The National tribune., 1908-01-16
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When President Roosevelt was att
Nashville, Tenn, few months ago ne
visited the home and tomb of President
jackson, and there indicated his inten-
ton to ask the aid of the Government
for the maintenance of the place which
Jackson used as his nome for 40 years
Representative Gaines, of Tennessee.
called on the President last week to-
consult with him about a bill he has in
trcduced providing for National assist
arce. The Hermitage the old Jackson
place, was bought by the State of Ten
neSsee in 1856 for S4S,000, and in Varl-
ous ways the State has paid out to tins
time S161.000.
About Is years ago the State set aside
s acres. which includes the, house and
tomb, to the Ladies Hermitage Associa-
tion, which, by membership fees and
private subscriptions, has kept UP the
expense of maintenance. Mr.. Games
says he agrees with the President that
Jackson and his history belong to the
Nation, and that the Nation should care
for his last resting place in proper
manner. 1t is estimated that $1,000 to
$4,000 year would keep up the
grounds and provide some Improvement.
1t would be in the nature of a gift TO
the Hermitage Association.
Can this be true?
John r. Abernathy. United States
Marshal of Oklahoma, the man who
conducted the President on wolf hunt
several years ago, and who has the
reputation of catching wolves alive and
killing them by prizing open their
mouths. was a White House caller the
other day. Asked about stories that
whisky is plentiful in the new State
which is now operating under prohibi-
ton, he said most of them We're true.
'In the Indian Territory section of the
new State conditions were pretty fair
when the United States Government
was in charge, but now whisky is sold
almost openly in many parts of the Ter
ritory and blind tigers are as thick as
fleas Whisky is to be had in the Okla
homa section also, but it does not seem
SO bad as in the region of the new State
where whisky was supposed to be al
most unknown for many years.
Secretary Charles L. Magee, of the
Red Cross, has transmitted to Congress
the annual report of that society, which
shows that the total expenditures on ac-
count of San Francisco relief were SS,-
S32, 4S4- OF this amount s3,133,375 was
expended for rehabilitation, S1,959,945
for housing, s1,331,750 for food relief,
S402, 207 for hospital and charitable in
There are funds still available for the
San Francisco relief work amounting to
$S46,557. The society estimates for
closing the relief work will call for the
expenditure of about S750,00 of this
sum.
"J. Ham. Lewis" erstwhile NJ. c.,
and whose real name is James Hamilton
Lewis, used to be one of tn most gal
liant of men to women. Laws bless you,
butter wouldn't melt in his mouth wher
he was talking to the fair ones here in
Washington while he tackled "Represen-
tative" from somewhere to his name.
Then he quit, or got left at home, and
became Corporation Attorney of Chi
cago, and since then he is simply un-
bearable. Here is his very latest utter
ance, made to some 200 law students at
the Northwestern University in Chicago
the other night:
"a woman always comes to testify
as witness for one of two reasons he
said. Either she comes thru a sense
of affection or duty to those whom she
loves or she comes to satisfy what she
regards as a perfectly legitimate feel
ing, resentment
eff it is the first of these she will
come thru fire and water to testify, and
she will see things as her friend views
them. Sincerely and earnestly she will
testify that things are as she thinks
they ought to be, and you may cross
examine until you have exhausted the
vocabulary and you will get nothing
from her but her ideas of what they
ought to be. A woman has no idea of
the sanctity of an oath, and woman
Will repeat when on oath anything
which she will say when not on oath.
IF she comes as your witness. i'm
PEELED by a feeling of sentiment be
careful not to let her tell why she came.
Caf ,zfI Inv,
peditiously as possible and let her go.
Do not branch off into collateral mat
ters, or she will take the first oppor-
tunity to vindicate herself for appear
ing by telling the grudge she has against
the defendant.
'On the other hand, if you are cross
examining her be careful not to let her
state the grievance that has brought her
in as a witness against your client un-
less you are sure of what it is, for no
matter what woman does, if it be an
act impelled by natural and legitimate
affection the world will ever forgive
her"
BY the way. just ponder over that.
How near does Mr.. Lewis come TO tell
ing an untruth, you who know?
The members of the House are dis
posed to have Il little fun with young
Mr.. Slemp, of Virginia. who comes to
represent the district lately filed by his
father, who died. Mr.. Slemp did not
know soul on the floor of the House
when he blew in the other day. and
after standing on one foot and then the
other finally went up to 81 Sulloway,
who looked quite the biggest thing in
the horizon, q total stranger. and asked
If he wouldn't introduce him formally
to take the oath But Mr.. Sulloway ex-
planned that il was usual TO be intro
duced by a member Of ones own dele.
cation. and so brought Mr.. SIemp up tC
his colleague, Representative Lamb
from the Old Dominion, to do the hon.
ors.
A press dispatch from Halifax, n. S.
states that the United States flag which
fioated from the frigate Chesapeak
captured by the British warship Shan
non, off Boston Harbor, in 1913, is to bc
sold at auction in London.
Rear-Admiral George Z. Melville
now living in Philadelphia, when showr
the dispatch, declared that the Presi
dent, the Navy Department or some
body in authority in the United State
Government ought to buy the flag
bring 1t home and place it among tn,
historical records of the Nation at tn,
Capital.
The United States should buy tha
flag" said Admiral Melville 1T be
longs to this country, and some on
ought to see to it that we get it. If