The National tribune., 1904-08-18

closely woven native grass and the other
Of wood covered with hide. They had pre-
viously presented Col. Edwards with a set
OF miniatures of all types Of weapons used
by their people. They were hand made
by natives, and artistically arranged on
shield.
After the half hour with the President
the Igorrotes were shown over the White
House, and here was where Antero the
Kid got in his work. They were shown
the portraits of the Presidents. and all
were interested in those of Washington
and Lincoln. They didn't seem to know
of any others Antero studied Washing
ton for some time; finally he grunted and
said emphatically: Good man to look at.
Big, strong. Heap better than Aguinaldo;"
so there! Antero has been in school ever
since We have established public schools
on the Islands, and he talks English with
pronouns and verbs. In the East Room.
hibited to the visitors "GoldY" queried
Antero. Sure enough gold?" One of the
White House guards told him that it was
pure gold. Antero looked at the guard and
then at the piano, and then walked over
and set his fngernail in the polished edge.
'Shucks" he said, as he turned to join
the party.
Down in the basement they interviewed
the portraits Of the former mistresses of
the White House, and in one of the Winter
cloakrooms found Wattss picture Of
Love and Life" Watts is dead, and we
are told that we must speak only good of
the dead, but it would be hard to say any
thing Of the skinny creature which
Watts depicted as Love" trying to teach
life to climb some cliffs, or maybe it was
the other way. Anyhow the picture is a
horror. Antero's eyes spied it out, how
ever, and he stood before it long time.
Huh" he said finally as he turned away,
hunching at those Over-ripe trousers made
for six-foot man and worn by a fve-foot
boy. Huh! they make us wear clothes"
The whole push was photographed N
the steps of the War Department, an =
was here that the native feeling came OF
strong. The instant the brown fellows
saw the camera there was a general move
to divest themselves of their outside at
tire, which act would have left them as
naked as Moses in the Bulrushes. One of
the Chiefs snatched off his coat, so that
his beautiful tattooing might show. An
other, who had wound himself up in
red silk scarf, pulled it of, leaving his
breast and back bare. and twisted it
around his head Turk fashion. The Igor
rote who had donned the tan shoes yanked
Luciu Ou Ill lie ulSFODlHS pro-
cess was interfered with, and the poor
savages had to content themselves with
going before the world in the horrible
menagerie of misft white mans clothing.
I'VE ashamed to wear these" declared
Antero.
The Igorrotes had only a day in Wash
ing at midnight. They travelled in Summer
attire. loin cloth and a string of beads,
putting on their garbage just before arriv-
ing in Washington. They started to un-
dress half a dozen times under the infu-
ence of the hot waves as they went about
and it took two men to keep
them covered up, though they had much
calves and feet than you will find at
State reception or the bathing beach. The
minute they got back to their boarding
house for supper they "peeled" and sat
around in that state until they went to
their train. They said they had enjoyed
the trip. They return to st. Louis, where
they viii probably spend many an hour
White Chief and the Washington Mon
ument. 1t is said that the Monument i'm
pressed them more than anything else they
saw.
1t does look as though the "Solid South"
was trying mighty hard to make President
Roosevelt an issue, personally. 1t takes
about half Of Secretary Loeb's time to say
that things are not so. F'rinstance: The
National Association of Stationary En-
gineers was meeting in Richmond, Va, and
it was decided to send a committee to call
on the President. This was baked, the
Southern papers say, by Secretary Loeb,
who informed them that the President
would be unable to receive them, as he was
in fhn rnId af i'm Th1 RI
patches from the South went on to say
that the President did not think it wise
to receive large bodies just at this par
ticular time. as the Democrats would use
he said for campaign capital
Secretary Loeb, who is very astute
young man, very soon nailed that. He
says:
'The inference is that such letter was
sent from Washington by direction of the
Secretary to the President or with his au-
thority. No such letter was sent with the
knowledge or approval either of the Presi-
dent or of his Secretary, and no statement
in any way resembling those alleged to
have been made was made by either the
President or his Secretary to any one Fol
lowing the custom of President Mckinley
President Roosevelt has been obliged to re-
fuse to receive delegations, excepting upon
public business. 1t is not possible for the
President to receive delegations for other
purposes, and of course if he made an ex-
ception in one case he would have to, in
justice to other organizations, receive them
Also"
Senator Scott (W. Va.) was taken very
i'll at his desk in National Head
quarters in New York, the other day. 1T
was an attack of acute Indigestion, but
quite serious, as the Senator has had a
number of these attacks. and is not young
enough to throw them off as he once could.
He is improving and hopes to be all right
in a few days.
Senator Spooner's' opinion of the Wis
consn situation is as follows:
''Bosh," he says, emphatically. Tommy
rot; We won't lose the electoral vote any
way it Is figured" Then he drys up; not
another word. That is, not another word
for publication.
Representative Emerich, of Chicago.
was in the city last week. He thinks the
Democrats have a splendid chance of win
ming this year:
eve base this opinion on the fact that"
he says, "the people are discontented with
the operations of the trusts. and are de-
termined to rebuke the Republican party"
He says the Democrats are divided, and
adds that the Republicans are not united
He believes that the enforcement of law,
and the maintenance of order in the beef
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