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Show LONG HAS RESIGNED Secretary of Navy Tenders His Resignation. PRESIDENT ACCEPTS SAME Change Made Complete by the Selection Selec-tion of Congressman William Henry Ilooily of Massachusetts as Ills Successor Tlicte Were Half n Dozen Aspirants for the Portfolio Chanirs In tho Dtpirtment Will Occur on May 1st 3-eiotny Lon Will llc-cntcr Tractlce of Law. TniHUNn nunnAU, j lilt K Street Washington. I c, Mnrth 10 lite. ) An exclusive printed In these dispatches dis-patches last Krlda), Secretnrj Long has tendenil bin resignation as Secretnty of the Nnvj, to take effect M,i 1st, and Congiofsni.in Wllllntn Henry Mondv of Massnchusetts lias been chosen as his aucccessor This Is the third change In the Cabinet of President Itoosevelt The concspondcncc on the subject Is nsfol-lovva nsfol-lovva SnCHHTAHV l.ONd'8 LP.TrHR. "Niv ncpirlment Wnshliigtnn March tn 1B-M Hear Mr President "Will ou nceept this ns m resignation of the Becretarvshlp of Iho Nnvs to lake effect on Ihe 1st rtiv nf M ly next, or sooner, of course. If ou shall at an time so wish It his been In m a ilellghtrul service I leave the ollwlal rlrclo of onr Cabinet, In which mi assnclillnn with ou and Its members his been so hsppv with high aptueclitlon of our administration and with most cm dial good wishes lor its success and for loll pers.inall Ver truli jours, JOHN 1 LONG. 1'he, President " PltUSIUHNTS ItP.PLY. "White House, Marhlnglnn, March 10, lleiJ-My Hear Mr Secrctarj "It Is with very simple regret that I accept jour resignation I enill ulwnvs count It a privilege, not onl In hive served with inn during Ihe last six months, but to have sirved under voti at tho outset of President Mi Mnlei ad ministration. I have men n i In both le latlnns, nnel It hns never been mj good lollilllu to be associated with nny public man more slnale minded In lis devotion lo the public Inn rest Our relations havo been not meielv otllclal, but also those of personal friendship , , , Mas all the good fortune sou so rlehl deserve ntlcnd ou vvherivcr sou go Sincerely Sin-cerely uurf1,1-m)0tr noosnvKi.T "To tho Hon John 1 Long, Becictary ot Iho N iv " Tiiitouaii with puni.ic lipe Mi Lone had Intended to re-til re-til e nt tho beginning of tho late Pies-Idenl Pies-Idenl AlcKlnlej teiond term but ho tonsenled to remain until certain lines of policy In which hn wus Involved weio moio sitlsfactorlly nrranged. Then when President lloosevelt suc-leedcd, suc-leedcd, though nnxlous to return to prlvntei life -for Secretary Long will never ogaln enter public llfe-u ntrong feeling of lojalty toward Mr Itoosevelt Itoose-velt Induced tho Bcctetary to defei his reilirment until It wns convenient for the President lo make n change. will ih:-i:nti:ii law phactici: Recently Mr. Long has been In Massa-chusetls Massa-chusetls making nrrangcincnta with his old legal connections to te-enter tbo pinctlci'"of law and he has had his house ut Hlnghnm put In ordei for his occupation When Mr. Long entered the Cabinet originally he was an active member of the firm of llunlngwuy & Long, a well-known legal linn of llos-ton. llos-ton. Ho has ulvwijs maintained a silent si-lent connection with the loncern and will ngaln becomo an active partner. AN INTHItHSTINO CONTHST. Mr. Moody's selection was tho out-como out-como of tin inteiestlng contest. There were no less than h half-doen aspirants, aspi-rants, hut the struggle finally narrowed down to Iho two Representatives In Congicss Mr, Toss of Illlnola, chairman chair-man of the Naval committee of the House, who had the energetto support of his Wnslcrn colleagues, nnd Mr. Moody, for whom Senator Indgo mnde Ihe winning light. It wns for a time In doubt whether Moody would not be placed In some Important foreign mission mis-sion rather than In the Navy department, depart-ment, but ho piefcrred to stny at home. MOODY'S CAItHHIl IN CONdHKSS The new- Secretary of Iho Navy began be-gan to rise to prominence during his llrst term In the House, when Speaker need selected him frequently to pre. side over the committee of tho whole and predicted for him n brilliant legislative legis-lative career. As iv member of the Appropriations rommlttee he has since led several lights In the House, notnbly In connection with tho contest between the navy nnd geodetic survey ovei Jurisdiction Jur-isdiction over deep-water survejs. Ho seemed the adoption of n resolution on an appropriation hill raising Dewey to tho rnnk of Admiral. rAPHIW IN MILLl'lt'S CASH. Pennlor Keirns today received a letter from (iov. Heber M Wells, tiansmltting papers In the cnae of William L. Miller of Utah, now In ptlsnn at Alcatrnz Island, Isl-and, Cnl , charged with desertion from the army. The papers go to hbow doubt lint the prisoner Intended to desert The Senator referred the papers lo the Scttclary of W nr. w It It a request for favorable fa-vorable action looking to a Picpidcntlal pardon LAND Ori'lc-H IN MONTANA. The Senate today passed a bill to establish es-tablish an additional land o'lUe In the State nf Montana to be c ailed the meat Palis land district, vvilh headquarters ut Ureal Pulls TO CHDi: HOT SI'IUNCH. The Senate also parsed tho hill Introduced Intro-duced bs Benatnt, lleltfold, granting to the rttnte of ldnlm certain land on Ihe roil Hall reservation on which are lo-inleil lo-inleil nrlnln lint springs, tha waters of which are nid In be valuable for medical medi-cal purposes The bill was recommended recommend-ed b the Secretin y of tho Interior, DISPOSING OP INDIAN LANDS henilnr Dubois today Introduced reso lutlons of the Chnmber of Commeice of Oeneseo. Ida, favoring the passage of the bill tumbling for the sale and ills posul of Indian lands held by Indian heirs. This miller Is covered by n section sec-tion In tho nniiutl Indian appropriation bill, nnd will probably puss with tint bill. QUESTION OP IIHHOATION. Mr Sutherland rreclveil a copy of all tho resolutions passed nl the meeting of the Irrlgition congress recently held In Salt I.ako City, relating to the question nf Irrigation, lie will Introduce these icsolutlemn In Iho House and havo them rofened lo the appropriate committees. ltrruuNs to HP.it dp.sic. Miss Miry L. MrOeo of Park City, a clck In the census ofllie, who sustained n surgical opuatlon, Is at her desk uf;nln. APPHAI.S l'HOM DECISION. 11 ed W. Mrltes nobis hns appealed from tbo decision of tho I'enernl Land ofllco refusing In Issue him a ocrtltlrnto of right of loi-ntlon of unused portions of Valentine scrip, V. 74 nnd 75, for soveii-lentlm nnd six acres, iespectlvcly. Tho land Is situated In the Helena Mont, dlstilcL Tho Land office held that scrip lould not be Issued In less thnn n legal subdivision, and that if a party elects to locate a tract of land of less arc than that of th; scrip, lie must lake It In full satisfaction of his scrip It ts held that In this decision the OenernI LAnd otTlee em d and thit M. Hi v noils la entitled to hts original scrip Indoised however, to show lb. amount located thereon. PENSIONS (lltANTP.D. Utah Original, war with Spain John Wallers, Salt I,ake Cltv, J6 widow s Mexican war, Sarah ljvjton. Kas Mil, Idaho Original John Marshall Ki n driik, Is increase '1 hernias Crosthwnlte Com, SI2 |