The National tribune., 1904-07-14

power to elect Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
believe they will be elected, and that they
will carry New York State. President
Roosevelt's great strength lies in the fact
that he is a man who does things. He has
been the main factor in bringing about
many improvements which have been Il
direct benefit to the Republic. Having die
tated his nomination before the first dele
gate to the Chicago Convention was elected,
the people are bound to take good care
that he is elected in November
The first clash between the Chief of Staff
of the Army and the new Military Secre-
tary arose over the official form to be used
on the stationery of the newly created
once: Gen. Alnsworth suggested as form
Secretary" as the first line. "War Depart
ID. c." as the third line. Gen. Chaffee OBJ
jected to that form as magnifying the Mill
tary Secretary's office and suggested a
change that the War Department"
should form the first line and the "Office of
Military Secretary" the second line The
question was submitted to Secretary Taft,
and he sustained Gen. Chaffee on the gen.
eral ground that the form suggested by him
was in accordance with the form used in
the case of all the other bureaus of the
War Department. The Military Secretary
is under the Chief of Staff in all purely
military matters, but the former is supreme
in all civil matters coming within bis juris-
diction., including the direction of the large
force of employees formerly in the Adjutant-
Generals Office and the Record and Pension
Office, as now consolidated.
The new Secretary of the Navy. Mr..
Paul Morton. neither smokes nor drinks
never did. Now think over all the tradi-
tions you have ever heard of the Navy,
and see if you can find one which hasn't
tobacco and liquor mixed in it. No "black
bottle" no Navy plug!" My. my. what a
desert waste the home of the Secretary
of the Navy will be to an old sea-dog!
The White House grounds are gay with
flowers. There is scarcely a
half hour in the day when you can not
find some small girl or boy with small nose
stuck between the iron spikes
of the White House fence, studying intent
ly the beautiful old-timey blossoms which
grow so luxuriantly under the big oaks and
elms on the fine old lawn. There is lark
spur-pink. white and blue, its long spikes
richly full magnificent hollyhocks so dou-
BILE that they look like roses. and the pretty
old style single ones out of which the CEN
turyago girl made whole families of LADY
dolls" ''touch- me-nots." big and double as
roses too; our-o'clOcks-pink. white and
red and pretty speckled ones, all with their
faint sweet perfume sweet Williams, tall
and stately. both white and lavender, and
their little sisters: the sweet phlox.
There are lots of other flowers in the
long. narrow bed which is made close TO
the fence. all of ''grandma's" kind, not a
single new or fancy blossom in the whole
lot. And over it all floats the gentle frag-
rance of mignonette. Not the great, big,
giant stuff with breath like tuberose, but
the tiny little flower. brown and incon-
spicuous. which yet fills whole yard with
its sweet perfume. All Summer long these
quaint, old-fashioned flowers will blossom
and make glad that whole section of the
city. 1t was a pretty conceit Of Mrs.
Roosevelt's that these flowers should well
come the Summer visitors to the Capital,
even though the mistress of the White
House might be in quite another part Of
the world.
The people Of Cleveland. Ohio. are going
70 erect in that city statue to the late
Senator Hanna, and Augustus Saint Gau-
dens. the sculptor. has been selected to do
the great work. The statue is to be life
size and is to cost at least $65.0oo.
In 1912, Capt. John Williams, of the
United States Marine Corps, was killed in
a skirmsh near Davis Greek Block House,
ern Georgia, in cemetery which has been
for many years deserted. BY mere acci-
dent the deserted grave of the officer was
discovered by surveying party working
along the st. Mary's River. The wife of
one of the officers accompanied the survey
ing party, and spent her time in explor-
ing the adjacent country. She found the
and found from the crumbling monument
who was buried there. She Immediately
communicated with the Commander of the
Marine Corps here in Washington, and
steps were taken to have the remains
brought here to be suitably reinterred in
Arlington.
brought to Washington also. 1t bears the
following inscription
Here lie the remains Of John Williams,
esq, late Captain in the Corps of United
States Marines. Was born in Stafford
county, Va, on the 24th of August, 1865,
and died on the 10Th. of September. 1912,
at Camp New Hope, in east Florida.
"The body of the deceased was removed
to this spot over which his brother officers
of the Marine Corps have caused this pile
to be erected, in testimony of his worth
and of their mournful admiration of his
gallant end"
Senator Platt has been sued for cutting
timber TO the tune of $1,000, 900 worth uI
in Wisconsin and Michigan. Senator Plat
didn't cut the timber himself, oh, dear, no
He is just a member of the "Tioga Man
ufacturing Company" of Pennsylvania, and
it is this company which it is said has
been cutting timber off land which some.
body else now claims. If Senator Plat
isn't careful, he may get something worse
than a law suit. A timber-thief is consid
cred next to horse-thief in some localities
There Is mourning in many of the De
partments in Washington over the "stingi
ness" of the Government in the matter Oi
sick" leaves. The Government gives al
of its clerks 80 days annual leave, anG
there is further provision of 80 days fol
''sick leave" with pay, il the clerk de-
manding it is really ill. This last privi
lege has been deplorably abused. A small
army Of clerks religiously use up the sicl
leave as well as the annual leave, but al
take II months pay for 10 months work
The most trivial excuse keeps the clerk.
at home. Now the order has gone forth
that genuine physicians certificate has
got to accompany every demand for sicL
leave. Those genuinely i'll will get the
leave, those who stay at home for head
aches, sore fingers or corns will get nt
leave.
Tom Watson at the head OF the "Alliet
forces of the Peoples Parties" is nearly
as huge joke as Tom Watson in Congress