The National tribune., 1907-01-31

Sometimes there are things which are
tragedies. cnd yet they strike you as
bowling falces. and here is an ilius-Ta-
ton. 1t will be remembered by readers
of The National Tribune that along last
Spring, iust as the trees were buddias,
and the Gays gave promise of green
grass, violets and April showers. Goa
gress stirred up a regular mares nest
ever packing-houses. Everybody had
known about packing-houses always,
but there had always been plenty of
hades to stir up about other things 50
nobody had thought until then, and o.2iy
then after the President had read a
nasty book written by man who iacl:-
ed balaEce wheel and talked about Il
in his impuisive fashion-as / say, no.
body had thought till then of making
an issue of the packing houses. Bu;
an issue it was made at once. At that
time / said that the market houses OF
the great cities would prove more fruit
ful sources of filth and unspeakable
nastiness than any packing-house | had
ever seen. l cited the market houses
of Washington. 1t has taken a good
HiAtS III tAht luCdi " ptlNcldtt AhA Il taiE
alleged brain of the Agricultural De
partment. but it has arrived. and carly
last week the big Capital City read in
Its great afternoon paper. the Wash
fngton Evening Star. that Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson is of the opinion
that the Washington market houses are
in an unspeakably filthy condition.
OF course. the Board of Health Off
iroT~ a. l,n frrr4 nf
this statement, but it is true just the
same. In the Summer time it is Just
as much as you can do to walk along
the meat and fish markets in Washing
ton and not gag. Flies swarm on every-
thing. the floors are filthy beyond COM
pare, rotting vegetable matter befouis
the air. and as for sanitary regulations
and conyeniences, they are as woefuiIy
lacking as they were in the packing
houses. Meat is carted about the city
in nasty dirty wagons, catching all the
dust and filth that flies in the air, and
In the market stalls lies upon stinking
tables, hangs on filthy racks. and is eat
by loathsemely dirty hands. paved over
by fingers that handle chicken o(fai,
rabbit interiors. fish anciently decea
and Shiny eold-storage creatures thai
smell worse than carrion. How on
earth people can eat the cakes anG
pies, the bread and fancy cakes. the
pickles. meats and such other foods as
lie open 10 the impaipable notes that
rise cloudlile from the floors where
people of all classes and conditions
walk. and which drop from the never
cleaned rafters and beams above. the
runways of rats, of mice and predatory
cats, is more than / can comprehend.
And all this right here where these
penickity Congressman dwell, eat and
drink that they may spend their little
OLD 5000 (now raised to $500 with
perquisites) salary! They are sitting
up and taking notice, however. ard
pretty soon there will be another inyes-
tigating committee. One has not been
appointed for two days, and is due right
now.
record Of 1,77s pardons granted IN
six years is left by Gov. Davis. who has
just retired after serving three terms
as Chief Executive of Arkansas. This
record is believed to stand without an
equal in any State in the Union. Mr..
Davis was in office 2,190 days, and, de-
ducting 312 Sundays, 1878 working
days are left. This shows a pardon
granted for almost every day in which
Gov Davis was in Office And he wants
to succeed nice old Confederate Gen.
Berry in the United States Senate.
Another case of discrimination
against the uniform of the United
States Army has been brought to the
attention of the War Department by
Gen. Grant, commanding the Depart
ment of the East. In this instance SOL
diers in uniform from Plattsburg. n. Y.
Barracks were denied admission TO 8
skating rink, altho they rendered the
regular price of admission. The post
commander investigated the matter
and according to the papers sent 10
Washington the excuse was made that
the men were excluded because they
were not personally known to the man
agement. It appears, however, that
soon afterWard three soldiers, not IN
uniform and not personally known To-
the management, went to the rink and
were admitted. The post commander
further alleged that the ticket seller
announced to the men who We're de-
MED admission that "the uniform isl
barred
On the ground that the action of the
rink authorities was violation of the
bill OF rights of the State OF New York,
Which provides that any one conducting
public place of amusement cannot
discriminate against any class, the War;
Department has authorized the post
commander to institute proceedings
against them.
Senator Depew says that the Sir
Swettingham who was bossing things
down in Jamaica. and who ordered Adj
miral Davis to get out, seems to be sew
eral various kinds of an ass Senator
DeDew's thinker seems to be unimpa:r-
ed.
Senator Knox had to stay at the
White House the other day longer than
he wanted. His big automobile, at the
rear OF which is a snug and tightly
closed compartment, suitable 10 the cold
weather of that day, took him to the
White House from his home, and he
intended going from the Executive Of
fees direct 10 the Senate The President
was so well pleased with the visit that
he kept the Senator much longer than
expected, and when he finally took
seat in the vehicle and gave orders
where he wanted to go there was moth
ing doing on the part of the vehicle.
It refused TO bulge and did not even do
any chugging. The driver hastened 20
make an examination, and found that
the water had frozen The Senator de-
cided to wait a while, thinking that the
vehicle would be gotten in shape All
the time newspaper men were plying
him with questions about the length of
his stay his opinions of automobiles
and nearly anything and everything
that did not bear on politics or the
Brownsville affair. Two hours later the
vehicle was still in the White House
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