The National tribune., 1906-04-12
WASHINGTON THURSDAY

The NATIONAL TR1BUNE:
Of Canada; Countess Gray. and some
Of their relatives. OF England. He gave
them a dinner at the White House. his
daughter. Mrs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
presiding at the table. These are prob
ably the most distinguished guests the
White House has had since the Prince
Of Wales. now King. was here. 1t seems
pity that Mrs. Roosevelt should be
away just at this time.
Senator Tillman is kicking like a
bay steer" over the appointment of Mr..
Barnes to be Postmaster of Washing
ton. as il was expected he would.
Il do not believe i'm carpetbaggers
holding Office" said the Senator after
the nomination had been sent to the
Senate. There is no necessity for a
carpetbagger coming into Washington
and taking the office of Postmaster.
There are some 100000 people in the
city of Washington, and ii seems to me
that among them a capable man might
be found to fill the office"
SHOULD not the number be less than
that. because there are but 100000
white people here?" was suggested.
"Oh. no. replied Senator TilIman,
"the President might find capable
colored man TO be Postmaster Of Wash
ington." And then the Senator laughed.
II am opposed to the nomination of
Mr.. Barnes on his own account" he
went on. He was directly responsible
for the outrageous Morris incident, and
his conduct on that occasion would
prevent my voting for his confirmation.
The President was responsible in that
he did not punish Mr.. Barnes for the
offenSe. Instead. he now dominates him
as Postmaster OF this city"
Senator Dolliver has introduced a bill
ito authorize the Secretary Of Com
merce and Labor to investigate and re-
port upon the industrial. social. moral,
educational and physical condition OF
woman and child workers in the Unit
ed States wherever employed, with spe-
cial reference to their age. hours Of
labor. term Of employment; Of their
health, person and morals" An APP
preparation of 100000 is provided for
the investigation.
If n bill introduced by Representa-
tive Cooper, of Wisconsin, becomes
law the people of Porto Rico will have
the same riglts Of citizenship as the
people of any of the States. 1t is UNI
derstood that Gov. Winthrop favors the
bill.
Col. Luigi Lomia. of the Artillery
Corps, was retired last week from &C
tive service at his own request. He
served AZ years, having entered the
at West Point from Texas in
1868. He was born in Italy.
1t will be remembered that William
Loeb. Jr.. Secretary to the President;
Senator Thomas c. Plat. and at that
time Postmaster-General Wynne were
about year ago accused by a woman
of kidnapping some of the love letters
which she alleged Senator Plat had
written her. After his marriage this
a Miss Mae Wood. in q fit of
spleen. proceeded to incorporate the
letters, which she declared were signed
by Senator Plat. into a book. which
she entitled 1.-THE Love Letters of a
Boss" and then she tried to get money
from him for suppression of the book.
BY some sort of a hocus pocus the gen.
tlemen afOrenamed got hold of the orig
inal of 1.-THE Love Letters Of a Boss"
and she sued for them. She failed to
appear when the case came up for trial
last week and 1t was dismissed. The
book has not appeared. either.
Congress has been asked to enact leg
islation that will enable the American
officers who were with the Japanese
army In the recent war with Russia to
accept decora tons from the Emperor
OF Japan. A letter to this effect was
sent to Congress by Secretary Root. IT
has been against the policy Of the For
eign Affairs Committees OF the two
Houses to take favorable action on such
matters. and many cases are now held
up In the State Department because Of
the disinclination Of Congress to grant
permission to officials to accept foreign
fI0 -
tary Root is complied with the follow
Ing decorations will be bestowed:
For Maj.-Gen. Macarthur there
awaits the decoration Of the Imperial
Order OF the Rising Sun, Of the second
class; Col. Crowder may receive the
third class OF the same order. and Maj
Kuhn, the fourth class. The third class
Of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
awaits Lieut.-Col. Mcclernand. and the
fourth class Of this order will be be-
slowed on Maj. Morrison. Capt. and As
sistant Surgeon Lynch. Capt West,
Capt. Pershing and Capt. March.
Former Senator David B. Hill visited
the Senate Chamber last week, and was
given cordial reception by his former
colleagues. The ex-senator seemed to
enjoy the attention shown him. Sena-
tors Payne and Teller escorted him
later as the group of Senators sur
him increased until ii threat
ened to interfere with the proceedings,
MIR. Hill retired to the Democratic
where he held a reception.
The Republicans were as glad to see
him, apparently. as the Democrats. Sem
ator Aldrich chatted with Mr.. Hill for
quite a while. AS soon as the Senate
adjourned the pages came trooping TO
The former Senator with autograph all
buns. He obiigingly accommodated
them. and looking up at former col
league, remarked:
II am back in the same business
again."
Senator Hills health is much i'm
proved.
At joint caucus of the Republicans
OF the House and Senate the other day
the State delegations named their can
didates for members OF the Republican
Committee. Speaker Can
non presided.
During the caucus Senator Allison
made brief speech. in which he al
luded to the fact that this was the first
step in the forthcoming Congressional
q campaign that he had no
doubt would be Of the most intense in
Ierest. and the importance of which no
Republican should underestimate. ut
was apparent" he said THAT