The National tribune., 1907-02-14

ceipt of the written protest which Gov
Magoon has received
President Roosevelt will deliver al
oration at the dedication of the McKin
ley Memorial Monument at Canton. o.
! the last week in September. The exac
/ date has not been fixed.
! The President has made this promis
! to three members of the Board of Trus
! tees Of the Monument Association. The,
We're Vice President Fairbanks. AsSO
ciate Justice Day, of the Supreme Court
and Postmaster-Gencrai cortelyou.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
| daughter of the President. has recov
cred from the brief attack of grip which
confined her to her home during tf'
| past week. Mrs. Lonsworth and a par
the other night, where they had d coast
ing party down the suburban hills ant
. thoroly enjoyed the sport
Early in the evening Mrs. Longwortr
went to the White House. where she
borrowed the sleds of her younger
brothers, and these We're piled into th'
I.ongworth automobile and q run mad,
out to Tenleytown.
The Presidents family has thorol,
enjoyed the snow, especially the young
er boys. who lose no opportunity to ge
out into 1t as soon as their studies are
over.
Representative Murphy. of Missouri
famous as the author of the bill
against the practise of tipping in TIL,
District of Columbia. has introduced ir
the House bill to repeal the bill Civ
ing Oklahoma Statehood. He declares
that the convention now in session a
Guthrie failed and refused. after organ.
ization. to adopt the Constitution of the
United States. as required by the act oi
Congress.
Representative Murphy might just as
we'll have saved his time, and the cost OF
printing such bill. for if Junior Sena-
tors are permitted to have their way
there Will soon be no Constitution ot
the United States to recognize. IF ths
various two-by-four Commissions which
are constantly being created are to bt
permitted to nibble like mice around
that highly-revered document. and loT
off a clause here and there. United
States Constitution and a State COnsti.
tuition will both be obsolete Govern
ment by Commission" it will soon be
The Pops used to call it Government
by injunction" during CIeveIand's time
Mr.. Speaker Cannon has had the grip
60 he has. He had to be in fashion. and
that was the easiest thing to take. I,
has not been a very serious case with
him. but he had confined himself to the
house for a week. He was able to GO
to the Capitol on Saturday and to pre-
side for brief half hour. but he then
found himself pretty tired, so went
home.
Republican leaders i'm the Senate have
definitely decided to hold an extra ses-
sion of that body after March f. They
have been led to this decision by the
fact that the Democratic leaders have
served notice that they will oppose rati-
fication of the Santo Domingo treaty
this session, and that the treaty will
fail If ii is prest.
Under the circumstances the Repub-
lican leaders have determined not 10
press the treaty until after March 4
The Republicans will then have so OF
the 80 members of the Senate They
believe there will be no trouble then in
securing early ratification.
The Democrats take the position that
If the treaty is to be ratified Republican
votes must do it.
Aside from the Santo Domingo treaty
anese treaty may be brought before the
Senate in the extra session, providing
for the exclusion Of the japanese. The
belief of those best informed on this
subject. however, is that it will be i'm
possible to progress that far in settle
ment of the Japanese controversy by
the time the Senate extra session closes.
At the utmost it is likely the Admins
tration will be unable to do more by
>r n
treaty.
The German tariff matter will not be
considered at the special session.
Representative Favrot, of LOU
isiana, has been indicted for murder.
He shot and killed a man in cold blood,
pleading the "unwritten law" The
Grand Jury which had the matter un-
der consideration evidently had before
them as lamp to guide their decision
only the written law. which says. Thou
shalt not KILL"
Senator Foraker sprung a grim joke
on the Military Committee the other
lay. 1t was directed at the White
House. and was prompted by the report
that the President had consulted Book
Ell T. Washington about appointing a
colored man to an Ohio Federal office.
witness was announced as "Win-
ter Washington Senator Overman
asked if it was not Booker r. Washing
ton.
NO" was the quick response of SEN
ator Foraker. Booker Washington is
too busy with his Senatorial duties to
come here"
The elaborate speech in the Senate
by Hon. William Pinkney Whyte against
Capitalization reminded Senate histo-
rians of an Interesting fact in the nota-
bic career of this fine old Maryland
statesman. That fact is that Mr. Whyte
is the only man now in public life-if,
indeed, he is not the only one alive
who voted against the adoption of the
18th and last amendment to the Con-
stitution. When that far-reaching prop
osition was put thru, Mr. Whyte was
serving his first term in the Senate by
appointment of the Governor of Mary
land 10 take the seat made vacant by
the resignation of the great Reverdy
Johnson TO accept appointment as Min
ister to Great Britain. In all the years
mat nave passed since then Mr.. Whyte's
nrm convictions as to the intent of the
trainers of the Constitution have un-
dergone no change In 1874 he resigned
the GOvernorship of Maryland to accent
seat in the Senate, to which he had
been elected for a full term, beginning
in March, 1875. On the expiration of
this term he retirss from the Senate in
1881. and then was elected Mayor OF
Baltimore without opposition. Since
then he has held the offices Of Attorney
General OF Maryland and City Solicitor
of Baltimore When Arthur ptta cnr