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The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Gossip About Congress
Now It Is to Laugh
At These Statesmen

The failure to obtain a lower berth
on the limited to Miami, Fla, saved
Representatives George w. Smith and
William A. Rodenberg. of Illinois. from
wild goose chase, so to speak The
two Illinois Statesman had planned 20
spend the holiday season at Nassau and
We're 10 surprise their wives by telling
them TO be ready TO take the train in
the morning for Miami so as TO be there
In time TO take the steamer for Nassau.
Mr.. Rodenberg several days ago picked
up folder that. gave a glowing de-
scription OF Nassau and It's exhiIarating
climate, and painted a beautiful picture
OF the trip by steamer. which sailed
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays
The distinguished statesmen went to
the railroad ONCE 10 purchase tickets
The agent was sorry, but the drawing
room had been sold and there was not
a lower berth left; there were uppers TO
give away-fOr the regular price OF
course the ladies would object 10 upper
berths- While debating what should
be done the discovery was made that
the folder was four years old and that
steamers do not leave Miami at this
season of the year for Nassau
The Washington times., 1906-12-19

lations between the United States
and Great Britain.
Certainly Britain has not pro-
dueed. and it may e~en be doubted
whether this country has produced,
a man who has developed a clearer
understanding and appreciation of
American institutions. The genius
of this Government peculiarly ap-
pealed to him, and in The American
Commonwealth" produced what is
still accepted as the standard analy-
sis of the scheme of constitutional
government inaugurated by the
fathers of the Republic.
AS there is to be a revival of aca-
demic discussion, among the consti-
tutional lawyers in the Senate, about
the intent and motive of the Consti-
tuition, il would surely be appro-
pirate that the man who seems 10
have understood it all better than
anybody else, should be sent to lis
ten to this modern revival of an old
controversy. 1t would be a remark
able spectacle. fraught with every
good import for Great Britain, 10
see Federalists and anti-Federal-
lists. Hamiltonians and Jefferson
ians, eentralizationists and their OPP
ponents, figuratively sitting at the
feet of this grand old Englishman
and learning what their government
was intended TO accomplish and by
what methods.
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When Nicholas is Away
Weeks Answers Purpose

Now, show us Nick" invariably be-
gin the lady visitors in the gallery Of the
House nowadays. II should be needless
TO say that they refer 20 the Hon. Mich
.olas LOugwOrth. sOn-in-law OF the Presi-
dent Nearly all OF the time. the answer
runs like this:
oh. yes; les ne see. He doesn't seem
10 be in his sent. on. there he Is over
there: see ths bald-headed man with
the dark mustftche? That's Nick"
Maybe II Is. Then. again, maybe It's
the Hon John Wingate Weeks. OF Mas
.sachusetts. Mr. Weeks answers the
general description given IN the fore
going, but he is. on close inspection.
quite a different looking Congressman
from the Hon. Nicholas
Anyhow, the gallery attendants say
that Mr. Weeks is mistaken for e4r.
LongwOrth about one time in three.
Today the following conversation took
place in the ladies' gallery OF the House;
Now. where Is Mr. LongwCrth2''
That's him over there was the re-
ply, accompanied with gesture. See
the bald man with the mustache2"
The inquirer adjusted her opera glass
es, got a focus, and took "A long, satisfy
ing gaze at the supposed Nick only
II was Mr.. Weeks.
Then she lowered the glasses.
what do you think OF himT' asked
the duenua.
We'll" was the reply. IF I were Alice
I'd hire a new photographer for him.
His pictures don't begin 70 do him JUS
Uce. But then / suppose you can't tell
anything about these newspaper pOr-
traits. anyhow"
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
HALE IS OPPOSED
TO GREATER NAVY
Senator From Maine De-
clares Against Military and
Naval AggrandiZement

