The National tribune., 1908-01-09

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i strict instructions that hereafter this
1925 has got to be spent for the things
which the law contemplated when il
| was first made And, furthermore, the
things that are ordered must be accom-
panied by voucher from the Senator
and his female friends cannot now go
and order on his account. 1t will come
| a little hard, for it is well known thai
the members of Congress have made
most of their Christmas presents out o1
this fund. and taken them from the
stock in the stationery room
| Uncle Sans herd of Is buffaIoes
which was taken from the New York
Geological Gardens to the Wichita Ma
tional Forest in Oklahoma early in the
Fall are doing well in their new home,
according to advces which have been
received here from the Supervisor s
headquarters at Cache. Since leaving
New York the herd has celebrated the
birth of two fine buffalo calves, one of
which has been named Fornaday, after
the name of the Director of the New
York Gardens, which gave them to the
Government, and the other Oklahoma,
after the new State, which was born
soon after the herds arrival
Keeper Frank Rush, a Western cow
puncher and experienced buffalo man,
who has handled the herd since it was
taken from New York, says that alfalfa
| hay has put his charges in fine shape,
and that the big prairie beasts are
again thriving in their native land. The
buffaloes have an S,000-acre fenced
park in the Wichita Forest, in which
they can charge and snort. During the
| Winter the animals will be fed alfalfa
! hay and protected from the weather
and disease in number of large sheds
which have been built in the inclosure.
Mrs. Harry Heth, wife of the famous
Confederate officer, died in this city last
week, and her body was taken to Rich
mond for interment. Chief among the
flowers sent to cover her casket were
rebel flags in roses and lilies.
John Sharpe Williams, minority lead
er of the House, has been pretty seri-
ously i'll of grip, just to be in fashion.
but expects to be able to take his seat
when Congress convenes.
Representative William A. Calder
head, who has been dangerously i'll of
pneumonia, at his apartments in Con-
gress Hall, is now considered out of
danger, tho yet a very sick man.
Secretary Cortelyou has so far re-
covered from his serious attack of grip
as to be able to ride out, and will visit
his office this week for the first time in
two weeks and more.
A weekly paper printed by the Gov
ernment, edited by the Government and
giving news of all the Government busi-
nd nnr nyfp,n naf,fc to hot
sentative Richmond P. Hobson has pro-
vided for in bill which he will intro
duce in the House after the Christmas
holidays.
He calls it "The Official Journal" and
designs 1t to carry consecutive accounts
of the Government machine in Wash
ington. Also, he wants it to put before
the public the valuable results of all
the Investigations that have been car
ried on and are being carried on by the
Government Departments in regard to
farming, trade and such kindred mat
ters.
For the journal, which Is to be issued
free, an appropriation of $4,000 for
rapid presses in the Government Print
ing Office is provided and an additional
sum of s275,000 for paying the staff
who shall compile and get out the pa
per. The manner in which the ma
terial shall be selected and treated for
the journal shall be passed on by a
joint committee of members from all
three branches of the Government.
Now. won't a paper of that kind be
real nice and readable? 1t will be al
most as interesting as the Congressional
Record. 1t can, of course, have some
of the cloak-room stories of the mem
bers in it-only that would render It
unavailable under the postal laws-and
could be further embeIlished by the pic
lures Of the fist fighters of Mr.. Hob
sons party-it is conceded by all that
the Democratic Party in the House is
regular Donnybrook Fair for fighting.
OF course, If all the stories of the com
bines" and political deals are printed it
will be feature that Congressional
hangers-on will like to have, but they
would have to borrow money of some
Congressman to buy the paper. Mr..
Merrimac Hobson is sure the pipe
dreamer.
The year closed in the United States
Treasury with a deficit of nearly S10,-
600, 900 in the current account since the
beginning of the fiscal year 1903, six
months ago.
A year ago there was, instead of a
deficit, surplus of receipts over ex-
penditures for the six months amount
ing to little more than s25.003,000
The less favorable condition of the
Treasury at the close of the year 1907 is
attributable to the falling off in receipts
from customs. 1t is true that the cur
rent expenditures have been larger in
the last six months than in the latter
half of 1906, but if the customs receipts
had continued to increase as they were
increasing year ago the rise in the
amount of expenditures would not have
produced a deficit.
Instead of continuing to increase as
they were increasing a year ago, the
rise in the amount of expenditures
would not have produced a deficit. In
stead of continuing to increase, the in
come produced by the tariff law de-
creased in the last six months by nearly
$4,000, 900.
Senator Newlands is fond Of red-real
bright all over screaming scarlet suits
him best of all. Somebody suggested
that he liked it because II matches the
little hair he has left, but perish the
thought, His hair is simply q warm
Titan, don't you know, and it is spread
over his head above cherubic face like
a baby's. Senator Newlands likes red
neckties, likewise brilliant, biood-red
affairs. They are handsome, dollar
apiece ties, none of your two-for-a-
quarter affairs. All the furniture around
his desk is red, too, even to his cigaret
case, which is of red morocco.