The National tribune., 1906-08-09

Dy congress DeIOTe tne next -NdtlOHd
campaign. And then he goes on to sa!
some things which mayhap outline the
Presidents policy. The President has 6
big finger in the Committee pie, and 1.
watching everything, it is said. Here
is what Mr.. Dover prognoSticates:
For my part, 1 believe the question
Of revision will be taken up by Con
gress before the next National cam
paign. l believe. also, that the Repub'
licans will handle it in a manner salts
factory to the country. 1 would not bt
surprised if the President. at the close
of the next session, appointed a Com
mission or Congress itself named join
committee to make a careful and thor
ough investigaLo of the present tariff
and report at the ensuing session how
the existing law should be changed
During the long recess between Marcf
and December, 1907, such body coult
frame recommendations to be used as Z
basis for Congressional action. Ther
whatever revision was necessary coulC
be accomplished during the first or Ions
session of the Goth Congress-the one
to be chosen in the coming November
If this is not done. it seems to me thai
revision will become one Of the leading
issues of the next Presidential cam
paign.
eff the country approves the COURSE
of the Administration and of Congress:
in following the Presidents lead. it will
re-elect Republican House; If it dis
approves, the Democrats will contro
that body. 1 do not profess to be {
prophet, but expect the President will
be heartily indorsed at the polls"
"Will Roosevelt be candidate fol
another term, as some people anticipate
Or desire he Should2 2"
Not in my opinion" Dover replied
with positiveness. He will not permi
the use of his name in 1908. and my
conviction on this point is strong"
Just at the present time it looks a!
though royalty was principally engaged
in entertaining Americans. The Long
| worths have had a triumphal tour il
the Old World, our representatives are
being received with open arms mos
everywhere over there, and Secretar,
Root-well. for a plain American citi
zen he certainly is having things done
for him all right down in Brazil. Tht
President gave him a beautifully-deco
rated palace to stop in, he was received
with great honors, and he and his fam
lily are sleeping on rose leaves with nary
a crumple in them.
ATC!lle ROOSEVELT HdS Tetul icu u
Oyster Bay from a voyage to Newport
which should go far to qualify him fol
full saltwater degree of A. B. HI
made the entire cruise in the famou:
little yawl Spray, with that past master
of deep-water lore, Capt. Slocum, who
few years ago sailed the Spray single
handed around the world. Archie Wen
before the mast with Capt. Slocum fol
the voyage to Newport and return. The
trip took only one day. but Archie re
turned sunburned and happy, sailor
in spirit at least, to his finger tips. H.
has a great store of old sea yarns t.
cided that a sailors life is the only one
for him.
The Post Office Department Is mott
fed that John Dederick Strasburg. tn
Oldest clerk in the service, Is dead. HI
was So years old. born in Germany ant
appointed a clerk in the Louisville Pos
Office during the Administration o
President Taylor. He had been con
tinually in the employ of the Depart
ment ever since. and served under i
Presidents.
Early in October DR.. Wiley will star
another poison squad of IL young men
who will be boarded free in rooms ad
| joining the Bureau of Chemistry of tn
| Agricultural Department. Previous ex
| periments with poison squads have no
been satisfactory. for the reason tha
| the young men could not refrain from
time to time accepting refreshments a
| the hands of their friends. In order t
avoid such a contingency the new squa
will be formed of employees Of the Blu
reau of Chemistry, who will be require
1 To -rix air Of m
ing but the food prepared for them Il
| the Department. This will be the bes
that the market affords, and nothin
will be used except what has undergon
rigid inspection. The only Qualifica
ton will be injection OF certain pre-
servatives and other drugs which ar
found in foods offered for sale, and tn
| effect of which upon the system il I
be studied.
The Southern moonshiners will b
| interested to know that the "raidin
deputies" who have been giving ther
so much trouble must hereafter pass
Civil Service examination. Whether th
will make them any better or Wors
shots remairs to be determined.
may be that the Civil Service can pic
out men who will have a keener nos
for contraband stills than those VIII
have been previously picked up. bi
this Is doubted. The deputies have here
tofore done very effective work. as ther
are an abundance of witnesses in tn
Southern penitentiaries to testify.
The flies are getting as bad name a
the mosquitoes. and now not only ty
phoid fever. but cholera is attribute
to them. The work of cleaning up til
stables in Washington has begun, an
will be vigorously prosecuted under til
inspection of the Health Office. In a
dition to the stables, the alleys an
other places must be made rigidly clea
and all refuse carted off.
William H. Selden, q man OF wild
| acquaintance all over the country, die
July 81. He was the President Of ii
, Metropolitan Hotel Company. on Penn
sylvania Ave. and had occupied tn,
position for many years. He was
soldier of the Confederacy. and can
out Of the war Lieutenant on the sta
) of Gen. E. Kirby Smith.
The Navy Department is advised tn,
the original plans of the famous o.
8 Constitution have been at last foun
! and the work can now begin of resto
ing "Old Ironsides" to the exact cord
ton in which she was when she VIC
= honor for our infant Navy by her woi
s derfully-successfu battles. The Ia
session of Congress appropriated 800
r 900 for this purpose.
If the Missouri River persists in 70
lowing an old bed of the stream, whit
d ii is now threatening to do, Nebrasl
: may find herself with three Senate
and Senator Gamble. of South Dakot