter with the present type? Are they not all right? Admiral MASON. While they were considered efficient at the time they were designed, so much progress, however, has been made in gunnery since that if now used against an enemy with up-to-date guns they would simply invite defeat. Mr. BUTLER. What sort of a sight was used in the late war by the Japanese? Admiral MASON. The Japanese used telescope sights, which were very fair, but not up to what we have. Mr. MEYER. What is embraced in this item "and so forth?" If I remember correctly, I heard that expression severely criticised [criticized] on the floor of the House at some time. The CHAIRMAN. And that same language appears above there, too. Admiral MASON. That is not necessary. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Can that be taken off? Admiral MASON. That can be taken off. The CHAIRMAN. Now, on page 20: "For the purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder, $500,000." Can we reduce that? Admiral MASON. No, sir; not without a corresponding increase in the appropriation for ammunition for new ships. This ammunition has been taken into consideration in making the estimates for "Ammunition for new ships," and any reduction in it must be made up under that title. The CHAIRMAN. Do you use it up every year? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. BUTLER. But you have asked for another appropriation of $1,200,000 for target practice. Admiral MASON. Yes; that is required to cover the estimated expenditure of ammunition for target practice during the next fiscal year, and is distinct in its purpose from this appropriation. None of the appropriation "Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder" will be used for target practice. Mr. BUTLER. Is any of this powder used to charge magazines on ships? Admiral MASON. Some of it will go on new ships, but at least $200,000 will be required for use at the proving grounds, testing guns, mounts, armor plate, projectiles, etc. Mr. BUTLER. Under what item will we find the estimate for the powder for magazines? Admiral MASON. Under this item, under "Ammunition for target practice," and under "Ammunition and other supplies for new ships." Until this estimate all ammunition for new vessels was paid for out of "Armor and armament." The CHAIRMAN. Can you give us a statement showing how much powder you bought the last fiscal year, ending June 30, 1905, and how much was manufactured? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. We bought 3,716,909 pounds from the companies and manufactured 581,729 pounds at the Government factories at Indian Head and the torpedo station. Mr. GREGG. Couldn't that better be added to this item over here, and make it $1,700,000? I thought we did have an appropriation for ammunition. Admiral MASON. It could be incorporated in the appropriation240 "Ammunition and other supplies for new ships," by increasing that appropriation to $1,600,000. Mr. GREGG. This other has not been designated as a separate appropriation. Admiral MASON. These three titles, "Ammunition for target practice," "Ammunition and other supplies for new ships," and "Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder," are items under the appropriation "Ordnance and ordnance stores." It makes no particular difference whether these items are awarded separately or collectively, only the two former subheads call for other material in addition to powder. Mr. KITCHIN. What is your opinion about the advisability of the Government making part of this powder? Admiral MASON. Practically all the powder authorized under "Purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder" will be manufactured at the Government factory, at Indian Head. The fact that we make some of our powder in a Government plant under the direct control of the Bureau is of great assistance in enabling us to constantly improve the quality of the powder and the methods of manufacture. And the knowledge of the cost of manufacture gained thereby prevents our paying exorbitant prices for the powder. The CHAIRMAN. The next item is: "For advance base material for the Atlantic coast and Olongapo, as per instructions of the Department, $407,162.50." What does this mean? Admiral MASON. The general board; yes, sir. The Secretary, after talking it over, when I went over the appropriation with him, finally concluded to cut it down one-half. The CHAIRMAN. What does this material consist of? Admiral MASON. Briefly, guns, mounts, and their accessories, the guns being 5-inch, 3-inch, and 6-pounder, and machine guns. In addition to that, gun platforms are necessary for each caliber, with such things as ammunition, transporting carriages, temporary magazines, range finders, boom defenses, mines, etc. The CHAIRMAN. Where are you going to put them up--Olongapo? There are no buildings there. Admiral MASON. I do not know; the buildings, with the exception of the temporary magazines and small magazines for the gun cotton, come under the cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. Mr. BUTLER. If this appropriation is made it will involve the expense for the construction of a building in which to store this material at Olongapo? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; at least, I suppose so, or wherever the Navy Department decides to store this material. Mr. PADGETT. On page 20 I notice all of those are new items. Have not substantially all of them been carried heretofore in the general appropriation of $3,000,000, on page 19? Admiral MASON. What work has been done heretofore of that 241 nature has been done under the general appropriation referred to, but very little has been done. Torpedoes and mines had been very little used up to about a year ago, and the lack of sufficient money available has prevented any work looking to the modernizing of plants, and has rendered it a matter of difficulty to make even the most inexpensive repairs. With the large increase in the number of ships in the Navy, especially of the number carrying and using torpedoes and mines, together with a great increase in the exercise use of these weapons, comes the vital necessity of keeping everything in connection with these outfits in good repair and up to date. These special items were therefore submitted to cover such work. Mr. PADGETT. The item of $407,162.50 mentioned on page 20. How has that work heretofore been done? Admiral MASON. We have never taken up the question of advanced base material heretofore. We have never had a chance to modernize torpedo plants at all. What little work has been done was under this appropriation of "Ordnance and ordnance stores," because that is the working appropriation of the Bureau. Mr. PADGETT. How much did you expend heretofore of the general appropriation for the specific purpose mentioned in this item of $596,000? Admiral MASON. Very little. It has made so little impression upon me that I could not tell you. Of course we have changed some torpedo plants on vessels, and we are attempting to do it right now under this appropriation with a few thousand dollars, but not to the extent of $596,000. It is put in there so as to explain what the expenditure is going to be for, so as to make it plain to the committee and is considered an extra expense. Mr. KITCHIN. There is one phrase that is new matter, on page 20, that I am sure that I appreciate, and that is the words, "As per instructions of the Department." To whom were those instructions given? Admiral MASON. To the Bureau of Ordnance. We submitted estimates for advanced base material by direction of the Secretary of the Navy. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I suppose the word "recommendation" would be more mild. Mr. KITCHIN. I wish they would put in that work "recommendation;" it would seem to be a better word there. Admiral MASON. I think it is an error. Mr. GREGG. That was the instructions to your Bureau, but not to Congress. Admiral MASON. Yes; instructions to the Bureau of Ordnance. Mr. MEYER. What is this item for advanced base material? Admiral MASON. Briefly, it is guns from 5-inch down to machine guns and mounts, gun platforms, ammunition, the necessary material to put in the hold of a transport ship to go along with a squadron in time of war for the purpose of seizing and temporarily fortifying and defending an advanced base in the enemy's territory. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How many points on the Atlantic coast is it suggested to locate this advanced-base material? Admiral MASON. That, sir, I can not tell you. Mr. BUTLER. Have we not magazines at League Island and one being constructed near Boston; places where we can store this material, run our ships up, and quickly load?242 Admiral MASON. We have magazines and storehouses, but the Department, as I understand it, desires to have this advanced base material where it can be made use of on the instant. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Could not they make it on the instant by running up to these arsenals and loading? Admiral MASON. It would take some time to get it to, say, the Asiatic Station, in case we had to use it so far off, and I understand it is the intention to have an outfit for advanced bases in the Philippines. The CHAIRMAN. This next item, "Modernizing torpedo plants and mine outfits," etc. How many torpedo plants have we? We have one at Newport, haven't we? Admiral MASON. We have torpedo plants on board ship. Newport is a torpedo station. This item reads: Modernizing torpedo plants and mine outfits and furnishing modern torpedoes for ships, also maintenance of torpedo and mine outfits and purchase of range finders for ships already constructed, $596,000. The Department has decided, upon recommendation of the Bureau of Ordnance, to replace the 3.55-meter tubes of certain torpedo boats (18 in number) by 5-meter tubes, in order to make them more efficient and to avoid the necessity of buying another supply of small and inferior torpedoes. Of these 18 boats, 6 being detailed for duty on the Asiatic Station, the change has been made on them from the current appropriations, leaving 12 more to be handled. New high- power air plants are necessary for installation on these destroyers, and also on the battle ships Maine, Missouri, and Ohio, in order to make them efficient. Additional range finders are necessary to bring the outfit up to four for each large ship, two to middle-class ships of importance, and for minor vessels. The range finders are for use with the guns, are an absolute necessity, and should be purchased at the earliest practicable moment. They are not for use with torpedoes alone. A sum is also necessary to make up the losses due to the yearly use of torpedo outfits. This is really a similar charge to that of expenditures for yearly gun target practice, but has never before been considered in the appropriations. The reason for this large sum for modernizing torpedo plants and for reserve torpedoes, torpedo appliances, mines and countermiens, and so forth, is due to the fact that for nearly five years nothing was done in the Navy with regard to torpedoes and appliances. Then the Bureau was suddenly called on to not only care for a most extensive future schedule, but also to cover the omissions of the past, and this within the space of a short time. The fiscal year of 1906-7 should see the completion of all ships now authorized, the modernizing of all older vessels that are worthy of it, and the establishment of sufficient reserves to put this branch on an efficient war basis. This latter must be done in addition to the regular yearly maintenance, which is growing rapidly in proportion to the growth of the fleet. Little beyond experimental work has been done so far. The real expenditure must be between this date and the end of the fiscal year 1907. The Bureau asked for an appropriation of $992,000 for this appropriation, but the Secretary divided it by two. I consider it very necessary. The CHAIRMAN. Have you got an itemized estimate for this recommendation here? 243 Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Can you furnish it in your hearing? Admiral MASON. I can put it in the hearing. It will be appended to this hearing, marked "A." Mr. GREGG. A while ago you said you had never gone to the extent of modernizing heretofore. The second part of that also reads, "Also maintenance of torpedo and mine outfits." You have done that heretofore? Admiral MASON. The maintaining--yes, sir. Mr. GREGG. How much appropriation has that had? Admiral MASON. That has come out of the $3,000,000, the working appropriation. Mr. GREGG. To that extent it is now an increase above the $3,000,000? Admiral MASON. To the extent of $596,000. Mr. GREGG. To that extent it is now an increase above the $3,000,000: Admiral MASON. A little of it. Mr. RIXEY. Heretofore we have carried a provision, haven't we, for furnishing modern torpedoes for ships? Admiral MASON. Only under the appropriation "Increase of the Navy, armor and armament." We have had one appropriation for several years for reserve torpedoes and appliance, but this was a small appropriation and the money has been spent mostly for the appliances and could not be used for maintenance or repair. I don't think that Congress has ever appropriated specifically for torpedoes. The CHAIRMAN. Now, the next item is for machine tools for ordnance machine shops, navy-yard, Boston, $15,000. What tools do you want there? Admiral MASON. Wood and metal machine tools. What they are I can not tell you. I can tell you in the hearing, if necessary. The CHAIRMAN. I wish you would specify what tools are wanted. Admiral MASON. The following tools, with estimated cost, are needed: Machine-shop tools: 2 lathes--------------------------------------------------------- $3,100 1 planer---------------------------------------------------------- 1,800 1 slotter---------------------------------------------------------- 1,200 1 radial drill----------------------------------------------------- 1,900 1 turning and boring machine--------------------------- 2,300 1 gun-face grinder---------------------------------------------- 600 Small pneumatic tools, chucks, etc----------------------- 600 _______ Total machine shop---------------------------------------- 11,500 _______ Woodworking tools: 1 surface planer-------------------------------------------------- 750 1 planer and jointer--------------------------------------------- 575 1 lathe---------------------------------------------------------------- 625 1 tilting table and saw------------------------------------------ 600 1 band saw--------------------------------------------------------- 450 1 5-horsepower motor and shafting---------------------- 250 Small tools---------------------------------------------------------- 250 _____ Total woodworking--------------------------------------------- 3,500 _____ Total estimate--------------------------------------------------- 14,800 N--No. 38--05---2244 Mr. ROBERTS. Can the Admiral tell us the necessity for any tools there? Admiral MASON. They are necessary toward the commencement of the equipment and installation of a first-class ordnance plant. As it is now, ordnance is the only department in the yard that is poorly equipped. We have had two or three battle ships under repair lately, and all the ordnance work had to be performed under transfer requisitions on other departments. It is slow and costly, and in the present case the other departments were overwhelmed with their own work. These tools are necessary. The CHAIRMAN. For traveling cranes for storehouses Nos. 1 and 2 at naval powder depot, Lake Denmark, N. J., and for one standard box car for use in said depot, $12,800. What are those traveling cranes? How much do they cost apiece? Admiral MASON. Cranes cost $6,000 apiece; a car is $800. The CHAIRMAN. What do you want with a car? Admiral MASON. The car is for carrying powder around from one part of the magazine to the other; from one building to another. The CHAIRMAN. In the building? Admiral MASON. On the outside tracks. The CHAIRMAN. Do you need that this year? Admiral MASON. Yes; we need them. Mr. GREGG. That expression above there, "Ordnance machine shops." It seems to me that there must be other machine shops in the navy-yard. Admiral MASON. yes, sir. Mr. GREGG. Could not one machine shop be so equipped as to do all the work in that navy-yard and prevent a duplication of plants? Admiral MASON. It certainly could if it was large enough. Mr. GREGG. Have you men, machines, superintendence, and everything of that kind? Admiral MASON. For ordinary machine work, yes; but for particular work requiring specially skilled men--that is, men of peculiar talent--we could not always do it. Mr. GREGG. But could not one shop be so equipped as to do all the work of the yard? Admiral MASON. Without doubt. If it is absolutely necessary to cut that down, I would say that we have done without those traveling cranes for a year and we can do without them for another year. The CHAIRMAN. Now, for Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D. C., namely: New and improved machinery for existing shops, $150,000. Last year you had $100,000. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Before you go any further--let us know about the first change in the language. The CHAIRMAN. In place of "navy-yard" you have "Naval Gun Factory." Have you been able to spend all of that money under the title of "navy-yard?" Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. What particular reason is there for changing? Admiral MASON. I do not know who made the change. The CHAIRMAN. I would suggest that that go back under the old heading, and say "Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia," and so forth. Mr. BUTLER. This is a change of law. 245 The CHAIRMAN. What about this new machinery? Last year you had $100,000. Didn't that give you all that is necessary? Admiral MASON. You can not work machines night and day, twenty-four hours out of the twenty-four, without their wearing out. They have been running the whole year down there full time. It is necessary that this should be appropriated if we purchase and install new and improved machinery. The machinery wears out and it gets old. Owing to the extension of the gun factory and the work on all of the ships, the present plant is not sufficient to keep up the present high standard of efficiency. Mr. RIXEY. Have you any other gun factories? Admiral MASON. No, sir; not under the Government. That is the only place. We do repair work at the other yards, but we don't build guns. I should say that it ought to go in. The CHAIRMAN. Can you not safely reduce that? Admiral MASON. We have a new superintendent down there now, and he insists upon it, insists that it is necessary. The CHAIRMAN. "The fourth boiler and installation of same, completing the plant, $50,000." Do you need that this year? Mr. BUTLER. Have you put the boiler in yet? Admiral MASON. The third set are in and fires are under them. Mr. BUTLER. But nothing has been done toward the installation of this fourth boiler. Admiral MASON. No, sir. Mr. BUTLER. Have you enough power to run your factory as at present constituted? Admiral MASON. They are up to the limit now. Mr. BUTLER. You do have enough power at this time? Admiral MASON. Now; yes, sir; but if this fourth of the boiler plant can not be obtained in the next fiscal year, the superintendent of the gun factory says that in his opinion the present boiler plant will be overtaxed by that time. The CHAIRMAN. "Machinery for locomotive house, $12,000." What kind of machinery? Admiral MASON. Special machinery for taking care of the locomotives. We can get rid of that; we can leave that out. The CHAIRMAN. You have above there a provision carrying $150,000 for new and improved machinery: "Machinery, cupolas, furnaces, and so forth, for proposed new brass, iron, and steel foundries, $121,075." Mr. BUTLER. That is the beginning of a new proposal--machinery, cupolas, furnaces, and so forth, for a new brass, iron, and steel foundry. Admiral MASON. The Bureau has been very much handicapped for want of a modern foundry at the gun factory. Many and vexatious delays have been caused by failure to obtain promptly from outside firms small steel castings very necessary for the completion of large work, and which could have been promptly and cheaply made in the gun factory if there had been a modern foundry plant. A large number of castings of all sizes and kinds are required in the manufacture of guns and mounts and ordnance material, and the possession of a proper plant worked by the Government would serve as a check on the prices paid outside the firms. If a foundry of the size proposed is installed, it would only be of sufficient capacity to meet246 urgent demands and supply small lots which could not be advantageously purchased from outside contractors. Mr. Butler. This is supplemental to Captain Pendleton's proposition, is ti not? Have you estimated what this foundry will cost when completed? Admiral Mason. Of course the building goes under yards and docks, and I do not know, excepting that I had a consultation with the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. Mr. Butler. What did he tell you the building would cost? Admiral Mason. I will have to look it up. Mr. Butler. About how much? Admiral Mason. About $300,000, I think. At any rate, we divided it by two, and are going to ask for only one-half of it for the first year. The yards and docks estimate shows $140,000 for this year. But I was going to suggest here that we can divide this $121,000 by two also, as the building is to be divided on the question of economy. Mr. Butler. What is your estimate of the cost of this outfit complete, including the building, all the machinery - everything that is necessary to make it a first-class, up-to-date brass, iron, and steel foundry? Admiral Mason. When completed the building should cost $300,000, and the necessary machinery, etc., for fitting it up for foundry purposes $121,075, making a total of $421,075. Mr. Butler. Exclusive of the buildings, what will be the probable cost? Admiral Mason. One hundred and twenty-one thousand and seventy- five dollars. Mr. Loudenslager. The Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks asks for $300,000 for the buildings, I think. Admiral Mason. The building will cost $300,000 when completed. He asks for $150,000 this year. Mr. Butler. Will this appropriation buy all of the machinery that you will require in this outfit? Admiral Mason. Yes, sir; that is the estimate, as I take it. Mr. Butler. I understand that this was only the first appropriation to be made toward this project. Admiral Mason. "Machinery, cupolas, furnaces, and so forth, for proposed new brass, iron, and steel foundry." That is all that comes under ordnance, $121,075, and, as I have just said, we ca reduce this one-half this year, as the whole sum can not be used until the building is completed. Mr. Loudenslager. Do you know whether this is to be located on the land that they intended to purchase down there? Admiral Mason. No, sir; the location is all ready for it in the yard. The land they intend to purchase is on the other side of the yard, and is, as I understand it, rendered necessary in order to provide for a new railroad entrance, caused by the grade-crossing law. Mr. Rixey. Admiral, you have stated that this is the only gun factory that we have, and that makes it more important therefore, does it not, that is should be equipped as an up-to-date factory. Admiral Mason. Yes, sir. 247 Mr. Rixey. What is your experience as to this: Is it to the interest of the Government to have a gun factory through which it can compete with private concerns? Admiral Mason. I am of the opinion that it is absolutely necessary to have a gun factory that is up-to-date in every particular, so that we can not only compete with the outside factories but can set the price for material. By that I mean that when the outside factories put in a bid we will know whether the bid is excessive or not by our experience a the gun factory. Of course, if we are working at the gun factory with old and obsolete material we can not tell anything about it. Mr. Loudenslager. Di this factory manufacture the guns that caused the accident on the Iowa? Admiral Mason. Until lately all large guns were manufactured at the gun factory, but all the forgings from which they are made have been furnished by the Bethlehem and Midvale steel companies. Some few forging for calibers up to 7-inch have been furnished by the Crucible Steel Company. The guns on the Iowa were made at the gun factory from forgings furnished by the steel makers. Mr. Loudenslager. Was it a defect in the manufacture of those guns that caused the accident? Admiral Mason. No. I think the trouble was caused by using smokeless powder in a gun that was designed for brown powder. Smokeless powder, being slower and more progressive in its rate of burning, gave higher pressure near the muzzle than the brown powder for similar pressure in the powder chamber of the gun and the muzzles of these guns were too weak in design to stand this increase in pressure. The smokeless-powder charges in these guns have now been reduced to such an extent as to make them safe. This reduction has reduced the muzzle velocity to 2,000 foot-seconds in the Iowa's guns. The Chairman. You say you buy all the forgings from the steel people now? Admiral Mason. Yes, sir. We always have bought them. The Government has no forging plant. The Charman. What, really, do you do out at the gun factory? You get these forgings and take the guns in there in a rough state in the shop, as I understand it. What else do you do there? Admiral Mason. The forgings are received at the gun factory in the rough. They are then smooth bored and turned to shrinkage dimensions; the different parts carefully assembled by shrinking the jackets and hoops onto the inner tube, and then the gun is rifled, breech mechanism fitted, and when finally completed sent to the proving ground for proof firing. The Chariman. They come with some borings, do they not? Admiral Mason. Forgings for guns are rough bored and turned by the manufacturers before they are delivered to the Government. Enough metal is left both on the outside and the inside of the forgings to insure their finishing to the proper size. Mr. Rixey. Can you furnish the committee with a comparative statement of the cost of the work done at this gun factory with what is done and furnished by the Midvale and Bethlehem companies?248 Admiral MASON. Only in a general way. We could, of course, make a comparison between the cost of our work at the yard and the bids of these companies, but we have no right to go to them and find out what it really costs them. Mr. RIXEY. I understand that, but you can get their bids. Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. RIXEY. I would like to have that statement--what it costs the Government to buy them. I do not mean what it costs the factory, but what it costs the Government in every case. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Would that statement include the interest on this $50,000 that we are now appropriating for improved machinery? Admiral MASON. We don't, as a general thing, take into account the interest on the cost of our plant. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You would not take into consideration the interest upon several millions of dollars that we have sent down there, nor the deterioration of the machinery? Admiral MASON. We put in simply the shop expense. It never has been the custom for the Government to do that at the gun factory, although it is occasionally talked of. Mr. RIXEY. The Government has to maintain the plant anyway. Admiral MASON. We have to maintain it whether it is worked or not. Mr. BUTLER. Can not you buy finished ordnance? Admiral MASON. Yes; we now have outstanding contracts for finished gun and mounts for nearly all the calibers up to and including 12-inch. It became impossible to do all the work at the gun factory. Mr. BUTLER. When you make the statement that Mr. Rixey asked for, please add it to the amount of money the Government has appropriated for the gun factory in the last twenty-five years. I think the Department figures will show that. You can get it, can you not? Admiral MASON. Oh yes; without doubt. Mr. RIXEY. Make your comparison as broad as possible, so as to give up as much information as you can. We have had witnesses here before on former occasions--I remember Captain Pendleton was here and gave us striking information. Of course I do not know how the conditions are now, but we would like to have as much information as you can give us the comparative cost to the Government of the articles that are manufactured, for instance, at the Naval Gun Factory and for the same articles purchased from the steel companies. You can do that, you say, and I would be glad to have it. Admiral MASON. I will do the best I can. This statement is hereto appended, marked "B." Mr. RIXEY. I want to ask you this question: You are at the head of the Bureau of Ordnance? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. RIXEY. Is it your opinion that we should not only maintain this gun factory, but we should develop it and make it as good as it can be made? Admiral MASON. It certainly is my opinion that the gun factory should be increased and developed until it is the most modern and efficient ordnance plant in the country. Mr. RIXEY. Now, one question further: It is generally understood, is it not, that the Bethlehem company and practically all of the steel companies have an understanding or concert in regard to prices? 249 Is it not therefor a necessity to maintain a Government plant with which to protect the Government? Admiral MASON. I am sure that we need a Government gun plant or gun factory for various reasons. As we do not manufacture forgings, we have no evidence that the price is excessive, except that these companies sometimes underbid us for finished guns. Mr. RIXEY. Have you any reason to believe, as the head of the Bureau of Ordnance, that there is any understanding between the different steel concerns in regard to prices? Admiral MASON. I may think so, but I don't know. Mr. RIXEY. You do not want to state an impression and you simply do not know the facts? Admiral MASON. I do not know the facts sufficiently to be sure. Mr. RIXEY. Isn't this a fact, that the bids from the different steel plants are always the same for practically the same thing? Admiral MASON. The bids for forgings from two of the larger companies are now always identical in price and nearly always in time of delivery, while the bid of a third large company for forgings up to those intended for 7-inch guns is generally slightly lower (1 cent per pound), but with much longer times of delivery. In armor bids two firms generally submit identical bids, while a third goes lower. There is evidently keen competition, however, in finished guns, mounts, and other ordnance material, as evidenced by the bids received. Mr. RIXEY. Which are those three larger companies? Admiral MASON. The Bethlehem and the Midvale Steel companies are the first two I have just mentioned, while the Crucible Steel Company is the third. Mr. BUTLER. So much per pound? Admiral MASON. So much per pound. Mr. RIXEY. How about the Carnegie company? Admiral MASON. The Carnegie company does not furnish gun forgings. Their bid for armor generally coincides with that of the Bethlehem Steel Company, while that of the Midvale Steel Company is lower. The CHAIRMAN. Now we will turn to page 22: "For navy-yard, League Island, Pa., namely, one electrically driven beveled-gear planer for ordnance shop, $300,800. Do you need that this coming year? Admiral MASON. We need them all, but we have gotten along for a year and we can scratch it out. By the way, here is another place for saving. You can divide this machinery for the foundry at the gun factory by two with the idea that we will not get the building the first year. We are only going to have half of the building. The CHAIRMAN. What do you want the machinery for this year if you won't have the building? Admiral MASON. We will get the machinery ready as the building goes on. The foundations for the machinery must go in as the building goes up, and the cranes and runways should also go in early, so as to save money later. The CHAIRMAN. Now, in regard to this item for League Island-- that can be left out this year, can it not?250 Admiral MASON. They are very important, but if it is absolutely necessary that there must be a saving they can be left out. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. What amount of work have you done in your department at League Island during the last year? Admiral MASON. I would have to consult my record to answer that. The CHAIRMAN. It is not in your report? Admiral MASON. I think not. The CHAIRMAN. "Reserve powder and shell: Toward the accumulation of a reserve supply of powder and shell, $4,600,000." That is a new item? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Please explain the necessity for that. Admiral MASON. The summarized statement of July 1, 1905, shows an alarming lack of reserve ammunition. A modern battle ship will, at her maximum rate of gun fire, exhaust the magazine supplying her main battery in something less than one-half an hour, and her secondary battery ammunition under these conditions will not last much longer. It seems, therefore, imperative that there should be acquired a minimum reserve sufficient to refill the main battery magazine of the fleet twice and the secondary battery magazine once. That this should be undertaken at once is evidenced by the fact that the manufacture of shell of sufficient merit to meet the Bureau's requirements has in many instances taken from two to three years. The expenditures which would be required to provide such a reserve are so great that it is recognized that, notwithstanding the advisability of its immediate acquisition, Congress would be loath to provide a sufficient sum in one session. It is submitted, however, that the public policy dictates that a reserve of powder and shell sufficient to supply one-fourth of the allowance of vessels should be at once ordered. This will require an expenditure for powder of $2,500,000 and for shell $2,063,263. Mr. KITCHIN. To provide for the entire reserve, what would be the cost? Admiral MASON. About $10,000,000. Perhaps more. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Is there deterioration in the effectiveness of smokeless powder by age? Admiral MASON. All smokeless powder is subject to change with time, but this is not necessarily a deterioration. No matter how thoroughly a powder may be dried before issue to the service, there remains in it an appreciable percentage of moisture and other volatile substances (chiefly ether) which gradually evaporates. This changes the behavior of the powder sufficiently to call for an occasional change in the weight of charge used in a given gun to produce the standard velocity. Such changes are made, from time to time, after a retest of the particular sample of powder in question at the proving ground. In every respect except this slight variation due to evaporation the smokeless powders which are manufactured at the present day are, as a rule, perfectly stable and reliable. An occasional exception to this rule arises when, owing doubtless to some oversight in the purification of material used in manufacture, a rather obscure chemical change takes place which gradually reduces the force of the powder, and which, if it were allowed to proceed indefinitely, might make the powder unsafe in storage, but not in the gun. The frequent examinations which are made of all our powders, 251 whether on shipboard or in magazines on shore, enable us to detect such changes almost immediately, and as soon as they are detected in any lot of powder all of this lot is withdrawn from service, and as a rule shipped to the proving ground, where it is kept under observation and gradually expended in the current work of proving guns, etc. Except as above described, there is no reason to anticipate any change in smokeless powder of the quality which is being manufactured at present. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Is there any powder made, any smokeless powder, that does not deteriorate? Admiral MASON. No. There is every reason to believe that such changes as have been described in my answer to the preceding question take place in all smokeless powders, whether made in this country or abroad. There are none that do not deteriorate in that sense.  Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. None at all? Admiral MASON. So far as my knowledge goes, absolutely none. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You ask for a double reserve for these batteries in the battle ships and cruisers and say that a half an hour of maximum fire would discharge the contents of the magazine. How are you going to replenish them with this reserve? Are the vessels large enough to carry three or four times as much as they do carry? Admiral MASON. They can not carry more than at present. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How are you going to supply them, then, after a half an hour's engagement? Admiral MASON. From ammunition ships accompanying the fleet or meeting the fleet at a rendezvous previously arranged. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Would the ammunition ships come in close during the engagement? Admiral MASON. They would probably remain at a distance which would make them safe from attack. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How many miles, in your judgment, should they stay away from the location of the engagement? Admiral MASON. That is entirely within the province of the admiral. He keeps his ammunition with his colliers. The CHAIRMAN. Then we ought to build special ammunition ships. Admiral MASON. We should. We have one collier or water ship that is fitted up for an ammunition ship; but without doubt if we have a war we will need ammunition ships. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Here is an estimate of $4,600,000. This proposition is to secure money to supply the powder and shell that would not be used under our ordinary manner. Now, for three years we would practically have two years' supply in hand as reserve, according to what you use at the present time. Admiral MASON. Yes. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Hasn't your Department recently returned quite an amount of smokeless powder because of its uselessness on account of deterioration ? Admiral MASON. We have withdrawn some smokeless powder on account of age and deterioration, but the amount was small, and much of it had been manufactured a number of years ago, when the methods of manufacture were crude compared with present methods. Mr. VREELAND. Of what value?252 Admiral MASON. I am not able to state the value exactly, but it was not great. Moreover, a large part of this powder has since been utilized in experimental work at the proving ground. Mr. VREELAND. About how much have you condemned? Admiral MASON. Perhaps 30,000 or 40,000 pounds have been withdrawn, as previously explained; but most of this was utilized at the proving ground. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Have you returned any that has been manufactured within the last year and a half? Admiral MASON. None. We have rejected several lots which have been presented for test but have not had occasion to recall any that had been once accepted. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Now, in your opinion, would smokeless powder manufactured this year band held in reserve for two full years be effective in use? Admiral MASON. Perfectly so; but it would be necessary to make a slight change in the amount used t ogive the standard velocity. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. It would not deteriorate in that time? Admiral MASON. Only in the sense that, as already explained, it might be a little weaker. Of course it would be a part of our policy to expend the oldest powder on hand at any given time rather than to designate any particular lot of this as a reserve and hold it for a long time. In this way we should avoid keeping the powder too long. I will state, however, that even if there were some risk of losing a part of this powder through deterioration with time, it would still, in my judgment, be imperative upon us, as a matter of perfectly obvious preparation for war, to lay in a reserve supply of ammunition. The possible consequences of a neglect of this precaution might be so serious that it is not pleasant to contemplate them. Mr. BUTLER. Of course, the shell would be useful in five years from this time if made now, the shell itself--the steel part and the brass part of the ammunition and the brass canister. The CHAIRMAN. If they did not change it. Mr. BUTLER. Yes. Admiral MASON. Ordnance material, especially projectiles and even guns, change rapidly. By that I mean that improvements are constantly occurring. The projectiles would probably pass exactly the same test as when originally accepted, but in the meantime it is quite possible that somebody would invent a new steel or a new method of treatment or a new type of projectile which will give increased power or other favorable qualities, rending the first shell comparatively less effective than it originally was. It would still, however, be good, though no longer the best. Mr. BUTLER. Suppose we have 50,000 steel shells and 50,000 brass canister filled up and ready to use. How quickly can powder be made to fill into the shell and the canister -- 50,000 rounds? Admiral MASON. At present we use old-fashioned black powder for bursting charges inside the shells. Mr. BUTLER. Will that deteriorate? Admiral MASON. That does not deteriorate. Mr. BUTLER. Can you answer that question? (Question read by the reporter.) Admiral MASON. You would have to tell me the calibers ---- 253 Mr. BUTLER. You see the purpose of my question is to learn how quickly we could get ready, if a grave emergency should confront us, and not have on hand, if it is possible to avoid it, a lot of material that would deteriorate. Admiral MASON. This is only a very small portion of the ammunition, you know, the bursting charges of the shells. Mr. BUTLER. I asked you with reference largely to the smokeless powder that we put in the brass cartridge cases. That, I understand you to say, deteriorates with time. How long would it take to make a supply? Admiral MASON. We do not use the brass case for guns over 5 inches in caliber. The cartridges of larger guns are made up in bags; but if the powder is on hand and the shell on hand it is only a question of a short time to make the charges up. The delay is in manufacturing the smokeless powder. Mr. VREELAND. You said that if the shell and powder were on hand it could be fixed up very quickly? Admiral MASON. Yes; if the powder and the shell are on hand. The great delay is in getting the powder, especially for guns of the largest caliber. For these guns it now takes from five to six months after placing of the order at the powder factory until the delivery of the powder at the proving ground ready for proof trial. Mr. VREELAND. Could there not be a development of the factories, so that you could make five or ten times as much powder? Admiral MASON. That is what we are about now; we want to make it now. But that will not shorten the interval which must elapse before we can begin to get deliveries under orders which may be placed at the beginning of the war. This interval is fixed by the period of time (six months) required to dry the powder. Mr. VREELAND. Suppose there should be a situation that would require a great deal of smokeless powder in six weeks or two months; couldn't we develop factories to make it? Admiral MASON. No, sir; there is no factory in existence that can make this powder in six weeks, because there is no way of hastening the drying of the powder. The actual processes of manufacture, apart from the drying, take only about a week. As it comes from the presses it is charged with moisture and volatile gases, which render it useless until it is dried; and for large-grain powders it takes from five to six months in drying houses at a constant temperature of about 109° F. before it is dried sufficiently to be used. Mr. VREELAND. What length of time do they dry it? Admiral MASON. Five or six months for the largest calibers, three to four months for the smaller ones. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Ninety days for the smaller ones. Mr. ROBERTS. How long does it take to get the powder for the largest-sized bursting shell? Admiral MASON. We do not use smokeless powder as bursting charges inside the shell, but if we did use it for this purpose we would use a small grain, which would dry in about three months. Mr. ROBERTS. Three months is the shortest period in which you can dry out any kind of smokeless powder, even of very small kinds? Admiral MASON. Practically so. Mr. ROBERTS. One other point. You say that at the end of two254 years there would be some deterioration, but not enough to affect its efficiency. Admiral MASON. I am not prepared to say that there will be a deterioration, but there may be a loss in force of the powder, making it necessary to use a slightly larger charge of it. Mr. ROBERTS. After the smokeless powder has deteriorated so that the initial efficiency is hampered, can it still be used for saluting and things like that? Admiral MASON. It is of no use whatever for saluting. It can still be used for its own work by using a little more of it. Mr. ROBERTS. What do you mean by that? Admiral MASON. It is reduced in strength slightly, but it is still good unless it commences to disintegrate. Mr. VREELAND. How long does that take? Admiral MASON. In most cases this will probably not take place for many years. Perhaps not at all. In any case I have every confidence that the powder made under our present rules of inspection will remain good for many years; certainly much longer than we are likely to keep any of it. Mr. ROBERTS. What I am after is this: Can there be any subsidiary use for this smokeless powder after its utility for working purposes is gone? Admiral MASON. No use whatever. Mr. ROBERTS. You could not use it up for saluting or anything of that kind? Admiral MASON. I can not think of any purpose for which it could be used. We can not use it for saluting, because it is too slow in burning. You have got to have a projectile or something in front of it to get the pressure up to a certain point so that it will burn. Mr. ROBERTS. Then all of these ships have to carry two kinds of powder anyhow? Admiral MASON. They carry, in addition to the smokeless powder, a small quantity of black powder for saluting purposes. The CHAIRMAN. When you send a ship out for the first time you give her full allowance of powder and shell and everything. Do you give her any reserve at all? Admiral MASON. She can not carry it. The CHAIRMAN. Do you set aside any reserve under your present arrangement? Admiral MASON. Under the present arrangement we have not been able to do this. The CHAIRMAN. But you provide all that is necessary for target practice and all that sort of thing as you have heretofore? Admiral MASON. Yes. The CHAIRMAN. If we should appropriate for reserve powder and shell, would you have to put in magazines in the different parts of the country at the present time in order to store it? Admiral MASON. Yes sire; we would probably have to ask for further magazines and storehouses. The CHAIRMAN. More magazines? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. There is an appropriate for a New England magazine now. Mr. RIXEY. How many factories for smokeless powder have we in this country? 255 Admiral MASON. We have a factory of our own at Indian Head. We have the International Smokeless Powder Company, the Dupont Company, the Laflin & Rand Company, and the California Powder Company. Mr. RIXEY. Don't these powder companies always keep a large amount of smokeless powder on hand? Admiral MASON. They do not. They manufacture the powder under orders from the Government. We place an order for powder and then we furnish them alcohol for that powder at the price of 4 cents a pounds, I think it is; that goes into the price. The powder is the Government's from the very start, from the time they commence to manufacture it. Mr. RIXEY. Then it is true that if we wanted powder immediately we could not get it? Admiral MASON. Not for six months for the larger calibers and three months for the smaller ones. Mr. RIXEY. What proportion of the supply that we use in the Navy is manufactured at the Government factory at Indian Head? Admiral MASON. About 20 per cent. Mr. RIXEY. How does the powder that we manufacture there compare in price with that which you have to pay for elsewhere? Admiral MASON. The powder manufactured at Indian Head costs us 60 cents a pound. We pay the smokeless powder companies 70 cents and in addition furnish them alcohol, which increases the price of the powder slightly. Mr. RIXEY. In getting bids from the different powder companies is there variation in these bids, or do they generally bid the same amount? Admiral MASON. We have not asked for bids for some time in the Navy. We place the order with the different companies at the price of 70 cents, this price having been fixed by us as a result of our experience at Indian Head and accepted by the manufacturers. Mr. RIXEY. You pay wherever you place the order 70 cents? Admiral MASON. That is the price at present. Mr. RIXEY. I understood that we had a provision which required that when powder or anything else was to be purchased for the supply of the Navy that it must be put out to the lowest bidder. Admiral MASON. Ordnance and ammunition are exempt by law. Mr. RIXEY. Don't you think it would be a wise course to pursue? Admiral MASON. For the lowest bidder? Mr. RIXEY. To call for bids. Admiral MASON. I do not think anything would be gained by this. There are no other firms in the country which manufacture smokeless powder for large guns. The present manufacturers have very close business relations with one another and have always been willing to meet us in fixing the price of their product and give us full facilities for examining their plants and keeping ourselves posted with regard to advances in methods of manufacture which might tend to cheapen production. We have once, at least, cut down the price, after conferring with the manufacturers, and they accepted our decision, though naturally not without some reluctance. It would be bad policy in connection with a matter so essentially military as this one of powder manufacture, to accept anything but the very best that can be made, and we have felt that the only way to get this is to set256 The highest possible standard and hold the manufacturers up to this by rejecting without hesitation every pound of their product which does not come up to the requirements. We can not do all of this unless we are fair in the matter of price, and this is one of the greatest advantages about having a Government plant. We can follow up on the cost of production at our own plant, and then, by allowing what seems a fair margin of profit for the outside manufacturers, we can agree on a price which will justify them in using the most improved methods at every point. The cost of production at Indian Head at present averages 60 cents a pound. This takes account of the capital invested -- that is, the estimated cost of the plant -- and allows for deterioration of plant, and insurance, the losses which results from the occasional rejection of large lots of powder; nor does it allow for salaries of officials other than the superintendent, etc., actually engaged in the manufacture, nor for the temporary idleness of the plant and the laying off of expert laborers, whose services may be permanently lost, through the failure of orders from the only customer the manufacturers have -- the Government. Giving due weight to all of these matters, we have for the present agreed upon 70 cents per pound as a fair price. If at any time in the future we see a chance to cut this down we shall do it, and I have no doubt the manufacturers will accept out decision. Mr. RIXLEY. The Navy has no special interest in that, excepting that it gives the orders? Admiral MASON. And agrees upon the price. Mr. RIXLEY. I understand from your statement that you do not have a chance to say what they shall furnish the powder for; you pay 70 cents. You place an order there without any special understanding as to the prices ruling upon the products, and they make it 70 cents. Admiral MASON. The price is really fixed by mutual agreement, and once having been fixed, they make this price on all our orders until another price is agreed upon. Mr. KITCHIN. Do we still make powder at Newport? Admiral MASON. A very small quantity of the small-grain powder, but the cost is much higher. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. That is a small station? Admiral MASON. The powder plant is a small one--so small that we may think it advisable to shut it down and keep it for an emergency. It is only a very small place, and it is hard work to estimate from as small output of that character. Mr. ROBERTS. What would you say about cutting down this $4,600,000 this year? Admiral MASON. I say that I consider this item absolutely necessary. If we have no trouble, we can, of course, get along without a reserve, but if trouble comes it will come quickly, and if it finds us unprepared, the consequences are certain to be disastrous. Mr. VREELAND. We have spent some time in discussing the propriety of this appropriation along the line that after a little while the powder is going to deteriorate and become worthless. I understood you to say a moment ago that you would expect a powder we are making at the present to last an indefinite number of years. Admiral MASON. I believe that the powders we are now making will remain good for an indefinite length of time, certainly for many 257 years. We have had trouble with the first powders because they were, in a sense, experimental -- that is to say, we did not know all the precautions which were necessary to make them perfectly stable. Occasionally, even now, some precaution is neglected and we have to reject a sample of powder -- that is to say, we throw it back onto the hands of the manufacturer, because it is not fully up to the standard of perfection and it might deteriorate with time. Mr. VREELAND. Well, then, your evidence here is that the powder we are now making will last an indefinite period in case we create a reserve and depend upon having a reserve? Admiral MASON. Yes. The CHAIRMAN. Do I understand that it is now a policy -- the accumulation of reserve powder? That we have gotten along for these years without piling up powder or shell, but depending entirely upon the capacity of the plants -- the Government plant and also the private plants -- to furnish as circumstances may require? I understand this is a new policy. Admiral MASON. This is a new policy. I don't think anyone realized that there was no reserve and that it would take such a time to create a reserve in an emergency. The CHAIRMAN. Have you ever examined into the capacities of private plants -- as to what they will be able to do on short notice -- and also into the capacity of our Government plants? Admiral MASON. I will read you a confidential letter forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy, inclosing a copy of the preliminary report of the joint army and navy board on ammunition supply in time of war, in which is set forth very fully the capacity of the Government plants and the private plants. [Reads letter.] Mr. RIXEY. Do you think that the language of this section here would give you the right to manufacture or purchase the powder as you might decide? Would that give you the right to manufacture? Admiral MASON. I should say so. Of course we want the right to manufacture if necessary. Mr. RIXEY. Purchase or manufacture. Admiral MASON. If we wanted to. I took it for granted that the accumulation of a reserve would cover all of that. Mr. BUTLER. You have a plant in which you can manufacture? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. At this point a recess was taken until 2 o'clock p.m. AFTER RECESS. At 2 o'clock p.m. the committee resumed its session. STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL MASON -- Continued. The CHAIRMAN. Page No. 23: "Reserve guns for ships of the Navy; purchase and manufacture of reserve guns for ships of the Navy, $1,500,000." Admiral MASON. I have a memorandum here that I think had probably better not be embodied in the hearings, as there are some things of a confidential nature in it. The CHAIRMAN. Can you not put your reply in your own language? I hardly think there is any necessity for that. 258 Admiral MASON. This can go in the hearings. Last year, shortly after -- in fact, while I was before the committee, we were having lots of trouble by reason of projectiles flying badly. We discovered afterwards that it was caused by the erosion in the high-power guns -- that is, instead of having the lifetime of a big gun 200 rounds or over, we have with the newest guns, at an increased velocity of from twenty-two -- 2,200 to 2,800 feet -- we found that they were wearing so badly that they probably would not stand more than 100 rounds. At 50 rounds they required a new band on the projectile, and in looking ahead it was decided by the experts that probably by the time the 100-round mark had been reached the refiling would be gone entirely, so that it became absolutely necessary to have some reserve guns to replace these while we relined them. Of course, the causes I think the members of the committee are familiar with -- all causes. The CHAIRMAN. What are the main causes? Admiral MASON. Erosion, gases escaping past the projectile largely when bore is slightly worn, which accounts for the quick increase starts the erosion. The high temperatures make the surface metal fluid and very susceptible to the heavy blast. The CHAIRMAN. Have we any reserve guns now? Admiral MASON. We have only a few of the smaller calibers completed. We have three 12-inch spare guns partially completed, and one 10-inch, a type gun, completed. The CHAIRMAN. We have appropriated every year for reserve guns. What has been done with the money? Admiral MASON. We haven't any of the larger caliber. The CHAIRMAN. Have you not plenty of the smaller caliber? Admiral MASON. Not enough to make the reserve one-fourth that which we have estimated for in this estimate here, one-forth of the number of guns on hand. A good many of the reserve guns have been used to replace guns that are damaged in the service -- accidents happen -- muzzles blown off of some of the guns. I think we have had one or two large guns in reserve. One of those was burst at the proving ground -- a 12-inch gun -- in the experimental work with powder tests, so that we practically have none. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Was that gun manufactured at the plant down here? Admiral MASON. All guns, until the last two years, were manufactured at the gun factory. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I mean that one that was exploded. Admiral MASON. All. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Do not the Midvale and Bethlehem people supply you with any guns at all? Admiral MASON. They are doing it now, but they have not delivered any until lately. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Have any of those exploded? Admiral MASON. None. It is not a question of the manufacture of the guns; it is a question of the person who furnishes the forgings. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. I thought it was sometimes in the design of the gun, some defect, or once in a while an accident. Admiral MASON. I doubt it, except, as I say, where you take a gun that is designed for brown powder and use smokeless powder. The 259 guns building under contract now are being manufactured after the Government's design. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Is the whole amount of this money required at this time? Admiral MASON. After going over it, as I told the chairman, if we had money enough appropriated to give us the seven 12-inch guns and the eleven 8-inch guns we could get along for the next year. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How much would that be? Admiral MASON. The whole appropriation is one million five hundred thousand. It would be $800,000, I think; practically half of it. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. About $750,000, you mean? Admiral MASON. I would like to make it $800,000. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Your factory has been working only a portion of the time? Admiral MASON. Working up to its limit. All the time three shifts of workmen. Practically day and night. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. With what we have already appropriated in that line? Admiral MASON. Yes. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Now, what are the capacities of the other gun manufacturing plants? Admiral MASON. They are ready to take an order and go to work on it right away. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. They have the machinery and tools. Admiral MASON. They have the machinery and tools. I was talking to one of them this morning, and asked the question if they were ready to go on with the manufacture of the large guns in addition to the contracts they already had. They said, "Without doubt, yes;" that they could build 12-inch guns in twenty-one months from the time they took the order. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How long does it take them to prepare a place to build these 12-inch guns? Admiral MASON. They have the place already. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. That has been lying idle for years. Admiral MASON. No. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Up to what they have prepared, haven't they been working full time on them? Admiral MASON. I don't know how much the Bethlehem and Midvale Company have increased. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Have not the Bethlehem and the Midvale companies been working up really to the full limit of their plants as at present constituted? Admiral MASON. I don't think they have been doing so. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Have your orders increased? Admiral MASON. Yes. I asked them the question this morning: "Are you prepared to go on and deliver, with the penalties that we have put on?" And they said, "Yes.". The CHAIRMAN. You stated that you want seven 12-inch guns and eleven 8-inch guns. Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. What is the cost of the 12-inch guns? Admiral MASON. Sixty thousand dollars; the outside price. The CHAIRMAN. What is the cost of an 8-inch gun? Admiral MASON. Twenty-four thousand dollars to $25,000; if we N---No. 38-----05-------3 260 can get $700,000 for this year we can get along, because the six lower calibers, the 6-inch, 5-inch guns, and the smaller calibers do not wear out as fast by any means. The CHAIRMAN. Have we any of these 12-inch guns in reserve, or any of the 8-inch, at the present time? Admiral MASON. I don't think we have any 12 or 8 inch guns now that are in reserve. The CHAIRMAN. You say you want reserve guns for the ships. How many do you want--instance, of each gun? Do you have one in reserve of two in reserve? Admiral MASON. One gun in every four guns we have. These numbers are based on our having one-quarter of the number of guns now afloat for reserve guns. More will be required next year. The CHAIRMAN. This $1,500,000 will give you reserve guns for all of the ships up to the Rhode Island? Admiral MASON. For all those now afloat. For the new ships, after the New Hampshire, that we have estimated for I have included an estimate for one-fourth reserve, in addition to the regular battery of the ship. Hereafter, instead of making the ship with the regular number of guns, we will add a reserve of one-fourth, which is the proper way to do. The ship is built and at the same time the reserve guns are built with her; that, of course, is for the future. If we got the whole of the $1,500,000 it ought to give us the reserve up to the Rhode Island. If we take half of that it would still give us the reserve for the large guns, and then we will be banking on the fact that the smaller guns won't wear out during the next year anyway and that none of them will be liable to be relined. Mr. KITCHIN. Is it estimated that these reserve guns will last for a number of years, and that they would be sufficient? Admiral MASON. Yes; it is to be hoped that they will. they are really guns to be held in reserve to go on board of the ship while the others are being relined. Our idea is, and we have been very successful, especially with the small calibers, when the rifling of the gun is worn out to send the guns back to the gun factory, bore the bad part out, and put a new steel tube in, shrinking it in place by heat. then we go to work on that gun just as we did on the original gun, bore it out and rifle it, making practically a new gun. It is considered that this can be done for a large gun two or three times, but it remains to be seen whether we are going to run across any trouble or not. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. What is the cost for relining of a large gun? Admiral MASON. For a 12-inch gun the lining would cost, at the most, $20,000, from one-third to one-fourth of the original cost of the gun. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Twenty-five to 33 1/3 per cent. Admiral MASON. That is, of course, an estimate only. Mr. RIXEY. Is this relining of guns in the navy-yard or the gun factory? Admiral MASON. This will be done, if possible, entirely at the gun factory. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Up to its limit of capacity? Admiral MASON. Yes. I imagine that they have the largest shrinking pits in the country. It requires a pit that must take in the whole gun. If you have a 12-inch gun 45 feet long, it takes a very large pit. 261 The CHAIRMAN. How soon do you have to reline a gun after it has been in use--that is to say, how many times fired? Admiral MASON. The trouble has only shown itself in the latest high-power guns, high-velocity guns, and we have estimated from the way the bores are wearing now that after 100 rounds the will require relining. The CHAIRMAN. In target practice, for instance, we have how many shots? How many times are these big guns fired in one practice? Admiral MASON. In one practice, I should say, from 15 to 20 times. The CHAIRMAN. How many practice do they have in the course of a year? Admiral MASON. Two practices, a preliminary and a record. Say, five target practices, and the gins would have to be relined at the end of two years and a half. Mr. BUTLER. Is it necessary to practice at a target with all of these guns? Admiral MASON. I think so. It is necessary to see, in the first place, that the gun will stay where it is and will not tear things to pieces, and to see that the mechanism of the gun--the parts of it-- will stand the strain that you are going to put on it in time of war, In addition to that to acustom the gun pointers to the shock of the the gun and all of the conditions that will surround them in battle--in fact, training them. And I think there are a number of other things in connection with the the control of the fire of the guns that render target practice absolutely necessary, We do train these pointers a great deal before we put them to firing guns with charges, as I mentioned in my last testimony before the committee. We have what we call a subcaliber or Morris tube practice, in which there is a small gun attached temporarily to the large gun, which you fire at a target very close to the muzzle of the gun. It simulates the motion of the gun at sea and the motion of the target, so that the pointer is all the time handling a big gun and gets everything in the way of training, gets the training of the eye, and everything excepting the actual shock of the firing and many other troubles that will surround him in actual battle. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Then, to the cost of our target practice, to know exactly what the cost should be, there will have to be added the injury done to the gun, also. Admiral MASON. Yes; it all costs. Mr. KITCHIN. The damage done to each of these large guns in actual target practice is something like $6,000 or $7,000 for each practice. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. No; $600 or $700, I think you will find. Admiral MASON. it can easily be calculated if you call the relining --$15,000 or $20,000--a part of the damage. There are five practices, so it would be $4,000 divided up between the five practices. Mr. ROBERTS. That is average, is it not? The great damage does not come on the first or second practice. Admiral MASON. On the first or second or third practice you will hardly notice it, On the later practices you may possibly have to change the nand of the shell so as to make it take the curves. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You say it takes twenty-one months to build 262 these guns. In view of that length of time this money would not all be needed now. Admiral MASON. It will be needed right away. According to law we can not stir a hand until the appropriation bill is passed. The moment we know the bill passed it would be lawful for us to enter into a contract with an outside firm to furnish the guns under the appropriation, guns not to be paid for until the next fiscal year. Mr. BUTLER. It requires twenty-one months to build the guns? Admiral MASON. They can carry on the work on seven guns just as well as one. Mr. BUTLER. You pay them according to the amount of work they do; therefore you wouldn't pay them for the full seven guns in one year? Admiral MASON. We haven's any right to order them to work on the seven guns unless Congress authorizes it. Mr. BUTLER. If this appropriation of seven or eight hundred thousand dollars should be made you could not use all the money between July 1, 1906, and July 1, 1907? Admiral MASON. But they would be working on the guns. If Congress will authorize us to make a contract, we don't care. We have no right to enter into any contract or obligate the Government in any way without a specific appropriation. Mr. RIXEY. I understand that none of the money would be needed for twenty-one months. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. oh, yes; some of it would. Mr. RIXEY. They would not be completed for twenty-one months. Admiral MASON. The contract will not be completed, but we might enter into the contracts and pay by installment. Mr. VREELAND. As the work progresses. Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The inspector certifies that the guns have reached a certain stage, then a certain amount is paid the contractor. That is very often done. That is embodied in the contract. Mr. RIXEY. One-half of the amount would be sufficient during the progress of the work in the first twelve months, would it not? Admiral MASON. What you would do, probably, would be to obligate the whole sum--that is, the one-half of $700,000--for 12-inch and 10-inch guns. Mr. RIXEY. You would not pay the whole of that within the first twelve months? Admiral MASON. oh, no; we would not pay the whole of it. Mr. RIXEY. You would pay out more than $350,000, would you not? Admiral MASON. Probably more than than half would be paid the first year. Forgings cost more than the finishing work. Mr. RIXEY. In other words, of we were to word this paragraph so as to permit you to make a contract to the extent of $700,000 and appropriate $350,000 on that amount, it would be sufficient, would it not? Admiral MASON. That would be a question for the authorities-- the legal authorities--to take up. Mr. RIXEY. I ask you this question : If the proper authority is given to you to make contracts for $700,000 and an appropriation is carried in this bill for the next twelve months of one-half of that amount, would it be sufficient for you? 263 Admiral MASON. Five hundred thousand would be better. Mr. VREELAND. Assuming that it is legal, that would be all you would want? Admiral MASON. Not all we want, but we could get along and still go on with the manufacture. We would have to ask for an increase next year. Mr. ROBERTS. What position would you be in in case the manufacturer should get a "move on" and turn those guns out at once? Admiral MASON. If the money was appropriated that way, it would be embodied in the contract that way. The CHAIRMAN. "Torpedo station, Newport, R. I.: For labor, material , freight, and express charges, and so forth, $65,000." That is the same appropriation allowed last year. Can we reduce that? Admiral MASON. No, sir; not at all. It should, if anything, be increased. The place is growing in importance. They have been going on that for a long time. The CHAIRMAN. Could you give us a statement as to how this appropriation is expended, this $65,000--that is to say, for instance, for these different items, each one of the items mentioned in this paragraph ? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; I will try to. This statement is appended , marked "C." The CHAIRMAN. "Arming and equipping Naval Militia, $60,000." Admiral MASON. Just the same as last year. Mr. MEYER. Is that sufficient, $60,000? Admiral MASON. As far as I know. the appropriation is handled by the Bureau of Ordnance, but we furnish only a very small part of the charges against it. It was necessary to have some one Bureau take care of the appropriation, so we disburse it under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy. As to whether it is sufficient for the other bureaus, I am not prepared to answer. but so far as the ordnance is concerned it is. We have no trouble in complying with their demands from the allotments that the Secretary of the Navy makes to us. Mr. MEYER. Without regard to sufficiency of the appropriation, the naval militia is not allowed to take out any portion of the amount under this allotment for clothing or coal. Somebody has made the suggestion that we ought to incorporate under this word "clothing ," which would permit them to take out a sufficient amount for clothing in lieu of portions of this item which they do not require-- for instance, they may have sufficient amounts of accoutrements, or what not, and not of clothing. Why should you not permit them to use a portion of the appropriation for the purpose of getting clothing or coal? Admiral MASON. I see no objection; but I should prefer to have that question answered by the Secretary, as he directs the disbursements , and also directs the division of this appropriation among the different naval militia organizations of the country. But so far as I know, there would be no objection to allowing them to draw their portions in naval uniforms or coal for the handling of the Government vessels in their charge. Mr. MEYER. The secretary controls that? Admiral MASON. The Assistant Secretary.264 Mr. MEYER. If that were permitted the item would contain the words "clothing and coal," which would have to be inserted in this paragraph? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. The next paragraph is "For repairs, Bureau of Ordnance, $40,000," and increase of $10,000 over last year. Admiral MASON. These repairs are for the ordnance buildings, magazines, gun parks, machinery, etc. Thirty thousand dollars has been the sum that has been allowed for a number of years. The Navy has been increasing very much and the number of buildings and magazines and machinery has all been increasing; so I asked for $50,000 last year, and it was cut down to $30,000. I asked for $40,000 this year. Mr. BUTLER. Why did you strike out the words, "And no other fund appropriated by this act shall be used in payment for such service?" Admiral MASON. I do not know who scratched it out; I did not. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. That evidently is an error in printing. Admiral MASON. It may have been left off the estimate proper. The CHAIRMAN. Yes; it was. Admiral MASON. I think in making out this bill the old bill was not followed. The CHAIRMAN. Can we safely reduce this estimate of $40,000? Admiral MASON. No, sir. The appropriation of $30,000 for repairs, ordnance, for the present fiscal year had to meet an emergency due to a hurricane at Cavite, so that of the total appropriation there remained on January 1 but $8,000 to meet the demands for repairs for the remaining six months of this year. In consequence many repairs to wharves, buildings, etc. which should be made immediately will have to go over to the next fiscal year, when they will cost more, owing to further deterioration, than if made at once. This appropriation has been to small this year. The CHAIRMAN. This next item, "Miscellaneous contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: For miscellaneous items, advertising, etc., $25,000." Admiral MASON. That is an appropriation which we have had for a long time -- contingent ordnance. Mr. BUTLER. Why do you strike out the word "miscellaneous?" Admiral MASON. I don't know; this is not my correction. My idea was to have it just the same as always. Somebody else has made that correction. That has been a contingent ordnance expense for some time. Mr. BUTLER. Last year it was passed containing the word "miscellaneous". The CHAIRMAN. We can restore that. Admiral MASON. It is immaterial, so far as I am concerned. I do not know who made the correction. The CHAIRMAN. You are asking for $25,000, the same amount as last year? Admiral MASON. I think that is absolutely necessary. The CHAIRMAN. Can you not reduce that safely? Admiral MASON. Not with safety, because there are so many things one can not tell about. You can not tell how much telegraphing you are going to have, how much expense for light, heat, water, etc. There is cartage and express charges, the amount of which we 265 can not foresee. Then there is incidental expenses attending inspection of ordnance material. I do not think we can reduce this appropriation at all. The CHAIRMAN. Can you furnish a statement showing the expenditures of the last year under those different items? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Such a statement can be obtained from the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, but as a matter of fact a statement for last year would not be reliable as a guide, inasmuch as the greatest part of this appropriation for the last fiscal year was expended for freight charges and a large deficiency was incurred in an appropriation of $75,000. In the appropriation for the present fiscal year no freight charges are contemplated and the amount of the appropriation is in a way experimental, this being the first appropriation for contingent ordnance, excluding charges for freight. The CHAIRMAN. The next is civil establishments, Bureau of Ordnance. There is no change there. Admiral MASON. No change from last year. The CHAIRMAN. I see on page 25 that you have stricken out from your estimate the words "for gun factory" Admiral MASON. I do not know why. You will see above there the words, "two foremen of gun factory." I do not know who cut it out. The CHAIRMAN. They are employed in the gun factory? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. We can restore that. Now we go over to page 26, and that finishes up the civil establishment of your Bureau. Mr. BUTLER. How about the change in the word in that last item, "naval" torpedo station at Newport? Admiral MASON. I guess that that is probably an extra word in the estimate. The place used to be known as the naval torpedo station. There is only one torpedo station. The CHAIRMAN. We will now go to page 88: "Public works, Bureau of Ordnance. Naval magazine, New York Harbor (Iona Island): Clearing ground, grading, and filling in, $5,000." Then, "Extension, repairs, and new siding to railroad track, $5,000. In all, $10,000." What is the necessity for that? Admiral MASON. This is needed to clear the island of granite bowlders [boulders] and fill up the swamp. I think the grass is labile to catch fire, and we wanted to get rid of as much grass as possible around these magazines. The CHAIRMAN. How much grass land have you there? Admiral MASON. The total acreage of the island is 111. I should think about one-half of it has been cleared. The uncleared portion is largely woodland, with some meadow and swamp. There are no roads for wheeled vehicles away from the center of the island, and no paths for proper patrol, the only means of communication being along the ties of the railway track. The work can be done economically during the year, material from cleaning up being used for filling swamps and marshy places that are breeding places for malaria and mosquitoes. Also sites should be cleared and graded for erecting new magazine buildings and filling-houses. The topography of this island is such that there are very few even approximately level areas of any considerable size on it. The CHAIRMAN. Do you need all that money for that purpose?266 Admiral MASON. We need it surely. The danger from grass fires and also fires in the woodland are a constant menace. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. What would you use in filling it in to keep the grass from growing? Admiral MASON. We would fill it from the clearing. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Would not the grass grow on your clearing? Admiral MASON. I think not if we filled it with broken stone. Mr. VREELAND. Could you not send a man out with a scythe and cut it down? Admiral MASON. That is done constantly. The CHAIRMAN. "For naval magazine, Dover, N.J.: For naval powder depot, Lake Denmark, New Jersey, one brick building to be used for drying smokeless powder, etc. $4,500". Admiral MASON. That is necessary. We find that sometimes smokeless powder has to be dried over again. This magazine at Dover is the main storage magazine of the eastern coast, and we want facilities for handling and taking care of the powder there. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You mean, Admiral, that in transporting it from the place of manufacture to the magazine it sometimes absorbs dampness. Admiral MASON. It may do that on board ship, or it may turn out that there is a solvent in it that prevents it giving the best results. The CHAIRMAN. "For three brick magazines, each 75 by 40 feet, $24,000." Admiral MASON. We have a lot of brown powder stored at Lake Denmark that we can not get rid of at present. It has to be kept separate from the smokeless powder on account of the danger. These buildings are necessary for the proper storage of the smokeless powder, especially if we increase the reserve, and I think the reserve must be increased anyway. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. If we did not increase the reserve, this would not be necessary? Admiral MASON. No; not absolutely necessary, if you do not increase the reserve, but it would be necessary next year anyway. The CHAIRMAN. "Railroad tracks to connect above magazines with present system, $9,000." Admiral MASON. That is absolutely necessary. We can not keep the powder out in the open. I think the magazines are absolutely necessary, and this is necessary if the magazines are. The CHAIRMAN. "Electric lights and feed wires for magazines Nos. 4 and 5, $600." Admiral MASON. They are magazines that have been built for a couple of years, and we have no electric lights near them. It is really necessary for the proper policing of the place and also for supplying light for emergency work when it is required. Otherwise it would be necessary to use oil lights. The CHAIRMAN. "New reservoir, with pipe connections to old water main, of about 500,000 gallons capacity, $5,000." Admiral MASON. In view of what has been said about appropriations, that is not absolutely necessary, and it can be left out until next year. They have water there, but they are short. The CHAIRMAN. "Removing brush, clearing grounds, and overhauling railroad tracks and roads, $3,000." 267 Admiral MASON. That is absolutely necessary to keep in order the grounds around these magazines, and tracks in repair, and if not specifically appropriated for it will have to be done out of some other appropriation. The CHAIRMAN. "Naval magazine, St. Juliens Creek, Norfolk, one galvanized-iron storehouse, $25,000." Admiral MASON. I consider that necessary; there is no storehouse there. The last time I was there lots of valuable material which could not be put in the magazines on account of their inflammable nature were stored out in the open and under a wooden shed which leaked. Mr. BUTLER. Is not that a good deal of money for a galvanized-iron storehouse? What is to be the size? Admiral MASON. That is a very large storehouse. If I remember rightly it was a storehouse intended to go on the wharf or right near the wharf. Mr. BUTLER. How many stories? Admiral MASON. One story. Mr. BUTLER. What is the length of it? Admiral MASON. I don't know. I will have to put that answer in. Mr. BUTLER. Put in the width also. Admiral MASON. I will put that in, too. There is a plan No. 1 and one No. 2. This storehouse is to be 55 by 200 feet, and requires railway tracks, small storerooms, etc. Mr. BUTLER. I think that the law requires that. Admiral MASON. The law requires it. The CHAIRMAN. You can put that in when you revise the hearing. "One brick magazine, 50 by 100 feet, $12,500." Admiral MASON. That is necessary. The CHAIRMAN. You consider that last building necessary, the brick magazine? Admiral MASON. Yes sir. The CHAIRMAN. What is the most important of those two for this coming year? Admiral MASON. For the coming year? Well, the storehouse. The CHAIRMAN. "Naval proving ground, Indian Head, Md.: Telephones to range station, $3,500." Admiral MASON. That is necessary. Mr. VREELAND. How far is it? Admiral MASON. I think it is about 5 or 6 miles down the river. The trouble is that in firing down the river they can not always see. The idea is to communicate from the central firing battery with the range observers stationed down the river. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. The line would be 5 or 6 miles long. Admiral MASON. I should say 5, the extreme length. The CHAIRMAN. Can we not get along without these telephones, and have we not done so right along? Admiral MASON. We never have killed anybody. From my experience -- and I commanded at the proving ground for one tour of duty -- it was very often impossible to see and make sure that the river was clear. The CHAIRMAN. What guns do they fire down there? Admiral MASON. They fire the 12-inch gun and from that down in268 caliber. Every precaution ought to be taken to relieve the officers of the danger of killing people as well as of the chance of damage suites against the Government for destruction of property. The CHAIRMAN. "Purchase and installation of six boiling tubs, $1,200." Admiral MASON. They are necessary to replace the older ones in the smokeless-powder factory, which are worn out. They are very necessary. Mr. VREELAND. What do they boil? Admiral MASON. Boil nitrated cotton. It is the final cleansing to get the acid out. It has to be subjected to boiling for a number of hours. Mr. BUTLER. What is the material that these boiling tubs are made of? Admiral MASON. They are made of wood -- cypress. Mr. BUTLER. And they cost $200 apiece? Admiral MASON. I should say at least that. They are very large tubs, about 9 feet in diameter, and I forget exactly, but I think 12 to 14 deep. They are really vats. They have to be banded, and they have to have steam fittings at the bottom. It makes them quite expensive. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You say about 6 feet high? Admiral MASON. Twelve to 14 feet. The CHAIRMAN. "Extending pulping house and altering installation of poachers, $2,500." Admiral MASON. That is necessary, and yet the money could not be taken out of maintenance. The CHAIRMAN. What are poachers? Admiral MASON. Poachers are similar tubs to those boiling tubs; practically the same, in fact, except that they are fitted with stirring machinery. The CHAIRMAN. "Subdivision of trolley system for fire service, $3,500." What is that trolley system? Admiral MASON. We have a trolley system. I think there are altogether 6 or 7 miles of it. The powder factory is located across the neck of land on which the proving ground is located and connected by trolley system, and this trolley system also connects the different buildings used in the manufacture of smokeless powder, which are necessarily some distance from one another. This estimate is for proving against a break in the circuit by the installation of a subdivision of the trolly system, so that in case of a fire on the trolley line a break in some one place will not block the whole line and prevent the fire party from getting to the scene of the fire promptly. I consider it necessary. Mr. BUTLER. When a good business man wants to improve his plant he has plans and specifications made, and he submits the plans and specifications for bids. If he is satisfied that the lowest bidder is responsible, he awards the contract to the lowest bidder. Is that not true? Admiral MASON. Yes. Mr. BUTLER. Why do you not adopt that plan in the Navy Department? Admiral MASON. We do. 269 Mr. BUTLER. For instance, for this trolley system. is that submitted to bidders? Admiral MASON. This is just simply a subdivision of the trolley-line circuit. The trolley system is now installed as one continuous circuit, and a break at any point interrupts the operation of the whole line. Mr. BUTLER. Let me ask you: How did you arrive at the figure $3,500? Admiral MASON. It might have been $3,750. Mr. BUTLER. Or it might have been $3,300. Admiral MASON. I have to take the figures of the commissioned officer who is in charge of that station. Mr. BUTLER. Do you know how he gets his figures? Admiral MASON. I do not. Mr. BUTLER. He is an officer in the Navy? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; and he has evidently figured it pretty closely. The CHAIRMAN. He has probably gotten an estimate from some source? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. I think that two-thirds of the sum estimated would be expended for labor and one-third for additional trolley wire. The CHAIRMAN. "Additional magazines, $6,000." Do you consider that necessary this year? Admiral Mason. Yes. Mr. BUTLER. You have not the plans made yet? Admiral MASON. I consider the magazines necessary. The necessity of magazines for experimental samples, which require to be isolated, entail the additional magazines, the size of which will be regulated by the conditions at the time the appropriation goes into effect. They are simply rectangular brick buildings that require no detailed plans. The CHAIRMAN. "Extension of railroad system, $3,000." Is that the trolley railroad? Admiral MASON. That is the trolley railroad and the extension required by the increase of work done, both at the proving ground and smokeless powder factory, and also to introduce additional side tracks and switches to avoid delays and detours. The CHAIRMAN. "Warrant officers $10,000." Admiral MASON. We are very anxious to have places for more warrant officers there. At present they have quarters for one gunner and one ordnance man. The other gunner, or two gunners, are compelled to board in unsuitable places. The CHAIRMAN. They are on the ground, I suppose? Admiral MASON. On the ground. They really board in a place just outside of the proving ground, a sort of half hotel and restaurant. Mr. BUTLER. How much do you have to pay to provide quarters for these warrant officers? Admiral MASON. Three sets of quarters. Mr. BUTLER. I know, but how much rent do you have to pay; what allowances do they get? Admiral MASON. A gunner gets $24 per month as an allowance for quarters when not furnished by the Government.270 Mr. BUTLER. Do the warrant officers have allowances for quarters? Admiral MASON. Yes. Mr. BUTLER. Then, to provide quarters for these warrant officers, we will have to make a provision, for the law does not allow us to provide them. Admiral MASON. It is customary to provide quarters at stations wherever possible for officers. We provided them for officers before the law required commutation for quarters. Gunners are allowed $24 per month commutation for quarters when not furnished by the Government. Mr. ROBERTS. It is desirable for all of these men to be quartered inside the grounds? Admiral MASON. It is desirable from every point of view. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. In regard to this trolley system down there, that is simply a narrow-gauge railroad for transportation from one place to another? Admiral MASON. It is a standard-gauge railroad used for transportation of all material in connection with the proving ground and powder factory. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. In the statement that you made in regard to the cost of the manufacture of smokeless powder at this place, you did not take into consideration any appropriations like this? Admiral MASON. A certain percentage of the cost of running this road was included in that estimate. The CHAIRMAN. "Naval magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pa.: Extension of fire service, $3,000." Admiral MASON. That is necessary to protect the last two magazines, built two or three years ago. The nearest hydrant is 400 feet away from the magazine and they ought to have the extension to the fire main. They have a regular fire system there. The CHAIRMAN. "Completion of sea wall south of wharf, $3,000." Admiral MASON. That is necessary. The sea wall has been completed down to the wharf. The portion south of the wharf is old and needs to be fixed up so as to be like the northern portion. The CHAIRMAN. That will finally complete it? Admiral MASON. Finally complete that part of it. They may ask for dike walls inside should it be deemed advisable to take advantage of the dredging in the river to raise the level of the magazine property. The CHAIRMAN. "Fence to inclose [enclose] property recently acquired from War Department, $6,000." What was that property; how much land was it? Admiral MASON. About 8 or 10 acres lying across the road which runs through the center of the place. This tract is most irregular in shape, having about as much linear feet of boundary as track of the size could have. Mr. BUTLER. What kind of fence is that? Admiral MASON. Four and one-half foot wire fence, similar to that now in use, to be surmounted by a barbed-wire fence carried to the height of 7 feet. Mr. KITCHIN. Is it necessary to fence it now? Admiral MASON. I should say so, to keep trespassers off. They are very numerous in this locality and of a not very orderly class. 271 Mr. KITCHIN. It was not fenced when it belonged to the War Department. Admiral MASON. The fence is only to keep trespassers off. Mr. KITCHIN. Why was it not fenced when the War Department controlled it? Admiral MASON. This particular property was leased to private parties for farming purposes, and it was to get rid of these neighbors and have jurisdiction that the Navy Department asked for the transfer from the War Department. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. What do you propose to use this for? Admiral MASON. Eventually for the extension of the magazine if required, but at this time for the protection of the existing property, and a good fence is an essential feature of carrying out the idea of protection. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Right back of Fort Mifflin? Admiral MASON. Yes, Sir. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You have no actual use for the land now? Admiral MASON. No; except as I have already stated. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Couldn't this fence be put across the present land rather than to stretch it out? Admiral MASON. We have our own fence now, but it is too close to the magazine buildings. What we want is to keep trespassers, and especially gunners, as far away from these magazine buildings as possible. During the shooting seasons this locality is much frequented. Mr. KITCHIN. Don't you think a fence of the kind you describe could be put down for half of that price? Admiral MASON. Some 7,200 feet of fencing are required, which would be about 82 cents a foot. The CHAIRMAN. What is this "Ecco-magneto watchman's clock, $750?" Mr. KITCHIN. That seems to me to be too much. Admiral MASON. That is for the watchman's clock system, which we have in most of our magazines. The watchman reports his time of inspection of the different places. The CHAIRMAN. Have you not one there now? Admiral MASON. I think not. The CHAIRMAN. You need one, do you? Admiral MASON. We need one. Mr. ROBERTS. I would like to ask this question: If there has not been some legislation within the last two or three years forbidding the use of these clocks by the Government bureaus? Admiral MASON. Not that I know of. We are using them in several magazines at Iona Island and Lake Denmark. Mr. ROBERTS. I think it grew out of the Post-Office investigation, and the question came up recently by installing these in the Government Printing Office, and the matter was taken to the Comptroller, and his decision was that the Government Printing Office could install them, but no other Department of Government could under the law. Admiral MASON. I do not know; we have them. Mr. ROBERTS. You might have gotten them prior to that legislation. That is what I wanted to know, what effect that legislation has. The CHAIRMAN. One building of corrugated steel construction, 16 by 32 feet, for use of workmen, $1,000.272 Admiral MASON. That is a building for the workmen to go into to take their lunch and to leave their clothes. The CHAIRMAN. Where do they take their lunch now and leave their clothes? Admiral MASON. Wherever they can and not get caught. This is to try to stop that. Mr. VREELAND. What work are these men engaged in? Admiral MASON. Engaged as workmen in and around the powder magazines. The CHAIRMAN. Naval magazine, New England coast: Toward securing the land and the erection of the necessary buildings on ground the purchase of which is now under negotiation, as authorized by the act approved April 27, 1904, for a new naval magazine on the New England coast; also toward inclosing [enclosing] said ground, grading and filling in, building roads and walks, improvement of the water front, necessary wharves and cranes, railroad tracks, and rolling stock for local service, fire and water service, and equipment of the establishment, including the service of such additional expert aids, surveyors, architects, superintendents of construction, or draftsmen as may be necessary for the preparation of the plans and specifications and prosecution of the work to an extent not to exceed $15,000, $430,000. What do you say about that, Admiral? Admiral MASON. An appropriation of $250,000 was recommended toward the purchase last year. The CHAIRAMAN. Was it appropriated? Admiral MASON. There was no appropriation last year. There was an appropriation of $70,000. Under this appropriation of $70,000 negotiations have for some time been in progress toward securing the property, and have now reached a stage where a consummation of the purchase may be shortly accomplished, not, however, without condemnation proceedings, as authorized by the act above quoted, under which the Bureau is advised just as these statements are about to be submitted that the cost will exceed the sum estimated by the board, and to cover the excess it recommends that $100,000 of the $430,00 asked for be made immediately available, and balance remaining to be used in preparing the site. The $250,000 above mentioned, as recommended in the Department's letter to the Speaker of the House, is one-half the estimated cost of the plants, and it is recommended that the full amount required be now appropriated, namely, $430,00, which, with the $70,000 already appropriated, covers the limit of cost fixed by the act of April 27, 1904. After going over that with the inspector of ordnance at the Boston yard, I have been advised by him that he can get along and can use during the next fiscal year only a portion of that sum, say $300,000, but is is absolutely necessary that we should have a magazine on the New England coast, and right away. The $100,000 should be made immediately available, because the Government is already virtually in possession of the land through condemnation, and the owners should, in justice, be paid. Mr. VREELAND. Please tell us some of the reasons why it is necessary? Admiral MASON. We are hampered for ammunition space at New York, at Lake Denmark, and on the coast from there south at Norfolk. The other magazine in New England, at Portsmouth, N.H., 273 is small and within the navy-yard walls. It is also out of the way, so that vessels would have to go some distance to get there for ammunition, even if any considerable quantity could be stored there. Mr. VREELAND. When is this most used, in time of war or peace? Admiral MASON. This is for supplying that part of the country in time of war and in time of peace, too. We have acquired this site, it has been appropriated for and acquired by Congress, and the only thing is that the condemnation proceedings have not been completed yet by actual purchase because of lack of necessary funds. Mr. VREELAND. You have these naval magazines at Portsmouth now, and where else? Admiral MASON. There is one at Portsmouth -- a small one which is not being used. There is another one at the Boston Navy-Yard, or rather in Chelsea, which is being abandoned on account of the danger. It is really on the hospital property, and there is a big factory right across the creek not 500 yards away, which makes it absolutely dangerous. Then we have no nearer magazines than New York. Mr. VREELAND. How many others down the coast? Admiral MASON. Another one at Norfolk and Philadelphia. Mr. VREELAND. Is not that enough for that? Admiral MASON. I think we should have one there and also an increase of facilities at Lake Denmark. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Where is this to be located? Admiral MASON. At Hingham, Mass. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How many miles from the Portsmouth magazine? Admiral MASON. About 50 miles. Mr. ROBERTS. Probably 50 miles. In going from Portsmouth to this place how much delay would there be in getting sufficient ammunition from a magazine at Portsmouth if there was not any placed there? Admiral MASON. A few hours, except that we have to have rail as well as water communication with our magazines. Up through New England the transportation is slow. Mr. KITCHIN. In your judgment, are both of these magazines, the one at Portsmouth and this one, necessary? Admiral MASON. The one at Portsmouth is simply an adjunct of the navy-yard, and we use it only to store ammunition temporarily for a ship going into or out of commission. This magazine at Hingham is to be a general distributing magazine, and it will furnish ammunition for Boston, Portsmouth, and Newport -- everything east of New York. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You propose to do away with the magazine at Newport? Admiral MASON. There is none, excepting a casement on Rose Island for storing small quantities of gun cotton and smokeless powder awaiting shipment. Mr. ROBERTS. There is no magazine at Boston to all intents and purposes. Admiral MASON. Only on the hospital property. It is the Department's obligation to do away with that as soon as the magazine at Hingham is ready -- act of April 27, 1904. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Do they want to sell that? Admiral MASON. No, sir; the land belongs to the naval hospital274 Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. To the Navy Department. Mr. VREELAND. How much money have they expended on that? How much will be wasted after we abandon that? Admiral MASON. Those buildings have been there for years and years, and they will probably be turned over to the hospital. Mr. ROBERTS. Since I have been on the committee there has been a proposition given to expend, I think, $6,000 or $8,000 on this old magazine site. In view of the agitation for the abandonment of that magazine I think that appropriation was not made, and there has been no money expended on it excepting possibly for some one to keep charge of it. Admiral MASON. You mean the Chelsea magazine? Mr. BUTLER. The Chelsea magazine. It is a very small affair as compared with a modern magazine, and there has been no money expended on it in recent years. The situation, as explained by the Admiral, has become exceedingly dangerous, because in the last ten or twelve years the New England Coke and Gas Company have acquired the property on the opposite side of the little river there. The magazine is on one side and the New England Gas and Coke Company on the other, and this New England Company has put up a $2,000,000 gas and coke affair. Mr. VREELAND. We were there first. Mr. ROBERTS. I am not speaking of the danger to those people, but I am speaking of the danger to 60,000 or 75,000 people who live in that neighborhood. Mr. VREELAND. What guaranty have we that some gas and coke company will not build a plant near this one at Hingham next year? How much will this plant cost us? Admiral MASON. The first bill that was passed, about April 27, 1904, contained a provision that it would cost not more than $500,000. We have asked for an appropriation of $300,000 -- it is $430,000, but we can reduce it to $300,000 this year. Mr. VREELAND. And $70,000 has been put in that -- that would be in all $500,000? Admiral MASON. That was the limit of cost fixed by Congress in the act of April 27, 1904. Mr. VREELAND. I notice that all of these expenditures are toward doing these various things. Admiral MASON. Toward; yes. Mr. VREELAND. I suppose a million dollars would finish it, if they ever got started? Admiral MASON. I hope so. Mr. ROBERTS. There is one feature of this situation at present that I do not think the Admiral has brought out clearly enough. Under the law of 1904 the Department has gone on and condemned this land. They were not able to buy many sections, and there were quite a number of little farms and very few of the people owning them would sell at the price the Government would give; so the Government had to condemn. These condemnation proceedings are now in court, and there are some of the parties who would be willing to settle on Government figures if there were any money to pay them. The money will become due, in the judgment of the court, in the next fiscal year, but at present time there is not money enough to 275 pay those claims. There certainly should be enough money appropriated to meet those judgments. The CHAIRMAN. How much? Mr. ROBERTS. About $100,000 for that purpose. The CHAIRMAN. That is about all you could do then this coming year. Admiral MASON. We could spend $300,000 to advantage. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Is the Government in possession of the land? Mr. ROBERTS. Oh, yes. Admiral MASON. In addition to getting possession of the land we want to get in there and put up some magazines, start the improvement's anyway. We need the magazine buildings. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. You have possession now? Admiral MASON. We have possession, but we can not do anything more because of the want of appropriations. It requires $100,000 to complete the purchase, and at least $200,000 for the improvements and buildings. The CHAIRMAN. I will call your attention to these expert aides, surveyors and architects. Haven't we got those in the Navy Department? Here are the superintendents of construction or draftsmen, as may be necessary for the preparation of the plans and specifications in the prosecution of this work, and so forth. Admiral MASON. In making plans it is true you have to put in an expert. We haven't the experts who are not otherwise occupied, and you can not get them except under the civil service, unless they are specifically appropriated for. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. These would not come under the civil service, would they? Admiral MASON. No. We can not take anybody unless he comes under the civil service or in this way. We want to have it authorized. The CHAIRMAN. "Naval magazine, Port Lafayette, New York. Necessary improvement to dock and sea wall, $2,000." Is that necessary? Admiral MASON. That is necessary. This place is an old, exposed fort, and I suppose the docks and sea wall are damaged by running ice, winds, and waves, and in order that the water approaches may be maintained in efficient condition new piles, sheathing, and resetting of granite blocks, and so forth, are necessary. This is situated down just about The Narrows. It is a place that we use for emergency ammunition. The CHAIRMAN. "Naval magazine, Mare Island, California, one magazine building, 30 by 80 feet, $7,000." Admiral MASON. This is necessary to accommodate the increased amount of powder stored at this magazine. The CHAIRMAN. "Extension of building 'A 5' 50 feet, $3,100." Mr. BUTLER. All this is new. Admiral MASON. Oh, yes; this is all new. There were practically no appropriations last year. The CHAIRMAN. What is this building "A 5?" Admiral MASON. That is the number of one of the buildings. The CHAIRMAN. "Extension of primer house, 20 by 20 feet, $1,200." Admiral MASON. That is necessary. The CHAIRMAN. "Extension of dock, erect freight shed on same, No. 38----05---------4.276 and rearrange railroad tracks to suit dock extension, $21,800." What is that for? Admiral MASON. There is no storehouse on the dock. They want to extend the dock out and erect a freight shed thereon. This magazine is at Mare Island, and everything that goes to it has to go by water. Very often the steamers arrive there late in the afternoon or evening, and when they unload that material it has to lay on the dock until the men are available to handle it in the morning. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. There has been some discussion lately leading up to the point that Mare Island was not a proper place for a naval station. In view of that, do you think it would be wise for us to let this wait a year? Admiral MASON. If the committee thinks that the discussion will lead to action against Mare Island. Mr. VREELAND. That suggestion came from the Department and not from the committee. There have been some views as to the propriety of spending money on Mare Island, for the reason that there is a lack of depth of water there. Admiral MASON. There has been a good deal of discussion, but I do not think that even if this yard were abandoned it would affect this magazine, which is well located. The CHAIRMAN. I was out there this year, and they have a plan now of entering the channel, and they say it is meeting with great success. They are cleaning out that channel and getting sufficient depth of water. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. That would not change the channel, but the stream through it, which is insufficient. The CHAIRMAN. That changes the main difficulty. Admiral MASON. There is a place down below ------- The CHAIRMAN. A point. Admiral MASON. Yes; they have cut that out twice or three times, but it always fills up again. Of course, if they go to work on the jetty business, they can jetty that the same as they do the other. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. My understanding was that the River and Harbor Committee did not propose to improve that channel any more. Mr. RIXEY. Of course, Admiral, you can not get around to these different navy-yards, and so on. How do you base recommendations? Upon information you get from the superintendents there? Admiral MASON. Almost entirely. All of them are commissioned officers -- men of intelligence. They make reports, and it becomes absolutely necessary for the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance to accept their recommendations. In a good many cases, or course, I have been over the ground at some time; probably several years previous to this time. Mr. RIXEY. We all know that there is a very great divergence in the way people look at things. One officer may be a conservative man and lean to economy, a man careful in his estimates, going very carefully over everything before he makes recommendations. Others jump at conclusions without much consideration. But you treat any recommendation that comes in as almost binding up you, do you? Admiral MASON. I use my own judgment, also. Mr. RIXEY. As I understand it, neither one of the boards that you have at the Navy Department takes these up -- that is, the general board you have there -- and you have a board of instruction and a 277 board of certain members of bureaus. They do not consider these different recommendations, do they? Admiral MASON. They have nothing to do with them at all. They come under the control of the bureaus concerned. Mr. ROBERTS. Does the Bureau of Yards and Docks pass on this proposition of yours? Admiral MASON. No; they have nothing to do with public works under "Ordnance." The CHAIRMAN. "Naval magazine, Pensacola, FLA.: Standpipe, with pump and necessary piping for connection with present magazine and shell houses, $5,000." Admiral MASON. There is a magazine down there without any better fire protection than simply a hand pump situated between the magazine and the shell house. That is the only apparatus in case of fire. This standpipe, with pump and piping, is proposed to be placed there for fire protection. Mr. VREELAND. What is it; a frame building? Admiral MASON. A brick building surround by sand. There is very little grass growing there. The CHAIRMAN. "Repairs to sea wall, $5,300." Admiral MASON. The condition of this wall at the torpedo station, which was bad at the beginning of last winter, was rendered much worse by a succession of heavy northwest gales, making breaches in the wall which are beyond the force of this station to repair permanently. Serious damage is inevitable unless this wall is, in part, rebuilt. The CHAIRMAN. "Extension of compressor room, $1,100." Admiral MASON. It is to afford increased space for the installation of new compressors where a great deal of testing and experimental work is being performed. The CHAIRMAN. Do you need that this year? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. "Coal shed, $6,000." Admiral MASON. That is simply to provide the proper storage of coal. The CHAIRMAN. What do you do with it now, Admiral? Admiral MASON. The present storage is an old, a dilapidated wooden building, and requires frequent repairs. It has been tumbling down for a number of years, is dangerous, and should be removed. Mr. VREELAND. Do you do anything more than provide shelter for the coal, a cover for it? Admiral MASON. It is a shed with a roof over it and side walls. Mr. VREELAND. You do not have floors? Admiral MASON. Yes; a heavy plank floor. If they made a new one they would probably make it of concrete. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How much coal do you generally store there -- the maximum? Admiral MASON. Six to eight hundred tons, I should say; but I am not sure of that. At the present time, I think that at least half of the coal is not stored under cover. Mr. BUTLER. Admiral, you have the plans of that? Admiral MASON. I think we have.278 Mr. KITCHIN. Do you remember the size of it? Admiral MASON. I do not. A plan was submitted with the estimates. The CHAIRMAN. Please put that in your testimony. Admiral MASON. The plan is with the estimates and I think is now in the possession of the committee. The CHAIRMAN. Extension of tinsmith shop, $1,800." What about that? Admiral MASON. It is required to give proper working facilities for the tinsmith and the coppersmith. Their present quarters are very much cramped. The CHAIRMAN. "New paint shop, $1,200." How about that? Admiral MASON. That is necessary. The paints have been stored under the storehouse. Paint is very inflammable, and the storehouse is a decidedly unsafe place for it. It is stowed now in the cellar of the electrical laboratory. The CHAIRMAN. "House of hose carts, $1,100." Admiral MASON. The last time I was up there the small hand hose carts were stowed outside in the open, covered by tarpaulins. Mr. VREELAND. How many hose carts have you? Admiral MASON. I don't know, but I should say about two or three. They are stored out in the open under canvas covers. They should be housed. The CHAIRMAN. How much do the carts cost? Mr. VREELAND. Up in my country about $25 apiece. I suppose they cost the Navy Department about $600. Mr. ROBERTS. I would like to ask how much hose is carried on the reels of these carts. Admiral MASON. Probably two or three lengths. Mr. ROBERTS. Canvas hose? Mr. VREELAND. They must carry more hose than that. Admiral MASON. I don't think so. They are little handcarts. Mr. VREELAND. I should think they would carry about 400 feet. Admiral MASON. These are very small two-wheeled hand hose carts. Mr. MEYER. I see just about there that you have an item for a new paint shop. Was there an old one there? Admiral MASON. I don't know, General. There used to be one when I was there, made out of wood. I think it was the deck house of some old ship and was on the sea wall. