The National tribune., 1908-06-18

the packages unprotected by proper
stamps.
The Government contends this is
prima facie evidence of the nonpay-
ment of taxes. and cigars not protect
ed with stamps may be declared forfeit
ed to the United States.
Cigar dealers say this decision creates
disadvantage, because when box
with lid attached is placed on show a
great portion of space is taken up I'M
| necessarily. and a practice of doing
away with the lid has been followed
universally. The internal revenue
| agents have received instructions that
| all such cases shall be reported and
the cigars detained.
The impression seems to be prevalent
that Senator Bailey. of Texas. is in
very serious condition. 1t is even whis-
pered that he has cancer of the throat
| His physician says that he is suffering
| from a severe attack of bronchitis. but
some of his friends say that the illness
is deeper seated than that. 1t will be
a calamity for the Democratic Party
tif Senator Bailey should be side-track-
| ed thus early in a promising career.
1 Senator Bailey has had a great deal
| of fun poked at him first and last, and
a great many unkind things have been
said about him, but as matter of fact
! he is one of the soundest and most log
| ical thinkers and speakers in the
| Democratic Party today. He has grown
tremendously since he came the baby
of the National House of Representa-
| tives. and ne has put away good many
| of those baby" ways which they
/ chaffed him about and has become a
good deal of a man. With few more
years on his shoulders he could easily
become leader in his party if he
would.
! At last the President has succumbed
i TO the Buzz Wagon. 1t is well known
| that the President has never had any
use for an automobile. He even car
ried his dislike so far as to decline to
ride in one. and would not let his
| daughter Alice have one while she re
automobiles of her friends. just the
same, and once upon n time hired one
and ran it herself. 1t was said at the
! time that the wrath of the Presidential
papa was something fearful. But at last
/ the President has tried the buzz wagon
1 himself. and they - say that he ex-
! pressed pleasure in the trip. Mrs.
Roosevelt is fond of an auto ride and
often takes the children for a trip. 1t
| is not at all likely, however, that the
horses in the Presidential stable will
get over frisky while the President
/ rides in an auto forahis preference is
for horseback riding.
The Marine Band concerts in the
White House grounds have drawn a
number of the smart people there the
| past two Saturday afternoons. Mrs.
Roosevelt and her children have been
| on the south porticO. and have en-
| joyed the music. having had a few
friends with them each time.
Time was when the Saturday after
moons in the White House grounds
were the great panorama of social
splendor. but society grew tired of it,
and the crowds increased with the
growth of the population, so that now
| society finds other amusements for
Saturday afternoons in the Summer,
| except the few who have the much
coveted invitation to sit on the veran-
| 'da With the Presidents family. The
J band concert in the grounds is one of
the time honored customs in Was ing
ton. but the audiences are composed
| not of the smart set. but rather of
music-lovers among the people who are
not in the leisure class.
| The condition of Representative A.
4 A. Wiley. of Alabama, who is at Hot
Springs. Ky. and VINO has been criti-
caily i'll at his hotel since his arrival
from Washington, was decidedly worse
| on Monday last. During the morning
hours his pulse was extremely feeble.
and it was admitted then that he might
not survive the day
Oliver Fl. Kelly. venerable founder
of the famous farmers organization,
the Patrons of Husbandry, better
known perhaps as the Changers, who
has been ill at his home here, is re-
ported to be greatly improved.
/ Secretary Taft gave an audience last
Monday to a delegation of colored
members of the Grand Army of the
Republic of the District of Columbia.
who asked that site be reserved in
tho, National Cemetery at Arlington for
the erection of a suitable monument in
Speciai commamoration of the colored
soldier, who lost their lives in the civil
war A special section of the ceme-
terry is devoted to the colored soldier
dead.
The delegation consisted of Mai
Louis z. Douglass, son of the late
Fred Douglass: Mai. Fleetwood, for
merry of the District National Guard;
i Commander b. f. Davis. Maj. ID. Good
man and c. w. Hale. The last two
named belong to Post No. 9 of the
g. A. r. ami the other three to Post
No. 81 of the O. a. r. They consti-
tute a committee Of the Monument AS
ISOLATION of Colored Veterans of the
Civil War, the purpose of which asso-
citation is the erection of monument
! TO their fallen comrades in the Ar
lington Cemetery, just as has been done
in the case of Confederate veterans
and Spanish war veterans whose re-
mains now rest in that cemetery.
Secretary Taft was favorably i'm
pressed with the representations OF
Spokesman Douglass. and said he will
consult with the QuartermaSter-Gen
eral, who has charge of the cemetery
to see if it is possible to comply with
the request
DO WE NEED \ NEW NATIONAL
/ SONG?
i We May Have One Some Time, But Not