The National tribune., 1907-10-17

all. Its first determination was lnat
the Confederate record of Gen. Joe
Wheeler should not go on the monu-
ment erected to his memory in Arling-
ton by his daughters. 1t is the first
monument to a rebel which stands
among the Union dead in that great
National Cemtery, and it was thought
not mete by the War Department that
a record for disloyalty and disunion
should be so conspicuously displayed
among the monuments to those who
gave their all to preserve the flag.
great hue and cry went up from the
South, however, and the War Depart
ment backed water. One night the IN
scription was not there, and the next
night it was Nobody has said any
thing about what would happen, how
ever if some of those -blue-clad fellows
over there were to sit up and take no.
tice of the little bushwhacker in gray
who lies in their midst.
They are telling a story anent the
recent riding test of the cushioned
chair officers of the War Department,
which was brought about by Presi-
Dental order, and which, by the way
showed that once rider, always a rid
er, for the officers came thru bravely
with their laurels as saddle-men in
tact. The story goes after this fashion:
The President, it is said, took an Army
dent meant to go about Is miles across
country. A portion only of the Is miles
was passed over, when the Army Off
Ger, after a particularly hard run'
begged the President to permit him to
return to the city The permission was.
of course granted The President, on
his return to the Executive Office. I'M
mediately sent out the famous order
which instructed every officer in the
United States Army to learn to ride,
and do it quick, and also ordered into
practice rides about so aging officers
who have not straddled a horse in Is
years. The President gave as his rea-
son for this extraordinary order that
he thought mighty few of the officers
In the United States Army were good
riders. and none of them had staying
powers.
Very soon the story of the withdraw
al of the officer from the 15-mile run"
got abroad. and his wife chided him
for not sticking to the ride as planned
by the President.
"Why in the world didn't you con-
tinue the ride with the President" she
asked him. You are as good horse
man and rider as he is she declared.
MY dear responded the officer, Il
am rider, but / am not horse kill
er."
Which story you can fix up TO your
own Interpretation.
One thing is dead sure, the man
would have to be a slouch indeed who
does not look better in the saddle than
the President. The President rides
with a short stirrup, lunches" good
deal in the saddle, and his elbows stick
out at right angles when he is going
He likes to go fast. hence his mount is
usually pushed to the top of his speed,
haa l,al ra1 fir,a
saddle horses since he became Presi-
dent, it is safe to conclude that he
stoves a horse up very quickly. His
powers of endurance as a horseback
rider are unlimited.
Washington's magnificent new Union
Station will be open by Nov. /. 1t is
of white marble, in full view of the
Capitol, and will be one of the hand
soonest Union Stations in the world.
Up to the present time the depot sta
tions in Washington have been more
like sheep or cattle sheds. The old
Baltimore & Ohio Station now looks
like a dug-out
Within month of closing, the
jamestown Exposition is hopelessly in
hole. Mismanagement, jealousies,
pickering and strife within the Board
of Management is said to have been a
fruitful source of trouble. and certainly
caused the resignation of many busi-
ness men who would have made the
thing a success. The rivalries of the
'sassiety" women of the South, just as
did those who were connected with the
Chicago Exposition. nearly wrecked the
Exposition right in the beginning. The
old Jeff Davis feud cropped out early,
and caused the exclusion of some wo-
man who thought she deserved recog-
milton among the patronesses. The wife
of the Governor of Virginia, Mrs.
Claude Swanson, and some of the other
patronesseS got into a social tangle,
and finally a social arbiter was appoint
ed. Then another social director was
appointed, and then they all resigned.
Any man who took that particular Office
was stamped hunting trouble" and
he found il. The Government loaned
the Exposition s1,000. 900 on promise
to pay, but promises is all that the Gov
ernInent is likely to get out of it. 1t
is said that 100000 only has been
paid. The other 100000 is now long
past due, and so the Government will
reach out and take hold of the TIx-
position-and then what? The Gov
ernment has no storage warehouse for
Expositions, and it is pretty hard to
guess what will become of this one. 1t
Is safe to say, however, that the Gov
ernment will not get its money back.
There are numerous reasons why the
Exposition was a failure and shouldn't
= have been. One of the very strong
reasons was that "befo' de wah" sem
timent was altogether too prevalent in
the beginning. Rebel flags were con-
spicuous. and the American Flag was,
too-thru its absence in the decora-
tions. There was lavish expenditure on
ali occasions Tor champagne and chick
a salad, brass bands flowers and car
lagos for the "swells' of society and
ne dazzlingly arrayed attaches of Gov
frnors' staffs, but the plain. practical
people, who make Expositions go"
got very little show The rebel flags
all came down finally, and many things
were righted. but not soon enough. The
damage had been done.
1.-THE tendency in the educational
system of the country is away from the
purely academic teaching and in the
direction of technical training" said
Prof. George p Schloss, teacher in
the public high schools of Chicago,
while discussing school matters with
some Washington instructors last week.
''1n my opinion, this is due to the vast
increase in our industries When deyeI-
oped along material lines there is 2
great demand for skill Wealth is held
out to those who have native ability
"a tapbnical pln tinn rrthz