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. What do they paint there, Admiral? Admiral MASON. Buildings, outfits, etc. Mr. VREELAND. Is there anything to paint excepting the buildings on the grounds? Admiral MASON. They have to paint portions of torpedo outfits and the usual painting required around a station of that size. There is not much -- it is only a small house; more for the storage of paints, etc., than anything else. Mr. VREELAND. Paint the torpedo outfits? Admiral MASON. Some parts of them. The CHAIRMAN. "Naval magazines for advanced bases: Two wet gun-cotton magazines and two dry gun-cotton magazines, with the necessary fittings for advanced bases, $8,000." Please explain that, Admiral. 279 Admiral MASON. This estimate is submitted in compliance with the Navy Department's request relative to storehouses for advanced base material to be erected by the Bureau of Yards and Docks. These two are in addition to the storehouses recommended by that Bureau. The Bureau of Ordnance has cognizance of all magazine buildings. Mr. KITCHIN. At what particular point are these magazines to be placed? Admiral MASON. That I don't know. That depends upon the Navy Department. Mr. KITCHIN. Then no places have been selected so far? Admiral MASON. So far as I know they have not. The CHAIRMAN. "Naval magazines at Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.: Magazines for the storage and care of powder and other ammunition at the Naval Academy, $8,000." Have we a magazine there now? Admiral MASON. We have none. The place that was used as a storage place for ammunition has been torn down. The CHAIRMAN. Do you need one down there? Admiral MASON. We need two small magazines for the storage of the ammunition which is used for target practice by the midshipmen. Mr. ROBERTS. Why should not the cost of that come out of the grand total for the Military Academy. I think it is about $10,000, is it not? Admiral MASON. The Bureau of Ordnance has always looked out for and paid for its own magazines. Mr. ROBERTS. Who would have charge of the magazine at the Naval Academy? Admiral MASON. The inspector of ordnance, or the head of the department of ordnance, and is the same as an inspector of ordnance in an ordinary navy-yard. Mr. ROBERTS. Where would you located that in the grounds? Admiral MASON. That would have to be decided by the Superintendent of the academy. Mr. ROBERTS. Are you familiar enough with the location yourself? Admiral MASON. I am not familiar enough. This estimate came in at the last moment. I think it is to be located up on the creek, on the outlying portion of the grounds, but just where I do not know. It was not even accompanied by plans. The estimate can be reduced to $4,000 for this year. Mr. ROBERTS. Do you consider it vital that it should go into this year? Admiral MASON. They ought to have a magazine. Of course they can do as they do now, store the powder on one of the ships that remains in the harbor, but that is a little awkward, because if the ship is ordered away there has to be a transfer of the material. Mr. ROBERTS. Would it not be better to have that powder stored on some hulk out in the river? Admiral MASON. I think that magazines on shore are much preferable. Mr. ROBERTS. What is the quantity? Admiral MASON. Not a large quantity; simply a few hundred rounds for the cadet target practice.280 The CHAIRMAN. We now turn to page 166: "Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of domestic manufacture for vessels authorized, $14,000,000." Mr. BUTLER. Four million dollars less than last year. Admiral MASON. That goes down. One million one hundred thousand dollars is taken out of that and transferred to ordnance and ordnance stores for the purchase of ammunition for new ships. Mr. RIXEY. Taken out of what? Admiral MASON. Taken out of the estimate for armor and armament. If that $1,100,000 is not put in with ordnance and ordnance stores, that $14,000,000 will have to be increased by $1,100,000. Mr. RIXEY. Was that item included in the appropriation last year? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir: the Department came to the conclusion that it was not proper to charge the perishable outfit of the ship to the ship itself, but to charge it to the working appropriation instead. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Then, this is practically only a reduction of $2,900,000. The CHAIRMAN. Will you need all of that money this coming year in order to meet your present contracts? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; I think so. Mr. ROBERTS. Is there any deficiency this year in the estimate for armor and armament? Admiral MASON. I can not tell yet. There won't be any deficiency; we won't ask for a deficiency bill, but according to the way the expenses have been going we would have -- that is, going on at the rate of expenditure that we have now -- we would have a deficiency on the 1st of July next of about $1,500,000; but I think that the delivery and the bills for armor from the 1st of February on will be sufficiently reduced to make up for that, so that we will come within the amount of the estimate for last year. If we don't, of course the bills for the last month, this being a continuous appropriation, will go over; but I do not anticipate that necessity. of the estimate for last year. If we don't, of course the bills for the last month, this being a continuous appropriation, will go over; but I do not anticipate that necessity. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Do you contract for more than $18,000,000 worth to be delivered within that fiscal year? Admiral MASON. No; we don't contract for more. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. How could there be a deficiency, even if they went up to the limit of contract? Admiral MASON. We are spending lots of money for labor, in addition to material, and if we go on according to the present allotment, paying for armor and so forth, and for labor, we would be short $1,500,000; but, as I say, the bills for amor after the 1st of February, according to my idea, lessen very considerably; consequently we will come out just ahead or even. The CHAIRMAN. You have contracted for all the armor on all of the ships excepting those authorized last year -- is that it -- those two ships? Admiral MASON. Excepting the Michigan and the South Carolina. Mr. BUTLER. Are they the two ships not yet let? Admiral MASON. Not yet let; they are the ones that are still open. Mr. RIXEY. Have you called for bids? Admiral MASON. Not yet; the specifications are not ready yet. Of course the bids for armor will not go out until after the bids for the 281 ships are opened, so that we may have exact knowledge of what armor will be required. The CHAIRMAN. I want to inquire how much it will be necessary to appropriate in order to meet these contracts already made upon the supposition that this $14,000,000 will be appropriated this year. Admiral MASON. Roughly, it will take to complete all of the vessels, including the Michigan and South Carolina, upon which no money has been spent at all, about $5,000,000. Mr. BUTLER. Including the South Carolina and the Michigan? Admiral MASON. Yes; but we have expended nothing whatever on them as yet. The CHAIRMAN. About how much armor do you put on a battle ship -- how many tons? Mr. KITCHIN. Are the Connecticut and the Louisiana large ones? Admiral MASON. The Connecticut has 3,542 tons; the Louisiana has the same. Mr. KITCHIN. What is the price per ton, Admiral? Admiral MASON. The price paid Bethlehem Steel Company and Carnegie Steel Company is $420 a ton for class A Krupp armor, or armor above 5 inches in thickness, and $400 a ton for class B harveyized armor, which is 5 inches or less in thickness. In addition to this the Government has to pay the Krupp royalty of $21.89 per ton and the Harvey royalty of $11.20 per ton on this class B armor. The price paid Midvale Steel Company is $398 per ton for class A armor and $395 per ton for class B armor, that company relieving the Government of the responsibility of royalties. Mr. RIXEY. Is not that the same armor - the same class of armor? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. RIXEY. In other words, the Midvale people guarantee that their armor shall be as good as the Krupp. Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. Mr. KITCHIN. And it sells for about $45 per ton less than the other. Admiral MASON. Yes. The only question is, as I say, that the Midvale Steel Company has not been able to deliver very rapidly as yet. Mr. RIXEY. Will you put a statement in the hearings showing the amount of contracts which the Bethlehem, the Carnegie, and the Midvale people have, respectively? Admiral MASON. It is shown on the next to the last page of the Bureau's annual report. But I will have it embodied again. This is hereto appended, marked "D". Mr. VREELAND. Are the Midvale people delivering promptly on their contracts? Admiral MASON. According to their average monthly rate of delivery they are not up to contract requirements, partly due, no doubt, to the unavoidable breaking down of their big press. Giving them the benefit of a reasonable consideration on account of this accident, I hope that their future deliveries may enable them to meet the contract requirements. Whether on the 1st of March next they will be in condition to take up the provisional contract or not, I am not now prepared to say. Mr. VREELAND. Does their armor stand the test?282 Admiral MASON. Very well indeed for the thin plates. The last thick plate, 10-inch, was just on the limit, and came very near being rejected. They have not yet submitted for test thick plates as good as those of Bethlehem or Carnegie, whereas their thinner armor has done as well as that of the other two makers. Mr. ROBERTS. I would like to ask if the $18,000,000 appropriated last year for armor contemplated anything for the two ships authorized in the last bill? Admiral MASON. No. We had nothing to estimate on; in fact the $18,000,000 was voted for at the same time the two ships were authorized. Mr. ROBERTS. Let me ask if the $14,000,000 called for in this bill contemplates the armor for those two ships? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; it includes so much as will be required for them during the fiscal year. Mr. GREGG. Do we still need money for those two ships? Admiral MASON. During this coming year? Mr. GREGG. Yes. Admiral MASON. No more than is covered by the $14,000,000 asked for. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. It is according to when we get out the bids. Admiral MASON. Yes; we will make contracts for the armor as soon as the vessels are designed and contracted for. Mr. RIXEY. In reply to a question from the chairman a few minutes ago you state we would still want armor costing $5,000,000, but as this includes armor and armament, did you intend that to include armament as well as armor? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir; we don't attempt to separate them. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Last year in the hearings in regard to the amount of money for armor and armament it was suggested that you thought that $11,000,000 would be sufficient to complete the work up to the New Hampshire and the two cruizers [cruisers]. It is going beyond that estimate, is it not? Admiral MASON. Yes; up to the New Hampshire , the Montana, the North Carolina. I said in my hearing: In reply to the Department's memorandum, the estimated amount still required to complete the armor and armament coming under the cognizance of this Bureau of all the ships authorized to date -- that is, the New Hampshire and the two armored cruisers -- is $35,286,000, and it is estimated that to complete the same within the time set for the completion of the ships it will be necessary to expend amounts in the fiscal years as follows: 1904-5, an urgent deficiency appropriation, which will be submitted, $6,000,000; for 1905-6, $18,000,000; for 1906-7, $11,000,000 to finish those ships. So that there will probably be a deficiency next year over the $14,000,000 of $4,000,000, and then it will come down the next year to $11,000,000, because the ships will be practically completed. Then the chairman said, "That will cover all the ships we have authorized up to date?" and I replied "Up to date, yes, sir; $35,000,000 will be necessary. Mr. LOUDENSLAGER. Now, this is practically $5,000,000 more. Admiral MASON. No; only $3,000,000 over what I anticipated last year before the Michigan and South Carolina were appropriated for. This estimate of $14,000,000 includes a portion of the armor and armament of these two vessels. 283 The CHAIRMAN. I want to ask you how much it costs for the armament of a ship, in round figures, for a battle ship, a first-class battle ship of 16,000 tons. Can you tell us in round numbers? Admiral MASON. I think I can state it pretty close. The CHAIRMAN. And also state what it goes for. Admiral MASON. Take the Louisiana. The contract price for the hull and machinery was $3,990,000. The estimated cost of the armament was $2,169,982. The armor, $1,567,325, making a grand total for the Louisiana of $7,727,317. Mr. MEYER. That is armor and armament? Admiral MASON. The whole material, all complete. That is the total cost of the ship. That is the first appropriation upon which the ship is built. The CHAIRMAN. I want to go into the cost of the armament a little. How much did you say it was? Admiral MASON. Two million one hundred and sixty-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars. The CHAIRMAN. That provided for what guns? Admiral MASON. For all the guns. The CHAIRMAN. How many 12-inch guns? Admiral MASON. Four. The CHAIRMAN. They cost $60,000 apiece? Admiral MASON. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. How many 8-inch guns? Admiral MASON. Eight 8-inch guns. The CHAIRMAN. And those cost about how much? Admiral MASON. About $25,000 each -- that is, the guns. The mounts cost somewhat less. The mounts of the 12-inch guns also cost somewhat less. Roughly, you can count on that until you get down to the small calibers. The CHAIRMAN. We next come to the 6-inch guns. Admiral MASON. You had better let me have that prepared for you, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. I wish you would prepare that so that we will know exactly how much the armament costs -- a detailed statement of the armament of a battle ship, the cost for the guns and the mounts. Admiral MASON. This statement is hereto appended, marked "E." Mr. RIXEY. How are the Louisiana and the Connecticut proceeding? Admiral MASON. Very well, sir. I do not quite remember the last progress report, but they had about the same percentage of completion, with perhaps the Connecticut a little bit ahead. Mr. RIXEY. How does the percentage of cost compare? Admiral MASON. I don't know that. I could not answer that question, and I would not know it anyway, because it does not come under the cognizance of the Bureau of Ordnance. That goes to Construction and Steam Engineering. Mr. RIXEY. Armor has been furnished to each one of these ships as far as it has been needed, has it? Admiral MASON. Probably not as fast as it might have been utilized, but as fast as it could possibly be furnished. The armor makers are still within their contract, but all the shipbuilders, except,284 perhaps, the Moran Brothers, are ahead of what was expected when the armor was ordered. Mr. RIXEY. Has there been any delay with the shipbuilders at New York by reason of the delay in furnishing armor? Admiral MASON. I don't think so yet; certainly no material delays. Mr. RIXEY. There has been no difference shown in the furnishing of the armor to the two ships? Admiral MASON. No, sir. The turrets of the Louisiana, the last armor to be delivered to her, have been and will be a little ahead of those for the Connecticut, but this difference has been unavoidable and not due to any fault or intent on the part of the armor maker. There has been no intentional or avoidable favor shown either vessel by the Bureau or the armor manufacturers. Mr. RIXEY. I suppose the delivery to each one of these ships is directed by the Department here? Admiral MASON. Yes. The schedule is made out and approved by the Bureau of Construction and Repair and Ordnance and furnished to the armor company. Mr. RIXEY. Then, speaking generally, about an equal amount of armor has been purchased for each one of the ships? Admiral MASON. Yes; excepting, as I say, that in all probability the turrets of the Louisiana will come a little ahead of the Connecticut, because the armor companies had the drawings for the Louisiana ahead of those for the Connecticut. This delay in receipt of drawings by the company was caused by the transfer or subletting to the Bethlehem Steel Company of the turrets for the Connecticut that had been originally assigned to the Carnegie Steel Company, in order to expedite the delivery as much as possible. Mr. RIXEY. Who furnishes those drawings? Admiral MASON. The companies have to furnish the working drawings, but in the case of the Connecticut it was the Government. Mr. RIXEY. The company at Newport News? Admiral MASON. Yes. Mr. RIXEY. I had supposed, Admiral, that the Department would furnish the drawings in every case. Admiral MASON. They furnished the general drawings, but the working drawings, the detailed drawings, are furnished by the contractor. Mr. ROBERTS. Have you had any complaints coming in that the steel people could not furnish material to the yard on the Connecticut as promptly as they should? Admiral MASON. None to us. I know nothing excepting talk. Mr. RIXEY. You have heard that they are not? Admiral MASON. I have no cognizance of it at all. Mr. RIXEY. You have heard talk of that sort? Admiral MASON. It has been simply talk; that is all. Mr. RIXEY. No complaints have come to you officially? Admiral MASON. None concerning any material delays. Most of the correspondence referring to delays has been of an anticipatory nature. Mr. GREGG. If any complaints were made, they would not be made to the Department here? 285 Admiral MASON. Not directly to the Bureau of Ordnance, but to it through the Bureau of Construction and Repair or the Navy Department itself. Mr. MEYER. They have proceeded far enough to enable you to determine the difference in cost between the two ships, the Connecticut and the Louisiana? Admiral MASON. I don't know. You see, all of the hull work comes under the cognizance of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Our cost in ordnance would be the same whether the ship was built in the yar or by contract. We do the ordnance work ourselves. I could not answer yes or no. Mr. KITCHIN. I believe that last year an act of Congress required the Secretary of the Navy to investigate the cost of armor and of armor-plate plants and report to Congress. Admiral MASON. Yes. Mr. KITCHIN. Do you know whether that has been done? Admiral MASON. I do not. Mr. KITCHIN. I did not know but what it would come to you. Admiral MASON. I don't know of any inquiry at all -- that is, a regular inquiry. Mr. KTICHIN. Mr. Chairman, do you know whether such a report has been made? The CHAIRMAN. I do not know; I have not seen such a report. Mr. KITCHIN. You will find it on page 166, regarding an inquiry as to the cost of armor plate and of armor plant, the report of which shall be made to Congress. I suppose that question had better be put to the Secretary. Admiral MASON. There is no time limit on this. Mr. DAWSON. Are there not good reasons why it would be advisable to submit the estimates separately for armor and armor plate? Admiral MASON. None that I know of. The armor and armament could be segregated without any trouble. In the very first appropriation ever made they were put together as armament and armor. They appropriated for the building of the ship, and then said it was to cost so much exclusive of the armor and armament, because they did not know what it would cost, and since then it has always been kept there. The CHAIRMAN. We are much obliged to you, Admiral. --------------------------- Appendix A. Detailed statement of items under "Ordnance and ordnance stores," subheaded [sub headed] "Modernizing torpedo plants and mine outfits, and furnishing modern torpedoes for ships, also maintenance of torpedo and mine outfits, and purchase or range finders for ships already constructed." 1. Certain vessels of the Navy carrying torpedoes are still carrying older forms of torpedoes, less efficient in their character than should be the case. In other words, certain vessels are far more efficient in their other features than they are in their torpedoes. This includes most of the torpedo boats and torpedo-boat destroyers, and as carrying and using efficient torpedoes is almost the sole reason for the existence of these two classes of vessels, the Bureau is of the opinion that steps should be taken to put them on the most efficient practicable basis. Three of the older battle ships have modern submerged torpedo tubes, but their torpedoes are not up to present standards.286 2. The vessels that the Bureau considers worth expending money on for this purpose are as follows: Three battle ships. --- Maine, Missouri, Ohio. These ships have modern torpedo tubes, but their torpedoes and air-compressing plants are not up to date, and should be replaced by more modern ones. Sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers. --- Bainbridge, Barry, Chauncey, Hopkins, Hull, Lawrence, Perry, Preble, Stewart, Dale, Decatur, Macdonough, Paul Jones, Worden, Truxtun, Whipple. These vessels are modern ships, efficient in every particular except in their torpedoes and appliances. They should be fitted with new torpedoes, air-compressing plants, and torpedo-launching apparatus. Eighteen torpedo boats. --- (a) Bagley, Barney, Biddle, Shubrick, Thornton, Tingey; (b) Rodgers, Foote, Winslow, Porter, Dupont, Rowan, Blakely, De Long, Nicholson, O'Brien, Stockton, Wilkes. These vessels are all efficient torpedo boats, except in their torpedoes and appliances. They are armed with the older short torpedo, which is now practically obsolete. Those enumerated under (a) (Bagley, Barney, Biddle, Shubrick, Thornton, Tingey) have been detailed by the Navy Department to proceed to the Asiatic Station next summer, and the Bureau, at a considerable sacrifice in other directions, is changing the torpedo tubes of these six to take the later and longer torpedo, paying for the work out of its current appropriation for general maintenance and repairs for the present fiscal year. The money available under that appropriation will not permit this work to continue for the other vessels, nor will it permit of the purchase of modern torpedoes for any of these vessels. The torpedo boats enumerated above under (b) (Rogers, Foote, Winslow, Porter, Dupont, Rowan, Blakely, De Long, Nicholson, O'Brien, Stockton, Wilkes) are modern torpedo boats, but like the others, are fitted out with obsolete torpedoes, and the Bureau has no money with which to bring them up to date. 3. It is therefore the Bureau's desire to --- (a) Supply modern torpedoes and air-compressing machinery to the Maine, Missouri, and Ohio. (b) Supply modern torpedoes, torpedo-launching apparatus, and air-compressing machinery to the sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers. (c) Supply torpedo-launching tubes to the torpedo boats enumerated of a larger size than those now fitted, and fit these boats out with the torpedoes (5 meters long instead of 3.55) now carried by the destroyers. 4. In addition to the work described above there are certain other expenses to be covered under this estimate as follows: (a) "Repairs and alterations that may be necessary to torpedo and mine outfits and battery-control apparatus of ships in commission." This item covers the maintenance and repair of the articles enumerated and the making of certain changes in the mine outfits of ships in service that have been found necessary for efficiency. (b) "To cover loss of torpedoes and mines in exercise; repair of same and their appurtenances made necessary by their use in practice." This item covers work necessary to make good deficiencies caused by the exercise use of such apparatus and corresponds to the target-practice appropriation for the guns. (c) "Purchase of range finders for ships in commission." The supply of these instruments is not sufficient for service needs, and this item was asked for to make good present deficiencies. These instruments are very necessary, as without them accurate shooting can not be done with the guns. 5. The work enumerated under the various heads of the preceding paragraph (No. 4) has heretofore been done under the general maintenance item of the current yearly appropriation for "Ordnance and ordnance stores." It has heretofore not been considerable in amount, but even at that it has been necessary to often neglect it from lack of money. With the entry into service of a far larger number of ships carrying torpedoes, mines, etc., and with the greatly increased exercise use of such material (up to within the last year it was hardly ever used for exercise purposes; these outfits have for years suffered from general inattention) the volume of this work has so increased that it is impossible to carry it on under the usual appropriations. 6. As all these items here referred to cover work that is either new or else has just increased from almost negligible to very large proportions, owing to the increased growth of the Navy, the figures were inserted in the estimates in this detailed form, in order that Congress might be in possession of full information relative to the reasons for the increase. 287 7. The following is a summary of the above, with statement of estimated cost: Changing torpedo tubes of 12 torpedo boats from 3.55 meters to 5 meters, and adding training gear and sights........................................................$ 35,000 Install new high-power air plants aboard 3 battle ships (Maine, Missouri, Ohio)............................................................................................................................ 45,000 Install new high-power air plants aboard 16 destroyers...........................................64,000 Modern torpedoes for 3 battle ships and 16 destroyers....................................... 588,000 Repairs and alterations that may be necessary to torpedo and mine outfits and battery-control apparatus of ships in commission.............................100,000 To cover loss of torpedoes and mines in exercise; repair of same and their appurtenances made necessary by their use in practice..............................100,000 Purchase of range finders for ships in commission......................................................60,000 Total............................................................................................................................992,000 8. The above table shows the estimates as they were submitted by the Bureau to the Department. The Secretary of the Navy reduced the sum to be requested from Congress from $992,000 to that in which it was finally placed before you, namely, to $596,000. ------------------ APPENDIX B. Comparative cost of guns and mounts building at the Naval Gun Factory and by contract. Type. Name of contractor. Contract Naval Gun price. Factory price. 12-inch guns.............Bethlehem Steel Co ...........$51,644.80 $61,770.61 12-inch mounts............do .....................................a59,881.50 49,342.22 10-inch guns.................do .......................................43,800.00 37,015.80 8-inch guns............ Midvale Steel Co ...................17,142.00 23,619.13 Do............................do ........................................24,380.17 23,619.13 Do............................do ........................................22,000.00 23,619.13 8-inch mounts...........do ........................................ 14,417.17 12,156.13 Do............................do .........................................13,000.00 12,156.13 8-inch guns..............Bethlehem Steel Co ..............19,988.00 22,511.25 7-inch guns..............Midvale Steel Co ....................14,315.00 17,638.87 Do......................... Bethlehem Steel Co ..............18,590.00 17,638.87 7-inch mounts..............do ..........................................8,545.00 8,477.13 6-inch guns...............Midvale Steel Co ....................12,283.00 12,371.04 6-inch mounts...............do ..........................................7588.00 10,208.51 5-inch guns and mounts...Bethlehem Steel Co .....10,600.00 12,610.59 4-inch guns and mounts........do .................................8,400.00 9,557.16 a This 12-inch mount is designed by the Bethlehem Steel Company, and is more expensive to manufacture than the service mount with which it is compared. The above comparison shows the cost of guns and mounts manufactured by contract taken from the contracts themselves and the cost of exactly the same material when manufactured at the Naval Gun Factory, but it must be borne in mind that all the expense of designing, experimenting, developing and changing a lot of guns and mounts is included in the Naval Gun Factory prices. This is an expense that the cantractor does not have to bear, as he receives the completed drawings of the gun and mount and proceeds with the manufacture in accordance therewith. If changes are made, additional compensation covering the cost of such changes is allowed the contractor. The forgings and castings for material manufactured at the gun factory must be obtained in the open market, so that the gun factory prices include the profits of the manufacturer of the forgings and castings. Both the Bethlehem and Midvale companies are manufacturers of the rough material, and when manufacturing guns and mounts use their own forgings and castings. The prices paid contractors, it will be seen from the above list, vary considerably for the same material. Part of this variation is due to contracts not always covering the same details, but it is also probably due to the number of orders in the contractor's shops at the time bids are submitted. When business is slack, the prices naturally fall; when it is very plentiful, they increase. The gun factory prices are based, as far as possible, on averaged conditions.288 All appropriations for gun plant, navy-yard, Washington, D.C., since beginning of factory. Act of— March 3, 1889…………………………………………………………………………$ 625,000.00 June 30, 1890……………………………………………………………………………...145,000.00 July 26, 1894………………………………………………………………………………..117,000.00 June 10, 1896…………………………………………………………………………… 50,000.00 May 4, 1898………………………………………………………………………………… 36,000.00 March 3, 1899………………………………………………………………………......... 50,000.00 June 7, 1900…………………………………………………………………................ 175,000.00 March 3, 1901……………………………………………………………………………. 199,849.00 July 1, 1902…………………………………………………………………………………. 65,000.00 March 3, 1903……………………………………………………………………………..160,000.00 April 21, 1904………………………………………………………………………………120,500.00 March 3, 1905…………………………………………………………………………... 158,000.00 Total ……………………………………………………………………………………….1,901,349.00 Appropriations for Washington Navy-Yard under Bureau of Yards and Docks. Act of— March 2, 1889…………………………………………………………………………… $15,000.00 June 30, 1890………………………………………………………………………………..15,000.00 March 3, 1891……………………………………………………………………………… 21,788.09 July 19, 1892………………………………………………………………………………....15,000.00 March 3, 1893……………………………………………………………………………… 30,500.00 July 26, 1894…………………………………………………………………...................50,044.00 March 2, 1895……………………………………………………………......................51,879.00 June 10, 1896…………………………………………………………………………….... 77,669.21 March 3, 1897……………………………………………………………………...............5,132.82 May 4, 1898..............................................................................................76,347.00 March 3, 1899…………………………………………………………………….......... 205,000.00 June 7, 1900…………………………………………………………………………....... .444,102.32 March 3, 1901……………………………………………………………....................318,210.00 July 1, 1902……………………………………………………………………................240,000.00 March 3, 1903…………………………………………………….............................224,240.00 April 27, 1904…………………………………………………………........................625,906.00 March 3, 1905 …………………………………………………………………..............137,000.00 Total ……………………………………………………………………………........... 2,552,818.44 ============= Under Bureau of Ordnance ..............................................................1,901,349.00 Under Bureau of Yards and Docks.................................................. 2,552,818.44 Aggregate .........................................................................................4,454,167.44 APPENDIX C. Details of expenditures from appropriation "Torpedo station, 1905" .... $65,000.00 =========== Labor ...................................................................................................... 29,300.00 Material ................................................................................................. 9,555.96 Freight and express ............................................................................ 157.68 Care of and repairs to grounds ........................................................ 1,051.00 Care of and repairs to buildings ...................................................... 4,252.08 Care of and repairs to wharves ......................................................... 98.43 Boats (hire of) ...................................................................................... 818.68 Instruction and books ........................................................................ 414.20 Instruments ......................................................................................... 256.00 Tools ..................................................................................................... 471.74 Furniture .............................................................................................. 957.62 Experiments ........................................................................................ 52.90 Coal ...................................................................................................... 12,286.38 Water ................................................................................................... 2,278.78 Miscellaneous (forage, ice, telephone, etc.) ................................... 929.27 _______________ 62,880.72 Unobligated balance ....................................................................... 2,119.28 _______________ Appropriation .............................................................................. 65,000.00 289 APPENDIX D. Armor contracts between the Navy Department and the Bethlehem, Carnegie, and Midvale steel companies. BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY. | | | Elapsed | | | | | | | time | | | | | | | between | | Cost per | | Vessel. | Act of | Date of | contract | Amount. | ton including | Present | | authorization. | contract. | of ship | | royalties. | status of | | | | and | | | contract. | | | | armor. | | | | | | | Months. | Tons. | | | Amphitrite ............................. Mar. 3, 1887 June 1, 1887 3 237.17 $604.85 Completed. Puritan ................................... ......do.......... ......do.......... 3 1,126.46 604.85 Do. Texas ...................................... ......do.......... ......do.......... 10 1,064.77 604.85 Do. Maine (old) ............................ ......do.......... ......do.......... 10 1,221.00 604.85 Do. Monterey .............................. ......do.......... ......do.......... 24 174.26 604.85 Do. Brooklyn ............................... July 19, 1892 Mar. 1, 1893 ................... 40.73 646.41 Do. Oregon ................................. Mar. 2, 1891 ......do.......... 27 899.74 646.41 Do. { June 1, 1887 } 27 2,191.25 { 604.85 } Massachusetts .................... ........do.......... Mar. 1, 1898 646.41 Do. Iowa ...................................... July 19, 1892 ......do.......... ................... 791.63 646.41 Do. Kearsarge ............................. Mar. 2, 1895 June 1, 1896 6 2,830.00 547.96 Do. Alabama ............................... May 4, 1898 June 9, 1898 20½ 2,559.00 411.20 Do. Illinois ................................... ......do.......... June 3, 1898 20½ 1,406.00 411.20 Do. Maine (new) ......................... Mar. 3, 1899 Nov. 28, 1900 26 2,419.00 { 411.20 } 453.00 Do. Ohio ..................................... ......do.......... ......do.......... 26 1,213.00 { 411.20 } 453.00 Florida ................................. ......do.......... Oct. 4, 1899 12 541.44 411.20 Do. Wyoming ............................. ......do.......... ......do.......... 12 541.44 411.20 Do. Virginia ................................ .......do.......... Nov. 28, 1900 ................... 1,948.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Nebraska ............................ .......do.......... ......do.......... ................... 3,332.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Georgia ............................... .......do.......... ......do.......... .................. 3,332.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Pennsylvania ...................... .......do.......... ......do.......... .................. 1,908.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 West Virginia ...................... .......do.......... ......do.......... 1 954.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Colorado ............................. June 7, 1900 ......do.......... .................. 1,908.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Maryland ............................ .......do.......... ......do.......... .................. 954.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 St. Louis .............................. .......do.......... ......do.......... .................. 365.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Milwaukee .......................... .......do.......... ......do.......... .................. 731.00 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Louisiana ............................ July 1, 1902 Feb. 28, 1903 4½ 3,542 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Washington ........................ .......do.......... ......do.......... 1 2,190 { 411.20 } Do. 453.00 Kansas ................................ Mar. 3, 1903 Dec. 31, 1903 6½ 1,772 { 411.20 } 75 per cent 453.00 completed. Minnesota .......................... .......do.......... ......do.......... 6½ 3,543 { 411.20 } 80 per cent 453.00 completed. New Hampshire ................ Apr. 27, 1904 Apr. 1, 1905 4 3,038 { 411.20 } 50 per cent 453.00 completed. North Carolina .................. .......do.......... ......do.......... 4 1,921 { 411.20 } 60 per cent 453.00 completed. CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY. Amphitrite.......................... Mar. 3, 1887 Nov. 20, 1890 32 427 574.00 Completed. Monadnock........................ .......do.......... ......do.......... 32 675 574.00 Do. Terror.................................. .......do.......... ......do.......... 32 629 574.00 Do. Monterey............................ .......do.......... ......do.......... 17 532 574.00 Do. Katahdin............................. June 3, 1890 ......do.......... ............ 775 574.00 Do. New York............................ Sept. 7, 1888 ......do.......... 3 517 574.00 Do. Brooklyn............................. July 19, 1892 Feb. 28, 1893 ............ 661 574.00 Do. Oregon............................... Mar 2, 1891 Nov. 20, 1890 ........... 1,867 574.00 Do. { Nov. 20, 1890 } { 574.00 } Massachusetts.................. .......do.......... Feb. 28, 1893 27 582 671.00 Do.290 Armor contracts between the Navy Department and the Bethlehem, Carnegie, and Midvale steel companies -- Continued. CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY - Continued. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Elapsed | | | | | | | time | | | | | | | between | | Cost per | | Vessel. | Act of | Date of | contract | Amount. | ton in- | Present | | authorization. | contract. | of ship | | cluding | status of | | | | and | | royalties. | contract. | | | | armor. | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Months. | Tons. | | | {June 1, 1887 } {$605.00 } {Mar. 2, 1891 {Mar. 1, 1893 } 27 2,316 { 646.00 } Completed. Indiana ............................... {...........do....... {Nov. 20, 1890 } { 574.00 } {Feb 28, 1893 } 27 430 { 671.00 } Do. Iowa .................................... July 19, 1892 Feb 28, 1903 ........... 1,812 671.00 Do. Kentucky............................. Mar. 2, 1895 June 1, 1896 6 2,830 552.50 Do. Illinois.................................. May 4, 1898 June 9, 1898 20½ 1,153 411.20 Do. Wisconsin........................... ...........do......... .........do......... 20½ 2,559 411.20 Do. { 411.20 } Ohio.................................... Mar. 3, 1899 Nov. 26, 1900 26 1,214 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } Missouri............................. ...........do......... .........do......... 26 2,409 { 453.00 } Do. Arkansas............................ ...........do......... Aug. 30, 1899 10 538 411.20 Do. Nevada............................... ...........do......... .........do......... 10 538 411.20 Do. { 411.20 } Virginia............................... ...........do......... Nov. 26, 1900 ........... 1,384 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } West Virginia..................... ...........do......... .........do......... ........... 954 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } California........................... ...........do......... .........do......... ........... 1,908 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } New Jersey........................ June 7, 1900 .........do......... ........... 3,332 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } Rhode Island..................... ...........do......... .........do......... ........... 3,332 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } Maryland........................... ...........do......... .........do......... ........... 954 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } South Dakota.................... ...........do......... .........do......... ........... 1,908 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } St. Louis............................ ...........do......... .........do......... ........... 365 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } Charleston........................ ...........do......... .........do......... ........... 731 { 453.00 } Do. { 411.20 } 95 per cent Connecticut...................... July 1, 1902 Feb. 28, 1903 ........... 3,542 { 453.00 } completed. { 411.20 } Tennessee......................... ...........do......... .........do......... 1 2,190 { 453.00 } Completed. { 411.20 } 60 per cent Vermont............................ Mar. 3, 1903 Jan. 9, 1904 6½ 3,543 { 453.00 } completed. { 411.20 } 75 per cent Kansas............................... ...........do......... .........do......... 6½ 1,772 { 453.00 } completed. { 411.20 } 30 per cent Montana........................... Apr. 27, 1904 Apr. 3, 1905 4 1,921 { 453.00 } completed. MIDVALE STEEL COMPANY. { 385.00 } 25 per cent Mississippi........................ Mar. 3, 1908 Dec. 15, 1903 ........... 3,090 { 398.00 } completed. { 385.00 } 15 per cent Idaho................................. ...........do......... .........do......... ........... 3,000 { 398.00 } completed. { 385.00 } Not begun. New Hampshire.............. Apr. 27, 1904 Apr. 5, 1905 4 504 { 398.00 } { 385.00 } Do. North Carolina................ ...........do......... .........do......... 4 269 { 398.00 } { 385.00 } Do. Montana.......................... ...........do......... .........do......... 4 269 { 398.00 } APPENDIX E. Detailed estimate of the cost of the armament of the U.S.S. Louisiana. 4 12-inch guns and mounts..................................................................................... $ 434,694.88 8 8-inch guns and mounts..................................................................................... 385,003.04 12 7-inch guns and mounts..................................................................................... 400,289.28 20 3-inch guns and mounts..................................................................................... 108,299.00 12 3-pounder guns and mounts............................................................................. 25,518.90 291 3 - inch field guns, 1-pounder guns, machine guns, and subcaliber guns............ $ 24,306.36 Rifles, revolvers, and infantry equipment.................................................................. 10,556.10 Ammunition.................................................................................................................... 501,315.18 Torpedo outfit................................................................................................................ 244,000.00 Naval defense mines..................................................................................................... 6,000.00 Battery control outfit..................................................................................................... 10,000.00 Scores and supplies....................................................................................................... 20,000.00 ______________ Total...................................................................................................................... 2,169,982,74 ________________________________ APPENDIX F. Summary of monthly reports of work done in Ordnance Department of all yards and stations for calendar year 1905. (Ordnance and ordnance stores.) 1. Office work and supplies, stationery, etc....................................................... $ 16,959.04 2. For ships fitting for sea..................................................................................... 168,910.22 3. For ships in ordinary......................................................................................... 4,527.47 4. To supply requisitions from ships in commission........................................ 1,305,529.93 5. To supply requisitions from yards and stations........................................... 754,673.18 6. In receiving and overhauling stores returned from ships.......................... 20,982.82 7. Work on ordnance and ordnance stores to meet anticipated demands for other than new ships ............................................................................. 1,533,119.13 8. Guarding the public property in navy-yards or stations............................ 8,087.49 9. Guarding the public property at magazines ............................................... 22,252.75 10. Manufacture or installation of tools and ship appliances for the permanent plant........................................................................................... 78,464.76 11. Care and preservation of buildings, boats, grounds, cleaning gun and shot racks, miscellaneous labor etc.................................................... 179,785.54 12. Expenses of the different departments, including superintendence, cost of fuel, oils, manufacture of perishable tools, running engines, etc................................................................................................... 282,472.53 13. Experimental work......................................................................................... 4,405.20 14. Miscellaneous, not classified above, viz...................................................... 41,826.58 ______________ Aggregate for the year....................................................................... 4,421.996.64 15. In addition to above the Bureau expended under contracts made direct by it..................................................................................................... 31,946.40 16. And learns from the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts that payment from this appropriation on foreign accounts during the same period amounted to......................................................................... 69,766.21 ______________ Total................................................................................................... 4,523,709.25 Items Nos. 1 to 14, inclusive, are from monthly reports (Ordnance Form. No. 4) which this Bureau receives from the navy-yards and stations showing what work is being performed, but these reports are in no sense bookkeeping accounts of appropriations. This statement is for the calendar year 1905, and this is given because it shows the latest operations. The appropriation for the fiscal years 1904-5 (including a deficiency of $500,000) was $2,500,000, and for 1905-6, $3,000,000. Taking one-half of the appropriation for the fiscal years mentioned as a basis of comparison gives $2,750,000 for use during the calendar year. It will be observed that this shows an expenditure of $1,773,709.25 over the appropriation. This is accounted for by the fact that the material was used during the year which had accumulated during the preceding years, and a much larger amount of work was performed last year than during preceding years. The data submitted is all the information in the possession of this Bureau, but I am unofficially informed by a representative of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts that a more detailed statement can be procured from that Bureau although it is also stated it would take considerable time to prepare it and that the employment of additional clerks would be necessary. No. 38---05--------5Fifty-Ninth Congress __ Benj. F. Howell, N.J., Chairman. Robert Adams, Jr., Pa. Everis A. Hayes, Cal. Augustine P. Garner, Mass. Jacob Ruppert, Jr., N.Y. Burton L. French, Idaho. John L. Burnett, Ala. Robert W. Bonynge Minn. James M. Moore, Tex. Ira W. Wood, N.J. Thomas M. Bell, Ga. William S. Bennet, N.Y. C.S. Atkinson, Clerk. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization House of Representatives U.S. Washington, D.C., Jan 12, 1906, 190 [*Ackd 1-12-06*] [[shorthand]] [*B*] Mr. B.F. Barnes, White House. My dear Sir:- I enclose a short but expressive editorial from the Daily Record of Long Branch. Do not bother to acknowledge it. Yours very truly, C.S. Atkinson.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK [*Ackd*] [*1-13-06*] PRESIDENT'S ROOM January 12, 1906 Dear Mr. President: Every fact stated in your letter of the 10th is undoubtedly correct to the minutest detail. It only goes to show, however, what an incompetent people we are in all matters relating to government. What Schiff said was true as gospel and nobody denies it, but because Schiff says it i will not now have any effect. That we are drifting into a dangerous industrial and financial position is as clear as noon day; but that our Congress will do nothing to forestall the danger is equally clear. When the German Emperor asked me last summer who managed our national finances, I told him, "God"; and I see nothing in the present situation to warrant any amendment to that reply. Yours always, Nicholas Murray Butler To the President White House Washington, D. C.Col. Edwards has just rec'd following message: Secy. War. - Jan. 12 - (1906) Wash. Carlos F. Morales, with a broken leg, accompanied by Representative Monte Christi of revolutionists took refuge in the legation of the U.S. last night. Is expected to resign today. Colton. [[shorthand]]No.1 BROADWAY New York. [Pxxxxxxxxx] January 12, 1906 [Ackd 1-13-06] [*Ackd*] My dear Mr. President: These continuous and persistent attacks upon the Panama Canal remind me that very much the same condition of affairs existed when the Union Pacific Railway was built. At that time it was considered a national work as the Panama Canal is now. A great deal of my time was used in answering charges and threats, none of which were based on facts. They were mostly of the same nature as the attacks upon the Panama Canal. Every disappointed applicant for position, every discharged engineer and workman, and disappointed contractor knew they could air their grievances and get Congress to consider them, and the papers to take them up, and could get a hearing from the reporters, and for a time they made it very uncomfortable. There never would have been a word from any of them if they had not known they could get the attention of Congress and the people. Committee after committee of investigations was authorized and went upon the property and made an examination of all the charges, and without an exception they always reported against the charges and in favor of the road, considering that it was being ably, honorably and economically built. I think the last committee of investigations was appointed fifteen years after the completion of the road. That committee made the most thorough examination ever made and its report, even after going through all the financial transactions of the company, was very favorable to the property. Now since the reorganization of the Union Pacific, the development of the country and the great increase of traffic across the continent has made it necessary to increase the capacity of the road, reduce its grades, take out its curvature, supply terminals, side tracks, etc., the(2) people having this work in charge after going into the details of the original surveys and construction of the road have paid it the highest compliments possible to give any work. The found it cost nearly half as much to make the improvements as it did to construct the road. In a speech in Denver Mr. Harriman paid a very high compliment to the builders of the road and wiped out many of the charges made originally, such as that the road was increased in length to obtain additional subsidies, etc., and the chief engineer of the road, Mr. Berry, in his report of the changes made also pays a very high compliment to the original location, construction, management, etc. The highest compliment, however, which was paid to the construction of the road was by the Canadian Government when it made a contract for the construction of the Canadian Pacific. One of the conditions of that contract was that the road should be built equal to the Union Pacific. When the final examination of the Union Pacific was made by the Governme t commission of engineers to find out how much money should be spent on it to bring it up to the charter and specifications of the Government, that commission brought in a sum less than the chief engineer of the Union Pacific estimated at that time for the same work, showing that the company proposed to build an even better road than the Government required. I have no doubt myself that the Panama Canal will have to pass through the same experience, and I have no doubt that it will come out in the same way. As long as disappointed engineers , applicants for positions, workmen, etc. can air their grievances and get Congress to give them attention, and the press to promulgate(3) them, so long will Congress appoint committees, and when they get at the facts these committees will make the same kind of reports they did on the Union Pacific. Of course in all great works there are mistakes, but experience teaches from year to year where you can improve and mend, but when any commission or any set of experts make an examination of the work and get at the facts and the circumstances, and all the acts, and consider them as at the time they were done, in my opinion they will give all people connected with the building of the Panama Canal full credit and full justice, but it may not come sooner than it did in the case of the Union Pacific forty years after its construction. The engineers and others I see who have been down to the isthmus all speak well of the work. Now that you are getting the care of the labor and sanitation settled, it seems to me the nearer you can get to one head the more effective it will be. Such a work as that has to be handled as an army is handled, and it is a good deal better to have one head than half a dozen. With one head you can get all the ability and advice you want from experts and others by paying for it. There is one difficulty connected with the building of the canal that we did not have to meet on the Union Pacific, and that is the routine you have to go through with all Government work. Again, I am convinced that you can save a great deal of trouble, annoyance and complaint if you could contract the work and make the contractor responsible for it, the Government retaining control of the sanitation, lodging, food and hospitals.