The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
Especial Correspondence

Nj ASHINGT0N, June 19.-One of the
w most interesting incidents of the
West Point. exercises last week
was the decoration conferred by the
president on Cadet Calvin P. Titus for
bravery at Pekin. The speech with
which Roosevelt PINNED the medal OF
honor on the Jacket Of the young cadet
has not been printed. Probably no
newspaper man was near enough to get
1t. The president walked out several
PAGES in front of the crowd of specta-
tors and standing squareIy before Ii
tus said in his big, strong voice. .modt-
ned TO its lowest possible pitch: I'm
proud of you. The countryss proud of
you. But don't get the sweIIed head
and spoil it all" -.--
A strange freak of fate is noticed in
connection with the passage of the ma
IlonaI irrigation bill. It is that al
most simultaneously with the passa ge
OF the Dill comes the announcement of
/ the retirement from congress OF Rem
resentative Theodore r. Burton Of
Ohlo, who for the past ten years has
/ been the most unrelenting and uncom-
promising foe of irrigation in congress.
MT Burton's position, as chairman of
the house river and harbOr committee
/ enabled him to make his opposition to
! irrigation legislation effective In the
[ tltty-nfth and Ftfty-sixth congresses.
the senate attached amendments to the
river and harbor bill providing modest
appropriations for constructing reser-
Volrs on the head waters of the Mis-
souri, river. Mr.. Burton not only fought
all such amendments in the house. but
was enabled by virtue OF his chairman
ship. which gave him a position on the
( conference committees on the river and
harbor bill. to have all such amend
ments rejected in conference. At the
close OF the Fifty-ffth congress, the
senate held out an entire night against
/ acceptance Of the conferees' report on
the river and harbor bill because this
report rejected the senate amendment.
/ Again at the close of the Fifty-sixth
congress, when the conference. commit
tee, which included Mr.. Burton, refused
to accept the senate amendments. the
senate IN all night session talked the
measure TO death by continuing the de-
pate up TO the time Of adjournment. OF
course Mr.. Burton's opposition to irri-
cation has had nothing to do with his
| announced retirement from congress.
but 1t looks as if his going out. when
irrigation comes in, is an act Of Just
retribution.
Senator Teller Of Colorado (Of course).
found the senate wing too small for
him the other day. He tried one Of the
cloakrOoms, and found Clark of Wy
oming telling a story about Clark Of
Montana. It was a little incident con-
nected with one OF the Montana sena-
tors trips through the mountains to a
mine. He wanted a skillful driver. and
there were many applicants for the
place, 70 all Of whom he put the Ques-
ton: You know where the road runs
along the mountain with a hill on one
side and a gorge on the other, about
five miles from here? How near can
you go TO the edge Of the road without
upsetting my carriage" The first man
said, four feet, the second two feet. %
third TO the edge" and a fourth
proposed 10 carrying the senator
around safely if the OFF wheels hung
over the precipice. At last Mr.. Clark
turned TO brawny Irishman and said,
What would you do2" 'BegOrra, Mr.
Clark" said the Irishman. I'D kape
as close to the side Of the hill as I
could widout pullin' off whale" Mr..
Clark took the Irishman.
Senator Teller moved on toward the
chamber. but on the threshold he
stopped. looked back. stood irresOlute.
His irresolution aroused the attention
Of the group. What's the natter"
inquired Clark of Wyoming. I'm go
ing to demand the protection of the
senate, said Teller solemnly. Il have
been listening to stories about Clark Of
Montana m this closkroOm, and every
committee room. and all the corridors
until I can't stand it any longer. And
now. when 1 attempt TO enter the. sen
ate md senator Morgan sill talking
on the Nicaragua biH''
Mr.. NilbUbn- the blind chaplain of