New-York tribune., 1903-03-02
NOTES OF THE CAPITAL.
Tnr TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBUSE.l
washington. Mar

| Tnr TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, March ].
WHEN THEY SEE THE FREsIDENT.-ro see
| the President, to shake hands with him and ex-
change a word of greetng Is the ambition Of every
newcomer here who favors the democratic Anerl-
| can custom of handshaking. Yesterday party OF
| over hundred students from the Norman CoI-
Iege Of West Chester, Penn, were received oy the
| President Standing at Secretary Cortelyou's old
desk In the executive once of the Wn1te Eouse'
the President received his visitors. VINO oleu oy
him and out the other door, AS revelation IN
facial expression the faces Of those entering ana
those leaving presented q remarkable picture. AS
the line entered every face was intent and drawn
the feminine members were busy taking last
uFtvs poke at t9sr e fson1 aeenne loexs @ smbs
as busy assuming an erect and mkSrs sxSrssScn.
Moment nmS later the same people eerged after ther
5oy the hand the PRESIDENT had
with his usual hearty grasp was SUI, aSInISa+on
Ssopa e S.sSia sia d .Dy Bs ESn
@ Sro.sss as sss snSok so @y
ssna aieP aE:in Tfe to thIRk s vas
President Of the United states 60; one By one one;
Wiz particular personal note lsG SWsy e1Gn fSs
face EaoSmdg nd eaeh ns carryae - away memory
| lifetime. a meeting with q real President.
s,,u ppEFuRRED TO BE RIGHT THAN
Presidential Is seldom that both husband and
wife attain leadership in statecraft. but Ehe Ffr
barkses-the senior Senator from the Hoosier ota'e
and his wife, the president general OF the HauohaI
Society of the Daughters OF the American ReVoiu-
! tion-have achieved this distinction. The Presi-
Dental bee is buzzing in the ear Of the Tai eyca-
more from Indiana. the potential nemneF Oh tno
| Anglo-American High Joint Commission Whie NIT
| Observation-Disclosures, graceful, accomplished ana
tactfui-has just been unanimously elected nead OF
the greatest national body Of ultra-blueploooeo
| women In the land. The distinction Is unique IN IN
petuate the memories Of the foEefathers by reason
of the fact that the constitution itselI was
10 AS a clever diplomat and an astute tactcian her
ability was demonstrated DAY or Nv t%o agSress
Mrs. Desha of Kentucky. questioned the ruling Of
tne nrenontlv announced Mrs FAIRBANKS But madam
chairman protested the delegate some%nat sHr the
last congress. simply following your duitne ing
Gbair with a smile you should never follow the
chair chair when hen the Chair is wrong
Mount Vernon made by thousands of Americans
every year, is marked by a spirit of reTerentiai
awe and rapt patriotism, which not inrreqoehtiE
eIicits sympathetic smiles from the cynlcal oD-
| servers The other day Daughter OF the AHer1-
can Revolution a resident OF State far beyond
| the Mississippi made the trip. Standing Oh the
piazza of the house at Mount Vernon. facing the
to draw in deep long breaths. Drink It in: Drink
in she exclaimed A in asd sesfatS ter sTs about
her if embracing the whole surrSnndmg % ngc,pes piaS
ferventlys when the mystical Inhalation was ac-
coplished Now + feel ,,t that at. shall be OroaosF
| NEBRASKA AHEAD ONCE MORE-Out Of the
| West there came to the capita! this week woman
| WHO shared with William Jennings Bryan the
citizenship of Nebraska. In of those pleasant
bits of interstate warfare. in which each person
claims for State the particular place OF glory
and enumerates the various reasons for its eeVa'
ton above its rivals the Nebraska woman listened
ooh af he "a
tives of the States included N the party At last
when her state PRIDE 6ouia oosa snG dscsTed IN
convincing toHss 7 can t tell & STu cdnr tma5 and
can f Show You figures to prove that it stands first
In illteracy Not even now 90 the auot3ss LUZ LUZ
understand what particular virtue the NeprasKan
wished to claim
| A czAR IN REPOSE.-A characteristic incident
IN the life of Thomas B. Reed recalled this
week by Washington hostess, who entertained
the former Speaker at a dinner party. some time
after the soup and before the coffee MF Reed dis"
appeared and it was believed that he had been
called out for some conference political mat
| ter Hours after the dinner was over and the lest
guest had departed, Of the family went to the the
bury figure Of the Speaker, curled up III chair.
reading book As she stood WafeRnE sd Eo71n n .h he
volume and studied the cover for moment; As
his #. nay es the Is % she
queried. with feminine tactfulness The jungle e
Book; read II before. ana ha0 10 HillSh IT,
REAL GRATITUDE-From DiAelaEd comes f'e
following expression Of gratitude OF recently re-
tired postmaster to the auditor for the PostonicS
Department on the occasion of the hnat settlement
| of his accounts:
| My Dear Sir and Friend It is with profound
gratitude that acknowledge receipt of your draft
in payment Of the balance due final audit of
my account To attempt an expression Of my graf
! ittde would be like dewdrop compared with a
| mountain torrent bat / will add q prayer TO my
blessed Master that flowers of perennial beauty and
undying fragrance may ever bloom along your
| that no harm may befal you. and that you may
safely reach the haven of repose and receive the
crown of glory which is now awaiting you. is the
| prayer of your humble servant.
RACE SUICIDE NOT IN MICHIGAN.-The most
striking fruit of President Roosevelts pronuncia-
mento regarding suicide reached the Post
| office Department to-day in the shape of a group
| picture OF the family of W. G. Rowland. native
New-Yorker and his wife and nine sons. all of St.
Louis Mich. The picture. which will be filed away
ily, with the father the head the mother at the
tween them according to height. The letter accom-
| papyng the picture says:
ST. Louis, Mich. February 2S 1868
Dear Sir: received the notice to-day that you
had let have the contract TO carry the mail
route 81 $40 to begin July 19eS until July l. 1907.
thank you very kindly for the same. promise
| the service eight ten years. We have nine
! nice sons. Never had any girls deaths. Four
! working for me, and five are going TO school.
Very truly, w. g. ROWLAND.
| The aggregate height of the children is stated
under the picture to be ''forty-two feet Of sons''