Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-08

the appearance of old age, the number
| OF new anu young faces is remarked by
| the occupants OF the press gallery writes
a correspondent. The majority of she
new faces are on the Republican side af
the chamber, for the last election caused
the bones of the old Democratic leaders
to rattle in their inadequate envelopes.
fractional fight in Maryland retired
Senator German, the Democratic Ulysses
In him the Democrats had leader whom
most followed and respected. Senator
Turpie, too. has been retired. He was
the last of Indiana big Four" A more
cultured and intellectual representative
the State never had. Gray of Delaware
Smith of New Jersey, Murphy of New
York, Mitchell of Wisconsin and White
of California, all have gone Vest is
still in harness, but he is only wreck
| of his former self. His mind is as Wig
orous MS 1t ever was, and once in a while
| its brilliant coruscations illumine the SEN
ate. Senator Cockrell, Vests colleague,
is now in his fifth term, still alert and
| vigorous, but age, with its infirmities, is
| creeping upon him, too. Senator Mills
has been succeeded by the bright young
Culberson, trim, eager and high bred, and
much is predicted of him. Chiffon, the
senior Senator from Texas, is a remark
able man in his way. While he is in
telligent and punctilious, he seems to take
the duties of his Office too seriously. This
| gives him the appearance OF severe aus
| terty and unbending dignity A few
| days ago a representative from Texas
was seen putting on his overcoat and
muffling up as il he were going out into
a snowstornl. where are you going?"
| inquired one of his colleagues. Il am
going to see Chiffon was the reply in
| mock seriousness. Senator Mason OF
| Illinois is quoted as saying that Chiffon
better than any other Senator maintains
his etymology.
There is small prospect OF any Nicara-
guam canal legislation at this session Of
Congress. Neither the -Pauncefote
treaty nor the bill providing for conHruc-
ton of the canal is likely to be adopted.
Chairman Hepburn Of the House canal
committee and Senator Morgan of the
Senate committee will not admit that this
is so. The former is confident he will Sc
cure from the committee on rules an or
der providing for consideration of his bill
in the House, and q vote thereon. lie
even claims the Speaker is friendly to
this movement But others think Mr..
|
The Speaker has not committed himself
| to that proposition, now that the compli-
| cation over the treaty has arisen. All
| the promises he made to the effect that
the canal bill should have hearing were
before the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was
| injected into the situation. Now the
| Speaker will consult the wishes of the
| President. While the President, as is
| we'll known, strongly favors the build
ing OF Nicaraguan canal, he does not
want the bill passed in the form which
it now bears.
Brigham III. Roberts, the polygamous
statesman from Utah, now out of job,
attended a theater the evening after the
House excluded him. He purchased
seat in box which had been sold to
party of three women. The mysterious
| WAYS OF fate caused the women to en-
ter the box about the time Roberts had
been shown to his seat by an obsequious
usher The women, being strangers in
| Washington, apparently did not know
who their boXmatc was, but most OF the
audience did. 1t is unnecessary to de-
scribe the CONSERVATION in the theater
when the word was passed around that
| Roberts was in box with his three
|
clapped upon Roberts and the three inno-
cent women. Not until long after the
curtain went up did the trio in the box
with Roberts discover why they were the
observed OF all observers, and then they
left the play. Through all of the excite
mpnt Roberts sat calm and contented.
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The President paid graceful compll-
ment to Mrs. Potter Palmer when he Sc
lected her as the only woman COMMISSION
or in the list of those who will officially
represent the United States at the Paris
| exposition, and gave her the honor OF
leading the list She was paid another
deserved compliment when the Senate
separated her name from that or the
| other commissioners and promptly con-
6rmed her nomination without sending
II to the committee on foreign relations
| for reference The friends of Mrs. Palmer
may we'll congratulate her upon the Pres
dents selection, and especially upon the
fact that il was made entirely IN view
If her fitness for the position when she
has demonstrated as president OF the
hoard of woman managers OF the 20
| lumbar exposition.
An inquiry mt the bureau of statistics
shows tbot there has been a large falling
off in the amount OF liquor shipped TO
the Philippines since the American occu,
nation. During the last year the totai
was 1928 gallons of wines. 1920 gallons
Of whisky and 6o.344 dozen bottles OF
beer, which is about one-tfth the average
amount exported during the last ten years
OF the Spanish occupation.
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Our pension bureau estimates ina.
there are o32,41S surviving soldiers OF
the civil war. excluding desefters' <an NV
90 oon of these are unpensioned The
ornrage age of the survivors is GO years.
r Is estimated that in 1910 there will be
COO ooo survivors, not including militia
organizations called on for temporary
service.