The National tribune., 1906-06-14

a. ". ana w. II. Y. SOmfnanQer Ell
trikin and the Department officers had
things in charge there. There was a
lavish display of flowers, for the earth
had been laughing with bloom for a
week as though getting ready for the
flower festival of our heroes. There
were fully 5000 people in attendance.
The Womau's Relief Corps prepared
luncheon for the veterans of both the
war of the rebellion and the Spanish
War under the direct management of
Mrs. Mamie G. Davis Chairman of the
Executive Committee, and fully 1000
veterans availed themselves of the
bounteous hospitality. The exercises
of the day consisted of the decoration
of the tomb of the Unknown Dead by
all the patriotic organizations. and OF
speaking and singing in the ampht-
| theater. Nearly $4,000 graves in Ar
lingtOn were decorated by the women
Next to Arlington in the estimation
of the people of the District is Battle
ground Cemetery. This is the only Ma
tional Cemetery which lies wholly in
the District of Columbia. and it has a
particular interest because of the fact
that almost on its site President Lincoln
stood to view the raid of old Jubal
Early on Washington. July 10-11- 1854
The cemetery lies upon the battle
ground. and literally the AZ men who
lie buried there
'ReSt Wlere they WeafleQ, ana lie
where they fell
The graves are made in a circle about
the Flag staff. just AZ of them. and
unlike any other National Cemetery. no
other grave will ever be made there,
1t is forever consecrated to those who
fell in that fight. Many others were
buried there. but their friends took the
bodies away long years ago. There will
never again be a change. The cera-
monies here were in charge of Col. John
McElroy, Past Senior Vice Commander
in-Chief. The grafton, which was a
mastery effort, was made by Judge w.
A. Calderhead, who was in the Veteran
Reserve Corps. which held Early in
check until the Sixth Corps arrived.
General Orders were read by Col. Benz.
F. Bingham. Past Department Com
mander, who was also in the fight. A
brief talk was made by DIR. Reyburn.
who was one of the Surgeons in charge
of the wounded of the battle.
Fort Stevens, part of the battlefield.
is now owned by Mr.. w. V. Cox. who
out of pure sentiment for the place de-
sired to preserve it from the hands of
vandals. 1t lies just across the street
from the cemetery. Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address was read by Mrs. Isabel
Worrell Ball. The flowers were placed
upon the graves by school children. and
the quantity was unlimited.
Gov. Warfield. of Maryland. has
queered the politicians of Maryland by
appointing to the United States Senate
for the uneXpired term of the late Sen
ator German eX-Gov. Pinkney Whyte.
aged 80, if you please, so that Senators
Pettus and Morgan of Alabama will no
longer feel lonesome. Gov. Whyte, a
rockribbed Democrat, was 25 years ago
a member of the Senate and was de-
feated for reelection by the late Senator
German, and between them there has
been enmity ever since. Indeed, it Is
said that there was real bitter ermity
between them. Senator Whyte has de-
clared emphatically that he will not be
a candidate for election when the pres
ent term expires, and SO the merry
war for the succession may now be con-
sidered on in earnest. While it would
seem that a well-to-do man of 50 years,
if out of politics, would not care to get
in, it also seems that in this particular
case Senator Whyte has method in his
Midsummer madness. He is against
the "Masheen" in Maryland. and prob
ably thinks he can smash slate or
two If he enters the active political
arena. He has been Mayor of Batli-
more, Governor of Maryland, and its
Attorney General, besides having been
appointed to the Senate once before to
Johnson, and having served one full
term of six years. He could have been
reelected, but declined to run, II is said.
Others say that German got the cinch
on the nomination, SO Whyte declined
to run.
And 1t will never be Senator Coburn
of Kansas" That is too bad. Maybe
Mr. Coburn knew best. He has always
made a success of the things he has
elected to do. but he has also declined
many fine opportunities to become fam
Gus, and 1t may be that his good horse
sense is what has kept him on the safe
side and from trying to do things that
he couldn't. Just the same, his friends
believe that he would have made good
United States Senator. Governor Hoch
has appointed Judge Benson to the Of
flee; he has accepted, and has further
more declared that he will be candi-
date for reelection. Now that does
muss up plans like the mischief. Kan
sas has candidates galore for that Sena-
torship, but none of them want to try
the short service, as that might handi-
cap them for the election to the office.
Small Quentin Roosevelt nearly
caused apoplexy in a Pullman car con-
ductor <on the Pennsylvania Railroad
the other day. The young mans def
was something awful. and the conduc-
tor didn't know whether to break the
rules of the railroad and get himself
fred or insult the son of the President
of the United States and get fired any
how He concluded TO stick to the
rules of the railroad, however, and won
out. Quentin was going to Sycamore
Hill for the Summer, and he carried in
his arms the last remaining daughter
of Slippers the famous siX-toed White
House cat. The conductor cited rules
of the railroad excluding cats, dogs and
so forth from Pullman cars. 1.-THE cat
must go into the baggage car" he de-
cIared ''Then we will go there. too, >,
declared Quentin" and he started, but
was stopped by the French maid. who
expostulated with the conductor. but
to no effect. Put the cat in box and
she goes" the conductor finally said
so into pasteboard shoe box the cat
was chucked and the lid tied down on
her mewing majesty. That lasted till
the small Roosevelts were slowed away
in their stateroom-but that would be
| telling and the railroad might fire
that conductor yet-nit.
Justice Gould, of the District Supreme
| Court. says that he doesn't see any rea-
son for running the reputation of Friday
| by calling II hangman's day. For his
part he thinks any day in the week is
| good enough for a man to be hanged
and he habitually selects some other
day. He sentenced a man the other day
to be hanged Tuesday, Oct. 30.
Bob Taylor. "Fiddling Taylor" VINO
has beaten Senator Carmack for the