The National tribune., 1908-01-23

changes, and there has never been a
President who has made as many
changes in his official family as have
been made by President Roosevelt.
The change suggested now is that Sec
retary of the Treasury Cortelyou will
retire and Postmaster General Myer
will succeed him as Secretary. Cor
telyou denies it; Myer denies it; but
the President has not branded the
rumor as false, and it is suggested that
the President has not only the first, bu.
the last guess.
Hungary is going to be right in it
If there is any money to be had, but
coupled with the money there should
be a nice lady as well as a rich one.
In all the papers of this country is
appearing an advertisement of young
"Prince,'' who wants mice rich
American lady" for wife. Now that
is an honest advertisement and the
mice rich young LADY, who is willing
to marry such Prince will prOba-
bly, get quite as respectable a man as
the young Vanderbilt miss who is
marrying an impecunious no-account
Hungarian Count. 1t is said that two
young women in Washington have an
Bwered the advertisement. Pity the
prince can't take both out of the
country. Women of that stripe are
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large, new suction fan to ventilate
the Senate chamber is being installed
at The Capitol. The fan in use hereto
fore will be used to help ventilate the
committee rooms and corridors.
Ventilation at the Capitol presents
many problems. and many of the Sena-
tors have opinions as to how much
hot and how much cold air they can
stand.
In consequence the roof over the
Senate chamber is honeycombed with
pipes and apparatus of all kinds to
preserve an even temperature in the
chamber. 1t is the object of the Cap
itoi engineers to keep the temperature
in the Senate between II and 72. and
they have been successful.
A marble-top table once owned by
Thomas Jefferson is one of the latest
acquisitions to the National Museum.
1t is the gift of Mrs. Frederic c. Brin-
ton, of West Chester, Pa, and is in
excellent state of preservation. The
base of the table is of veneered pine.
and the following inscription appears
on the marble top: Thomas Jefferson
to N. P. Trist, and from him to David
Maconkey, Oct 2, 1S49.' In her let
ter donating the table to the museum,
key left the table to his widow, who,
in turn, bequeathed it in 1881 to Mrs.
Brinton, her niece. The marble slab
of the table was cracked in transit to
the museum.
To a suggestion in many of the
papers of the country that he is ma
terial for the making of a mighty fine
President of the United States, Justice
v1ov, sal hot Ii, Sc
the Supreme Bench, and that he has
no hankering for the Presidency. In
other words he is not hunting trouble.
Representative Edwards, of Georgia,
thinks Congress has been shirking its
duty, and has introduced a resolution
which he seems to think would be a
remedy for the listlessness that has
been pervading the Capitol. which has
used up nearly all the time since the
recess in discussing the penal-code
bill
His resolution provides that the ses-
eions of the House and Senate begin
at 8 O'Clock in the morning and last
through until o'clock in the even
ing. if necessary, with an hour at noon
for lunch.
It is announced at the War Depart
of the Army will be placed on the re-
tired list because of disabilities in
Cured in the line of duty: Lieut.-Co
John C. Muhlenberg, of the Pay De-
partment, stationed at the Presidio of
San Francisco; Capt. Solomon P. YES
tai. 9Th Cav. now in the General
Hospital at Fort Bayard, n. NJ; Mai
Pierce NJ B. Travis, 18th Infan-
try, now in General Hospital at Wash
ington Barracks, Washington, D. c.;
and Capt. Frederick v. Krug, Goth
Infantry, stationed at Honolulu,
Hawaii. The above were included in
the list of officers examined by the
Davis retiring board in this city. be-
cause of their failure to qualify for the
riding test prescribed by President
Roosevelt.
Secretary Taft states that it had
been decided to retain Col w i. Mar
shall, Corps of Engineers, on the active
list. in charge of harbcr improvements
at New York, for the reason that he
despite the fact that his size and
weight prevented his taking part in
the recent ride at Fort Myer. Col.
Marshall stands ready at any time to
ride, but SO far the Army Quarter
masters have failed to provide a horse
strong enough to carry one of his
weight with safety.
The Senate has passed a resolution,
declaring that no communication from
heads of Departments. chiefs of bu-
reaus, or other executive officers will
be received by that body unless they
are sent in compliance with law or are
transmitted by the President.
The resolution was reported from
the Committee on Rules by MIR. Lodge,
and was the result OF objections made
by Senator Hepburn and Senator Hale
to the reception by the Senate of bills
sent by Secretary Garfield in connec-
don with communication. In moy-
Ing the passage of the resolution, Mr..
Lodge stated that the relations that
should exist between the Senate 4
the Executive Department of the Gov
ernment wece carefully reviewed by
President Madison. and he asked that
q portion of one of the President s
messages bearing on that subject be
incorporated in the record with his re-
marks.
Plans for the first international con.
gress to consider the welfare of chill.
dren have been completed here by the
executive board of the National Con.
gress of Mothers. The Congress will
be held here. President Roosevelt
will address the delegates in the East
Room of the White House March 10
The other sessions of the congress
will be held in the Metropolitan Meth
Odist Episcopal Church, and will be
concluded on March II. Governors OF
nearly all the States have consented