The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
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warrants of 100000 each.
/ Illinois Representatives do not favor
"Unce Joe" for the Vice-Presidency. No,
indeed! They are looking higher, they
are Representatives Boutell won't wear a
Cannon button at all with for Nice-Presi-
dent on it. He says to lay those buttons
read For President" and he will wear a
whole row of them. Several others have
said the same thing. Now, then. will Mr..
Speaker Cannon be good. or is he to go on
declining things? There are those who
have drawn comparisons between Mr..
Cannon and the great Lincoln. and they
were not at all to the disparagement of
Mr.. Cannon. 1t may be the handwriting
on the wall. And should it be-well. Mr..
Cannon will scarcely decline the Presi-
dency if it is offered him four years hence
just as the Speakershp came to him. Of
hce does sometimes seek the man.
Representative Sherman (N. " has
brought to Washington the most Optimis-
tic word in politics heard yet. He says
that New York will go Republican by
$4,000 for Roosevelt. He says that the
vote above the Bronx will be 10000.
which is whole lot better than most pre-
dictions.
CecTetdTy ldIt mas Deen going the pace
on making speeches during the last month.
and has contracted Il very severe throat
trouble. Now he will not speak again for
several weeks. He has had to cancel q
number of important engagements because
his physician has ordered him to keep
quiet. Secretary Taft is not i'll. and is at
tending to his business as usual, but he
cannot use his voice in public speaking.
Mrs. Dominis. Ex-Queen Lilioukalani,
has gone to st. Louis. where she will re-
main for a few weeks. She was accompa-
MED by her suite man and maid and
by her adopted son. Jonah Kalanianole
prince Cupid. of Hawaii. who has got
tired of Congress and will go home and
stay there after this term expires. which.
it must be admitted. will not be any great
loss to Congress. 1t is said that several
society functions have been planned for
the dusky eX-Quecn. who looks to have a
coed deal of negro blood in her 1t will he
right funny if stad. old. conservative st.
Louis society. with all it's Southern ex-
clusiveness. takes the ex-Queen up.
Cleveland is the only one who ever paid
her any attention socially here. She had
the entree to the White House during his
term but was OstraciSed socially for sew
eral reasons. She is a woman of educa-
ton. and rarely fine musician. besides
being an author. But her skin is too dark
loi people ol stTouS race preJudlceS.
At the annual meeting of the Society
of Religious Education. held in Column
bian University. last week. Mr.. Justice
Harlan. of the Supreme Court of the
: United States. was elected President.
1t is rumored that Justice Rufus W.
Peckham, of the United States Supreme
Court. will retire and return to Albany.
President Cleveland appointed Justice
Peckham in 1895. He is now 60 years
old, and in good physical condition, so that
he could engage in paying law practice if
he decided to retire. Justice Peckham has
not made much of a stir in Washington,
officially or socially, and it is said that
this is one reason why he desires to re-
tire. There is a hint that he might Ego
into politics" in New York, if he leaves
the Supreme Bench
Ex-senator George F. Edmunds. OF
Vermont, was guest at the Arlington
last week. He seems to be as alert OF
mind and body as he was two decades
ago. when his fame as a statesman filled
the whole country. He now makes his
home in Philadelphia.
AT the International Convention of the
Y. NJ. c. A. of North America, which
. held its sessions in Buffalo, n. Y. las,
week, Hon. Henry b. f. mcfarland
head of the Board Of Commissioners OF
the District Of Columbia, was elected
President. Commissioner Mcfarland is ar
old newspaper man of the very best type
and his standing in the District of Co
lumbia is number one. He is identified
with all the reforms that will really bene
fit humanity, and is an all round "gooG
fellow
Secretary Taft has gone to the Adiron
dacks. where he will rest for two weeks
he will be the guest of Frederick Potter, &
: Yale College friend. Two or three Yale
) friends will go with him. among them Mr.
{, Potter and Mr. Henry NJ. HOyt, Solicitor
: General of the United States A physi
clan will accompany them. Secretar.
r Taft is unable to speak above whisper
but hopes that his outiAs will benefit hin
4 greatly.
Mr.. +. Clarkson, representative OF
D several New Zealand papers, now travel
ing through America with ST. Louis hi
objective point. is in Washington. He il
! making Municipal Government his study
] and is particularly pleased with Wash
r ington, which he thinks the most beauri
full city he has seen since he left his OWL
country. He is generally pleased will
: American cities.
e Emil Frey, exPresident Of the Swiss
e Republic, ex-Minister Of Switzerland t.
5 the United States, and officer in the UnioI
: army during the civil war, will be til,
guest in the near future of the Whip poor
will Club. an organization of Union vet
I Grams which meets in this city. Maj. Ere,
is to pay visit TO America to see tn
e Worlds Fair at st. Louis. While in thi
{ country he will be the guest of Capt. 10
s seph X. Greenhut, who was a comrade
e in-arms in the S2d LII. during the war.
d Maj. Frey's experience in the civil wa
e was a stirring one. He was in the 24tl
s ILL.,, and then on the formation of the 82
e Ill. was commissioned a Captain. He wa
e breyetted Major for gallantry. His regl
e ment was badly shattered at Gettysbur
and he was made a prisoner and held TO
long time at Libby and other prisons
J. Somebody, thinking to put a poser t
/ Secretary Wilson, sent the question L
g the Department of Agriculture, "Wh
! does popcorn pop" The Department mad
q answer:
o Popcorn pops by reason of the VIOLA
. tilization of the oil contained in the ker
e mel by heat. Field corn does not pop be
cause the outer portion Of the kernel
IL more porous, permitting the escape of til