The National tribune., 1906-05-10

stopped. and Father Sherman left the
party at Atlanta.
Senator Bacon said: 81 have asked
the War Department to advise me as
soon as possible if troops have beer
ordered to escort Father Sherman. II
/ ascertain they have been so ordered
then as a Senator from Georgia 1 shall
protest against it.
REV. Thomas Sherman will be well
come to come tn Georgia and to follow
his fathers line Of march to the sea
As an individual. he would be cordially
welcomed by the people of Georgia. His
father. Gen. Sherman. We're he living
would be cordially welcome. But this
military feature is an insult to the
State"
Representative Livingston, Of Geor-
gia. said that he would telegraph Gov.
Terrell. asking him if the reports pub
lished were correct. and IL so, whether
the Governor had filed any protest.
Now. you know, IL Gen. Sherman
were alive and were to go down into
Georgia they would mob him. That's
what they would. despite Senator Ba-
and kindly greeting. The famous old
song marching Through Georgia"
throws the people of Georgia and other
portions of the South into fits. They
would just as soon as not sing Bonnie
Blue Flag" in National Cemetery
dedicated to the Union dead. but don't
you dare sing Shcrman's song down
there and expect TO get away without
insult. 1t has been tried. you see. Yes,
since the return of the rebel flags the
South is forsivinG and forgetting-fast.
Secretary Bonaparte caught cold at
the Paul Jones ceremonies, and has
been quite Ill ever since. On top Of this
IL IS said that he had so severe an at
tack of indigestion as to suggest
ptomaine poisoning.
Have you heard the very. very latest :?
President Roosevelt favors Secretary of
War Taft for the Presidency, and if
Taft is elected, why. President Roose-
there you are.
MIR. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
will sail for Europe June /. Mr.. Long
worth seems to be willing to give Con-
gress half chance. at least, to get its
business done before he leaves the
country for the Summer When the
Longworths reach England they are to
be presented at court by the Reds. the
Emba ssador having planned a series of
entertainments for them also. They are
to have perfectly gorgeous time while
there. and will probably be gone three
or four months.
Commenting on the dispatches from
San Francisco expressing the surprise
OF some members of the Citizens Com
mittee there that only 100000 of the
relief fund of 100000 appropriated
by Congress is still available for relief
work, Acting Secretary Oliver, Of the
War Department. points out that it was
never contemplated that that appro-
priation should be spent directly by the
citizens of San Francisco. The money,
according to the resolutions OF Com
gress. was to be expended by the War
Department: was to reimburse that De-
partment for the rations, tents, blank
cts ETC., belonging to the Army, which
were rushed to San Francisco, and also
purchase other relief stores. The ap-
preparation. Gen. Oliver explained, was
allotted among the various supply bu-
reaus or the Army. certain amounts GO
ing to the COmmissary Bureau. the
Quartermaster's Bureau and the Signal
Corps. the money allotted to the latter
being for the purpose of restoring teIe-
phone and telegraph communication,
etc.
In the five months OF the session the
Congress has passed $50 public laws
Dfiis OF general nature-and about
2,250 pension bills. This promises to be
a record session for many years SO far
as pension legislation is concerned. At
the long session of Congress two years
ago practically 1890 pension bills were
enacted. and IL has been a good many
years since that record was exceeded
Already at the present session that
number has been passed by more than
400. and many more pension measures
are In sight. Most of these have been
signed by the President and now are
laws. III is likely he will sign 900 or
400 more this week. 1t is expected that
the number OF pension bills enacted at
the present session will approximate
5000
The President has not vetoed more
than half a dozen bills at this session
and most or these dealt with new judi
cial districts. created for the purpose
or getting new Judges, District Atte7'-
neys and aIarshals. On the recon-
mendation of the Department of Jus
tice that not many of these court bills
were necessary to the transaction or
public business the President vetoed
them. No pension bills have been ye-
toed, although the President has scru-
tinized each one with care. as he does
all bills.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
skipped by the light OF the moon" the
other night, and like the vcriest pair of
lovers took a sail down the Potomac
to goodness only knows where. They
were gone a day and a night on the
pretty little yacht Sylph, and Just slid
out of Washington quiet like to get rid
of reporters and of people. and they
sure did. They both came back rested.
They left the children at home
The President received call from
party of Pennsylvania school girls the
other day. and I'm this delegation WAS
Miss Augusta Muhlenburg, q descendant
OF the famous fighting parson, Gen.
Peter Muhlenburg. of Revolutionary
Tame, whose statue stands i'm Statuary
Hail. at the Capitol. as one Of Pennsyl-
vania's quota OF great men. Those who
know Miss Muhlenburg say that her
features are exact reproductions of
those shown in the statue of Gen. Muhl-
enburg in the Capitol.
They didn't have the backbone to do
II, the members Of the House, don't Won
know. and so the Government will still
furnish to grateful constituents seeds
and bulbs and SIGH like. or course. #
Is all a bloomin' farce. the seeds won't
grow, nobody ever knew any OF them
to gr0w-but they tickle the vanity of
the recipients, who think they are get
ting a SDacial favor from their oroa,.,