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The National tribune., 1907-12-19

for the Pacific Ocean or any old thing
shall engage and inonopoliZe the public
attention
This week Congress is renewing Its
policy of inactivity, but the Senate is
trying to stir up a little debate. The
efforts there of Senator Tillman and
others to probe the doings of Secre-
| tary Cortelyou are overShadoWed by
the departure of the President and
Navy authorities down the river to wit
ness the departure of Admiral Evans's
big armor-clads on their long journey.
The start of the ships is of keen in
tereSt in Washington, because of the
fact that many of the officers make
their homes here or have relatives and
friends here.
But apart from few hot-air per-
formances Congress will do nothing
till after the holidays. The adjourn
ment over Christmas and New Year
will probably be taken Thursday. Al
ready there has been a big Congress
sional exodus from Washington. Since
the Congressman voted themselves Il
salary of $500 year the hotels have
boosted prices in Washington, and the
Congressman have to hurry back home
to save as much of the salary as they
can.
When they return they will then be
doing as little in the way of legislation
as may be possible. The program for
the Winter is to be just as little leg
slation as possible, outside of the ap-
preparation bills. Therefore, the ad-
iournment will be for as long as pos
sible-till Jan. 6. There is little haste
about preparing a currency bill, and
while one may be passed some time
during the Winter there is no certainty
about it. The Presidents recommen
dations are receiving little attention,
and no one in Congress seems cham
pioning the legislative reforms that he
advocates.
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previous. S. The total pension pay
ments for the fiscal year 1906-7 amount
ed to s13S,030,894.22. 6. The tota! ap-
preparation was $139,000,000, with an
additional deficiency appropriation OF
100000. Z. In addition to the United
States Soldiers Home. for Regulars in
Washington, d. c., there are National
Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
at Dayton, o.; Milwaukee, Wis; Togus,
Me-; Hampton Va; Laavenworth, Kan
Santa Monica. Cal; Marion. Ind; Dan
vile, ILL.,; johnson City, Tenn, and Hot
Springs, S. D.
G. P T., Newburyport, Mass, asks:
Why was April 26 chosen as the open
ing day of the jamestown Exposition
Did it commemorate any historical
event?
April 26 is said to be the date when
the two capes, subsequently named
Charles and Henry after the English
frinces, We're first seen by the anxious
voyagers who had left England to seek
wealth and homes in the New World.
w. H. NJ, Providence, R. l., asks:
What is the ceremony in regard to flags
at half staff?
When the flag is flown at half staff
as a sign of mourning, it should be-
hoisted to full staff at the conclusion Of
the funeral
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daughter of a former Governor Of that
State. His father was the Chief of
Ordnance of the Southern Confederacy
during the entire war. Col. Gorgas, as
a child of IL when the war closed, was
a playmate of the children of Jefferson
Davis. He often sat upon the knee of
Gen. Lee while his father and the great
Confederate chieftain were in consulta-
ton. He says Gen. Lee was as fond of
kissing the pretty girls as was the Fed
eral General, Sherman. Commissioner
Jackson Smith, in charge of Labor
Quarters and Subsistence, is also a ma
tive of South Carolina. His father was
a practical railroad man, and as such
had charge of the transportation for
the Confederate Government in the
States of North and South Carolina. Mr..
Smiths male relatives were all in the
Confederate army.
THE Hon. j. G.. s. Blackburn, ma
tive of Kentucky and who rose to the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Con-
federate army and later was 10 years
a member of the National House of
Representatives and still later for IS
years United States Senator, is now
at the head of the civil administration
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tee the question was asked the head of
one of the departments how many OF
his men resigned and went back to the
United States, and he replied not over
two per cent this last year,
What particularly impressed you 81
First of all, the magnitude of the
enterprise. No one can have proper
conception of it without going there
and seeing it. Second, the vast amount
of equipment that is required to carry
on such an undertaking. Third, the
thoro organization and system that are
everywhere apparent and all working
with the one great object in view, viz,
the completion of the canal; and, final
ly, the confidence of everybody from
the States in the wisdom and devotion
of the present Commission.
Another thing impressed me over
and over again, and that was what a
mighty good thing We 'Yanks' did in
keeping the South IN the Union, and
again, judging from their sons, what a
splendid lot of fellows the 'Johnnies'
must have been. Five of the seven
members of the Commission intrusted
with the work of constructing the canal
were either directly or by inheritance
connected with the late Southern Con-
federacy. Maj. d. ID. Gaillard, u S.
ARMY. a graduate of the Military Acad-
envy, is from the South. His father and
all his male relatives old enough to go
were in che Confederate army Maj.
Gaillard has charge of all the dredging
and excavatihg for the canal. Maj. Will
liam L. Sibert, U. S. Army, also a grad
uate of the Academy, has charge of
the Department of Lock and Dam Con-
struction, is a native of Alabama and
the son of an officer in the Confederate
army Col. Gorgas, to whom I have
before referred at length, is a native
of South Carolina. His mother was the
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A VETERAN WATCHMAN.
A Matter Which the Senator From Ne
brnskn L. Stirring Up.

