The National tribune., 1904-01-14

Ito, speaker but la!1 Those Senators
wouldn't listen to him a little bit. Sparks
were flying in less thnn minute. All the
receivers along thaE circuit were burned
%ss IT Roen was end ba the s the the
nap ON the 81 600 Turkish rugs. The at
tendants had to warn She4 Senators that
they were not In a Tahmany caucus and
that their caustic, not t0ssay vitriolic, utter
ances could be heard Aver on the House
dows were not insured against "blue
blazes."
The conference ohlyJlasted few mo-
ments. Mr.. Small lost his temper and
his case, and departedsin heat and haste
for the White House, presumably to pour
his troubles In the ears of the more re-
ceptive and sympathetic Chief Magistrate.
Straws show WHICH way the wind blows.
Mr.. Small is very vigorous straw and
he is direct from the people OF the South.
He knows what the citizens of that sec
ton of the Union want, and the pig-head-
ed Senators who hail from the South are
facing pretty tough proposition in alien
ated constituencies on the Panama ques-
ton, anyway.
ExCongressman briggs, Of New York.
has been judged guilty by Jury of his
tract between private company and the
Government while serving as Member of
Congress. The Jury recommended mercy.
as the testimony went to show that Mr..
briggs was acting as agent for the CON-
pany before taking his seat in Congress,
and that he was not using his office of a
Member of Congress in behalf Of the cash
register machines. 1t is said that Mr..
briggs has never held back anything, nor
has he denied that he did the things
charged, and the very fact that he has
been SO frank about the whole business
gives color to the statement that he acted
innOcently, not knowing that he was run
ming up against the Constitution. A prison
sentence will forever debar Mr.. briggs
from holding political Office or voting UNI
less pardoned by the President before the
term expires.
Another fire at the Capitol! This makes
directly under the Senate Chamber in the
main electric duct carrying all the wires
for the Senate side of the Capitol. Crossed
wires was the trouble. This electric duct
is three feet, six inches high and 20 feet
wide by 30 feet long. and contains every
electric-lght wire on the south side of the
Capitol. The whole business was burned
up. the insulation being burned off every
wire and the duct demolished. The fire is
said to have burned for an hour before dis
covered.
1t is laboriously explained that there
was no real danger to the Capitol, as the
duct was encased in many thicknesses of
brick but it is not reasNiring that a fire
can occur at all, much less burn an hour
before being discovered. The damage was
about $500. The electricians got to work
at once to rewire the Senate side and
worked all night and till long into Fri
6av of hof0rrs f1.nu fh<x In,
shape to use, meantime the Senate Cham
Der was in utter darkness.
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Gov. Lueins r. G. Garyin, of Rhode Is
land, has declared war to the knife and
knife to the hilt ON Senator Aldrich, who.
has been in the United States Senate for
nearly u. wears, and expects to. come for
mt least Is years dongar. Gov. Garvin
thinks ituwiH be All easy job to. -defeat
Senator Aldrich, hut Cove Garyin's thinker
may have slipped atcoE.
Representative John Sharp Williams. of
Mississippi, and Democratic leader i'm the
House. was quoted some time ago as hav-
ing said that Roosevelt would he, an easy
man to defeat for the Presidency. Mr..
Wiiiia hts es.i ys THAT he never said anything
of the kind, because Lido not believe, it.
is true ri u.
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rotary for some yearssii Always "A lady
who knew good society when she met it
In the White House parlers. and who could
tell Mrs. President just exactly how to
avoid bringing antagCnisticz elements III
diplomatic or official society into juxtapoxis
official Field Marshal. hut 1t has remained
for the Roosevelt Administration to need
a Military Aid" for the White House
The extensive entertainments" of,,N Mrs
Roosevelt has led Col. Thomas w. Symons.
Military Aid to the President and in
Charge sof the White House, to- sssign.M
Charles L. McCawley. u. s. NJ. c., TO give
his entire personal attention to the Witt
House. or hn.fafae,t go .oo4
Formerly the Military Aid himself gave
his PERSONAL attention to all the detAils of
enough in the~day of Mrs. Mckinley and
other mattresses at the White House. huti
since the introduction of entertainment on
n more brilliant and extensive scale this
has so absorbed the time of the Aid that
it was deemed wise to appoint a snbordi.
nate to have entire charge OF affairs.
Within the last week Lieut. David r.
Sellers. Il. s. N, was appointed to the
staff. 1t was not 50 many years ago sincc5
hut four officers were assigned for this
duty. Now there are 10. The complete
staff includes Col. Thomas w. Symons.
II. s. A.. Military Aid tn the President and
in charge Of White House: Commander
Cameron McF. Winslnw. II. s.. NJ, Naval
Aid to the President: Nat Charles L. Me-
Gawley, IT, s. NJ G.: Capt. Joseph w.
Glidden, 10Th Inf, II. s. A.: Lieut.. Gran
vile r. Forteseue. 10Th Cav. I'LL s. A.;
Lieut.. George r. SDaidiug. Corps of En-
gineers, II. s. A.: Lieut.. Clarence @. Sler-,
rill corps of Engineers. IT.. s. A.: Lieut..
Roscoe G.. Rnlmer. II. 8. N, and Lieut..
David Il. Sellers, II. s. N.
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The Shaws have gone into temporary
mourning, ALSO, for the brother of Secre-
tary Shaw. and ell their social engage
ments, including Cabinet dinner. are call
ed off for the month of January.