The National tribune., 1906-03-15

throne. Queen Marguerite was coming
! over to automobile through the coun-
! try, and she was likely to cost us a
| good deal of worry and trouble had
| she come. because the anarchists of
the country seem to center their wrath
! on Italy, and great precautions were to
| be taken, yet ii would have been some
what difficult to police the United States
adequately for an imperious woman
flying along great highways in an auto
mobile.
| =
| "a prophet is not without honor"
| etc. The other day Commissioner Gar
| field of the Civil Service Commission,
wanted to go through a side door into
the main building known as the Census
| Building. He was in hurry, and this
was short cut. Did he get through?
Not any AT that door sits messen'
| ger. He may not know a great deal
but at least he knows enough to attend
to his business as laid down by his su-
| periors. That business is to guard that
side door. and not let any visitors"
through, but to direct hem to the big
front doors. He thought Mr.. Garfield
was a visitor you see. The Commis
sioner said he only wanted to step
| across the hall to speak to his man.
and that to go to the big door meant
long walk around. The messenger
politely but firmly stood by orders.
well, my name is Garfield" declared
the Commissioner, supposing thai would
be an open sesame; but it wasn't, not
by about 40 years or SO. 81 can't help
it if your name is Grant" replied the
messenger stolidly. "My duty is to obey
the rules" and he did.
Capt. Newton NJ. Brooks. Superin-
nr fa;l of he
Office Department, who is soon TO go TO
Rome to attend the International Pos
tai Congress, which will meet in that
city the first week in April, was given
dinner by number of his friends
at the Ebbitt House Monday evening.
After the excellent menu had been dis
cuSsed Col e. 3. Townsend raped for
order. and in few well-chosen words
stated the friendship and affection that
ali present felt for Capt. Brooks, com
plimented him on the fact that this
was the fourth time he had been Sc
lected to represent the United States
Government at the Postal Congress,
and wished him bon voyage and a safe
return when his duties shall be COM
pleted.
Capt. Brooks briefly and feelingly
responded. expressing his high appre
citation of the testimonial from his |
friends. pledging his best efforts in be-
represent, and hoping that his return
would find the same warm friendship |
which he took away with him.
Senator Alice has introduced a bill in |
the Senate for the suppression of tu |
berculosis in the District of Columbia.
The bill provides that physicians par
ents nurses and caretakers of patients
suffering from tuberculosis in the Dis |
trict of Columbia shall promptly report
to the Health Officer all cases of tuber-
culosis coming to their attention. I'm
der this bill it Will be possible for the
Health Officer to keep track of all cases
of this kind. Extensive provision is
made for the disinfection OF houses or
rooms in which such patients have been
treated, and il is made unlawful for
any person suffering from such disease
to deposit sputa except under certain
conditions which will avoid the spread
of the disease.
Senator Alice means all right, and
so do the earnest workers against this
terrible white plague" all over the
country, but there is a way, nearer,
much less costly and heap more sem
sible than this bill. Just make it a
criminal offense for women and girls
to wear low shoes in Winter. Make it
a criminal offense for women and girls
TO wear fiiInsy muslin waists all Win
ter long, with absolutely no other COW
ering over shivering neck and shoul-
ders. and the insets of lace and open
work embroidery leaving places where
the skin is exposed to the weather
Just reform women and girls in these
two respects, and tuberculosis patients
will diminish in number. Warm cloth
ing. clean, wholesome food, plenty of
soap and water from the cradle up
will do more to Danish disease than all
In 1rait ptt in ha 81
Somebody out In some district in
Ohio other than that of Gen. Grosvenor
is so much disturbed over the fact that
the veteran was not renominated that
he wrote to the Ohio statesman and
asked him to run in the District in
which the writer lived. In reply Gen.
Grosvenor writes:
MY Dear Sir: have your very
iplimentary letter. This is a novel
proposition-one that appeals to me
only as it may be construed as a COM
pliment and recognition of such SER
vice as L have been able to perform.
Strangely enough I received a request
to run in another Congressional Dis
trict in the same mail that brought me
your letter.
There is no law in Ohio nor in any
of the States SO far as l know, thatI
fixes the eligibility of a candidate for
in which he runs. and II is very COM
mon thing in some of the States, notably
New York, for Congressman to be
elected from Districts they do not re-
side in; but il has never, SO far as I
know, been done in Ohio, and mani
festly ought not to be done. However
efficient and able person may be. ii
is a reflection upon the District to elect
him 10 Congress outside of the confines
of his own District.
While L recognize as a friendly sug-
gestion your letter in this behalf /
cannot for a moment consider the SUBJ
ject. / am content as the situation Is,
and have no doubt that in due time
and under proper circumstances the
people of my own District will express
themselves in regard to the recent
transaction in that locality"
The President is pressing for coast
defenses, and has sent a message to
Congress, accompanying plans for coast
defense, prepared by a joint board of
Army and Navy officers. in which he
emphasized the necessity for further
defenses and reviews the history of de-
fensive works in this country The
President calls especial attention to the
recommendation of the Board that the
entrance to Chesapeake Bay be added
10 the list of places in the United States
TO be defended. He says the insuIar
possessions cannot be long neglected ifi
the United States desires 10 hold them |
Defenses are recommended for Ma
Mia Bay, Pearl Harbor, Guantanamo
Guam, San Juan and Honolulu, because