Senator Hale Of Maine. chairman of
the Naval Affairs Committee. in the de-
bate in he Senate on the bin increas-
Ing the artillery corps. declared himself
emphatically against the tendency 10
military and naval ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Not only did Senator Hale sharply op-
pose the artillery corps bin but he In
umated plainly he had no sympathy
with the greater navy plans or the ad-
ministration ana did not believe in build
ing Dreadnaughts.
''Two-thirds Of the revenue Of rae
cotltry today are devoted 10 The pay
ment OF the burdens of past wars. Iike
pensions, and expenditure I'm view of
future war declared Senator Hale.
'Of all the taxes that are paid. and all
the revenues collected. two-thirds are
expended Tor the miiitaries 20 a broad
way"
Senator Warren. chairman OF the
Senate Military Affairs COMMITTEE nm
held the bin and said lac ygg::l-. =....=s ,f
before the fOTtiicatiOn bill comes UU "a
ne believed IL useless 70 approximate
Irom S6,vD,0JJ 10 $1,000 900 yearly u in
crease fOFuneeuOHs and then faiI TO
man them- we now have three guns
10 every man. he remarked. land have
expended more than Sl09,0G0g1J iu carry
ing out the scheme OF fortifcsti0ns -e-
commended by the EudicO-t board. and
yet nave made no Increase in the artiI-
lery corps.
Senator Scott spoke Of the new big
guns, now sewed up IN canvas. and sad
they should have adequate care on NO
more should be provided.
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Only Two Survivors,
Uncle Joe and Hazelton

well, Uncle joe are there any more
OF them who go back so far as we do9''
inquired Garry w. Hazelton. Of Mil
waukeee. who more than thirty years
ago was a member OF the House as ne
walked into the Speakers office today.
IL was the occasion OF Mr.. HazeItoa' s
biennial visit 10 the Capital. Thirty
years age he came to Congress and scrv-
ed two terms. representing the Madison,
Wis, district. After figuring on old
times q little while he and Speaker Can
non reached the decision that they were
the only survivors Of that time
Uncle Joe is the only one now n
Congress who was here then" said Mr.
HaZeltOn. and / doubt il there is an
other member OF the FOrty-third and
Forty-fOurth Congresses who is living -
The two old friends visited for a half
hour, and Mr.. HaZeitOu was presented
on the floor To many members. Gen
eral Bingham. who died last summer.
served with the Speaker and myself, 90
he said. 4 think he was the last
Blaine was Speaker when / was a mem
Der. and / heard him make his farewell
speech as Speaker
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SECRET WORTH LEARNING.

you poor man." said Mr.. Henpeok
who was for the first time seeing the in
side of a lunatc asylum. how long
have you been here? Can you remem-
ber?''
'Oh, yes; very WELL" replied the M
tient; seven years. You see, they let
me DO pretty near as I please because
I'm harmless" d"
Are you married2"
Sure, I have q wife who used IN
throw things at me every time I came
in the house"
How sad. Do you know how she
manages to live
She's getting along all right. Her
brother, who is a rich bachelor. is talFin'
care or her. He never would give up
a cent, though, as long as I was able to
work. cOnfOuRd him. ="
And what do you do here?"
Sit around mostly. smokin' and
waitin for the next meal time"
say" said the visitor, speaking soft
ly, and drawing a little nearer to the
patient. Just between ourselves, how
did you get them to send you here2'-
Chicago RecOFd-Herald.
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centennial in cOmmemOration Of the
landing Of the heroic souls at Com
fort has begun. And the guns OF tho
battleships OF other nations, lying at
anchor in Hampton Roads. will thunder
back congratulations and goodwill.
Ihe Voyagers stayed but a short fi,po
at Comfort" sailing I'D the lame
river (which they had renamed from
parties here and there to look for a
suitable site for the colony. Finally on
May Is, 1907, a place was selected the
ak was buried In the trees, and the first
tions of the settlement which US
named jamestown"
The visitor to the jamestown Exposi-
ton Will view what remains of the once
famous colony. The ruins of a chulch
tower. covered with ivy and some nd
tombstones are all the landmarks tl-at
are left
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY

Three hundred years ago today, On
December IS. 1906. there sailed from
Blackwell, England, a tiny fleet consist
ing Of three small boats having on board
lO6 souls. These boats were the Dis
coYerer. the Good Speed. and the
Susan Constant. -Four months later.
on April 26. 1907. after having con-
tended with contrary winds, high seas
and almost mutiny on board, tile party
composed OF gentlemen, carpenters,
and laborers," dlsembarked. planted the
standard OF James I, and named the
landing place "Comfort"-the Old Point
Comfort, Va, OF today.
On April 20. 1907, the guns of the
greatest republic OF the world. will roar
forth a proclamation to the nations of
the earth. and 70 the 100000 inhabi-
tants of the United States, that the ter
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Artificlally Made Vegetables.

