The National tribune., 1906-05-17

Well, We'll!
This is one of the stories which Sec
retary Taft tells to describe the domi-
neering statesman:
HE fills men with dread. They quail
before him. They can't call their souls
their own in his presence. Altogether
he makes me think of a waiter l once
met in the West.
'In small Western town many
years ago / put up at the Palace Hotel
Il was assigned to room. There
was no water nor towels in the room
and / rang.
There was no reply.
Il rang again.
''Still no reply.
And again and again and yet again
[ rang. and finally a waiter appeared
This waiter was a robust man oil
stern and forbidding aspect.
Ibid you ring?' he said, in rum
bling bass voice.
"I did, / answered.
"'Well. don't do it again. said the
waiter, with a menacing scowl, as he
withdrew"
Representative and Mrs. Longworth,
while IN Cincinnati, and Miss Marion
Harrison and Tyler Fields, one of Mr..
Longworths chums, were held up on
Madison avenue shortly before mid
night by two policemen for alleged
violation of the automobile speed ordi-
nance. The officers took possession of
the machine. arrested Fields, and left
the rest of the party to get home az
best it could.
James r. Day. Chancellor of Syra-
cuse University of New York, evident
ly differs with the President from the
following, which is culled from several
sNf oh aGts nf
Chief Executive which Day delivered
in defense of Standard Oil:
"It is an amazing biunder for our
Chief Executive to ride into the Senate
with a roundup of the commercial in
terests in which hundreds of thousands
of people have their investments, which
threatens the permanency of great cor
poration interests, before hearing a
word which the representatives of these
vast interests may have to say for
themselves.
TT is an amazing blunder for the
President to exceed his constituted
rights and the judicial functions of his
office and attack the integrity of the
decision of a Judge in a popular in
terview. as he did the other day, if our
Federal Courts are to act independent
ly and without fear"
Senator Allison, who has been quite
ill, was able to be in his seat a portion
of the time the latter part of the week.
Senator German, of Maryland. has been
a very sick man for a long time, but his
physician denies that the Maryland
Senator's condition is at all dangerous.
Just the same it is doubtful If Senator
German will ever take up the reins OF
leadership in the United States Senate
again, and so the Democratic Party in
that body loses its leader. 1t does not
look just now as though there is any
body to pick up his mantle either.
Secretary Taft has issued an order
designed to reduce to a minimum the
volume of the annual reports of mill
tary commanders and Chiefs of Staff bu-
reaus for the current fiscal year. He be-
lieves that altogether too much litera-
ture is published each year from The
War Department, and that the time
has come for discouraging prolixity in
such documents. 1t has been decided
there shall be careful revision of re-
ports by every author in order to con-
fine the official statements and COM
ments to the least possible space.
Senator Gearin. of Oregon. called
upon the Acting Secretary of the Navy
last week, and requested that naval
vessel be sent to Portland the latter
part of this month. during the celebra-
ton al that place. Mr.. NewDerry prom
ised to make the order, il the ship
could be spared from duty at San
Francisco. where all of the sailors and
marines of the Pacific fleet are now en-
gagged in relief.
The House Committee on Territories
has authorized a favorable report on
a bill granting to the Alaska Central
Railway 500 acres of land AMI rGliev-
ing it from the license tax of 800 a
mile during construction and five years
after completion. The road is to run
from Seward to Fairba uks.
This from Speaker Cannon on the
eve of his 10th birthday is worth the
of men who hope to reach
his age and more.
THE "reminiscences which come with
the 10th birthday are in the main pleas
ant, but / am thankful that the duties
of the present give but little tine for
and / am still more
thankful that / have not entirely lost
cs pacity for the building of castles in
Spain In fact. / have been so busy
for the last 10 years | haven't had time
to stop and think how il feels to be 30
or so years old or young. OF course.
/ should be glad 10 live to the age Of
il III lHS LaCOulu Coil-
tinue to be useful But when the time
comes for me to go, l can lift my hat
and say good-hy with the assurance
that | have lived in the 20 years of
greatest progress-measured by re-
sults--the world has known, and with
the confidence that the next 20 will
show as much, or even greater, prog
ress."
Henry B. F. Macfarland, who was
appointed by the President for a third
term as Commissioner of the District
of Columbia, and who has been one of
the most capable and efficient Commits
sioners the District has ever had. took
the oath of office last week for another
Two years. Commissioner Macfarland
was one of the foremost OF the Wash
ington correspondents when he accept
ed the Commissionership, and under
stood public men and public measures
thoroughly. This has helped him to fill
the office of Mayor of Washington
most acceptably.
Postmaster-G Cortelyou has
recommended to Congress the appoint
ment Of a Commission to inquire into
the subject of second-class mail mat
ter. with a view to ascertaining what
notifications Of the present second
class laws are necessary, the Commits
sion to render its report to Congress
not later than Dec. 10.
In order that all interests shall be
represented he has recommended that
the Commission consist of seven per-
sons and be made up as follows: One
Senator, selected by the President of
the Senate; one Representative. select
ed by the Speaker of the House: one
officer of the Post-Ohice Department,