The National tribune., 1906-04-12

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
a 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 in carpetbaggers
holding Office" said the Senator after
| the nomination had been sent to the
Senate. There is no necessity for
| carpetbagger coming into Washington
and taking the Office of Postmaster
There are some 100000 people in the
| city of Washington, and il seems to me
| that among them a capable man might
be found 10 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 TillmaE,
| "the President might find capable
colored man TO be Postmaster of Wash
! iugton." And then the Senator laughed.
II am opposed to the nomination of
Mr. Barnes on his own account" he
| 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 nominates him
as Postmaster of this city
Senator Doliver has introduced 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 a |
law the people of Porto Rico will have
the same rights Of citizenship as the
people of any of the States. IT is un-
derstood that Gov. winthrop favors the
bill.
Col. Luigi Lomia. of the Artillery |
Corps, was retired last week from ac-
tive service at his own request. He
served AZ years, having entered the
AtdueHt hCSl Iolill lIotl lthdS III
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 PIatt had
written her. After his marriage this |
woman. a Miss Mae Wood. in fit of
spleen, proceeded to incorporate the |
letters, which she declared were signed |
by Senator Plat. into a book, which |
she entitled 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 gem |
tlemen aforenamed got hold of the orig |
inal of 'The Love Letters of Il 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 |
isiation that will enable the American |
officers who were with the japanese |
army in the recent war with Russia to |
accept decorations from the Emperor
of Japan. A letter to this effect was |
sent to Congress by Secretary Root. 1t |
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 10 accept foreign |
decorations. If the request of Secre- |
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 tho RiSiuO 1f
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.-CoI. 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 Il. Hill visited |
the Senate Chamber last week, and was
given a cordial reception by his former |
colleagues. The ex-senator seemed to |
enjoy the attention shown him. Sena- |
tors Payne and Teller escorted him |
around on the Democratic side, and
later as the group of Senators sur |
rounding him increased until ii threat |
ened to interfere with the proceedings. |
Mr.. Hill retired to the Democratic |
cloakroom, where he held a reception. |
The Republicans were as glad TO see |
him, apparently, as the Democrats. SEN |
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 al |
buns. He obiigingly accommodated |
them. and looking up at former col |
league, remarked:
81 am back in the same business |
again."
Senator Hills health is much i'm |
proved.
AT a 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 |
Congressional Committee. Speaker Can
non presided.
| made brief speech, in which he al |
luded to the fact that this was the first |
step In the forthcoming Congressional |
campaign, campaign that he had no |
doubt would be of the most intense in |
| terest, and the importance of which no |
Republican should underestimate. "It
| already was apparent" he said. that |
| the people appreciated the importance |
of the campaign. aud were thus early
taking the preliminary steps looking to
| the reelection of a Republican House
of Representatives in the next Con-
gress.'
| The Speaker made short speech in
I ,al. 4.