The National tribune., 1907-06-20

Secretary of War Taft. a prominent
candidate for the Presidency. and sup
posed to be the favorite so far a.: Pre$i-
dent Roosevelt is concerned. came very
near getting out of the race at Chicago
last Friday He had an acute attack
of indigestion brought on, il is said. by
the banquets to which he has been sub
jected recently. 1t does seem a pity
that hospitality in this day of lavish
entertaining should be about th" only
way in which ycu can catch public
man and hold him down for an hour
Eat. eat. eati 1t isn't pretty habit,
eating isn't and has in it a good deal
of the animal, even more so, for ami
mails eat only SO much as they need,
and the human creature eats till-well.
one of them surnamed man" ate until
he busted the other day We do over
eat, there is no doubt about that. We
eat too much meat. We eat too much
pie, and we drink too much stuff" Il
is amazing that women should indulge
the appetite as they do. for ii makes
them run 10 abdomen, and as for Sec
retary Taft, with his disposition to run
into 400 for normal weight when his
height requires only about $50. would
lead one to think that he would cut out
all but the necessities
Secretary Taft recovered sufficiently
to attend a banquet-a dollar a plate
banquet if you please-in Chicago that
seems 10 have been lost
story was afoot that there was a
plot to kill Vice President Fairbanks
and Senator Foraker when they arrived
at Selma. Ala. with the body of the late
Senator Morgan. but it wasn't so. AS
SassinS do not have as easy time of il
now as they once did. and are afraid of
the sure result of cold biooded murder
There is no longer any doubt as to
Secretary Cortelyous intentions with
respect TO the issue OF Panama bonds
After giving the question much thought
he has definitely decided. and so an
nounced. hat there is at present no
necessity for such issue and that he has
no purpose of making it.
The matter. therefore. may be re-
garded as settled for at least several
months. and possibly for a much longer
time. The S36,000.000 four per cent
bonds which Will mature July next
will be redeemed in fun on and after
that date, the S30.000.000 Government
deposits called from the National de-
positary banks being used for that pur-
pose.
The Secretary's announcement was
brought out by persistent rumor in
New York. which was started as soon as
the Secretary called on the National de-
positaries for the return of $50, 000. 600
of deposits.
Gov. Edward w. Eoch, of Kansas,
accompanied by the members of his ad-
ministration. arrived in Washington
last Friday on his way to the League
Island Navy Yard. where he presented
a silver service on behalf of the State
te the battleship Kansas.
In the party were Governor and Mrs
Hoch, Secretary of State and Mrs c. E
Denton. auditor and Airs. James NJ
Nation, Treasurer and Mrs. Mark
TulIy. Attorney General and Mrs. F. S
Jackson. ,Adjt. Gen. and Mrs J. ". F. !
Hughes. Frank NJ. Bonebrake. Miss An
nabeile Garvey, and Mrs. II. O. Car
vey. of Topeka; Mrs. c. NJ. Richardson.
of Wichita: Mrs. Clarence e. Hall. of
Lawrence. who presented flags from
the Daughters of the Revolution. and |
Wallis Hoch, son of the Governor.
An automobile ride around the city |
and visit TO the Congressional Library !
constituted the entertainment of the
Kansans
The Government officially declares to-
bacco to be not vice, but a necessity. |
in a decision by the Comptroller of the
Treasury.
The question arose through a num-
Der of laborers employed for the con-
struction of the Panama Canal who
had been held in quarantine. demand |
ing tobacco during their confinement. !
The Comptroller says, in allowing the |
charge for supplying this tobacco. that !
it has long been recognized as a ne
cessity and not luxury among labor
ing men.
Like coffee. while it may be delete |
rious TO health, humanity has been ac- |
cuStomed TO its use, and when such la |
borers are confined tobacco is as neces-
sary as meat and drink to them.
af haIi
President Roosevelt will have to accept
the nomination for a third term. In
the event that he does not, however.
Gov. Hoch says that Kansas will be for
Secretary Taft. He says that out Kan
sas way Speaker Cannon is regarded as
TOO old to aspire.
John COyne, who was commissioned
by Admiral Dewey to carry his messag
of victory over the Spanish fleet in the |
Bay of Cavite, May /. 1898. to the
United States Consul at Hongkong. hob /
bled into the Harrison street police |
station. Chicago. one night last week
and asked for lodging. While in Wash I
ington few days before he was
robbed of his railroad tickets TO st. |!
Paul and more than 5000. According /
10 his story he Travelled TO Chicago free. |
being passed from one conductor to an |
other along the line. He lives in st. !
Paul. and expects TO go to that city, !
Still having Il little money left.
Coyne told of having entered the Reg
ular Army in 1877, and of seeing service |
on the Western plains His right leg
was paralyzed from having been shot
by an Indian. and two ugly bullet scars
mark his face. He was shot six times
while fighting in the West.
Gov. George r. Carter, of Hawaii |
told President Roosevelt last week that l
positively he would not reconsider his |
term as Governor OF the Territory. He |
said that he could serve the Territory
better as n mere resident OF that cour- |
try, rather than its Governor. The Pres /
ident insisted upon his accepting an |
other term. but Gov. Carter said that ,
he had not come all the way from
Hawaii 10 change his mind.
Coy. Carter will retire on Nov. |
%. There is neither great prosperity |
nor depression in Hawaii to-day" said !
the Governor. Things are best when !
moderate. and not at extremes. We had |
solved the immigration question and |
We're getting more good citizens into the |
country when the recent law was en- |
acted bY Congress. 1t looks now that |
new course must be pursued. / Will !
take up the question with Secretary
Garfield, of the Interior Department"
The National Society of the Sons of |
the American Revolution will meet in |