(4) I was very glad to see Secretary Taft's answer to Bigelow. It is a good thing when such statements are made and on such utterly false foundations, to answer them promptly. That is one thing we failed to do in the beginning on the Union Pacific. We did not consider them of importance enough, and let them drift along until they became fixed in the minds of the people. It will also have a good effect in making other people careful what they say. The idea of a man spending twenty-four hours and undertaking to say anything whatever about the work is beyond my comprehension, but it is more astonishing that reputable papers and Congress would pay any attention to such things. It seems to me to indicate a desire to prevent and destroy rather than to help and build up. [The only real result Congress brought about on the Union Pacific was the expulsion of Ames and Brooks, which was one of the most unjust things ever done by Congress, and I do not believe there is a member of that Congress now living who does not see how unjust that action was.] Very respectfully and cordially yours, Grenville M Dodge Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D.C.Copy. Washington, D.C., January 12, 1906. Statement of W.B. Edmonston, Guard at the House of Detention, made to the Major and Superintendent of Police. I was on duty at the House of Detention on last Thursday when Mrs. Morris was brought there. I was in the office and seen her when she first came in. Officer Brown of the 3d precinct and officer Frech and Sergeant Gallaher were with her. They came over from the White House with her. She said she wanted to use the telephone and the Sergeant said she couldn't use it at first, and she insisted and he finally said all right. She didn't ring as she thought it was a telephone that would ring when taking the receiver off. She was very much excited and couldn't use it and the Sergeant started to ring the telephone for her and she would not let him use it that he was going to fix it in some way that she couldn't telephone and then she got so excited that she couldn't find the number and he said he was going to fix it and she got confused again and couldn't open the book and she commended on the Sergeant again and said he wanted to fix it so she couldn't hear anything at all. Dr. Burch was there and he tried to help her out and stepped forward and he took up the book and called for Mr. Guthridge and I think he called for B. H. Warner, but he was out of town and so couldn't come, and then something happened. She grabbed the telephone out of Dr. Burch's hand and said he was going to try and fix it so she couldn't get the parties and he said "I beg your pardon, I will use the telephone." He wanted to help her. When she came in there she was very nervous and excited and from the way she acted I thought sh she was crazy but she didn't strike anybody and did not use any profanity. She said she had been over to Mr. Barnes, had sent her card in to Secretary Loeb and he wanted to know what she wanted to see the President about and Mr. Barnes said she couldn't see the President unless he knew the nature of her case. She said it was a personal affair and she told him she had times to wait, she was not employed and would stay there until the President wasn't busy and she said the time she sat down two burly police officers or ruffians came there and taken her out. She said they got her by the waist and by the arm and wrenched it so it-2- was black and blue. She didn’t know how they got her out it was such an outrage. After she called up these people over the phone we told her she would have to go up stairs in the Matron’s room. She said to Mr. French, “Here is a letter which I wish you would take to the President,” and he said he would take it to the President through the proper channels, and she said “No, take it to him personally, if you dont he will never get it,” and before going up stairs she started to pray. Then she went up stairs and after she was up there a few minutes Mrs. Thornburgh called for me to come up, there was a crazy girl in the opposite room that needed attention, and by this time this Mr. Guthridge came up and put up $5; I didn’t enter any charge against her, that was done by the clerk and I didn’t see her until she got in the hallway as I was in the office. I didn’t see any scare or bruises on her face. She also said she had accomplished her purpose. She said, she told Mr. Guthridge that she had been endeavoring to see the President for five years, she had lost her sleep and she had been foiled in every way, but now he would have to take it up, it would be brought before the public [mind] now and she spoke of the President as Roosevelt. She said “I have always understood that Roosevelt was a brute and ungentlemanly and uncooth and now the brutality has been brought out.” She made those remarks and in the meantime she was up stairs and I was talking to her trying to get her quiet. I said “there is a reporter down stairs now and he will get hold of this,” and she said “I want him. I want the whole world to know of it.” She said it would be put before the President now. She was glad it happened because it would be brought before him. She didn’t act as if she was a woman in her normal mind, I would say she was demented and I didn’t change my opinion while she was there.Copy. Washington, D. C., January 12, 1906. Statement made by Acting Sergeant John Gallagher, Superintendent of the House of detention, to the Major & Superintendent of Police: I am the Superintendent of the House of Detention. On the 4th of January, I think it was, about 1 o’clock, a call came from the White House for the House of Detention cab. The clerk gave me the message and I went, alone, in the cab to the Guard Room, where I saw this lady - Mrs. Morris. Officers French and Brown and Mr. Stone, the Head Usher, brought her out and put her in the cab. I did not assist in bringing her out. As soon as I got there they brought her out. The lady was very much excited, did not want to go and fought the officers all she could, but it was not more than a second before she was in the cab. She did not fall down but she tried to throw herself back. The officers had hold of her arms, one on each side, and Mr. Stone also helped put her in the cab. I did not see a black boy there, but there were eight, ten or a dozen people around. She was crying out loud and screaming. She did not use any profabity. She did not bite the officers. The officers had to force her in the vehicle; they pushed her in and she was resisting all the time. The officers did not use any more force than they had to to get her in. Her clothes were torn when I got there. I dont know who tore them. Officers Frech, Brown and myself accompanied her to the House of Detention. She made so much noise I said we would have to take her to No. 1, that we could not take her to the House of Detention. She wanted to know where she was going, and I said to the House of Detention. When I said that she slapped me in the face with her hand. I did not touch her. She did not seem to have all her faculties. When we got to the House of Detention I took her to the clerk’s office. When we got to the House of Detention she got out of the cab and walked in the House without anybody putting hands on her. Officer Frech charged her with disorderly conduct. Afterwards the charge of insanity was made against her by Officer Frech. When we got in the House she said she wanted to telephone to Mr. Guthridge, who is on 14th Street; and also wanted to telephone to Mr. Warner. She telephoned to Mr. Warner, and he was just going to leave town; and she telephoned to Mr. Guthridge and he said he would be over as soon as he could. Dr. Burch was there at the-2- time, had been there to examine an insane woman, and I telephoned to him from the White House to wait until I got there, which he did. I did that because I thought they were going to put the charge of insanity against this woman. When I got there Dr. Burch said "There is no charge of insanity against this woman." I said to Officer Frech, "Aren't you going to put some charge against her?" He said, "I will make a charge of disorderly against her; I can sustain that charge." I said "You had better call up the station you belong to." He did so. I said "What collateral do you want for her in case a friend comes and puts up collateral." He telephoned to the Fifth Precinct and said $5. I said to him "If anybody comes and puts up collateral shall we let her go?" He said "Yes." I thought to hurry up the matter I would go over and see Mr. Guthridge. When I got there they said he had gone over to the House of Detention. I telephoned to the clerk and asked if he was there, and he said he was, and wanted to put up $5. I said "Take it and let her go." On my way back I stopped at the White House and saw Frech and said "I suppose she has gone. A friend has put up $5 for her. He said "No; I have put the charge of insanity against her." He said he had put the charge of insanity against her and he was the officer and complainant. I don't know why he put that charge. I went back to the House then and found Mr. Guthridge, her friend, there, and did the best I could until the doctors came to pacify her. She was in charge of Matron Thornburgh. When she went away she said she had been treated very nicely and shook hands with me.[*[SCR?]*] WAITING AND WRITING ROOM CARSON, PIRIE, SCOTT & CO. STATE & MADISON STS. CHICAGO ill Chicago Jan 12 9006 [*[Jan. 12, 1906]*] Dear Sir The Presend of the unit states I think you would make [abl] better hangman then Presend and what you came framthe Bullock's the Blagard's of the South and the rups and Pups and to think you are ruling yor natian you degrade Pay you are mane by youre Big Bucke that of the Bullock's and youre Bum of a Fathr you think youar Sane Pumpkins wen yo are not a saure Rcrate and a inporte and same ome of youre Childern will came to some Bad End.[*[for attachment see 1-12-06]*] your Dirty ould Bum of a wife Careine thinks fine the ould hustler and her Brats whit the Big Buck teet and faces like apes and not human Beines culd wager Corse you and your[*Chicago, Ill. Jan 12 12:30 PM 1906*] [*15 C*] IF NOT DELIVERED RETURN TO S C R Presend Roosefelt Washiton Dis Clunk the white House Privit male [*[attached to S C R ? 1-12-06]*] CARSON, PIRIE, SCOTT & CO. STATE & MADISON STS. CHICAGO [*WASHINGTON D.C. JAN 13 8-PM 1906*][*F*] [*1-12-06*] To the President of the U. S. A. Theodore Roosevelt Sir. One of my new garden organizations secured me your lately published book "Outdoor pastimes of an American Hunter". I was particularly pleased to find in it so well expressed the love for nature that I venture to ask you the permissionto send you some of my books. They are of no value but I tried to express in them the same feeling and I hope you will kindly accept them as a mark of my sincere admiration. Please reply to let me know if I can send them to the White House or where. To His Imperial Royal Highness Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria Austria. Yacht Nixe Confie 12.I 06.Translation of cablegram received at 1:30 a.m., January 5, 1906. A 552 NY NJ K GovT Panama Taft, Washington Five Medical officers, excluding William C. Gorgas, would be affected by reducing salaries to pay in the United States plus 50%: total saving, $9225. Director of Hospitals Dr. H.R. Carter $8000 to $5250; Chief Quarantine Officer Perry $7000 to $4875; Superintendent of Ancon Hospital, John L. Phillips, $7000 to $5250; Superintendent of Colon Hospital Curl $5000 to $ 3600; Eye, ear, throat specialist Theodore C. Lyster $4500 to $3300; including William C. Gorgas $10,000 to $5,750.00 saving $12,475. If competent men to render adequate hospital and sanitary service on the Isthmus can be secured at an increase of 50% of regular service pay, financial adventure apparent, but demoralization of the service certain if reward for successful endeavor is a reduction of pay here. The work is such harder and the interests involved much greater than at regular army stations in the United States, or island Although personal risk of living on the Isthmus lessened by sanitation, yet, work and the responsibility of officers in the Health Department have increased greatly since salaries fixed in April. Force in the Health Department, April 1319; November, 2328. Force Ithmian Canal Commission on the Isthmus, April 9100; November, 19,000. Employees admitted to hospitals, April, 338; November, 1785. Immigration of laborers unacclimated and not immune.[*For attached see ca 1-5-06 Edwards*]-2- will increase further the work of Department of Health. Proposed rule, if adopted, should be uniform, William C. Gorgas included, for his chance of becoming Brigadier General and the head of the Medical Department of the Army greatly increased by this detail. I think $5000 not too much for Prosecuting Attorney. Work of office now large, important and certain to increase. Condemnation of land for dumping grounds and flooding purposes requires investigation complicated titles, careful attention that procedure is accurate and transfer titles complete. If canal with locks understand lake, will cover approximately 120 square miles; sea level will require extensive dumping grounds. Keedy surrendered $5000 salary in the United States thinking outside practice on the Isthmus would yield large returns as with prosecuting attorney early occupation Porto Rico volunteers such practice amounts to nothing here; his training and experience in Porto Rico made him familiar with Spanish language and law enable him to handle the situation on the Isthmus to the best advantage. He has private means; remained here during outbreak of yellow fever from sense of duty. Am unable to estimate the necessity of the situation in Washington, D. C., but from Isthmian standpoint think it unwise to reduce salaries under existing conditions. MAGOON.T/T DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON. January 12, 1906. To the President: I have the honor to quote a telegram from Mr. W. J. Calhoun, dated the 9th instant: “Have just returned home after an absence of two weeks on pressing and important business. My report is about ready. Would have been done some time ago but I was waiting for some documents which arrived during my absence. I hope to have it in early next week.” Respectfully, Elihu Root[*P.F*] ISTHMIAN CANAL COMMISSION WASHINGTON January 12, 1906. My dear Mr President: I had an interview with Senator Hale this afternoon, as you suggested, and explained the entire subject to him in detail. He said that as a man of affairs he understood the situation thoroughly, and would see Senator Taliaferro and others and give me his recommendations later. I explained more to the Senator than even I did to you what steps I have been taking the last week or ten days to dispose of my interests. i do not know of course whether I will be successful in this or not, but think the Senator realizes that I am doing everything that can be reasonably expected of me in the premises. Very truly yours, The President, T P Shonts White House. [*[Shonts]*]CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSION: THEODORE P. SHONTS. ASSISTANT CHIEF: W. LEON PEPPERMAN. ISTHMIAN CANAL AFFAIRS OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION PANAMA CANAL BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. cms-- GENERAL AUDITOR: ERNEST S. BENSON. GENERAL PURCHASING OFFICER: DAVID W. ROSS. DISBURSING OFFICER: JAMES G. JESTER. January 12, 1906. [*F*] Dear Mr. Loeb: I have your letter of yesterday, stating that the President wishes to know what steps have been taken to provide some amusement for the men down on the Isthmus after their day's labor is over, as he thinks this is an important matter, and that there should be something in the way of diversion for the men. The Commission also is strongly convinced that in a work of this kind, to be performed in an environment entirely different from that which ordinarily prevails in the community from which the American employes come, the government must lend its support to the establishment of social conditions on the Isthmus which will tend to increase greatly the stability and permanency of the force, and thereby enhance its efficiency. With this end in view, in June last, we secured, through the National Civic Federation, two welfare experts who accompanied me on one of my visits to the Isthmus, and made a thorough investigation into the social conditions on the Isthmus and rendered a report to the Commission, setting forth their plan to provide recreation and amusement for the employes. Many of their recommendations had, however, already been decided upon by the Commission. However, the more urgent work of immediately creating proper facilities for the housing and feeding of employes has prevented the Commission from carrying out in its entirety its plan of providing for the recreation of the employes.[[shorthand]] -2- The Commission at one of its meetings adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That the Commission is willing to furnish houses to be used for the club purposes, provided such clubs shall be open to all bona fide gold employees who comply with reasonable regulations, the size of house to depend in each instance upon the size of the club formed: Provided further, That the members shall furnish and maintain the club after it shall have been formed: Provided further, That the regulations to govern such clubs and the necessity and advisability of the erection of club houses shall first be approved by the Governor of the Canal Zone or the chief engineer of the Commission: And provided further, That the cost of no club house shall exceed $7,500." Reading rooms have been established in the Commission's hotels at Corozal and Culebra, which are supplied with current newspapers and magazines. The men themselves without direct aid from the Commission, have formed various organizations to promote their own welfare and social interests. Mess clubs are numerous. Attempts have been made to recruit baseball teams, although the climate is scarcely adapted to outdoor sports. An international University Club has established in the city of Panama, by the joint efforts of American and Panama college men. Masonic and other orders are organizing local lodges. There are now six clubs in Panama, and the University Club, above-mentioned, [which] has a membership of more than three hundred, practically all of whom are employees of the Commission, which affords a striking illustration of the character of our employees. The Cristobal Club, on the Atlantic side, has been provided with quarters by the Commission, and part of its equipment has been furnished by the Commission. One or two brass bands organized by the employees, are being equipped by the Commission. Quite frequently on Sundays and holidays the Commission uses its floating craft in Panama Bay for free excursions for it employees to the group of islands situated several miles off the mainland.[[shorthand]] -3- As fast as cottages are completed the married men are assigned quarters for their families, and the Commission grants such members of their families the reduced rate of $20.00 for transportation from New York to the Isthmus. It is the policy of the Commission to encourage and cooperate by extending all support practicable in providing wholesome recreation for its employees on the Isthmus. Very truly yours, T. P. Shonts [*[Shonts]*] Mr William Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President. C. A. Snow. C. E. Doyle. Cable: Snowco. W. U. Code. C.A. Snow & Co., Attorneys and Counselors in Patent Causes, Warder Building 523 Ninth St., Opposite U. S. Patent Office. Washington, D. C. Jan 12th 1906 Local and Long Distance Telephone. Mr. B. F. Barnes Dear Sir: I enclose copies of correspondence that I have sent to more than two thousand (2000) papers that I supply with weekly matter. I hope it will in a degree counteract the exaggerated stuff that has gone abroad. Yours very truly, C. A. Snow[For encs see 1-12-06]Copy. Washington, D.C., January, 12th, 1906. Statement made by Mrs. Marilla Thornburgh, Matron at the House of Detention, to Major & Superintendent of Police; after being sworn: On last Thursday, January 4th, Mrs. Morris was brought to the House of Detention. I heard a little comotion outside of the door, and looked out my window and saw a woman being brought up the steps supported by Sergeant Gallaher and an officer -- I could not say whether it was officer Brown or Frech. I hurried down stairs to meet her, and she seemed to be holding back a little bit, but not very much. She said "I don't want anything to do with you, or anybody else here; you are all of the same piece; you are all under that one person." I said, "Never mind." She seemed to be very hysterical; she was indignant. I said, "Come in and go up stairs with me and you can state your grievances to the officer, and we will do all we can for you." I did not know anything about the case. She said, "No, I won't go; I want to use the telephone." The Sergeant said, "Go up stairs, and we will take your message." She said "I will not; I demand the telephone." The Sergeant said, "All right, come here and get calm and you can use the telephone." We escorted her to the telephone and she made an attempt to call up some friend of hers, and she would not allow anyone to assist her. I wanted to help her, but she would not allow me. She was making sweeping assertions with her hands (illustrating). She could not remember the number of the telephone from the time she would read it in the telephone directory until she took the telephone. Dr. Burch was there and she stepped forward and said, "Madam, let me help you, you are in no condition to call anyone." She permitted Dr. Burch to do so. I found the address in the book; she gave me the name, "Henry Clew." She attempted to call Mr. Guthridge to the House of Detention. She said, "This is Mrs. Minor Morris talking to you. I have suffered the greatest humiliation and degredation that could be put upon any woman, and I am now at the House of Detention in charge of a policeman. She was crying at the time, and it took a good while for her to tell Mr. Guthridge. After she had talked a while and expressed her indignation about being brought over there by the burly policemen, as she called them, the Sergeant and I-2- coaxed her to go up stairs in the Matron's room, and told her it would be better up there than down there where everybody could see her. She went up with me, and remained there from 2:00 until 5:30, crying and going on at a terrible rate. She acted like a demented person. She said, "This will cause the greatest sensation of the age. This is the tragedy of the age." She exclaimed, "I don't care what they do with me; I have accomplished my purpose. The President will surely have to notice my husband's case." Those were the words she used, and she said the same thing to Mr. Edmonston, the guard. I had to call him down stairs one time, because we had an insane woman there, and she was adding to the clamor, and I was afraid to leave this woman for fear she would plunge out of the window. If my idea goes for anything, I thought the woman was insane when they brought her there, on account of the loud and boisterous language that she used, and I have had nine years experience with such people. She calmed down to some extent after going up stairs, and then began to tell her tale to Mr. Guthridge. He was there almost all the time, and a Mr. Weber, a reporter for one of the New York papers, also came there. She would burst out crying when she would recall the incident of her being dragged across the yard by two burly policemen, as she called them. She said Mr. Barnes said, "Madam, you cannot see the President." She said, "Very well, I have nothing else to do, I can wait here all day until I see him." He said, "Madam, you cannot stay here." She said, "Why cant I stay here; this is a public place." He said, "You cannot stay here." She said, "He put up his hands and two policemen came and took hold of her sleeve to her coat and said, "Madam you will have to go out with me." She said, " I fell back and said I will not," and then they took a firmer determined grasp on of her arm and lifted her bodily out of her chair and dragged her bodily out of the room, and she screeched and said, " I will not go." Her dress was very much torn; torn from dragging and being ground out on the pavement; one place it was worn clear through two skirts. When she got that far she said she screamed and cried and asked somebody to help her. I said, "Why didn't you walk?" She said, "Do you suppose I would walk one step with two police officers to come to the House of Detention; no, I would not. They would have to carry me if I won't, or drag me," which they did-- it appears they did [e] drag her."-3- She said, "I did not take one step, but sat myself down and then they dragged me." She is a very large woman; I would imagine she would weigh 200 pounds, and when she makes herself limp two men could not carry her. She said when she got across the grounds to the office on this side of the building -- I dont remember what she called it -- she said they started to take her out and put her in the cab; "two men dragged me." She brought that in every time, "dragged her to the cab," and another man stood up and the three of them bundled her in; "throwed me in, and they brought me over to this place." She made the statement that she was abused at the House of Detention, but she called me up and contradicted that. I believed that the woman was insane when they brought her in. She said this would make the greatest sensation of the age; that it would be known from one end of the United States to the other. She said, waiving up her arms in a tragedy queen-like manner, "I dont care what they do to me; I dont care how much I suffer; the President will have to take notice of it now -- of my husband's case," that she had accomplished what she went for. I asked her her name; I said "Mrs. Morris, will you please tell me your christian name." She said, "What has that to do with the case? I dont want my christian name given; it has nothing to do with it." I said, "It has nothing to do with it, but the clerk wants your name." She said "You can call me Hull Morris." I said "That is as well as any if it is your name." She then said, "My name is Alice Hull Morris." Q. Did she leave you under the impression that she was demented? A. Yes, sir. A great many demented people will drop down on their knees and pray, and before she would leave the office she dropped on her knees by the desk and sent up a petition for guidance and asked that her enemies be confounded and that the President be brought to view the case of her husband; that it was a just and christian act to do and that he was influenced by people who had a grudge, or spite, against her -- not her -- but us. Afterwards she went up stairs and prayed again for support and the confounding of her enemies, which to my mind, in the place where where she was, was what a person in their right mind would not do. She prayed twice in my room. The second time by my table, and I4 respectfully turned my head, and I heard a noise, and she had fallen down between the table and the couch. She said she struck her head, but she did not. She was on her knees and she dropped over on her side. I tried to lift her and I think I twisted her neck around lifting her, and she said, "Oh"! She did not show any bruises or scratches. She called me to the telephone next morning and said, "Did you see the papers?" I said "Yes." She told me who it was and said, "That was an awful lie about you; if I said anything about you, it was how kindly I was used by you at the House of Detention." I said "I am glad to hear you say that." She said, "What shall I do?" I said, "I dont know unless you call up the Major and Superintendent and tell him. We cannot explain in the newspapers." She said "I will at once," and shut off the telephone, and I suppose she did.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ AT THE PRESIDENT'S GATE ------- THE MAN WHO BARS OBJECTIONABLE VISITORS ------- Some Wild Stories About Mr. Barnes, Who Really Is One of the Most Modest and Mild-Mannered of Men -- The Charge Against Mr. Loeffler and Its Results-- The "Life and Works" of "Whip" Watson --His "Trial" on the Charge of Playing Poker--Dr. Hale's Convincing Methods-- Sarah Bernhardt "Turns Down" Gifts ------- [Regular Correspondence of the Transcript] ------- Washington, Jan. 12. The lengths to which the stories of the ejectment of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House have gone on the three black crows principle, permit of little exaggeration. Washington has talked of little else for some days. An imaginative citizen was overheard to remark the other day: "I understand that this man Barnes, who sees all the troublesome characters at the White House, has a secret signal by which the officers learn that they are to make a grand football rush for the person with whom he is talking, man or woman, losing no time and taking no chances, and that this signal consists in bringing his right hand carelessly to his neck, just back of his right ear. "If I were talking with Mr. Barnes, and should see his hand going up to near that place, I should make a break for life in the first direction that presented itself, even if I had to crash through a second story window. I would not delay ten seconds." Mr. Barnes, contrary to all such reports, is one of the most modest and mild mannered of men. He had supposed, prior to this episode, that it would not be possible to let the doors to the President's office swing open to everybody who threatened to make a scene if that privilege was not granted. He has doubtless changed his mind. A certain Washington sentiment demands that every eccentric woman who insists that she will see the President, and will remain right where she is until she does see him, shall be granted that privilege. It is unlikely that any attache of the White House would give orders now for the exclusion of anybody, the Mrs. Minor Morris episode has provoked such wide-spread and severe criticism. Ten years ago, in the Cleveland Administration, a frequent visitor at the White House preferred charges against Charles Loeffler, the solid German who for more than a generation has controlled the door into the President's room. Loeffler was a soldier throughout the Civil War, came to the White House at its close, and has given great satisfaction to all the long line of Presidents whom he has served. But an eccentric foreigner arrived in Washington in the early days of that administration, seeking an office, with apparently no backing except his own enthusiasm, and no claims except a few "letter to the editor" which he had had printed in Democratic papers during the campaign. He wanted to see the President every day to urge some new reasons for recognition. Mr. Loeffler took such means, artful and otherwise, as were at his command, to prevent this access, whereupon the clamorous office-seeker preferred charges, which were addressed to the President; and by a wonderful stroke of diplomacy he managed to get into the President's room. The charges read somewhat like this: "I have discovered that you have a very dangerous man at your door, who is doing a great deal to injure your administration, and you ought to know about it. I have found out that instead of helping me to get to see you, as is his duty, he is really putting obstacles in my way. Knowing how repugnant any such arbitrary course would be to your own high sense of justice, I feel it my duty to communicate this to you, and to say that I am prepared to submit proofs of Mr. Loeffler's entire unfitness to be near you." And Loeffler remains. Mr. McKinley made him a military storekeeper with the [?????????????????????]opening of the Spanish war. About that time the telegraph operator, named Benjamin F. Montgomery, was made a major in the signal corps of the volunteer army. The two life-long associates attended a new year's reception in their uniforms at the home of the Secretary of War. Meeting, they broke out simultaneously, each in his own fashion. Benjamin Montgomery made with extraordinary formality the military bow, suitable to his associate's rank, and the occasion. The words were already out of Loeffler's mouth: "Hullo, Ben!" Montgomery is now in the Philippines, in the regular work of the signal corps. ----- Since Representative Watson of Indiana, was appoint "whip" of the House many newspapers the charge, he does not purpose to worry about what the newspapers are saying. ----- Important Differences Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the Senate, is fond of bringing out great fundamental facts by averages which will make them concrete, and so readily comprehended. He tells that this country, three thousand miles across and one thousand miles north and south, by and large, makes three million square miles, and that even with 90,000,000 people, which will be the population of the country a few years hence, this would give a square mile to every thirty persons, or perhaps five families. This shows that there is still plenty of land for the support of the people, even though great reductions be made from the total to get those square miles which are available for cultivation. That it makes all the difference in the world where the land lies, Dr. Hales illustrates by an experience which he had in Milton some years ago. He was looking over the beautiful estate of one of his friends, one of the most beautiful country places in Massachusetts, and asked how many acres it contained. "With that lot which I bought last month, and am now clearing up, just about fifteen," was the answer. "Now, let me tell you something," added the doctor. "You often call me a Socialist and a Communist and all that, but did you know that if all the land of Massachusetts were divided equally among its entire population there would be as much as you have here, or fifteen acres, to every family in the State?" "That may be," answered his host, "but still I am very glad to have this particular fifteen acres!" Doctor Hale laughingly acknowledged that on the score of averages there might be considerable difference between fifteen acres near where people want to live and an equal amount in Becket. There are square miles in the Mohave Desert in California where five families of grasshoppers would starve. ----- Unwelcome Taxation Sarah Bernhardt has directed that gifts sent to her as Christmas presents, upon which duties of $16.20 were levied, should be returned to her European address, rather than pay this sum for the privilege of getting them here. It is not the money that she cares about, but the principle involved, and her feelings are typical of those of thousands of people. For some reason persons do not like to pay duty on a present. They think that what they do not themselves pay for they should not pay a tax on, representing a proportion of its value. But the course of the Treasury is clear. If it were to grant an exemption of duty upon all articles which were labelled gifts that would become a cloak for widespread evasions of the revenue. Even the privilege of sending through the mails four-pound packages of merchandise between here and the Philippine Islands duty free, provided they were described on the packages as gifts to or from a civilian or military employee of the Government, had to be abandoned, such were the evasions of the revenue which it invited. The country became well aware that gifts were dutiable in the agitation over Miss Alice Roosevelt's presents, gathered on her extensive tour. The sum which she paid on her goods has never been made public, but it is known that in the newspaper accounts it was greatly exaggerated from first to last. In reality she paid slightly under $1000, not a large sum when all the circumstances are considered, although Americans generally regret that the law could not have been so interpreted that these articles, which will never enter into commerce or commercial uses, could have been free from taxation. About the only large sized exemption from duties that now remains open is that of the diplomatic representatives of this and other countries. A South American legationer can bring in all the furnishings of his house, and a month later sell them out by auction in Washington, and make enough on the transaction to maintain him at a fashionable hotel for some time. While it is unlikely that anybody has ever deliberately done this, the frequency of auction sales of the household effects of small sized diplomats does attract some attention in Washington. Whitelaw Reid, when he comes back from his service as Ambassador to Great Britain, could bring in with the entire furnishings of his various English estates. Doubtless many of the ornaments so much admired in General Draper's beautiful Washington residence came from the embassy in Rome, where he so ably represented the United States. It is a pleasant courtesy which the nation extends to its own diplomats and those of other nations, to free them from the bother and vexation of the customs inspections, and the resulting taxation. given great [?] of Presidents whom he has served. But an eccentric foreigner arrived in Washington in the early days of that administration, seeking an office, with apparently no backing except his own enthusiasm, and no claims except a few "letters to the editor" which he had had printed in Democratic papers during the campaign. He wanted to see the President every day to urge some new reasons for recognition. Mr. Loeffler took such means, artful and otherwise, as were at his command, to prevent this access, whereupon the clamorous office-seeker preferred charges, which were addressed to the President; and by a wonderful stroke of diplomacy he managed to get into the President's room. The charges read somewhat like this: "I have discovered that you have a very dangerous man at your door, who is doing a great deal to injure your administration, and you ought to know about it. I have found out that instead of helping me to get to see you, as is his duty, he is really putting obstacles in my way. Knowing how repugnant any such arbitrary course would be to your own high sense of justice, I feel it my duty to communicate this to you, and to say that I am prepared to submit profile of Mr. Loeffler's entire unfitness to be near you." And Loeffler remains[?]. Mr. McKinley made him a military storekeeper with the [?] [?] [?] on the opening of the Spanish war. About that time the telegraph operator, named Benjamin F. Montgomery, was made a major in the signal corps of the volunteer army. The two life-long associates attended a new year's reception in their uniforms at the home of the Secretary of War. Meeting, they broke out simultaneously, each in his own fashion. Benjamin Montgomery made with extraordinary formality the military bow, suitable to his associate's rank, and the occasion. The words were already out of Loeffler's mouth: "Hullo, Ben!" Montgomery is now in the Philippines, in the regular work of the signal corps. _____________________ Since Representative Watson of Indiana, was appointed "whip" of the House many newspapers have printed friendly accounts Watson's of his "life and Discipline works." In some of these sketches jocular reference was made to the fact that Watson is not averse to sitting in a social game of poker. Now it happens that Watson is an officer in the Methodist Church at Rushville and active in the affairs of the congregation. While he was at home for the Christmas holidays, some of the stories containing the references to his poker playing fell into the hands of members of the congressman's congregation. Rev. Virgil Tevis, pastor of the church, who could testify that he never saw Mr. Watson play a game of poker, scented an opportunity to have some fun at the congressman's expense, and so one afternoon the pastor gathered up the elders of the church, and taking them into his confidence on the programme, led them up to Mr. Watson's law office. The "whip" was poring over a brief in a case at law when the solemn delegation entered. He thought he saw a twinkle in the minister's eye, but he decided to "stand-pat." With all the solemnity possible the minister drew forth a clipping from an Eastern afternoon newspaper, and announced that the elders had been called in to try the congressman on the charge of poker playing. "All right," said Watson. "But I reserve the right to select the three men who are to try me. First I shall select Mr. __________, with whose past I am well acquainted. He would not date to vote to convict me. As the second member of the committee I name Mr. ___________, who was sent as a delegate to the general conference in California and did not attend a session of the body because the races were on at the same time. For the third member I shall choose Judge ___________, who knows I know what methods he resorted to in order to be elected judge. The minister, pausing a moment, announced that the case was dismissed for the reason that the sub-committee chosen to try the congressman could not bring in an impartial verdict The new "whip" insists that, to use the expression of James Whitcomb Riley, "he would not know a poker game if he met one coming down the street." but so long as his church board declines to go to trial on the revenue. Even the privilege of sending through the mails four-pound packages of merchandise between here and the Philippine Islands duty free, provided they were described on the packages as gifts to or from a civilian or military employee of the Government, had to be abandoned, such were the evasions of the revenue which it invited. The country became well aware that gifts were dutiable in the agitation over Miss Alice Roosevelt's presents, gathered on her extensive tour. The sum which she paid on her goods has never been made public, but it is known that in the newspaper accounts it was greatly exaggerated from first to last. In reality she paid slightly under $1000, not a large sum when all the circumstances are considered, although Americans generally regret that the law could not have been so interpreted that these articles, which will never enter into commerce or commercial uses, could have been free from taxation. About the only large sized exemption from duties that now remains open is that of the diplomatic representatives of this and other countries. A South American legationer can bring in all the furnishings of his house, and a month later sell them out by auction in Washington, and make enough on the transaction to maintain him at a fashionable hotel for some time. While it is unlikely that anybody has ever deliberately done this, the frequency of auction sales of the household effects of small sized diplomats does attract some attention in Washington. Whitelaw Reid, when he comes back from his service as Ambassador to Great Britain, could bring in with him the entire furnishings of his various English estates. Doubtless many of the ornaments so much admired in General Draper's beautiful Washington residence came from the embassy in Rome, where he so ably represented the United States. It is a pleasant courtesy which the nation extends to its own diplomats and those of other nations, to free them from the bother and vexation of the customs inspections, and the resulting taxation. _____________ When J. Adam Bede, congressman from Duluth, was asked to speak on New Year's resolutions last week, he New Year's answered by repeating a Resolutions story which Speaker Cannon tells of a young man, in the days when the adhesive postage stamp first came in. After gazing at the envelope and stamp for some time, the enterprising youth decided to test the strange device. After he had written the note, he sealed the envelope and looked hard at the stamp. He was afraid it would not stick. Finally, moistening it, he placed it on the corner of the envelope and although it seemed to stick then, he feared that it might dry off before the journey was ended, and so he pinned it to the envelope and wrote beneath this informing notice: "Postage paid if this thing sticks." This seemed to Mr. Bede illustrative of New Year's resolutions. Their value depended wholly on their stocking. LINCOLN _____________________ "Hetty Lang Shuman Fund" Created There was rejoicing among the directors of the Benificent Society of the New England Conservatory of Music, which held its annual meeting this week, over the gift from A. Shuman of a bond for $1000, in memory of his wife. With this is established the "Hetty Lang Shuman Fund," the income of which is to aid women students of music at the Conservatory. Mrs. Shuman was for years a director of the Beneficent Society and deeply interested in its projects. _____________________ "Miss Pocahontas," by Cadets The production of "Miss Pocahontas" by the Cadets is sure to be another of their great successes, as indicated by the auction sales of seats during the past week. Seats for the first five nights were disposed of and the bidding was brisk, the buyers being such as to insure fashionable audiences as well as large ones. No one was obliged to pay phenomenally high prices for first choice, but the average was equal to that of former years and the result is highly satisfactory. On Tuesday next the auction will be continued at the Tremont Theatre and the seats for the afternoon and evening performances of Saturday, Feb. 10, will be sold. SLIGHTLY USED GRAND PIANOS Prior to closing our business year we have reduced prices on several Grand Pianos which have had slight use either in recitals or from being rented for short terms in the homes of careful people. Intending purchasers of high-class Grand Pianos should examine these instruments, several of which cannot be told from new. All are beautifully encased in antique mahogany. Rental purchase if desired. Descriptions mailed on request. IVERS & POND PIANO CO 114 Boylston St., Boston[*C. A. Snow & Co.*] WASHINGTON LETTER. (from Our Regular Correspondent.) Washington D.C. Jan. 11, 1906 Too much has already been made of the disagreeable incident which took place at the White House last week when Mrs. Morris a sister of Representative Hull was forcibly ejected and taken to the House of Detention. Instead of a simple incident scarcely deserving of newspaper notice the occurrence has been magnified to one of wide importance and has been the subject of a speech in Congress by a young member itching for notoriety. The papers have filled their columns with the real and fancied details of the incident and it is safe to say so much slush has not been printed about any one thing since the days of Baby McKee. The facts of the case briefly summarized are these. Mrs. Miner Morris armed with a poem of her own composition, on "Insomnia" called at the White House and asked to see the President. Scarcely a day passes that cranks armed with poems and claims and inventions and accusations do not arrive at the White House and demand to see the President. Mr. Barnes, the assistant Secretary has to see them all and it is quite possible that he does not feel any great sympathy in their undertakings and that he does not offer them any considerable encouragement in seeing the President. He probably thought as any one would that a woman like Mrs. Morris who had lived for many years in Washington and had kept house on her husband's salary drawn from the Government should know that a person with a grievance coming to the White House without introduction or letters to the President could not see him. That she was unaware of this argued conclusively that, to put it most charitably, she was silly and ignorant or, which was probable, that she was crazy. He explained to her that she should see the Secretary of War relative to her husbands re-instatement in office which was a gentle and polite way of inviting her to leave. She refused to do this and noisily declared that she would stay right there until she saw the President if she had to remain there a month, and she emphasized her declaration by establishing her 170 pounds in the chair and defying him to remove her. Secretary Barnes is responsible for the order in the White House Offices, and for the protection of the time and the nerves of the President from just such persons. He has neither time nor is he under orders to coax and coddle them and the fact that Mrs. Morris wore silk and had on gloves was not necessarily proof that she was not a lunatic. He did what he had done in the case of many other cranks who have come to the White House. He called the police who are there for the purpose of suppressing disorderly persons. When she began to shriek and bite the officers and threw herself on the muddy pavement, in order and decency there was nothing to be done but to get her out as quickly as possible. Some profess to see in the fact that a colored man took hold of her heels and helped to boost her into the police van an insult and indignity to the motherhood of the country, but surely none was intended. For boosting purposes the colored race may be as efficient as the white. There is no time for putting on velvet gloves when ejecting a kicking, biting woman of fifty years and 170 pounds. ### A bill advising an investigation of Assistant Secretary Barnes has been introduced in the House, but as Kipling says, "That is another story". Congressman going to the White House are often met by Mr. Barnes and denied access to the President. Every one of them is confident that the President is pining to see him in particular and when Mr. Barnes interferes he is regarded as officious and presumptious and obstructive to the Nation's welfare. To have him investigated is to raise such a tempest that he will have to be dismissed, guilty or not guilty. That is the real issue with the Congressmen and Mrs. Morris has provided a reason for the bill. In the instance involving Mrs. Morris no informed person knowing the unbiased facts can think he exceeded his authority. The President, of course knew nothing about the incident until after it had occurred unless possibly he heard from his office the shrieks of the woman. He doubtless regrets the affair just as he would regret to hear of any woman in a humiliating position. He is a chivalrous man and has interests of American women much at heart. In his message to Congress he advised the whipping post for these men who beat their wives and he would rejoice to see its establishment for that purpose. But he will never be able to get the votes for it. These same Congressmen who will vote to have the White House investigated and Secretary Barnes dismissed for the ejection of Mrs. Morris will kill the bill to punish brutes who daily beat andand ignorant or, which was probably, that she was crazy. He explained to her that she should see the Secretary of War relative to her husbands re-instatement in office which was a gentle and polite way of inviting her to leave. She refused to do this and noisily declared that she would stay right there until she saw the President if she had to remain there a month, and she emphasized her declaration by establishing her 170 pounds in the chair and defying him to remove her, Secretary Barnes is responsible for the order in t he White House Offices, and for the protection of the time and the nerves of the President from just such persons. He has neither time nor is he under orders to coax and coddle them and the fact that Mrs. Morris wore silk and had on gloves was not necessarily proof that she was not a lunatic. He did what he had done in the ease of many other cranks who have come to the White House. He called the police who are there for the purpose of suppressing disorderly persons. When she began to shriek and bite the officers and threw herself on the muddy pavement, in order and decency there was nothing to be done but to get her out as quickly as possible. Some profess to see in the fact that a colored man took hold of her heels and helped to boost her into the police van an insult and indignity to the motherhood of the country, but surely none was intended. For boosting purposes the colored race may be as efficient as the white. There is no time for putting on velvet gloves when ejecting a kicking, biting woman of fifty years and 170 pounds. ### A bill advising an investigation of Assistant Secretary Barnes has been introduced in the House, but as Kipling says, "That is another story". Congressmen going to the White House are often met by Mr. Barnes and denied access to the President. Every one of them is confident that the president is pining to see him in particular and when Mr. Barnes interferes he is regarded as officious and presumptious and obstructive to the Nation's welfare. To have him investigated is to raise such a tempest that he will have to be dismissed, guilty or not guilty. That is the real issue with the Congressmen and Mrs. Morris has provided a reason for the bill. In the instance involving Mrs. Morris no informed person knowing the unbiased facts can think he exceeded his authority. The President, of course knew nothing about the incident until after it had occurred unless possibly he heard from his office the shrieks of the woman. He doubtless regrets the affair, just as he would regret to hear of any woman in a humiliating position. He is a chivalrous man and has the interests of American women much at heart. In his message to Congress he advised the whipping post for these men who beat their wives and he would rejoice to see its establishment for that purpose. But he will never be able to get the votes for it. These same Congressmen who will vote to have the White House investigated and Secretary Barnes dismissed for the ejection of Mrs. Morris will kill the bill to punish brutes who daily beat and maltreat their wives. ### This has been a week of big politics and little politics between the Capitol and the White House. Senators Foraker and Dick have made a kick against the appointment by the President of a Tennessean in the place of an Ohioan by the name of Taylor and if Senatorial precedents are followed the President's appointment cannot be confirmed, for according to the courtesy of the Senate the other Senators will not vote for a candidate when a protest is made by Senators from a State who claim their state is entitled to the patronage, as it is called. Then again Mr. Overstreet of Indiana is disgruntled because the recommendation of Senator Beveridge of his state has been given precedence over his recommendation. The President in his late order through Postmaster General Cortelyou extending the Civil Service rules, as it were, to sixty thousand postmasters has knocked the pins out from under the last vestige of patronage to Members of Congress and he is a decidedly unpopular man at the Capitol end of the Avenue. These postmasters have been the political workers and henchmen of Members of Congress to whom they are indebted for their positions and scores of Members of Congress are here in Washington mainly through the efforts of these postmasters. There has been an interdependence and mutual helpfulness which however beneficial to the postmaster and Congressmen has not been good politics in its better sense. The Democrats are, of course, pleased with the situation. They have no patronage. They look to no postmaster to work for their re-election and are not annoyed by a string of constituents begging for appointments. ######From C.A. Snow & Co. Some disgruntled newspapers are trying to make an issue of the ejection of an obsteperous woman from the lobby to the White House, and a member of Congress from Texas has clutched the skirts of the occasion in an effort to attract attention to himself. The dent knew nothing about the incident until it appeared in the papers, and his only comment was to instruct the official in charge of the lobby to exercise more patience and tact in protecting his time from violent female bores. If the Texas member is really as solicitious for the vindication of American womanhood and motherhood and wifehood as he claims to be, let him prove it by speaking and voting for a whipping post for wife beaters as advocated in the President's message. Jack O'Brien, the pugilist has been refused accommodations in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. He need not feel hurt about that though. We know of nothing more considerate that the Waldorf-Astoria can do to a man. It is sometimes better to be discharged than charged. The House of Representatives proposes to investigate the use of the franking privilege by its members. The story of the member who was franked the family cow through the mails will make interesting reading. "I am sorry General Bingham, police commissioner of New York, swears. No one who swears is a gentlemen" says Dr. Parkhurst. But the things that Col. Bingham will say when he reads that will make his speech to the police force on his induction into office look like a Sunday School treat. Pittsburg is boasting of a banquet at which the sixty guests represented $200,000,000. If the waiters knew it at the time the guests are not so rich now. Governor Vardaman of Mississippi says there is no hope for the improvement of the negro race. In that respect it seems to be in about the same condition as Governor Vardamen. Cuban Capital is the amount of $1,500,000, is to be expended on a race track near Havana. If the affair is being financed by the Cuban Congress the creditors will have a run for their money. W.M. Ivins, late candidate for Mayor of New York says, "We are suffering from the contagion of luxury." That's what happens to a man who gets within fifty thousand votes of being elected to the office of New York Mayor. Ohio has already had its share of representation among the Presidents but the Longworth-Roosevelt engagement proves that there is no way of keeping Ohio out of the White House. The only trouble with all the investigation of grafting that is going on in the country is that it has come so late that the men who are retired are already rich enough to afford it. The New York Herald says " The Currency Question is Acute". This is no news to most of us. Mr. Depew has had time to be a diof the franking privilege by its members. The story of the member who was franked the family cow through the mails will make interesting reading. "I am sorry General Bingham, police commissioner of New York, swears. No one who swears is a gentlemen" says Dr. Parkhurst. But the things that Col. Bingham will say when he reads that will make his speech to the police force on his induction into office look like a Sunday School treat. Pittsburg is boasting of a banquet at which the sixty guests represented $200,000,000. If the waiters knew it at the time the guests are not so rich now. Governor Vardaman of Mississippi says there is no hope for the improvement of the negro race. In that respect it seems to be in about the same condition as Governor Vardamen. Cuban Capital is the amount of $1,500,000, is to be expended on a race track near Havana. If the affair is being financed by the Cuban Congress the creditors will have a run for their money. W.M. Ivins, late candidate for Mayor of New York says, "We are suffering from the contagion of luxury." That's what happens to a man who gets within fifty thousand votes of being elected to the office of New York Mayor. Ohio has already had its share of representation among the Presidents but the Longworth-Roosevelt engagement proves that there is no way of keeping Ohio out of the White House. The only trouble with all the investigation of grafting that is going on in the country is that it has come so late that the men who are retired are already rich enough to afford it. The New York Herald says " The Currency Question is Acute". This is no news to most of us. Mr. Depew has had time to be a director in seventy corporations not counting the United States Senate. New York is demanding better prisons but with Jerome still at the helm the most urgent demand will probably be for bigger prisons Carnegie in a letter says he wishes he were a boy again in the melon patches along the