It's about time to call a halt. The
American consumer is patient and
long suffering, but there's a limit
and, in our humble opinion, it has
been reached. We have gone on eat
ing stuff and taking it for granted
that it was what the label called for.
until Upton Sinclair lifted the lid
and showed us how we were mis-
taken. But now comes learned
man, one Prof. Leduc. of the Nantes
Medical College, and serves notice
that he has discovered how to make
artificial vegetables. The truck
gardener is t. be put out of bust
ness. The commission merchant will
have TO close shop and the son of
sunny Italy whose wont is to come
down the alley about second nap
time and arouse you with his cry of
'S-t-T-a-w-b-e-T-r-i-e-s. " etc, will have
TO get back to the bOotshining par
lOF.
The details of Prof. Leduc's
scheme are a little vague, but we
gather that he just goes down into
the cellar and makes seeds in pill
form, one part sulphate Of copper
and two parts glucose. They are de-
posted in bOuillon made of gelatine
TO which are added per cent of
ferro-cyanide of potassium and
little sea salt"-and there you are.
There's nothing else TO il. When
you want Georgia peaches, Califor-
MIA grapes, Iowa potatoes, Maryland
sweet corn, Virginia tomatoes, Long
Island asparagus, Michigan celery,
or any other fruit or vegetable that
just suits you, all you have TO do is
to get out the mortar and pestle,
reach for the properly labeled bot
ties, pour in the ingredients, mix
properly, add a little hot water and
serve. 1t viii! be up to the Amer
lean housewife who wants to do
things properly 10 fire her cook and
hire a chemist.
It's getting so that there's moth
ing safe TO chew but the rag.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Wants Half of U. S. Navy
Stationed on the Pacific

With Secretary Metcalf. a California
man, at the head Of the Navy Depart
ment. Senator Perkins of California,
backed by other members Of the dele
CATION from that State. will urge an
important change In the naval policy
He Will insist that half the battleships
OF the country be stationed on the Pa
cific coast or in Pacific waters. He also
Will urge that the Navy Department.
with the necessary legislation by Con-
gress, build up a great naval station
and yard at Mare Island, San Fran
cisco. or at BTementon. Wash.
Senator Perkins further wants at least
one war vessel 10 be at all times in
process of construction at this enlarged
naval station. and all Transports on the
Pacific repaired there. 10 IS insisted by
Senator Perkins that in favoring this
new policy he is not moved by fear or
war with Japan.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
NUTMEGERS PLAN
GOOD OLD TINE
To Eat Apples From Home
With Republican Asso-
citation.

What promises 10 be the largest and
most representative gathering Of the
Connecticut residents OF this city viii
participate in the annual informal
smoker and jollihcation of the Connect
cut Republican Association this evening
at Grand Army Hall, 1nz Pennsylvania
avenue, commencing at 3 clock.
Among those who viii address the
meeting are Senators BuIkeIey and
Brandegee, Representative Henry. Hill,
Sperry. Lliley, Higgins and Hon J.
Hampton Moore, n c.. from PenusyI-
vania. besides other prominent Connec-
ticut people who VIII be present The
members of the executive committee OF
the District Of Columbia League of State
Clubs viii attend, representing eleven
State associations.
Music, refreshments. cigars. a barrel
Of Connecticut apples and an aIl-arouud
good time in Yankee style with every
thing informal viii he the order OF the
evening Everybody from Connecticut
is invited.
The reception committee is composed
OF Fred J. Brennan. W. ". Chase
Charles A Prairie. j. +. Hengsuer
Spencer Bliss. II. ". GAYLORD. IL ".
Porter, T. 4. Bushnell. John II. Buck
lngham, Charles T. ElackmuF, James
D Troy, K. 4 Pendletsn. James Ralph.
a. NJ. LeMerle, T. y. Nichols. Samuel
Morris, J. C. Lesher. W. A. Country
man. Charles H Leroy. William Todd
Seward. Charles T. Hooks. Charles =.
Greenwood, Thomas T. Tracey. W. a
Gallager. Emery Thompson. Charles W.
G. Nelson, +. h. Ripley. William +
Horton, + a Warueld, John Reding.
Michael Morgan. William f. Peck. Ed
ward W. Whitaker. James l. Duncan.
Fred a. Palmer. @. H Hamilton. r. 4.
Just, W. @. Lang, James Boyce, and
Joseph Boyce.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
FOR BRIGHTNOOD
Citizens Are Informed That
Apparatus Is on Its
Way.

