The National tribune., 1902-12-11

CONGRESS.

LUNuKESS.
The More Notable of the Week S
DOings.
Mr. Mann. of Chicago, is hunting for
trouble. He has introduced a bill in Con
gress declaring that the I.aSalle and
Washington street tunnels in Chicago are
Instructions to navigation, and to have
them declared public nuisances.t The bill
also orders the city of Chicago, which
owns the tunnels, to either rGniove them
entirely or lower them @
Mr.. Tayler. minstcral-looking gentle
man from Ohio. who looks on sthe world
from very serious eyessa Pretty good
fellow withal. and supplied with super,
abundant energy, is not Coming back to
Congress, but he.has lcftshis mark. and it
isn't going to be: erased very soon, either.
He has persistenily Advocated curtailment
of the representation Of the South in Con
greSs. and his Fast shoe was mt Carter
Class. Class Of VIRGINIA into whose election & ahe ne
course is to get after tho election laws of
Virginia, which virtuallx. disfranchise q
large proportion. of thfssvofers Of that
State. and he has simply made Mr.. Glass
the medium. As Mr.. TfyfGr leaves Con-
gress this session, his :blllssgi|l probably
die in n a 9! convenient z Pise$eshole :. -,
to have good roads, if ho hasro force Con-
gress to build them for sllinl,7:. He has in
troduced a bill to create IN the Depart
ment Of Agriculture Bureatisasf-Public
Roads, and to- provide for system of
National, States.ant, local cooperation in
the permanent Improvement '.,...s Of the public,
highways. ~
-s.s-rs, 81. A. = q .,-ti=-tsS-.
y@Mr. Feely. Of Iflinois,i is zgoins to, wage
war against theavqueeas aelaagessf, divorce
laws in the JInitcd States. and invokes
the aid of the Conscientious IN d bill which
he has just introduced It would add a
section 2 to Article XVI. declaring that
Congress shall have, power TO establish
uniform laws on the subject of divorces
throughout the Emitted States, "pand thi d
section giving Congress fhe power to en-
force the law. Joy 60 with him.
Mr.. Joy. of Missouri. who fell by the
wayside, whereat many mourn. has spent
the time since election formulating for
m able bin "s'fo punish frauds mt elections
of Representatives. and. Delegates in Con
gress, and for otlier purposes. They
seem to need something of the kind an
Missouri.
There is a prettv little National Cemetery
at Fort Scott. Kan, in which are buried
800 soldiers of the war of the rebellion,
but it contains no monument to their MEM
ory. Mr.. Charles Scott. who is the see.
ond natiye-born Kansan the Surfower
State las sent to Congress, Mr.. Charles
~. L., 41,4 fhap
State-at-Large.- Mr--Scott las introduced
n. bills asking CongresS g=appronTiahte
money for the purposA x erecting the
monument.
fs9, Z. r..
Senator Foraker has new grandson,
who will call Mrs. Randolph Foraker
Matthews mamma. ma Ill ~.
Senator Bevcrdge' OF 4aeiana once lived
in Kansas: HG located A ia ADighten Coun.
ground with the,-prairiA i,lsgs and rattles
snakes. He furthermore says that he
wrote the fgtlhoem seeir9yter for that sec
ton Of country.
., ;,i4s 7--5;lI.s sta 3, x.--..l
DIR. Charles Wardell Stiles is laying the
foundation ffJr hrthnecessai.y trOuffe' to
himself. and at the same time exploiting
somesfineIy-formed.t theories At the SAM
tary Coufereace AG American Republics,
which was he'd in Washington lastrwets'
he read u very Instructive paper on var
ious parasitic, ,t.pcsts'' to the human race.
Among others, was the ''hook-worm.
which DR.. Stfles. said was responsible for
the physical condition of the poor whites
of the Sotth.HTaHe said that the hook
worm was a parasite in the human sys-
tenn which produced an anemia similar
in its symptoms to severe attack of ma
laria. That. of course, could be accepted
without much controversy. but DIR. Stiles.
who is eminent in his profession, further
said that the condition of the children in
the factories in the South was due to the
hook and not to over Work. The
condition, he declares.,is hereditary, to be-
gin with. Their parents before them were
degeneratcs physically and mentally, be-
cause Of this parasite, and the condition
of the children is naturally worse. Now
wait and see the humane" societies jump
all over the eminent getiflernaIl's frame.
There are good many people who be
iieye that the children are better off i'll
the factories than they would be in the
miserable homes with the always-cOntami-
mating influences that attend the settle
ments ofs''poof whites" 4''l,- ~
No child can be,heultlry or. happy that is
kept indoors always, hlfd made to. work be-
yOuu Jus StfeHStU. -IseitHef@t1h u. cltilu
grow into healthy adultage, except it be
Systematically trained to.fnke care of it.
self. Child laboris always TO be deplored.
But work that is not too heavy is. infinite
Iysto be preferred to Ignorance. idlencss.
and their attendant ills, looseness Of
morals and yicionsness.
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1t is all over now hut the 1formality of
casting the VOTE An the other candidates
have gracefully withdrawn, after being
pressed" by their friends to stay in a
losing game, and have taken to the tail
timber. Mr.. Cannon has raked the field.
1t was exactly >iilse gathering the f.f.h
crop of alfalfa. While he had not looked
to gather in the whole push, II just came
over on his reservation and he corralled
it.
The Senate came mighty near breaking
its record the other day, when Gen. .Alger
was sworn in. There WAS a little rustic.
and suppressed murmur, that might
have become applause in another second,
but Senator Frye. President of the Senate,
lifted the little ivory mallet threateningly,
and looked SO stern, and precedent was so
strong, that the Senators settled back and
contented themselves with giving him a
cordial reception as he passed down the
aisle to his seat, and later, in the cloak
room. he held a regular,letee. Democrats
as well as Republicans,Were among those
who. grasped his hand.
atii
In the private gallery ,sat Mrs. Alger
the four Alger ehildrcn,, and two sons-in-
law and two daughters-in-law. Every
body is genuinely glad, to, see the AIgers
back in Washington. Mis-. Alger is one