Ohio. This too when he is able to buy melons in January. The Government Departments in Washington have on their pay rolls 676 clerks each more than seventy years of age. This should be sufficient to make Dr. Osler of the Government revise age-limit theory and practice. Editorial Notes, (From C.A. Snow and CO.) There is much of what is known in newspaper parlance as "got" or "slush" about the Mrs. Morris White House episode. The simple facts are that the woman persisted in staying in the White House lobby and announced her intention to camp there unless she were permitted to see the President. It had been explained to her by those whose duty it is to defend the President against lunatics, fools and bores that she could not see the President and that the Secretary of War, if anyone, was the person to whom her case was to be referred. But in spite of explanations gentle but positive she held to her determination to get to the President with her poem on "Insomina" and when finally told that she would be forcibly ejected unless she left quietly she became violent and intolerably loud. It was not till then that policeman were ordered to take her from the lobby and it was not until she resisted and fought with her hands and teeth throwing herself on the ground that great force had to be used to get her away. It is said that "Every man's house is his castle" and it is known that the law will permit the forcible ejection of an intruder by the owner of the house, its occupant for the time, or he may call the constabulary or police to eject the intruder. In this is the privilege of the common citizen surely it is the privilege of the first citizen of the land. The President, of course knew nothing about the incident until long after it was over but the hysterical clamor of a maudlin press over a simple and necessary ejection is worse than ridiculous. One callow member of Congress has moved a Congressional investigation and made a speech apostrophizing American motherhood which he imagines he believes to be affronted. ### "The very rich are by no means the healthiest members of the community" says Dr. Charles Elliot Norton, of Cambridge, and all the physicians are doing their best to convince the very rich of that same fact. ### All of this talk about Mrs. Minor Morris who was dragged out of the White House one rainy day last week when she had announced that she was camping on the Presidnet's trail and nobody could mover her should prove a warning to Mr. Odell. ### A New York paper announces that "The public will show wisdom by keeping out of Wall Street just now." The whole truth is that the public is wiser in keeping out of Wall Street at all times. ### The Congressman who with his wife, cousin, aunts and mother-in-law frank their clothes home once a week to be washed is going to be the loser by the investigation of the Congressional franking privilege pending. ### Mr. Carnegie predicts that we shall soon have universal peace. He ought to let Mr. Corey and some of his other Steel corporation proteges know about it. ### Speaker of the House, Uncle Joe Cannon is accused of having told five hundred club women to "go to H---", he probably evades the full responsibility of the request on the basis that that is about what the average club woman's home is and he was simply telling them to go home. ### Dr. Charles Elliot Norton proposes that all useless persons should be put to death. This as a bill could never pass Congress on account of the decimating effect on the ranks there. ### knew nothing about the incident until long after it was over but the hysterical clamor of a maudlin press over a simple and necessary ejection is worse than ridiculous. One callow member of Congress has moved a Congressional investigation and made a speech apostrophizing American motherhood which he imagines he believes to be affronted. ### "The very rich are by no means the healthiest members of the community" says Dr. Charles Elliot Norton, of Cambridge, and all the physicians are doing their best to convince the very rich of that same fact. ### All of this talk about Mrs. Minor Morris who was dragged out of the White House one rainy day last week when she had announced that she was camping on the Presidnet's trail and nobody could mover her should prove a warning to Mr. Odell. ### A New York paper announces that "The public will show wisdom by keeping out of Wall Street just now." The whole truth is that the public is wiser in keeping out of Wall Street at all times. ### The Congressman who with his wife, cousin, aunts and mother-in-law frank their clothes home once a week to be washed is going to be the loser by the investigation of the Congressional franking privilege pending. ### Mr. Carnegie predicts that we shall soon have universal peace. He ought to let Mr. Corey and some of his other Steel corporation proteges know about it. ### Speaker of the House, Uncle Joe Cannon is accused of having told five hundred club women to "go to H---", he probably evades the full responsibility of the request on the basis that that is about what the average club woman's home is and he was simply telling them to go home. ### Dr. Charles Elliot Norton proposes that all useless persons should be put to death. This as a bill could never pass Congress on account of the decimating effect on the ranks there. ### Ex-President John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance Company has been presented with a loving cup costing four hundred dollars. It is needless to say it was not paid for by the holders of policies in that society. ### The new President of the New York Life Insurance company will get only half the salary that McCall drew and it is reported he will be required to do twice as much work. But the greatest economy lies in the fact that he has no sons or sons-in-law. ### The Yorkes fortune and the mansion on Fifth Avenue, New York were built by the pennies and nickles of the street car patrons and it goes back to them now in the form of hospitals and other charities. The slur of "tainted money" may appropriately omitted. ### The same old pessimist who has been predicting trouble for the President ever since he entered the White House is still at it. But it is hard to shake the public confidence in "Roosevelt luck."Editorial Notes (From Q.A. Snow & Co.) By means of journalists hysterics the bad manners of a turbulent woman in the lobby of the White House have been given an undue prominence. It makes little difference whether a woman is crazy or not, if she acts like a fool and will not leave when requested to do so, but rants and raves like Carrie Nation there is nothing left but to put her out, and the question of sex and good clothes have nothing to do with the case. Any householder can by calling on the police have an intruding violent, noisy woman removed or may put her out himself or have his servants do it, and there is no reason why the house of the President of the United States should be an exception to the rule that a man's home is his castle. Fighting Bob Evans must indeed by spoiling from inaction when he has the ships of his own fleet ramming one another. The explanation why there are not a larger number of high salaried men on the pay-rolls, is that there are so many capable men without a job ready to do twice the work for half the money. If debtors would only announce a day at home the custom of society ladies it would be a great accommodation to collectors. Some of the railroad corporations that have discontinued the free list have actually been able to put out of commission a number of passenger cars. The journalist Walter Wellman has received a peremptory order from the Chicago paper which he represents, to go at once to the North Pole in a balloon. Many other journalists, however, say there is nothing remarkable about the preemptory order, and that they have often been told by their editor to go to a more dangerous and hotter place without an specification as to the vehicle. An Oklahoma cavilier, after riding eighteen miles to get a marriage license, left his mule in pawn for the money to pay for it and then walked back to the starting point, eighteen miles, and was in time and fit for the wedding. There is a revolution going on in Santo Domingo, but what of that? It does not in the least effect the Modus Vivendi. Peace and quietude are the only modus that would be a surprise in that island. The United States authorities are not interfering with that scrap in Santo Domingo. As far as we are concerned it can be pulled off anywhere on the island. The chronic modus vivendi of the island must not be disturbed. Meanwhile we will collect and bank the revenue as heretofore. What an opera bouffe the so-called republics of the Carribean Sea are anyhow. Now that R.R. passes are abolished and the franking privilege is to be stopped what will Congressman do, poor things. They have been sending their soiled clothes back to their district and having them returned free, have been getting beef, butter, eggs, and vegetables in the same way, and to cap the anticlimax of their perquisites Hon. Shepard of Arkansas has discovered that their mileage allowance of twenty cents per mile made in the old stage-coach era, is a gross over allowance and has introduced a bill to cat it down to six cents a mile, which is quite enough for the pullman car accommodations now a days. The reports that the Russian Admiral has entirely recovered from gun shot wounds in the head would seem to be nominated by his society ladies it would be a great accommodation to collectors. Some of the railroad corporations that have discontinued the free list have actually been able to put out of commission a number of passenger cars. The journalist Walter Wellman has received a peremptory order from the Chicago paper which he represents, to go at once to the North Pole in a balloon. Many other journalists, however, say there is nothing remarkable about the preemptory order, and that they have often been told by their editor to go to a more dangerous and hotter place without an specification as to the vehicle. An Oklahoma cavilier, after riding eighteen miles to get a marriage license, left his mule in pawn for the money to pay for it and then walked back to the starting point, eighteen miles, and was in time and fit for the wedding. There is a revolution going on in Santo Domingo, but what of that? It does not in the least effect the Modus Vivendi. Peace and quietude are the only modus that would be a surprise in that island. The United States authorities are not interfering with that scrap in Santo Domingo. As far as we are concerned it can be pulled off anywhere on the island. The chronic modus vivendi of the island must not be disturbed. Meanwhile we will collect and bank the revenue as heretofore. What an opera bouffe the so-called republics of the Carribean Sea are anyhow. Now that R.R. passes are abolished and the franking privilege is to be stopped what will Congressman do, poor things. They have been sending their soiled clothes back to their district and having them returned free, have been getting beef, butter, eggs, and vegetables in the same way, and to cap the anticlimax of their perquisites Hon. Shepard of Arkansas has discovered that their mileage allowance of twenty cents per mile made in the old stage-coach era, is a gross over allowance and has introduced a bill to cat it down to six cents a mile, which is quite enough for the pullman car accommodations now a days. The reports that the Russian Admiral has entirely recovered from gun shot wounds in the head would seem to be [navigated] negatived by his recent ravings about an imaginary British fleet. These are the days of reform, and the great Jewish banker Schiff says reform the currency or face a panic. San Domingo has had her general killed. Now if they can capture the bare-footed squad that she calls her army the war will be over. A recent writer has collected statistics to prove that the horse is the most dangerous and deadly animal in the world. Considering that the automobile runs him a close second one might infer that the man who has charge of both is really the dangerous and deadly element in the combination. A Massachusetts messenger boy in sueing the Western Union Telegraph Company for one dollar due him for lunch and work over time. It takes the nerve of a messenger boy to run up against such a corporation as the Western Union.[*C A S & Co.*] D. WASHINGTON LETTER. (From our Regular Correspondent.) Washington D.C. Jan 11, 1906. Things come around curiously in politics, and now it looks as though there might be a public building bill, in spite of the Speaker's previous pronunciamento to the contrary, to coax back into line such insurgents as are not amenable to discipline. The fight in the House is by no means over. Both sides still claim the victory and it is anybody's fight as to whether or not the joint statehood bill is killed for the present session. The question of passing the Hamilton bill is simply a question of politics. Of course all four of the territories concerned want statehood. But there is a strong sentiment in all of them against joint statehood. Whether that sentiment would be strong enough to defeat the bill if it were put to a referendum vote is a question, but it is strong enough to be a factor worth considering. It is strong enough from a moral standpoint to warrant laying out the Hamilton bill for some years to come. But the reason for pressing the issue just now is the belief of the Republican leaders that they can get the states into the Union with only four senators instead of eight. When you consider that three of the states, or six senators, would be almost certainly Democratic and the other at best doubtful, it is easy to see the reason for this anxiety to bundle the two states into the national constellation and have done with it rather than risk putting off the evil day and getting perhaps a larger number of opposition senators. # # # It has been blazoned abroad that the President is warmly in favor of the Hamilton bill. As a matter of fact it is doubtful if he is more than luke-warmly in favor of it. There is reason to believe that some time ago, before there was the evidence of such strong opposition, that he promised Senator Beveridge who is a warm champion of the measure to recommend it in his message. This promise has been fulfilled, and it is doubtful now if President Roosevelt cares particularly about the matter further than he would naturally wish to favor the real sentiment of the various territories, whatever that is. # # # But as to the pork barrel. This is of course a retrenchment congress. That was heralded loudly before the session when the deficit looked even worse than it does now, and that it is bad enough. Among the measures of retrenchment there was to be no public building bill. That would mean that the bulk of congressmen would be cut off from one of the easiest and most satisfactory methods of paying campaign obligations. Of course pubic buildings are a good thing even if they are expensive, and every community, especially the younger and smaller communities want them. And there is enough log-rolling and mutual compliance about the most of such bills to be called plain grafting except that the communities do usually get the benefit of the money spent. Now it is intimated that the Speaker may be prevailed upon to sanction a bill, and if he is coerced thus far, there are a good many weak kneed insurgents who will wash off their war paint and come into camp quite gleefully and the Hamilton bill will go through. But the Speaker may be able to accomplish his purpose without being driven to that extremity. # # # What the President is vitally interested in, and what is of course tied up somewhat with the statehood bill, is the Philippine tariff. If it is shown that this measure is in serious danger, the weight of the White House doubtless will be thrown into the scale. The sugar and tobacco men have played a very clever part in merging their cause with the single staters. But it is not believed they will be able to keep the tariff bill from a vote or defeat it when it does come up. # # # There is a great deal of capital being made just now out of the Morris case. But probability is that the excitement has reached, if it has not passed, its climax. Dr. Morris, the husband of the lady who was ejected from the White House, has been dazzled by the lime light like a number of well meaning people have been before him, and he has placed both himself and the President in a position where it is unlikely the case will be reopened. Several things stand out very prominently in the case. First the President knew nothing of the incident till it was all over, and no one would accuse him of willingly injuring or inconveniencing any woman. Then it is quiteIt has been blazened abroad that the President is warmly in favor of the Hamilton bill. As a matter of fact it is doubtful if he is more than luke-warmly in favor of it. There is reason to believe that some time ago, before there was the evidence of such strong opposition, that he promised Senator Beveridge who is a warm champion of the measure to recommend it in his message. This promise has been fulfilled, and it is doubtful now if President Roosevelt cares particularly about the matter further than he would naturally wish to favor the real sentiment of the various territories, whatever that is. But as to the pork barrel. This is of course a retrenchment congress. That was heralded loudly before the session when the deficit looked even worse than it does now, and that it is bad enough. Among the measures of retrenchment there was to be no public building bill. That would mean that the bulk of congressmen would be cut off from one of the easiest and most satisfactory methods of paying campaign obligations. Of course pubic buildings are a good thing even if they are expensive, and every community, especially the younger and smaller communities want them. And there is enough log-rolling and mutual compliance about the most of such bills to be called plain grafting except that the communities do usually get the benefit of the money spent. Now it is intimated that the Speaker may be prevailed upon to sanction a bill, and if he is coerced thus far, there are a good many weak kneed insurgents who will wash off their war paint and come into camp quite gleefully and the Hamilton bill will go through. But the Speaker may be able to accomplish his purpose without being driven to that extremity. What the President is vitally interested in, and what is of course tied up somewhat with the statehood bill, is the Philippine tariff. If it is shown that this measure is in serious danger, the weight of the White House doubtless will be thrown into the scale. The sugar and tobacco men have played a very clever part in merging their cause with the single staters. But it is not believed they will be able to keep the tariff bill from a vote or defeat it when it does come up. There is a great deal of capital being made just now out of the Morris case. But probability is that the excitement has reached, if it has not passed, its climax. Dr. Morris, the husband of the lady who was ejected from the White House, has been dazzled by the and he has placed both himself and the President in a position where it is unlikely the case will be reopened. Several things stand out very prominently in the case. First the President know nothing of the incident till it was all over, and no one would accuse him of willingly injuring or inconvening any woman. Then it is quite plain that assistant Secretary Barnes, did not display his customary tact in the way he handled the case. And that is the particular story that is now going round. It is intimated that the White House secretaries were warned in advance that Mrs. Morris was a dangerous woman, and were told to be on their guard when she called. This is said to be secret of the premptitude with which she was hustled off the premises. Of course the whole incident is regretable. But in no country in the world is the executive head of the nation so easy of access as in the United States. Congress has failed to enact legislation for the protestation of the President, mainly on account of the objections of some Southern senators. The entire country demanded such protection when the McKinley horror was fresh in mind, and the Secretaries in the Executive anti-chamber have a hard time and a serious responsibility in protecting the President from cranks, lunatics and bores or worse.Holland House FIFTH AVENUE & THIRTIETH STREET H. M. KINSLEY & BAUMANN CABLE ADDRESS "KINSLEY NEW YORK" [*P.F*] Private Jan 13th 1906 Dear Theodore — I forgot to say to you when we were having our brief talk on Thursday evening that I wish you would talk with Hale on the Philippine Bill & San Domingo — He is on the Philippine Committee & could do us much harm. He has no love for the bill but I do not think he means to oppose it & I don't want him to. It is very important that he should not. Just now he seems to regard you with a more friendly eye. This relaxation of this tariff will help his favorite shipping in getting freight from the Islands — Moreover you havejust continued that suit. As to San Domingo he was ready to vote for the treaty last Spring & I think is so now but he is lukewarm — The greatest danger is on the Philippine Bill - It is there that we need most to make sure . Ever yrs H. C. LodgeCopy. Washington DC January 13th 1906 Statement made by Private A.E. Brown, of the Metropolitan Police Force D.C., to the Major and Superintendent of Police, after being sworn: I was at the Executive Avenue entrance to the White House the day Mrs. Morris was taken to the House of Detention, and was at the Guard Room when she was taken out and put in the cab. I did not know how she came there; when I saw her she was in the Guard Room. She was hysterical in there and wanted to break out, and Sergeant Bryan had to hold the door several times to keep her in. When the cab came from the house of Detention she walked out to the cab without assistance, but refused to get in. Sergeant Bryan had hold of her arm guiding her, and Mr. Stone, the Chief Usher at the White House, opened the folding doors for them, and then stepped out to the cab. Myself, Private Frech Mr. Stone and Sergeant Bryan were there. She refused to get in the cab and grabbed hold of each side of the cab door and commenced screaming, and she tried to slap, and kick and screech. I never touched her until I seen that Mr. Stone and the other two could not very well handle her, so I started in myself then. I got Frech to get inside the cab and take hold of her two hands, and I took hold of her waist and lifted her in and stepped up on the step with her. She propped herself against the cab door and tried to get out by throwing herself back. I tried to close the door after I got her in, and she tried to back out, and she tried to claw Mr. Frech in the face and I grabbed her around the waist and held her. I did not see any of the trouble until she was in the Guard Room. I am on duty around the White House and look after the President. I went to the House of Detention with her and on the way up there she slapped Sergeant Gallsher very severely in the face and tried to claw other people. I had hold of her arm and as soon as I let go of it she slapped Sergeant Gallsher in the face. She said she was being brutally treated and all that, and that we would hear from it. When we got to the House of Detention I said "Now, Madam, if you want to be quiet and go in the House of Detention, all right; but if you act in a violent manner we will have to take you down to the First Precinct and put you in a padded cell." She said she would do so, and she got out without2 any assistance. She was very hysterical. I could not say she appeared like a crazy woman, but she acted wild and out of her senses for the time-being. She was handled as courteously in my presence as possible. When I had hold of her, I only used sufficient strength to keep her from injuring herself and any one else.Statement of Mr. A. H. Feathers, messenger in the office of the Disbursing Clerk, Navy Department. I witnessed the taking of Mrs. Minor Morris from the door of the Executive Office until the turn we made to enter the basement at the west side of the White House, and took particular notice of it because I have been in that business a good many years myself as an officer and deputy sheriff in my county at home. I noticed nothing rough at all; the officers did nothing rough at all. There was one office on each side of her and she walked part of the way with them, but frequently broke loose from them and would drop down. At last they picked her up, one on each side, after which she let her foot drag for a short distance. Then the officer on the right side took her under her arms carefully and picked her up and the other officer took her by the feet, and they walked along to the basement of the building. She of course was screaming. From my experience as an officer I am able to say that the two officers conducted themselves with entire propriety toward Mrs. Morris and used only such force as the woman herself made it necessary for them to use. So far as I witnessed the occurrence no colored person had any part whatever in it. A. H. FEATHERS. January 13, 1906.FRANK FRANTZ. [ENID OKLAHOMA] [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 1/19/06*] Guthrie, Oklahoma. January 13, 1906. Dear Sir:- You will recall that you intimated to me at the White House that you might appoint Mr. John Abernathy United States Marshal for Oklahoma to succeed the present incumbent Mr. Fossett. I desire to lay the situation before you, believing as I do that you will thoroughly understand my position and justify me in my reason for it when I have made the situation clear to you. Briefly this is what I wish to say:- Mr. Abernathy I believe to be deserving of a place in Oklahoma should you so elect. He should not, however, in my opinion, be given a position of too great responsibility. I am fearful of the wisdom of his being placed in the important office of United States Marshal.Frank Franz [ENID OKLAHOMA] #2 President He, in company with Mr. Fossett, called upon me a few days since and talked with me concerning the appointment. As you well know, the office of United States Marshal is a very important place of political responsibility. It will require of us, as you advised me at our last meeting at the White House, that we here be completely united, without favor, fear or recognition of any faction of any kind whatsoever one way or the other. This is my earnest desire. And to accomplish this I shall need, as Governor, to start with every honorable political advantage possible. And but for this I should not presume to suggest any change in your expressed intention as to this appointment. I may say, moreover, that at no time in the history of Oklahoma have the Governor, the Secretary of the Territory, and the United States Marshal worked in harmony. And to this has been partly due the factional differences in the TerritoryFrank Frantz #3 President If you could place in this important and responsible position a man combining the integrity and bravery of Mr. Abernathy, with political qualifications which Mr. Abernathy is without and which are so important to the success of my administration and the ultimate success of the Republican party in Oklahoma it would be of high advantage to the present Territorial administration. Of course I need not assure you that I should not think of recommending any man for the United States Marshalship who would use the office in any but a thoroughly honorable manner. I have felt the difficulty of discussing this matter satisfactorily in a letter and at such a distance. I have therefore asked Mr. C. E. Hunter, whom you know, who will be in Washington shortly, and in whom I place entire confidence toFRANK FRANTZ [ENID OKLAHOMA] # 4 President. see you in reference to this important matter. I may add that Hunter is one of the very best informed men on political affairs in the two territories. I am, Yours very truly, Frank Frantz The President, Washington, D. C.[*Ackd 1/15/06*] Roosevelt Home Club INCORPORATED FEB 12TH 1905 "A SQUARE DEAL FOR EVERY MAN" TWENTY EIGHT EAST TWENTIETH STREET New York Jan. 13, 1906. To the President of the United States:- Since my visit to you several weeks ago, when I discussed the matter of the purchase of the old homestead at No. 28 East 20th Street, New York City, by energetic work the matter has been place on a footing of absolute security. This is in conformity with your expressed wish to me, viz., that unless the object could be obtained without any adverse criticism, you would repudiate it. The entire management of the club has been changed, and the property has been acquired in the name of the Roosevelt Home Club by myself and my associates, so that the conditions existing during the past two years, of practically no business management, have been abolished. Our plan is to turn the property over, when it has been restored to the condition in which it was at the time of your birth, to a Board of Trustees of representative men, such men for instance, as your personal friend, Mr. Jacob Reis, Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Henry C. Potter, or men of like character and stability. These men are to administer the funds for the proper care and preservation of the house, which is to be divorced entirely from the club proper as soon as available buildings-2- can be found for club purposes, because, as you will observe by the section of the By-laws which I enclose, and which I read to you in Washington there is no duty for the club of equally as high a standard as the preservation of your home; that is the preservation of the standard of American citizenship, irrespective of politics, which you, yourself, have set. I am not writing this with any idea that you will depart from your attitude, conveyed to me, that you cannot in any way identify yourself personally with our aims and object or give us a public endorsement but so that when you are approached by friends of yours whom we ask to assist us in the proper conduct of the affairs of the undertaking, you will have at your finger ends, endorsed by me, a full statement of what we doing and intend to do. I am not writing egotistically in this matter because you, yourself, stated at our last meeting that you would trust me to look out for your interests in connection with it. I append to this communication a copy of a resolution adopted by the club at its last meeting. I thought perhaps you would like also to know that Mr. Herbert Parsons has joined us rather heartily in the enterprise and has suggested the names of a great many people who, at the next meeting, will be elected members of the club. Yours respectfully, George E. Graham GEG TJC[*For 1. envelope see ca. 1-1901*]Copy. Washington, D. C., January 13th,1906. Statement made by Private Jacob P. Frech, of the Metropolitan Police Force D. C., to the Major and Superintendent of Police, after being duly sworn: Well, this happened January 4th, about 1:30 P.M. Mrs. Morris came to the White House office door and asked to see the Secretary. I directed her to the Doorkeeper of the Secretary's room, and a few minutes afterwards Mr. Barnes waited on her. The conversation between them I could not hear, only after awhile I heard her say she demanded an interview with the President. I was in the same room with her. The Doorkeeper to the Secretary, a newspaper man by the name of Payne, two or three men who were strangers and Messrs. Connell and Sloan, Secret Service men, were in the same room - not in Mr. Barnes room but in the lobby. Mr. Barnes said something else. I could not hear what he said, on account of the low voice Mr. Barnes was speaking in. I then heard her say she demanded an interview with the President. She said it a little louder than she had before. Mr. Barnes told her she could not have an interview with the President. She said "I will have an interview with the President and I will stay until I do have it, if it takes a month." Then Mr. Connell got on the right hand side of her and Mr. Sloan on the left, standing against the Secretary's door. Mr. Barnes said something else I could not hear - I stepped within a few feet of them, too, but I could not hear it. She said "I demand an interview with the President. If I cannot see him today, I will come tomorrow, and it not then, the next day and the next. This was in a loud tone of voice. Mr. Barnes said something else and went into his office, and Mr. Sloan went into the room with him. As they were going through the door she got up and said "You can have me arrested if you want to, but I will not leave this office." That was not said to anyone in particular but we heard it in the office. Then Mr. Sloan came out and told me they were going to have trouble, and Mr. Barnes was going to order her out, and if he did and she did not go, I was to arrest her. I stepped closer, so I could hear the conversation. Mr. Barnes said to her it was impossible for her to see the President, and to drop the matter. Before Mr. Barnes came out again she walked up and down2 the office floor three or four times and said "This is a pretty state of affairs, that an American lady cannot see the President. I will see him. I will go above him, and I will demand an interview." At that time she reached the chair and Mr. Barnes came out again. Mr. Barnes spoke to her again and she said "I shall not leave this office. I intend to stay until I can see him." Mr. Barnes made another request and she made a similar remark, and then Mr. Barnes called me over and told me to arrest her. I walked over to her and she began to holler not to lay my hands on her and dared anyone to lay hands on her. I asked her in a low tone of voice to leave the office with me and she hollered out she would not. I asked her again to leave the office without creating a scene, and she said "No, I will not leave the office". This was in a loud voice - screeching. I said "Lady, you have got to leave the office, and I want you to leave it quietly; if not, I will have to use force." She said "You can use all the force you want to, but you will have to drag me all the way." I asked her again to do so, and she said she would not. I took hold of her with my right hand and put my let hand on her shoulder, and she would not move. I lifted her out of the chair and Mr. Sloan took hold of her right arm and we led her to the door. All this time she was screaming and throwing herself back. We then called Mr. Murphy, I think his name is - the outside officer, to help us. When we got her out on the walk leading to the lower part of the house she threw herself on the ground. I asked her to get up and walk and not create a scene like this there. She said "I wont go. I want you to drag me every step of they way, and I want the press to see it." We then picked her up and carried her the best we could. Each took hold of an arm. She was not doing anything more than hollering, and was saying "Isn't there any one to help an American woman?" I did not see a black man on the scene until we got very near the basement door, then I saw a colored man, and he picked up a back comb and a hairpin. I did not see him put hands on her. We had to carry her until we got her through the corridor, and we closed the door and then went from the view of the public. We took her to the office and she sat there for a few minutes. I then asked her to get up and walk, and she got up and walked 3 around to the south of the house and to the Guard Room. That is a little more than twice the distance we had to carry her. All this time she was hollering very loudly. When we got her into the Guard Room we gave her a chair and allowed Sergeant Bryan to take charge of her, as it seemed the presence of us two men who handled her made her more hysterical. When the wagon came she refused to get into it. She walked out to the wagon but refused to get in, and caught hold of each side of the wagon and propped herself against the door of the cab. I had to get inside and take hold of her hands to prevent her taking hold of everything, and had to lift her in the wagon bodily. When we got her in the wagon she insisted we should take her to the Post Building, that she wanted the press to know the whole occurrence. Officer Brown got inside of the cab when we put her in and lifted her over so we could close the door. We then went to the House of Detention. In the wagon there was nothing out of the ordinary except she asked us where we were going to take her, and I made no reply, and Sergeant Gallaher answered for me, and she slapped him in the face. Sergeant Gallaher was in citizens clothes. At the House of Detention I preferred the charge of disorderly conduct against her. I gave no instructions at all at the time, but on account of her hysterical condition, when she was ready to put up the required collateral I told them they had better hold her for examination as to her mental condition. I had no instructions from any one to do that. I went to Court the next morning and she forfeited collateral. I am detailed to the Secretary to the President, in the Executive Offices, and have an inside detail at the White House. I am subject, I understand, to the orders of the Secretary and his Assistants. The Chief Usher is in charge there.Copy. Washington D. C., January 13, 1906. Statement made by Private C. H . Murphy, of the Metropolitan Police Force D.C., to the Major and Superintendent of Police; after being sworn: I was detailed to the White House from last Thursday week until the following Saturday, in place of Private Ogle. I assisted in taking Mrs. Morris from outside of the Executive Offices to the Police Office in the White House. I was doing duty on No. 2 beat outside, and was about fifty feet away when I heard a commotion inside and walked towards it. I heard a woman say "I wont get out; don't you force me out." The voice was very loud. Before I got to the door, Officer Frech brought Mrs. Morris out and asked me to assist him. I went over and asked if he was going to arrest her. He said, "Yes." I thought she was crazy from the way she acted. I took hold of her arm, but not hard enough to bruise it, and she sat down in the mud. I said "Madam, you will ruin your dress; the streets are muddy." She said, "I will not walk; you will have to drag me." I said "You will have to go; you had better walk; we will have to take you if we drag you." She is a very large woman, and she kicked me on the shin and I have a mark there now. She sat down and stuck her feet in the ground and we had a time with her. She stuck her feet in the ground so that we had to push her. I had my arm back of her and so did Mr. Frech, and we finally got her to the basement entrance, a distance of fully 100 feet. I noticed a colored attendant there. He draped her clothing around her feet so as to prevent exposure of her limbs, and picked up her pocket book. She said to us "You will have to drag me." I said we did not like to do that. I said, "You will ruin your clothes sitting down in the mud. You will have to go." She said she would not. Other officers came to our assistance finally, but she was going along alright then, and my duty ended after she had go[i]ne in the office. I am certain that, situated as we were, we did nothing more than was necessary to maintain the arrest. We used as little force as possible. It was her fault her clothes were ruined; that was caused by her sitting down in the mud.[*Ackd 1-13-06*] THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Dear Father, Isn't it great that Ted has been elected Chairman of that committee to arrange for the Freshman Smoking & Beer thing, I don't know what it's name is. Shaun Kelly who was up here today, says that it's the next greatest honor to being elected president ofthe class. Did you know that [there] that poem of Robinson's which he sent me, called "Bon Voyage" is published in Scribners for January. My work so far this term has not been satisfactory in German. I [be] am going to get to work on it. My work that I did at home has really come out very well. It gives me a good deal more hope for getting along well next year because I didn't really work so very hard on it. Your loving Kermit. There is a good article in McClures about you, with some pictures I had never before seen. One of you in hunting costume on a very handsome horse, I should say Sagamore, and one with Skip in your lap and one just showing off the boat down at the Coldspring harbor side. K.R. [*[Roosevelt]*][ca Jan; 13, 1906]*] Teddy Roosevelt. President. Sir Enough time has been given you to explain & apologize to the American People for the insult offered Mrs Morris. We now demand a public explanation or your daughter may expect a bullet instead of roses at or before her Wedding Coronation. You have made the White House black by eating cheek to joel with a baboon head of a tribe of degenerates, and your treatment of Mrs Morris a defenseless American lady by three lousy brutes a disgrace to out American Nation in the eyes of the worldOnce more Sir we ask a public explanation or take the consequences. Yours enem[y]ies.[*For attachment see 1-13-06*]Mr Roosevelt-President Washington D. C. CHICAGO, ILL. JAN 13 1 30 AM 1906[*[attached to “your enemies” 1-13-06]*] [*WASHINGTON,D.C.RECD Jan 14 5-AM 1906*][*Ackd 2/10/06*] Sydney. 14.1.06. To the President Sir I take the liberty of sending you an article of mine which has appeared in a number of the Australian papers. Your messages to Australia have produced a profound impression here, & will undoubtedly stimulate our efforts to increase our population. I would be so bold as to ask you to send me as President of the Immigration League of Australia, a short letter or message commending[*For 1 enclosure see 1-5-06*] our objects, & wishing us success. I am confident that this would be a very great help to us, & would arouse the interest of the general public, which is so easily diverted from momentous matters to trivial issues. Assistance of this kind from you would be of inestimable value, & would give you a further claim on our gratitude. I am Yours very respectfully (Dr) Richard Arthur-73346 December 29, 1905. My Dear Mr. Sheehan: I have received from Right Reverend D. J. Dougherty, Bishop of Nueva Segovia, a written complaint made by Reverend Father Mariano L. Paris, of Manaoag, Pangasinan, a copy of which complaint is herewith forwarded to you for such statement or remark as you may desire to make. The complaint of Reverend Father Paris charges that Manuel Garcia Presidente of Manaoag, and yourself have sought by various means to interfere with the parochial schools and to prevent the children of San Jacinto and Manaoag from attending them except during certain specific hours of the day. Of course you understand, Mr. Sheehan, as does every other teacher in the Bureau of Education, that no interference with parochial or private schools can be tolerated or permitted by the Bureau of Education. The Government has no war to wage on private schools; on the contrary it welcomes their aid in educating the people, and gives a special welcome to those schools whose object and purpose is to inculcate religion and morals. That religion is not taught in the public schools is, of course, not due to the fact that the United States is opposed to religion or that it believes religious teaching to be unwise, but solely because it is not feasible to give, in the public schools, such religious instruction as would accord with the religious convictions of all the pupils in attendance. The parents of children under your jurisdiction should, of course, not only be encouraged but urged to send their children to school, but in so encouraging or urging parents it should be expressly stated to them that there is no obligation on their part to send their children to one school rather than to another but that the choice of schools is left to the free selection of the parents. In view of the fact that there are about one million two hundred thousand children of school age in these Islands and that the Government by straining its resources to the very utmost cannot give instruction to more than one-third of this number, it would seem to be our duty, for this reason if for none other, to encourage the establishment of as many private schools as possible and thus aid in giving the people larger opportunities for instruction. I have no jurisdiction over the Municipal Presidente of Manaoag, but I wish that you would call this matter to his attention and explain to him in detail the attitude of the Government as to private schools. Insofar as these papers concern him and his action they will be referred to the Governor-General for such action as may to him seem proper in the premises. Very respectfully, Secretary of Public Instruction. Mr. Edward P. Sheehan, Teacher, Bureau of Education, Manaoag, Pangasinan.2 -73346- 2nd End. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Manila, January 5, 1906.- Respectfully transmitted to Sr. Manuel Garcia, municipal presidente of Manaoag, province of Pangasinan, inviting his attention to the within communication, and to the within letter from the Honorable, the Secretary of Public Instruction to Mr. Edward P. Sheehan, which letter is concurred in, and requesting comment by the presidente of Manaoag and transmission of these papers to the provincial board of the province of Pangasinan, in order that the Board may return the papers to this office with such comment as to the Board may seem expedient. HENRY C. IDE. Acting Governor-General. Ls. Vs- 3rd Indorsement.- (See letter of Jan. 17, 1906. enclosed). 4th Indorsement.- EXECUTIVE BUREAU. February 9, 1906.- Respectfully returned to Right Reverend D. J. Dougherty, Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Vigan, Ilocos Sur, inviting attention to the within communication from the Secretary of Public Instruction addressed to Mr. E. P. Sheehan, dated December 29, 1905; his reply, dated January 14, 1906; to the indorsement dated January 5, 1906, transmitting these papers to Sr. Manuel Garcia, municipal president of Manaoag, and the provincial board of Pangasinan and to the replies of Sr. Garcia and the provincial board. It would seem, taking them all together, that there is no real cause for complaint, and that if there has been such cause the circumstances are such that it will not probably record. HENRY C. IDE, Acting Governor-General. Enclosure: 73346-A1. REE. RO. (Translation.) Manaoag, January 17, 1906. Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, Manila. Sir: I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the statements contained in the letter of the parish priest of this3 -73346- public, Father Mariano L. Pasis, to His Grace the Bishop of Nueva Segovia, at Vigan, are not true. I do not deny that an order was published by the municipal councillors in the barrios of this pueblo of Manaoag and San Jacinto, relative to the instruction in the schools, but this merely suggested and encouraged the parents to send their children to school, inculcating the conveniency and great necessity of education, and recommending to those parents of San Jacinto who wanted to send their children to school both in the forenoon and the afternoon, to send them in the afternoon, when the public schools are closed, to the Catholic school established by the curate in the Convento, in order that they might also learn the Christian Doctrine and the duties of the Christian, which is not compulsory. No coercive measure was employed, however, in view of a recommendation made by the Provincial Board under February 1st, 1905, a copy whereof is annexed, and of the verbal suggestion made by the Division Superintndent of Schools, when he saw how few children attended the schools at San Jacinto. No rigor was used, and none of the parents or guardians of the children who failed to attend school has been fined or arrested. As to the Curate's statement relative to the prohibition of the imposition of penalties on the parents failing to send their children to school, the municipal councillors have been informed, to the end that they explain the matter to the residents of their respective barrios. As to the police, which, according to Father Mariano Pasis, arrested children to take them to the public schools, these arrests were not made in order to compel them to attend the schools, but in order to have them return the school books issued to them, they having attended the public schools and not returned the books upon ceasing to attend, as they ought to have done. As to the notes of which the Curate speaks at the end of his letter, these were written for the purpose of informing the teacher, Mr. Sheehan, of the reason for the absence of the children from school, and in order that the books of said children be returned to the teacher in the event of their not desiring to continue to attend. Very respectfully, (Sgd.) Manuel Garcia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXHIBIT NO 1. (EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF MUN.COUNCIL OF MANAOAG). SESSION OF JULY 29, 1905. x x x x x 11. The council having been informed of the motion of Mr. E. P. Sheehan, it cannot but congratulate said Mr. Sheehan, the teacher of the schools of this municipality, for the reason4 -73346- that it concerns the welfare of the citizens, and the councillors present, together with the president, bind themselves to cooperate with that gentleman and transmit the contents of his motion to the fathers of families, to the end that these send their children to school, in order to have their minds cultivated by means of the instruction to be given them by the aforesaid amiable teacher, whose purposes are noble. x x x x EXHIBIT NO 2. EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF MANAOAG. JAN.13,1906. x x x x Mr. Eduard P. Sheehan, school-teacher, having presented to the council a letter written by Father Mariano Paris to Bishop Dionisio Dougherty, with the request that the council report whether the statements therein made are based on true facts, said council, after an examination of said letter, states that the entire contents of the letter are untrue, because during the year 1905 not a case is on record in the book of any father or guardian of any of the children who ought to attend the public school having been charged with infraction of the ordinance referred to. As to the police, the council does not deny that on certain days they went to the homes of some of the children, but the purpose was only to get the books given to them by the teachers of the public schools, said children, after having attended school and received books, having ceased coming, whereupon the teachers, being responsible for said property, addressed a letter to the president, asking him to have those books taken up. As to the publication of an order mentioned in that letter, this was a suggestion to the parents of children who ought to go to school, inculcating them the great necessity of instruction. x x x x EXHIBIT NO 3. 4TH INDORSEMENT. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF PANGASINAN. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Lingayen,P.I.,February 4, 1905. Respectfully returned, by direction of the Provincial Board, to the Municipal Council of Manaoag, with the information that in accordance with the preceding opinion of the Provincial Fiscal, the resolution was disapproved by the Board at a session held on February 1, 1905. The Board further states that although it is good to promote instruction, yet it is not prudent to employ coercive measures, and the duty in this respect of all and each of the municipal officers consists in stimulating the parents, guardians and persons in charge of the children to send these to school, inculcating them the great necessity of education. x x x x A true copy etc. Fr5 -73346- 1st End. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Manila, January 2, 1906. - Respectfully referred to the Director of Education, calling attention to the enclosed complaint of the Rev. Mariano L. Paris, and requesting that said complaint and the enclosed letter from this office be referred to Mr. Sheehan. JAMES F. SMITH, Sec. Pub. Instn. je-gr. Enclosure:letter. Vs. ------------------------------ 2nd Indorsement.-BUREAU OF EDCUATION, OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. - Manila, P. I., January 5, 1906.-Respectfully referred to Mr. Edward P. Sheehan through the Division Superintendent of Schools for Pangasinan, attention being invited to the enclosed protest and letter of the Honorable the Secretary of Public Instruction. Mr. Sheehan is requested to at once submit statement of the facts in the matter here treated of.-DAVID P. BARROWS, Director of Education. ------------------------------- 3rd Indorsement. BUREAU OF EDUCATION DIVISION OF PANGASINAN.- Lingayen, P. I., Jan.10,1906.-Respectfully forwarded to Mr. Edward P. Sheehan, Manaoag, Pan., for his information and comment. His statement of the facts in this matter together with these papers should be returned through this office at an early date.- E. G. TURNER, Division Superintendent. ---------------------------------- 4th Indorsement Manaoag, Pangasinan, P. I., January 14, 1906. The Honorable Secretary of Education, Manila, P. I. My dear General:- I have found in your translated copy of the letter of Mariano Paris to the Bishop of Vigan, two charges made against the teachers in Manaoag which have elicited the following replies. That some of our native teachers and myself have visited the parents of the children and advised them as to the kind of education they should give their children is true, but in so doing no dishonorable methods were resorted to, no force was brought to bear on them, neither were they threatened with fines should they fail to send their children to the official schools. Is it not the duty of every teacher to visit the parents, to advise with them as to the kind of education6 73346 they should give their children one that would best fit them for the ordinary purposes in life? Is it not the duty of every teacher to try and sensure the co-operation of parents in the work of education their children? I think it is, and in so doing we stand within the law. That the teachers have sent notices to the parents inquiring into the cause of absences is true, and that the supervising teacher placed his signature to such notices is also true, but that the Municipal President placed his signature to such notices is false. Is it not the duty of every teacher to know where his pupils are, and to notify the parents by note or any other means he may deem proper in case of absences from school? Is it not the duty of the supervising teacher to place his signature to such notes sent by his teachers? Again I think we stand within the law. In cases when the pupils lived a great distance from the school the Municipal President was requested to have the notes delivered to the parents and should the pupils fail to return to the school the bearer of said notes was requested to demand the books of such pupils and return them to the teacher. Was this a crime? As every teacher is held responsible for school supplies delivered to him it therefore becomes his imperative duty to see that said books be returned to their proper source. As to the other charges made by Mariano Paris, it devolves on the former Municipal President to answer them, believe he has done his duty in this regard as well as in all others and will forward same to provincial board as per request of the Acting Governor-General. Very respectfully yours, (Sgd.) Edward P. Sheehan 5th Indorsement. Department of Public Instruction. Bureau of Education. Division of Pangasinan. Lingayen, P.I., Jan. 17, 1906. Respectfully returned to the Honorable the Secretary of Public Instruction, through the Director of Education, Manila, P.I. -E.G. Turner, Division Superintendent. 6th Indorsement. Bureau of Education. Manila, January 26, 1906. Respectfully forwarded to the Honorable the Secretary of Public Instruction. David P. Barrows, Director of Education. Gc RO7 -73346- 7th Indorsement.-DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.-Manila, February 5, 1906.- Respectfully forwarded to the Honorable, the Governor-General, calling attention to the inclosed complaint of Rev. Mariano Paris, the letter of the undersigned dated December 29, 1905, addressed to Mr. E. P. Sheehan, and his reply thereto dated January 14, 1906, for such action as may be proper so far as this complaint affects the Presidente of Manaoag, Pangasinan. -JAMES F. SMITH, Secretary of Public Instruction. jfs-je/Ge (Original paper sent out as enclosure 73346. Ro Manaoag, Pangasinan, P. I., January 10, 1906. The Honorable Secretary of Education, Manila, P. I. Dear General: We the undersigned have the honor to state that the charges made by Mariano Paris are without a shadow of a foundation save one. It is true that the president, Manual Garcia, did advise, or requested his councilors to advise, the parents to send their children to the public schools in the morning to learn a little English at which time no English was taught in the private schools. No force was brought to bear on either children or parents. I would have written you sooner but was waiting from day to day for your promised translation of the charges made by Mariano Paris to the bishop of Vigan. They have failed to materialize. Very sincerely yours, (Sgd.) E.P.Sheehan, Manual Garcia.jfs-gr [*Exhibit G*] [*[1-14-06]*] December 25, 1905. My Dear Bishop: I desire to apologize sincerely to you for my failure to answer the two letters to which you refer in your letter of December 10, 1905. One of them, regarding my reimbursement for schoolbooks which were delivered to Father McGinley, did not answer for the reason that it affected my individ interest and I ventured upon a liberty which I would not otherwise have taken. I did, however, send word to you by Father Tompkins that it would be impossible to straighten out the matter as suggested in your letter for the reason that the money for the books has been covered into the Insular Treasury and there was no possibility of withdrawing it except by appropriation, which, of course, I did not desire to ask from the Commission. When the books were paid for by me it was a perfect understanding on my part that it was a free gift and not a loan. The other letter, referring to Captain Reissar, was not answered for the reason that a short time before its receipt a telegram was sent to Secretary Taft requesting information as to the possibility of securing Congressional legislation authorizing the use of the RANGER by the Nautical-2- school and the probability of obtaining a naval officer to command her. To this telegram I have not yet received an answer and, of course, I have not been nor am I now in a position to give definite information as to whether Captain Reissar has any chance of obtaining the appointment sought by him. The Nautical School has been consolidated with the Normal School on account of the want of a school ship, and such consolidation will, of course, remain in effect until such time as we are enabled to secure a suitable school ship. Touching the complaint against Mr. Edward P. Sheehan, referred to in your letter of December 19th, I have referred the communication of Father Paris to Mr. Sheehan for any statement or remark he may have to make and enclosed I send you a copy of the letter which I have sent to Mr. Sheehan on the subject. I have no jurisdiction over the Municipal Presidents but will transmit the papers in the case to the Governor-General for such action as the circumstances may seem to warrant. As I have stated to Mr. Sheehan, and have previously stated to other teachers, the Government has nothing but the kindest feelings toward parochial or private schools and desire that they be encouraged and assisted as far as the law will permit.