The National tribune., 1908-01-30
THE NATIONAL wAsH1G1o c. THURSDAY JANUARY

SiDie quarters that the estimate Hihuc
| by that report Tor building the canal
was far too low. and that the cost may
approximate $500. 600. geo. This includes
| various incidental items, such as adj
mi istration. sanitation and improve
ments. aggregating several millions OF
dollars in Panama and Colon. when,
however. will be refunded by the Pan
ANA Government, the expenses of the
Zone Government and various expenses
| incidental to the relocation and acquisi-
| ton of the Panama Railroad.
The United States Senate. in eXecu
tive session assembled. rejected the
nomination of Charles W. Fairbanks, of
| Concord. n. H., who aspired to be U.
S. Pension Agent in that town and for
| that section. 1t is stated that the
\ turning down of Mr. Fairbanks was
part of policy that is to be pursued
hereafter in the Senate. In other words,
! United States Senators believe, so they
say, that they have some rights which
| a President of the United States is
bound to respect. and one of the chief
est of these is their right to say who
shall be appointed from their respec-
tive States to Government positions.
Senators Burnham and Gallinger rec
commended somebody else for the office
of United States Pension Agent in Con-
| cord. and the President appointed his
own man, Mr.. Fairbanks, having no
regard for the recommendation of the
two Senators from New Hampshire.
The appointment was made some
time ago to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of George A. Curtice, the
Pension Agent at Concord. The two
New Hampshire Senators, after con-
ferring with the New Hampshire House
delegation, had presented the names of
two candidates, who were both reject
ed. 1t is said that the nomination of
Fairbanks by the President was made
largely on the advice of National Com
mitteeman f. S. Streeter and Winston
Churchill.
Messrs Burnham and Gallinger held
up the confirmation of Fairbanks. For
some time they have been endeavoring
to effect the appointment of a man of
their own choice in his stead. Failing
in this, they took the action which re-
suited in the rejection of Fairbanks by
the Pensions Committee.
How the public does love to be gulled.
There are two ways you can catch it
by tickling its vanity or promising
whole lot for a very small nothing. A
woman who once did prominent peo-
pie in Washington has just been ar
rested in New York for doing trades
men, society men and women, clubs
and business men generally up there.
From the reports that come here she
must have been accepted with open
arms in New York, and she cleaned
up a pretty sum on forged checks and
the like there before she was appre-
hended. Her record here led her into
the White House, the United States
Senate and Cabinet, Army and Navy
circles.
Almost the first step in her Wash
= %; ,,
vitations saying: Mrs. Mickey requests
the honor of casting your hand in plas
ter, to be used in an historical manual
or psychological text book to be entitled
Hands That Have Built Empires Hotel
Gordon. Washington, d. c." The fee
was SIS. A large number paid in adj
vance.
William Jennings Bryan received an
invitation and accepted it. He took
Representative Sulzer with him to the
Hotel Gordon. For Mr.. Sulzer Mrs.
Mickey professed great admiration. Sne
declared he had most interesting hand
and one that portrayed great charac-
ter. She predicted that in Is years he
would become President.
Just how she managed to obtain an
audience in the White House is not ex-
planned, but it is a fact that she had
what she said was a cast of the hand
of President Mckinley. Others of whose
hands she took casts are Senator Davis,
of Minnesota; Speaker Henderson, Gen.
Miles. RearAdmirai Schley. Represen-
tative Champ Clark, Olga Nethersole
and Miss Ellen Terry.
The explosion came in a couple of
months, and ''she fed de COOP" tol
speak in the vernacular, leaving over
$1,000 worth of n. e. checks behind her,
which she had palmed off on trades
men.
Some newspaper man who wanted to
be funny, and who lives in the provin-
cial little town of New York, sent out
a dispatch the other night that the
President has donated to the Washing
ton Jockey Club a handsome silver ser
vice to be awarded TO the winner of a
special race for registered thorobreds,
ridden by commissioned Army officers,
to be run at Benning this Spring.
OF course there isn't word of truth
in the ridiculous thing. Somebody just
funny over the fact that the President,
finding that too many prominent Army
men were being hit by his order to ride
or quit the service, and had to modify
it to suit individual cases.
Representative Knowland, Of Califor-
mia, has handed to the President a let
ter from Judge Henry A. Melville, of
Oakland, Past Grand Exalted Ruler of
the Elks, together with resolutions
adopted under the administration of
Judge Melville as head of the order, |
doing away with the use of the eik's
tooth as an emblem of the Order. The
President appreciated the action of the !
EIks, as it did away with one of the |
strong incentives for the slaughter of
these animals. The teeth became very
valuable, largely because they were
bought by the Elks to be made into
emblems. Artificial teeth are to be !
used instead of the genuine.
1t really can't much matter to an
elk, nor will it help the propagation Of
the species any-this heroic determine |
ton not to kill the huge beasties for |
their teeth. when the President kills |
them for their heads, you Know. II the |
critter has to be killed at all, it might |
be as well to kill him for three things, |
as just one. He only has one head, |
while that same head yields two teeth |
that are dear to the hearts of the Order |
of Eiks, so that while the President
gets his big game and one head, the |
Elks will get the two teeth, which is |
three.
Charles Emory Smith, editor of the |
Philadelphia Press, formerly Postmas-
ter-General and former Minister to |
Russia. died suddenly and alone last |
week in his home in PHILADELPHIA. Ash
a newspaper man Charles Emory Smith |
stood high in the profession. He was
a leader in the Republican Party, and |
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