The National tribune., 1906-06-21

has added twelve hours to that time,
making 36 hours that cattle can be
kept by shippers in the cars without
food, water or rest. 1t is outrageous
A United States Senator gets a crouch
that lasts 16 hours if he is kept from
his dinner 36 minutes Yet he has
good breakfast good lunch. with var
ious kinds of liquid refreshments in be-
tween. He raises cain if his fine car
riage horses are not carefully fed on
the hour, and watered every hour or
two when being driven, yet he condemns
poor dumb cattle to go SO hours with
out rest, food or water. Sometimes
things do not gee, and cruelty to ami
mails is quite as Ingei: of crime as
cruelty to people who can talk and make
their miseries known.
And now they say Congress will ad-
journ June 28 or thereabouts.
Senator William Pinkney Whyte, of
Maryland, has a good memory. While
Senator Knoxs bill granting National
incorporation to the Lake Erie & Ohio
River Canal Company was under con-
sideration in the Senate, Senator Whyte
thought he recognized a familiar note
in il.
why, I remember that BILL" said he
privately. Il made a speech against 1t
in the 40th Congress 3S years ago, and
killed it with a constitutional argu-
ment"
Mr.. Whyte explained that the subject
of granting National incorporation to
Interstate canals was proposed in the
Federal Constitutional Convention and
rejected on the grounds that the States
ought to grant these charters.
Congress is in favor of sea-levei
canal. and the President says he will
veto such a bill if passed. 1t is thought
that Congress-and Congress means
both House and Senate-would be very
glad to accept the Wadsworth Meat In
spection bill, but the President says that
he thinks he will veto that. A Western
member of Congress suggests that 1t
will save time, lots of worry and hard
work to have the President draft the
bills he win be pleased to sign, and just
send them in to Congress.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, is not in the
very best physical condition, having
been indisposed for several weeks. al
though in the Senate Chamber most of
the time. He characterizes his ailment
as Just a cold
Our bonnie Alice is winning deserved
to US through authentic sources that al
though she sat next the King of Eng
land" at a dinner given in her honor by
ambassador Reid, she remains the
simple, unaffected girl we know best.
That is exactly what We expected. AT
the reception which followed Miss Alice
wore yellow crepe simply made in long
flowing lines. and her only jewels We're
in a dog collar of diamonds.
1t is announced at the Treasury De-
partment that the receipts from customs
for the present fiscal year already as-
gregate $2S5,351.32 although there are
Is days remaining to complete the full
year. This is an excess of nearly ST.
900. 900 over the receipts for any pre-
vious year.
1t is predicted that by June 80 the
excess over the receipts of last year will
reach S40.000,000. The second highest
amount of receipts were those of 1903.
or $2S4,497.5S1. a remarkable increase
in internal-revenue receipts is also
shown by present reports.
Maj. Hugh L Scott. 18th Cav
airy. now in the Philippines, has been
selected by Secretary Taft to succeed
Brig.-Gen. Albert L. Mills as Superin-
tendent of the Military Academy, who
is to be given the command of an Army
department, probably III the fnliip-
pines.
Gen. Mills already has served more
than five years as Superintendent, and
resumes line duty by his own desire.
Congressman Hepburn was nominated
by reclamation at the Eighth District
Republican Convention of Iowa last
week Resolutions were adopted in
dorsing President Roosevelt, IOwa's two
members of his Cabinet, and the Iowa
delegation in Congress.
Col. Hepburn was enthusiastically !
commended, especially "for great assist |
ance r-1dered the President in the rail-
road-rate fight"
A review of the business OF the Su- !
preme Court of the United States for |
the term 1905-06, which has jusi closed, |
shows that 463 cases, or 81 more than
in the previous term, were disposed of. |
Four hundred and eighty-eight cases
were added during the term. and 305
cases are still in the docket. For the |
first time in 35 years the Court reached |
cases in the regular call within IL |
months of the date of filing.
The bronze doors of the new Capitol
at Harrisburg bear portraits of the late |
Senator Quay and the present Senator |
Penrose and of Senator Clark. of Mon |
tana, proprietor of the works at which |
these were cast. Pennsylvanians have
learned of this combination for the first
time and with mingled emotions Of as
.onishE snt.