The National tribune., 1906-06-14

which passed the Senate some time ago
and which is at present held tightly in
| the room of the House Committee.
would be brought out and put on its
passage before adjournment. Mr. Muir
| ply had this and other deals" which
the insurgents say are being engineered
in view when he introduced his bill.
Colorado is going to celebrate in No
vember the discovery of Pixies Peak.
| The celebration will be at Denver, but
for excursion purposes to places of in
tereSt Denver will only be the center
of activity. Colorado has drawn one
great big card already. President
Roosevelt will attend the celebration
and speak. That means that the State
will scarcely hold the crowds. Nobody
has consulted the weather prophet, to
ascertain what brand of weather will
be dished out next November. 1t is
, safe to say, however, that it will be as
cold as Greenland. SO that will chill the
crowds little. and yet. If the sun likes.
it can shine as soft as in July even up
there close to the Continental Divide in
November.
Here Is something of interest which
Justice David Brewer, of the United
States Supreme Court, gave utterance
to at the Mohonk Peace Conference
He said that the United States could
stop armament with absolute safety
and that no other nation on earth is SO
well situated to do it.
THE theory that Manila and San
tiago led to Portsmouth" ne continued,
''is epigrammatic, but | fear that 1t will
not bear the test of history. No nation
will attack us. Many a foreign diplo-
mat l know feels that this is a Nation
that it is not safe to attack. If we linn
irl6 nnIIi6 tn The
Hague and say We are doing it. Fol-
low in our footsteps.
Representative Murphy, of Missouri.
who has been nursing a crouch" ever
since the Statehood bill fight, is the au
thor of bill "to provide for the free
expression of Representatives in Con-
greSs on bills, measures. resolutions and
rules and for punishment for interfer-
ing therein The bill makes it a fell
ony, punishable by two years of impris-
onment and disqualification to hold any
office of profit or trust for any Repre-
sentative or Speaker in Congress to
promise to support or influence the pas
sage of any bill:
Daniel \. Lockwood, a well-known
lawyer and former member of Congress
from the Buffalo District, died there
last week. He nominated Cleveland
for Mayor of Buffalo in 1881. nominated
him for Governor of New York in 1882
and in the National Democratic Con-
vention of 1884 nominated him for the
Presidency. Indeed. he may be said to
have made Cleveland.
The body of Senator German was
laid away in beautiful Oak Hill Gene
terry with the simplest of ceremonies.
He hated pomp and ostentation. and
vIrn1 NOT a
More and more the sensible men of the
country are growing to dislike that sort
of thing. 1t would be blessing if the
Congressional funeral could be eternal
ly barred.
There Is a feeling of resentment
among members of Congress just now.
and the, President hears from it every
little while. 1t Is said that the Presi-
dent has instituted a secret investiga-
ton into the personal habits and ways
of life of every Postmaster in the Unit
ed States. 1t is said that il the Presi
dent finds that any of them are living
beyond their little old salary without
visible reason, why, things are going to
happen. Several members declare that
things will happen If the President
comes into their Districts with his Sc
cret Investigations.
There is to be great time in Phila-
delphia, June IS and 19, the 50th ami
versary of the first Republican National
Convention. The National League of
Republican Clubs has the thing in
hand. Speaker Cannon has promised
! to be present and to deliver an address.
The committee also called on Vice
President Fairbanks to request that he
make an address on the occasion of this
jubilee, and made a similar request of
| Sacratary pyhn
speak. Mr.. Moore, Chairman of the
Committee, stated that they expected
| there would be 1900 men in the pa
rade on the 18th instant. Many of the
States of the Union will be represented
at this convention.
The first Republican National Con-
vention nominated for President John
C. Fremont, known throughout the
country as the Pathfinder" The plat
form adopted denounced both polyg-
amy and slavery.
The United States battleship Louis
| lana was placed in commission at the
! Norfolk Navy Yard last week. The
Louisiana sailed for New York for her
| there will go to New Orleans, where she
\ will be presented with a handsome sill
yer service, the gift of the people of the
| State of Louisiana.
| 1t is proposed to have her in readi-
ness to sail for New Orleans about the
| last week in August.
| The Louisiana is of 5000 tons dis
\ placement. The nearest vessel of her
| size in active service is the Rhode
! Island commissioned on April II,
which is of 14,94S tons. Not only is
the Louisiana larger, but her arma-
| ment is more powerful. She carries in
| the main battery four 12-inch breech-
| loading rifles. eight 8-inch, and IL =
inch. The 20 3-inch 14-pounder rapid
fire guns. IL 3-pounder semi-automatic
| guns, six 1-pounder automatic, two /
FOUNDER semi-automatic. two 3-inch
field pieces, two machine guns, caliber
80. and six automatic guns, caliber 80.
4 The big 12-inch guns are mounted
in pairs in two electrically-controlle
/ balanced elliptical turrets on the CEN
ter line, one forward and one aft. each
4 with an arc of fire of about 270 degrees.
The S-inch guns are in pairs in four
of the superstructure. The finch guns
are mounted in broadside on pedestal
mounts on the gun deck behind 7-inch
armor. Each gun is isolated by nickel
4 steel bulkheads. The forward and af-
ter guns are arranged to fire right
ahead and right astern, respectively
and the other. 7-inch guns have the
usual broadside train. The guns of the
secondary battery are placed in COM
manding positions. protected wherever
practicable, and with a large arc oi
unobstructed fire.
The contract trial speed of the vessel
was Is knots for four hours at sea- bu,
she did considerably better.