-3- I am very thankful to you that the matter has been called to my attention so that the proper stage might be taken by me to remedy not only any interference but any appearance of interference with private or parochial schools. Very sincerely and respectfully yours, [*[J. F. Smith]*] Secretary of Public Instruction. Rt. Rev. D. J. Dougherty, Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Vigan, Ilocos Sur. jfs-grObispado de Nueva Segovia, Vigan. December 19, 1905. The Hon. James F. Smith, Sec'y. Public Instruction. My dear Sir: Notwithstanding that the last two letters which I had the honor to send you have up to the present remained unanswered, I write this, through a sense of my responsibility as Bishop, in order to protest against the illegal actions of the "Presidente" of Manaag who has morally forced pupils of the Catholic parochial school to attend the public school; and also against the American school teacher, Mr. Edward Sheehan, who incited the "Presidente," as I am informed, to take this unlawful step. The enclosed letter needs no comment. Respectfully (Sgd.) D. J. Dougherty, Bp. of Nueva Segovia.Obispado de Nueva Segovia Vigan. November 4, 1905. The Hon. James F. Smith, Sec'y. Public Instruction My dear General Smith: Captain Reissar of the Coastguard "Negros" has written to me that he desires to be appointed to the command of a ship in which the students of the Nautical School are to complete their education. He is a close friend of mine, and I have the highest admiration for him. I should like very much to see his hopes fulfilled, and I take the liberty of recommending him most warmly to your consideration. Very sincerely yours, (Sgd.) D. J. Dougherty, Bp. of Nueva Segovia.BG (Translation) Manaoag, October 15, 1905. Right Rev. Bishop Dionisius Dougherty, Vigam. Sir: The municipal president of this pueble, Señor Manual Garcia, has been compelling all school children of both sexes to attend the official schools by means of his proclamations, using the police to carry out his purpose and imposing a pecuniary fine upon parents failing to do so; and when the latter would not or could not pay he has been arresting them and holding them prisoners in the presidencia for some days. Some days prior to your reverence's pastoral visit to this province the matter come to be known by the provincial board from private sources, said board being compelled to prohibit his procedure on the part of the president; but as the nation of the provincial board was not made public the people remained with the impression that they were all obliged to send their children of school age to the official schools under penalty for failure to do so on the part of parents or guardians, if caught by the police, of being fined or placed under arrest for some days. Upon the recommendation of your reverence an effort was made to induce several young ladies to teach Christian Doctrines to the children, but owing to various reasons only two among -2- a large number were able to persevere in this charitable work they being upheld and supported by their pious mothers. For this reason the deficiency was supplied by Catholic schools in the barrios where capable persons were found for teaching reading, Christian Doctrine, writing and the rudiments of arithmetic; thus time passed on whilst the prohibition was borne in mind. But when the time for opening the official schools in July drew near and after their opening they were not attended, many of the teachers who are relatives of the municipal president being left without pupils. The municipal president for this reason, or because he was influenced thereto by the teacher Mr. Edward Sheehan, issued various proclamations, of which among the number I was able to read one told the town people that it was their bounden duty to send their children to study in the official schools and that there was no need of sending them to the Catholic schools as the American teacher was a very christian man. In another proclamation he deplored that Catholic schools ha been established at San Jacinto, (as a matter of fact there is a regular boys school there and also a girls school, where English is taught, the text book of the Bishop of Cleveland having been adopted) and called upon the councillors to endeavor to persuade people having children to send them to the official school in the morning and to the -3- Catholic School in the afternoons. In still another proclamation he made it incumbent upon the councillors, tenientes, and sergeants, corporals and men of municipal police to make the town people understand that it was imperatively necessary for them to send their children to the official schools. In the meanwhile one councillor has been going about persuading the people to send their children to the official schools and has been taking them from other schools and placing them in the Government institution; the police have been catching youngsters for the public schools while the teachers themselves have been going from house to house prevailing upon both children and parents, threatening the latter with fines and bringing pressure to bear upon the former in their position as Government teachers so as to get them to attend their schools. And so, omitting the recital of their contemptible conduct, the result was that the Catholic schools in the barrios were deserted except two presided over by young ladies or their mothers, and there was a notable falling off in the attendance of our schools in the town itself, and though some parents have attempted to return their children to the Catholic schools, they have received a note signed by Señor M. Garcia, municipal president, and by Mr. E. Sheehan, theAmerican teacher, two or three days later from a policeman, asking why their children no longer attend the official school. This is the condition of affairs with relation to the schools of Manaoag and San Jacinto. Your reverence's obedient servant, etc., etc. (Signed) Mariano L. Paris. RdfObispado de Nueva Segovia Vigan. September 22, 1905. The Hon. James F. Smith, Secretary of Public Instruction. My dear General Smith: I enclose the list of books which through your courtesy Mr. P. S. O'Reilly issued Dr. McGinley for our Seminary on June 29th, 1904; also, a list of those of the foregoing, which we returned on June 21st of this present year to Mr. Atkins, actual Superintendent in Vigan. We had occasion to use only some of the books issued by Mr. O'Reilly, and the rest we returned intact to Mr. Atkins. You paid for all the books issued us by Mr. O'Reilly, and consequently the Department of Public Instruction is in debt to you for those returned by us. I shall be much obliged to you if you return me the enclosed documents, and at the same time inform me of the cost of the books which we did not return, in order that I may remit the amount due. Very respectfully yours, (Sgd.) D. J. Dougherty, Bp. of Nueva Segovia.Copy: Washington, D. C., January 14,1906. Statement of J. S. Wall, M. D., Surgeon, Police and Fire Departments, to the Major and Superintendent of Police. On the day in question I received information between 3 and 4 o'clock and called at the House of Detention at half past four. When I was there I met a friend of Mrs. Morris, Mr. Guthridge, going out. I went up to see her and he returned, he was called back by Sergeant Gallaher, and was present when I examined her. I stayed an hour altogether with her and with Mr. Guthridge down stairs. There was no one else present excepting the officers of the House. There was in her hysteria sufficient to give the idea that she was no of sound mind. I would judge that from her actions she would appear to a layman as being of unbalanced mind particularly from the history of the case at the time she was brought in. I saw her, you see, a couple of hours after that time. Her condition could have been the result of the arrest. She did not express any feeling directly against the officers at the time, her denunciation being confined to the official, the Assistant Secretary, who had caused her to be removed and not to those who handled her. She also said that she made determined opposition to their efforts to remove her. Mr. Guthridge was there during the whole period of my examination and I talked with him down stairs after that time. He talked purely in a personal way with me. In my opinion this woman is eccentric. She said she was visiting her friends at the New Willard.Bre, in Bonita 1-20-06 1-14-06New York, January 19, 1906 Mr. Roosevelt and Mrs. Morris. "Sunnyside," Gladstone, N. J., Jan. 14, 1906 To the Editor New York Journal: Dear Sir---For the recent White House horror there seems to be no excuse for the President nor for the unspeakable Loeb and Barnes. So far as has been divulged, only the two latter were concerned in the cowardly and dishonorable attempt to hold Mrs. Morris by questioning her sanity. When that miserable subterfuge failed they substituted a "disorderly" charge--- pursuing a crushed and insulted woman with false, cowardly complaints that they knew to be false when presented. With Mrs. Morris to-day in a state of nervous collapse, it is necessary for two Cabinet Ministers to plead with Roosevelt for a disavowal of violence, with a promise to prevent similar occurrences in future---but it is too late for the hero of San Juan Hill to regain lost ground. His opportunity to show himself a man was when Mrs. Morris was brutally dragged from the White House, her cries of distress penetrating every part of the building. Was he hiding? If so, Mrs. Morris was in such a tight grasp of the personal guards that her arms are a mass of bruises to-day, and Generalissimo Barnes, chief of the thugs, was close by. He would have been in no more danger than on those perilous hunting trips, where, with a pack of dogs and carefully guarded by hardy frontiersmen, he shoots down in cold blood some inoffensive animal that asks only to live in peace, away from the brutality of man. Poor Mrs. Morris, with her appeal in her husband's behalf, naturally hoped to find a just and, possibly, sympathetic ear. She had probably heard of the "square deal" and the other numerous platitudes on the duties of good citizenship, so freely dispensed by the Discoverer of the Ten Commandments. It was her only means to circumvent the underhanded and treacherous influence of her despicable brother, Mr. Hull, chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs. The President was her Court of Appeals. What a mistake the poor soul made! Had she been some swashbuckler of a cowboy, a rough rider, football ruffian or a politician with Tuskegee backing, she would have been welcome. But a lady seeking simple justice in her own simple, innocent way, too frail to defend herself, she is ejected in the "knock down and drag out" plan characteristic of a low Bowery dive. Mrs. Morris in her distress has the sympathy of all decent men and women, while Roosevelt, Loeb, Barnes and Hull justly merit their personal contempt and disgust. Very respectfully, Francis J. A. DarrEVERETT D. BARLOW Attorney and Counsellor at Law 13-21 Park Row Park Row Building New York ------------ Telephone: 3046 Cortlandt. [*F*] New York Jany 15-1906 Hon. Theodore Roosevelt: President My Dear Sir: In view of the newspaper criticism on account of the removal of Mrs. Morris from the White House - I as one Citizen of the United States, beg to say, that in my opinion she received her just deserts. I have no doubt that the conduct of the officers at the time was warranted by her Conduct. I believe she is now posing and if the truth is known, her alleged "Serious Condition" is a Myth. Yours Most Respectfully Everett D Barlow Sr.[*Ackd 1-19-06*] COMMODORE, H. LANSING QUICK, YONKERS, N. Y. SECRETARY, WM. W. CROSBY, 86 PASSAIC AVENUE, PASSAIC, N. J. TREASURER, F. G. MATHER, STAMFORD, CONN. ORGANIZED 1880. American Canoe Association, INCORPORATED 1901 NATIONAL MEET, SUGAR ISLAND, ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. AUGUST 10 TO 24, 1906 Jan 15, 1906 To His Excellency the President Theodore Roosevelt Executive Mansion Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- The American Canoe Association founded to promote the interests of Amateur Canoeing requests of you the honor of enrolling you as an Honorary Member. This is not intended as a mere act of courtesy, but because your name is honored by all lovers of honest, clean, straight forward athletic contests and this Association stands preeminently for one of the highest and best types of athletic sports.Enclosed in Mather 1-17-06Commodore, H. Lansing Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. Secretary, Wm. W. Crosby, 86 Passaic Avenue, Passaic, N. J. Treasurer, F. G. Mather, Stamford, Conn. Organized 1880. American Canoe Association; Incorporated 1901 National Meet, Sugar Island, St. Lawrence River. August 10 to 24, 1906 If you accept our invitation to become an Honorary Member of our Association we shall appreciate your early reply. Respectfully Wm. W. Crosby SecretaryCopy. Washington, D.C., January, 15, 1906 Statement of W. Thompson Burch, M.D., Surgeon Police and Fire Departments, to the Major and Superintendent of Police. I was the the House of Detention on Thursday, the 4th of January, seeing another case at the time. I was trying to telephone to Mr. Frank, concerning this case of a young girl when I heard a commotion in the hall, it was simply a loud argument on the part of some woman who turned out the be Mrs. Morris; in fact it was so much so, she was talking so loud that I could not use the telephone and I hung it up. She came in[to] the office and requested the use of the telephone. Sergeant Gallaher told her that we would gladly get her any call she wanted, and she said no, she would not let him play any tricks on her, she would do her own telephoning. They tied to convince her that they would help her and they couldn't, so the only thing to do was to let her use it. She found she couldn't and we got the number for her. She was extremely hysterical and crying. I talked with her for quite a while and she spoke about her brother, Mr. Hull, her husband had been put out of office, as she expressed it , and she was going to have Roosevelt crawl on his knees. She would not listen to reason from anyone of us. I finally introduced myself as a physician and told her that if there was anything I could do I would gladly do it, and she finally talked with me about this case. She did not show any evidences of physical abuse that I could see on her face or arms. The only thing that would lead me to believe so was the back of her skirt was soiled, it was taffeta silk, and was torn in one place. Under my observation the officers treated her extremely courteous and kindly and more so than the average man would do under the circumstances. The only thing that would lead me to believe, outside of an examination, that she was mentally unbalanced was she had written a piece of poetry to Mr. Roosevelt and I read it over. I asked her afterword, without telling her I had read it, if she would kindly tell me what was in the envelope she wanted the President to have and she said it was a piece of poetry that she had written, that she had always been a writer, and that this poem was on "Insomnia" and she has tried in this poetry to portray her feelings. It was a very peculiar piece of poetry. As far as I could see all up there were extremely2 courteous so much so that the Superintendent himself went out of his way to try and accommodate her and tried to do for her. I did not see Mr. Guthridge but I saw the gentleman who represented him. I went to the policeman who made the arrest and talked with him before I talked with this woman. He told me he had asked her three times very politely "Will you kindly withdraw, you cannot stay here, I have my orders and we don't want to use force at all." Each time she said she would not go, you couldn't arrest her and would not arrest her. He asked her three times. Each time he told her that if she did not go he had orders from Mr. Barnes and he would have to use physical force. He asked her to go out quietly and she would not do it. .[*F*] President Rosevelt Jan 15/06 Kind Friend Being a great admirer of you, and being in a position to know what the general opinion is, it seems to me you should in some way, (you know best) let the public know that you have taken a personal interest in the case of Mrs. Morris being thrown from the White House. The Democrats are making a big howl over the affair. My first vote was the last term of Abe Lincoln & I have certainly stuck to the text ever since. Respy. C W Dawson Wellington Ill [*Please let me hear from you*]Chicago Jan 15. 1906 [*Ackd 1-17-06*] Dear Mr President Your wreath for Dr. Harper, arrived in fine condition, & on time for the funeral. A spray from the family on top of the casket & your wreath and one cabled over by Emperor William were the only flowers on the coffin--The family, faculty & students were greatly pleased with your thoughtfulness. The country lost a great man in Dr. Harper's death You and I a warm loving friend. Trusting you are well I am as ever Your friend H. H. Kohlsaat [Kohlsaat]H No. 410 American Embassy, St. Petersburg, January 15, 1906. Sir: I beg leave to report that yesterday being the First of January, Russian style, the Emperor and Empress gave a reception to the Diplomatic Corps in the Alexandra Palace at Tsarskoe Selo. On this occasion the entire staff of the Embassy was present, with the exception of Mr. Eddy, who is now on a leave of absence. His Majesty appeared in excellent health and was most cordial in his manner. As regards the situation in His Empire, He expressed the belief that conditions were improving and that matters had been much exaggerated by the press. He also assured me that He should never forget what the President had done, and later repeated it in such a manner that it left no doubt in my mind that He really felt it and meant it. In presenting Capt. Roy Smith, our Naval Attaché, the Tsar questioned him about our fleet coming to the Mediterranean and added: "I suppose you are sending it The Honorable Elihu Root, Secretary of State, Washington.2. it into warmer waters during the winter, as we do," - then correcting himself: "as we used to do, when we had a fleet." In making the presentation of our Military Attaché, Major Gibson, the Tsar showed considerable interest in the Philippines when he learned that Major Gibson had lately returned from active duty there. I also took the occasion to present the different members of the Embassy to Her Majesty the Empress. The entire reception lasted two hours and was not marked by any special feature. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, G. v. L. Meyer.[*Enc. in Bereon, 2-6-06*]AMERICAN EMBASSY, ST. PETERSBURG. January 15, 1906. [*Ackd*] [*2-1-06*] My dear Mr. President:- I cabled the Department last week concerning the nervousness of the French Embassy here as to the probable demands of the German Emperor at the Morocco Conference. The nervousness must be contagious, because even Sir Charles Hardings, who has presented his letters of recall, and Spring Rice have also become worked up. It is quite true the France has left no stone unturned to impress Russia and the Tsar with the importance of using every influence to urge the Emperor William not to precipitate a crisis at Algeciras. In talking, within the last two day, with Prince Fürstenberg, an intimate friend of the German Emperor, he assured me that it was his belief that the German demands would not be excessive and this talk of war was uncalled for. v. Schoen, the new Ambassador, who has lately come from Berlin, confirmed this The Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D. C.-2- impression. I see also that von Bulow and von Radowicz have each come out publicly with a statement, on the 12th. of January, to the effect that neither His Majesty the Kaiser nor anybody else in German dreams of exercising the slightest pressure upon France at the expense of French national dignity. The question to my mind that may cause some debate is the question of policing. Should matters unexpectedly get strained, I am satisfied that you, of all people, could have the greatest moral influence with the Emperor and with the French Republic. Yesterday begin the Russian 1st. of January, the Tsar and the Tsarina received the diplomatic corps at the Alexandra Palace in Tsarskos Selo. The Emperor appeared in excellent health, notwithstanding what he has been through with regard to the war and internal affairs. No matter how black the aspect may look or how badly things are mismanaged, he has a sublime faith in God and his people, not at all appreciating that God prefers to help those who try to help themselves. During his conversation with me, which was very cordial, he said that on our New Year's day he had received a very nice cable from you, which he appreciated, and added: "I shall never forget all you President has done", and later repeated it with emphasis and impressed me that he really meant it and-3- felt it. By the same courier I am writing a letter to Mr. Root, posting him as to the present conditions, etc. Believe me, my dear Mr. President, Respectfully yours, G v L Meyer [*[Meyer]*]Washington Bureau of the Boston Transcript Robert Lincoln O'Brien, Correspondent, Wyatt Building, Telephone Main 1500 Washington, D. C. Jan. 15, 1906. My dear Mr. Barnes:---- I am still keeping up the fight. Mr. Pou, having joined us there are now three of us in the great army of reform. I also had this article printed in the New York Mail. I got some inside facts the other day from a gentleman high in authority on the Montgomery retirement, giving the findings of a preliminary investigation. The situation is serious. Cordially yours, [O'Brien?][*For enc. see 1-12-06*]Department of State. Washington. January 15, 1906. Dear Mr. President:- I find Judge Magoon has received no salary whatever from the State Department, and no salary as Minister to Panama, and has asked for none. I enclose a memorandum of information received from the War Department. Faithfully yours Elihu Root[*[For enc, see Memo 1-15-06]*]Memo. for the Secretary: The War Dept. says that Governor Maroon draws salary of $17,500 per annum, divided $10,000 as Governor and $7,500 as Canal Commissioner. He draws no salary as Minister. H.F.N. Jany. 15th. [*06*}[*[Enc. in Root 1-15-06]*]DEPARTMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON. [*P.F*] January 15, 1906. Dear Mr. President:- I find that no letter about McNutt has been written to any one except David B. Ogden, and a copy of that I enclose. Faithfully yours Elihu Root [*see State 12/27/05*]FREDERIC H. BETTS. SAMUEL R. BETTS. JAMES R. SHEFFIELD L. F. H. BETTS. BETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD, & BETTS, COUNSELLORS AT LAW, EQUITABLE BUILDING. 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. TELEPHONE 4554 CORTLANDT. CABLE ADDRESS, "MIRAGE", NEW YORK. January 15, 1906. [*Ackd 1-16-06*] President Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D. C. Dear President Roosevelt:- I have had such sincere pleasure in reading your book on "The Pastimes of an American Hunter" and noting a reference to my trip in Maine, in 1899, I feel I must tell you of one or two incidents of that trip which might interest you. We saw a number of so called albino deer. We came upon a doe and two fawns feeding at the mouth of a creek. The two fawns were milk white, and the doe practically so. Later we saw the same three deer, together with a buck, white, with the exception of two reddish streaks between his head and shoulders. These deer did not seem to be in good standing with their fellows. They always fed apart from the other deer, and had it not been that it was out of season, I should have attempted to get the buck. One of our guides who had spent all of his life in the woods, as a logger in winter and guide in summer, said he had never seen "albino" deer before, and seemingly had some superstition about them. Just what his feeling was, I could not determine, but he did not wish them interfered with or killed. As they came down toBETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS. Page 2. Jan. 15, 1906. feed on several successive days, we had an excellent chance for observation. On another occasion we discovered two "albino" deer on a lake about four miles from our camp, but they may have been the same deer we had seen before. We did not get close enough to determine this. Another incident which interested us was the appearance, coming out of the wilds of the woods, of a tame buck. We were camped nearly twenty miles off from the main trails, in the wildest portion of the Maine woods. Our guides had reported that one morning when they had gone over to the creek, early, to get a mess of trout for breakfast, they had been astonished by a buck, which seemed to have no fear of them. Knowing somewhat a guide's tendency to enlarge on extraordinary incidents, I waited until I could myself see the deer, before believing the story. A little later, when Mrs. Sheffield and I were fishing, she in one canoe with a guide, and I in another, there suddenly came through the bushes a splendid four-year-old buck, with a magnificent head, that not only did not mind our presence, but walked to a canoe's length of us and would only step back into the bushes when we made casts in his direction. Conversation did not bother him and he would quietly go to feeding, allowing us to paddle the canoe virtually up to the bank where he stood. On thinking it over I came to the conclusionBETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS. Page 3. Jan. 15, 1906. that he probably had been caught when young and kept around some logging camps during the winter, where he was fed and tamed, and therefore looked upon us as friends who would take care of him, rather than as enemies. The main interest of this incident lie in the fact that the buck, when free, did not revert to his natural wildness or shyness, but retain his feeling of safety when with men. On another occasion I was making a trip up one of the streams which ran into the lake, and was met by a small bull moose, not much bigger than a Newfoundland dog, which insisted on coming to the end of the canoe, in spite of the calls of the mother from behind the bushes. He remained some minutes, sniffing at me, apparently only consumed by curiosity, but retreated rapidly when I attempted to get out of the canoe to see if I could catch him. All these things seem rather common-place when repeated, but away from civilization in the heart of the woods, they form events of large import. In one of the Loon Lake ponds which we visited on a very hot afternoon, we found a number of deer feeding on the shore and in the shallow water. The bottom [was] was shallow & then deep with mud and ooze, but at one end of the pond the water was deep enough for the deep to swim. We paddled quickly to a doe and two fawns, separated the does and on fawn from the other fawn, and then waited to see what she would do. She swam to safety herself, with one of the fawns, while theBETTS, BETTS, SHEFFIELD & BETTS. PAGE 4. Jan. 15, 1906 other fawn swam to a little island in the pond. Seeing that her other fawn was still in danger, she returned to the water, coming within fifty yards of our canoe, swam to the island, induced her other fawn to re-enter the water and swam to the other end of the pond with it, displaying great maternal solicitude. She was at all times within easy shooting range and must have been aware of her own danger, since she was so anxious to take her progeny out of danger. We also captured a buck in the water and mud, he being unable to get away, and Mrs. Sheffield kodaked him, at about eight feet, and I think still has the kodak. We had to let him go, because he would have drowned himself very quickly, in his efforts to escape. He made no attempt, however, to get into the boat, or to fight, even when I put my hand on his back, being only concerned with his own safety, and I think a boy could have safely swam ashore on his back, holding on to his horns, though I would not like to be responsible for the boy after the buck reached the bushes. Very sincerely yours, James R. SheffieldSedalia Mo. 1-15-06 Mr. Barnes Assistant Secy, To Presider Rosefel Dear Sir. I sent you this paper as a pointes, Mrs. Morris was not true to her first husband Mr. Sam Highleman. She ruined more than one home in Sedalia, & the Editor of this paper & Hundreds of others knoe the same to be true. We are for you, And for God's Sakesend your Lawyer to Mr. Morris & if must one to Mrs. Malse & give her a pill that will put a quietus on them She is a woman of the half world, & not fit to put her feet inside of the White Houce This is the truth of onees for you oun good Sincery Geo & Mrss SmithCopy HEADQUARTERS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT of the District of Columbia. Washington, January 15th, 1906, Hon. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President, White House, Washington, D.C. My Dear Sir: Referring to the case of Mrs. Minor Morris, arrested at the White House on Thursday, January 4th, 1906, and your request that I procure and present such facts and information concerning it as might be had from the members of this department who have knowledge thereof, I respectfully beg leave to report that I have had several of them before me and, from the statements made to me, it appears that Mrs. Minor Morris, after having been repeatedly requested to depart from the waiting room of the Secretary's Office, and peremptorily and finally refusing to do so, was, at the instance of Assistant Secretary Barnes, first removed by Private Jacob P. Frech, specially assigned to interior service at the White House for the use of the Secretary's Office and the preservation of peace and good order and the protection of the President, and a member of the government secret service; that upon reaching the entrance to the building Private C. H. Murphy, of the police force, who was temporarily detailed as an exterior guard in the White House grounds during the illness of the regular man assigned to the location, approached and at the direction of Private Frech proceeded to assist in maintaining the arrest. The testimony of the officers emphasizes the fact that despite their appeals to Mrs. Morris to walk and avoid the distress that would follow forced action on their part, she opposed them by placing herself in the way of greatest resistance, the officers claiming that then no more force was used than was necessary to remove her to the basement entrance, under cover, fully a distance of two hundred feet. The testimony shows that Mrs. Morris proceeded from the police office at the White House to the cab waiting on Executive Avenue and there again persuasion was ineffectual, necessitating her being placed in the cab, which was in charge of Acting Sergeant Gallaher, in citizen's clothes; that at the House of Detention, where there are no "cells" or "bars" every consideration was extended her.2 At 10:19 o'clock on Friday morning, in response to a call from Willard's Hotel, the Major and Superintendent of Police went to the telephone and was informed that Mrs. Morris desired to talk with him. A person representing herself as Mrs. Morris, it being a female voice, asked "is this Major Sylvester!" Being replied to in the affirmative the party said "have you seen that terrible article in the paper this morning? I want to say to you that I was not placed behind bars or in a cell at the House of Detention but was treated as kindly as possible, especially by Mrs. Thornburg. What can I do about it? It has done me a horrible injury. I did not sit down but fainted when I was taken by the police." The Major and Superintendent responded that he did not know what she could do unless to have it retracted by the paper, and thereupon informed the City Editor of the Star and the Editor of the Times of Mrs. Morris' statement. While Mrs. Morris was being held at the House of Detention Mr. Barnes telephoned the Major and Superintendent and stated that Mr. Guthridge had asked that Mrs. Morris be released and wanted to know that the Major and Superintendent thought about it. The letter had not up to that time been informed of the arrest of Mrs. Morris but asked if the woman was of sound mind, which Mr. Barnes stated he could not say, it might be questionable. The Major and Superintendent ventured the suggestion that if Mr. Guthridge would assume the responsibility of caring for her against her annoying the public it might be done. The statements procured, also a communication from Mrs. Morris to the President, are herewith respectfully submitted. Very truly, RICHARD SYLVESTER Major and Superintendent. Enclosures[*F*] WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON January 15, 1906. My dear Mr. President: I have had a conference with Senator Kittridge over the telephone in respect to the Bigelow examination, and shall be very glad to confer with Senator Knox as well am the same subject. Very sincerely yours, Wm H Taft The President.The Emporia Gazette Daily and Weekly W. A. White, Editor Emporia, Kansas. Jan 15 Dear Colonel Roosevelt: The papers seem to indicate that the wolf-pack is gathering about you, and it seems to me that you are having the fight of your life. I wish there was something that I could do to help you. I shall be in Washington in late February or early in March, to write a series of articles for the Saturday Evening Post on the Washington end of the rebate fight. If that will not be early enough let me know. I want to help. I want to lend a hand. It seems hard for a chap to see the fight going on, to see real things being done, and only to be able to offer words. But with all the sincerity of my heart I wish you success. It means so much to this Nation. And the odds are so big against you! I am not a pessimist.The Emporia Gazette Daily and Weekly W. A. White, Editor Roosevelt 2 Emporia, Kansas 190 It will of course all come out in the wash; but I am in a hurry for the laundry wagon to call. I am an optimist-- in a hurry, and probably the situation looks less hopeful to one who only stands and waits than to you who have your cars full of the fray and your teeth full of hair. But know this-- the people are with you. You have their prayers and you can't possibly lose; for your [influence on] work in America-- if your work should end tomorrow would be taken up by a thousand hands, whom your courage and sense has taught. In the mean time if you have any suggestion as to how I can help you-- let me know. Any magazine in the country or any newspaper would be glad to have any series of articles that I might get up. Truly-- W. A. White Theodore Roosevelt President of the United StatesWashington, D. C., January 15, 1906. To Captain George W. Gatchell, Artillery Corps, Commanding Sixth U. S. Field Battery, (Thro' War Department.) Sir: I desire to congratulate you and the men of your battery on the successful march of over one thousand miles from Fort Riley, Kansas to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. It is such military exercises as you have just conducted that the training, endurance and discipline of the officers and men of our Army, as well as the endurance of the animals and carriages, are tested. The more frequently our Army can be exercised under service conditions, the better it will be for the service. [*Every such march in this represents a real stride in all direction of putting our army on [an efficient] a footing which will make it efficient in time of war.*] [Very respectfully,] Sincerely yours (W. W. Wotherspoon)[*Enc in Wotherspoon 1-15-06*]Army War College, Washington. Accd 1/15/06 January 15, 1906 To the President of the United States, Sir: In compliance with your directions of last evening, I have the honor to enclose draft of a letter expressing your appreciation of the march of over one thousand miles made from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, by the Sixth Field Battery, U. S. Army, commanded by Captain George W. Gatchell, Artillery Corps. It is understood that in connection with certain unpleasant comments made by the public press in regard to this march, alleging that the men and animals of the battery arrived in an exhausted condition and that one man had died as the result of fatigue, the War Department has ordered an inspection of the battery to be made by the department commander, and directed that reports on the conduct of the march be submitted at an early date. Whilst I feel convinced and believe that the Chief of Staff is convinced, that the march of the battery has been properly conducted, and that the instruction gained from it will be of the greatest value to the Army, I submit for your consideration the question whether, in view of the above referred to criticisms by the newspapers, it might not be well to delay the sending of your letter of commendation for a few days until the reports called for by the War Department have been received and examined. Very respectfully, W. W. Wotherspoon Lieutenant Colonel, General Staff.[*For enc see 1-15-06*]Sen. Alger wants the President to know that he will be a candidate for reelection. 1-15-1906COPY. HEADQUARTERS PHILIPPINES DIVISION MANILA January 16, 1906. Hon. William H. Taft, Secretary of War, War Department, Washington. My dear Mr. Secretary: I have just cabled you the action of the board on the church claims. The Papal Delegate has been with me for some time. He is grievously disappointed that the award is so small as compared with the amount claimed. He finds no fault what ever with the board; on the contrary, he says that they have dealt with these claims with full and exact justice and with all the liberality possible under the instructions given them. I suggested to him that it was quite late in the day to complain on this account, as a copy of your instructions to board was read to the representative of the church at the time of their receipt and before any action whatever had been taken, and this representative had attended every session of the board and is fully satisfied with its proceedings; certainly he has failed to enter a challenge anywhere from the beginning to the end of these proceedings. Of course, you know much better than I can tell you how very much the church here needs money, and if it was within my province to do so I certainly should recommend the awarding of an amount over and above that recommended by the board. I should make it $400,000 direct damages and allow $600,000 for consequential and indirect. This would be less,-2- in my opinion, then the actual damages sustained. It is quite probable that the real damages by reason of the insurrection were equal to the full amount claimed, but so much of them were due to the acts of the insurrectos, and which we cannot legally allow, but which the Congress, in its wider discretion, can very well do. I am very much obliged for the authority given me to return by commercial line. So far as I am personally concerned I should return by transport, but Mrs. Corbin is very partial to large boats and it was on her account alone that I was moved to make the suggestion, and the request for the courtesy of the part San Francisco was made for the sole purpose, if possible, to get Mrs. Corbin's little dogs back home. About all that we shall have is the way of earthly goods at the time of entering the port are our old clothes and her two Pomeranians. The old clothes will "go", but I am very deeply concerned about her Pomeranians. She spoke to the Collector when we came out here in 1904, and he said that she would have no trouble in getting back with them. i do not know whether the same man is collector now; anyway, I am arming myself with everything possible that will in any way getting her pets back home. Sincerely yours, HENRY C. CORBIN.[*Enc. in Taft 2-28-06*]The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Chamber State House, Boston. (Personal) January 16, 1906. Dear Theodore:- I have a letter about Franklin. I am writing a similar one in answer to requests for speeches, and appreciate, therefore, the situation. With cordial regards and hearty congratulations to Miss Roosevelt, and heartier ones to the happy man in the case, believe me always, Faithfully yours, Curtis Guild, Jr. P Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D.C.Dunster Hall Tel. 576-3 Cambridge Little's Block Leavitt & Pierce, Agents 1314-1316 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts January, 16th, 1906. Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- Enclosed we hand you leases in duplicate for Suite #20 Dunster Hall signed by your son Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. As he advises us that you are to act as his surity in this matter, we would ask that you kindly sign both copies where marked, having signatures witnessed and return both copies to us at your convenience, so that we may have Mr. Kelly's surity sign them also. Thanking you in advance, we remain, Yours respectfully, Leavitt & Pierce Agents. WSC/C Enclosure. IN REPLY ADDRESS THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. AND REFER TO NO. [*F*] Navy Department. Washington, January 16, 1906. Sir I have the honor to transmit herewith dispatches received at this hour 10:40AM from the senior officer at Puerta Plata. Very respectfully, Truman H Newberry Acting Secretary. The President.[*For 2 enc. see 1-16-06 Lantherland*]Telegram. The White House, Washington. 1 WU.F.KQ. 76 Paid, night - 7:30 a.m., 17th Chicago, Ill., January 16, 1906. The President, Washington. I object to the reappointment of Mr. McCormick as ambassador to France for these reasons: So far as he pretends to represent the Chicago Tribune, he is mistaken; so far as he pretends to represent the Cleveland Leader and Mr. Taft's aspirations to the Presidency, he should be credited to Ohio, and not to Illinois, as he cannot get the indorsement of the Illinois Senators. I have the honor to be, Respectfully your obedient servant, R. W. Patterson, Editor, Chicago Tribune.G. No. D 1443. January 16, 1906. To the Honorable ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of State, WASHINGTON, D.C. Sir: Referring to Despatches No. 1116, No. 1124, No. 1135 and No. 1141 of November 10th, November 19th December 3rd, and December 13th, 1904, respectively. I have the honor to transmit to the Department herewith copy of the proposed budget for the fiscal year 1906-1907 which is of especial interest on account of the increased appropriations in every branch of the public service. The budget for 1904-1905 is still in force, its provisions having been continued, because of the failure of Congress to approve the budget for the present fiscal year, by Presidential decree of July 1st. last. Despite the recurring complaint of press and public the 1905-1906 budget continues2. budget continues to lie in the Senate Finance Committee where it apparently has little chance of being favorably acted upon and it is very likely that the fiscal year 1905-1906 will close without its provisions over having been put in force. Accordingly the increases in the budget for 1906-1907, whose enforcement begins on July 1st nest, provided it is approved by Congress before that time, will be much greater than those given in the copy herewith transmitted the latter being obtained by comparing the 1906-1907 estimates with the still ineffective ones for 1905-1906. In the budget for 1904-1905 the estimated income was $16,069,540.00, the estimated expenditure $15,396,991.25, increased in the budget for 1905-1906 to $19,699,850.00 and $19,138,104.01, respectively. For the ensuing fiscal year revenues are estimated at $22,979,450.00 and expenditure at $21,430,263.05, distributed as follows: INCOME: 3. INCOME. Customs (deducting amount destined for the Constant Budget) ...................... $20,540,000.00 Consular Fees ................................................. 330,000.00 Postal Service etc. .......................................... 700,000.00 Internal revenue ............................................. 731,000.00 State property taxes ........................................ 274,400.00 Miscellaneous ................................................. 404,050.00 Total ......................................……….….………. $22,979,450.00 EXPENDITURE. Executive Offices ................................…...........$68,390.00 Department of State and Justice ..................... 517,423.00 Department of the Interior ......................... 6,560,312.78 Department of the Treasury ........................ 2,651,266.01 Department of Public Instruction ............... 4,258,202.69 Department of Public Works ....................... 5,437.528.00 Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce .....................................……...... 558,908.00 Judiciary .......................................................... 1,378,232.00 Total ......................................……….….………. $21,430,263.05 From the latter of the above tables it will be seen that should the 1905-1906 budget not be approved the increase in expenditure over what is at present being disbursed to meet the needs of the nation will be $6,033,271.80. It should here be noted that the Government, as in the past years, is assuming obligations properly incumbent upon4. upon various provinces and municipalities; this year to the amount of $5,140,304.52. in order to provide for public instruction and sanitary service. Deducting the cost of these extraneous obligations the actual national budget would amount to $16,280,958.53. Comparing the appropriations for 1906-1907 with those for 1905-1906 the following increases are noted: Department of State and Justice .................................... $ 43,935.00 Department of the Interior ............................................. 461,098.13 Department of the Treasury ........................................... 398,262.85 Department of Public Instruction .................................. 356,209.06 Department of Public Works .......................................... 623,674.00 Department of Agriculture and Industry Commerce .... 296,561.00 Judiciary ............................................................................. 112,419.00 _____________________ Total ............................................... $2,292,159.04 ______________________ - justification for which is sought in the fact that in 1904-1905 actual collections yielded a much larger revenue than had been estimated: that collections in July, August, September and October 1905 show substantial gains and that the treasury statement of July 30, 1905. showed a balance of $24,340,307.20 ________________ 5. $24,340,307.20 in hand. It is therefore argued, taking the foregoing in connection with Cuba's foreign trade and the fact that no additional taxes have been imposed, that the Government is warranted in making and can well afford the extra outlay, especially in view of her great economic development and consequent prosperity. The following table shows the increase in Cuba's foreign trade for the year ending June 30, 1905: Imports: Countries 1903-1904 1904-1905 Increase in 1904-1905 Dollars Dollars Dollars United States ....... $28,659,000 ... $37,601,000 ... $ 8,942,000 Germany .............. 4,642,000 ... 5,104,000 ... 462,000 Spain ................... 8,941,000 ... 9,686,000 ... 745,000 France ................. 3,845,000 ... 4,618,000 ... 773,000 United Kingdom .. 12,574,000 ... 12,589,000 ... 15,000 Other .................... 11,574,000 ... 14,353,000 ... 2,779,000 _____________________________________________________________________ Total $70,156,000 ... 83,951,000 ... $13,795,000 _____________________________________________________________________ Exports. 6. EXPORTS. Countries 1903-1904 1904-1905 Increase or Decrease in 1904-1905 Dollars Dollars Dollars United States ... $77,100,000 ..... $84,665,000. plus $7,555,000 Germany ................ 5,144,000 ..........3,783,000. minus 1,361,000 Spain........................1,022,000 ............ 732,000. minus 270,000 France..................... 1,188,000 ............. 922,000. minus 266,000 United Kingdom..... 5,885,000 ........ 5,190,000. plus 305,000 Other....................... 2,803,000 ....... 2,834,000. plus 31,000 Total ................... $ 93,122,000 ....$ 99,166,000. plus $6,044,000 The increases provided for the several Government Departments are to be variously applied to the general increase in personel [personnel] and salaries, however, extending throughout the entire public service. In the Department of State is is sought to improve the efficiency and enlarge the personel [personnel] of the Diplomatic and Consular Services. In the Department of Justice to increase the personel [personnel] and carry out the provisions of the laws of January 14th and 16th, 1904, providing for the suppression, creation and re-establishment of courts. In the7. In the Department of the Interior a special section is contemplated for the purpose of looking after public order, police and political matters in general. In this connection a statistical division has been arranged for, which shall make provision for taking the census. The Secret Police Service is to be extended throughout the Island of Havana office being used as a training school for the officers who will be sent to other points. An enlargement in the personel of the Post Office Department is provided for and is doubtless badly needed as there has been much complaint of delay and evident increase in postal business. In the Department of the Treasury the larger part of the increase is to be expended in securing more employees for the customs houses in Havana, Santiago, Cienfuegos, Caibarien, Matanzas, Cardenas, Guantanamo, Sagua la Grande. This expenditure is probably the most defensible in the entire budget in view of the great increase in trade and the altogether8. altogether inadequate facilities at disposal of the Customs Service for handing it. A new customs house for Nipe, more internal revenue collectors, more men and boats for guarding the coasts and preventing infractions of the fishing laws, the Departments of Immigration and Public Instruction are provided for in the appropriations. In the Department of Public Works credits are allowed for more material, increase in engineer's salaries and the dredging and cleaning of Havana Harbor as well as for meeting the expenses attendant upon the abolishment of the "Haciendas Comuneras". In the Department of Agriculture the most important item is the establishment of Agricultural Experiment Stations, of which Cuba stands in great need, throughout the Island and for which the sum of $135,860,00 has been allotted. In the Judiciary an increase of personel is intended. The Constant9. The Constant Budget suffers alteration chiefly in the matter of the "Interior Debt". Under the law of August 29, 1904, this interior debt was increased by an issue of five percent bonds to amount of $13,000,000.00 for the purpose of paying the balance of the Army Claims. The budget accordingly provides for an appropriation of $650,000.00 to pay the annual interest on $13,000,000.00. A sum of $1,500,000.00 is set aside for the purchase by the Government of the bonds of this debt. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, JACOB SLEEPER. No hour. TRANSLATION: Puerta Plata, Santo Domingo, January 16, 1906. Secretary of the Navy: From Monte Christi fifteenth: In Santo Domingo at this time the person of great importance with all parties concerned is Horacio Vasquez his acts become binding. SOUTHERLAND[*[Enc. in Newberry 1-16-06]*] Copy. No hour. Porte Flata, San Domingo, January 16, 1906. SecNav, Washington. From Monte Christi fifteenth following received from Horatio Vasquez today "Commander Southerland, Monte Christi, in the name of the Country and of the Dominican people accept most heartfelt thanks for your successful efforts in behalf of peace. I shall take advantage of your gracious offer in placing the Scorpion at my disposition and send peace commissioners tonoght Horio" Scorpion now here with peace commissioners on board Monte Christi capitulated today. Commissioners meet on Yankee tomorrow situation satisfactory. SOUTHERLAND.[*[Enc. in Newberry, 1-16-06]*] January 16, 1906. To the Secretary to the President: In reply to your request for a statement on the Morris case, would respectfully say when this person first came under my observation she was in the guard room pacing the floor, in a high state of excitement. When Sergeant Bryan attempted to calm her by words of assurance she relied that it was “time to wipe away the tears, and fight.” Following these remarks she rolled up her sleeves and approached me as if to strike. The Sergeant stepped between us; and she waved him away, saying: “Your presence is offensive to me.” The House of Detention cab arriving at that moment Mrs. Morris was placed in it by officers and myself, she resisting all the time. This is as far as my knowledge extends in this case. T. E. STONE Chief Usher.Copy of an endorsement of the Commanding General, Department of Texas, on letter of the Chief of Staff directing a personal inspection of the Sixth Battery Field Artillery, after its march from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 2nd Indorsement. HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF TEXAS. San Antonio, Jan. 17th, 1906. Respectfully returned to The Military Secretary, War Department, Washington, D.C. On yesterday and today I made a personal inspection of the battery, consisting of three officers, ninety-one enlisted men and one hundred five horses. I find the men and horses in good condition except that five of latter are on sick report but probably these will, under the treatment they are now receiving, be fit for service in a short time. As shown on drill the horses are active and in no respect unfit for service. The men without exception are in splendid physique, and the long march, which appears to have been conducted with the utmost care, has been of benefit to both men and horses. (Not a man who was on the march has been on sick report since the arrival of the battery at Fort Sam Houston). Everything essential to the comfort of the command was provided, and there is not a complaint of any defect or neglect. From my casual observation upon arrival here of the battery and subsequent investigation, the condition of the battery upon its arrival at Fort Sam Houston was practically the same as I now find it upon a more formal inspection. Of course the horses are generally without surplus flesh, which ordinarily, as in this case, is all the better for active work. A few of these, for duty, (not including the five sick horses) are somewhat thin, but even they are fit for battery service, as practically demonstrated. It is remarked that about thirty horses are undersize for artillery, and about one-half of the horses are too old. The statement that the men "were a sorry appearing set"; "their clothing in tatters" &c; that the men were "haggard and lean", and that "the horses resembled moving skeletons" is sensational, misleading, and without substantial foundation.-2– Attention is invited to enclosed memorandum of investigation and letter of the medical officer who accompanied the battery from Caldwell, Kansas to Fort Sam Houston. I request to be informed of the name of the paper from which this clipping was taken and if practicable the name of the author who purports to be at Fort Sam Houston. There certainly should be some way to protect officers against the misrepresentation of newspapers and their correspondents, and especially where such misrepresentations are made the basis of official investigations. It is pertinent to say that in my opinion the officers and men of the Sixth Battery should be commended for the most successful and longest march ever made by a single battery in the United States, instead of being disparaged by wide-spread publication through newspapers of transparent falsehoods. The battery commander, Captain George W. Gatchell, Artillery Corps, is especially deserving of commendation for the care of men and horses and other good judgment exercised on the long march. Later on a full report will be rendered which will no doubt be of much present interest and of great value for future reference. (Signed) J. M. LEE, Brigadier General, Commanding.