The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-08-20

It Presidential candidates. iesrant, Have
g and Mckinley were; credited to tn
S Methodists, and Tilden. Blaine, CIeye
d land. Harrison and Bryan to the Pres
IS byterians. Greeley was as Uniyersalist
Il altho various kinds pfieccentric. ethica
$ and religious ideas were, attributed L
d him; Garfield was of the Campbellites
9 and once had been "a preacher amon
5. them; Arthur had Episcobalian affilia
formed stock.
S 1t is now said that Senator La Follett
n will edit an organ of his own, and tina
: with this end in view heels making
r canvass of Wisconsin to secure a guar
antee of 10000 readers for a weekt
n paper along the lines of Bryan's Com
p moner.
: Some time aga Senator La Follett,
l. broke with Senator Isaac Stephenson
: his financial hacker and owner of tn,
/ Milwaukee Free Press, which up to re-
r Gently has been the La Toilette organ
: La Toilette now proposes to start hi:
5 own newspaper and run 1t as Bryar
? runs his famous weekly.
Ex-Vice President Stevenson won IL
the Democratic primaries for the nomi-
nation for Governor of Illinois. lin
Congress, but now a lawyer in Chicago
was among those who "also" ran, and
he says he was cheated out of the nomi-
nation.
The great practical utility of the mag
netic survey made in the Pacific Ocean
by the yacht Galilee since 1906 is shown
by the new magnetic chart, from which
it appears that the charts previously
t,xyy tors i,,t d.
were erroneous along some much-trav-
ersed routes to the extent of from three
to FIVE degrees. and the errors at times
were systematic. Errors of this magni-
ltude are of Importance in practical navi-
CATION, where the indications of the
compass should be as accurate as pos
sble.
Here's a case of dwell, of the old
Nick getting you whether you do or you
don't. Secretary Taft is trying his level
| est to keep himself in condition and his
flesh down. He is so heavy that he soon
breaks horse down, and so has to
'hoof' it most of the time. He likes
golf, and Is considered very good play >.
er. AT Hot Springs. w. Va, where he
has been sojourning since his notifica-
ton, he plays on a golf ground which is
nine miles to a game--if that is the way
| HOo put at any idtc, hc Has " lIdNel
nine miles while playing game. 1t is
good, healthy exercise, but there are
people in the world who call it erich
mans game" and so they are busying
| themselves writing letters to Judge Taft
begging him to quit playing golf or he
will get the Ill will of the laboring peo-
pie. What does Judge Taft say to that =?
Well, just exactly what you might ex-
pect. Mr.. Taft said that this business
of running for President indaa n i'm
of the fable of that old man, the boy
and the ass. The old man was riding
the ass and the boy was walking, and
everybody said, Look at that old cur
mudgeon riding and making that little
boy walk" So the old man dismounted
and put the boy on the ass, and every
body said, Look at that young fellow
riding and making his poor old father
walk" t.p ID
Then both got on the ass, and the
people said, Look at the two of them
breaking the poor ASS back; they might
carry him. 10
Finally they tied the ASS legs and
started to carry him., and everybody
said, THE FOOLS
II have found said the candidate,
that 1 can't please everybody"
80 ute
Judge Taft weighs, right now about
279 pounds, flesh all well distributed,
but no horse could hold up under that
for any great length of time. Mr.. Taft
was riding recently, when his horse went
down under him SO unexpectedly that
he was thrown about five feet from the
animal and bruised up considerably. A |
day or two later the same horse went
down under him again, but he had
learned caution, and so was not thrown.
The horse is big black which Mr. Taft |
took with him from Washington, and |
which had carried him safely and hand
somely for year or more, but the horse |
seems not to go so well on the rough |
roads there as he did on the asphalt
here. Mr.. Taft is fine rider, and sits |
horse much more handsomely than
the President.
The FIST campaign button man of the |
season made an appearance in WASH
ington last week with full stock of
Taft buttons. He made a preliminary
round of office buildings, but complained
that business was dull, probably for the
reason that Chief Hitchcock, of the /
Taft Headquarters. some time ago dis
tributed gratis slathers of likenesses of
the Republican candidate.
Mr.. Bryan was conspicuous by his alb
sence on the button mans display
board. An admirer of the "PeerlessI
One" demonstrated, but was unfeelingly
choked off by the vendors query:
Jaw, how'd think I'm going to sell
Bryan buttons to a town full of Repub-
fican Government clerks?"
The President kept quiet for whole
hour recently. while Victor d. Bremen
modelled his face in clay. Mr.. Bremen
is authorized to prepare a Government
medal to be bestowed upon men en-
ployed upon the Panama Canal One
side of the medal will be a profile relief
of President Roosevelt. The artist was
at luncheon, and afterward
declared that the President was bully
subject"
1t has long been desired by the War
department to perfect the method of ,
water supply to the important military
post of the Preside of San Francisco.
The main dependence for water is upon
A local water company, which receives
16 cents per 1000 gallons for that fur
aished. Some use is also made of wells.
but the supply from that source is in
adequate. Il
proposition was made to establish
water works on Point Lobos Creek, and
bids were invited in anticipation of an
appropriation by Congress, which would
permit the War Department to purchase
land adjoining the creek Just Citside Of
he military reservation, and which ac-
1uirement was necessary in order to ,
protect the creek from contamination !
Congress refused to make tee desired
and 1t has become neces- {
'ary to reject the bids, and4to indefinite :
y postpone the project. 1t will there ,
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