The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14

rules of the House, and he recognizes whom
he pleaSeS. Anybody who desires to be
recognized must hand his name to the
Speaker. and then stand or sit around till
he gets chance to catch the Speaker S
eye, when he proceeds to introduce the bust
ness he wants placed before the House
that is. if the Speaker has seen fit 10 in
form him that he shall be recognized.
The other day the Speaker picked up
his memorandum, and began to recognize
members whose names were on the pre-
ferred'' list.
1.-The gentleman from Ohio, Mr.. Hide
brant." called the Speaker, but no Mr..
Hildebrant appeared TO respond.
1.-THE gentleman from Maine, MIR. Little
field" called the Speaker, and no Mr.. Lit
tlefield appeared in the horizon. As he
Is tall and CANT, and straight as poplar,
there is no MISLEADING him when he begins
to joint his figure and get upon his feet.
Gentlemen do not appear so anxious for
recognition as they We're an hour ago, de-
clared the Speaker. dryly. just then some
one rushed into the cloak-room and bounced
on Mr.. Littlefeld, who was having quiet
smoke. He was rushed breathlessly out
on the floor with the information that the
Speaker wanted him. When he appeared
on the scene the Speaker said sarcastically.
"For what purpose does the gentleman
from Maine rise:' which is the proper
form.
"For what purpose did the Chair recog
nize the gentleman from Maine:' asked
Mr.. Lttlefeld in evident bewilderment.
"The gentleman from Maine asked with
q great deal of urgency that he be recoS-
nized to call up report from the Commit
tee on Ways and Means" replied the
Speaker in his most biting fashion.
"Oh, yes exclaimed Mr.. Littlefeld,
gathering his scattered wits. MIR. Speak
or, l ask unanimous consent to call up
House Bill-um-er- number-what the
deuce is that bill:' he inquired sotto vOce
Of the Reading Clerk.
But the Reading Clerk was at sea, too,
and Mr. Littlefeld losing his opportunity,
retired in confusion amidst the laughter
of all who had witnessed the little comedy
Of errors.
Mrs John g. Carlisle was visitor in
Washington for day last week. She
came and went without special attention,
q queen in Washington society. When Mr..
Carlisle was Speaker. and Secretary of
the Treasury, Mrs. Carlisle was at the
top of the heap, and she had right to be,
for she was quality" she was. Mrs.
Carlisle is tall, and rather slender, never
0dnQSOme, out WITH CdlidSC
and presence, and born politician: She
could talk to a politician three minutes,
and though he did not know it could vince
die out of him all that he knew, and could
put that knowledge to excellent use. The
Carlisles live in New York now, where the
ex-Secretary belongs TO famous firm of
lawyers, and has eschewed politics.
The House passed 319 pension bills the
other day, with Representative James NJ.
Miller tkan) in the chair. This is the
record for the given time, two hours. On
the previous pension day Representative
Phil Campbell (Kan.) was in the chair.
1t looks as though it would be a good thing
to keep the Kansas Representatives in the
chair, on pension day particularly, for on
q still previous occasion Representative
Curtis broke the then record.
Mr.. George Granger, a rich merchant
of Liverpool, England, was in the House
the day Mr.. Campbell (Kan.l, one of the
youngest-looking members of the body, was
called to preside during the passage of the
pension bills. Mr.. Granger was perfectly
astonished at the ease and placidity with
which Mr.. Campbell proceeded to put the
bills through, and said that he had never
seen any thing approaching it in all his
life before.
Granger. las though presiding had been
his vocation from babyhOod. He was not
embarrassed. he was not awkward, and yet
/ hear that he never held gavel in his
life before. That he has Scotch blood in
him probably accounts for his shrewd wit
and manly bearing. Just the same, he
would live in England long and be a meIn-
Der of Parliament for good many years
before he would have such an honor con-
ferred on him as becoming Chairman of
the House of Commons. / was so much
impressed by the matter that l wrote a
story about it to one of our London pa
pers.'
During Holy week most of the official
and diplomatic homes were closed to So
ciety. and the blinds were pulled down, but
the races were never better attended by
esociety" than during that week.
The star-spangled Banner is the Ma
tional hymn so far as the Navy is con-
cerned Heretofore THE Star-Spangled
Banner" has been played at the raising of
the colors in the morning, and Hail Co
lumbia" when the flag was lowered in the
evening. Secretary Moody has ordered
that Hail Columbia" be dropped and the
"Star-Spangled Banner" played on both &C.
easions on board ship or in naval stations
OF the United States. 1t will also be
played at all times when the National air
u demanded. The tar-Spangled Ban
ner'' has been the Army National air for
some years.
A newspaper correspondent told Speaker
Cannon. the other day. that he had made
q bet that Congress would adjourn by the
last of April, and then asked the Speaker
II II was not a good bet The Speaker
smiled blandly, and then in his fatherly
way laid his hands on the correspondent s
shoulder and said: Better hedge. my
boy; better hedge"
Senator Dietrich (Neb.) has brought
down his game at last. All his political
troubles came about through the prejudiced
action OF United States Attorney Summers,
of Nebraska This was proved to the sat
isfaction of the President, and he proceed
ed to remove Mr.. Summers. and appointed
In his place Mr.. Irving +. Baxter.
The valet of Senator Patterson Colo. }
paid 5000 for a package supposed to con
tain a suit of new clothes-Easter garbage
for the Senator of the Centennial State
and when he opened the package found an
overcCat Of the vintage of '93, absolutely
worthless. A clever scamp had victimizeG
him. The worst of it was that the Senator
h. oil hoe. g.,