The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-21

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Winter voted several hundred thousand
dollars for statues to Revolutionary men
whose names are Il dead letter i'll the
worlds history. and members of Congress
had to be shown who they were before
they east their votes for said heroes. One
of the awfullest caricatnrcs in Washing
ton stands ut the east front of the Cap
ital. 1t is sitting statue of George
Washington. by Greenough. and the bath
robe he seems To be wearing is extremely
decollete at both ends. 1t is travesty
OH human nature.
The Shah of Persia presented gold
snuff box tn Mr.. Herbert Bowen, Minis
ter of the United States to Venezuela, and
Congress has been asked to make it pos
Sible for Mr.. Bowen to- accept the gift.
There must he over 100 requests of this
character before Congress at this time.
William III. Hunt. now Governor of
Porto Rico. is to he appointed Il United
States District Judge for Montana.
Senator Long QIan.) is very much dis
appointed that he was not able To secure
81 .10D.0O0 to fix up the "kaw" River iii
Kansas so the thing will stay in bounds in
time of flood. Senator Long might have
got the appropriation. only that the
Legislature of Kansas has declared that
the stream is not navigable and had per-
mittcd innumerable railroad and other
bridges to be constructed over it. All these
would have To be torn down 1T the Gov
eminent went at the stream on the sup
position that it was navigable. or that it
could be made so.
Representative Mondell Nlont) is the
father of Il bill which will make a good
many men rise UP and bless him. 1t pro-
vides that when by evidence beyond the
shadow of doubt the recipient Of Il
Medal of Honor or any other medal which
Is given for distinguished military service.
or other meritorious act. can show that
lie lost the medal. or that it was de-
Stroyed through no fault of his own, the
President is authorized to cause to be pre-
pared and delivered to him duplicate of
the medal, the cost of which shall be
paid by the Government.
If the bill becomes law, and there
seems to be not much doubt that it will,
it will bring JOY to great many hearts.
for there are a number of men who have
lost their valuable medals. bearing the
date of presentation and the reason for
the gift. yet who are. under the present
statutes on the subject, unable to have
them duplicated.
Another bill which is equally merito-
law makes it unlawful under severe pen
atty to wear the badge or insignia of the
Grand Army of the Republic or other SOL
der organizations. There are Il States
with such laws now. They are Pennsyl-
vania. Massachusetts. Michigan, New
sofia, Kansas. Colorado. Wisconsin.
MARYLAND, Illinois, California and Ne
braska.
A bill has passed the Senate providing
for a monument to the memory of Doro-
thea Lynde Dix. the eminent philan-
thropist and Superintendent of Nurses
during the war of the rebellion. The bill
asks for an appropriation of $4,000.
The resignation of Mr. Sanford Brad
bury. Assistant Chief of the Miscellaneous
Division of the Adjutant-Generars Office
War Department. has been accepted by
the Secretary of War. His retirement
completes career of more than Al years
i'll the service of the United States Mr.
Bradbury wears the Congressional Medal
of Honor awarded to him by the Presi-
dent for conspicuous gallantry in action
against hostile Indians at He'll Canyon.
.AriZ.. on July ,, 1869. When the War of
the Rebellion broke ont lie joined the 9th
y. u, and after the second battle of Fred
ericksburs served with the I'd n. Y. Cav.
the Regular Army in 1867. serving on the
frontier with the Stli Cav. till 1871, doing
frontier service in California. Arizona and
Colorado.
The custom Of holding "Jeffersonian
Dinners was inaugurated in Washing
ton "a years ago the 18th of this month.
took place at the Indian Queen Hotel.
a huge old Colonial house which stood
where the Metropolitan Hotel stands now.
The announcement, or rather the inyi-
fation, appeared as an advertisement in
the Daily National Intelligencer 1t was
as follows: Birthday of Jefferson. This
day. April IL. many friends and admirers
of the republican principles and services
of Thomas Jefferson will celebrate the an
niversary of his birthday at a public din
ner ut the Indian Queen Tavern this day.
April b." The dinner was very elaborate
and there were "a toasts.
Nearly all these tOasts were responded
TO by the diners rising and SOlemnly drink
ing to them; very few speeches were made.
President Jackson offered the toast, Our
Federal Union: 1t must and shall be pre-
served. They didn't do such a great deal
of eating. but they drank like fish.
The Smoot case is likely to come up
SidHulHS LOT ldck OF witnesses. Apostles
Heber j. Grant. George Teasdale,
Thomas Cowley and j. w. Taylor are ali
outside of the jurisdiction of the United
States, and it is impossible to secure their
testimony. Grant is in England Teas
dale is in Canada, and Taylor is in Mex
leo. President Smith said that he would
do his best to have these gentlemen ready
To testify by the 1st of April, but he has
not been able to deliver the goods-if he
desired To. President Smith is a very sly
man. As Joey Il. would say, "dey-lisl
sly" and he knows exactly 'hOw much to
do and when not TO do too much" il you
please. The Mormon Church is lying very
low just now and saying as little as pos,
sible. These are the men who fed the
country once before. when the Edmund-
law was invoked to stop their criminal
practices.
Representative Bankhead, of the Sixth
Alabama Congressional District, has been
renominated after bitter contest with
Capt. X. =. Hobson. of "Merrimac
fame. A general Democratic primary was
held in Alabama for the nomination OF
congressman. Mr.. Bankhead has been
representing the Sixth Alabama District
for 16 years. and is now i'm the second year
of his ninth term. This young Rich
mond' got the bighead most awfully after
the Cuban war, and has tried to run 70:
most everything in sight. He tried to get
out of the Navy by going on the retired
list for disability incurred in the service
but couldn't make it win on physical OK
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