The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

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whose places they take, for Col. Fellows was
Chairman of the Library Committee, and also
n member OF the Committee on the Judiciary.
| Mr. Fitch was a member of the Committee on
| Foreign Affairs aud Chairman OF the Commit
tee ON the Election of President and Vice
President of tie United States. All the vacan-
cics occasioned by the resignation OF Messrs.
! Fellows and Fitch have been EIled.
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Word comes from Massion O., to the effect
that it is probable in the absence of per-
cmptory refusal to allow his name to be con
srletetl, that the friends of Gev. Mckinley in
| his til district will present his name at the
| or,vcntion whieh will nominate a successor TO
/ J. preventative Geo. 7. Ikert, Democrat. Two
years ago he refused to have his name used, Oh
the ground that he had contract with the
State of Ohio TO serve out his term. This is
qnally true NOW. Yet, having been elected
to serve his second term. which will expire 80
days after the next Congressman from this dis
triet comes to Washington, the interval is so
short as TO be incunscquential.
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Ex-Secretary Of War Stephen ]. Elkins has
/ inangurated a reform in the ART branch Of the
! War Department. IL is the custom, MS each
Secretary passes from Office for him to add his
portrait in oil 20 The select array Of predeces-
sor5 who hang upon the walls in the Depart
meat buiding. 1t is a matter of regret that
the likenesses of those who have gone before
the ex-Secretary of the solarprint grade.
| When it came Mt Elkns's turn 10 be preserved
| in Oil he went 10 New York and PIT the con-
! tract into the hands OF one of the most eminent
portrait painters of the day. He has set al
example which, if future ex- Secretaries follow,
will cause the rising generations to rise up and
/ call him blessed.
! 1t is becoming as much of a profession
and fine art to DO IN accomplished society
1 w0m2n as it is to be a successful lawyer or
Politician. Society in Washington is becoming
more complex every year. One woman in
! Washington in the week hefore Lent averaged
! p calls day. Think OF thGt. Six times q is
/ 162. And she told how relieved she was TO get
out and make few calls; how weary she had
I grown in receiving, and what pleasure it was
/ to be entertained instead of entertaining.
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Sousa's Band is certainly in demand. The
great California Midwinter Exposition, appar-
| emily bent on securing frst-class musical at
| fractions, has made an appeal to the March
| King" which he cannot resist, and his baud
! viii therefore play a five weeks engagement
/ upon its grounds En- route to the coast it viii
! take in a limited number OF cities, Washington
/ being one of the favored few. Including the
/ San Francisco Exposition, Manhattan Beach,
] the ST. Louis Exposition. the Madison Square
! Garden engagements. and its tours thereto aud
therefrOm. Souss's Band will give continuous
concerts from March until Dec. S-a season
co, ering about 10 months This is the longest
/ period of consecutive daily work for mill
/ tary band in the history of music. Sousa has
evidently got there"
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The House Committee on War Claims has
| recommended the payment of 1858 10 Mrs.
1 Flora A Darling, widow of the rebel General
/ Edward L. Darling Mrs Darling New Harnp-
shire woman, went to New Orleans in 1864 TO
nurse her husband in his last sickness While
travelling under safe-eondnct signed by Gen.
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States military authorities and $4,000 in Con-
federate bonds, So coo in Louisiana and Tenncs-
see Bank notes. and some jeweIry which she
! had were cOnfiscsted. She filed claim for
1 $i5.6s3, but the committee threw out the claim
/ for the bonds.
An erroneous impression has arisen in regard
! to the guns OF the Kesrssrge which went down
with her the ether day off Roncador Reef 10
/ the effect that they were the same that sank
the Alabama, and Mr.. Blair of New Hamp-
shire. has introduced q bill in the House to
appropriate $4,000 to rescue the armament.
apparently with this understanding As a
| matter of fact, the Il-inch smoothbore guns
which were on board the Kearssrge during her
most famous battle were landed at Mare Island
/ Maynard in October. 1870. and remained
there The battery of the old ship when she
struck Roncador Reef consisted of two S-inch
rnuzzle-loadiug rifles, four S-inch smoothbores
| and one 60-pounder breech- loading rife. with
a secondary battery of one 3-inch Howitzer
and one small Calling. The records of the
Bureau of Ordnance. Navy Department show
without shadow of doubt just what has be-
come of the guns that were on board the Kear-
sarge during the fight. stated above The
32-pouRder smoothbore and the 30 pouuder
/ rifle were landed from the ship aud sold at
auction TO people who probably melted them up
not realizing their value as historical relics.
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The large room in the middle of the second
story on the south side of the White House is
| an interesting apartment. The shadows of
many historic events are on its walls. and the
councils Of war period gave it tragic associa-
tons. 1t is the room wherein the Cabinet
meetings held. The same table has been
used for half a century or more as have some
Of the chairs and other pieces of furniture
Here the President meets the heads of Depart-
ments," as the Constitution terms them. for il
| makes no provision for a Cabinet or Cabinet
meetings. The President is absolute master of
his Cabinet. He need not have any Cabinet if
he so chooses. He need noteven consult the man
who occupy the Department chairs if ne does OF
feel disposed, for the President is the Admins
tration. constitntionally and legally. Yet he
could not practically do without the advice of
these men, and SO he invites them to meet as a
matter of course on regular days in each week
to consult with him on State affairs The Pres
ident always sits at the head and the members
of the Cabinet in regular order arannd the