Senator Elmer J. Burkett, of NebraS-
ka, is having a brisk controversy just
now with the Civil Service Commission
over the appointment of a watchman at
the Army headquarters at Omaha. The
appointment to this position, under the
rules, comes only after an examination
thru the regular Civil Service channels.
There is an old soldier, George Elicit,
there, now janitor of the building, who
desires the appointment. He has been
doing the work of watchman for a long
time in addition TO his duties as jani-
tor. The position of watchman has been
filled from time to time by various
persons, but for one reason and anoth-
er they have not been suitable, and the
janitor has really been doing the work.
Appointments have been made and
the position filed by men from many
sections, one man from Porto Rico, an
other colored man from Atlanta, Ca,
and others from different parts of the
United States and its island posses
sions, and in the last four years some
eight or 10 different persons have had
the job. None, however, have been
satisfactory, even tho they passed the
| Civil Service examination. Hence the
old soldier has been doing the work
almost constantly.
Senator Burkett feels that the proof
| of the pudding is in the eating, and
that the old soldier ought to have the
place now without the formality of
passing the Civil Service examination,
as he has been the only satisfactory
watchman they have had. Furthermore,
the Senator contends that the satisfac-
| ton the old soldier has given in his
| duties as watchman constitutes the best
examination anyone could possibly pass.
This, in addition to his being a veteran
of the civil war, should entitle him, the
Senator believes, to special considera-
| ton at the hands of the Civil Service
Commission. Senator Burkett also takes
the position that when there are men
| in Nebraska who are competent capa-
Bile and willing to fill the position it
would be a better practice to give the
appointment to a Ncbraskan than to
appoint men from Georgia, Porto Rico
! or anywhere else
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is no question In the minds Of thosS
who have been on the ground and care1
fully looked into the situation but what
the enterprise is in the right hands at
this time. 1t is a great compliment to-
our Army and Navy that they can fur<
nish such resolute and competent mens
"On our return North we stopped a,
day in Santiago. Cuba. While visiting
our Army post, located near Morro
Castle. 1 was greatly impressed with
an observation made by an intelligent
officer of our Army, when, in discussing
the Isthmian Canal, he said:
Every officer of the Army and Navy
will breathe easier when the Isthmian
Canal is finished. II will add al least
so per cent to the efficiency of the
American Navy. 1t will enable our
fleet, this day sailing from Hampton
Roads for San Francisco. and which
will probably require in the neighbor<
hood of two months, to go by the way.
of the Isthmian Canal in about 10 or
IL days, or about the same length Of
time as it would take a Spanish fleet
of warships to pass from Japan to San
Francisco
Everything On the Square.
'It is due the committee, as well as
the Commission, to say that they found
absolutely no semblance of graft on tho
Isthmus, but there is a measure of ex-
travagance that will add much to the
sum total of the cost of the canal for
which the present Commission is in no
way responsible. This has grown nat
urally out of conditions prevalent when
the enterprise was frs. undertaken
There Is no question but what men went
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
RECENT LITERATURE.

