The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-03-01
look . little harsh to be called names
this early in the game. III

| A Divorce Congress-. was ho,d,rg
down the boards In Washington las.
week, and Gov. PenHypacker. CT Penn :
sylvania, who objects to cartocns, and
who is the very richest subject magma
Bile for the cartoonist. was President OF
! the Congress. Some OF the brainest
| men in the country; attended. There
were representatives from all the States
and Territories, appointed by the Gov
ernors-many of the Governors coming
themselves. The discussions were
lively. indeed t-h-e-y we're They
rivalled the exhibitions in the Smoot
trial. and often women who were In
the audience got up and left. and this
usually happened when some Of the
women delegates were talking. The
| Congress wanted to determine some
method Of getting at the divorce ques-
States and become the universal law, so
that a divorce in Dakota would hold
good in New York, and in Georgia.
where they have no divorce laws at all.
| They also desired to unite on common
grounds for divorce that would be &C
ceptable to all the States. They had high
f., old scrapping matches among them
selves, but on the whole got together
very well.
| In writing Of the Mexican War Vet
Grams, the editor of the Washington
Post says:
SCOTS march to Mexico was as he
roic as the campaigns of Henry Of
Navarro. The real commander was
Robert L. Lee. and nothing subsequent
ly achieved disco, erel in him more
military genius than the numerous bat
ties he planned and fought from We a
Cruz to the Mexican Capital"
| 1t is very fortunate for the writer of
the above that Gen. Scott is dead or
the washington man who wrote that
would have to take to the woods Gen.
Scott was man of cyclonic temper,
and quite positive views that he was one
| OF the. great Captains Of the Worlds
history The men who served under
| him were prone to believe this almost
as fully as the General himself. There
was never any question In the army
| which invaded Mexico but that Gen.
| splendid campaign which resulted In
| the capture Of the Capital of the
Montezumas. The only man that ever
disputed any share in the credit was
| the blatant Gideon Pillow, who was
| laughed out Of the Army. Gen. SCOTS
brilliant services previous to the war
with Mexico We're the fOrerunner and
| guarantee of what he did there. It is
| rather amusing than otherwise at this
| late day to have the credit stolen from
the old General to be given to a young
Captain of Engineers who at that time
| had never heard a gun fired in anger.
| r. E. Lee was a very intelligent, zeal
| GUS, enterprising young staff officer, be-
yOnd doubt. but he was as far from
| planning the wonderful campaign from
Vera Cruz to Mexico City as a young
| Midshipman is of fighting a big bat
| tleship.
This is what II. r. Browne, of Gin
cinnau, who is in the city. has to say
of the man who will succeed Gen. Chas.
| Grosvenor in the lower House of Con-
| gress: a&.3-
albert Douglas Of Chillicothe, who
Will be Gen. Grosvenor's successor in
the next House. is one Of the most in
| te!lectual. popular. and attractive men
| in the State of Ohio" remarked Mr..
Browne. HE Is fine looking, highly
educated. and an orator who can sway
an audience. Douglas made q State
reputation when he was a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor In 1899, and though he didn't
win he made friends everywhere. 1t
| has been conceded for long time that
| he would ultimately represent his dis
| trict in Congress-" There is one thing
| sure, he will have to earn his spurs
himself before Congress accepts him as
| Gen. Grosvenor's equal.
Immediately after the House con-
vened on Tuesday of ." last week the
death of Representative George A.
Castor, Of Pennsylvania, was am
nounced by Mr.. Adams, his colleague,
from Philadelphia, who presented ap-
propriate resolutions After the passage
OF the resolutions the Speaker appoint
ed the following committee to join a
Senate committee to attend the funeral
in Philadelphia on Friday last: Messrs.
| Bingham, Adams, Morrell, McCreary,
| Moon, Kline, and Deemer, of Pennsyl-
vania; Smyser. of Ohio; Reeves and
Wilson, Of Illinois; Weisse, of Wiscon-
| sin: Keliher. of Massachusetts,, and
Jones, of Virginia.
AS a further mark Of respect, the
House then adjourned.
Comrade Edmund Scribner Stevens,
of Lebanon, Pa, is in the city making
| some studies in the Congressional
Library for his PhopheticaI-Chronolo
| zeal Chart upon which he has been en-
| gagged for Il years. Comrade Stevens
| served in the 96th ILL.,, which was in
Gordon Changers Reserve Corps at
Chickamauga, where he was severely
wounded and left on the field for dead,
and remaining there eight days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
are now in Cuba having lot of fun.
They got away from Washington in
good shape. fooling everybody, not even
| the home folks Or the railroads know
ing whether this very original couple
| intended to go North or South, or
whether they intended to go anywhere
| away from Washington to spend the
honeymoon. And all the time they in
tended to go to Cuba. They were re-
ceived in the Capital Of the Island Re-
public with all the "honors Of war;
Mrs. Alice and Mr.. Nicholas not being
permitted to forget for one moment that
they belong to the family of the Presi-
dent of the greatest Republic on earth.
and the one which gave freedom to lit
| tie Cuba. There was great state ball
on the night of Washington's Birthday
anniversary, and Mrs. LongWorth was
the gorgeous guest of honor in all her
| bridal finery, and wore the $4,000
necklace which Cuba, 1.-The Pearl Of the
Antilles" presented to her.
1t is officially denied at the Interior
Department that there is any truth In
the report that the Secretary Of the In
terror had made a report to the Presi-
dent and to the Department Of Justice
concerning alleged frauds in land deals
in the Indian Territory. The report
stated that the President had prevented
| the dismissal OF indictments against GER
tain persons in the Territory who were
charged with having been implicated in