The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-02

senator DepeW SalQ on MS 'ou p'i III
day. when talking to a lot of Republican
women whose guest he was: Let the
women vote" Now. the Senator is foxy.
He knows very we'll that if he wanted
anything. and women voted, that the
other fellow wouldn't stand the ghost Of
a show.
The Rhode Island Assembly finally
adjourned without electing a United
States Senator 1t will not again con-
vene until January. 1908. 1t is stated
that in all 81 fruitless ballots were TAX
en-.
Mrs. Charles F. Crisp, widow of the
late Speaker Crisp, of the National
House of Representatives, died at her
home in Americas, Ga, last week. aged
So. Mrs. Crisp was a pretty, quiet
little woman, who was simply scared
to death with the responsibilities of her
position as wife of the Speaker of the
House, and never could be induced to
take any part in society other than what
was forced upon her by the necessities
of the hour.
The Treasury Department is to have
q piece of new dress. When the grand
old building was first erected in a spasm
of StingineSS the columns on the east
front along 18th street were made of
common sandstone. These do not look
like the remainder of the columns, as
the others are of granite, and beside
that they are crumbling and positively
dangerous to passerS-by. Congress ap-
propriated about 100000 to replace
these and to repair the building, which
needs attention badly. The granite col
umns will be of one piece granite and
each will weigh hundreds of tons. There
are 80 to be put in. The Treasury Build
ing is said to be the handsomest build
ing of purely Ionic type in the New
World.
Senator William Borah, of Idaho, who
was recently indicted for alleged COM
plicity in land frauds, and is in charge
of the prosecution of the officials of the
Western Miners Federation, who are
alleged to have been implicated in the
conspiracy to kill Gov. Steunenberg, was
in the city last week. He had a short
talk with the President and will begin
the work of impaneling jury as soon
as he reaches Idaho. He says the trial
will last about two months.
MY Indictment was entirely unjusti-
fed" he said. II understand it was
made on the alleged ground that 1 was
the attorney for the Barber Lumber
Company, which is alleged to have put
settlers on land and then had them sell
out to it. 1t is claimed that was i'm
plicated as attorney. I have been the
attorney for that corporation, but had
nothing whatever to do with any such
land frauds. if there were any, and had
no knowledge of them. / shall go on
with my duty to the State of Idaho,
which has engaged me to represent it in
the prosecution of the miners. and shall
continue in that duty until I have fin
ished it, Indictment or no Indictment"
Ex-senator J. Ralph Burton is beset
by one trouble that be did not list in
his category of woes after being re-
leased from durance vile for violating a
Federal statute while member of the
Senate from Kansas. He is of opinion
that some of the Sunflower State mem
bers of Congress are rubbing it in on
him with unnecessary cruelty by send
ing garden seeds to Mrs. Burton. A
few days ago he wrote letter to one
of his torturers in Washington, in which
he said: Mrs Burton wishes me to
thank you for your kindness, and l do
it. Now, few words on my own ac-
count. / was a Senator when you were
only comm on citizen. Now that am
common citiZen-one of the plain
people-apd you are a Congressman. do
you think, as man to man, it is right
for you to do this? Did 1 ever do it to
you? Did ever send your wife garden
seeds, so that she would drive you into
the garden and keep you there to sweat
and cuss. and cuss and sweat, when you
wanted to go down town and have
cigar? No. didn't: and want you to
acknowledge that this is a low-down
trick of yours. and if ii is repeated I
shall settle with you personally
By the signing of an order making it
no longer necessary for employees of the
Interior Department to have their sig
natures to expense accounts acknowl-
edged before a notary public or other
official empowered to administer oaths.
Secretary Garfield has effected an an
nual saving of several thousand dollars
to the Government. The jurat fees of
the employees alone amount to several
thousand dollars each year. and the in
convenience and loss OF time entaiied
upon them probably costs the Govern
ment as much more. The interests of
the Government will not be jeopardized,
as the penalties of the Federal statutes
of fine and Imprisonment for presenting
a false account will be equally applica-
BILE to the new method. The Secretarys
action is particularly gratifying to the
7 Departm entail officials, as it places them
in the Honor class" which heretofore
included only the officials of the Army
and Navy. 1t is extremely probable that
this order VIII be followed by similar
action in other Departments.
Former Representative Connally F..
Trigg, OF Abingdon, Va, died of pneu-
monia at his Summer home near Abing-
don last week. He was 60 years old
Mr.. Trigg was a native of Virginia He.
was q graduate at law and was elected
Commonwealth Attorney for Washing
ton County, Va, in 1872. He was a
/ member of the 49th Congress
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth gave a "breakfast' to a lot
OF their friends in Cleveland a Sunday
or two ago, and the pastors of the city
took the function as text to club Sab
kbath breakers" with. One preacher de-
clared that the breakfast was on a par
with Sunday golf. Sunday baseball or
the open saloon on Sunday.
Capt. Charles Young, the only colored
officer in the Army who was graduated
from the United States Military Acad-
envy, has been relieved from further
duty as Military Att2che at the United
States Legation at Port au Prince, Haiti,
and ordered to join his regiment al Fort
Sheridan, near Chicago ILL.,, in order
that he may accompany it to the Phil
Fippines. 1t is explained at the War De-
partment that Capt. Young has COM
pieted the work for which he was sent
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