The current number of Smiths, which
is now on the news-Stands, opens with
complete novelet by Juliet Wilbor
Tompkins, telling the experience OF a
girl suddenly forced to earn her own
living. She adopts newspaper work as
a profession. There is a grip and sense
of reality to the tale that lift it at once
out of the ordinary run of magazine
fiction. Charles Battell Loomis con-
tributes sermon, very much to the
point, and well worth reading, called
ITS Up to You" There is very fun
ny nautical ballad by Wallace Irwin
entitled Whopper," which lives up to
its title in every respect. There are
short stories by such authors as Hol-
man f. Day, who writes of "CrymbIe's
Fourth Resurrection" and Eden PHIL
potts, who, in THE Holiday COMPETE
ton" tells delightful tale of school
boy life. And there are also two charm
ing love stories, one by Kate Whiting
Patch, the other by Grace Sartwell Ma +.
son. There is also a story by Charles
Garvice, the English novelist.
The magazine contains 16 portraits
of stage beauties, as well as an addi-
tional art insert of eight pages.
RED Reef" the complete novel in
the January Popular, tells of the amaZ-
ing events in which a gentleman mur-
derer became involved, and the part
he took in the thrilling happenings on
| the Red Reef Lighthouse. The third
installment of 1.-The Nemlock Avenue
Mystery" by Roman Doubleday, con-
tinues to be of absorbing interest. Not
According to Program" the first of the
series of stories of 1.-The Exploits of the
| Red Meteor" by William Macleod
Raine, is a clever auto tale. THE yell
low Face" by Fred NJ White, opens
most promisingly-a mystery story of
the first rank. 1t tells of the remark
able use to which brilliant man puts
his talents. 1.-The Weapons of Women -
Eby ]. X. Eserton, gives us the second
| installment, in which Tommy Williams
proceeds to solve wnaJ is apparently an
! inexplicable mystery. "The Devils Pull
pit" by II. B. Marriott Watson, con-
cludes with this installment. The de-
| nouement is most interesting. "The
Hate That Kills is the last of the
Felix Boyd" series. by Scott Campbell,
and one of the best.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19

there at the peril Of their lives. In
such fear were men that one high Off
Ger ordered his coffin, and it was there
on the Zone with him, but when he re-
signed and came home on the same
boat the coffin that he had for himself
was filled, occupied by another man.
Yellow fever was prevalent, and at one
time it looked as tho there would be a
regular exodus back to the States by
the employees. 1t was under these con-
ditions that inducements were thrown
out that many feel borders on the ex-
travagant.
For example. the quarters for the
men are not only as stated in the body
of the article, but there was at one
time strike among the steam shovel
men after the visit of the President,
and a compromise was arrived at by
which they were to receive longevity
pay at the rate of five per cent for the
first year and three per cent for every
succeeding year until the total amount
was % per cent of the whole. Natural
ly other employees demanded the same
conditions, and it could not be with
held without creating friction and dis
turbance. While there is no graft there
is a species of extravaganza that must
be corrected, and the visit of the COM
mittee will undoubtedly result in that.
1t is safe to say that its visit will save
to the Government from a million to a
million and a half in this year alone,
and more than that in the years to
come"
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BOOMS REORGANIZED.
(Continued from page one.

started the trouble between him and
the White House. He does not even
acknowledge congratulations from the
President on his election to office.
Speaker Cannon wants to make a
Vice Presidential nominee out of
Hughes, with Cannon at the head of
the ticket The septuagenarian feels
Cannon and Hughes would make a
ticket that would strike the country
about right. If he should not ,outlive
his term there would be, a good. safe
man to take his place and to- get in
training for the race in 1912. or course,
Mr.. Cannon would hardly, expect to be
a candidate for denomination, should he
be nominated and elected next year.
Outside of the South there are but
few big prizes to strive for in the cam
paign for the Republican nomination.
The Presidents reiterated declaration
is said to have left the field open for
all asprants The fact is, the choice ter
ritory north of Mason and DiXon's line
has been pre-empted by favorite sons.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
DEATH OF GEN. HAMILTON.
Grandson of the Great Alexander
Hamilton.

