The National tribune., 1907-10-10

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''Will Secretary Taft be second choice :?
whatever has been done for him or any
other candidate. / know what my own
preference is. but l won't tell"
James A. Veasy. who writes himself
down as an attorney from Bartlesville,
Ga. advances the startling opinion that
the Democratic primary for United
States Senator from Oklahoma Will not
pan out straight goods.
Il should not be at all surprised IL
the Legislature of the new state or
Oklahoma declined to carry out the
choice of the Democratic primary and
refused to elect Gore the blind man. t,
the United States Senate" said Mr.
Veasy.
when Gore and Owen were chosen
for the Scholarships in the primary OF
last August, the fact that one of them
was blind was not commented upon so
much as now. when the inadvisabil-
ity Of sending a blind man to represent
a new and great State in the Union is
seen more clearly. During the campaign
Gore made capital out of it, also telling
the people who heard him that vote
for him was a vose for the little wo-
man his wife-by his side. Since thea,
however. there has been considerable
criticism of the choice of the primary.
Admiral Brownson. Chief of the Bu-
reau of Navigation. has made public
the names of the battIeships to which
the new Captains selected and announc-
ed for commands in Admiral Evans's
fleet are to be assigned. The details arc
subject to change if any special cause
develops but it is believed that this list
will stand and will complete the
changes in commands to be made in
the battieship fleet before it sails for
the Pacific.
The list is .as follows: The New Jer-
sey, W. II. H. Sutherland; the Alabama.
T. E. d. w. Veeder: the Illinois, Brad
ley A Fiske; the Kearsarge, Hamilton
Hutchins: the Ohio, Chas. w. Bartlett;
the California, V. L. Cottman; the Ken
lucky. Waiter C: Cowles.
Suddenly stricken with paralysis, Jo-
seph Shelton, veteran policeman, lies
at the point of death at his home here.
Mr.. Shelton served as an escort and ac-
companied President Lincoln to Ford's
Theater the night he was shot, and
helped to carry the wounded President
to the house on the opposite side of the
street, where he died.
Attorney-GeBeral Bonaparte had
conference with Gov. Post and Auditor
Ward, Of Porto Rico, the other day.
They are in the city on several matters
of concern to the island, which. Gov.
Post says, is very prosperous. The COM
merce of the island has Increased from
SIS, 900. 600 in exports, i'm the fiscal year
10000 to ,s56. 900. 900 in the last fiscal
year. Tobacco and sugar plantations
are doing we'll. altho the coffee indus
try has not fiourished because Euro
pean countries have put up the tariff on
it, and the United States has not yet
learned to use Porto Rico coffee, which,
Gov. Post says. has no superior.
Don't let it worry you. Fighting Bob
Evans hasn't said anything that he
oughtn't to have said. and everything Is
lovely between the famous Admiral and
the Navy Department. He has not been
disrespectful, and he says so. The Navy
Department also says so.
The Episcopalians in Triennial Con-
vention assembled at Richmond have
decided to call the President His Ex
cellency." They had long and inter
esting debate over it, the Americans be-
ing against the title. but finally the epi
thet won out. His Excellency. Presi-
dent Roosevelt is the way it is to be
written,r-Tt is un-American, but then
President Roosevelt has written let
ters of congratulation TO Sergt w. A.
Berg. of North Yakima, Wash, who
represented the Washington National
Guard. and to Midshipman Harold 7.
Smith, Of Tacoma. Wash. who repre-
sented the United States Navy, on their
victories in the Presidents match and
the National individual match of the
National Rifle Association of America
recently held at Camp Perry. Ohio.
Frank Rush, the cowboy naturalist,
passed thru Washington last week, on
his way to New York, where he takes
charge of the herd of buffalo now at
1.-THE New York Geological Gardens,
which will be taken to the Wichita Ma
tional Forest Reserve, in Okla homa, and
kept in an S,000-acre park which is in
readiness to receive them.
Congress included in the Agricultural
appropriation act for this fiscal year
the money for the construction of a
fence and pasture for the valuable herd
of Is buffalo, which have been presented
to the Government by the New York
biological Society. 1t is expected that
| within the next 10 days the great ami
| mals viii agan be rowing in the Western
wilds that nature intended for them.
| Mr.. Rush is enthusiastic over the fu-
ture of the herd. and thinks the provi-
sions made for buffalo in the Wichita
Forest Will give much assistance to
those who have Joined in the IN 1yement
TO prevent their threatened extinction.
| Mr.. Rush is experienced in the han
ding of buffalo, and for number of
years cared for a fine herd belonging
to Edward Hewins, of southern Kansas.
| The buffalo will be Grated in cars in
| New York in the next few days. Mr..
Rush and II. r. Mitchell, representing
| Dr. w. r. Hornaday, the Director of
the New York Geological Park, will
accompany the herd on its trip to Okla
homa.
Taniemon Hitachiayama. the great
! japanese wrestler. is in Washington. and
| like m )st Orientais goes right directly
TO the point when he talks. Il shall be
glad to be interviewed" he declared
with great candor 1T will advertise
me TO the people. and we always well
come what makes the people talk about
us" Which is o long way ahead of the
man who declares that he does not
want to talk. will not be interviewed,
and yet is dying to talk to the people
thru the newspapers, for he thinks il
brings him into prominence. The
wrestler-which is easier to say than
his name-is a big fellow. with arms
and legs like a prize fighter. He looks
SLOW" but they do say he is quick
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