The National tribune., 1906-01-25

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Mr.. Cleveland was not at all WELL" they
did not go to the funeral Of the Rev.
Mr.. Cleveland. AS remembered here In
Washington, President Cleveland and
the brother preacher, or the preacher
brother. did not "gee" very we'll, and
that may account. 1t Is only very
few days since Mr.. Cleveland, ex-Presi-
dent, was perfectly able to go duck
hunting.
Senator Bracket, of the New York
State Senate, who reintroduced his
States senator Depew, and the
request that he be asked to re-
sign in the State Senate last week,
Senator Brockett, of the New State
Senate, reintroduced his resolution of
censure of United States Senator De-
pew, and the request that he be asked
to resign in the State Senate last week.
had the song and dance all to himself.
The Democrats declined to mix. saying
that they were not responsible for Sem
ator Depew, and that they waned to
see the Republicans attend to their own
business. Senator Bracket herded
alone in his harsh criticism of Senator
Depew, and was severely arraigned for
his speech by several Republicans who
spoke for and defended Senator Depew
On the vote the Democrats kept still
and the Republicans voted down the
resolution. as it might have been ex-
pected they would. Senator Bracket S
was the only voice i'm favor of his reso-
luton.
Queen Lis at it again. Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks laid before the Senate
a long brief of more than 100 typewrit-
ten pages, and a letter from former
Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii. show
ing the loss she sustained through the
deprivation of her sovereignty and
crown lands by the United States. The
former Queen prays that she may be
dealt with lin a spirit of luminous
equity" and closes her letter by say
ing, May the Judge of all judges guide
you in all your dealings"
A bill for the construction of a me-
mortal bridge across the Potomac River
to Arlington, to cost $5,000,000, was
passed by the Senate last Wednesday.
The bill carries an immediate appro-
priation of 100000 to start the work.
Senator Daniel. the father OF the
measure, which has been hanging fire
for 10 years, and has passed the Senate
three times, called it up. He said he
believed the project for a grand me-
mortal bridge connecting the North and
South had waited long enough. Sena-
tor McCumber called attention to the
$40, 900, 900 deficit in the Treasury, but
Senator Gallinger Chairman of the Dis
trict Committee, from which the bill
was favorably recommended month
ago, said he hoped there would be no
objection.
The other night the Speaker of the
House of Representatives Of the United
States Congress gave reception. 1t
was the greatest reception known in
history to have been given by the
Speaker of the House. 1t is, in fact,
the only reception known to have been
given by a Speaker of the House in
honor of the Numbers of Congress. and
to men alone. The Speaker invited to
meet the members of the House, the
Supreme Court of the United States,
the Members of the Cabinet, the United
States Senate, and the correspondents
of the Press Galleries of Congress-
They were all there. every mothers son
of 'em who could get a dress suit and
was able to be out of bed. Such an
array of dress suits and dignity sure
never held forth in the Capital of the
Nation before. 1t was man party, not
a petticoat in sight throughout the
evening. There was just as many palms
and flowers as though the reception
had. been for "milady" and the rich
vivands were just as daintily prepared
as if for "her highness taste, and taxi
Ing 1T altogether ii was a great occa-
sion. Mr. Speaker never went to be a
society man, but when he has to. he
can do it to the Queens taste and even
lay aside his half-chewed cigar for the
time being. He can say pretty moth
ings just as glibly as the veriest male
bird in the whole male contingent Of
society flutterers, and say them with
such an air, don't you knOw-this
among women. Among men--well.
with which he greeted his
men establishments and Republi-
cans, Stand Patters, Insurgents. and
all; they were Of one complexion so far
as he was concerned on this particular
evening, and this reception Of Mr..
Speakers was without doubt one of the
most enjoyable events of the year to
the men who were there.
The President was not there. 1t does
not accord with official etiquet for him
to appear at private receptions. yet 1t
does not look as though the Speaker of
the House could be styled private"
At any rate, the President
was not at the reception.
Apropos OF the reception. 1T is said
that the House of Representatives IS
growing more and more Jealous Of the
usurping power of the United States
Senate and of the Chief Executive. and
that the members decided to take adj
of the reception to draw closer
10 the Speaker and uphold his hands
TO a man in demanding that neither
President nor Senate undertake to cur
tail the power of that mighty body.
The members declare that the Consti
tuition delegated to them certain 'un-
alienable" rights and that they mean
to maintain them despite the evident
of the Senate to "steal"
those powers in inch bits. SO that the
taking will not hurt so much. 1t is
fact that the Speaker has
for years been inveighing against the
servile manner in which the House sub
mitted to the Senate's encroachments on
the privileges and constitutional rights
Of the lower House OF Congress, and that
he often declared from the floor that
If he ever occupied the chair Of Speaker
he would see some hot places connected
by ice bridges before he would yield
to the Senate one jot or little Of the
Of the House. AS Speaker
he has tried to do this, but when the
majority of the House wills and votes
against him, what can he do? He is
only one man, and Speaker by vote of
the majority, and he isn't a car any
further than the members stay with
him.