The National tribune., 1903-11-26

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time they go to the Woman's Relief Corps,
when they give the salute to the Flag.
They would like to believe that what they
say is the truth, but they know it ism t,
still, they go on saying 1t, hoping that the
day will come when the sentiment will halt
at no sectional lines. There isn't day
In tie week or an hour in the day, in all
probability, when some veteran does not
give utterance to the same sentiment, but
he knows that it isn't true either.
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The proof? That isn't hard to produce.
Anybody who cares to come into this sec
ton Of the country about the time that the
rebels begin to observe their various Me-
mortal Days will find that there are two
Flags, anu country can scarcely be
cemented when its people are divided as
to their allegiance to the Flag which rep
resents National Honor. But you do not
have to wait for Memorial Day. Just sit
around any old place where music is the
attraction, and listen to the rebel yell
which goes up when the negro minstrel
air, Dixie" is played. 1t knocks the
spots off of the Star Spangled Banner till
there are not Is twinklers left. But that
isn't all, though goodness knows it is
enough.
The United Daughters of the Confed-
sracy held their Annual National Conven-
lion few days ago in Charleston, s. c.,
and this is what appears in the minutes
of the Convention: Upon motion it was
made imperative that all Daughters Of the
Confederacy, when in assembly for buSi-
ness or pleasure, shall rise to their feet
when the National air Of the Confederacy,
Dixie, is played or sung, and remain
standing until the song or tune is finished"
And this ukase of the National organiza-
ton has been adopted here in Washing
ton, and is being adopted wherever these
organizations of disloyalty and secession
are located. 'One country, one
Flagg. o. National air of the Confeder-
acyw
The Democrats of the House are quite
sure they have walked up another Bryan of
an orator in Theodore Arlington Bell, Rep
resentative of the Second District of Cali
fornia. They quite pride themselves on
the fact that Mr.. Bell, who is only 81,
made his maiden speech in the House
against the Cuban Reciprocity bill, and let
1t 60 into the Congressional Record with
ont revision, while the remarks of Gen.
Grosyenor ''were withheld for revision"
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All of which is really very funny. Mr..
Bell, like Mr.. Bryan, took for his maiden
speech in the House the campaign speech
which he had tried on fully $50 audiences,
and which he had probably revised to
wire edge of fneness according to Demo-
cratic view. That speech will Of course
"take" with his constituents, for they will
applaud the courage" that imbued their
young champion when he ''rammed truths
down the throats of gaping Congressman
who had-simply had-to listen to him,
don't you know, exactly as though he was
speaking to Sand-lotters in San Fran
cisco"
Wait till Mr. Bell gets another whack
at Congress. however, and unless he does
ss Bryan did, rearrange the paragraphs
of the old speech anG introduce some new
business, he will hold his new speech back
for revision exactly as Gen. Grosvenor did.
That is, he will if he has any sense. STEM
ographers are mere machines, and orators
generally talk for effect. Words in cold
black and white, sentiments uneolored by
the support of appiauding friends, take
on an entirely different meaning when read
after the heat of argument has cooled
and reason holds sway.
Tom Reed, whose logic was like
sledge hammer and whose repartee was as
pointed rs stiletto. while his opinions
were as .unalterable as the laws of grav-
itation, never permitted line of what he
said ON the floor, or while in the Chair, to
90 into the Record until he had revised
no, not literally revised it, but at least
looked it over to see that his tongue had
not slipped while his thoughts were tread
ing on each others heels in their efforts
to become words.
Nay, nay, Mr. Bell, unless you are
hunting trouble in the shape of a mis-
phced period, or slovenly enunciation
IL. IL.
into something entirely different from
what YOU meant to say, you will revise
your every utterance before it goes 20 the
world. The wise man always does, the
fool-oh, well, it makes no difference what
he does.
Mr. Speaker Cannon isn't at home in
the Chair. He would much rather be
down ON the floor in the rough and tumble
debate; and, then, it wouldn't be the
proper caper to chew a cigar while presid-
ing over the House, and so Mr.. Cannon is
not happy with his new toy. He goes
down on the floor whenever he possibly
can. Mr.. Sherman, of New York, will be
in the Chair most of the time-at least
things have started out that way, and
most any time after the House opens, Mr..
Cannon can be seen among his colleagues
loafng about the cd seat which he has oc-
cupied for % years. Mr.. Cannon will never
snbmerge the House with any dignified
airs while Speaker. because he wouldn't
know how, but he will probably be more
or less picturesque though, let US hope,
not as profanely SO as he is in the Com
mittee room.
1t has been a good while since Con-
gress has had in if men who openly raced
their cwn horses. When there is good
going at the tracks in Washington, mem
beis OF the House often sneak off under
pair with some strait-laced member
who does not care for racing, and attend
the races, betting a little, and sometimes
lots, but for a Congressman to own race
horse. and run it openly, is really quite
novelty.
From the Seventh Kentucky District
comes Mr.. South Trimble, who is just 40
years old, and the horse South TrimbIe.
which cleaned up things at Benning last
Thursday is a Kentueky-bred nag which
bears the name of the NJ. c.. from the
Seventh Kentucky District Mr. Trimble
concluded that he would enjoy witnessing
the race made by his namesake much bet
ter than he would enjoy the drubbing
which Gen. Grosyanor was going to give
the members Of his political stripe so he
hied himself to Benning race track, and
was happy all afternoon. He is happy
yet, for South Trimble, the horse, won
out
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