The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-06
Roosevelt Trying to Bring Re- bellious Senators Into Line.

horse but as wanted him myself, I re. fused him."
 It seems that Dicks strenuous rider made him, too, somewhat strenuous, for we are sssured that when his owner de- sires to get great speed out of him, he swears violently, and go 'Dicls" speeds away.
 How very very pathetic.
 How very, very strenuous! How utterly sweet.
 There Is another tempest in q teapot in the I.avy department, and 1t is all on account of official precedence. There is a board in tho navy composed of three ad- rnirals, of which Admiral Dewey is the prt sident. In that board there have been scmo chengcs Of late, so new 1t Is com posed of Admiral Dewey Admiral Taylor and Admiral Bradford Before Crownin- shield sailed away te show his legs at the coronation of the King, he was mem- Der of the board, and had the honor of sitting next to Admiral Dewey. At the first meeting stter Crowninshield's de- parture, AdnlIral Bradford took hls seat of honor next to the man from Manila, Admiral Taylor not being present. The other day there was snotrer meeting of this board, and Tay1or took the seat of honor. There was at once a row; Brad ford and Taylor dieruting as to which should sit by Admiral Dewey. The dis pute was settled for fhe moment by Ad- niral Dewey deciding in favor of one of them, no matter which so far as the pub. l,c Is concerned; but there has been an appeal from Ad1niral Dewsys decision to Secretary Moo6y, and to the President bimself.
 You may rest assured that this magnifi- cent battle for precedence has not been equalled In the navy since Schley won the battle of Santiago. Of course, all the higher officials take one side or the other, and the struggle grows hotter and more furious. Truly it is a brave spectacle; these great sailors of the land and of the sea contesting as to which shall sit beside Admiral Dewey and as to which shall sit beside Admiral Somebody Else and as to which shall sit beside Admiral Nobody Else. It is enough to thrill the great American heart, this valorous contest
 
 We have some very brave news from Crowninshield, by the way It is alleged upon most excellent authority that Crown inshield has a son. 1t is further alleged that the son of this famous navigator of bureau Is consular agent of the United States at Castellamare di Stabia, Italy. The sons name Is Caspar S. Crownin- shield, and he has just had a greater honor paid him than probably ever was before paid to foreign representative of this government of such insignificant rank.
 Papa was proud of son; in fact, very, very proud; so he determined to take our entire squadron in European waters to the Italian port for the purpose of visiting and saluting that extraordinary boy. Papa boarded the big battleship Illinois, his flagship. and followed by the warships Albany and Chicago, he set sail for the harbor of Castellamare di Stabia When these splendid white ships of war sailed into that port the inhabitants were wild with excitement. They could not imagine the cause of so great an honor to their port. They were quickly assured.
 The flagship Illinois. one of the finest of all the American warships, thundered salute Of twenty-one guns, presumably to the King of Italy. Then a steam launch was lowered and speeded inshore, where it was Immediately boarded by Consular Agent Crowninshield. The launch sped back to the big ship, and as the consular agent ascended the gangway people on shore could see a full guard of honor drawn up to receive him. In fact, he was received with honors almost equal to those due an ambassador.
 When he went below to have a cup of tea with papa, the admiral commanding- in-chief' the signals were hoisted that the officers on the other American warships should come to call upon papas boy. A consular agent, who is merely under the law the agent of consul, is entitled to A salute of three guns, but 1t Is said that when this agent left the ship for the shore, accompanied by papa, you might have thought that the commander-in- chief of the Italian army was being sa- luted.
 Papa lay anchored In that harbor for three or four days in order to impress upon the inhabitants the great import- ance of his boy, and then he sailed away for England to display his legs in the presence of King Edward the Seventh. taking the boy with him on leave of ab- sence. No doubt the boy will likewise show his legs; but not to the King.
 LUCIEN JULIEN WALKER.