The National tribune., 1907-11-28

he will not be a candidate
Mr.. Harper went on to say that Sem
ator Daniel would be returned to the
Senate when his present term expired.
The attempt of State Senator Thomas.
of Lynchburg, to oppose Senator DAN
iel,' added MIR. Harper, resulted in his
own defeat at the hands of Senator
elect Halsey, who is a bright young law
yer. Had Senator Thomas not made
an attack upon Senator Daniel he might
still be in the State Senate
President Roosevelts wish that the
American school boy be instructed in
rifle shooting is in a fair way of realiZa-
ton. The National Rife Association of
America, in cooperation with the Ma
tional Board for the Promotion of Rifle
Practice, as the first step toward COM
plying with the wishes of the President
and of the National Board, has amend
ed its bylaws, so that rifle clubs can be
organized in schools and become affil-
lated with it under the same rules and
regulations as govern civilian rifle clubs.
This school boy movement will be in
augurated by a tournament, which the
National Rifle Association has arranged
to hold from Dec. %, 1907, to January,
1908, at the Grand Central Palace, in
New York. The most important fea-
ture of the tourney will be the presence
of teams from high schools of other
cities notably Washington and Balti-
more.
Typesetting machines We're used for
the first time this year in printing the
PRESIDENTS message. This mammoth
document reached the Government
Printing Office at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon, and was completed shortly
after midnight of that day.
The utmost secrecy was maintained
by Public Printer Stillings in order to
keep the contents of the document fresh
for the eyes of Congress in December.
The manuscript was carried to the Print
Shop by one of the Secretaries to the
President and left in Mr.. Stillings's
hands.
The message was chopped up into fine
bits and slaShed into such tiny sections
that but few of the composItors who
worked on the copy" were aware they
We're putting into type the President S
! message.
All sheets spoiled in printing and
every proof of the copy" set up, as
well as the good and bad type forms,
were securely locked in the vault under
the eagle eye of the Superintendent of
Printing.
At the Print Shop it is said the rec
ord for setting up the Presidents mes
sage was broken this year.
First Assistant Postmaster-G General
Hitchcock has returned from an ex-
tended trip thru the West, which he
took with a view TO aScertaining at first
hand the conditions that prevail in the
Postal Service of that part of the coun-
try
Difficulty has been experienced by the
Post Office Department for consider
| able time in retaining the services of
efficient and experienced employees,
especially clerks and carriers, in many
Western offices. This condition prevails
particularly in the mining regions of
the Rocky Mountains, where in the last
few years, towns have sprung up al
most overnight and cities have grown
in few months.
In several instances" said Mr..
Hitchcock, Il learned that postmasters
paid considerable sums of mOuey out of
their own pockets to maintain the Pos
tai Service in their towns
"At Goldtield, New. for instance, the
Postmaster, Edward r. Collins, has paid
out in this way more money than he
has received in salary He has done SO
In the performance of what he believes
to be a patriotic duty
That was a manifestation of pure
American grit, but it is unfortunate that
such a situation should arise There
is no way by which Postmaster Collins
can be reimbursed unless Congress
should pass special act for his re-
lief"
1t is Mr.. Hitchcock's purpose to ad-
vocate the adoption by Congress Of an
amendment to the graded salaries law
providing that, in exceptional instances,
Postmasters, on a proper showing 20
the Department, may be allowed 10 pay
salaries to clerks and carriers as of d
higher grade than they hold. in order
that their services may be retained
A wailing increasing to screams was
heard in the doorway of Mr. Justice
Brown, retired, of the United States
Supreme Court, the other night, and on
investigation it was found that a re
markably fine-looking three-weeks-old
boy had beer left on his doorstep in a
handsome suitcase. The youugster was
well dressed, and in the suitcase We're
some initials. These led to the ;inding
| of the mother right soon. She went
bitterly when taken from a high class
hotel, and asked for her BABY, but she
didn't get it.
James ]. has been in town James
j., who was once the idol of the sport
ing hearts of the country Somebody
asked him if he ha5 called upon the
President. knowing how well that high
official likes to just look on a man of
Drawn.
Il never have believed in going to
the White House and seeing the Presi-
dent just for a lot of cheap advertise
ment," he declared. Corbett is now a
theatrical star, and really does very
well. What is the ?" asked the big
fellow, continuing the conversation.
What does the busy President of the
United States care about me? No
doubt he would be very cordial and
give me the glad hand; but / don't
think much Of the custom all sorts of
people have fallen into of running up
| there the first thing they get in town,
just so they may have the qualification
of seeing heir names in the papers next
day. None of that for mine And /
like the President too.
why did I quit the ring? Well, I'll
tell you. I did not like the social os-
| tracism connected with it, I did NOT
like having hospitality extended to me
F! simply because / was a prize OK. MY
| father disowned me because I went into
| it. but L did not care until later years,
when / found what I had brought on
myself. Therefore, ] turned toward the
stage as higher vocation. I have not
boxed for five years, and shall never
do so again.
II say l have not boxed have not
even had on the gloves for exercise I
love boxing. There is no better exer-
| else for the whole body ii the entire
| field of athletics, and it is too bad it
has been brought into dsrepute. /
| should like to box every day with n
man who would make me work hard.
but il is no fun to do so with someone
you can easily hold off. The prize ring
/ H.