The National tribune., 1907-12-12

young Logan Tucker got married the
other day. His family didn't approve
of his marriage to Mrs. Mary h.
Broome at all. She Is older than he
by some years. and then there Were
other reasons, it is said, why Mrs. John
A. Logan, his grandmother, and his
parents Maj. and Mrs. Tucker, object
ed. Perhaps it would be more correct
to say why his mother objected as
it is not known that his father said
anything about it. The sensation was
that the life of Mrs. Broome had been
threatened SO she said, and so When
they went to the Metropolitan NJ. E.
Church to be married detectives were
there watching every exit, lest some
unbidden guest get in. A tramp got
into the church before the people be-
gan to arrive, but he was speedily
shooed out. That was the only dis
turbance, however. The wedding pass
ed off very quietly. The groom is a
grandson of Gen. John (. Logan, and
is Lieutenant in the U. S NJ. c. They
departed almost Immediately for Cuba,
where Lieut.. Tucker is stationed.
It took exactly two hours and 20
minutes to read the Presidents mes
sage to the House and one-half hour
less TO the Senate, and it was practical
1y that much time wasted, for every
member of the two Houses had the
message in print, and most of them
loafed into the cloak rooms, where they
could glance at the message now and
then if they liked. Reading things in
the House is a good deal like pouring
water in a gopher hole; it doesn't hurt
the gopher, but it makes the fellow
who is pouring the water mighty tired. |
1t is the longest Presidential message
on record by long odds.
Lady Cecilia Howard. a Washington
belle of former days, died at the Brit
fsh Legation, The Hague. last week.
Lady Howard was the daughter of Geo. |
W. Riggs, of Washington, and has a
son and two sisters living here. She i
was married here in 1861.
Representative Jim Watson, of the |
Sixth Indiana Deestrict, is sure enough |
going to quit Congress. He says he
can't afford to come to Washington to |
live as an NJ. c., despite the advance |
in salary, but he has 'opes, don't you
know, that he may become Governor of |
Indiana. He will make a good one. |
He has been the Republican whip of
the House for several years and most |
efficient. The leaders will have trouble |
in finding another as good
Now, don't you know Senator Platt
was in his seat on opening day, just |
like any kid. He is looking much bet
ter than he did last session, but he is
so feeble that he has to be helped to |
and from his carriage.
Justice Brewer, of the United States
Supreme Court. says that the President
is playing hide-and-seek with the
nomination"
Hon. Frank Wayland Palmer, former
Public Printer, died at his home in
Chicago last week During his life he
" a n ma mo har nj
gress, Postmaster of Chicago, and later
became Public Printer 1t was while
he was Public Printer that typesetting
machines were installed for the first
time in the Government Printing Office,
and the row it raised with the labor
unions nearly wrecked the Government
for a time. The machines Were sent
to the junk room, where they remained
for years, but public opinion demand
ed the latest methods in the G. P. o.,
and the machines came back into the
composing room, but they We're by that
time almost obsolete, and had to be
finally thrown aside for new ones of
more up-to-date make. This caused |
more or less of a scandal, and Palmer
finally resigned. He was good to the
veterans, and man whom everybody
liked, but his leaning was toward lax-
ness of discipline, and desire to "hush
things up" so that nobody would have
any trouble.
Embassador Aoki has been called
home by JAPAN. Now, what does that
mean? Don't everybody answer at
once. He has proved a very accept
able man here, well liked and always
the gentleman as well as the diplomat
1t is stated at the Embassy that he Is
not recalled, but that Japan feels that
he is needed at home to explain
things American, about exclusion acts
Drf nf i- e-asl
that his knowledge and wise counsel
may avert a crisis. 1t is strenuously
denied that he is recalled. tho it is
stated that he may not return. It is
safe to bet that there are urgent rea-
sons why he is called home.
Representative Foss, of Illinois. is
pretty disconsolate. He is SO Repub-
lican that he feels kind of disgrace
in having to sit on the Democratic side
of the House, but to be forced to sit |
between two Democrats is just a little
too much. He drew the very last seat,
and there was not even place for him
in the Cherokee strip the rows of
seats on the far side of the Democratic
side Of the House which are reserved
for the overflow from the majority
party. The only seat left is among the
Democrats, and at last account he was
standing round like a poor boy at a
husking, looking over the aras at his
more lucky confreres He had nearly
decided that he would go thru this ses-
sion standing.
a boy, a feather bed and a lighted
match the other day started a real nice
fire. The boy was mad at his mother,
and threw the lighted match into the
feather bed to get even with her. A
big fire was narrowly averted, and in
stead of giving that youngster thrash
ing that he would not forget until he
could sit down again the mother gath
cred the kid up in her arms and bel
lowed over him. There are times when
nothing but strap OIL" as it used to
be called, viii have any curative effect
on the kids of the country.
Senator Culberson, of Texas has been
elected minority leader of the United
States Senate. The minority has had
no leader since the death of Senator
German. Bailey is here, and outwardly
at least there is harmony between him
self and Senator Culberson, but you
can't most always sometimes tell
Representative Sherman, of New
York, has been appointed on the Com
mittee on Rules of the House to sue
ceed former Representative Gen. Gros-
venor, of Ohio. 1t is an appointment
that will probably be eminently pleas