The National tribune., 1908-04-09


incident" when he publicly declared
that President Roosevelt should have
been killed for lunching with the col
ored man. This utterance caused much
unfavorable comment thruout the
South. and is said to have been much
deplored by Mr. He1in's colleagues in
the House.
Mr.. Heain precfpitated heated de-
bate in the House of Representatives
on Feb. %, when he proposed an
amendment to the street railway bill
providing for "jim crow cars in the
District. At this time he said:
THE passage of my amendment would
benefit both races in the District of Co
lumbia. 1t would remove the cause OF
friction that You see on the cars every
day, which occur because you herd ne
gros and whites in the same car"
At the time of the shooting Heflin was
on his way to the Metropolitan NJ. e.
Church to lecture on temperance. Tenn
perate man, Representative Helm.
Representative Ferris, of Oklahoma.
has a scheme which he thinks ought t0
sweep the country like wildfire and take
Congress right spang off its feet. He
has introduced resolution to erect
100000 statue to Robert E. Lee close
to the Capitol in Washington. He thinks
that this will do a great deal to cement
the ties between the South and the
North. Query: What inscription would
be put on the monument? Something
like this, perhaps "A great General who
was educated at the expense of the
country against which he turned and
fought four years to destroy"
Admiral Dewey has decided that it
will be impossible for him to go to San
Francisco to participate in the recep-
ton TO the fleet. The Admiral has re-
peatedly indicated his personal desire
to go to the Pacific Coast this Spring,
but there are considerations of a per-
sonal nature which have Influenced him
in reaching the conclusion not to under
take the trip, which, with its long rail-
road journey, nightly banquets and re-
peated demands on him in a social way,
would make the whole thing very IA
tiguing. The confident expectation. how
ever is that the Admiral will be able to
participate in the welcome to be given
the fleet on it's return to New York, now
tentatively fixed for Feb. % next.
After the death of Senator Whyte, of
Maryland Senator Allison was the old
est Senator. but now that Gov. Proctor
had appointed ex-Gov. J. w. Stewart 70
fill the place left vacant when his faith
er. the venerable Senator from Vermont.
died the record is again broken. The
new appointee is in his SD year, and
when sworn in as Senator will be the
Nestor in point of age in the United
States Senate. The late Senator Will
liam ]. Bryan was the youngest member
of the Senate. Senator Gore, the blind
Senator from Oklahoma, now holds that
distinction, being in his 3Sth year of age
A large company of distinguished
guests attended a banquet at the Airing
ton Hotel last week, given by Benito
Legarda and Pablo Ocampo, the Philip
pine Commissioners to the American
Congress. who took this medium of
showing in part their appreciation of
the kindness with which they had been
received and treated since their arrival
in Washington and their gratitude to
the American Nation. The company
was made up of Vice President Fair
banks, Speaker Cannon, Secretary Taft.
who acted as POSTMASTER; the Senate
Committee on the Philippines, the
House Committee on Insular Affairs.
other Senators and Representatives who
made up Secretary Taft's party to the
Philippines several years ago, promi-
nent Army officers who have seen SER
vice in the Philippines and ex-officers
of the islands now here, and Bishop
Thomas A Iendrick, of Cuba.
The Naval yacht Sylph is being put in
excellent condition for the use of the
President at oyster Bay next-Summer.
Gen. Chas Grosvenor. the "Sage of
Athens" has been in Washington, and
takes occasion to deny emphatically the
suggestion that he intends to be can.
didate for Congress on an independent
ticket against Mr.. Douglas, the Repub-
lican incumbent, who beat Gen. Grosve-i
nor for the 60th Congress. He would
not say. however, that he might not try
again for the regular nomination. He
would not talk much about his candi-
dacy. but he did say that he still stood
by his statement that Bryan would not
get single electoral vote outside of
the South. He gave to Bryan exactly
1876 of the needed votes Gen. Grosvenof
happened to meet Bryan at the Capitol
during the day.
We'll, see you have already disposed
of me-" remarked Mr.. Bryan.
"Oh. well. I might as well do it now
as TO wait later. 1t will be all the same,
Gen. Grosvenor replied.
.sOf course everybody understands
that you are disinterested," came back
Mr. Bryan, and the two men parted.
Perhaps the memory cH old, sturdy
Maj. Pierre Charles rEnfant, the man
who. next to Washington, no doubt, was
most instrumental in having the Capt.
tai City of the struggling young United
States laid out upon the banks of the
Potomac where it stands to-day-per-
haps the memory and the name Of that
old architect will be kept fresh by some
little statue erected in this city which
he foresaw.
Representative Thomas. of South Car
olfna. has introduced bill to provide
for the appropriation of $4,000 for
memorial TO Maj. rEnfant to be erected
at some place in the District designated
by the Commissioners. 1t is now UP to
Congress.
The night before Mrs Roosevelt left
Washington for the trip down the Mis-
sissippi an entertainment was given at
the White House for the little friends
of the Roosevelt children. It was
stereopticon lecture on the polar re-
gions. Archie and Kermit had arrived
from Groton, Mass, TO go on the trip,
and Theodore, Jr., was home from Har-
ward. Mrs. Longworth and her hus-
band were also at home, so that the
President had an unbroken family cir
Gle Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by
the boys, Miss Ethel, Miss Isabel Hag-
ner the White House social secretary,
and Miss Langdon. a young lady friend
OF Miss Ethels, started on their South
ern trip the next morning. They will
be back this week some time.
Representative Coudry has an Idea
that ex-Presidents should not drop out
of sight, SO he has introduced bill
nrny;daS that nf