The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-02-04

day last week and hurt himself severely
He is one of the largest men on the Su
preme Bench, and the fall Jared him fear
fully He strained his back and some OF
the abdominal muscles, and this. combined
with the shock to his nervous system,
will keep him confined to his home for
some time, it is feared.
Representative Adam Bede (Minn) COW
cred himself with glory in his maiden
speech in the House the other day. Mr..
Bede is not a very large man, and IS well
up in the ''forties" but he handles him
self very well. The House of Represen-
tatives is one of the most difficult of
places to speak in, but Mr.. Bede, speak
ing in low, well-modulated tone. was able
to make himself heard TO the innermost
recesses of the big hall.
Mr.. Charles Lands Qnd) also made a
taking speech. 1t is safe to say that Mr..
Landis's speeches are always interesting
and entertaining, but this one was partic-
ularly so. The Democrats of the House,
led by their champion. Mr.. Williams
Miss, thrust and parried with him to
their hurt. You are picking up bunch
of chain lightning when you tackle MIR.
Charles Lands Of the Hoosier State.
A long time ago, several years, ut least.
Wisconsin set up i'll Statuary Hall a mar
BILE statue Of Father Marquette. While
Father Marquette spent a very short pc
riod Of his life in Wisconsin, and it would
seem as though the Wisconsin people
might have honored one of the men who
have really helped to make the State, it
has right to make it's own selection of
anen to fill its historical quota in Statuary
Hall, and Father Marquette was the
choice.
The statue is bsa long odds the finest in
the Capitol. 1t represents the great Jesuit
in his long, priestly robe, and the sculptor
has actually caught the very texture of the
cloth. Where it stands in the hall, the
rays of the sun at certain hours in the
day strike the cross which hangs from the
knotted rosary at his side, and its polished
whiteness gives off most dazzling shafts
of light. The pedestal is of marble, orna-
mented with medallions in exquisite
bronze work, depicting Marquette in ca
noe, being padded down the river by In
dams, and three other such scenes.
1t is said that the only bit of bronze
about the Capitol which is finer is found
!" thn r-oat hropza doors, designed by
Rogers. And like those doors, the statue of
Father Marquette has beeh much despoiled
of its arrow heads, the features Of some
of the Indians have been mashed out of
shape. and the beautiful art work almost
ruined.
When the statue was placed in the
Hall, great protest went up from the A.
p. A. from all over the country, and Wis:
consin has never received any notification
from Congress that the statue would be
accepted. 1t has remained where it was
placed, the most admired of all the figures
there, and there was a half-defned idea
that WISCONSIN would take the statue
home. This seems to be untrue. Repre-
sentative Often (Wis.) has just introduced
a resolution extending the thanks of Con-
gress to the people of Wisconsin for the
present Of the statue. 1t has never been
'unvailed." as is usually the case.
Alfonso Zelaya, son of the President of
Nicaragua, will, by joint resolution of
Congress, soon enter West Point Military
Academy as a student
Representative Morrell pa has intro
duced a bill appropriating $4,000 for the
erection in Washington Of memorial
statue of Rear-Admirai John A. Dahlgren.
Mrs. Roosevelt, wife Of the President,
has been invited to be the guest Of the
Women's Relief Corps at the National
August. The President has been invited
TO be the guest of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and it more than probable that
they will both accept.
Judge Thomas FL. Wilcox, a distin-
guished lawyer of Norfolk. Va, who has
been in Washington on a visit, thinks that
Charles City County, Va, has a proud
distinction which can be claimed by no
other State. 1T is the birthplace of a
President and Vice-President Of the
United States who were elected to those
high Offices on the same ticket at the same
time. Both William Henry Harrison and
John Tyler first saw the light in Charles
City County, and We're born on plantations
within 10 miles of each other. This is
the only instance of the kind in our history,
and il the Government lasts a million
OF years it will probably never be dupli-
Gated" he says.
The usually placid surface of the
United States Senate is Enthusiastically
ruffled, don't you know, and things i'm the
House Of Lords are not half so pleasant
as they look to the infrequent guest. No
less than three United States Senator's
nre having troubles of their own" One is
under Indictment before the Federal
Grand Jury in st. Louis on the charge
of accepting money for the alleged purpose
OF influencing the Post Office authorities
In his capacity of United States Senator.
Another is on trial for his religious prin-
ciples, or lack of them, as you look at it,
and third has just gone through the
courts on an alleged combine to make
money out Of selecting postmasters, or
something of that nature.
Altogether, 1t looks as though something
was really doing in the United States SEN
ate, though the things done do not seem
TO come under the rules Of that august
body, or to be particularly pleasing to the
majority of its members. AS all three Of
the Senators who are under q temporary
cloud have pleaded mot guilty" and are
proceeding with all celebrity to support
their pleading i'm the courts and the SEN
ate, it is to be hoped that they will come
through the fire unscathed.
Senator McComas has introduced a bill
appropriating 5000 for the purpose of
purchasing the sword OF Gen. George
Washington from his grandniece, Virginia
Tayloe Lewis. The sword isn't a bit
pretty, and probably cost only about $50,
10 start with, but the Government ought
to own it, just the same.