New-York tribune., 1903-03-06
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waGhgo0fn0 Mar


proposition which Is finding measure or approVal
| in Washington in return for the gift OF statue
! Of Frederick the Great. presented TO the halseF
| and to be placed in the new War College grounds
| The United States must. of course. 1t Is Said
| recprocate with a statue of some distinguished
| American, and the which finds the nlos'
| favor is that of James Monroe who gave his name
to the greatest Of American foreign p0lcies' Lns
| Monroe Doctrine The fact that Monroe typiHes
| the foundation stone of American policy mas Dsen
declared to be the strongest reason why II Wouta
be fitting to present his statue in exchange TOT mat
| Of the monarch who laid the basis of the modern
! greatness of Prussia. There is ample preceoent
| for the exchange OF statues. France presented 10
the United States the Lafayette statue now IN the
SQUARE opposite the White House. and this country
| rectprocated with a statue OF Washington. 1t 10
urged that international etiquette requires tnat
there should be a similar return for the gift OF the
German Emperor. A statue OF Monroe or nero'c
proportIons suited for location In the famous Inter
den Linen or even at Kel the chief naval station
| OF Germany, fs regarded most appropriate IL
has been pointed out that as Washington was the
| best known American statesman to the Frenea, SO
SptRs the franz q the M8nFSs DGG
trne fFeqIenty sSn MAGE sor sch Presentation No
def1ite steps have yet bse taken to carry out The
St f !es
| later there may be official Developments
| HE STOOD "PAT"-In the last night session OF
the House Of Representatives, when the Democratic
nlibuster was in full swing and members hao only
time enough between votes to VISIT the FestauIa"
| below for liquid refreshments. Representative
| Grtggs of Georgia, who managed the Democratic
| campaign for Congress last fall was LETT AZ Ihe
post in the restaurant at one Of the roicalls. MT
| C.riggs desired to have his name appear IN Ine
| Record" on all proper occasions, and went 10
| Representative Sherman. who was occupying tbs
chair, and explained that he would appreciate an
| opportunity to vote. Mr. Sherman made no prom 5
sehinS lT fEs1eS for Ills name or he ffts right e
called after sa tie eSk a b. s' Of
had been made known then rsinG ne tree
pairs t - Bees s the gentleman from Georgia wish to
! be calIcd?'
| A CORNER FOR THE PRES1DENT.-President
| Roosevelt has furnished to the cohorts OF auto
! graph collectors 4 brand new experience IhoSo
who to de1ve into the intrcacies OF the cnIcs
| raphy Of the great Of the time are wont 10 ma
| that majority of their so-Caed victims are only
too willing to occupy the centre Of the stage. But
| this is not the case with the President GroNeF
! Hastings, Of the bright young pages OF tne
/ Supreme Court. went to the White House WIN
! some papers from the tribunal All supreme Court
! papers have be delivered t" the President per
man from The halls Of justice modestIy pulled out
a,sd sr of HONOR and asked the
his antoeraph He said he wanted it in I'll the middle idle
wrote his name his careless hand md
IN corner Why: waEted your name , IN hoy .t'S
replied the President with a smile to reassure his
SGrng Shn4s Chance And the album st has Roose
| velt's name cornered.
| THE WIDOWS MITE-The admonition OF the
elder Weller with reference to "widders Is one on
| which the United States Government has found II
necessary to So many relicts or veterans VINO
had married rather for the death than the lire OF
+be,- husbands applied for pensions that by the act
| OF June e. 1880, it provided that after that
date veterans who took new brides WOULD pequedII
| to them no claim the Treasury. Among the
| thousands Of letters the Pension Bureau has re-
! following
! recent epistIe is both characteristic and NOTE
worthy The mild complaint of the disappointed
| widow is follows:
Applied for Pension, but 1t seems am barred
made when he was President. President Roosevelt
Nps hs M beros sSof long
a. he'd & ybn % lots to o 90 secon Ne %Ies
soldiers was getting old and was poor: 6ld no. nSt
m t5 M Mr Teg 10 gf5 him i because liked him he
| man that never spoke a bad WORD against any
| boldly.
LAST OF THE CANTEEN JOnEs.-A group Of
Western statesmen in one of the Capitol corrldofs
to-day vas discussing the work OF Congress. They
showed remarkable unanimity in the sentiment that
Representatives really earn their 5000. Ihey
agreed that they had worked hard. and really
needed rest
"r'u tell YOU what it makes think off, said
| REPRESENTATIVE Bartholdt. of Missouri. IN my
asst campaign I stopped at the little town OF Lux
emburg in the outskirts Of st. Louis was Wlho-
ing up the fight for my seat, and vas pretty well
tagged out A friend met me at the depot and re-
marking that I looked pretty bad asked me ~hat
the troubIe was I told him that was like the
that went into saloon and cds1 . d LoG ands
schooner over the bar. The man took sip and ana
made wry face. What's the matter: asked @ the inc
barkeeper What's the mater repeated tnT sfl cnS my
Wanderings up and down the surface Of the earth
I never have come across glass of beer anywhere
well / guess you would be nat TOO. II !idaS !oL HaS
long as that keg had guess Sc con sfsss
here"
! THE FORTUNES OF DOLI.IVER MOURNED--
There is one member Of the Senate who views with
terror the efforts of correspondents to secure MS
opinon on current subjects. The Chinese oOJecuoh
TO being photographed, which sometimes ehuS III
the murder of the persistent kodaker Is milo ana
harmless whim beside the fury Of Senator Doliver
The reason for this unusual reticence on the part
| OF a Senator is explained by Mr. DoiliEeT 10 MS
| friends in the following fashion;
For twelve months" says the Senator mourn
fully II have been the victim OF reportorial mad
| ness. For instance, short time ago, when ao-
| dressed an audience in New-1ork City on the SUD-
| 1ect of trusts, ! remarked that In twenty years
| from now We wouldn't hear anything OF trusts;
| they oIId all be dead. This is how the reporter
| caught me: Fellow citizens unless something Is
done to throttle the trusts in twenty years we viii
all be dead. Later Boston newspaper man served
speak in Boston on the Philippine question: After
speaking Of the e1ndlnon we hao %anage EgG nat
| have accrued to them under American rule, SAID
Ing match na and cut and run for 1t. And then to
end the sentence systematically, exclaimed, Geo
% 41t read dhG my a eoGent and ucd remarks to
! my horror found that the reporter had made me
was burdened with eengratuations from r. we mean
| thanking me for the attitude taken In my speech