The National tribune., 1906-03-29

I The State of New jersey agt Dela-
i ware. dockcted first in 1877; Iowa agt.
/ Illinois, 1891; Maryland agt. West Nir-
i ginia, 1891; Missouri agt. Nebraska.
! 1900: Kansas agt. Colorado. 1901;
/ South Dakota ast. North Carolina,
! 1901; State of Washington agt. North
\ ern Securities Company. the United
| States agt. Michigan, Wisconsin aSt.
/ Secretary Hitchcock.
| Just fawncy. don't You know. if In
! auSural Day had come in the bloomin'
first part OF March this year! Wouldn't
| there have been Il harvest of death.
| sudden accretion of the census in the
| cemeteries of the country. And TO
| each death notice would have been at
| tached the note, 1.-The deceased was in
| the best of health three weeks ago,
when he attended the Inauguration of
President Blank March 4. The wealth.
F, er was fearfully raw and cold. how
| ever, with both snow and rain and
| high winds. and the cold which caused
| death was the result of exposure while
| waiting for the Presidential parade to
| start" 1t certainly is time to get
move on and change Inaugural dates.
The Maine people are going to erect
a $4,000 monument over the tomb of
Thomas B. Reed. the late Speaker of
the House. and probably the greatest
James G. Blaine. the other famous
Maine statesman. If Tom Reed were
living he would say don't" He SIM
ply hated anything of that kind. He
deteSted show and splurge, and was
one of the most shrinkingly modest
men that ever lived. He lived as SIM
ply as it was possible for him to live,
went out as little as he could, never
gave any large entertainment himself,
and when he died it was almost i'm
possible for any man to say of him
that he was the intimate" friend of
the great man-for Tom Reed was
great man. He would much rather
that 100000 was spent in some other
way that would benefit humankind
generally. Tom Reed does not need
monuments to make people remember
him any more than does James G..
Blaine.
The Taft party to the Philippines
had a blowout the other night-or Il
'blOwin," just which you like. for
sure the thing cost many pretty PEN
ny. 1t was given in honor of Secretary
and Mrs. Taft. and was styled "The
second voyage of the Taft Philippine
party" The banquet hall was deco
rated to represent a Philippine jungle.
and the entrance to it vas made up
to represent the gansway and deck of
the Manchuria on which the trip was
made The table at which all were
seated was an immense oval. and over
its center. high up, was constructed
Philippine shack-slightly cleaner than
the original, perha ps-and the center
of the table was laid out in flowers,
plants, running water and all that to
represent the Island of Luzon. The
walters We're dressed in japanese garb,
and unhappy enough they looked, too
The souvenirs were snapshot pictures
nearly ell of them having Mrs. Roose-
velt-Longwcrth in them. taken during
the trip by the son OF Senator Warren
The viands were all United States No
body cared TO ape Japanese dishes
There were many speakers and various
toasts. Senator Foster was given that
of the "Trip and Trippers," and IN
closing he paid a very pretty compli-
ment TO Mrs. Alice Roosevelt-Long
worth. He said:
"While we had no Princess of the
royal line, yet we had our American
girl with us whose gracious manner
and charming personality won the
hearts of all the trippefS and COM
manded the respect and admiration OF
the people OF every country we visited, |
and when she gave her heart and hanC
10 a distinguished son of our country |
every member OF the TAFT party who |
witnessed the union at the White |
House, i'll commo1 with the American |
people. wished them Godspeed |
through the journey of life and that |
honor and happiness would crown their |
days"
Representative De Almond, of Mis- |
souri,. was one of the Taft party. and |
he was assigned a toast to which hi; |
response brought some degree of sur |
prise. His toast was Guided by the |
Magician Into Wonderland, Wonderful |
Things Happen"
Many wonderful things did happen, !
according TO the speaker. chief among |
which Were the gorseousnesS and al |
most regal receptions rendered the |
party b.. the royal houses of China and |
Japan.
1--WE can't see far into the future, |
and perhaps it is as well that we should !
not" he said. 1.-The Democratic Party |