[Enc in [W]H. H. W, Lt Col. G.S. 1-23-06]LAW OFFICE ROWLAND B. MAHANY 1004-6-8 PRUDENTIAL BLDG. BUFFALO, N.Y. January 17th, 1906. The Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington D. C. [*Ack'd 1-19-06*] My Dear Mr. President:- I see in this morning's paper a report from Washington that Mr. Loeb is under advisement as a possible successor to Odell as Chairman of the State Committee. There could be no choice more ideal for the Party's interest than the selection of Mr. Loeb. It would be a guarantee to all factions that honest politics directed by personal integrity would prevail. The immense success of Mr. Cortelyou as Chairman of the National Committee would be duplicated, so far as the state is concerned, in the tactful and forceful leadership of Mr. Loeb, whose exceptional abilities would prove a quick silencer to any grumbling on the part of "practical" politicians who might object to his elevation on the score that he has not hitherto taken active part in the direction of party affairs. That contention is of rediculous in view of his varied and immense experience at Albany and Washington, together with his wide acquaintanceship with every public man of importance. I sincerely hope the report is true, though for your sake I would be sorry to see you lose so capable and faithful an assistant and friend. Sincerely yours, Rowland B. Mahany[*Ackd 1-19-06*] AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION FREDERIC G. MATHER TREASURER 164 FAIRFIELD AVE. STAMFORD, CONN. 1/17/06 My dear Mr. Loeb: -- Our Secretary, Mr. Crosby, has voiced the action of our Executive Committee in voting the President an Honorary Membership — and we hope that he will accept. I enclose the letter to you because I know that you will bring the matter before the President, personally. Please tell him, from me as Treasurer, that the Association is in splendid condition, financially and that we shall feel honored by his acceptance. Last May I moved from Albany to Stamford. My house overlooks the harbor and Sound overto Oyster Bay. I can see the President's house with a glass - and, last summer, I enjoyed your fireworks, belated for the 4th of July. For I am your neighbor in the summer. Shake! Yours very truly Frederic G. MatherWAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON January 17, 1906. My dear Mr. President: I transmit herewith the minority report of the Board of Consulting Engineers. This, however, I believe is subject to revision on receipt of the formal majority report. Very sincerely yours, Wm H. Taft The President. Enclosure.[*CF*] War Department Washington January 17, 1906. My dear Mr. President: I send you herewith a statement from Pershing, with a comparison of disabilities from wounds and disabilities from disease, among the Japanese during the late war, which may interest you. The statement is rather blind, but possibly there are some facts stated that may have an interest. Very sincerely yours, Wm. H. Taft The President. [*see War 1/11/06*]Assembly Chamber. EXCELSIOR JAMES W. WADSWORTH, JR. SPEAKER. State of New York, Speaker's Room. Albany, N.Y., January 17th, 1906. C. F. Pierson, Esq #615 Marshall St. Portland, Oregon Dear Sir Your favor of January 12th enclosing clipping from the Portland Oregonian of January 3rd is received. Allow me to say that I agree with many of the ideas set forth in the article and am very grateful to you for your courtesy in sending it. Very Sincerely, J. W. Wadsworth Jr.[*Enc. in Pearson, 2-6-06*][*1-17-06*] Mr. Rollins - Chmn. Rep. State Com. N.C., says physician in Asheville attended Mrs. Morris for some time, and if necessary would be willing to certify to her disordered mental condition. 1-17-1906.FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. [LEVI ANKENY,] CHAIRMAN. A.G. FOSTER, JOS. R. HAWLEY, [C.W. FAIRBANKS,] JAMES F. ALEE, JOHN T. MORGAN, JAMES H. BERRY, A.S. CLAY, C.A. CULBERSON. A.F. STATTER, CLERK SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES COMMITTEE ON COAST AND INSULAR SURVEY WASHINGTON, D.C. January 18, 1906 Mr. C. F. Pearson, Portland, Oregon. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 13th inst. with attached clipping from the Oregonian. This matter has been taken up a number of times in Congress, but I am unable to say what action will be taken. There is a very general impression that the President of the United States should receive a higher salary and other perquisites in his high office. Very truly, Levi Ankeny[*Enc. in Pearson, 2-6-06*][*[1-18-06]*] Cleveland Ohio 1/18/6 Secretary Loeb Dear Sir I enclose an article written up by the "Plain Dealer-Bureau", Wash DC, which I look on with disgust & remorse. With disgust to think there is no means at hand for muzzling such dangerous and reckless unprincipled villians - as this degenerate Senator Tillman - who appears to devote his entire time while the Senate is in session, devising some method whereby he can injure our reputation & our most worthy Executive who should be lauded instead by all for upholding right irrespective of wealth creed or color. With remorse to think that without question the best & most perfect President this country has ever had - should be humiliated before the Senate by such a specimen of low bred manhood and no one interfere - Personal slander should not be allowed and [most] especially when directed against our Chief Executive - its a disgrace to our flag to allow it even I have no doubt but Mrs Morris could have interviewed the Prest. had she gone at it in the right manner It's bad enough to have an An__ st in the Senate without endangering the Pres unnecessarily - Very Respecty A Great Admirer of our President [*[?]*] Exasperated[*For enc. see 1-18-06*]New York July 18th 1906 Mr. President Sir, If a person enters my home and does not leave when requested to I have a perfect right to use force. The people, regardless of party, understand such men as Tillman. Very respectfully Democrat [*?*] P.S. And they also know that most of the daily papers are owned by Wall Street gamblers.[*Ackd 1/23/06*] Gypsum Colo Jan 18 1906 My Dear Mr. Roosevelt I read your letter was very glad to get it How I want to invite you to our wolf hunt You would enjoy it because we will have so many dogs to make the sport of course we will have a good crowd and a fine time Your friend Jake Borah [[shorthand]] [*For 1 enclosure see ca 1-18-06*][*[1-19-06]*] Washington D. C. January 18, 1906. Statement of Private A. E. Brown, Third precinct, to the Major and Superintendent of Police. On the day of the arrest of Mrs. Morris she struck Sergeant Gallaher and she also struck me. She did not get a chance to bite anybody to my knowledge. She was trying to scratch, had her hands like this (illustrating) she was scratching and kicking at the same time. She was kicking, scratching and holding back and calling on the public to take her part. That was when she was put in the cab. Washington, D.C., January 19, 1906. Statement of Private C. H. Murphy, Third precinct, to the Major and Superintendent of Police. When Mrs, Morris was arrested she threw her hands around and struck me in the face. I had to grab her hands, she got away from us a couple of times. She didn't try to bite, she struck at us. She did that all along and when she got loose she would throw her hands and arms in the air. I did not see the colored boy take hold of her. I don't think he did and I think I would have seen him if he had. I saw him arrange her draperies. She kept on kicking and she kicked the skin off my shin, and it shows now; it was quite severe. Private Murphy exhibited the bruise to Major Sylvester. Private Murphy. She also kicked Mr. Frech, so he claimed, and I know she very near landed me when she tripped me. She stuck her foot out like a professional. I was surprised; I didn't look for anything like that.[*F*] [[shorthand]] [*Ackd 1/19/06*] West Park, N.Y. Jany 18, [*[06]*] Dear President Roosevelt, I have postponed my visit to Washington till early February. We have been having a mild Washington Winter here so far. I am busy getting my poems ready for publication in the Spring, & this will occupy me the rest of this month. They are slight affairs, but they have the merit of keeping closer to our wild nature thanis usual with our minor poetry, Yours faithful Oom John [*[J. Burroughs]*][*F*] The AMERICAN PHOTOGRAVURE CO. INC. ART SUBJECTS REPRODUCTIONS PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK CHICAGO PHOTO MEZZOTINT GRAVURE PHILADELPHIA THE SHARPNESS OF THE MEZZOTINT AND THE STRENGTH OF THE PHOTOGRAVURE President Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Washington D. C. [*[1-18-06]*] Dear President Being a true American citizen, I do not think it out of place to express my deepest sympathy for you at the very embarrassing position you were placed in at the White House yesterday. It ought to be understood that if an insane person would apply at the White House for an audience with you and if he would be handled roughly, it would not be in accordance with your wishes. Kindly pardon any liberty I have taken, but as the articles in the morning papers incensed me not a little, I feel that I should write you this letter. Yours very truly, Eugene A. Gimbel. Philadelphia, Penn'a. January 18th, 1906.(Confidential) Parsons, Kan., Jan. 18, 1906. To His Excellency Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:— There seems to be considerable feeling on the part of Senator Tillman and others over the alleged ejection of Mrs. Dr. Morris from the White House. Perhaps if the Senator knew more of the character of this woman, his weeping might be less profuse. Mrs. Morris's character might be easily investigated, as she was formerly the wife of J. D. Heighleyman, Tax Commissioner of the Mo-Pac, Railway Co. at Sedalia, Mo., now in St. Louis. A number of years ago Mrs. Heighleyman made a trip to Sedalia and Parsons with a prominent banker of this city in a sleeper and the porter caught them occupying the same berth. He reported the matter to Mr. Heighleyman, who went after the banker with a gun. The banker hid out for a while, but finally the matter was fixed up without blood shed. This episode is still fresh in the minds of many reliable citizens of Parsons and Sedalia and if there is anything in common talk and newspaper reports can be easily verified. I deem it but proper to give you these facts that in the case of an investigation it may not be an exparte affair. I refer you to the President and Vice-President of the First National Bank, of Parsons, Kan., also the Postmaster of same place and H. M. Carr, Rector of St. Johns Episcopal Church, as to my veracity and standing, should you deem it of enough importance. You will please refer it to Senator Haile for a basis of an investigation, should one be necessary. Yours truly, R. E. Holloway [*1603 Dirr Ave*][*for attachment see 1-19-06*]Copy. Statement of Mr. George Gray Knowles. I live at the Portner, and lived there at the lime that Dr. and Mrs. Minor Morris occupied an apartment there. The conduct of Mrs. Morris was such that my wife was compelled to go away from Washington to avoid her. She came into my wife's apartments and called her name; said she was a liar; and my wife was afraid of bodily assault. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Parker could all give the same testimony in regard to her. Geo. G. Knowles January 18, 1906.PRÉSIDENCE Paris, le 18 Janvier 1906. DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE [*Ackd*] [*2-7-06*] Monsieur le Président, Il m'est bien agréable de saisir l'occasion du prochain mariage de Miss Alice Roosevelt pour adresser à Votre Excellence avec mes plus sincères félicitations, les voeux que je forme de grand coeur pour le bonheur de la jeune fiancée. En vous priant d'être auprès de Miss Alice Roosevelt l'interprète de mes sentiments, je vous demanderai de Lui présenter une tapisserie provenant de la Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins que le Président et le Gouvernement de la République désirent Lui offrir et qu'Elle voudra, je l'espère, agréer. Je prie Votre Excellence d'agréer la nouvelle assurance de ma haute estime et de ma constante amitié. Emile Loubet ROBERT H. McNEILL JAMES W. McNEILL W. E. NATTRESS McNEILL & NATTRESS, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW WASHINGTON, D. C. BOND BUILDING BRANCH OFFICES: { STATESVILLE, N.C. { WILKESBORO, N.C. Jan. 18, 1906. Hon. Thos. S. Rollins, Ashville, N. C. Dear Rollins: I have just had a message from the White House asking if you were still in Washington: if not where you were. I replied that you were at the Raleigh Hotel until ten o'clock last night when you left for Ashville, N.C., and that you would reach Ashville at two o'clock to-day. From the message sent me I concluded that the President was quite anxious to see you. I hope, however, that no complications have arisen of a serious nature. Senator Butler joins with me in saying that we are ready to serve you if the occasion has arisen or shall arise in any deemed advisable. Sincerely yours, Robert H. McNeill[Enc. in Rollin 1-20-06][*Ackd 1-22-06*] Office of Rosa Pearle's Paper. # # # Society: Home: Music: Drama. Subscription, $1.50 a year. Rosa Pearle, Editor and Proprietor. Alice M. Dugan, Associated Editor. Sedalia, Mo. January 18th, 1906 Mr. Benjamin F. Barnes: Dear Sir: It is with profound indignation that I have read the attacks of that old viper Senator Tillman on the President concerning the Morris affair. The woman with her first husband Mr. Samuel Highbyman lived in this city for years. She had two sons, but her career was notorious and the older citizens hear tell of her doings with [men] men - in a way to make all good women blush for her. She was loud and her voice was like her manner. As for her refinement, in my newspaper capacityOffice of Rosa Pearle's Paper. # # # Society: Home: Music: Drama. Subscription, $1.50 a year. Rosa Pearle, Editor and Proprietor. Alice M. Dugan, Associated Editor. Sedalia, Mo. 2 it was necessary for me to report a New Year's reception which she gave of course to male friends - and I found her so drunk that she could hardly stand and she could not speak coherently. She was not a fine musician, but she made much of what little she knew and so declared that she must go abroad to study - in Berlin. She was not gone very long but came back with this Dr Morris in tow and pretty soon her husband divorced her. Her boys who were deserted by her, have both married nice young ladies, but not one of them have said a [word] word in her defense. It is an outrage, beyond words, to call her a representative wife and mother and surely something couldOffice of Rosa Pearle's Paper. # # # Society: Home: Music: Drama. Subscription, $1.50 a year. Rosa Pearle, Editor and Proprietor. Alice M. Dugan, Associated Editor. Sedalia, Mo. _____190__ 3 be done toward punishment of a Senator who has in such a disgraceful and virulent fashion, maligned you and the President. Of course I understand it to be a democratic scheme to trump up charges against the administration, but there is such a thing as a limit. I admire and love the President - I have sent him letters of congratulations in every advance step he has taken and he - of course through his secretary - has kindly responded. I have made no public use of his responses of course. I hold my honor beyond my work - although I have been a newspaper woman here and in Chicago for years. But it seems to me there are times when one should come (over[*[For enc see 1-18-06]*] to the front in behalf of those unjustly abused. It may be said that nothing can hurt the President, but there are a whole lot of fools who like Tillman, make it a point to pretend Chivalry. Southerners are no more [chil] chivalric than other people - they take it out in talks - and then on promulgating the Morris affair as a blow at American motherhood and wifehood. I know the President will not stoop to the level of an explanation, but for your comfort it may be said that no one here believes "that the woman went quietly about her business, when told to do so. I know you will keep this from the public, because I am, in a humble fashion, your friend, and the friend of the President. I wrote the inclosed and published it in my paper and have been commended on all sides. Very respectfully yours, Rosa Pearle.[*F*] Jan 18th 1906 His Excellency President Roosevelt Lately we are reading much from the Press about one Mrs Morris who was taken from the White House because she refused to go peaceably away, when asked to do so. I would like to say that I cannot see why a woman richly gowned, deserves any more consideration for unbecoming conduct, than those who are dressed in a humble garb. If the occupants of fashionable Hotels and richly gowned, can do what is not propper for others, then are we going back to those feudal ages where all was Lordship and caste. I believe you are just right in not discriminating in favor of one, more than another, and I believe it is the duty of Congress and of every one to help the President construe our liberties in doing right, and feeling that we are all the same in this Country, if we live clean, honest lives, and we don't need to be richly gowned, nor have any swell events, but to be decked with entirehumility and kindness and it would not take a great while for such lives and such characters to be waved all over this broad land and make people the plain, simple and humble people which in your speaking among us, you have beatifully said you believed were the best ways. I would like the President to consider this coming from one who is all humble and knows what it takes to make us acceptible to God. And amid your arduous duties should you find a respite, I would deem it a happy event to receive from your own hand a reply. With very great respect I am in humility Miss E. Philbrook 273 Hancock St Springfield MassOffice of the Forester. United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Washington January 18, 1906. Hon. Wm. Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President. My dear Mr. Loeb: Had I not been in Canada I should have written you sometime ago to tell you what I saw and heard of the incident in which Minor Morris recently figured. I was sitting in the cabinet room with my Father, waiting to see the President, when my attention was attracted by an unusual movement near the front door of the Executive offices. I went to the window, and saw a woman, whom I afterwards learned to be Mrs. Minor Morris. She was screaming at the top of her voice: "Oh! let me stay. Oh! let me stay. I must see the President. Oh! let me stay." An officer on each side of her had hold of her wrist in one hand and had his other arm behind her back. She was evidently resisting strongly, principally by holding back, but was compelled to walk with the officers. I saw her near the front door until she passed out of sight at the corner of the terrace. During that time she did not cease to scream and resist, but she did not fall nor was she dragged. I said to my Father that it was evidently some poor woman who was demented. It seemed to be obviously the right and kind thing that she should be removed from public observation as quickly as possible. I saw no unnecessary roughness, nor do I see how the officers could have acted more gently than they did in view of the women's determined resistance. While she was within my observation no one touched her but the two officers on each side. Very sincerely yours, (Signed) Gifford PinchotStatement of Mr. John H. Stokes, January 18, 1906. I am Manager of the Portner. During the winter of 1902-3 Dr. and Mrs. Minor Morris had an apartment at the Portner. My experience with her was that she was a very difficult woman to deal with. Whenever she made requests for something to be done foe her, if it could not be done immediately she would fly into a rage, use abusive language, raising her voice so as to disturb the entire house. She frequently would have these fits of temper and would take to her bed. On one occasion I was coming up the street approaching the house when I heard yells of "Murder! Dr. Morris is choking me to death - he is killing me! Help - help!" The people in the neighborhood were all attracted by the noise. On going to her apartment I found the large glass in the front door of her apartment broken, with evidence that something had been thrown through it. On Dr. Morris appearing at the door I asked him what it all meant, and he said he was doing nothing - that Mrs. Morris had one of her nervous spells. On passing by the door and looking in, Mrs. Morris lay flat on her back on the bed kicking her feet and waving her arms and yelling. Whenever I had the occasion to come in contact with Mrs. Morris I found her a most unreasonable person; that unless everything could be done exactly as she wished she would fly in a passion and insult me grossly. Her conduct finally became so unbearable that I requested Dr. Morris to vacate the apartment and released him from his lease, which had still four months to run. Knowing Mrs. Morris as I do, I am not surprised at the way she conducted herself at the Executive Office. (Signed) John H. Stokes, Mgr.[*[1-18-06]*] [*Ackd 1-20-06*] THE MOORING, PECONIC, LONG ISLAND. To the Honorable Theodore Roosevelt, Dear Sir -- I take the liberty of sending to you today photographs of the three portraits that I have recently completed and which I am to hang in the University of Berlin. Trusting that you may be interested to see the photography and thatyou will accept them I am Very truly Yours Irving R. Wiles July 18th 1906Enc. in “Exasperated” 1-18-06 1-18-06HEAD OF NATION HOTLY ASSAILED ----- Not for Years Has Senate Witnessed Scene Like That Yesterday. ----- Roosevelt Object of Most Bitter Attack by Tillman. ----- THE MORRIS EPISODE ----- Taking That as Central Theme, Southerner Vigorously Criticised the President for Actions and Policies Unbecoming So Exalted a Position --Traps Hale of Maine Into Agreeing to Investigation, but Executive Session Ends Incident. ------ Plain Dealer Bureau, 1345 Pennsylvania-av., WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Senator Tillman today demanded that the senate investigate the ejection of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House. He denounced the White House statement of this incident as untrue and offered to produce four eye-witnesses who would support his charge an oath. He trapped the Republican majority into a most awkward position during an exchange with Hale. This was the climax of the most remarkable speech delivered in the senate during recent years. Indeed, some of the veterans say this is the most striking incident in the senate's history. Nor should this assault by Tillman be dismissed as the idle vaporing of a sensationalist, a "pitchfork" politician. Republican senators who sat silent under fire regarded the siutation he created as most serious. No occupant of the White House has been so severely assailed before since the civil war. Senator Tillman attacked President Roosevelt, both as a chief executive and in his character as a man, in the strongest terms that could be employed under parliamentary rules. The sole reply of Republican senators was to take refuge in executive session immediately upon the close of Tillman's remarks. The South Carolina man opened his remarkable speech with Santo Domingo for the text of a phillipic against what he charged was the arrogation of the senate's treaty making power to himself by the chief executive. "Caesar" was the epithet he applied, and declared that it was necessary for the senate, if it was to protect its rights under the constitution, to say "Mr. Roosevelt, you have got to obey the law, or we will take you by the throat, sir." He dared Republican senators to defend the action of the administration in the Santo Domingo matter; he begged them to join issue with him in debating it; he singled out his friend, but oratorical antagonist in many a partisan discussion, Spooner of Wisconsin, and urged him to accept this challenge. But the members of the majority sat mute. Some of them grinned. The galleries filled to crowding, every seat in the press gallery was taken. The rugged, rough hewn, stalwart radical of the south land and Democracy, glared grimly about from his one eye, shrugged his broad shoulders in derision and again took up the attack. President Roosevelt was the product of the press and of press agents, he -------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Morris Grows Worse. BY PLAIN DEALER'S LEASED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. -- While Senator Tillman was making his sensational attack on President Roosevelt on account of the treatment of Mrs. Minor Morris, who was forcibly ejected from the White House executive offices, the condition of Mrs. Morris, who is still confined to her bed, was growing worse. HEAD OF NATION HOTLY ASSAILED. ------- CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. -------------------------------------------------- treatment accorded the people by the president. He assailed, not the chief executive, but Roosevelt the imperialist, Roosevelt the man. Picturing the treatment given Mrs. Morris as a gross outrage, Tillman cried: "I waited hopefully, earnestly, to see the president do something to redeem his character as a gentleman. That he did not, measures his besotted indifference to public opinion." This stinging thrust brought the retort the speaker had been trying in vain to wring from the Republicans. And Hale of Maine, fell into the trap Tillman had set for him when, with face flushed and voice trembling, he charged Tillman with defaming the president's character with unwarranted rumors for a basis. Turning on Hale the southerner offered to produce four eyewitnesses of the ejection of Mrs. Morris from the White House who would make affidavit that the facts of that incident were not in accordance with the White House statement concerning it, issued upon the president's authority. Again Hale fell into the trap and suggested that the introduction of such testimony should come before a committee of investigation. Tillman retorted that it was the business of the Republican majority to introduce a resolution for investigation. Senator Hale replied that the senator from South Carolina should introduce such a resolution. "And I am sure no member on this side will oppose it," he added. Whereupon Tillman turned triumphantly to instantly move the appointment of such a committee. The tension was extreme. Aldrich, Lodge and others hurried to advise Hale that he had made a mistake in committing the Republican majority to a resolution investigating President Roosevelt. Senator Hopkins protested on the floor against such a pledge. Senator Hale then objected to present consideration of Tillman's resolution on the basis of the rules and he had to add that when he said no Republican member would oppose the resolution he pledged none of them, but offered his personal opinion. Tillman replied that he would introduce his resolution tomorrow and let the country see in what sense each member of the senate held his oath of office and his duty to womankind. Then, having jockied the Republican majority into a most uncomfortable position, he turned loose the last of his batteries. He read the White House statement of the Morris incident, then one of his affidavits from an eyewitness, which differed materially, and he said the White House statement was "a garbled statement, a misstatement, a falsehood." And he closed by contrasting, with bitter sarcasm, the sending of a "letter of congratulation to Bob Fitzsimmons" by the president, with the contemporaneous treatment of Mrs. Morris at the White House. The senate had the atmosphere of a powder magazine. Senator Hale hurriedly moved an executive session to prevent someone from lighting a match, and this was the defense by Republican senators of the president, for the senate, after going into executive session, almost immediately adjourned. It is expectted that the majority will put aside Tillman's resolution tomorrow on the ground that such an investigation as he proposes is not relevant to its business. Indeed, Daniel of Virginia, a Democrat, made that objection during the debate. But Tillman discounted this objection in advance during his speech by reminding senators that the treatment of Mrs. Morris to which he objected was by a secret service man, policeman, a negro messenger and "an underling," as he described Barnes, all servants of the government and paid by legislative appropriation. The South Carolina man lost his temper but once during the debate and that was when he had for a second time replied to Hale's statement that his attack was inspired by personal feeling against President Roosevelt. But he was emotional, and his voice broke in a tribute he paid to all women. W. S. COUCH. [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] severely assailed before since the civil war. Senator Tillman attacked President Roosevelt, both as a chief executive and in his character as a man, in the strongest terms that could be employed under parliamentary rules. The sole reply of Republican senators was to take refuge in executive session immediately upon the close of Tillman's remarks. The South Carolina man opened his remarkable speech with Santo Domingo for the text of a phillipic [philippic] against what he charged was the arrogation of the senate's treaty making power to himself by the chief executive. "Caesar" was the epithet he applied, and declared that it was necessary for the senate, if it was to protect its rights under the constitution, to say "Mr. Roosevelt, you have got to obey the law, or we will take you by the throat, sir." He dared Republican senators to defend the action of the administration in the Santo Domingo matter; he begged them to join issue with him in debating it; he singled out his friend, but oratorical antagonist in many a partisan discussion, Spooner of Wisconsin, and urged him to accept this challenge. But the members of the majority sat mute. Some of them grinned. The galleries filled to crowding, every seat in the press gallery was taken. The rugged, rough hewn, stalwart radical of the south land and Democracy, glared grimly about from his one eye, shrugged his broad shoulders in derision and again took up the attack. President Roosevelt was the product of the press and of press agents, he argued. Thus had his reputation been made and bolstered up when made. The military reputation of both Col. Roosevelt and the rough riders was the work of the press agent at the expense of more deserving regular army officers and soldiers. Tillman vividly pictured the White House as now conducting the business of a quack doctor through the press, "with Loeb as the apothecary, the newspapers the spoon and Roosevelt Panama pills, Roosevelt railway rate pills, Roosevelt's Roosevelt pills administered by wholesale to the people." "But see what the president's attitude is toward the press," shouted Tillman. "He hectors this great estate, he threatens, he reprimands, he causes men to be discharged, he has the White House news corraled [corralled[, he forbids his cabinet members to talk, the news is colored and sifted to suit his ideas and to enable him to maintain his hold on the people." Again the speaker paused to let that sink in and to give Republican senators opportunity for the defense they were so diffident in attempting. But silence hung heavy in the chamber. Every senator in the city was in his seat now. They had their eyes fixed on Tillman. People in the galleries leaned forward, breathless, fearful of missing a word. Again the strong voice boomed out from the deep lungs and Tillman plunged into his climax, the Morris incident which he used to illustrate the [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] held his oath of position, he turned loose the last of his batteries. He read the White House statement of the Morris incident, then one of his affidavits from an eyewitness, which differed materially, and he said the White House statement was "a garbled statement, a misstatement, a falsehood." And he closed by contrasting, with bitter sarcasm, the sending of a "letter of congratulation to Bob Fitzsimmons" by the president, with the contemporaneous treatment of Mrs. Morris at the White House. The senate had the atmosphere of a powder magazine. Senator Hale hurriedly moved an executive session to prevent someone from lighting a match, and this was the defense by Republican senators of the president, for the senate, after going into executive session, almost immediately adjourned. It is expectted [expected] that the majority will put aside Tillman's resolution tomorrow on the ground that such an investigation as he proposes is not relevant to its business. Indeed, Daniel of Virginia, a Democrat, made that objection during the debate. But Tillman discounted this objection in advance during his speech by reminding senators that the treatment of Mrs. Morris to which he objected was by a secret service man, policeman, a negro messenger and "an underling," as he described Barnes, all servants of the government and paid by legislative appropriation. The South Carolina man lost his temper but once during the debate and that was when he had for a second time replied to Hale's statement that his attack was inspired by personal feeling against President Roosevelt. But he was emotional, and his voice broke in a tribute he paid to all women. W.S. COUCH[?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] under fire regarded the situation he created as most serious. No occupant of the White House has been so severely assailed before since the civil war. Senator Tillman attacked President Roosevelt, both as a chief executive and in his character as a man, in the strongest terms that could be employed under parliamentary rules. The sole reply of Republican senators was to take refuge in executive session immediately upon the close of Tillman's remarks. The South Carolina man opened his remarkable speech with Santo Domingo for the text of a phillipic [philippic] against what he charged was the arrogation of the senate's treaty making power to himself by the chief executive. "Caesar" was the epithet he applied, and declared that it was necessary for the senate, if it was to protect its rights under the constitution, to say "Mr. Roosevelt, you have got to obey the law, or we will take you by the throat, sir." He dared Republican senators to defend the action of the administration in the Santo Domingo matter; he begged them to join issue with him in debating it; he singled out his friend, but oratorical antagonist in many a partisan discussion, Spooner of Wisconsin, and urged him to accept this challenge. But the members of the majority sat mute. Some of them grinned. The galleries filled to crowding, every seat in the press gallery was taken. The rugged, rough hewn, stalwart radical of the south land and Democracy, glared grimly about from his one eye, shrugged his broad shoulders in derision and again took up the attack. President Roosevelt was the product of the press and of press agents, he argued. Thus had his reputation been made and bolstered up when made. The military reputation of both Col. Roosevelt and the rough riders was the work of the press agent at the expense of more deserving regular army officers and soldiers. Tillman vividly pictured the White House as now conducting the business of a quack doctor through the press, "with Loeb as the apothecary, the newspapers the spoon and Roosevelt Panama pills, Roosevelt railway rate pills, Roosevelt's Roosevelt pills administered by wholesale to the people." "But see what the president's attitude is toward the press," shouted Tillman. "He hectors this great estate, he threatens, he reprimands, he causes men to be discharged, he has the White House news corraled [corralled[, he forbids his cabinet members to talk, the news is colored and sifted to suit his ideas and to enable him to maintain his hold on the people." Again the speaker paused to let that sink in and to give Republican senators opportunity for the defense they were so diffident in attempting. But silence hung heavy in the chamber. Every senator in the city was in his seat now. They had their eyes fixed on Tillman. People in the galleries leaned forward, breathless, fearful of missing a word. Again the strong voice boomed out from the deep lungs and Tillman plunged into his climax, the Morris incident which he used to illustrate the [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] held his oath of [?] and his duty to womankind. Then, having jockied [jockeyed] the Republican majority into a most uncomfortable position, he turned loose the last of his batteries. He read the White House statement of the Morris incident, then one of his affidavits from an eyewitness, which differed materially, and he said the White House statement was "a garbled statement, a misstatement, a falsehood." And he closed by contrasting, with bitter sarcasm, the sending of a "letter of congratulation to Bob Fitzsimmons" by the president, with the contemporaneous treatment of Mrs. Morris at the White House. The senate had the atmosphere of a powder magazine. Senator Hale hurriedly moved an executive session to prevent someone from lighting a match, and this was the defense by Republican senators of the president, for the senate, after going into executive session, almost immediately adjourned. It is expectted [expected] that the majority will put aside Tillman's resolution tomorrow on the ground that such an investigation as he proposes is not relevant to its business. Indeed, Daniel of Virginia, a Democrat, made that objection during the debate. But Tillman discounted this objection in advance during his speech by reminding senators that the treatment of Mrs. Morris to which he objected was by a secret service man, policeman, a negro messenger and "an underling," as he described Barnes, all servants of the government and paid by legislative appropriation. The South Carolina man lost his temper but once during the debate and that was when he had for a second time replied to Hale's statement that his attack was inspired by personal feeling against President Roosevelt. But he was emotional, and his voice broke in a tribute he paid to all women. W.S. COUCHEnc. in Rosa Pearle 1-18-06Current Comment Certain former Sedalians have been making history of a rather unenviable kind in the past week or so, and the details have been eagerly read by those who knew them in days of yore. In the one instance, a foolish woman fell in love, or thought she did--which is just the same while it lasts--with an impecunious chap who saw in her an "easy mark," as it were, and induced her to marry him, although he was upwards of thirty years her junior. Of course he did not love the woman--she was not beautiful, not even pretty, and while kindness itself to those whom she cared for, yet she was certainly no mate for the man who "swore by yonder moon," (or perhaps it was by an electric light, as it was outside of this city) he loved her only, and in the language of the old song, "Always would be true While the sky burned blue." Now, of course, the woman had money, and the man wanted it worse than he wanted heaven," and he was sleek and she was gullible and one happy day--for him--they were wed and then her troubles began in the same time-honored way which has prevailed since elderly rich widows took to husband young men who loved wisely and well--while the money to supply their wants was forth coming. Certainly the man who would engage in a deal of this kind, might be expected to be untrue to his marriage vows, and that the husband of the former Sedalia lady disported himself with actresses of the peroxide kind, was not to be wondered at. Of a certainly, in time, he was bound to be found out, for although it takes a long while for a woman, who is in love, to discover that her love is a waste, yet some day she happens upon a pink-tea-kind of a note, or a lock of hair, or a picture of a girl whose clothes are of no great importance, and she takes to the war path in a way which means no quarter for "the leddy" in the case. Now, I'll leave it to my women friends if it isn't a bit trying for a wife to unearth her husband's treachery--especially if she--as was the case with the ex-Sedalian--had been held up by said husband for $70,000. It seems to me she would have been justified in using a raw-hide on the guilty creature, instead of merely complaining of him, and that she did not do so, shows that love is long suffering, especially if its object is a fly young man with a penchant for spending money second to none. And does the world sympathize with the poor, befooled woman? Well, perhaps, but not enough to understand why--with ease, all that travel could give, all that money could buy-- she was not satisfied to let well enough alone, but must become the prey of a man who was, in the very nature of things, bound to rob her in order to be with those who were of his kind. As to the ex-Sedalian who is posing as a martyr before a public which extends all over the country--let us hope that our sympathy will not be wasted upon her but upon those-- who when they first stood in the borderland of youth were deprived of their mother in a fashion which was most unpleasant. There are women in this world who all their lives are posers--they run to fads, they are subjects for the "they say;" they are lightning change artists --sometimes changing husbands, sometimes going on the stage, but always erratic and always posing, either as a heroine or a martyr. Their relatives are always afraid something will turn up which will cause newspaper notoriety, and they mingle with their natural affection an uncertainty born of experience. That the President's assistant secretary only did his duty when he ejected an unknown woman from premises where she was merely an unknown woman, is only a truth stripped of newspaper guff; that she "represents the great body of women who have devoted their lives to their homes and family and to doing good," sounds pretty coming from the mouth of her "devoted husband," but the "great body of women," etc., could never be made to acknowledge that the divorce court is a primal factor to "devoted family life." The pity of the whole thing is the notoriety; the people with long memories; the relatives whose hearts are hurt by the frothy gabbling of reporters and the warblings of the silly old ass who is enacting the role of a husband amidst the heroics which belong to vaudeville rather than the legitimate. Let us hope that, at least, somebody will rise up and smit him with something as serious as a wet towel, and then--that the curtain will be rung down. YOUR AUNT FULLER. [*[ca 1-18-06]*] Great Lion, Wolf And Coyote Hunt... Gypsum, Colo. February 7, 8, 9 and 10, 1906 Greatest Ever in the State The vermins are very thick and saddle horses and teams will be plenty for you at $2 for saddle horse and $5 for team and man per day. If you are a sure shot you see plenty of Mountain Lions, Bob Cats, Timber Wolves and bands of Coyotes. If you like the sport here's your shot. 75 to 100 dogs will be on hand to find the game. Start every morning at 9 o'clock and you will make your headquarters at Glenwood, Gypsum or Eagle. The railroads have entered into the sport and you will have special rates. Write to Jake Borah, Gypsum, Colo.[*[Enclosed in 1-18-06, Borah]*] 1-18-06[*Vote in Senate Jan. 18.1906, on motion to lay on table Senator Tillman's resolution calling for an investigation of the Mrs. Minor Morris incident.*] YEAS. NAYS. ……….. Aldrich ........................................... ……….. …X….. Alger............................................... ……….. …X….. Allee ............................................... ……….. …X….. Allison ............................................ ……….. ……….. Ankeny .......................................... ……….. …X….. Bacon ............................................ ……….. ……….. Bailey ............................................. ……….. ……….. Berry .............................................. ……….. …X….. Beveridge ...................................... ……….. ……….. Blackburn ..................................... .…X…. …X….. Brandegee ................................... ……….. …X….. Bulkeley ........................................ ……….. …X….. Burkett .......................................... ……….. …X….. Burnham ...................................... ……….. …X….. Burrows ........................................ ……….. ……….. Burton ........................................... ……….. ……….. Carmack ....................................... ……….. …X….. Carter ............................................ ……….. …Unkown.. Clapp ............................................. ……….. …X….. Clark, of Montana ........................ ……….. …X….. Clark, of Wyoming ....................... ……….. [*As [p??ed with ????] [x]….. Clarke, of Arkansas ........................ ……….. …X….. Clay ................................................ ……….. …X….. Crane ............................................ ……….. ……….. Culberson ..................................... .[*Withdrawn-]. ……….. Cullom .......................................... ……….. …X….. Daniel ........................................... ……….. ……….. Depew .......................................... ……….. ……….. Dick ............................................... ……….. …X….. Dillingham ................................... ……….. …X….. Dolliver ........................................ ……….. ……….. Dryden ........................................ ……….. …X….. Dubois ......................................... ……….. ……….. Elkins ........................................... ……….. ……….. Flint ............................................. ……….. …X….. Foraker ..................................... ……….. …X….. Foster ......................................... ……….. ……….. Frazier ........................................ ..…X…. …X….. Frye ............................................ ……….. …X….. Fulton ........................................ .……….. …X….. Gallinger .................................... .……….. …X….. Gamble ...................................... ……….. …X….. [*Gearin*].................................. ……….. ……….. Gorman ..................................... ……….. [*not x*]…… Hale ........................................... ……….. …X….. Hansbrough ............................. ……….. ……….. Hemenway ............................... ……….. …X….. Heyburn ................................... ……….. …X….. Hopkins .................................... ……….. …X….. Kean ......................................... ……….. …X….. Kittredge .................................. ……….. …X….. Knox ......................................... ……….. ……….. [*La Follette*] ......................... ……….. [*voted no*] ……….. Latimer .................................... .…X…. …X….. Lodge ....................................... ………..YEAS. NAYS. ……….. Dryden ........................................ ……….. …X….. Dubois ......................................... ……….. ……….. Elkins ........................................... ……….. ……….. Flint ............................................. ……….. …X….. Foraker ..................................... ……….. …X….. Foster ......................................... ……….. ……….. Frazier ........................................ ..…X…. …X….. Frye ............................................ ……….. …X….. Fulton ........................................ .……….. …X….. Gallinger .................................... .……….. …X….. Gamble ...................................... ……….. …X….. [*Gearin*].................................. ……….. ……….. Gorman ..................................... ……….. [*not x*]….. Hale ........................................... ……….. …X….. Hansbrough ............................. ……….. ……….. Hemenway ............................... ……….. …X….. Heyburn ................................... ……….. …X….. Hopkins .................................... ……….. …X….. Kean ......................................... ……….. …X….. Kittredge .................................. ……….. …X….. Knox ......................................... ……….. ……….. [*La Follette*] ......................... ………[*voted no*] ……….. Latimer .................................... .…X…. …X….. Lodge ....................................... ……….. ….X….. Long .................................................... ……….. …..….. McCreary............................................. ….X….. ….X….. McCumber ......................................... ……….. ……….. McEnery.............................................. ……….. ……….. McLaurin............................................. ….X….. [????]….X….. Mallory................................................ ……….. ……….. Martin.................................................. ……….. ……….. Millard................................................. ……….. ……….. Money.................................................. ….X….. ……….. Morgan................................................ ……….. ….X….. Nelson................................................. ……….. ….X….. Newlands............................................ ……….. ….X….. Nixon................................................... ……….. ….X….. Overman............................................. ……….. [*????? ???*]….X…..Patterson............................................ ……….. ……….. Penrose............................................... ……….. ….X….. Perkins................................................ ……….. ….X….. Pettus.................................................. ……….. ….X….. Piles..................................................... ……….. ……….. Platt...................................................... ……….. ……….. Proctor................................................. ……….. ….X….. Rayner................................................. ……….. ….X….. Scott..................................................... ……….. ……….. Simmons............................................. ……….. ….X….. Smoot.................................................. ……….. ….X….. Spooner.............................................. ……….. ……….. Stone................................................... ….X….. ….X….. Sutherland.......................................... ……….. ….X….. Taliaferro............................................ ……….. ….X….. Teller.................................................... ……….. ……….. Tillman................................................. ….X….. ….X….. Warner................................................ ……….. ….X….. Warren................................................ ……….. ….X….. Wetmore............................................. ……….. ............ .............................................................. ……….. ............ .............................................................. ……….. ............ .............................................................. ……….. Dec. 11, 1905. [*54-8*] 1603 Dirr Ave. Parsons Ks [*FEE CLAIMED AT WASHINGTON, D.C. JAN 23 1906*] To His Excellency Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. 12745 A 42 (Personal)[*attached to Holloway 1-18-06*] [*[WASHINGTON, D.C. REC'D JAN 23 530 AM 1906*] [*SPECIAL DELIVERY JAN 23 AM WASHINGTON D. C. P. O.*] [*SEDALIA & DENISON TR6 JAN 19 1906 R.P.O.*] [*Ackd 2/24/06 *] CORTE SUPREMA DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS. Manila, I. F., January 19, 1906. Dear Mr. President:- Although the ideas of a newcomer can not be valuable, yet I may not be unmindful of your request that I should write you soon after my arrival here. I find a dignified Court of hard-working, capable men. It has the public confidence. It spends much time on matters unworthy of it, owing partly to the system of unprinted records and partly to crude practice codes. It takes longer to settle the practice than the substantive law. There would be an economy of administration if the Government would print some part of the criminal records rather than pay seven men ten thousand dollars a year to dig the evidence out of manuscripts and typewriting, unaided by oral arguments or adequate briefs. As things stand, the Judges are expending their force on trivialities and details, leaving scant time for study of problems of moment. Serious litigations are now coming before -1-CORTE SUPREMA DE LAS ISLAS PILIPINAS Manila, I. F., us. The san José College Case and the Archbishop's Residence Case have just been argued, but I fear that the Country Church Cases, which have been started under the special law, may not be ready for a hearing in some months. No many may pretend to the capacity of Brother Bryan, who in the period of a few short weeks penetrated the mysteries of the Japanese character, mastered Chinese history and literature, and theoretically solved all the Philippine problems. Of these problems I can speak only at second hand. On our way hither I was startled by the prevalent belief that our policy in the Islands had been reversed, "The Philippines for the Filipinos" having given way to "Equal opportunity for all." That was the universal talk when we arrived, race feeling was running high and the good worked by the visit of the Secretary of War partly undone. To the credit of Govoner Ide be it said, that however shortsighted his administration -2-Corte Suprema De Las Islas Filipinas Manila, I. F., in other ways, he has, in this great respect, wrought a signal change and has partially won the good will of the Filipinos -- that is to say, of the politicians of influence, whom I understand our Government is most concerned in conciliating. Nevertheless, I am told by some of the Judges and others who are reliable that public spirit throughout the Islands is bad, full of unrest, largely on account of commercial and agricultural depression. I judge that the best of them consider this condition serious and possibly menacing. Certain reforms which Secretary Taft is understood to have favored have been balked and the present bosses of the people are not much better than their old Spanish bosses. The politician, if more liberal than the churchman, is not more kindly nor so just. As to personal matters, my own health is good and Mrs. Tracey and Walter are, up to this time, well. We all like the life here and have found a comfortable house on the bay. I have followed -3-Corte Suprema de las Islas Filipinas. Manila, I.F., Secretary Taft's precept in buying a cow and his example in hiring his old cook, the latter "during Governor Wrights absence." Bishop Brent has been absent ever since our arrival; so I have not been able to meet him, but I hope to see him soon. On the other hand I have talked with General Smith, although he has been almost too busy restricting the right of spanking to the American children, exclusively, to justify me in taking up his time with other things. In conclusion, let me express the hope that you will not allow Secretary Taft's other twin, Panama, to take his mind or steal his heart from the Filipino. His spirit still rules unofficially here, but his constant guidance is needed. Faithfully yours, James. S. Tracey To The President, White House, Washington, D.C.WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON [*PF*] January 19, 1906. My dear Mr. President: I have read General Wood's letter, and I beg to return the same to you. He is wrong about the shipping laws. They don't have any application to the Philippine Islands as yet. The shipping regulations of the islands are subject to the Commission, and the coastwise shipping laws don't apply to the islands until the first of July, 1906. Very sincerely yours, Wm H. Taft The President. Enclosure.[*Ackd 2-26-06 3-3-06*] LA DELEGACION APOSTÓLICA MANILA January 19th, 1906 To His Excellency, The Rt. Honble Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President, The work of the Military Board on Church Claims is over. I take the opportunity to write to Your Excellency on a matter which is of the utmost importance to us, and, I know, of the deepest interest to you. As Your Excellency is aware, claims arising from acts of war and wanton damage have been thrown out, under instructions from the Secretary for War. Thus the total of the claims sent in by the Church amounting to ₱. 4,885,926.26 was reduced to the sum of ₱.1,912,082.26. On this amount, the Board has, after investigation, recommended the sum of ₱.726,060.37 or $ 363,030.19 to be paid to the Church. A comparison of the sum claimed with the sum recommended will explain to you, better than I can, the disappointment that the Ecclesiastical authorities of these Islands feel at the result of theinvestigation. At this stage, two alternatives present themselves to us: Either to protest against the findings of the Board, or to give the claims into the hands of counsel & have them presented in legal form. I do not wish to do the former, as, considering the instructions received by the Board, its members have invariably acted fairly & honourably. A protest would also mean the going over again of all the work, and a decision postponed indefinitely. Not the latter, as I was strongly recommended by the Honble Secretary for War not to use counsel, and the use of counsel now would result in years of litigation and great loss of money. The Bishops had, not without reason, looked forward to the money forthcoming from the consideration of these claims by the U.S. Government, to restore the ravages of war, time and weather, consequent on the many years of unrest, which the Islands have unhappily gone through, and of the poverty which still weighs upon the Country. In the hope of a substantial appropriation, they have made loans to defray necessary expenses. They themselves, far from profiting by their appointment, at the request of the Government, to these Sees, have suffered much financially. In fact, they have been living, and are now living, on the few savings they had put together when they were in the States. For many years to come there can be no financial improvement in their condition - only when settled prosperity comes to the Islands, can they depend upon being supported by their people. They are doing their work generously. In spite of privations and hardships that few men can know of. They do not complain. But I am free to speak to you, Mr. President, and to appeal to you in the name of common fairness, and ask if it is right that men like the Bishops of the Philippines, who are the truest supporters of American rule, and whose influence is the most lasting, and, of its nature, the most beneficial to all the people of these Islands, should be, not only submitted to many personal privations, but should also be checked in their work, by want of means, and thus be hindered from doing the good that they alone can do to these people. There are rumours now of an early decrease in the Internal Revenue of these Islands. I am led by them to appeal to you more strongly, as I can realize that greater claims will be made upon the Church authorities by the people. The Board, Mr. President, could only deal with direct damages. Could you not, as the[*[For enc see 1-19-06]*] Supreme Authority of a wealthy & generous nation, take into consideration the enormous incidental damages done to the Church, and make an appropriate allowance for the same? A more generous appropriation granted at this time would be felt as a benefit throughout the Islands. Every pueblo would share in the circulation of the money by the repair of Church or Convento - Every cent of the money would go to the benefit of the Filipinos. With sentiments of the profoundest respect, I am, dear Mr. President Very sincerely yours, A. Ambrose Agius O.S.B. Abp. of Palmyra Apostolic DelegateLA DELEGACION APOSTOLICA Manila January 19th, 1906 To His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore My Lord Cardinal, Your Eminence is aware that a Military Board has been working here for the last seven months, investigating and comparing with their Reports, the Claims for compensation put forward by the Church for the occupation of and damages done to Church property, first during the Spanish American War and afterwards in the late insurrection. The work of the Board is now over. While the question of rent was easy to settle, that of damages was different. It included acts of war such as bombardment and burnings, and wanton acts of vandalism and looting, as well as the deterioration or destruction consequent on adapting Church buildings to military necessities. With these points before it, the Board, wishing to know if it was to consider all these various kinds of damages, asked for instructions from the Secretary for War. Mr. Taft answered in a memorandum issued last September, by which, following the precedent in such cases, he excluded from the consideration of the Board all damages arising from acts of war, from looting and other irregular actions ofSoldiers. This immediately reduced the amount brought to the consideration of the Board from ₱. 