The National tribune., 1907-03-07
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Washington during the early part q
Anril for Il trip which will take him
Cuba. Porto Rico and Panama. p'
tailed arrangements for the journc,
have not been completed.
1t has been previously announce
thrt rho cecreiary would go 10 Pa"a"'
but It was only recently Chat i be-
came known that he had bc@r Instruct
o.; by the President to VISIT tuba IN
Porto Rico also. His visit to Havana
which will he for about three days, i
the most Interesting of all. II WAS sal
that the fact that Mr.. Taft is /" go 1t
Havana does not necessarily m-an thai
the Cuban situation is particularly crit
zeal or especially in need of his per
sonal attention
But conditions down there are sucr
that Secretary Taft wants to get :;
chance FOR an investigation of his oWh
Texas does queer things. too: that l.
her Legislature does After spendins
oodies of time investigating Senate
Bailey. to say nothing of money that L
cost. the committee of the House. am
then the Committee of the Senate. o'
Texas. proceeded TO get busy preparing
q report of the same. but the tive
Houses got busy also, and concluded i
not worth while TO wait for the corn
acqufttal for the Senator from Texas
They did not wait to hear the evidence
at all Let's see. isn't it down in Texas
that they hang alleged horse thieves.
and investigate them afterward? Ihis
sounds something like that. Senator
Bailey wanted TO hurry back In Wash
ington to he sworn in before March
fih. or he could draw no salary for
the time intervening between March
4 = 1it.ar lon
The House has accepted the formal
invitation of President Harry St George
Tucker. of the jamestown Exposition
10 attend ;ic formal opening of the ter
centennial of the settlement of James
town, April sc. and adopted a resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Maynard, of Virgin
ia. that ten Senators and fifteen Rep,
resentatives Of the 59th Congress b.
appointed to attend the same.
The President has decided to appoin
David P. Dwyer Federal Judge Of thu
Eastern District of Missouri He nov
occupies the position. of United States
District Attorney for that district.
They do funny things in the Senate
sometimes. too. Senator Overman arose
to speak on some hill.
MIR. President" saia Mr. Overman
addressing the Chair.
THE Senator from North Carolina.
said Mr.. Frye, rising in his place anC
bowing
Then fr turned in some confusion
and addressed Vice President Fair
banks.
Il must beg the Chairs pardon. h
said II thought for the moment tina
was acting as President of the Sen
ate,''
Mr.. Fairbanks accepted the apolog
with a graceful bow.
AR FRYE has been President pro tenn
pore of the Senate for many wears, ant
presided over It's deliberations for 81
long when there MAS no Vice Presiden
TO perform the duty that ii is almos
tors ,geod-naturctily chaffed the junior
Senator from Maine on his abs entInind
ednegs, but he seemed to take it il
good part
James Bryce. the British E,mbassa
dor, accompanied by Esme Howard
Chancellor or the British Embassy. wa
an Interested spectator of the Senat
proceedings the day after his arrival
from the diplomatic gallery. The au
thor of .'rhe American Common
wealth. took his seat in the CALLER
about 5 O'Clock. He vas soon recog
niZed by Senator Knox, OF Pennsyl
vania. who called the attention of som
OF his colleagues to the distinguishe
visitor.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. wa
making a speech demonstrating wit
Senator Beyeridse Of Indiana. for ask
ing that the hill disposing of the No
hei peace prize, awarded TO The Presi
dent go over, Embassador Bryc
pointed oDt Mr Lodge to his compan
ion, and seemed much interested i
what he was saying. The visitors re
rained only 10 minutes.
This is what Afr. Landis Und.) think
of the President, as he told ii at n ban
quot in Philadelphia the other night:
4 cannot Disguise my admiration 10
President Roosevelt ] admire his can
dor. his fearlessness. his honest i'm
pulses, and his integrity, and i.e wi
occupy = unique place in history TIL
people believe in him. and will trIy
him"
Another International marriage wa
celebrated in Washington last week
very pretty. very rich and very charm
ing Young dehutante. Miss India Bel
Vedder Fleming, was married 10 Senc
Don Luis Corea. Minister from Nica
aqua. And thereby hangs a tale, NJ
very pretty one, either. The SenC
Don Luis. etc, IS tiny little bit of
man. Just g nhckct edition Of man,
fact about five feet high. and he lool
k~ doll man in his gay diplomat
Uniform He iS extremely dark. and lla
crinkly black hair-and thereby hans
another tale. This same gentIenla
was engaged FOR . few months TO Mr.
lliah Dunlap Jordan. a rich handson
Young widnw-weii. maybe 1t was froi
Atlanta, Ga, she came. She was abol
a hundred pounds bigger than her love
and this was made more evident cac
time they appeared in company togeti
er. She was regal in apDcarlnc
qucenly in stylr. and when he trott,
around with her he looked Ike :, pa,
dancing attendance upon her He too
her 10 two or three diplomatic rece
tons and other functions here, aud Nj
Jordan found that South Americs
Minister Gidn't amount TO as much
the Diplomatic Corps as one of Il
House Messengers. Il was said tn
she was accepting him because 81
thought : would give her the ent
to high life in Washington. She fouT
that il wouldn't and then there can
a story. and this is the tale spoken
thai Sennr Don Luis, etc. WAS pa
negro That aid the business al ono
Mrs. Jordan went back home and so,
1t was learned that the marriage W
Of 1t is said that Scnor Corea prov,
TO the satisfaction OF all that his bio
il pure OF with the old love he foul
another upon whom 10 lavish his affe
fiouS and Miss Fleming is nn,,, .. ,,u