The National tribune., 1903-01-22

Lear n1ter year Tor 10. THESE ~ OF uioCe
half dozen bills have been introduced an
nually in Congress, asking for the loan of
condemned ordnance, guns. and cannon
balls, the organizations asking for them
being Posts of the Grand Army of the Re
public, Soldiers Monument Associations,
Camps of Sons of Veterans. and Spanish
War Veterans. Mr.. Gardner (Mass.) has
just bethought himself to introduce a gen.
eral bill authorizing the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of the Navy, in their
discretion, to loan or give to these organ
izations the thing requested, so the acNuir-
ing of them will be made much easier
hereafter.
Senator Perkins CaL), who, by the way,
has just been elected to succeed himself,
has introduced n bill to establish on the
Coast of California a station for the in
vestigation of problems connected with the
marine fishery interests of that region.
The Committee has approved the act
to establish wind Cave National Park
in Southwest South Dakota. There is a
great cavern underlying the section which
gives name to the tract, and there are
many other picturesque features about the
land.
Secretary Shaw wants n new $4,000
boat to take the place of the old Revenue
cutter Chase, built in 1878 and now so
decayed and rotten as to be practically UNI
seaworthy.
Mr.. Charlemagne Tower, ambassador
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to Germany, has asked Congress to
authorize him to accept from the Govern
ment of the French Republic the decora-
ton of the Legion of Honor.
W. have ,ot - ,oonI ctSA IN
dredging channel across coral reef to
get into our new harbor, San Luis d'Apra.
1t is said that Mr.. Loud (Cal), who
failed of return to Congress, will remain
in Washington as the agent of the San
Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
The body of the late Representative
Tongue, of Oregon, was laid away with
all the honors that could be rendered by
the living to the dead, in Hillsboro, Ore,
last Sunday.
Jackson. of Kansas, with that
of Parker, of New York, as a
tail to the Presidential ticket. The
Democrats might go farther and fare
worse. Mr.. Jackson is rock-ribbed
Democrat, and the last Of his feather left
in Congress, from Kansas. He never
espoused any cause that did not fly the
Democratic flag, and they say he is good
deal of man. At the present time he
is in hospital in New York City, hav-
ing his leg treated. He had the mis-
fortune to break his leg early in the cam
paign In Kansas, and it never healed
properly. He had to have it broken over,
and then complications set in, which it
was thought for some time would end his
life.
Somebody is shouting for Judge Jen-
kins. of Wisconsin, for President" Judge
jenkins was born in Weymouth, England,
and so he smiles when the Presidency is
one.
The Civil Service Commission cele-
brated its Goth anniversary Jan. 16.
Twenty years ago, Jan. 1G, 1883, the Civil
Service Commission, authorized by Coz
gress, began its duties 1t has expanded
several times since then.
Senator Penrose Pa.) has introduced
bill to incorporate the "SpanIsh-American
War Veterans Association of the United
States"
Among the interested spectators in the
big white building on Capitol Hill this
week is Col. ]. A. Goulden, the Repre-
sentative-elect from the new 18th New
York District. Col. Goulden is one of
the men who does things and is breezy
and cOmpanionabIe, as well as prosper
Gus. He thinks he will like his new call
ing very well, and his colleagues are GER
tain to like him. Col. Goulden is vet
eran, having served in the navy, in the
1nmoc Riyar
is an earnest and enthusiastic Grand
Army man, and has been at the head of
the Memorial Association of New York
for some time. 1t is said that he re-
ceived the vote of every single veteran
in his district who was able to get to the
polls.
Mr.. Parker, of New Jersey, is hunting
trouble, and the White Ribboners will see
that he gets it. He has introduced a bill
to restore the sale of fermented malt
beverages and light wines to soldiers on
army transports and in post exchanges
under regulations to be prescribed by the
Secretary of War. 1t excludes "ardent
spirits"
On the battlefield of Bull Run there
are two monuments about a mile apart,
which were erected by the troops belong
ing to the Department of Washington, in
June, 1868. These monuments stand
upon private lands and are dedicated to
the memory of the heroes who fell there
July q, 1861, and Aug. %, 30, 80, 1862,
in the two battles known as first and
second Bull Run. Relic hunters, without
fear of God or man in their shriveIled-up
souls, have Clipped and hacked these
monuments till they are about ruined.
Senator Martin, of Virginia, has intro
duced bill authorizing the Secretary of
War to purchase for the United States
as much of the land upon which these
monuments are located as he thinks suf-
icient for the protection of the same, and
to enable the citizens of the United
States to visit them.
The House last Friday passed PA spe-
cial pension bills. Mr.. Russell. of Texas,
who figures in the Congressional Direc-
tory as "born of Georgia parents, in
Huntsville. Ala.," which fixes his politi-
cal bias to T, in Humorous tones OBJ
jected to the rapidity with which the
bills were pushed through, and declared
that over 10000 special pension bills had
been rushed through Congress since the
civil war" He thought that the Pen
siou Office should be left to deal with all
pension Gases. Mr.. Lacy, of Iowa, called
his attention to the fact that 10000 spe-
cial bills for term of 40 ytais was not
at ali great number. He then explained
to the excessively important Mr.. Russell
that the bills were all of nature that
made it impossible for the Pension Of
flee to take any action on them other than
to reject them, and that Congress had
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