The National tribune., 1907-03-07

4 nt ittuSt dubpi"u u TfS'tuli'ii ~
Nr Fitzgerald. of New York. caliin.
'or.a The House aboui the nature. char
tot"r and extent of the work being done
n the Louisiana.
The United States Senate. has how
Ing reverence for the Father OF ms
"ouniEy. oh. yes inde-dy. There Werr
sNartIv two people oil hand. Two tnlte'
States senators. If you please. Whth
;rn.itur Eui!lett. the Youngest meihbe.
II ihr American '.Housc of Lords. read
he Farewell Address. on Washing
'an's BIRTHDAY. Of coarse more Sena-
,,,.s sa1Intrred in Ia;cr. but sure the
.nringeSt United states senator did face
4 forest of ein,ftE seats when he hrst
tcean The House paid no attention
- the anniversary, hiit went right oa
With its business And thus does the
United States Congress propagate pa
riot ism.
Uncle Joe" Cannon gets funny iii
he chair sometimes in way that
would make Speaker Reed turn over
N his grave. The other day Mr.. Steph-
auS. of Texas. called up a resolution re-
.,;Ir<tins he Secretary of the Interior to
furnish information respecting certain
lands in New Mexico which the Santa
L" italroad Company and some MIN
fG prospeciors are claiming. He goi
mixed oYer two different forms, one
containing . preamble. the other with
out. The former was FIRST agreed to,
when Mr. Lacey, of Iowa. Chairman oi
the COMMITTEES on Public Lands, suS-
ges.ed that the preamble had been
stricken out.
Very weIl.' said the Speaker: "the
Chair viii try again"
Then it appeared that the wrong res
olution had been considered, and Mr..
Stephens tried again.
Which che OF the children is this:
aueried the Speaker.
Being assured that this was the prop
er and legitimate one, he had the pro
cccdings with reference to the other
vacated. and the last one passed.
And then the other day he got Rep
rcSentative Babcock all mussed up in
his ideas The House has been meet
ing at 10 O'Clock this past week, and
1t is difficult for the Members to catch
on ErIiogies We're the order of the
morning and promptly at the stroke
of u the Speaker assembled the plat
form took the gavel from some Speaker
pro tempore. banged it real hard. and
up got every member in the House Is
tho as for payer The Speaker looked
surprised. and then said:
The Chair recognizes the gentleman
from Wisconsin, waving his gavel OF
authority toward Mr.. Eabcock.
That statesman. who is pretty stout,
and Tho is going out the 4th of March.
struggled up from his seat, the natural
ruddiness of his face intensified by the
embarrassment of his situa ton. The
gaze of hundreds was riveted upon
him. Did the Speaker expect him to
pray? That was the question the Hous1
| was asking itself. To the rescue gal
/ lantly came Uncle JOE.
'''i'he gentleman from Wisconsin is
recognized for the purpose of going Oh
with the special business of the day
said the Speaker. somewhat reproving-
B.
- thought IT was time for prayer,
exclaimed Il half dozen members, sotto
voice.
at is,~ declared others.
The regular PRAYER had been deliv-
I cred al the opening at 10 O'Clock. but
! this had been overlooked by nearly
4 everybody, including Mr.. Babcock.
The special order of the day was tbs
Union Station Traction bill and it wa.
put 20 untimely death without prayer
| The Walking Club has another
notable addition in ambassador Bryce.
Up to the present time Baron SpecI
yon SterDberg. the German ambassador
was the blue ribbon pedestrian, beins
able almost TO outwalk the President
! EmbaSsador Bryce comes with a rec
7 ord for mountain climbing. having as
cended many of the peaks in the Alps
a Sport that requires endurance, agili5!
and nerve.
Tho first in athletics, he will be las
in tiIc EnbassadoriaI line, for the deai
, of the corps is always the Embassado
longest at Washington. Others TAX
their places according 10 the dates oil
their credentials.
For years the Mexican diplomats ere
dentials outdated all others. His com
mission WAS the oldest. which. Of course
placed him at the head of the Embas
I sIdorial goid-lacc procession, and gav'
him the initial right 10 peep thru tn
\ poriieres of the Cabinet Secretary
dining hall
/ f,ut the death of the Mexican E,mbas
sador and the recall OF Sir Mortimc
Durand caused two vacancies. The ar
rival Of the new Mexican EmbassadoT
Scnor trcel, - few weeks ahead of tin
lI'ritish Embassador. will give him pre-
,ccdcnc" tthc breath of the social life o
. Washington at all diplomatic func
tidns over Mr.. Bryce.
Such are The trials of a diplomat,
Mrs James McLachlan, wife of Rep
, resen;ativc McLachlan, of Passadena
, cal. died al the family home last weea
of pneumonia
IN a general order issued by Publ
/, Printer S,ilIings he says the days @
hand composition are fast coming to
. close The order was issued to call al
tcntiOn 10 the night school Of instruc
! tion on the monotypc machine. TIL
school held its first session last wcel
, from Ia 10 o'clock The instructiO
will be free. but no pay is given for tn
work accomplished.
4 Public Printer Stillings announces I
. his order that in the event of reductio
!, in the force Of printers those who ca
: operate the machines will be given tn
preference. He advises all those VIII
n can To attend the night school.
L The Army Cantecn was knocked on
I and now the veterans of Soldiers Home
q are absolutely at the mercy of the 10
q dives which collect in the vicinity ,
I the Homes. and lure into them II
y childish old men who should be care
/ for as children are.
=. Enlbassador Bryce was received
n The President last Tuesday. Presidel
& Roosevelt had arrived only half an hot
d before from his visit to Massachusetts
d hut, after q somewhat hasty luncheo
d he was ready TO meet the Embassad,
: at the appointed time.
- Tho IraS.ufaijpn WAS ponpiuIa1 mi,