The National tribune., 1907-03-07

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preserves in permanent fStm memories
of the occasion, recitfng at some length
the estimate of those present of the
character and public services of Mr.
Littauer. no y
Representative Burke, of South Da-
kota who retires from Congress on
March 4. was presented with a hand
some silver set by the House Commit
tee on Interstate ana Foreign Com
merce. of which he is j member.
Chairman Hepburn and other MEM
bers of the committed niade addresses
in appreciation of Mr., Burke's service
Is there a string tied to Secretary
Shaw's retirement from politics? He
says of himself and this prospective re-
tircment:
Il recognize that retirement to pri-
yate life is usually acquiesced in with
out protest. and should no one now OBJ
ject it will not annoy or lead to politi-
cal cstrangement During all the years
of my manhood l have taken more
or less active part in political cam
paigns, and my interest in them Will
not flag. tho the opportunity to paruci-
pate in them to as great an extent may
be wanting. and it will be for my party
10 determine whether / am again IN
vited from the congenial fields of per-
sonal endeavor to the perplexities OF
public service
Haron Robert de Doblhoff. of Paris.
who is painting a portrait of President
| Roosevelt, returned 10 Washington last
week. after spending several weeks in
Florida.
.'The President is to give me one
more sitting before | complete his por-
| trait" said Baron Doblhoff, land then
| expect to exhibit the picture to the
Washington public 1t is intended for
| a place in the Peace Palace at The
Hague. and will probably be installed
at the meeting of the conference next
Summer.
The President sent in a veto message
| the other day, something that nobody
was particularly interested in. but the
name was Patrick Collins" and 1t
sounded exactly like the name of fs-
nous vetoing President, as read by the
| clerk.
| Minority Leader Williams did not
catch the title of the message. and in
| terrupted to ask: "What is that. Mr..
! Speaker"
THAT is a veto message from the
| President" the Speaker replied.
.'Ah,' blandly inquired Mr.. Williams.
''from the late President Cleveland?"
oh no." interjected Mr.. Grosvenor,
this is not a pension bill"
Excuse me-" said Mr.. Williams, Il
was informed that it was pension
| bill'' Whereat general smile went
around. and the reading proceeded.
| These remarks probably will not APP
pear in the Congressional Record.
a man in New Jersey thinking that
this two billion dollar Congress could
yet do something more in the appro-
priating line. asked an appropriation
| for 500, ,000, 900 for the further inves-
| tigating of structural material. He
didn't get it, tho Mr. Norris. of Nebras-
ka. introduced the resolution. The sum
was to be used by the Geological Sur
vey. % ri
/ -
The River and Har5or appropriation
bill, as finally agreedhupon by the Sen
ate and House conferpes. carries total
of SS6.g63.432 in cash appropriations
and contract obligations. ~
"The idea of war with the United
I States is considered absurd in my coun-
try said Mr.. NJ. Komuri, of Tokyo
who is in the city.
! The Japanese. instead of feeling hos
Tie 10 lne DHiteu othttS,T lDoh oh tiis
great republic as their friend. They
remeber that in the war with Russia
the United States sympathiZed with the
supposedly weaker nation. We could
not possibly engage ia conflict with c
power that has been always friendly
and always sincere in their desire =
} see Japan take a high place among
the other nations. If any friction has
arisen, it will be speedily dissipated
- H.. laJ Nnplyaeg n
the Orient, and it would never do fol
us to clash with the Yankees of the
Occident."
BY order of the President, the de-
! signs of the gold coins Of the United
States will be changed some time dur
ing the coming year. The work of pre-.
, pairing new designs has been placed il
the hands of a celebrated New forl
artist. President Roosevelt believes
! that The gold coins now in use are in
artistic, and after discussing the matter
with Treasury officials he took 1t III
with the New Yorker in question. A!
a result, appropriate designs. artistic il
effect and beautiful in workmanship
l are about to be submitted for the ap
l provaI of the President.
Under the law, the President has ;
good deal of authority in prescribing
5 just what figures or emblems shall ap
pear on specie. Congress has made GER
tain limitations. however. The law pro
vides that the designs on coins shall no
be changed oftener than once in a per
I iod of twenty-five years, and that OIL
each coin there shall appear ar emblem
of liberty. the year of the coinage, an,
. the words "E Piuribus Unum." Be
] yond being bound by this general de
: scription, the President may do as h
r likes
9 The present gold coins have been il
: use so years. and the President may
: therefore, change their appearance i
: he so desires. He has had the matte
r in mind for some time, and will SOol
T direct a commission of officials to pas
upon the new designs that have beei
!. submitted to him. Nothing can be don,
= with the silver coins now in circulation
E The cmblems that appear on them hav
) been in use only few years.
0 President all right. and he may ge
I there, If he has enough votes, but h
$ will make his way over the women o
| the country, if he does. Almost ever
woman in the country who is affiliate,
I with any kind of club or organization
c protested against giving Reed Smoot
= seat in the United States Senate. II
i got there, in spite of them, and it
2 said by the women that they woul
9 have won out, except for the Presden
: sending Secretary Taft thru the Wes
Iy., Al.