Logan Republican | 1903-01-23 | Page 7 | At the Secretary's Expense

AT THE SECRETARY'S EXPENSE President Roosevelt Said to Have Perpetrated Atrocious Pun. When the president of tho United States makes n pun "It goes as It lays" and everybody laughs. When Secretnry Shaw wns trying all sorts of expedients to relievo tho financial stringency ho wns sevcroly criticised In ninny nowspapors, some of which called for his retirement. In tho midst of tho hubbub ho went to tho cnblnet meeting. As ho entered tho room tho president shouted at him: "Hello, Shaw! I seo from tho papers pa-pers that I am expected to do with you what Mitchell did with his minora." "How Is that?" asked Shaw, won-dcrlngly. won-dcrlngly. "Why," said tho prcsldont, "I shall havo to send you back to Dos Moines!" Washington Dispatch In Philadelphia Dullotln.