Maj.-Gen. Alexander Hamilton, U. S.
V, and the Oldest grandson of AleXan-
der Hamilton, one of the fathers of the
Republic, died at Tarrytown- on-the-
Hudson, N. Y, Dec. 10, at the age of
90. He was the son of Col. John Church
Hamilton, and was carefully educated
for distinguished career. He learned
French and Spanish from private tu-
tors, and studied at Columbia College.
He served in the West with Phil Kearny
against the Indians, and, retiring from
the Army, became an officer in the
11th n. Y S. NJ. At the beginning of
the war he was an Aid on the staff of
Maj.-Gen. Charles w. Sanford, of the
New York Militia; next was attached
to Gen. Scott and finally on special duty
with President Lincoln. All of Gen.
Hamilton's male relatives We're soldiers,
and took prominent parts in the strug-
gle His father, the venerable Col.
John Church Hamilton, was put in
command of Fort Miffiin. Schuyler, a
brother, became a Major-General and
Charles and John Lieutenant-Coloncls.
A sister married Maj.-Gen. Halleck and
two nephews, Edgar and J. c. L., served
faithfully during the war. He was ac-
tive in repressing the New York draft
riots, and took 10000 militia men to
Gettysburg to assist in the campaign
against Lee. He was on personal SER
vice with the President after that until
the close of the war. He was de-
voted Episcopalian, founded and built
two churches and helped restore others.
He was a voluminous writer, an active
Republican and strongly interested in
the Grand Army of the Republic. The
Grand Army services were performed
at his grave The Order of the Cincinnati
and the Sons of the Revolution joined
with the Grand Army in his funeral.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19

commoda tions either in single or in
four-family cottages. The best of food
brought from the United States is sold
to employees at actual cost plus the cost
of transportation. A fine bakery at
Colon supplies the Zone with as good
bread as one can get anywhere and
cheaper than in Washington. An i'm
menSe modern steam laundry, which,
like the bakery, is under the control of
the Commission, does as fine work as
you get here, and certainly at no great
er cost. The social conditions are con-
stantly improving. There is an in
creasing number of women, wives of
officers and employees, going there, and
they add much to the social status.
1.-The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation is doing an excellent work in
furnishing wholesome social recreation
for large numbers of the employees. Re-
ligi0us sarvices are held in various parts
of the Zone by Chaplains under pay of
the Government. Social functions are
frequently given in the different towns
along the line of the canal. We attend
ed one of these at the Hotel Tivoli, at
which there were several hundred men
and women from Colon to Panama, and
in its personnel, and indeed in all its
appointments, it was most creditable
affair. But after all has been said, this
is the feature on the Zone that the
and most longs for. To many, perhaps
to most 1t is a life of self-exile. In
many a heart there is a secret longing
for home and for the girl 1 left behind
me- l may say that for those who
wish to board excellent meals are fur
nished by the Commission, at hotels and
mess houses for 80 cents each. 1 may
say that a vacation or leave of absence
for six weeks, with pay. is allowed every
emplOye once a year This is cOndi-
tional on his going North with a view
Of recruiting and building up his physi-
cal system
Measure of COntentment.
"What is the measure of content
ment?"
THAT is best answered by the fact
that both of American and foreign en-
ployes the number leaving the work
and going home is less and less each
year. In the hearings by the commit
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
A Fortune Made with Ten Dollars.

/ think il my duty to tell your read
ers Of a sure way to make money, where
$40 invested now, and the profits rein
vested for 10 years, will make you
100000. Is this not worth investigat-
ing? You can make $50 per cent on
your money in the lumber business.
Write to the Fidelity Lumber Co., Block
IL, Pittsburg, Pa, for particulars They
are absolutely reliable, and will guar
antee to pay you dividend within
three months from the time you invest.
Timber land can be bought for $50 an
acre, and the lumber sold at profit of
$3.50 per acre, making more than $50
per cent per annum. There is no risk
in the lumber business. / hope my eX-
perience will start many on the road to
success, as there certainly is no excuse
for remaining poor when $40 will bring
you wealth and comfort
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
American Art Pottery.

