The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-02

III CstiitS Out tuc WHofc "oIiu hho"o
that when Emperors and Sultans make
presents to their equals. that those
presents do not come from the bargain
counter in ten-cent store. Miss Alice
also denied that she had had an offer
of marriage from the Sultan, but the
press was responsible for the yarns of
that character. Everybody is delight
ed that the little lady is back on Amer
lean soil once MORE and that not sim
gle incident occurred to mar the joy and
pleasure of a trip such as we take to
fairyland in our sweetest dreams.
Gen. Shafter has retired from prac-
tice of the arts of war to those of the
stock raiser. Just the same he has
many n chance for scraps of the liveli-
est nature if he goes among his wealth.
makers very much. for he has turned
his attention to the raising Of Jersey
cattle, and for all their meek exterior
they are meaner than Texas longhorns
when they go on the rampage, which is
too often. big-eyed Jersey heifer has
more pure cussedness done up In her
hide than half a dozen of any other
breed, but she's mixer all right.
Gen. Shafter is said to have the purest
breed in existence.
"In every Department of the Govern
ment, as well as in both Houses of Con-
gress, there is extravaganza. rockies and
shameful waste in the matter Of public
printing"
In these words Representative
Charles w. Landis of Indiana, charac-
terized the conditions unearthed by the
Joint Committee on Public Printing
appointd at the last session Of Congress
to investigate affairs at the Government
Printing Office. The amount of mate
rial collected and the evidence already
in the hands Of the Committee, Mr..
Lands said, were sufficient in volume to
amaze any one cOnverSant with the
facts. He said 1T was simply amazing
to what extent this enormous abuse of
public money and misuse Of Govern
ment facilities had been allowed to go.
Mr.. Lands declared that when the con-
ditiOn Of affairs was made public 1t
could not help working a revolution in
the methods and volume of public
printing.
The War Department was crowded
during the year 1900,
when Secretary Of State Root was Sec
rotary Of War: desks were crowded so
that the clerks could scarcely reach
their seats. and every day the rules Of
health were violated in the cubic space
Of free air afforded the unfortunate en-
ployes. Additional room must be had,
and Secretary Root, looking to the
north and east in vain, cast his eye upon
the peaceful preserves of the State De-
partment to the south. He saw a room
he wanted, and during the temporary
absence of Secretary Hay he secured
the Presidents approval to enact q pi
racy and seize that room for the War
That is why Secretary Root, now
Secretary of State and not Secretary of
War. is sorry, and that is why he is free
to admit that he made mistake. The
State Department also is now very
much overcrowded, and Secretary Root
wants that room badly, but he don't
know how to get 1t without stultifying
John Newton Williamson, Congress-
man from the Second Oregon District,
convicted of subornation of perjury in
connection with land frauds in Oregon,
was sentenced by Judge Hunt, in the
United States Court, to serve 10
months Imprisonment and to pay a fine
of $500. He was also reprimanded by
the court for his failure to set a good
example in his exalted public position.
Marion r. Biggs. formerly United
States Commissioner, was given an
equal penalty.
This is the way that Consul-General
Bob Wynne talks patriotism in Lon
don:
Talking about patriotism" said Mr..
Wynne, lit Is rather surprising to an
american how little 1t is taught in the
English schools. You seem SO afraid
of jingoism. Yet that is very good for
the youth Of the Nation. The other
day / saw a band of little London ur-
chins marching along with bit OF rag
tied on stick. one beating tin can,
another blowing on a tin trumpet, and
a Juvenile officer at their head with a
fQ w I'd oov <xf
thought that was fine. 1t pleased me
very much, and 1 should like to see
more OF 1t In this country. We our
selves believe that patriotism must be
taught in the schools like any other
subject. We teach our boys to be proud
of their past, to be proud Of the flag.
and there is not a boy In the United
States who does not believe that there
Is no greater glory than to die for his
country. Your own patriotism, / sup
pose, Is in the air. 1t comes from the
old traditions all around you. Certainly
the English know how to die for their
country. My son, who went through
the Chinese troubles, tells me that It
was pftiful to see your young officers
standing up to be shot at as cool as il
they were on parade. They were too
proud to wriggle on their stomachs like
our men. who are not so keen to die
as to kill the other man."
WOrkmen, while engaged in cleaning
up the White House recently, putting
on new coats of paint and scrubbing
down walls, found a great accumula-
ton Of books, pictures, photos and
trinkets Of one kind and another, which
they removed from the Presidents Of
flee. Only one picture was left there
That is fanciful little affair I'm a gilt
frame, inclosing q fac-simile Of the late
Senator Ingalls's famous sonnet-"Op-
portunity"-which is said to be a great
favorite of the President. 1t won't hurt
you to read 1t, either. SO here it is:
Master Of human destinies am l.
Fame, love and fortune on my foot
steps wait;
Cities and fields walk; penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and, passing
by
Howell, and mart, and palace, soon or
late,
l knock, unbidden, once at every gate
IL sleeping, wake: If feasting, rise before
l turn away. 1t Is the hour Of fate.
And they who follow me reach every
Z state
Mortals desire and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who hesitate.
Condemned to failure, penury and woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly i'm
plore;
I answer not and return no more"