The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-10-15

in the suburbs which Shan cost a half ,
million. They have mary such institu
tons throughout the United States. and in
Canada and Europe ;Tlfey do not use
employ water, sunlight, electricity. nnd
Swedish movements. They also employ
surgery in extreme cases. e
The Buzzard turned Turtle and dived
instead of flying. Not being web-footed
the poor bird wrecked herself in about a
second, and $4,000 of Prof. Langley
good money. as we'll as that of the Gov,
eminent, went to limbo at the same time
That is the history of the Langley air
ship which has been giving Summer news
paper men their chief occupation for the
last four months. Prof. Langley says that
the Bird would have scared all right,
only there was a "hitch.' Query: Can
that hitch be overcome The broken ma
chine looks no more impracticable than the
whole one did before it was shot off into
space from its aerial track only to fall
into the river like lump Of lead. Per
petual motion and practical navigation OF
the air seem about as remote as ever.
Ohio has sent in 'hurry-up' call for
orators in the campaign. The President
mas sent Out HI luc .SdDlHti
but still the cry is for more
For two days it looked as though the
grave and reverend Senators of the United
States would have to lave their marble
limbs in common painted bath tubs. in
stead of reclining in those chiseled from
Italian marble, on their return 10 the Ma
tional Capital. The marble-wOrkerS
struck. Just why, nobody seems to know.
Those who were working on the afoce-
mentioned bath tubs of chaste marble
seemed to have no particular grievance.
they We're not asking for more wages. but
went out Just because" CONSERVATION
was rife for a few uncertain hours. No
body knew just what WIS Liable to hap
pen if the aforesaid United States Sena-
tors came back to Washington and had
to go to the barber shop bathrooms and
painted tubs, and the contractor tore his
hair and filled the air with br.mstone to
no effect. The marble strikers concluded
that as they had no grievance they might
as well 20 TO work again. and they did.
Thus the catastrophe was averted. and the
marble bath tubs will be in place.
There is pretty serious discussion just
now about charging the Rules Committee
of the House of Representatives. 1t now
consists of five members. three of whom
are of the majority of the House and two
of the minority. This comm ttee is con-
sidered the most important in the House,
us a report from that committee takes
precedence Of everything csc, and it has
more than once been accused of bringing
in rules for the express purpose of squelcn-
ing some pet measure of the President.
or of some member who could not be
reached in any other way. 1t is an arbi-
trary committee, and as the Speaker of
the House is its head. the Rules Commit
tee is pretty sure to dominate the whole
body, exactly as the Speaker directs. The
idea in making the committee larger is
to get upon it membeTSi from all sect Oas
of the country, and it is behaved, too, that
the committee will be sshgrn of little
OF its arbitrary power, when it is made
larger, as it will he almost impossible to
get five members of any one party who
will agree TO press upon the House objec-
tionable legislation under an arbitrary rul-
ing OF the Committee on Rules. If en-
iarged, it is to be comprised of FIVE Re
publicans and three Democrats.
Representative George B. Mcclellan.
of New York City, has been nominated
for Mayor by TaEmany- There seems to
be n general idea that theFG is a frost due
around in his vicinity about election tine.
Than Mr.. Mcclellan there, could scarcely
be colder man, He is of the ultra silk
stocking variety of TamInapyi.es, and has
no more idea what the -'fower half of
the people in his town want than hen
has OF heaven. He can't mix" little
bit. That has been shown by his actions
in the House. When he makes a speech
nobody listens, because it is Ill prepared
before hand and is delivered with the pre-
ciseness of machine man, lacking all
human expression and manly magnetism.
How in the world he is going to make a
campaisn in New York is q mystery to his
friends, even.
The River and Harbor bill last year
gave the President the power to appoint
a Commission to investigate the water
ways from the Great Lakes to the Attain
tic. The bill also granted the right to the
President to make the Commission an In
ternational one if he desired, so England
has been asked to appoint three to repre-
sent the Dominion OF Canada. The Pres
ident has appointed upon this Commission
Gen: o: Il , Ernst. Of the Corps Of Eng nj
of Cornell University, and George Gin
ton, OF Buffalo, N. Y. The negotiations
for the Waterways Commission have ex
tended over many months, and England
has only recently significd a willingness
to take part in it. Her Commissioners
are to be appointed soon.
The Commission will make such recon-
mendations as to improvement of the wa
terways along the boundary lines as will
best subserve the interests of navigation
for the United States and Canada.
In the last eight months the battleship
Maine has lost 100 men from desertion
Most Of the assertions in the Navy are
among coal passers and landsmen, who
enlist in The service without any previous
experience on the water.
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