The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1905-11-30

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Vice President Charles w. Fairbanks
has given check for $1oo to aid the
suffering Jews In Russia.
It is to be sea-level canal. Gen.
Davis and Mr.. Burr. American menu
bers Of the Board Of Canal Commits
sioners, voted for this along with nve
ried the day for the sea-level canal
It is said that the President doesn't like
this little bit. He wants the Canal
and wants it In q hurry-well. within
the next Is years anyhow. A lock
canal could be built in that time, 1t Is
Is said of that scheme that unless q
man has the prospect Of being Methuse-
leh H., he will have no show Of living
long enough to see the sea-level canal
an accomplished fact. The Canal Com
mission will ask Congress for an i'm
mediate emergency appropriation of
$16.OOO,00O to go on with the work.
The Canal funds are exhausted, and
all work must stop unless there Is in
slant relief.
Capt. w. s. Cowles, Commander of
the battleship Missouri, has been re-
lieved of that command and ordered to
President Roosevelt, whose brother-in-
law he is.
Comrade William H. Rosser, who
served in the SD Pa, and now resides
at Mill Hall, Pa, has been in the city
looking over the old camping grounds
He is Justice of the Peace, and has
held that honorable commission for the
unusual period of 80 years. A good
soldier always makes a good citizen.
DR.. Nevins, of the Baptist Church.
this city, delivered some" pertinent re-
marks i'm his sermon the other day
Here they are. Is it not true of plenty
of other parents in other places?
Il charge as the browning sin of this
age irreverence: irreverence for par
ents, irreverence for home, irreverence
for the holy things of God. 1t is seen
in the children in the home. 1t is seen
in thousands who, Indifferent to the
claims of God. make of His holy day a
holiday and serve and worship the
creature more than the Creator.
Whose is the fault, and what is the
remedy? The fault is largely in the
home, in the training of the children
They are not taught reverence and
In this respect we are Matching
cockatrices' eggs, we are weaving the
spiders web, we are sowing dragons
teeth. The child that is not taught
reverence and authority in the home is
very apt to be an anarchist in the State.
and an anarchist against God"
Mr.. Speaker Cannon has a nice lot
he is elected Speaker of the next
House, which will happen just about as
quick after the House meets as it is
possible to get his name before it,
There will be no monkey business. No
body else is thought of for Speaker
This being the case, Mr.. Speaker Can
non has probably been for some time
casting about in his mind for the "pro-
perest' men to fill up his big commit
tees The vacancies on the larger COM
mlttees are pretty numerous, for good
many members on both sides Of the
House fell by the wayside in the last
election for Congress, and then a num-
Der graduated from the House into the
Senate. The Appropriations Commit
tee is causing the most anguish of mind
to the Speaker. 1t lacks a Chairman
and there are none of it's present MEM
bers who seem just the right timber
to push into the place, so Mr. Cannon
may put at it's head some man from
another committee. 1t needs four Re-
publicans and two Democrats.
The Ways and Means Committee
needs two Democrats; Judiciary, three
Republicans; Banking and Currency
three Republicans, one Democrat; Coin
age, Weights and Measures, two Re-
two Democrats; Interstate
and Foreign Commerce, one Republic
can; Merchant Marine, two Demo-
Gratis; Agriculture, one Republican, two
Democrats; Foreign Affairs, three
Military Affairs, three
Democrats; Naval Affairs, two Republic
cans. three Democrats; Post Office,
three Democrats; Public Lands, one Re-
two Democrats; Territories,
two Republicans, two Democrats; Insu-
lar Affairs. one Republican and three
Democrats; Public Buildings and
Grounds, two Democrats: Pacific Rail-
ways, three Republicans and three
Democrats; Labor, one Republican and
three Democrats; Invalid Pensions, two
Republicans and four Democrats; PEN
sions. one Republican and one Demo-
crat; District of Columbia, two Repub-
licans and three Democrats; Immigra-
ton, two Republicans and three Demo-
Gratis There are also some vacancies
on minor committees.
There is a large increase in the Re-
publican side of the House, so the
Speaker is forced to find places on
committees for more Republicans. 1t
was suggested once that the Democratic
on the committees be
cut down, but that caused a fearful
howl, and. besides, 1t would be almost
unprecedented. 1t is thought, however,
that the Speaker will be forced to cut
the Democratic representation. In pro-
portion to the whole number in the
House. and il he does then he can place
his Republican friends.
President Roosevelt spent thor
cughly pleasant afternoon and even
ing recently in company with Freder-
lex Courtenay Selous, an Englishman
who knows as much about elephants
and other African big game as any man
In the world. He was the Presidents
guest for the day at the White House,
and SO interesting was his company
that the President did not return to
the Executive Office after luncheon,
but with Mr.. Selous, was driven to the
outskirts Of the city, where they were
joined by Mr.. Robert Bacon, Assistant
Secretary of State; James r. Garfield,
Commissioners Of Corporations, and
Clifford Pinchot, Forester Of the De-
partment of Agriculture. They spent
three hours in the woods north Of the
city.
President Roosevelt has a profound
love for all things pertaining to the
great outdoors, and took immense
pleasure In exchanging hunting remin-
isccnces with Mr.. Selous, who is GA
years old. and began as early as 1871 to
make his living by elephant hunting