Those interested in pottery, whether
delf porcelain, china or other wares
from clays, rocks or sands, whether
prehistoric or hot from kiins, must find
IA vast pleasure in a handsome book or
booklet. american art Pottery" by
Marcus Benjamin Notwithstanding the
fact that the book has less than 60
pages, it conveys more information on
its subject and upon every feature and
detail of its subject than can be found
in any other single volume, no matter
how large. 1t is highly instructive and
written in a style that makes it as in
teresting to the average reader as a
popular story would be. Mr.. Benjamin
has produced a book that will be read
for pleasure, used for Instruction and
held as an authority. 1T is copiously
and well illustrated.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
ON PANAMA CANAL
Continued from page one.)
General Conditions.

What are the physical and social
conditions?"
In replying to that. 7 must ask q
division of your question. First, the
physical conditions have been greatly
improved, and considering that it IS
pioneer work and 1900 miles from the
source of supply, could hardly be bet
tered. Indeed, it is doubtful if there
is great engineering project being
carried on anywhere, except in or near
the large cities, where the employees are
as well provided for as in the Canal
Zone. As n rule, the buildings are ex-
cellent in quality, thoroly screened, sup
piled with good, substantial furniture
with electric light. water and bath: also
with fuel These are all furnished free
Unmarried men, or married men with
out their wives, are furnished with
bachelors quarters in buildings by
themselves. Married men having theil
families with them have excellent ac-
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
The First Mt RIakeIy.

Charles Bissell, 31st Mass, Hannibal,
N. Y, says that his regiment was the
first to climb over the breastworks at
Fort Blakely April IA, 1865. The S1st
Mass. was also the first to land in New
Orleans Friday afternoon, May 1, 1862,
and it marched to the custom-house.
where they battered down the hugo
doors with anything they could get.
They bivouacked in the building by
night, and in the morning found the
basement filled with groceries, at which
they attacked without ceremony.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
Total


These States, with the exception of
Kentucky, Maryland aQd West Virginia,
and possibly Missouri and Oklahoma,
have no Republican Party worth the
name. Federal officeholders comprise
the Republican organizations, and they
swing the votes of delegates according
to their own wishes and interests, there
being little local sentiment to guide
them in the decision. But the 346
votes of those 16 States will be more
than one-third of the entire Conven-
ton, after the delegates from the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Territories and
the insular possessions are counted.
The National tribune., 1907-12-19

General Counsel for the Isthmian Canal
Commission and Panama Railroad, is
also native of the State of Kentucky,
and his relatives We're likewise all in
the Confederate service. 1t is proper
to say that not one of these men, occu-
pying the important positions they do,
was self-seeker. Each and every one
was sought out as especially fitted for
the work given him to do. but it is a
little singular that SO large a propor-
tion of the juicy plums should have fall
en- into the lap of the Southerners.
Honor to Whom Honor Is Due.
II must say in passing that Lieut.
Col. George w. Goethals. United States
Army, who is Chairman and Chief En-
gineer of the Commission, is native
of the State of New York, as is also
Mr.. M. H. Russell, a graduate of the
United States Naval Academy, who is
in charge of the Department of NUM-
cipal Engineering. Motive Power and
Machinery and Building and Construc-
ton. These engineers know no such
word as fail. Whatever may have been
the differences of opinion as to the part
played by the engineers from civil life
in the beginning of the enterprise, there
The National tribune., 1907-12-19
The r,Ido, Uovo, Reunion.

The old soldiers and settlers held a
combined Reunion at Eldon, Iowa,
Sept. 1913, with cordial invitation
to the old Confederates and it was a
successful affair.
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THE CAMPAIGN FOR
THE NOMINATION
The Contest Begins in Earnest for Dele
gates-New York and Ohio Positions
The South.

With the starting of the campaign for
delegates in earnest the two big storm
centers are New York, with the big
bunch of rs votes, and Ohio, with 46
votes. The outcome OF the primaries in
Ohio will certainly have an important
influence upon Secretary Tafts for
tunes He cannot be nominated If SEN
ator Foraker defeats him in the control
of the State Convention or If Senator
Foraker takes any considerable num-
Der of Ohio's district delegates from
him. In New York the result, whether
the delegates be instructed for Hughes
or for Cortelyou or are sent uninstruct-
ed, will have an influence upon the
contest generally.
Otherwise the big Republican strong
holds will figure in only a small way,
during the next three or four months.
The six States with favorite sons, count
ing New York as likely to have can
didate, will cast almost a third of the