The National tribune., 1907-12-12

did say or do, ana mad IL not III HIS
heart to say or do. In other words, he
ed and lied about. The President took
Gov. Post at his word, and has reap
pointed him. The principal crime of
which he was accused was saying that
the Superintendents of the Schools in
post haste to explain away whole
retarded progress in every way, and
maybe they did.
1t is estimated that 1000 bills were
introduced in the House on the first
day of the session.
A chunk of S6S, 900, 900 in real money
will be divided a. aong various States
most of them Southern-if the bill in
troduced in the House by Representa-
tive Clark, of Florida, becomes a law.
1t provides for the restoration of the
amount named as illegal cotton tax
collected by the Government between
| 1862 and 1868. Mr.. Clark also intro
duced a resolution calling on the Sec
retary of the Treasury for a detailed
from what States and from what indi-
viduals the tax was collected.
Now, what do you think of that?
| THAT tax of from one-half to three
cents a pound on cotton has been de-
clared illegal by the Supreme Court of
/ lne United States, MF. CldTh Says
| That being so, the Government should
refund it. Now that there is no longer
any discord or sectional feeling be-
| tween the North and the South there
should be no opposition to the restora
| ton of this sum to those who We're
compelled to pay it or to their heirs"
Coincident with the departure of the
Atlantic fleet to the Pacific Coast will
| To hn of III
| ployed in the various Eastern Navy
Yards whose services no longer will be
required. Word has reached the Navy
| Department of wholesale discharges at
Boston and New York. More men will
be dropped from time to time as the
various ships depart for Hampton
| Roads.
| The estimate at the Navy Department
| is that about 5000 men will be dis
charged between now and Christmas.
| Many of those who are to be discharged
are worlmen whose employment was
made necessary to hasten the repairs
| on the ships so they would be ready to
sail from Hampton Roads by Dec. 16.
| Complaints have been made to the De-
partment by Representatives whose
districts are affected. but the officials
say they can promise no relief further
than that all work needed on ships re-
manning in the East will be authorized
SO far as the appropriations therefor
permit.
Here's chance for bright young
men and women who want to see the
world and broaden their education, as
well as aid in the ChristianiZing and
educating our new people. While the
restrictions around the women are a
little tense, it is something that ought
to be made all right before the exam
ie taly TIa 'iyyil a
Commission announces 300 vacancies in
the school service in the Philippines,
and examinations will be held Dec. 27
and % for the purpose of sending ad-
ditional teachers to the islands.
The entrance salary for teachers is
$1,000, altho some appointments may
be made at 81 900 or s1,100. The ap-
pointees will be eligible for promotion
to $4,000.
The rub is. women will be barred un-
less they can certify themselves to be
wives, relatives or fiancees of men al
ready appointed or under examination
for the service.
The saints preserve us, but what are
we coming to, The Presidents mes
sage was placed before the Senate all
right, but they do say that the way
some of those finely-rounded para
graphs were clipped off was caution.
If the official stenographers had been
at work the President surely would
have been surprised at the manner in
which his message appeared in the
Congressional Record, but that staid
old publication had an unedited copy,
so the surprise was not sprung. 1t is
said that it is the first time that such a
thing ever happened in the United
States Senate-a reading clerk edit
ing" the message as he reeled it off to
i, h. nd SENATOR'S who
sat out the reading.
There stands in Thomas Circle, this
city. what is said to be one of the finest
bronze statues in the world-Gen- Geo
H Thomas, whose birthday anniver
sary occurs on Dec. II, which is also
the anniversary of the last day of the
battle of Nashville. Surrounding the
Circle are lot of ornate bronze gas
lamp posts, which have in 4 measure
dwarfed the statue The District Com
missioners have ordered these taken
down and some smaller ones employed
which will add to the appearance of
the statue.
Senator Knox is prouder to-day of
a first grandchiId than he will be If
he is elected President of the United
States The youngster has already been
named Philander Chase Knox, Sd,
which is longer than the kidlet him
self. who only arrived last Friday. He
is the son of Reed Knox, the son of
the Senator, who carried off with him
little over a year ago a very young
lady who was in Washington visiting
from Pittsburg. She and young Knox
had known each other in Pennsylvania
and wanted to marry, but were thought
too young, She came to Washington,
and from here the couple eloped
And so we are to have Baron Kogoro
Takahira back again as ambassador
from Japan That's all right. We like
the Baron, and always did. He's been
here several times in various capacities,
and when he left here as ambassador
and went to Rome for his country we
all felt very bad; we did, indeed.
Baron Takahira came to Washington
as japanese Minister in 1901, when he
was plain Mr.. Takahira. He served
here until late in 1905, when he re-
turned to Japan, and was subsequently
sent as Minister to Rome, his present
post. He was one of the two ENJOYS
appointed by the japanese Emperor to
negotiate a peace treaty with Russia,
the other Envoy being Baron Komura
He is a man of strong personality
and while in Washington earned the
reputation Of being an exceedingly skill
full diplomat who was extremely posi-
tive in pressing negotiations in which
his country was Interested Baron Ia
kahira is said to have been on exceed