BrightwOOd avenue soon viii be illu-
minated by electric lights.
At the last meeting Of the Brightwood
Citizens Association resolution re
questing electric lights was drawn up
and forwarded TO the District Comnis-
sioners, with a letter from President
Louis P. Shoemaker urging that the
matter be attended 10 at once. The
resolution and letter from President
Shoemaker cite instances where human
life has been sacrificed because of the
darkness, where horses have been killed
and vehicles demolished.
Walter c. Allen, electrical engineer. to
whom the Commissioners referred the
communications, said that apparatus
for BrightwOod had been ordered some
time ago, and that as soon as the
globes arrived they would be put in
place.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19

merits or tape used for measuring pur-
posses. He asserted that a composition
tape. made principally Of nickel. was
much stronger and would stretch less
than one made of steel. A discussion
OF some length followed the reading Of
the papers
Those who were elected to office for
the ensuing year are: r II. Newell
president; o. II. Tittman, vice presi-
oent; l.. d Bliss, secretary; David Nc
Comb, treasurer; and Rear Admiral Nv.
l. Capps, Arthur p. Davis, p. l..
Dougherty, John Il Hanna, David II.
Day, and Alfred Raynal, directors.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
STATION WORK
TO BE DONE ON TIME

Senator Gallinger, Of the Senate Dis
triet Committee, called up in the Senate
late yesterday afternoon the bill he
introduced last April authorizing
changes in certain street railway tracks
within the District of Columbia and for
other purposes" The bin is intended to
give the various street railway com
panies opportunity to reach the new
union station.
After considerable discussion the SEN
ate disagreed and the bill went over.
In the debate Senator Gallinger
brought out the fact. when questioned
by Senator Cullom, that the union sta
tion would be finished in the time al
lowed by Congress-
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A NEAR-FABLE.

There was once a man who was fear
than he was paid for. He was one OF
the ''watch-the-clock" sort of men. He
used to laugh at his feilow-workmen
Tor doing little more than their duties
demanded. One day a lot OF men were
laid on because times were dull He
was No. J on the lay-off list, and when
they began TO take them back again
somehow he wasn't called The fac
tory seemed to flourish pretty we'll witt
out him and his fellow -workmen mad3
even better wages Jnan ever before
bloral-To get your share do "a little
more than your share
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Fighting a Coal Trust.

/ The withdrawal by the President
of all coal lands in the West and
Northwest from entry seems to have
had the effect of checking, with the
prospect of ending, the operations
of a coal trust that had a very
healthy prospect of securing almost
absolute control of all of the fuel
supply of the country that is not
already dominated by the coal trust
which controls the Pennsylvania an
thracite region, and its ally, the
Standard Oil interests. The expose
made by Secretary Hitchcock of the
operations of these coal syndicates
IS one of the most start ing that has
developed as a result of the investi-
cations that have been going on by
his department for several years. 1t
appears that two of the Western
railroad companies, by false entries,
oppression, open bribery, and coer-
ciOn had secured partial control of
coal lands valued at many millions
of dollars and had plans well laid for
taking everything else in that line
not yet pre-empted.
All through the West these syn
dicates have hired men TO enter up
on coal lands, pay the entry fee and
then transfer their property and
holdings TO the roads and their
agents. Suits have been commenced
to oust these companies from pos
sessions obtained by such means and
there is a healthy prospect that
these valuable lands win eventually
be restored TO the public domain and
made available for purchase or oc-
eupatiOn by bona 1de settlers and
Independent operators who will de-
velop the property, free from the
control and domination of the syn
dicates. The reports that hun
dreds of families in the DakOtas and
other parts of the Northwest are in
danger of freezing on account of a
fuel famine is a strong rebuke TO
the existing commercial conditions,
as Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and
Idaho are known to be immensely
rich in coal fields. within very ac-
cessible distances from the regions
in which the fuel famine prevails.
The whole difficulty rests in the
fact, clearly established. that the
Independent operators have been
driven from these coal fields and
that the trust operators have re-
fused to furnish coal for the home
markets, compelling the residents of
the DakOtas to buy their coal from
Eastern markets, while the WyOm-
ing, Utah, and Colorado coal has
been shipped to the East, giving the
railroads the long haul in each case,
while the consumer pays the freight.
There is no question that the de-
velopment of the Western States
has been seriously retarded by this
policy on the part of the railroads
in manipulating the fuel market, and
If the present plans of the officials
of the Interior Department and the
Department of Justice are carried
out a monopoly viii be- broken up
and the honest residents of the West
viii be the benehciaries. The de-
mand for the prosecution of the
Western coal trust is imperative.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Ambassador James Bryce.

It would be hard to find a man
better fitted in all ways to repre-
sent the English government as am
bassador in Washington than DR..
James Bryce, upon whom, according
to report from London, after much
wavering as among other suggested
candidates for this important post,
the choice is likely to fan. 1t has
been the wish of the Campbell-Ban-
herman government TO make the
very best selection for this post be-
cause of the great and increasing
Importance to both countries Of re-
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
ENGINEERS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
Washington Society Hears
Papers by E. E. Grunsky
and O. B. French.

