The National tribune., 1906-06-07

not in the estimation of Senator Halo.
The distinguished tgentleman from
Maire took up a whole hour of the SEN
ate time the other day trying to keep
out another Department. of the Weather
Bureau Service, 'hechuse,'' as he said,
.it would only be a place to put more
clerks to importune. Congress for higher
salaries and better places" Senator
Hale denounced Government employees
as ''mendicants," ''ah hungry band Gf
heggars," ard DECLARED that, members
or Congress are. "dragooned." "boycot-
ted" "importuned" and "browbeaten"
by the demands Jf'tfiis body of organ
lied subordinates.%oI Ia fact. 1t really did
seem as though the. Senator must have
the gout a little worse than usual or a
mighty bad tummy' ache. He growled
so dreadfully. 1t didn't count for any
thing. however. The Government clerk
has come to stay.
Capt. Kisser Hobson's whistle is cost
ing him pretty penny. He secured the
nomination for Congress over the sit
ting member. J. H. Bankhead, this be-
ing the second contest he has made for
the place. and 1t cost him $6.94S! He
says he spent $1.725 for printing and
$1,000 for postage. When he comes to
Congress he can use his frank and save
the postage. Now. count 1T up. please.
Capt Hobson has spent his first years
salary-tentatively speaking-for he
isn't elected by another 1000 or 5000
in all proba bili.y--and he has mort
gagged the second years salary. or hy-
pothecated 1t to the extent of s1.94S.
What does he expect to get out of Con-
gress? He has no training in the direc-
ton of politics.
Capt. Hobson was Naval .Construc-
tor, and resigned from the Navy in Feb
ruary three years ago. at time when
his salary, on shore duty, was $2,975 4
year. He first asked for retirement,
which would have carried with 1t pen
sion. on the ground of defective vision.
but the Board Of Surgeons declined to
certify him for retirement. He tried for
Congress two years ago and was defeat
ed. In apparent proof that his lecture
tours must have been fairly lucrative,
it Is seen that in the recent contest he
spent considerably more than he would
have earned in two years had he con-
tinued in the Navy and, as has been
stated, more than one years salary as
Representative.
BY the way, what would you think of
Hobson for President, or failing that,
for Vice President? He has aspirations,
and says he is willing to run with Bryan,
or Hearst, or any other good man.
Gee, -rr..'@-
The other day the President received
letter from young woman over in
New Jersey who explained that she
wrote in behalf of six companions who
wanted his autograph. The President
dictated a letter in reply and as fol-
lows: s = ~
Dear Miss Jenkins: I take much
pleasure in appending the six signatures
you request.
,;p
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
, He'' THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
THEODORE, ROOSEVELT.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
itrre.4st ieHi'su lie zoe ."f''' 1'ff
From New York Comes the report
that the people of that State are going
to raise money for a. National Memorial
to the late Carl scMhurZz M r. .a
The President has been asked to per-
nit the troops to trernain In San Fran
cisco on duty until along in July some
time. as II Is not believed that the police
of the city will be able to cope with the
Iawlessness until brdef is more nearly
restored to the devastated portions.
where loot Of q rich nature Is yet to be
secured for the picking up.
Master Archie Roosevelt. who has not
been In the best OF health for some time.
has been taken from school and sent
with his maid 10 Oyster Bay, where ii
is hoped that ffsS iiealtH will improve.
The other children will go to the Oyster
Bay home just as soon as school closes.
Associate Justice Henry r. Brown,
whose retirement from the Supreme
ID IoG ~ 40
on, last Thursday evening the guest OF
honor at a dinner given by the Bar
Association of the District of Columbia.
The dinner was given at the New VIII
lard, and was a notable affair, being at
tended by the President. Vice President
of the United States. the whole supreme
Court, many members of the Diplomatic
Corps. and some OF the brainiest men
in the United States Courts to-day. The
dinner was presided over bv Chief Jus
tice Fuller. The room was a bower of
roses and blooming plants interspersed
with palms.. The President in respond
ing to a toast said:
at Is sometimes a good thing to be
heard first. 1t is always good thing
to have the right to speak last. That
right belongs to the Supreme Court. The
we'll In their way. They can say what
they think they think, but 1t rests with
the Supreme Court to- decide what they
have really thought"
After paying high tribute to the re-
tiring Justice, he extended that tribute
to the Supreme Court as body.
"In all the world, and 1 think. gem
tlemen, you will acquit me of any dis
position to needless fiatteFy, there Is no
body of men of equal numbers that
possess the dignity and power combined
that inhere in that Court over which,
Mr.. Chief Justice, you preside. Owing
to the peculiar construction of our Gov
ernment, the man who does his full
duty on that Court must of necessity ba
not only a great jurist, but great con-
structiye statesman. 1t has been our
supreme good fortune as a Nation that
we have had on that Court from the
beginning to the present day men who
have been able to carry on in worthy
fashion the tradition which has thus
made it Incumbent upon the members
of the Court to combine in such fashion
the qualities of the great jurist and of
the constructive statesman.
"
But IL you will turn to see those who
in the past the Nation has delighted to
honor and those in the present whom it
delights to honor, 1 think that you will
all agree that this Nation Is sound at
bottom in the bestowal OF Its seassiiTa-
ton in the relative estimate 1t puts upon
the different qualities of the men who
achieve prominence by rendering SER
vice to the public. The names that stand