4,885,926.26 to ₱. 1,912,082.26. Of this sum the Board has, after investigation, allowed ₱. 726,060.37 or $363,030.19. The Board, who are familiar with the situation out here, have realized the smallness and utter inadequacy of the sum; and, in their report, they have recommended that $40,000 should be paid as a further indemnity. In doing this the members of the Board in the spirt which they have shown all along, if they have not been very liberal, they certainly have been fair. But I would put before your Eminence the fact that the Church here has suffered enormously in a great many indirect, incidental ways that could not be formulated in the Claims. This, over and above those large losses by acts of war & wanton destruction, for which the United States say they cannot hold themselves liable. Now bearing in mind that this Church has been looking forward to the settlement of these claims by the generosity of the Government, to restore its organization, to rebuild its Churches and Parish houses, and thus resume its work where it was left off before these sad years of upheaval, it finds itself face to face with a very serious situation. Moreover the Islands are in a bad economic condition, the new Tariff Bill cannot but make the people poorer at first. They will turn to the Church. How is she to help them? With her treasuries exhausted; her buildings, many of them, in ruins, almost all in bad repair; her Clergy few and poor; her Bishops barely able to subsist on the few savings they brought with them from the States; she will be able only to sympathize but not to give them relief. On the other hand, a reasonably large appropriation given to the Church now, a sum which could be divided among the five Dioceses of the Philippines without dwindling down to insignificant fractions, would be a great help not to the Church alone but also & more so to the people. Repairs and improvements would be started almost in every pueblo, just when the circulation of a little money would be most needed. Apart from this humanitarian point of view, I would also add the fact that the help of the Catholic Church is one of the most valuable assets that the Government possesses in these Islands. Among this Catholic people, the Catholic Church has the most deep-rooted and most lasting influence. She can and will maintain peace.if it is only fair that she should be given the means to carry out her work. I make bold to ask your Eminence to use your great influence with the Government to obtain this for the Church of the Philippines. With the most profound respect, I remain, My Lord Cardinal, your humble and obedient servant, A. Ambrose Agius O.S.B. Archbishop of Palmyra, Apostolic DelegateWHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON. By telephone to Secretary Keep: The President directs me to telephone you as follows: Secretary Wilson has shown the President a report made by the members of the National Board of Trade on the Census Bureau in September, 1902, which would go to show, if unexplained or not refuted, that it was entirely unjust and improper to criticise the reports of the Secretary of Agriculture by assuming that the reports of the Census Bureau were more accurate. This is a grave matter and the President directs that the report be not made public until Mr. Keep and his colleagues give the President a statement, after reading the report of the National Board of Trade in question, in which the committee sets forth why it adheres to the Census publications rather than those of the Department of Agriculture. Secretary. January 19, 1906.G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 27 & 29 WEST 23D STREET NEW YORK 24 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND LONDON, W. C. (All business communications should be addressed to the concern) The Knickerbocker Press Dictated [*Ackd letter sent 1-25-06*] January 19, 1906 Dear Mr. President:-- I am writing to inquire whether it may be in order for me to trouble you with a personal request. My wife is, on the third of February, sailing for Kingston, Jamaica, with a view of making a sojourn for five to six weeks. She is troubled with insomnia, and this change has been recommended to her. She will be accompanied by her sister, Miss Alice L. Smith. The two ladies are, I may recall to you, the daughters of the late James Cosslett Smith, who was for many years, and up to the time of his death, Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. I happen to have no correspondents in Jamaica, either personal or business. I want to secure for my wife an introduction to the Governor of the Island. I understand that such an introduction is essential for admission into the desirable social circles. As my wife has had the pleasure of being introduced to my valued friend and ruler, I thought I might perhaps ask you to put your signature to a line that Mr. Loeb would be good enough to write for me, giving to Mrs. Putnam, as a citizen of the United States, a word of commendation to the ruler of Jamaica. If, on any ground of diplomatic routine, such a notewould not be in order, Mr. Loeb will, of course, explain to me. I tender my hearty congratulations on the ground not only of the prestige of the President, but of the benefits to accrue to our dependents in the Philippines, and to our own community, and for the sake of justice and of the common sense of the United States, for the successful vote in the Lower House of the Philippine Tariff Bill. I trust that the Senate will recognize (better than the Senate always does) our national obligations in this matter. I am, with much respect, Yours faithfully, Geo. Haven Putnam President Roosevelt.Washington, January 19th, 1906. Confidential and personal. Hon. William Loeb, Jr., Secretary to the President, White House, Washington, D.C. My dear Sir: I have your reference of the 18th instant respecting enquiries you desired should be made of certain persons to whom you refer concerning Mrs. Minor Morris, and I beg leave to respectfully inform you that Doctor J. Wesley Bouvee has for a number of years been intimately acquainted with Mrs. Morris' relatives, and he stated that from the history of her case and judging [of] from the reports he was of the opinion that her mind is not right and that he would be pleased to confer with you on the subject if you so desire. As directed by you, through Assistant Secretary Barnes, I have written the Honorable Thomas S. Rollins, at Asheville, North Carolina, in regards to information given you concerning the disposition of the physician in that city. As to Mr. Stokes, that gentleman was not seen as I was informed he had made a statement to you. Mr. Jacobs, at Woodward and Lothrop's. was not disposed to give a written statement with respect to that firm's experience with Mrs. Morris, which was her excitement over delay in passing upon her check and certain matters in trade. Mr. Boxer at Kanns stated there was nothing in the case there - that there was nothing to be said. Mrs. Dunlap stated that Mrs. Morris had upbraided her for having placed her own name as chairman of the committee on a letter head and omitting the names of others of the committee, a work which she had done at personal expense and that the experience was very unpleasant. I enclose herewith report of females taken up at the White House by the service there since 1903, as requested by you. Very truly, RICHARD SYLVESTER Major and Superintendent.[*For enc see ca 1-19-06*][*[ca 1-19-06]*] February 25, 1903. Ella McCloy, 43 years of age, was taken into custody by private Jamison of the White House guard at 10:30 o'clock, A.M Had $200,00 claim to settle with the President; to report case of abortion; wanted to blow off head of the President; was violently disposed. Sent to the asylum. June 17, 1903. Mangdalena Heier, 62 years of age, was taken in charge, having been sent to Major Sylvester from the White House where she went to see the President concerning a lawsuit and according to her statement was a former inmate of an asylum at Buffalo, N.Y. Wanted an order to the Court from the President. August 1, 1904. Omelia Bergsdine, 55 years of age, was brought to headquarters by Richard Taylor of the Secret Service. Went to the White House to warn the President he would be poisoned if he went to Chicago. Had sent telegram of the same purport to the President a year before. Sent to Baltimore. September 23, 1904. Matilda Stewart, 42 years of age, proceeded to the White House and was arrested by Private Dyer. She claimed to be a missionary appointed by the Lord; wanted the President to assist in having a grand excursion out of Washington. Said the Lord directed her to see the President. May 15, 1905. Josephine B, Parkman, 41 years of age, was restrained by Private Fields at the White House. Imagined she had been in the woods ten days and nights. Insisted on seeing the President to tell him her troubles. Troubled with religious mania. Sent to asylum.May 29, 1905. Jane H. Steinniger, 64 years of age, was taken in custody by Guard James Ciscle at the White House, where she said she had an engagement with the President relative to a million dollars worth of land she owned; but it was under water. Turned over to friends. October 4, 1905. Mary j. Hurst, 53 years of age, from Boston; was arrested by Mr. Sloan of the Secret Service at the White House. She claimed to have been persecuted for several years by the Roman Catholics and Protestants and Masons because she was a spiritualist; all because she wanted to marry the Chief of the Massachusetts State Police. Anxious to see the president to secure his aid against her prosecutors. October 8, 1905. Nadage Dore, 24 years of age, arrested by Sergeant Harrison in front of St. John's Church for violating regulations as to distribution of printed matter - circulars. Was examined as to her mental soundness: had persisted in seeing the President. Had created a scene in New York during service, so reported from there. Left the city at the instance of Simon Wolf, who made himself responsible. October 10, 1905. Mrs. Lucy G. Lee, 45 years of age, while at the White House was taken in custody by Secret Service Agen Sloan; was known at Oyster Bay by her importunings, using the name of Assistant Secretary Barnes in securing meals, etc. She remarked that it was no one's d--d-- business what she wanted to see the President about. Turned over to her relations in New York. November 16, 1905. Maud Strothers, 24 years of age, was arrested by Private Ogle at the White House; claimed to have been sent for by Mrs. McKinley. When told [that] Mrs. McKinley was not there she immediately demanded to see the President. Imagined she owned all the property on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue. Sent to Asylum. December 14, 1905. Lydia Dean, was taken by Secret Service Agent Tyree and sent to the House of Detention on the Supposition that she was mentally unbalanced; was released by direction of Secretary Loeb.[*Enc. in Sylvester 1-19-06*]Washington D. C., January 19, 1906. Statement of Private Jacob P. Frech to the Major and Superintendent of Police. When I first took hold of Mrs. Morris she began fighting me back with her hands and then she went along quietly, holding back and we forced her along until we got her on the walk. Then she threw herself down and began fighting and when we got her up she began kicking. She had gloves on and she struck us and began kicking. She kicked at Officer Murphy, kicked him between the legs and came near throwing him. She began kicking me and she kicked me as high up as the groin, because I had to have my trousers cleaned and fixed up after I got home. Mr. Charles Haas, with John S. Blair, Esq., in the Kellog Building, was a witness to the manner in which Mrs. Morris was taken from the guardroom and placed in the House of Detention cab, and states that the action of those engaged was no more strenuous than necessary to maintain the arrest; that Mrs. Morris so placed herself as to avoid getting into the cab which necessitated one of the officers lifting her up by the waist while the gentleman with eh frock coat, whom he does not know, pushed her. Mrs. MOrris, he stated, was demonstrative in her efforts against it and she was quite a large, strong woman. He would be willing to testify in the officers' behalf. January 19, 1906. [*[1-19-06?]*] Church Claims Total claimed by the Church: ₱. 4,885,926.26 Thrown out as: acts of war ₱. 2,773,062 wanton damage ₱. 175,014 civil claims ₱. 24,768 __________________ Total Thrown Out 2,972,844.00 ________________ Total Claims considered: 1,912,082.26 Allowed as: rent ₱. 579,598.87 damages ₱. 110,093.50 __________________ Total allowed on claims 689,692.37 Given where no claims were presented: as: rent ₱. 34,158 damages ₱. 2,210 Granted on Milit. Reports without Church Claims 36,368.00 ________________ Total granted 726,060.37 Equal to $363,030.19 ==========59th CONGRESS 1st SESSION. H. R. 12590. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. January 19, 1906. Mr. GOULDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. A BILL To determine and regulate the salaries of officers, teachers, and other employees of the board of education for the public schools of the District of Columbia. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of American in Congress assembled, 3 that the salaries for all officers, teachers, and other employees 4 of the board of education shall be as regulated in this and following 5 sections of this Act: 6 SCHEDULES I, II, III, IV, AND V. Years of experience. I. II. III. IV. V. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1......................... $900 $800 $700 $600 $500 Class A 2......................... 950 850 750 650 550 3......................... 1,000 900 800 700 600 4 ......................... 1,100 1,000 900 800 650 5......................... 1,200 1,100 1,000 900 700 Class B 6......................... 1,300 1,200 1,100 1,000 750 7......................... 1,400 1,300 1,200 1,100 800 8......................... 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,200 900 9......................... 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,000 10......................... 1,700 1,600 1,500 ........... ........... 11......................... 1,800 1,700 1,600 ........... ........... Class C 12......................... 1,900 1,800 ........... ........... ........... 13......................... 2,000 1,900 ........... ........... ........... 14......................... ........... 2,000 ........... ........... ........... 15......................... ........... 2,100 ........... ........... ........... Class D 16......................... ........... 2,250 ........... ........... ...........2 1 All teachers of academic subjects in normal schools and 2 high schools shall belong to Schedule I, classes A, B and C, 3 provided that such teachers hold a degree from an accredited 4 college. 5 All other teachers of academic subjects in normal schools 6 and high schools (without college degree) shall belong to 7 Schedule II, classes A, B, and C. 8 In the normal school all practice teachers shall belong 9 to classes A and B, Schedules I and II. 10 All other teachers shall belong to classes A, B, and C, 11 Schedules I or II. 12 In the high schools head teachers shall belong to class 13 C, Schedule I or II. 14 Teachers of commercial law, commercial geography, 15 commercial arithmetic, stenography, and bookkeeping shall belong 16 to Schedule I, classes A, B, and C, provided that such 17 teachers hold a degree from an accredited college. 18 All other teachers (without college degree) shall belong 19 to Schedule II, classes A, B, and C (teachers of modern 20 languages and drawing). 21 Teachers of the following special subjects shall belong to 22 Schedule III: Music, physical culture, cooking, sewing, carpentry, 23 woodwork, forge work, typewriting (only). 24 Librarians in high schools shall belong to Schedule V. 25 Clerks to high school principals shall belong to Schedule 26 V. 3 1 Teachers in ungraded classes and ungraded schools shall 2 belong to Schedule II. 3 The salaries for night-school principals and teachers 4 shall be fixed and provided through a special fund appropriated 5 for night schools. 6 SCHEDULE VI. 7 The salaries of the second and third members of the 8 board of examiners for candidates for teachers' positions in the 9 public schools in the District of Columbia shall be as follows: Members of the board of examiners $2,000. 10 SCHEDULE VII. 11 The salaries of principals, and of group principals, of 12 elementary schools shall be according to buildings aggregating: 32 to 48 session 48 to 64 session 65 session rooms rooms. rooms. or over. $1,800 $2,000 $2,400 1,900 2,200 2,500 2,000 2,300 2,600 13 Principals, and group principals of elementary schools 14 shall belong to Schedule VII. 15 Teachers of drawing, physical culture, music, cooking, 16 sewing, and carpentry shall belong to Schedule IV. 17 The teachers of ungraded classes and ungraded schools 18 shall belong to Schedule IV. 19 SCHEDULE VIII. 20 The salaries of teachers in elementary schools shall be4 1 according to years of experience and school grades and groups, 2 as follows: Class 1. Kin- Class 3. Kin- Years of experience. dergarten Class 2. dergartners, Class 4. Class 5. assistant. Grades 1,2. grades 3,4. Grades 5,6,7. Grade 8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1...................................... $500 $600 $650 $800 $950 2...................................... 525 625 675 830 990 3....................................... 550 650 700 860 1,030 4 ....................................... 575 675 725 890 1,070 5....................................... 600 700 750 920 1,110 6....................................... ........... ........... 775 950 1,150 7....................................... ........... ........... 800 980 1,190 8....................................... ........... ........... 825 1,010 1,230 9....................................... ........... ........... 850 1,040 1,270 10....................................... ........... ........... 875 1,070 1,310 11....................................... ........... ........... 900 1,100 1,350 3 Senior teachers shall belong to Schedule VIII and shall 4 receive in addition to their salaries the yearly sum of ten dollars 5 for every session room in the building: Provided, That 6 the sum total of money so received each year shall not exceed 7 one hundred dollars. 8 Grade teachers shall belong to Schedule VIII. 9 Kindergarten assistants, Schedule VIII, class one. 10 Teachers of first and second grades, Schedule VIII, 11 class two. 12 Teachers of third and fourth grades and kindergarten 13 principals, Schedule VIII, class three. 14 Teachers of fifth, sixth, and seventh grades, Schedule 15 VIII, class four. 16 Teachers of eighth grade, Schedule VIII, class five. 17 For the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 18 and seven, each teacher shall receive the salary in his class 5 1 next above his present salary. If promoted to a higher class 2 he shall receive the salary in that class next above his present 3 salary, and after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, 4 if his work is satisfactory, he shall receive an annual increase 5 within his class or group, as herein provided, without action 6 of the board of education; but no teacher shall in any one 7 year receive more than one promotion within his class or 8 group: Provided, That if the salary in his class next above 9 his present salary shall be less than twenty-five dollars in 10 excess of his present salary he shall receive the next higher 11 salary, so that no teacher shall receive for the first year an 12 increase of less than twenty-give dollars. 13 SCHEDULE IX. 14 The salaries of janitors, engineers, firemen, and helpers 15 shall be as follows: SECONDARY SCHOOLS. Number. Salary. Number. Salary. Number. Salary. Central High......................................... 1 $1,300 1 $360 2 $240 Business High...................................... 1 1,200 1 360 2 240 Eastern High........................................ 1 1,000 1 360 1 240 Western High...................................... 1 1,100 1 360 1 240 McKinley Manual Training................. 1 {a1,200 } { 1,000 } 1 360 1 240 M Street High...................................... 1 1,000 1 360 1 240 {a1,000 } Armstrong Manual Training.............. 1 { 1,000 } 1 360 1 240 IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. With schoolrooms of -- Less than 8...................................... 1 500 ............ ................ ............ ................ {b700 or } 8........................................................ 1 { c800 }........ ................ ............ ................ 12 or nearest number................... 1 900 ........... ................ ............ ................ 20 or nearest number................... 1 1,000 1 360 1 240 a Practical engineer. b Furnace heat. c Steam heat.6 1 SCHEDULE X. 2 HIGH AND NORMAL SCHOOL PRINCIPALS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Normal school principals Principals of high and principals schools of less than of high schools of more 1,000 pupils. than 1,000 pupils. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1................................. $2,100 $2,500 2................................. 2,200 2,600 3................................. 2,300 2,700 4................................. 2,400 2,800 3 All principals shall be appointed at the minimum salary. 4 Principals transferred from one building to a larger one shall 5 receive the salary next above that received at the time of 6 transfer. 7 SEC. 2. That the following provisions are to govern the 8 application of the foregoing schedules: 9 In Schedules I to V, inclusive, it is provided: 10 First. That Class A, covering the period of three years 11 next following after appointment as a teacher, shall be a probationary 12 class. 13 Second. That B, C, and D shall be classes of permanent 14 tenure. 15 Third. That a teacher completing Class A satisfactorily 16 shall at once be placed in Class B at the initial salary of that 17 class. 18 Fourth. That the promotion to the initial salary of Class 19 C from Class B shall be made immediately after the teacher 20 has satisfactorily passed the written and oral examinations as 21 provided for. 7 1 Fifth. That promotion within Classes A, B, and C, 2 for teachers whose work is satisfactory, shall be every year, 3 and with the regular annual increase as indicated. 4 Sixth. that promotion for head teachers in Classes B 5 and C shall be in accordance with the provisions for teachers 6 in those classes. 7 Seventh. That Class D shall contain only head teachers 8 in the department of secondary education, as hereinbefore 9 provided, and that the promotion from Class C to the initial 10 salary of Class D shall be made upon the special recommendation 11 of the superintendent of schools. Promotion within Class 12 D shall be each year and with the regular annual increase 13 indicated until the maximum be reached. 14 In Schedule VII promotion from class to class or from 15 one group within a class to another group within the same 16 class shall be upon special recommendation of the superintendent 17 of schools. 18 In Schedule VIII it is further provided that promotion in 19 salary within a class in the elementary schools shall be every 20 year, with the regular annual increase for the period of years 21 indicated. 22 SEC. 3. That for officers the salary shall be: One superintendent 23 of schools, seven thousand dollars; one superintendent 24 of buildings and supplies, three thousand dollars; nine 25 members of the board of education who shall serve without8 1 pay; one supervisor of lectures, who shall serve without pay; 2 one secretary to the superintendent of schools, one thousand 3 dollars; one supply clerk to the superintendent of buildings 4 and supplies, one thousand two hundred dollars; one secretary 5 to the board of education, two thousand dollars; one 6 secretary to the supervisor of lectures, six hundred dollars. 7 In the office of the superintendent of schools: One clerk, 8 nine hundred dollars; one stenographer and typewriter, one 9 thousand dollars; one librarian, nine hundred dollars; one 10 messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars. 11 In the office of the superintendent of buildings and supplies: 12 One stenographer and typewriter, one thousand dollars; 13 one inspector of janitors, one thousand two hundred dollars; 14 one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant 15 superintendents, at three thousand dollars each, six 16 thousand dollars; one head physician of medical inspection, 17 at seven hundred and fifty dollars; eleven medical inspectors, 18 at five hundred dollars each, five thousand five hundred 19 dollars; one director of special instruction for the first, 20 second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth 21 school divisions, two thousand five hundred dollars; one 22 director of special instruction for the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, 23 and thirteenth school divisions, two thousand dollars; one 24 director of drawing, music, and physical culture for the 25 first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, 9 1 and ninth school divisions, two thousand five hundred dollars; 2 one director [*Each*] of drawing, music, and physical culture for the 3 tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth school divisions, two 4 thousand dollars; one head teacher of sewing for the first, 5 second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth 6 school divisions, one thousand five hundred dollars; one 7 head teacher of sewing for the tenth, eleventh, twelfth 8 and thirteenth school divisions, one thousand two hundred 9 dollars; one head teacher of cooking for the first, second, 10 third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth school 11 divisions, one thousand five hundred dollars; one head teacher 12 of cooking for the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth 13 school divisions, one thousand two hundred dollars; one head 14 teacher of kindergarten for the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, 15 sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth school divisions, one thousand 16 five hundred dollars; one head teacher of kindergarten 17 for the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth school divisions, 18 one thousand two hundred dollars. 19 SEC.4 That principals and teachers shall receive 20 salaries according to the provisions and schedules of salaries 21 as set forth in the preceding sections of this Act. 22 SEC. 5 That wherever the masculine pronoun occurs in 23 this Act is shall be construed to apply to either male or female 24 teachers or employees of the board of education. H.R. 12590----------2 10 1 SEC. 6. That the schedules set forth in this Act shall be 2 enforced: Provided, That all meetings of the board of education 3 and of its committees be open to the public: And provided 4 further, That in assigning salaries to teachers no discrimination 5 shall be made between male and female teachers employed in 6 the same grade of school and performing a like class of duties; 7 and it shall not be lawful to pay, or authorize or require to 8 be paid, from any of the salaries of teachers herein provided, 9 any proportion or percentage thereof for the purpose of adding 10 to salaries of higher or lower grades. 11 SEC. 7. That this Act shall take effect on the first day 12 of July, nineteen hundred and six, and all Acts or parts of 13 Acts in conflict herewith are herby repealed.[*Enc in Butler 2-19-06*] 59th CONGRESS} 1st Session. } H.R. 12590. A BILL To determine and regulate the salaries of officers, teachers, and other employees of the board of education for the public schools of the District of Columbia. By Mr. GOULDEN. January 19, 1906. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.59TH CONGRESS. H. R. 12591. 1ST SESSION. ------------------------------------------------------ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JANUARY 19, 1906. Mr. GOULDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. ------------------------------------------------------ A BILL To provide for the control, administration, and support of the public schools of the District of Columbia. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of American in Congress assembled, 3 That the control of the public schools of the District of Columbia 4 is hereby vested in a board of education, to consist of nine 5 members, who shall be appointed by the President of the United 6 States for terms of three years each, except that the original 7 appointments under this Act shall be as follows: Three for 8 one year, three for two years, and three for three years, and 9 members shall be eligible for reappointment. The members 10 of said board at the time of their appointment shall be bona 11 fide residents and taxpayers of the District of Columbia, and 12 shall have been such for five years immediately preceding 13 their appointment. The members shall serve without compensation. 14 Vacancies for unexpired, terms, caused by death, 2 1 resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the President of 2 the United States. 3 The board of education herein provided for shall meet 4 for organization within thirty days after appointment, in 5 accordance with this Act. They shall organize by selecting 6 their own officers, and shall hold stated meetings at least 7 twice a month during the school year, and such additional 8 meetings as they may from time to time provide for. The 9 organization meeting, and all meetings whatsoever thereafter, 10 shall be open to the public, except committee meetings dealing 11 with the character or appointment of teachers. 12 The board of education shall, at its organization meeting, 13 appoint a secretary, who shall be a bookkeeper, with duties 14 and qualifications as hereinafter defined. The board shall issue a 16 report, in writing, annually to the President of the United 17 States for transmittal to Congress. And, further, the duties 18 of the board shall be as provided for in this Act, and shall 19 also be to determine questions of general policy, to frame the 20 rules and regulations to be observed in the schools, to appoint 21 the executive officers hereinafter prescribed, to direct expenditures, 22 to appoint teachers in the manner hereinafter prescribed, 23 and in general to prescribe all matters concerning the 24 conduct of the schools which are not otherwise specifically 3 1 provided for in this Act, including the supervision of night 2 schools. 3 SEC. 2. That the executive work of the board of education 4 shall be committed to three expert agents, who shall be 5 appointed by said board for a term of six years: Provided, 6 That any one of said agents may be removed before the expiration 7 of the term only for cause on written charges by a 8 concurrent vote of not less than two-thirds of the entire 9 board. Said agents shall be a superintendent of schools, who 10 shall be responsible for all the public schools in the District of 11 Columbia, a superintendent of buildings and supplies, and a 12 supervisor of lectures. In addition there shall be appointed 13 under the direction of the superintendent of schools two assistant 14 superintendents, one of whom shall be of the colored race. 15 The three expert agents shall be responsible to the board for 16 their respective departments; shall make annual reports to the 17 board, and shall from time to time submit such plans and suggestions 18 for improvement of the schools and the school system 19 as the board of education may require or as the said agents 20 or any one of them shall deem expedient, provided that they 21 serve without other compensation than that hereinafter provided. 22 23 SEC. 3. That supervision and direction of all matters pertaining 24 to instruction in all the schools under the board of education 25 shall be vested in a superintendent of schools, who shall have 4 1 had at least three years' experience as a superintendent of 2 schools and shall hold a doctor of philosophy degree in pedagogy 3 from an accredited college certified by the United States Commissioner 4 of Education, or who shall have a principal's certificate 5 and at least ten years' successful experience in teaching 6 or supervision, and shall hold a degree obtained in course 7 from an accredited college certified by the United States 8 Commissioner of Education. The superintendent of schools 9 shall arrange and determine the curriculum of studies; both 10 special and regular studies shall be directly under his supervision 11 and direction. 12 Ungraded classes: The superintendent of schools shall 13 segregate into special classes all habitual truants and 14 incorrigible pupils, said classes to be designated as ungraded 15 classes. Teachers specially qualified for such work shall be 16 appointed from the teaching corps by the superintendent of 17 schools, subject to the approval of the board of education. 18 Ungraded schools: The superintendent of schools shall, 19 upon the passage of a compulsory education law, segregate 20 into special schools all pupils that are deaf, blind, or mentally 21 defective, unless otherwise provided for, such schools to be 22 designated as ungraded schools. Teachers of such schools 23 are to be appointed only after a special oral and written examination 24 by the board of examiners. Teachers of ungraded 25 classes and ungraded schools shall be classified under the 5 1 highest schedule of salaries for graded schools if such schedules 2 exist. 3 SEC. 4. That the superintendent of schools shall designate 4 for examination all candidates for appointment and promotion 5 who are eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Act, 6 as hereinafter set forth, concerning the qualifications for appointment 7 and promotion of teachers. 8 The examination of all candidates for appointment and 9 promotion shall be made according to the provisions of this 10 Act hereinafter set forth by a board of examiners. This 11 board shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be 12 the superintendent of schools, one a professional educator, 13 and one a special examiner to be certified by the Civil Service 14 Commission of the United States after competitive examination. 15 The two last-named officers shall receive compensation 16 as hereinafter provided for by Act of Congress or under 17 the rules of the board of education of the District of Columbia. 18 The superintendent of schools shall certify the teachers 19 for appointment and promotion according to the results of 20 the examinations of the board of examiners, according to the 21 provisions of this Act. 22 No license or certificate to teach shall be granted to any 23 person who is not of good moral character, nor to any person 24 who shall not first have presented a certificate from 25 the head physician of medical inspection in schools, hereinafter6 1 provided for, setting forth that said applicant is neither mentally 2 nor physically disqualified by any chronic or acute physical 3 defect from successfully performing the duties of a teacher. 4 Eligible lists, properly classified, containing the names of 5 persons who have received licenses or certificates of qualifications 6 to teach, and arranged in the order of rank and standing, 7 shall be kept in the office of the superintendent of 8 schools and shall be open to inspection. Except as assistant 9 superintendent, no person shall be appointed to any educational 10 position under the superintendent of schools whose 11 names does not appear upon the eligible list: Provided, 12 That no one in the service of the public schools of the District 13 of Columbia at the time of the passage of this Act shall be 14 required to take any examination, either physical or mental, 15 to be continued in the service of the board of education; but 16 all such teachers shall be placed on salary in accordance with 17 the schedule and provisions thereof provided, and shall then be 18 subject to all such provisions as would affect newly appointed 19 teachers. No appointment, promotion, or transfer of any principal, 20 teacher, or any other subordinate to the superintendent 21 of schools shall be made by the board of education except 22 upon the written recommendation of said superintendent of 23 schools or a unanimous vote of the board. Dismissal of a 24 teacher shall be only after trial by the entire board, upon 25 written charges, and upon a two-thirds vote for expulsion. 7 1 All recommendations for appointment must be made in 2 accordance with the schedule of salaries and provisions thereto, 3 provided by Act of Congress or under the rules of the board 4 of education of the District of Columbia. The superintendent 5 of schools, subject to the approval of the said board of education, 6 shall designate the principals of high schools, except 7 such principals as are already in the service of the board of 8 education of the District of Columbia, such designation to be 9 made permanent at the expiration of two years from the time 10 of approval by the board of education of the District of Columbia: 11 Provided, That the said principals shall have within 12 the period of two years obtained the license of principals in 13 the manner and form hereinafter prescribed. 14 The term "group principal" shall be held to designate the 15 principal of a group of buildings, classification of groups to be 16 made according to the number of session rooms, as provided 17 by this Act. 18 The superintendent of schools shall, with the approval 19 of the board of education of the District of Columbia, arrange 20 the elementary schools for white children into not to exceed 21 sixteen groups, and the elementary schools for colored children 22 into not to exceed eight groups. 23 The superintendent of schools shall designate from 24 among those teachers receiving the highest regular salary in 25 any elementary school building (provided that such building 8 1 forms part of a group of school buildings under one principal) 2 one teacher to be senior teacher of that building. Said senior 3 teacher shall have executive charge of such building in absence 4 of the principal and shall, for extra services so rendered, 5 receive the yearly sum of ten dollars for every session room 6 in the building: Provided, That the sum total of money so 7 received each year shall not exceed one hundred dollars. 8 Visits by teachers to other systems of public schools and 9 to educational conferences and meetings shall be encouraged 10 by the granting of leave of absence with pay for such purposes 11 when possible without interfering unduly with the school 12 curriculum; teachers to whom such leave of absence has been 13 granted shall make a report in writing to the board of education 14 embodying their observations and recommendations. 15 The superintendent of schools shall, on or before the 16 first day of July of each year, submit to the board of education 17 the names of all teachers and other employees and the 18 salaries necessary to carry out the provisions of the salary 19 schedule adopted by the board of education or prescribed by 20 Act of Congress for the ensuing year. 21 The secretary of the board of education of the District 22 of Columbia shall keep on file and open to the public a directory 23 of all teachers, dates of appointment, and other personalia 24 of the entire force employed by the board of education, 25 which directory shall be published annually. 9 1 SEC. 5. That a superintendent of buildings and supplies 2 shall be appointed by the board of education, as hereinafter 3 provided, and shall give bond for at least ten thousand dollars 4 and such additional security for the faithful performance 5 of the duties of his office as the board of education shall prescribe. 6 He shall be an architect or a civil engineer. He shall 7 be responsible for the condition and care of all school buildings 8 and premises. He shall appoint such deputies and other subordinates 9 as are hereinafter provided, and shall possess, so far 10 as applicable, all powers and rights respecting the appointment 11 and transfer of the same as are conferred upon the superintendent 12 of schools with respect to his subordinates by this Act. 13 The subordinates to the superintendent of buildings and supplies 14 (including janitors, engineers, their assistants and helpers) 15 shall receive compensation as provided for by the board of 16 education of the District of Columbia or as prescribed by Act of 17 Congress, and shall discharge their duties under the direction 18 and to the satisfaction of the superintendent of buildings and 19 supplies: Provided, That individuals performing such duties 20 as re assigned to subordinates of the superintendent of buildings 21 and supplies under the provisions of this Act, including 22 janitors, engineers, their helpers and assistants, employed in 23 the public schools of the District of Columbia at the time of 24 the passage of this Act, shall not, save for cause, be displaced 25 by the provisions of this section. H. R. 12591---2 10 1 All plans for new school construction, additions, and repairs 2 shall be approved by the superintendent of buildings and 3 supplies before submission to the board of education of the 4 District of Columbia for approval and passage: Provided, That 5 whenever any new public school building or addition to any 6 existing school building is to be erected in the District of 7 Columbia the superintendent of buildings and supplies shall 8 require not less than three professional architects to submit to 9 him plans therefor in accordance with specifications and requirements 10 by him designated, said plans, specifications, and 11 requirements by him to be submitted to the board of education 12 for selection and final approval: And provided further, 13 That when the erection of said new construction or addition 14 shall have been authorized by Congress the superintendent 15 of buildings and supplies shall award all contracts and supervise 16 the construction of said new building or addition in accordance 17 with the plans approved as hereinbefore provided. 18 The superintendent of buildings and supplies shall have 19 authority, subject to the approval of the board of education 20 of the District of Columbia, in all cases where the expenditure 21 for construction, repairs, or supplies shall exceed one 22 hundred dollars, to award contracts for construction (new 23 buildings and additions excepted), for repairs of buildings, 24 and for supplies; but in all cases where expenditure 25 for urgent repairs or supplies shall not exceed one 11 1 hundred dollars the prior approval shall not be necessary. 2 He shall purchase and have the care and distribution of all 3 books and other supplies needed for the schools for pupils and 4 teachers, under such regulations as the board of education 5 shall prescribe, except as otherwise herein provided. He 6 shall, on or before the first day of July each year, submit 7 to the board of education of the District of Columbia an 8 estimate of the cost of necessary buildings, additions to existing 9 buildings, and repairs, and the amount and cost of supplies 10 in detail that my be needed for the ensuing school year, 11 together with an inventory of stock on hand. 12 Text-books shall be uniform in the same grades of all 13 school divisions, and shall not be changed oftener than once 14 in five years. The same shall be under the absolute jurisdiction 15 of the board of education of the District of Columbia, 16 and shall be recommended by the board of examiners on the 17 bids submitted after proper public advertisement. They shall 18 be distributed through the supply clerk, under the supervision 19 and directions of the superintendent of buildings and supplies. 20 SEC. 6. That the supervision and direction of the department 21 of lectures shall be vested in a supervisor of 22 lectures, who shall hold a master of arts degree obtained 23 in course from an accredited college, certified to by the 24 United States Commissioner of Education, and shall have 25 control and direction of the free lectures to the people,12 1 and shall arrange for and direct the free lectures to be given 2 in school buildings and other places of assembly, and shall 3 prescribe the duties to be performed by all persons employed 4 under this department of lectures, and shall select and assign 5 lecturers, local superintendents, operators, and other persons 6 whose services may be required in connection with the lectures. 7 Said supervisor of lectures shall, until otherwise provided, 8 serve without pay. 9 SEC. 7. That the assistant superintendents shall perform 10 such duties as the superintendent of schools shall direct, including 11 such duties as the compulsory-education law may 12 require. 13 SEC. 8. That the secretary of the board of education 14 of the District of Columbia shall, in addition to the usual 15 duties of such office, keep an itemized account of all receipts 16 and disbursements of said board, subject to audit as hereinafter 17 provided, and open to the public. 18 SEC 9. That for the purpose of this Act the department 19 of secondary education shall include the several high schools 20 and the McKinley and Armstrong manual-training schools; 21 and the term "high school," whenever used, shall be held to 22 designate any of such schools. The term "elementary 23 schools" shall be held to include all schools except the kindergartens 24 and the normal schools. 25 Kindergarten schools shall be provided for by the board 13 1 of education of the District of Columbia upon the recommendation 2 of the superintendent of schools. 3 The term "session room" shall be held to designate a 4 class room in which regular work of a class is carried on by 5 a regular grade teacher, and shall not be used to designate a 6 room used entirely or in part for some other purpose or purposes 7 during school hours. 8 SEC. 10. that there shall be in the office of the superintendent 9 of schools: One clerk, one stenographer and typewriter, 10 one librarian, and one messenger. 11 SEC. 11. That there shall be in the office of the superintendent 12 of buildings and supplies: One supply clerk, one 13 inspector of janitors, one clerk, one stenographer and typewriter, 14 and one messenger. 15 SEC. 12. That under the direction of the superintendent 16 of schools there shall be in the public schools for white children 17 in the District of Columbia officers and teachers, all of 18 whom shall be white: One assistant superintendent, one principal 19 of normal school, five principals of high schools, five 20 head teachers as provided for, five clerks to principals of high 21 schools, and five librarians to high schools, and teachers as 22 required. 23 SEC. 13. That under the direction of the superintendent 24 of schools there shall be in the public schools for colored 25 children in the District of Columbia officers and teachers, all14 1 of whom shall be of the colored race: One assistant superintendent, 2 one principal of normal school, two principals of 3 high schools, five head teachers as provided for, two clerks 4 to principals of high schools, and two librarians to high 5 schools, and teachers as required. 6 SEC. 14. Qualifications for appointment and promotion 7 of teachers and officers: 8 In the elementary schools the qualifications for eligibility 9 of teachers for examination for appointment shall be (a) the 10 equivalent of the Washington high school course and four 11 years' experience or (b) certificate from a normal school 12 ranking with the Washington normal schools and two years' 13 experience. The graduates of the Washington normal schools 14 shall be appointed to teach in the elementary schools in the 15 order of their scholastic standing in the normal schools without 16 examination, provided that they sign an agreement with the 17 board of education of the District of Columbia to serve for 18 a period of three years in any capacity or position to which 19 they may be assigned or appointed. 20 All others with the said qualifications must take the 21 examination provided for candidates for teachers' positions 22 in the elementary schools. 23 In the elementary schools the qualifications for eligibility 24 of principals for examination before appointment shall be 25 (a) college degree from an accredited college certified by the 15 1 United States Commissioner of Education and four years' successful 2 experience, or (b) certificate from one of the Washington 3 normal schools and six years' successful experience. All 4 principals except those now in the service of the board of 5 education of the District of Columbia must have taken the 6 oral and written examination as hereinafter provided, and shall 7 have educational and executive supervision of the schools 8 within their charge and shall be directly responsible to the 9 superintendent of schools. 10 In the high schools the qualifications for eligibility of 11 teachers for examination before appointment shall be, for 12 teachers of regular subjects (except modern languages and 13 drawing), a degree from an accredited college, certified by the 14 United States Commissioner of Education. All applicants 15 for position of teachers in high schools must take the examination 16 for high school certificate as hereinafter provided. 17 The promotion of high school teachers shall be annually 18 within such classes as the salary provisions provide for high 19 school teachers. Promotion from the first lowest to the next 20 higher class shall be at the end of the third consecutive year of 21 successful teaching, and from the second class to the third class 22 shall be according to examination as hereinafter provided for. 23 All high school principals except those now in the service of the 24 board of education of the District of Columbia must have taken 25 the examination for the third class provided for in the salary16 1 schedule provisions for high school teachers as prescribed by 2 Act of Congress or under the rules of the board of education 3 of the District of Columbia. They shall have educational 4 and executive control of their schools and shall be directly 5 responsible to the superintendent of schools. Teachers shall 6 be classified in the first two classes according to the number 7 of years of service, the ratio of the number of years outside 8 the District to the years within to be as one to two, no fraction 9 of years to be considered as certified to by the superintendent 10 of that school system in which they have previously 11 served. Each additional year of post-graduate work in an 12 accredited college certified by the United States Commissioner 13 of Education shall be considered as equivalent to one 14 year's experience in teaching in all the regular time increases 15 in this schedule. 16 The following shall be the subject of the prescribed examinations: 17 The candidate shall be required to pass an examination 18 in writing upon the following subjects: 19 Principals of elementary schools upon: A, English; B, 20 American history; C, geography; D, arithmetic, algebra, and 21 geometry; E, drawing and music; F and G, natural science 22 (any two minor papers in the natural sciences in the examinations 23 of high school teachers); H, professional study 24 (pedagogy). 25 Teachers in elementary schools upon: A, English; B, 17 1 American history; C, geography; D, arithmetic, algebra, and 2 geometry; E, drawing and music; F, natural science, the elements 3 of physics, biology, and chemistry; G, professional 4 study (pedagogy). 5 High school teachers: The examination of candidates 6 for high school positions will consist of major and minor 7 papers, drawing teachers excepted. Each candidate will be 8 expected to write two majors and three minors, and will not 9 be allowed to take both a major and a minor examination in 10 the same subject. 11 Psychology and pedagogy will be required of all candidates 12 as a major. English will be required of all candidates 13 as a minor unless elected as a major. The papers offered 14 may be found in the following list: 15 Major papers: Latin, Greek, French, German, Spanish, 16 physiography, biology, physics, chemistry, higher mathematics, 17 English literature, commercial geography, commercial 18 history and law, accounting, stenography, ancient and mediaeval 19 history, history of continental Europe, English and American 20 history, psychology, and pedagogy. Minor papers: Latin, 21 Greek, French, German, Spanish, physiography, biology, physics, 22 chemistry, astronomy, geology, mathematics, general history, 23 English, civics and political economy, commercial geography, 24 commercial history and law, accounting, stenography. H.R. 12591--------318 1 Fluency in conversation will be required of those who 2 take a major in French, Spanish, or German. 3 A candidate who takes any one of the natural sciences 4 as a major will on the day following the written test undergo 5 an examination in the laboratory on the science elected, with 6 special care as to this phase of science teaching. 7 The candidate will be required to select his major and 8 minor papers in accordance with the following groups. The 9 major and minor papers will cover the same ground, but the 10 minor papers will be less intensive and technical. 11 Language group. Major: First, any one language in 12 the list of majors; second, psychology and pedagogy. Minors: 13 First, English; second, general history; third, any other subject 14 in the list of minors. 15 Mathematical group. Majors: First, mathematics; second 16 psychology and pedagogy. Minors: First, English; second, 17 any language or science minors; third, any other subject 18 in the list of minors. 19 History group. Major: First, history, either (a) ancient 20 and medieval, or (b) modern continental Europe, or (c) 21 English and American; second, psychology and pedagogy. 22 Minors: First, English; second, general history; third, any 23 other subject in the list of minors. 24 English group. Majors: First, English; second, psychology 25 and pedagogy. Minors: First, any language in the 19 1 list of minors; second, general history; third, any other subject 2 in the list of minors. 3 Physical science group. Majors: First, physics or 4 chemistry; second, psychology and pedagogy. Minors: First, 5 chemistry or physics; second, English; third, mathematics. 6 Natural science group. Majors: First, biology or physiography; 7 second, psychology and pedagogy. Minors: First, 8 physiography or biology; second, English; third, chemistry, 9 astronomy, or geology. 10 Commercial group. Major: First, one of the following: 11 Either (a) stenography, or (b) accounting, or (c) commercial 12 history and law, or (d) commercial geography; second, psychology 13 and pedagogy. Minors: One additional subject from 14 the preceding list of commercial subjects; second, English; 15 third, any one of the following: (a) General history, (b) mathematics, 16 (c) civics and economics. 17 Manual training in the high schools. Majors: First, 18 either (a) woodworking, including carpentry, cabinetwork, 19 pattern making, and shop work, or (b) foundry, shop 20 work, or (c) blacksmithing, shop[???] (d) machine-shop 21 work; second theory and practice principles and methods. 22 Minors: First drawing, freehand and mechanical; second, 23 English; third, mathematics. 24 Special certificates: A candidate for a certificate as a 25 special teacher of the deaf, of the following subjects: Manual 20 1 training, household arts, drawing, physical culture, or 2 music, may be call upon to conduct a class in the special 3 study in which he expects to teach. 4 A candidate for a certificate as a kindergartner, or as a 5 teacher of any special study, excepting drawing, must take 6 certain papers in the examination for teachers in the elementary 7 schools, as indicated below. 8 Candidates who pass these examinations will also receive 9 the general certificate for teachers in the elementary schools. 10 Kindergartners shall pass an examination in writing in: 11 A, English; B, American history; C, geography; D, mathematics; 12 E, drawing and music; F, kindergarten theory and 13 practice: First, general history of kindergarten education; 14 knowledge of literature of the kindergarten; general pedagogy 15 and special methods; second, theory and use of the gifts and 16 occupations; third, psychology, including child study; fourth, 17 music. 18 Teachers of manual training in the elementary schools 19 shall pass an examination in writing in A, English; B, American 20 history; C, mathematics; D, science; E, drawing; F, 21 general pedagogy and special method; G, shop technics, 22 woodwork. 23 Teachers of household arts in elementary schools shall 24 pass an examination in writing in: Teachers of cooking: A, 25 English B, American history; C, geography D, mathematics; 21 1 E, general pedagogy and special methods; F, cooking: Fi