The National tribune., 1901-12-19
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

The Military Club of the United States
has been organized in Washington, to in
clude in its membership the principal Of
ficers of the militia in all the States The
following are its officers: President. T..
G.. Cook, of Ohio, late Captain, u. s ";
Vice Presidents, AIgernon Sartoris, of Dis
trict of Columbia, late Captain u. s. ";
George III. Harries, Brigadier-General
District of Columbia National Guard;
Henry May, Colonel, D. @. N. G.; Rus
sell Il. Harrison, of Indiana, late Colonel,
q. S. V: W. Il. English, OF Indiana, late
Captain, u. s. "; Charles Dick, OF Chic,
late Colonel, U. s. v; George @. BOldt,
OF New York, proprietor Waldorf-Astoria,
New York City;W. G.. Hulings, of Penn
sylvania, late Brigadier-General. u. 5.
"; w. Ii. Stayton, of New York; A. b.
Colt, of Ohio, late Colonel, u. S. v;
Isaac Il. Emerson, of Baltimore, Nd;
Secretary, Charles il. Thurber. District
Of Columbia.
Representative Tawney, of Minnesota,
n member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House, says that there is
much confusion in the popular mind as
To what reciprocity means. There are
three kinds of reciprOcity-that of Blaine
on nOn-competing articles; that which in
ticies, trade concessions on articles pro-
duced by big corporations that are al
ready invading the foreign markets, and
the reciprocity that would lower the tariff
indiscriminatey for the purpose of secur-
ing trade concessions. OF these Mr..
Tawney favors the second. He is also
inclined to favor the imposition of a max
imum and minimum rate for trading pur-
poses, With a tariff commission to deter
mine the conditions in 4 particular indus
try under which the lower rate could be
imposed by executive action.
The friends of Senator Aldrich, OF
Rhode Island. are putting him forward
as the most influential member of Con-
gress. He is claimed to be the one man
who can handle the Senate, and he knows
the tariff from A to II. 1t is said that
President Mckinley wanted him to be
Secretary OF the Treasury, but he re-
fused the office without a second thought,
as all he wants is to remain in the Sen
ate, which he can do as long as he lives.
Senator Bailey, of Texas. says that A.
Z. German, of Maryland, is the most
available Democrat for 1904.
Representative Pearre. Of Maryland,
has introduced in the House bill au-
th0rIZing the appointment or coInnlS-
sion to superintend the erection of 4 mon
ument on one of the public squares in
Washington to the memory of the pa
triotic and exalted deeds of the heroes Of
the War of the American Revolution. I'm
der the bill the commission is to consist
Of four members, one a member of the
Senate, to be appointed by the President
of the Senate; one member Of the
House, to be appointed by the Speaker;
one member of the National Society of
the Sons of the American Revolution, and
another n member of the National So
ciety of the Sons of the Revolution, and
one member of the Society of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, TO be ap-
pointed by the President. This commits
sion is to select a site, subject to the ap-
proval of the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and to select the de
sign and superintend the construction of
the monument. The bill carries an appro-
priatiOn of S2O0000.
Secretary Root has presented President
Roosevelt a walking cane made from n
gun-carriage captured when the allied