The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-10-01

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Monday and took up their residence in thu
White House for the coming Winter. \
Cabinet meeting was held on Tuesday. ant
in the afternoon the President entertained
at lunch Mr.. John Mitchell, President Of
the United Mine Workers of America
The President is said to be very decided
on the Miller case, and that the luncheon
with Mr.. Mitchell has no reference to 1t
A valuable historical exhibit at the st
Louis Exposition. from the Department oi
State. will be Il series of pictures ar
ranged on 26 panels. In the center is 9
portrait of a President of the United
States beginning with Washington ant
ending with Roosevelt Immediately un
sierneath tie President is smaller por
trait of the Vice-President. The Chief
Executives and Vice-Presidents are shown
in square frames. Surrounding each Pres
ident and Vice-President are the portrait:
of all the officers of the Cabinet, belonging
to the respective Administrations, in ova
frames giving the effect of an oval group
on the square panel. This is the first time
this collection of pictures was ever made
1t was necessary in order to get picture:
to ransack the archives of the Library OF
Congress and of all the Departments OF
the Government. There were examined
Congress and hundreds of old histories
magazines and papers. Some of the por
traits were missing after this was done
and We're only secured by long and te'
dious process of personal correspondence
The most difficult portrait to find was that
of Senator Galliar1, of South Carolina,
who during the two Administrations OF
President Madison was President pro tenn
of the Senate, and consequently Acting
of tho I1nIt
him only one portrait has thus far
been procured, and that represents him as
a boy of 10 years.
The venerable Judge John ]. Jackson
was a recent visitor in Washington. he
has had q great career as a jurist since
President Lincoln appointed him to pre-
side over the Federal Court of West Vir-
ginia AZ years ago. He is to-day at the
ripe age of 10 as young as most men %
years his junior. There is not another
appointment from Lincoln.
Judge Jackson's story of the way he
came to be appointed is interesting: Il
was born and have lived all my life in
Parkershurg." said the Judge, with the
exception of three years spent at Prince
ton College. l had been Presidential
elector on the Taylor Scott and Fillmore
tickets. In 1860 l espoused the candidacy
of Bell and Everett, was named as one of
the electors, and made a vigorous cam
paign tour of my section Of the Old Do
mnion. As an elector l went to Rich
mond to meet with my associates, and
while there l attended a banquet given at
the old Exchange Hotel. In the course of
my remarks l made pretty imprisoned
argument against secession and in defense
of the Union. This aroused the anger Of
the Secessionists present, and was round
ly Kissed, but the insult never caused me
any annoyance, so confident l was in the
principles 1 had promulgated. That speech,
however, was widely circulated, and COM
ing to Mr.. Lincoln's attention shortly after
his election. he sent for me and offered me
the judgeship of my State"
The Navy Department has finally set
tied the question of the National Naval
Anthem" 1t is the Star Spangled Ban
ner The Powers that be have settled the
question and have directed that it shall
be played at all times when a National
musical composition is to be presented by
the Marine Band. The Navy Depart
ment has gone further and declared that
when the Star Spangled Banner is played
attention. 1t is required that the same re-
spect shall be paid to all National airs of
other countries when played in the pres
ence of official representatives of such
country.
William Tecumseh Sherman Thorndyke
has been selected for the honor of unyail-
Sherman, of which honor he is very proud.
The field work of the Census Of the Phil
ippines is practically completed, and all
the information has been forwa rded to
Washington, where the tabulatiOn, COM
pilation and publication will be made by
the United States Census Bureau under
and Messrs. Henry Gannett and v. n.
Olmsted.
The rough count shows that the total
population of the islands is 6,916.574, of
which number about 650,0OG are included
in what are termed the wild tribes" The
Census enuLlerators had the time of their
lives in the provinces Of Bulacan, Rial,
Laguna. Batangas and Albay. The popu-
Iation is largely rowing and known as the
"ladrones," who are the worst kind Of
bandits imaginable. The enumerators
were taken for perambulating National
Banks. evidently, for they were held up
ing their schedules. These were not dis
turbed. In some of the Islands the enum-
orators were met with armed opposition,
as the natives seemed to think they were
being named for sacrifice CT something of
that sort.
Gen. Sanger says that he found the Fill
pinos very intelligent and kind, and that
under proper guidance and more settled
conditions. he believes they will become
good citizens and conduct their business
IN as intelligent a manner as any other
class of people.
Comrade Levi n. Poor, Of Augusta, Me-,
was in the city en- route to the meeting Of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows. He is Past Captain of Canton Au-
gusta of the Militant Patriarchs. He
served during the war in the 10Th Me-.
a~d WAS captured and taken to Anderson
vile, and last Summer made q journey to
pointed by the State of Maine to erect a
monument 70 the States dead. who num-
Der 252. The monument is not to cost
over $1,000. and will be of Maine granite.
Comrade Poor and the other Commission
ers determined to erect the monument in
the National Cemetery, instead of on the
site of the old stockade. for the reason that
IN the cemetery it will be under the pro-
lection OF the United States Government,
lection but such as is afforded by the
Georgia laws.
Maj-Gen. John G. Bates says that the
"Baby Blue" facings for the Infantry uni
forms are very unpopular in his Depart.
ment, and officers and men desire to return
to the old white facinss
The Philippine Commission has decided
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