Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-03
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketchec
on the Spot.

on the Spot.
The case against Ii, lieutenant Colonel
William l.. Pitcher. Twcnty-eightl infan-
try. VINO was charged with conduct I'M
h"coming an officer and !. gentlelnan III
clerk in the War Department.. has been
closed with a sharp rcprinand from Lieu
tenant General ChHffc".
The case aroused deep interest in and
out OF til" army. not only on account 81
! its unique features. hut bccirS' Of the
precedent it would establish through tn.
threatened court-nlaltial If colonel
| l'ltchrr was court-maTtia ana diS-
missed tn" r"Sil: would prove to army
officers that they must exercise tW', TN,
care i'll thti. love Making that il required
ri III" civilian citizen; FaiAr' I" Keep
their pligh,cd troth will cxros' them not
| only IL Il breach Of promise suit. but to
diShon"rah, dismissal from III" army h'-
| sides unless they can show good reasons
Tor breaking their sacred word Of h"n'r.
Court martial proceedings We're avtrtel
by Miss Harold's request for the dismiss,
IL If the ease as she wished to avoid
further notCriety.
In his letter to Colonel Pitcher. General
Chafet stated that in difference to Miss
be taken. He concluded with q SHARP rep
Iimard for the language used by Colonel
Pitcher in his reply 20 an inquiry from
Inspector General Burton. The letter was
Dictated by Secretary Taft and a copy q
il will be filed with Colonel Pit hers Il
| fciency record
Iowa Republicans in Washington ton
what a narrow escape Albert l.. Dawson
| private secretary to Senator Allison. mad
| III his campaign for congress in the Sec
"nd district Dawson, from a lolg resi-
dencc in Washington. had acquired n
| fashionable handshake. Instead OF III"
eo"d-old-time pump-handle opelaiton al =
In,tral angle h would seize a vo;rr'S
E"nd. rull it To the region Of his chm.
give it "A dainty littl, shake and then drop
N-hcr nau.co-'c mana arS ohearrol This
ceremony once or twice they took alarm.
''H.re." they said 70 Dawson. don't YOU
know how to sn9I H, hn al, II; me ,i g o
lection day lust keep mp THAI idi";ic
handshake and you won't get rs many
Votes in this district as Tom Watson VIII.
granger. Pull your arm down to the level
~ your waist band and don't be afraid
~ hurting the other fellows fist. That
Washington handShake won't go out here
o.: the plains.
Dawson haG an awfully hard tire get
ting fid of The fa~hionablc form al greet
ing. In spite OF the Instructions nf his
mana gers h" would fine himself waving
his friends hands in tn, neiShborh"od Of
4 man was detailed to go along with Iaw-
son to see that he performed the opera
ton in he tru' western style. Ii IN"
watcher found the candidate getting his
hard M in the air h would deliver a
suggestive poke in the Ltttcr's ribs
wt.rrenpon the arm would come down TO
the proper place. oiwithstandinE this
handicap Dawson managed TO overcome
thu 1902 ma jrrity of his opponent and Won
nut hy small margin. He defeated
Mlrtn J. Wade the lone democrat from
Iowa
1T was almost q case Of grand larceny
t, carry the second Iowa district" said
Director Of the Mint Roberts I" Z Br""h-
lyn Eagle correspondent. That district
was laid out as Ia include about MI the
Democrats in the statc, and the Rcp'rh'i-
| No. VlI,ff IN Ir11 a n
lection day AND take il hack was about
- had stealing. Wade is Immensely
m tho tide OF R"i,ublicanism this year.
Wade ran 3.0o0 ahead of his ticket
The WASHINGTON colony Of newspaper
cuTrespcnderts hcald with int rest tn"
news that ex-SIpeaker kcifcr was coming
back to congress from the Ohio district
which he represented twenty years ago.
While he WAS speaker Mr.. Nelfer under-
took to reform the press gallery oi the
house. One experience was enough t"i
HIM. He took the control CT the gallery
away from the standing committee Q!
correspondents, and on interesting nrcha-
ions would ill il with his particular
friends excluding the newspaper ni,-n
completely from Watching tn proceedings
If tn" house, The press commli Tee TOOK
the matter in its own hands. locked tn"
press gallery doors and excluded tr'Se
holding cards from the speaker. This
brought on a clash and the upshot of ii
all that SPEAKER E-cltcr was soon
gated to ol,ScuritN
The government could afford To pay -
p"nIi"n-ahd big pension, at that-to
Senator Cocllrcli. in ord,.r 10 retain his
services in th,. senate. BY his watcilful-
ness over Il certain kind OF legislation the
MiSsouriin has saved to the government:
thnIrands and thousands OF dollars "t
murty. | refer to the care he used To tx
trcisr over the passag" of pension hlliS,
His retirement from the senate will leave
no one t. keep proper check on reckless
pension ltSiSlati0n.
This remark was made TO Il Washing
ION correspondent by a well known
statesman. in commenting on tnr .i"c-
ton ot 4 publican legislature II Mis-
souri,. which means the loss Of Senator
Cnckrclls seat. Republicans in Wash
ii'ston express no gratiiicatinn over inc
d'!,''t of This srtnd old man. ne Teh pr.
honesty has ever hrcathed against him.
Coo krcll's hobby WAS pension leSiSiatioii-
He mad it his business 10 know Inc
history of every pension bill that came
up for passage. When practical ~ every
her menIl "r would desert tfN senate,
when pension ltgislat'lre became N, Or
dor Of business, tockrcll would stand by,
and with 4 pile of official ItcordS on MS
des:t. keep tai on each bill. Whenever
questionable measure would be reached.
he would suggest that il go over ana III
this way did much to purify thus SOFT u
legislation in tn" senate.
All the ANIMALS presented by hihS
/ Mcnelil< Of AhySSinia to President RonSc,
Welt will z, Ia the National IcoloSic:.i
parl, at Washington. ID. G.. and Will be
shipped from their present Temporal!
quarters in The Bronx Biological PARK .r,l
New York city within a few days: Inc
ostrrhes. Il zebra. the surviving 1of.ss
of tn. pair $, Mt one of which died II the
| Bronx menagcric. two balloons OF Il
species said never to nave been seen III
! America, and Of n most startling likeness
i'm bodily outline to he human shape.
and A zebra said to be The largest ever
brought to america constitute the git OF
| King Meneiik.
new gildcd eagle will stretch its pro-
tecting wings, over the White House AT an
| early date The bird will ne finer anu
larger than the old eagle thai perchea TOT
s., many years on the flagstaff over tn
main entrance. There has hc en- re eagIe
over the White House since President
| KooscveIt's election. The Flagstaff 0rna-
mcnt was blown off by a high Wlnd me
dav previous 1t was replaced. hut tne
next day the same thing happened aga,in.
| Tho new eagle is about one 1901 across
the wings.
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