Election of officers for the year and
the discussion OF several matters of
Importance to the engineering world
constituted the business OF the Wash
ingtOn Society OF Engineers at its an
nual meeting. which was held in Hub
bard Memorial Hall last night. z. E.
Grunsl0y, consulting engineer of the Re-
clamaticn Service, and o. B. French
read technical papers OF interest.
THE Colorado River Break" was the
subject of Mr.. Grunsky's paper. This
described in full the recent break of
the ievee which cAusedd the Colorado
river 10 flow over the Salton desert and
form what is now known as the SaIton
8. B. French discussed the relative
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
THE WASHINGTON TIMES WEDNESDAY, DECEABER 10, 1906
FOR SHIVFRS
IN TABLOID FORM

A title is not an expensive luSnry. but
al expensive misery
OF course. girls are just as fond of
Kissing as young men, but they are apt
70 be more particular.
We may have a woman for President,
but never at the head OF the secret ser
vice.
Courtesy is lonesome In a crowded
street car.
You can run into debt but it Is a
long, painful and slow walk out Of II.
II certainly is a cruel wOrld-few peO-
pie would care how man suffered for
his sins II no enc else had TO suffer for
hem, too.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
Over Executive Offices.

The rink is on the new roof over
the servants quarters. connecting the
White House proper with the executive
Offices. During the Presidents absence
last summer the old tiIing. which had
grown rough, was pulled of and a
smooth concrete roofing was put on
The roof now Is smooth as a
hardwood floor and practically as level
All about it is fringed with evergreen
trees. which have taken the place OF the
palms that bordered II IN The summer.
On this roof the President frequently
walks-for exercise, fresh air. and 10
think out puzzllng problems. Instead OF
pacing the floor OF his office while In a
brown study. frequently. when the
weather is not too severe, he may be
seen pacing the roof. Under clear sky
or in the rain, filing his lungs with the
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
WHITE HOUSE ROOF RINK FOR
SKATING ROOSEVELT BOYS

fresh ozone, the President has arrived
al important conclusions on the roof
Last spring he walked the roof bare
headed for fifteen minutes with secra-
tary Taft. during which he consented T.,
accept the declination OF the Secretary
OF War 10 go on the bench OF the United
states Supreme Court. The President
frequently has been seen pacing the roof
since his return. sometimes with Cabinet
members. and again with Senators or
Representative.
Tag With President.
Every evening as soon as school is out.
the Presidents two sons. who are I'm
Washington. hurry to the roof with a
Few or their friends and the skating
sport Is on. Sometimes they Iutarcanr
me President on his way between his
office and the White House. play tag"
with MIN. and attempt to close up his
means OF escape. Apparently, he enjoys
IL as much as tbs youngsters.
Nhile Quentin has been fond OF ponv
riding and bicycling. Archie has been q
devotee or the roller skate for some
Time Last spring he was COMMONLY
seen In Executive avenue. alongside the
Executive Offices and the State. Wa
-4AN navy DultIlngs skating with his
friends. Among his closest companions
are Phelps and Barnes Newberry. the
twin sons OF the Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy. who are now up North at
school. The latter had taken to base
ban' and on the opening daz OF the BAH
season their father told them they
could either go 10 the ball game or have
a new pair of roller skates, for which
they had long been teasing him.
they accepted the skates. and Archie
went down to make the seIect!sus FOR
Tor them. II was great sport in Ex-
ecutive avenue for a few minutes. f1t
in race down grade and an attempt 10
dodge an automobile. the two Newberrv
boys were piled together. Barnes lost
a tooth and had a badly lacerated face
while Phelps suffered broken arm.
Archie made himself the hero of the
occasion by administering FIRST aid n
the injured" and he took them across
to their fathers Office, where their
wounds were dressed and they we're sent
home.
The Washington times., 1906-12-19
NAME DISTRICT DELEGATES
TO COMMERCE CONVENTION

The following delegates have heen ap-
pointed 10 represent the District Of Col
umbia in the National Convention for
the Extension of Foreign Commerce Of
the United States, 10 be held at the New
Willard Hotel, beginning at 1880 O'Clock
I'm the forenoon. Monday, January IA.
laT:)-John NJ Wilson, James f. oyster.
Charles J. Bell. John Joy Edison. John
r. Mclean, Scott c. Bone, Theodore w
Noyes. Edgar d. Shaw. J. Howard Gore
and H L. T.. Johnson.