The National tribune., 1904-05-05
NATIONAL WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY 1904
case has been postponed to the call of the
Chairman. There were no hore witnesses
Mt hand ~

Chairman. There were rio more witnesses
at hand. a. 4
Word has been received in Washington
of the death of Mrs. Mary II. Kerr, at her
home in New Albany, Ind, Mrs. Kerr,
of former Speaker Kerr, and was a great
social leader during the years she was in
Washington.
Speaker Cannons friends object strenu-
| ously to the talk about the yice-Presidency
for the Illinois statesman. Especially is
this true of the members of Congress. They
declare that it is quite as necessary to have
good Speaker of the, House as a good
presiding officer in the Senate. AS for
Speaker Cannon. he just smiles angelically
when they say Vice-Presidency to him. He
is perfectly happy in the Speakers Chair.
lie knows exactly what to do there, and
As Vice-President it might be different !;
and, then. he is quite satisfied that he is
notch higher than the Vice-President,
anyhow, and SO there you are.
There is lot Of very mad" men in this
mans tOwn-there certainly is The Pres
ident nominated Judge Jeter &. Pritchard.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, to Judge Of
the Fourth United States Circuit Court.
The place was left vacant by the death of
Judge SimontOn, of South Carolina. The
Fourth Circuit takes in Virginia. South
Carolina. North Carolina, Maryland and
West Virginia.
While Judge Pritchard is a North Caro-
lima man, the bench and bar of the District
did not press the 'home rule idea very
much when he was appointed to the Dis
trict berth, because everybody likes Judge
Pritchard, and felt that his appointment
was most excellent But as soon as the
Washington Bar learned that Judge Pritch-
| ard was to be elevated, a move was made
to call a meeting to discuss a successor
who should be pressed upon the President S
attention, and it was determined that the
Washington Bar would accept no COM
promise which involved the appointment
of nonresident. This meeting was called
for the afternoon of Friday, April %, and
early that morning, the President, without
consulting anybody in the District and
without asking suggestions from anybody
outside of it, so far as can be learned, pro-
ceeded to send to the Senate the name
of Wendell Phillips Stafford. of Vermont,
for the place of Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia.
To say that the Bar of the District is
chagrined is putting it mild, very mild. The
Bar of the District is hot and getting hot
ter 1t is quite sure that there are lawyers
in the District of Columbia who are able
enough to fill the position, and it demands
that the President reconsider his action,
but he won't.
Gen. y. III. Rucker. Z. S. A., retired,
celebrated his Odd birthday anniversary
Mexican as well as of the civil war, hav-
ing been appointed First Lieutenant 81
years ago. He is in excellent health and
enjoys life hugely:
Mrs. Little. State Regent of the New
York ID. A. r., introduced an amendment
in the Continental Congress which is to
be acted upon at the next Congress of the
ID. a. X. The amendmept, if adopted will
abolish the General after the names of
the National officers, leaving the Society
with the plain titles of president" Treas
urer," etc, instead of president General"
| and all the other ponderous titles. 1t is
a move in the right direction. The D. A.
X. has outgrown childish things, and is now
| old enough to drop it's frills and get down
to business. III
president General" will do for Spain,
say, and might be endured in Italy, but it
sounds un-American. The National Of
ficers of the Spanish War Auxiliary, copy
Ing dlleF the ~. "A. H., aluHHptcu 10 TACK
the General ON all it's titles, but the
sturdy young Americans comprising the
Auxiliaries do not like the thereafter" to
the official title. Washington abjured all
handles" to the title Of President, and he
makes a pretty good exemplar in this re-
spect as in many others.
The impending retirement of Senator
Stewart. after a service in the National
halls of legislation of over 80 years, recalls
many interesting incidents of his career.
When he came to the United States Sem
ate he was known as the "Silver King"
and his wealth placed him as one of the
richest men in the country. He built the
big brick house on Dupont Circle which
for 30 years was known as Stewart
Castle" 1t was then so far out of town
that people laughed at him for building a
city home ''in the country" The lots on
| which the old house stood are now in the
heart of the swell official section. The
house was pulled down last Summer. Mrs
Stewart went to Paris to buy the furni-
| ture for the Castle" and it cost fabulous
sum. The first consignment went down at
sea, and the order was duplicated When
set up in the castle" is was the most
richlyfurnished residence in the United
States. 1t would be fourth-rater now.
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