The National tribune., 1908-04-23


States and become a wanderer for at
least IL months. He will do this for
various reasons. He firmly believes that
Secretary Taft will be the next Presi-
dent, and he wants to be out of the
country, SO that Secretary Taft can
have free hand and not be hampered
with suggestions that Roosevelt would
or would not have done differently, or,
what is worse, the eternal suggestion
that what he does was inspired by
Roosevelt. The President also feels that
he has lost several good years of life by
his penned-up existence aS President,
and feels the call of the wild. He in
tends to hunt big game in uninhabited
sections of the globe, and for one whole
year live close to Natures heart
1t is a dead sinch that there will be
some fireworks before Congress ad-
journs, and strange to relate the
House of Lords" will be the place
where they will be set off. Senator
Foraker is not hankering SO much for
the Presidency as to go off cunning for
it when he feels that duty calls him
to remain in his seat in the Senate and
stand for justice as he sees it. and as
a great many red-blooded Americans
see ii, to tell the truth. He (Senator
Foraker) was to have made one of the
finest addresses to the Ohio Legislature
on Thursday evening Of this week, but
he heard a little bird humming a
'sleep song" and changed his mind
The little bird said that just as soon as
the Senior Senator from Ohio was out
of the horizon. the United States Senate
would proceed to put the Brownsville
matter to sleep, and they would do so
with the knowledge of the President.
Senator Foraker didn't have to call for
1l hot hi Al
sleep song, but he did wire home that
important matters would keep him in
Washington. and now that little bird
wishes that it had sung lower or not at
all. Senator Foraker has announced
that he will camp right on the trail of
the Presidents friends, and that if they
intend to defend his action in the
Brownsville matter he wants them to
do so, and let vote be taken before
adjournment
Senator Bulkley, of Connecticut, and
Senator Hemenway, of Indiana. will
speak in opposition to the action of the
President.
President Roosevelt is receiving many
communications commencing his efforts
to induce Congress to provide for the
construction of four battleships, which
is interpreted at the White House to
mean that the country is with him on
this question.
While the Presidnet has not relin-
quished efforts with Congress in this
it was stated that he will
confine his endeavors to persona lin
teryiews with Senators and members
of the House, and will not send in an
other message on this subject.
Easter Monday is always p thing for
kids to look forward to, for
on that day they hike to the White
House grounds to roll Easter eggs on
the green lawn. 1t is always considered
a calamity by the youngsters if the day
happens to be rainy, for, of course. the
fun is all off then. 1t was bright
though a little cool Monday, and the
fun was fast and furious. but the num-
Der of children was not as large as
usual. There were enough of them to
spread covering of egg shells over the
whole of the Presidents lawn. how
ever. and it cost about $500 to clean 1t
up after such a raid. Only children
were permitted inside the grounds, ex-
cept they were accompanied by grown
people. IT was funny enough the way
people acquired children that day. Skin
ny old women of uncertain maiden"
fat men, lean widows
with ne'er a chick nor a cfijld-any of
-hem-but they had children there. The
children stood round outside of the
gates. and adopted new mothers and
as the case might be, at so
much per. Sometimes a kid came as
high as a quarter, but some sold them
selves as low as 10 cents. with the un-
ierstanding that they were TO be turned
loose just as soon as they had been
'parented' in.
That the, buffalo is almost extinct inI
he United States is the dictum of Col
George Hargreaves of Wyoming, who
s registered at the Raleigh. Col. Har-
,reaves is an old hunter and pioneer.
md is a native of the wild and woolly
West. There are but 25 bison roaming
Wild in the United States to-day Where
IS years ago they might have been
by millions, the big herds run
ming wild have been reduced to the
,altry 25, most of which are in Yellow
stone Park Yet, while the American
olson. or buffalo, bids fair to become
extinct in its wild state, nevertheless IT
s not as near extinction as might be
imagined since private individuals and
societies, by taking up the question and
,y taking great pains to cultivate do
nestle herds, have caused consider
lble increase in the number of buffaloes
n captivity.
There are now 1.116 captive bufa- |
oes in the United States and some 476
n Canada, there being a decided in
.rease over the number which were to |
De found in this country a few years
lgo The American Bison Society has
)een actively at work for a number of
years in stimulating interest in the
of the buffalo, with the re-
uIt that a big movement is now on foot
o have set apart a big natural buffalo
ange. The country which the society |
as the most favorable spot
or the buffalo range is called the Ra-
,ilIi Hills and Meadows, in Montana, |
lear where Pabli, the Indian who re-
emily sold his herd to the Canadian
Government has maintained it,"
The Daughters of the American Revo-
ution are holding their annual Congress
n Washington. For fuss and feathers
he Daughters can simply wipe up the
late Time was when the ID. A. X.
Congress was the joke of the country,
,ut that day has gone by. Under the
business administration of Mrs. Donald
the first "commoner" to be
lected President-General, the Congress
,ets down to business the very first day, |
md she holds it right there. A master
Mrs. Mclean has very |
title use for an Official parliament
arian, tho one is always provided. In
ormer years one was needed, for the
President Generals were elected for
heir social and official standing, rather
han for their ability, and it takes some
hing more than society training to fit
me to preside over q body of women