The National tribune., 1907-12-26


Roosevelt, and that this was done some
time ago. Secretary Cortelyou says the
rumor is not true, and there you are
It is announced at the White House
that Mrs Alice ACCOMPLISHMENTS Is
recovering rapidly from the operation
for appendicitis, which took place last
week and that she will not suffer any
ill consequences from 1t.
There are some things that are past
commenting on, and one of these hap
pened in Philadelphia the other night
At a conference of Methodist ministers
up there a certain DR.. Baker ut into
Speaker Cannon after this fashion:
1t is a disgrace and an outrage that
a man whose lips drip with profanity
and whose energies are directed TO t1e
furthering of the liquor interests OF the
country should occupy a position of
power only second in this great Re
public"
Baker is desperately anxious to get
somebody to notice him.
Now. maybe Richmond Pearson Hob
son is the seventh son of seventh son.
or something of that kind. AT any rate.
he is all the time seeing visions put
the trouble is they are all bloody VS.
ions Richmond is the man who blew
ND the Merrimac in Santiago Harbor,
and he has been blowing things up ever
since. including the Administration,
Congress, and particularly the Navy
He is in Congress for the express pur-
pose of building the Navy into What II
ought to be, and this is his very 1rsl
a,.tburst. based on the sailing of our
great fleet:
Japan" he said, has taken the Ha-
waiian Islands Every Japanese imml-
grant in that island is a trained soldler.
AT present there are about l0O,ooo
armed japanese in that American pos
session: and that they propose dong
the same thing in the Philippines Is eVl-
dent from the fact that a naval base
has been established by that Nation
Japan-a short distance from Mania
in FormoSa."
Senator Gore, the blind Senator from
Oklahoma, is bitterly disappointed. He
expected, or at least hoped. that he
would draw the long term in the Sen
ate but his confrere, Senator Carter
drew the six-year term and Gore got
the short one of only two years. He
saws he will go right straight back 90
Oklahoma, and begin fight for the
nomination to the long term. 1t does
not seem as tho Oklahoma wanted to
saddle upon her young Stateship
capped as Senator Gore. If he had
been to the manner born the handicap
would not be so great, but ne mas
known absolutely nothing about how
they do things here, and couldn't pos
sibly be able to hold his own win
man who has eyes and brains. man
may get along without legs-many of
out greatest statesmen have been able
to DO that-but he must have eyes to
be able to give his constituents any
thing like the .c.-vice his position OF
United States Senator demands. A blind
man in his home environment is al
ways looked out for by everybody, but
here in Washington each man looks
out for himself, and no mercy is shown
anybody.
There are some unseemly things that
you would think that people would
keep out of the papers and the public
eye The very latest thing from the
great jamestown fake is that on Geor-
gia Day down there. when the Presi-
dent was entertained so lavishly and
luxuriantly, in the house which was
erected to represent the Bullock man
sion, the old home of his mother, the
bills were charged TO Georgia. Hoke
Smith, Governor. Smith was there as
big as life and twice as natural, and
rode round in the mighty procession
''nay, nay" to the paying of the bills.
Georgia argues that it was a James
town boom to have her people come up
to the Exposition. and that that ag-
gregation should pay the bills. And
there the matter stands. 1t is disgrace
full and the unseemly squabble will
not in the least help the good feeling
in Congress over the paying of the huge
bills for graft and extravaganza down
there. It is truly a deplorable matter
any way you can look at it.
A bill of much interest TO Navy men
in Washington was introduced in the
Senate the other day by Mr.. Lodge 1t
provides that officers retire.: for dis
ability incident to active service and
who have been employed on active duty
after their retirement shall receive pay
and allowances equal to that of men
OH the active list of the same length
of service.
1t also provides that if they are ac-
lively employed for an aggregate OF
three years after retirement, when de-
and highest retired pay of grade they
held.
What's the use of borrowing trou-
BILE? or as the old saw goes
never lEDuDlt,
Till trouble troubles you.''
But they are at il just the same-the
members of the House-and are trying
10 settle who shall be the next Speaker
of the House. Now, think of that fol
crossing bridge million miles before
YOU get to 1t. OF course, the whole
thing hinges on whether Speaker Can
non is elected President of the United
States or not. If he is elected, oi
course. a new Speaker will have to bt
elected next year. The three men men
toned are all "Jims''-"Jim" Tawney
of Minnesota" Jim Sherman, Of New
York, and Jim" Watson, of Indiana
Watson has already announced that ht
will not again stand for election to III,
House. And the others may be out o.
il before their services are wanted, 81
il seems a good deal like child's play
after all, this discussion of the mex
Speaker Uncle Joe" seems to be pret
ty well satisfied where he is.
Can il be that Representative vii
liams is growing absent-minded or jus
plain careless? The granting of com
pIete independence 10 the people of tn,
Philippine Islands by the United State
some time during the next 10 year
was provided in resolution introduce,
in the House, by nobody knows VINO
Because nc member of the House at
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