The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-02-18

consent of the Senate. At the expiration OF
! three days it will reasonable listen to the
| reading of the minutes, and take another three
day recess. This will be repeated antil the
Senate passes the Tariff Bill. and both Houses
can adjourn for good. This will fix the whole
public attention on the Senate, and force IL TO
action, for it cannot 60 on talking far into the
! Summer, with no pretense of business being
done in the House. Even Senatorial cour-
tesy 4" must yield to the strong force of public
| opinion concentrated upon it. II Speaker
| Reed appoints the other committees OF the
House. there will be strong pressure to have
| matters referred to them, and acted upon, and
this will create business which will keep tho
Senate in countenance in its interminable
talk.
It is fatty denied at the White House that
President Cleveland, in company with Mr..
Thurber, is about to start on q tour OF the
world after his retirement from Office next
month.
The rigid order prohibiting all smoking in
statue of Daniel Webster from further desecra-
| tion. For some reason smokers seem unusually
determined to mar the efigy of the "God-like
Daniel" Two men were recently arrested and
/ fined $40 each for this. One struck a match on
the coat tails of the statue and the other on the
boot.
Still worse enemies of the statues are the in
satiable relic hunters. When Wisconsins fine
statue of Pere Marquette was received from the
State the Indian figures at the base had each
beautiful head-dress of feathers. Only two of
them have any feathers left. the others having
been slyly wrenched off to add to somebody's
collection" If Wisconsin takes the statue
back. as she threatens to. the Government will
be obliged to put it in as good shape as when it
came.
Around the statue of Abraham Lincoln in
Statuary Hall last week was wrapped the EN-.
blem of liberty. A sprinkling Of ferns and
smilax added to the beauty of the decorations.
Every year E. 81. Hughes, the colored custodian
of Statuary Hall, decorates the statue Of the
man who freed the slaves. and he takes much
pride on Feb IL Lincoln's birthday, in seeing
that the marble likeness of the dead President
is becomingly decorated.
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Rival societies of ladies' each calling them
selves Colonial DANES. appeared before the
Senate Committee on Library last week and
| presented their claims for preference for in
corporation, upon bills introduced by Senators
| Hale, of Maine. and Lodge of Massachusetts,.
respectively, tojncorporate the Society of Colo
NAL Danes of America and the National Soci-
| ETY. of Colonial Danes of America. The line
was sharply drawn in the committee room,
| the representatives of the two organizations
occupying opposite sides of the apartment.
The Society of the Colonial Danes, which.
because Of its origin, is called the New York
society, was represented by Mrs. J. Lyon Gar
| diner, OF GARDENERS Island, N. Y, First Vice
President, aud its other officers. The National
| Society," which started in Philadelphia, was
represented by Mrs. Howard Townsend, of New
York, its President, and its other officers. The
comm ittee managed to become puzzled by the
various matters set out by the representatives
| of each side. No action was taken at the hear
ing.
The differences between these societies seems
to be that the New York society claims to
| be entitled to use the name Colonial Danes
of America" by priority of incorporation. the
| Pennsylvania society being at first branch
thereof and afterwards withdrawing from the
parent society and forming q separate one.
while the National society claims to have
wider scope and aims, being composed of dele
! gates from societies incorporated. and, in some
cases. by special acts of Legislatures, whereas
the other organization WAS local in character,
| being incorporated under the laws Of New
| York, and it's members were mentioned in its
charter as ali being citizens of that State.
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Chewing gum is quite habit at the Capitol
nowadays, since the edict from the Speaker
prohibiting smoking in the corridors went
forth In the House restaurant there is .
divinity who presides over the gum jar. She
is very busy. Formerly one jar of gum used
to last the members week. Now the girl dis.
poses Of about three jars day.
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A funny story Is told on q certain Senator
| It is said that when the Loud Bill. relative to
the exclusion of books and periodicals from the
mails as second class matter, was pending in
the Senate Committee on Postofiees and Post
Roads. the room was deluged with samples of
the class Of books that are transported in great
quantities at newspaper rates. A religious So
cicty in New York sent box full OF sample
copies Of obscene literature that will be ex.
cluded along with the rest, If the bill passes
Senator came into the room as these books
were being placed in box to be destroyed, and,
picking up the most Objectionable one of the
lot, looked over it and said: "This is q very
vile book; it should not be admitted to the
mails in any class" Then he turned over the
leaves, looked at the pictures, and exclaimed:
Horrible, there should be law against the
publication of books Of this kind" There
upon he sat down and read the book all
through.
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Postm aster- General Wilson has been offered
! the Presidency of the Washington and Lee Uni
, vcrsity in fact, has been elected.
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