The National tribune., 1902-12-11
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Me-. and thereby hangs very pretty lit
tie story OF comradeship. which the Presi-
dent has on various occasions shown to be
a very strong tie with him. When the
President was 4 youth OF some is years
of age. he used TO 20 hunting up III the
Maine woods, and Bill Sewall was his
guide. Just congregate all the stories
you have ever read of picturesque guides.
: .fheir wonderful powers and their more
wonderful accomplishments. and then roll
them into one, and you have Bill Sewall.
He is big and Il typical Maine Yankee.
with drawl from here to Christmas. and
a dialect that is the despair of the
novelist. Gentle of nature. kindly of soul.
the President grew to like him immensely.
and when he for n few years played at
rancling. he sent for "Bll'' Sewall and
. made him his foreman. Now Sewall and
his wife are to be entertained at the
White House. You often read of these
things in story books, but you do not often
see them in real life.
Shades of Fleur-de-lis. Ravens of Rus
sia Tor mavbe it is Eagles), with some
Shamrock and Thistles thrown in on the
side, We may be hOnored by the pres
ence among us of a Prince. "A real. live
Prince, who is slated to be sent here by
Emperor William as successor to Herr
Won Holleben. who is about to return to
Germany. 1t seems incredible that such
bliss is ahead for the tuft-hunters. Won't
there be a bowling lot of fun over the
precedence" business, though? Over
yonder. where Princes and Princelings are
plenty as flies in harvest. they have the
head Of the procession in order, and over
here there will be idiots who will insist
that the same order shall be followed.
. jenkins will have his hands full record
ing the functions where the Prince was
''insulted' and the Saffron Journals will
have TO employ special force to depict
the gaucheries of the Americans. who do
not know how to properly entertain a real.
live Prince. Send Prince Pless and Mrs
Princess Pless right along. They will get
as mach fun out of it as we will. for
Prince Pless is said to be good deal of
man. and the Princess beautiful and
womanly woman.
''Doc." Norton. of Ohio. was not re
elected. He is a Democrat. but declares
that it was Tom Johnson's circus that
defeated him. He says that Mayor John
son came into his district with his circus
half dozen times during the campaign.
land that every time he did so the Norton
vote was lessened. He says some very
un-pretty things about Mr.. johnson and
his three ringed Democratic circus-things
that would look badly in print
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Congress. is to be bomharded for suf-
frage for The District of Columbia. 1t is
not full suffrage that is to be demanded.
but sort of whipping the Devil round
tie stump kind. The District of Colum.
bia is to be made Estate of the Unon
SO far as voting for Presidential electors
and having representation in Congress are
concerned. That is as far as the voting
privileges are to 20. The District of CO.
lumbia is.a kind of anomaly in political
sense. People who. reside in the District
do not lose their political rights in the
States from which they come. They can
go to their homes and vote every year, if
they like, and have the money TO defray
expenses. 1t is safe to say that three
fourths of the population of the District
claims residence in some State. This pop
ulation is in measure floating in that
it is made up oil. ..3fsiet. hplders, Department
clerks, National :legisfat tors and the trait,
of CLERKS ahd employees they bring with
them. No man. can vote in two places
II he chooses TO vote in Washington, :or
instance, supposing that the District gets
suffrage. he will then be debarred from
voting in his home State. and on return
ing there after a sojourn of few mon rs
or years in Washington, will have to ac-
quire residence there, exactly as any
other alien would. Senator Gallinger.
who, being second on the District Com
mIttee OF Senate, gees to the head. since
the death of Senator Mcmillan. faYers the
bill for suffrage and intends to push IT,
Many believe that suffrage in the Dis
triet is very wisely withheld. Those who
want TO vote can easily acquire residence
in Maryland or Virginia. if they do not
wish to keep up the home State affilia-
tions. 1t is stated by those ;sho are in
formed, that the District of Columbia
would be with the solid South, thus adding
two more Democratic Senators and Dem
cratic Representatives to the present
Democratic vote in Congress The Dis
frict Goyernment is now, and has been for
. many years. Democratic.
9, Tuesday evening week ago the work
men on the interior of the White House.
just before concluding their work on the
main corridor, had little Cornerstone"
ceremony of their own. In little marble
casket which they had made, they placed
copy of the message sent to Congress
that day by the President, autographs of
Edith. Archibald, Theodore and Kermet
Roosevelt, some specimens of United
States coins. and the chisel with which
the mason did the work. These were
sealed in the casket, which WAS then de-
posted in a bed of cement beneath the
floor OF the main hallway. Covering the
little treasure box was placed marble
slab bearing the inscription. "I792-19O2,"
IN an ellipse of stars one for each State
of the Union.
The idea of making the deposit orig
mated with the workmen employed upon
the interior fnishings of the White House.
While it had the approval of the Presi-
dent, he was not present at the sealing
of The box.
1t is said that Tom Ochiltree. who was
Colonel in the rebel army, ana who died
last week. desired to be buried in Airing
ton, and that his friends have placed his
body in vault in New York CITY. hon
ing to bring about interment in the Ma
tional Cemetery.
Maj. Estes G.. Rathbone. who was con.
yicted of numerous Irregularities while
Director of Posts in Cuba, is in Washing
ton, seeking vindicatioR at the hands of
Congress. He expects the aid of Senator
Hanna. Ii is said Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow will come in for
bunch of trouble if Rathbone succeeds in
opening the old issues.
The new Presidential hefrcoop SIR.
named Office" which roosts out at the
end Of the west arcade of the White
House will soon be buried under load of
obioquy and condemnation. Nobody likes
the makeshift which n picayunish Con
gress forced on the Administration. and II
is positive blot on the landscape. II
looks so cheap and mean that even the
way-back Congressman is ashamed TO fake
his friends from Yanoo to look at it,
For an