New-York tribune., 1901-01-14
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Washirr+or ra.

Washington, January p
sTATEsMEN AND THE GRIP.-.c,ood roorni-,
,,,ve YOU had the grip" This is the usual saI.s
-, OF statesmen the Capitol these nari1o,,
ss-s More Of them have been attacked bv the
nrevsiling malsdy than are willing TO admit II
---bv statesmen are ashamed 10 aeknoysASse ,ba.
..sv gre subject % this aegravatine cor,nIs,,+ J.
,,vstprv And stu the absentees fro,, -.
s,anches OF Congress in the last week toee4her
rirh the comparatively few among the shsen+eas
rho admit that they have been kept from their
,.sts by this ailment. is silent testimony IN rba
.bsre that overcomes the statesmen along zytb
.ha grin Most OF them claim to have hAer etr;oLar
,ith rheumatism or gout incpient form ~
,,euuonia when they reappear after an absence
~ several days. Nearly all Of them assert that
,bsv had the grip years ago-presumahlv before
.bev we're called to high public station Tbev
insist at least inferentally that the grin halonee
n that category of children's diseases like
measles chicken pox, etc, which leave their victims
immune. A case in point is furnished by the ex
rerience Of the two funny men Of the House
champ Clark, Of Missouri. on the Democratic side
,,d Cushran. Of Washington on the Republican
side That both Of these statesmen recently have
teen in bed with the grip is testified to by their
pbvscians and vet both Of them forget 10 he
funny and grow extremely serious whenever any
NJ their friends accuse them of having had the
grip Champ Clark denies outright that he has
been sick al all and attempts 10 leave the impres-
while absent from the House he was immured in
Wbile Cushman Acknowledges that he has been
,ck still he gives an outlandish name 10 his
Raaay and %hh rsnsad " rd ne S&ffe bee o5
Latin Into English means mountain fever. AS it is
~ the Senate Obviously statesmen regard The
grP ~aa+,pse a. and ybe 5s baSnrs re-"arle5 f
NJ them will admit that they have had II since
they ep} Of rbad banter and contenpt on enc ae a
the plebeian aiIment nearly al of them salute
another every dav with Good morning. Have you
had the grip?"
-ropcT. PENyEDv FOR INSOMNIA Eecrs
sentative Grggs of the I'D Georgia District. has
brought 70 Washington. sovereign remedy for
insomnia a malady, If such IL he called, quite
common among statesmen. Mr.. Griggs claims that
his remedy was discovered by Captain Evan How
ell of Atlanta. who WIS member Of the Com
mission appointed by the President the beef
inquiry. Captain Rowells remedy is this said
Nr Iriggs- IF at the end of your first half hour
bed you s cant @ get to sseP & get up and and tax take a
the second half hour get M and take another drink
55 M4sn eaen t heels and sleep st refuses TO come
gel up and take another drink. Then. after the
sour ewes burning and your nerves a-tinsle.
get up and take another drink-and you won care
T blank whether you ever get to sleep or not
WHAT CARLISLE MIssED.-The appearance Of
Tohn c. Carlisle in the Supreme Court this week as
leading counsel against the Government in the
Insular Test Cases was a reminder Of how near he
onoe came 70 being Chief Justice Of that august
tribunal II in Mr.. Clevelands first Admin
istratIon that vacancy was caused at the head of
the court by the death Of Chief Justice Waite AT
that time Mr. Carlisle at the height Of his
power at least politically Il not Intellectually.
Cleveland was TO National affairs and men, and
Of all the men who were around him he admired
and trusted Carlisle most. Upon trustworthy
authority is stated that Cleveland called Carlisle
10 the White House and startled him with the
information that he going TO appoint him Chief
Justice Of the United States Supreme Court. A
sense Of the awful responsibility Of the position
overwhelmed Carlisle II is related that TOT days
the big braineo kenruckian was as one IN trance
While the matter was pending he avoided CleNe-
tine powerful influences were working the
Presidential mind against Carlisle and in favor of
Inc great lawyer and accomplished gentleman OF
Illinois Who now adOrns the place that ior so many
years was OCCUPIED by ne inmoTtat 5ohR R1 AZ
Fnler il is said by those who know him well that
ing force upon the mind of John Griffin Carlisle
was rfted-and he was happy again
COMMITTEE OF vRTERANs.-when the SEN
ate Committee on Military Affairs is considering
Arav legislation the claim Garnet be made that its
members have no practical knowledge Of the sub
ect, for ten of the eleven members Of the commit
tee grizzled veterans of and that, TOO, Of
the most tremendous conflict OF modern times-the
Civil War. The only exception is Senator Carter,
of Montana. and the only reason he did not par
tcpate in the late unpleasantness was that ne
bs5vea, ts7 ne sIa,es are H8Eiev Proctor Sewell
shoup Burrows and warren ali Republicans and
Cockrei. Bate. Pettus and Harris. all Democrats;
As the phrase goes, these men vote as they shot
Al of them attained more OF less distinction and
rank as soldiers OF those who were in the Union
Army Senator Hawley came out a malor-general,
as DID also Senator Sewell Senators Burrow and
Proctor each attained TO the grade OF major; Sen
atof Shoup became captain oI SCOUTS 4lu @oe.ld7 @
Tor Warren though d mere boy when ne enlisted
and Pettus both Served in the Mexican Var as pri
Yates. The former entered the Confederate Army
q private, ana came out maJor-general. Senator
Pettus gained the rank Of brgadier-g general in the
Confederate service Senator Cockrel, though one
da
says nothing about MS record a soldier in his
m 70 e IN t 1a
charges made by the Confederates on the Union
few Missouri Confederates Of distinction who got
east Of the Mississippi during the four years OF
strife. Senator Harris, of Kansas, is a Virginian
by birth and rearing. and served as an asst istant
tnlutant-gene! al Of General Niicox's brigade all
TO SAVE BIG TREES.-In its determine ton TO
preserve the few remaining mammoth trees in
called "SsQuoia gigantic by Secretary
Of Agriculture James Wilson, of Iowa, the Gov
eminent has been driven to desperate straits. II
appears that certain sh-eWd but withai iconoclas
Tic citizen of the Republic named Robert White
when last heard from Duluth,
Minis the owner in fee simple Of piece Of land
IN Calaveras County. Cal. which there are
situated about thirty of the finest specimens Of
Secretary Of Agriculture James Wilson's 'Sequoiae
gigsnteae' When ny Whiteside learned Of
the Government desire 70 preserve these mann
moth trees by purchasing the land on which they
are situated and converting II into National park
he offered TO sell the trees 10 the Government at
= thousand feet. lumber measurement, and throw
the LAND in. No man alive. with the single
ceptlon Of the sagacious Whiteside, knows within
Ss Ss:s oi thousands of dollars how nnch money me
joYernI2en, would have had 20 pay If his prop2si-
terror Ethan Allen Hitchcock. who started the ne
EQUATIONS with Whilesde. declined to entertain
partInent among me trees and thus Obtain approx
-IlILsteiy their value II NhIesiGes upset price