The National tribune., 1908-02-27

"'You win,' 1 replied, handing over
the s..
Now, Cannon went on Hale. 'Ie,
me tell you about it. You're in the same
frame of mind that the rest of 'em get
at first They all have it. But pretty
soon word will come from the district
that some chap is out as a candidate
for your job. You'll get NAL and de-
eide to run again just for vinGication.
You'll be elected. Then after two terms
some other chap will announce that
you've been a hopeless failure lust at
time when you're about ready to re-
tire voluntarily. That'll get you mad
again, and you'll go after the nominal
ton once more
After that you'll get the notion that,
being pretty well up on the Committee
Of Revolutionary Claims, you'd like to
stay long enough to feel the sensation
OF being Chairman. And SO you'll fight
whenever it's necessary, and stay right
along-if you have luck
And it came out that way" declared
the Speaker. To-day my highest am
bition is to be a member of the House
of Representatives as long as l live, to
die during the session of Congress, and
to be buried at the public expense, while
all you fellows at the funeral are talk
ing under your breaths about who'll
likely succeed me-"
1t is now said that another American
girl will give her millions, and Incl
dentally break her heart, in a foreign
marriage. 1t is Miss Katharine EIkins.
daughter of Senator Elkins, this time.
She is handsome. snowy girl of great
athletic powers, mentally bright and
an all-around, fine girl. She is re-
ported engaged to the Duke of the
AbruZzi who was in this country a few
months ago with the Italian fleet
Everybody is wondering what "Old
Steve" Elkins will say to the match.
BE it known to you, Senator Stephen
b. Elkins is an American to the back
bone, and will not like one little bit
the wandering of his daughters affec-
tions off after this foreign dago By
the way he is the chap whose gold ar
ticles. the people stole for souvenirs,
when he was here in command of the
Dago fleet.
Herr Emil Steinhardt, a manufact-
urer of Frankfort-on-the- Main, Ger
many, is here observing us, and he
smiles when We speak of hustle, and
tells this story:
"A German paper manufacturer at
Esenthal," continued Herr Steinhardt
has just male an experiment to see
how rapidly it is possible to transform
a tree into newspaper.
Three trees in the neghborhood of
his factory were cut down at 1851
o'clock in the morning They were
instantly barked and pulped. and the
first roll of paper was ready at 9:34
o'clock.
1T was lifted into an automobile
that stood waiting, and conveyed to
the press room of the nearest daily
paper. The paper being already set, |
the printing began at once, and by
10 o'clock precisely the journal was
on sale on the streets.
THE entire process of TRANSFORMED
ton had taken exactly two hours and
25 minutes. How is that for hustle |
George B. CorteIyou, Secretary of the
Treasury, occupied last week for the
first time the offices that have been
fitted up for him in the custom house
in New York. 1t was also the first
time he had been in the new building.
With Collector Fowler and Appraiser
Wanamaker, the Secretary discussed
methods for simplifying the business
operations of the custom-hous and the
appraisers department, which he sus-
5ested last Fall The general object
Of the plan is to do away with much
Of the red tape between the Govern
nent and importers.
The Secretary has refused all offers
% engage in business, either as presi-
lent of the Knickerbocker Trust Com
pany or as head of any other finan-
cial institution or corporation. His
reason for declining all of them was
hat he intends to remain in the Treas
lry Department until the end of the
Roosevelt Administration.