The National tribune., 1906-06-21


began to cut the air above Washington, |
Congress simply got up and walked out
of doors. That's what II did, sure.
Senator Bailey was addressing the Sem
ate, and somebody was making
speech in the House. Word passed
round that the airship was coming up
to the Capitol above Pennsyiva MA Ave-
hue, AND pretty soon Senator Bailey had
for an audience the President of the
Senate. and in the House the Speaker
was left to listen to the Representative
who was talking to his constituents at
home, and the House simply had to
suspend operations till quorum could
be obtained. The Speaker forebore to
press the matter. however. until the
airship had sailed round the dome of
the Capitol like a bird, and then grace
fully made a landing on the asphalt of
the east Capitol grounds. Then the
members of Congress went out and
asked to "Shee wheelsh go wound" ex-
amined the airship thoroughly. and
went back to listen to Senator Bailey
and the member of the House.
Congress is after the Spanish Claims
Commission with a sharp stick, and il
looks as though the Commission might
be discontinued. II Is now about six
years since 1t was established, and it
should have considered all that was
necessary to come before it in a little
war that lasted three months. The
Commission up to now has cost nearly
as much as the war in Cuba.
The new Senator from Kansas, A. w.
Benson, who was appointed by Gov.
Hoch to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of J. Ralph Burton. was in
Quoted into office Flag Day. Immediately
- - f,e
the Senate. His credentials were pre-
sented by Senator Long. who escorted
him to the Vice Presidents desk. where
the oath Of office was administered. The
new Senator was given seat among the
new Republican Senators who sit on
the Democratic side of the Chamber.
Up at White Plains, n. Y, "Billy
Muidoon," the ex-champion of the prize
fighters ring. has a sanatorium where
only men of wealth and position are
taken. Their physical being is looked
after by the ex-prizefighter himself and
no physicians or nurses are allowed
there. 1t ''is said that Senator De-
pew has been at Muldoons sanatorium
resting" Muldoon will not say that
he has not been there, but he says en-
phatically that he is not there now.
Senator Depew is just at present out of
the ken of friends and foes. If friends
know where he is they will not tell, and
his foes are quite satisfied that their
work is done, so they are not caring.
The Senator is a very sick man, wher-
ever he is.
Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of the
President. died at his home at Sayville,
L. l., last Thursday. Mr.. Roosevelt was
rs yaars old. He was lifelong Demo-
era, Educated for the law, he prac-
ticed his profession in New York City
for more than 20 years. retiring in 1871
to devote himself to literature and state
craft. He was editor of the New York
Citizen for several years, an Alderman
of the city of New York, a member of
1S73-'75; Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Committee
Of Seventy in the fight against the Tweed
ring. United States Minister to the Meth
erlands, 188S-'90, and was Treasurer of
the Democratic National Committee at
the tine of Cleveland's second election.
From early life Mr.. Roosevelt was
deeply interested in field sports, and
active in promotion of societies and
clubs for the protection of game.
Among his best-known works in the
field of literature were: Game Fish
of North America" Game Birds" "Su-
perior Fishing" Fish Hatching and
Fish Catching" FLORIDA and the Game
Water Birds" Five Acres Too Much"
Progressive Petticoats." and Love and
Luck
The United States Senate has it's full
quota of Senator's for the first time in
10 years or more. Delaware has her
full complement of Senator'S, also. since
Senator Dupont was elected. One or
the other of her chairs has been vacant
for decade until now.
Representative Kahn. whose district
a part of the city of San
Francisco, has just returned from that
city, and a little interview with him
shows what the devastation there means
in politics.
81 have only two Assembly Districts
left out of 10 and only 1000 voters out
of the $4,000 1 had before the earth
quake and fire. / also have portion
of a third district, and out of the 10
precincts in the seven remaining dis
tricts. only seven are left, one for each
district. The peculiar part of 1t is that
all the Democrats were wiped out, and
that of the 1000 voters very few are
my opponents. Let it not be thought
that this is anything to rejoice over.
however, as 1t expresses terrible loss
to the city, loss which is being made
doubly hard by the delays in adjusting
Here is leaf out of the past from the
book of memory of Senator William
Whyte. successor to Senator
German, OF Maryland:
THE greatest political evil that has
grown up in this country since 1 first
came to the Senate, nearly 40 years ago
is the tendency toward Capitalization
of power in the Federal Government"
The Senator is 81, but his eye is clear
his face Is ruddy, and he looks Is years
There has been a wonderful growth
in the wealth of the country, and the
population has doubled" he went on,
''and along with them has come the
centra alization. Life IS not so simple as
It was in the late COS. 1t is not as
1t was when Silas Wright locked the
front door of his cabin, in the interior
Of New York State. put the key in his
pocket, and came to take his seat in the
Senate.
1.-The outward appearance of the Cap
itoI building is different. Everything
Is on a far grander scale and more pre-
tentious. When l first came here the
splendid terraces that now surround
the building were missing and there
was picket fence surrounding the Cap
tol grounds. l was on tine Cc",mittee
On Public Buildings and Grounds. which
was composed of William Pitt Fessen-
den, of Maine; Simon Cameron. OF
and myself, and l remem-
Der how Mr.. Cameron one day objected |
TO the removal of the fence to which |
Jefferson had at one time tethered his