The National tribune., 1907-01-31

eridge said: "Mr. President, I will wcit
until Senators finish their conversation
on the floor" SecretafyfTaft got as red
as lobster. the SepatoSs looked mad,
and the big Secretary of War got up
and moved as far away from the little
man from Indiana as die could get
Now. if Taft should become Presi-
dent
Maj. p Edward Dye, distinguished
soldier and for many years a prominent
attorney of this city died suddenly last
week of heart disease, aged IS years
Maj. Dye was a native of Cortland
County. n. Y, and dnring the civil wal
was commissioned a. Captain of the
Tooth n. Y. was later assistant Pa"-
master and Captain of the 26th u. (;
He served with honor thruout the en-
tire war. He came to Washington in
1870, graduated from George Washing
ton Law School and since that time
has practised his profession with dis
tinction before the District and United
States courts.
Senator Pettus, of Alabama, listened
to speech of Senator Overmaa. OF
North Carolina, and made this COM
ment: "Overman made grand speech
for such q young man. (The orator in
question is So years old.) 1t reminded
me Of Webster at Bunker Hill when ne
addressed the venerable men who came
from afar. Ovcrman talked of things
We had forgotten so years ago, which
I supposed were barred by the statutes
of limitations"
Senator Hale, of Maine. is getting
mighty restless. He Is Chairman of the
Committee on Naval Affairs of the Sen
..t h1 IA 81 in l,n
ate preamble and resolution setting
forth the fact that officers and mid
Shipmen CT the Navy had been organiZ-
ing and conducting a welldefined lobby
Tor the purpose of procuring the pas
sage of the Navy Personnel bill. The
measure looks to the reorganization and
personnel of the Navy and of the meth
Cd of promotions and is strongly backed
by the Administra ton, being the sub
ject of a message to Congress from tho
President early in TIL session. The Off
GERS Of :he Navy are very much inter
estcd in its report.
Exc cutive Order No. 131 forbids OFF,
GERS of the Navy or any combination of
officers to demonstrate against orders
or assignments given to them or involv-
ing their service. Executive Order No.
232 provides that petitions and memo
y
affecting their relations with the De-
partinent shall be sent to Congress only
thru the Navy Department and not 10
Congress or any member of Congress
direct. either for or against any legisla-
ton that may be pending. AS there has
been widely circulated recently circu-
lar representing the efforts Of COM
bination of naval officers to enlist senti-
ment in favor of the Navy Personnel
l,fI l. q.
to be requested to make an inyeStiga-
ton TO ascertain whether these orders
have been violated, and to report the
result of his Investigation to the Sen
ate.
Sometimes you wbndcr what certain
men were sent to Congress for. and
usually you find outfit sou wait long
enough From Florida there comes n
man named Lamar. His, chief business
seems to be to father freak legislation.
He has just introduced a bill proposing
an amendment to'Gdlre, Constitution
whereby Postnasters, and Justices Of
the United States Supreme Court may
he elected by popular vote! Now, just
imagine 1t il you can.S Goodness knows,
Postmasters' appointments have cost
enough strife in the. past. but to pre-
cipitate this strife into a regular cleo
tion--well, it would be "a little short of
anarchy. 1t has been our proud boast
that the judiciary ives free of political
bias. so it would certainly be step
backward to toss the Justices Of the
United States Supreme Court into the
arena of partisan politics.
Senator Du Pont, cf Delaware, has
been accused of being a member of the
Powder Trust, which is making the
Government walk the floors night of
late, but he has squelched that busi-
ness. Senator Du Pont, of Delaware,
called at the White House to assure the
President that he was in no way con-
nectcd with the Du POnt International
SIN okeiess Powder Company, the "pow-
der trust" against which the independ-
ent manufacturers recently lodged a
with the Executive. II re-
tired from all connection with the COM
pany a long time ago." said the Senator.
"and do not own cents worth of stock
in il now"
Under the terms of a Senate resolu-
ton, the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor has announced that the Bureau
of Corporations has begun an investiga-
ton of the International Harvester
Company, commonly known as the Har-
vester Trust. The inquiry, 1t was an
will be made with great thoro-
ness.
Mrs. Fairbanks, wife Of the Vice
President, has gone to Atlantic City to
recuperate after her long and stubborn
illness from grip. Mrs Fairbanks has
been unable to take any part whatever
in the Winters festivities, where she
usually takes so large share and adds
so much to the pleasure, and it Is
possible that, she will be able
to appear till after Easter.
Representative LongwOrth declare.
that not for anything, un-
der no consideration, will his father-in-
law, Theodore Roosevelt, President of
the United States, accept another nomi-
nation for the Presidency. Now. that
ought to be final.
Senator Bailey, of Texas, is certainly
meeting with a string of hard luck in
the way of charges that will, if true,
unfit him for the Office of United States
Senator. The last ones-entirely new,
these are-are not unlike those brought
against Senator Burton, of Kansas
Senator Burton said when he was being
pushed so hard that il he chose to open
his mouth the public would be aghast
at the things he could tell them about
other United States Senators. Just who
is after Senator Bailey cannot yet be
told, but he has an enemy somewhere
who means to get him. Senator Bur-
ton would be q United, States Senator
TO-DAY but for j. L. RristOw who was