The National tribune., 1903-11-26

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
his eccentricitiss, he 10 Q man Of sterling
to the hearts OF the people Of his State.
Mrs. Carria Nation raised q very Mary
Ellen Lease og a time up in the Senate
last Thursday. She arrived in Washing
ton Wednesday evening, and at once an
nornced that she intended to speak in the
United States Senate, and that she would
call on the President and give him piect
Of that very energetic mind of hers.
She did both. She called at the White
House, she saw the President and she
roasted him to q finish about having car
ried wine in his private car on his triI
through the West, and permitting cigaret:
smoked in the White House. When she
had finished up her work at the White
House, she started for the Capitol. She
entered the Senate Gallery, carrying hel
black sachel, which is in itself against the
rules of the Senate, and then proceeded tl
sell her hatchet badges and her autographs
to those in the Gallery.
She displayed roll of bills as big as
her arm by II 80, and her badges were al
sold. She left the Gallery and strolled
around awhile. going back just as the
Senate was called to order. She waited
till the prayer was made, and then she
broke loose. Just what she said nobody
will ever know, for she was nabbed by
the frightened door-keepers and hustled
out so quick that very few except those in
her own vicinity knew who had made the
disturbance. The excitement was simply
screamingly funny, and the Senators ac-
tually turned pale with horror at the prof
anation of their august body by ch q
presence.
Mrs. Nation was hauled up to Police
Court at once and fined $25. and costs,
which she paid herself. She said she sold
enough badges while in the Capitol to pay
her fine. Mrs. Nation was well dressed,
and is not bad looking woman. AS for
being crazy, she looks to be saner than
some of the idiots who are permitting her
to make herself notorious. Mrs. Nation
has recently given to Kansas City, Mo-, a
very handsome property for home for
and commodious, and it is said that it is
to be endowed.
There is no longer in Congress a man
so poor as to do honor to WillGam) Jabber-
wOwl Bryan, he that once represented
Nebraska in Congress, later made himself
the Moses Of the Democratic party, but
proved a Pharaoh instead, and still later
bulbuled the party into letting him lead
it to defeat a second time. Anybody, ev-
erybody, any old sign post that has wealth
cred time is suggested by the Democratic
in Congress for the Presidency,
but never, no never, w. ]. b.
By the way, "Will J. Bryan" Was it
in the berinning that the Ne
braska editor should do all these things
and then end up his meteoric career as
the inditer of wills" that go busted
too? Poor Whip-poor-Will.
Nearly 80 years ago, Russia evacuate5
the last foot Of territory within the bounds
Of the United States, over which the Rus
sian Flag fioated by right. and since that
time, when the little Russian Colony slip
ped out of old Fort BOdega, in California,
and left it to the Americans, the Russian
Flag has floated only by sufferance in this
country. Now Russia proposes to have a
home in the United States. The property
which the Gar hopes to acquire is the
palatial mansion of former Vice-President
Morton. The Russian Embassy has been
located in this house for over a year now,
and as the property is in every way de-
sirable, will become the permanent home
Of the Russian Embassador if plans go
through. The Cassinis like Washington,
and the little Countess Marguerite is one
Of the most charming of hostesses. A
splendid ballroom will be one of the ad-
iitions TO the house if Russia buys it. 1t
stands on Scott Circle, on tongue of
lot with al sides open to the street, so
that there is no danger of impertinent peo-
pie building up against the house, where
they can gaze into the kitchens or the
boudoir. There is lots of land for the
Countess dogs to run over too.
Mr.. Speaker Cannon has found one
place where the Rules of the House are
not paramount. Mr.. Cannon and a cigar
ire mighty nearly inseparabIe. He got
On a street car to go to the Capitol the
other day, and rather than stand at the
hind end of the car, putting cigar in the
faces of the ladies getting on and off, he
worked his way to the front of the car
md opening the door stepped out beside
he motorman. That all-sufficient mogul
never turned his head, but growled out
rom his mufflers, Say! Hain't theh room
nuff fer you inside the cab? It's agin
he rules for you to ride out heah" And
Mr.. Speaker Cannon, recognizing the power
If Rules" and not belonging to the broth
.rhOod Of Motoneers, speedily got himself
pack into the car, with an apology for
breaking rule of which he knew moth
ng.
Representative Dick, Of Ohio. has al
Ways had bad luck in getting a seat in
he House, and last year had to camp over
lmOng the Democrats in the Cherokee
Strip" as it has been termed. One day
le learned the fact that somewhat de-
irable seat on the Republican side was
Tacant, and laid claim to it. The Ser
nearly had fit. why"
le said aghast, two members who have
occupied that seat have died within the
,ast year! You don't want to sit there.
There isn't Member of the House who
would sit there now" II WILL" promptly
eturned Representative Dick. "I'd a
blamed sight rather be dead than sit where
am among the Democrats" and the
Ohio Member got the seat and survived
he session to draw a Cherokee strip seat
lgain this session.
Senator Money, of Mississippi. intro
luced 233 bills a few days ago, which is
record breaker. Senator Plumb, of Kan
'as, held the record up to this time. There
we're among the Money bills POO for South
,rn war claims of the kind which the War
Department has now made easy of allow
ng.
1t has not been easy enough for the
to get their war claims
through, so the War Department has made
| ruling that will greatly facilitate the
process. This has been done at the in
stance Of Representative Johnson. of
south Carolina. There are thousands of
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