The National tribune., 1907-11-21


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Any port in a storm.
Representative Herbert Parsons,
publican Committee was in Washing
ton several days, and did not call on
the President, when it IS well known
that he usually g6es direct from the
train to the Presidents office; at least,
that is the way the story runs. And
the politicians had 1t fixed up that the
President had been giving Represen-
tatiye Parsons a piece of;ihis mind. be-
cause he had advised remaining away
from the polls in New York of the Re-
publicans, and had thus attempted fu-
sion with a Democratic wing of the
Hearst faction. But, bless you. Mr..
Parsons was able to explain 1t all away.
He ran in to see the President after
two or three days, and explained that
he had come on from New York to
hunt for house servants, and to get
things in shape to live when Mrs. Far
sons should arrive. He assured the
President, on the direct question. that
he had been able to secure fine sci
of servants. and was now free to dc
the social act and to attend to his busi-
ness as a Representative in Congress
1t will thus be seen that the life of an
NJ. C. Is not padded with roses, and
that the servant question enters even
there.
Gov Stokes, Of New Jersey, has ap-
pointed distinguished women to repre-
sent New Jersey in the Congress OF
Mothers to be held in Washington, d
c., from March 10 to March II next
Foremost is Mrs. Grover Cleveland. Of
Princeton. Her associates are: Mrs
Douglas Robinson, orange; Mrs. Harry
Dawson, Newark; Mrs. Caroline B
Alexander, Benardsville: Dr. Mary J
Brown, East Orange, and Mrs. Eliza.
beth Mansell, of Trenton.
To determine whether the time-hon
ored Louisiana method of clarifying
sugar-cane molasses, thru the use 0.
sulphur, shall be permitted to continue
DR.. H. w. Wiley, Chief Chemist of tht
United States Department of Agricul
ture, has gone to the Evergreen planta
ton, in the sugar belt, Louisiana, t.
conduct a series of experiments.
Since the pure-food laws went int
effect there has been a doubt whethe
the Louisiana method is legal.
residents of Paris, France, calling at
tention to the uncompleted state of thu
Lafayette Statue there, has been re
ceived by Col. M. A. Winter, of thi
city, and by him forwarded to Presi
dent Harry A. Colman, of the UniteC
States Historical Society. The none!
| for the erection of this tribute t.
France was raised largely by small sub
scriptions among the school children o
ha
contractor has delayed its completion
far beyond the specified time. The His
| torical Society, at its next meeting, ma.
| decide. it Is said. to place the matte
| before the Department of State.
| The plaster cast of this statue wa
dedicated with great eclat when Mrs
Margaret Manning was President-Gen
so that she might have the glory of i
during her administration, some 1
years or a little less ago. The unfin
| iShed statue has been an eyesore eve
| since.
The annual report of the Isthmial
Canal Commission, some advance fig
ures from which are printed in the lat
est number of the Canal Record. shoy
that the sum of s4S.2S5.110 had bee
| expended for work upon the Panam
Canal up to June 80, 1907.
| The total cost of the canal work u
to the beginning of this fiscal year wa
s9S,285, ,110. Congress estimated tina
the total cost of the canal will be $139.
705,200.
! Utah politicians believe that Senate
Reed Smoot, Mormon apostle, will no
seek reelection, but will retire fro1
any active participation in politics. TIL
| hun 10 inc 1aSa yyI,i ,inl oil hi II
and his ticket suffered at the electio
in that State will be the cause of hi
retirement, if he does step down an
| out
| At the polls Utah voters delivere
the most stingfng rebuke to Smoot tina
he ever received in his public career
It was humiliating because he will hav
no excuse to offer for it when he get
back to Washington and is questione
by the President and other Nationa
party leaders.
| President Roosevelt has more bi
| sticks than he knows what to do with
Since he elunciated the famous princi
pie of treading softly. but going We
armed, he has been deluged with club
of all sizes. made of all kinds of wooG
and decorated in the strangest fash
ions. He has received them from Main
ana from MlcHiSdn an
from Louisiana. They have arrived a
the White House from the Philippine:
| from Cuba and from every point wher
| an industrious person could get hold @
a piece of strange wood. Some peopl
| have sent him paintings of a big stick
| others cartoons representing him carry
| ing a big stick.
The White House groans nowaday
whenever the expressman drives up t
the door, for the chances are tina
| among the packages will be a bludgeor
| Most of these presents have been pile
| up in the attic of the Executive Office
| where they form a pile that would max
a Zulu tribe feel at home. What to d
with the clubs is a question. They ca
never be used for anything excep
| iiindling wood, and IL they were con
| venient to the White House kitche
| probably this would be their fate. A
it is. most of them will remain in tn
| attic until the President leaves tn
White House permanently, when the
will be cast upon the ash heap.
The President and Mrs. Rooseve
were the guests of the Cosmos Club q
a private view Of the paintings of tn
| Yosemite Valley and Grand Canyon {
Arizona. which have been on exhibitio
there by the artist, II. c.. Best rrh
President particularly admired on
Evening on Mount Shasta" whic
was presented to him by Mr.. Best.