The National tribune., 1908-05-21

What might have been a horrible
accident and which Just escaped 1T,
battered up the coachman of Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks, smashed his carriage
all, to. pieces and killed his favorite
carriage horse, "a" The Vice Presi-
dent had been taken to the White
House to attend the Governors BAN
quet, and the ceachman was on his
way to the theater to get Mrs. Fair
banks. He turned quickly around a
spang into an electric car, with the
result mentioned.
The friends of Vice President Fair
banks say that he is still in the ring
for the Presidency, and that he intends
to remain.
The purchase of portraits of the II
ex-Speakers of the House of Represen-
tatives is authorized in a bill reported
to the House from the Committee on
Library. These portraits are to cost
$500 each, or $500 in the aggregate.
The same committee also reported a
bill authorizing the joint Committee
on the Library to have made a bust Of
President Zachary Taylor at cost of
$500.
The old Oregon trail, from the Mis-
souri, to the Pacific, over which tens Of
thousands of emigrants passed in the
boom days of the West, will be marked
with monuments, if Congress passes a
bill reported to the House from the
Committee on the Library.
Under the terms, of this bill the
President is authorized to appoint a
Commissioner, whose salary is not to
exceed s2,500, to supervise the marking
of the trail. The sum of $4,000 is ap-
propriated for carrying out the work
of erecting the monuments and mark
ers.
Some amusement was created in the
Senate last week by the passage of Il
bill to pension several Crow Indians
the tribe who had lost their lives in
the engagements with other Indians
while in the service of the United
States
Among the beneficiaries were Bull
Snake and Old Coyote, wounded In
dian soldiers. and the following named
widows of Indian warriors: Mrs. Bull
head. Mrs. Slavehead, Mrs. Little Eagle
and Mrs. Hawkman.
The bill was passed after Senator
Dixon explained the provisions, and
pointed out how meritorious the SER
vices of the soldiers were.
Representative Shepherd, of Texas,
mas introduced bill to have a memo
rial erected to the memory of the
mother of Washington some place in
this city. 1t is not strange that no
monument has ever been erected here.
for her son left her grave unmarked,
and 1t was left for strangers to do
that some Is years ago. The mother
of Washington was buried on what
was the home place in Fredericksburg,
and became in time hog lot. From
this condition it was rescued by a rich
man early in the 18th century, but he
died before he had completed very
handsome monument 9f marble. The
obelisk stood for 25 years and then
tumbled down, and became covered
with debris Along in the latter part
of the sos a lot o. women, with Mrs.
Waite, wife of the Chief Justice. formed
the Mary Washington Association, and
started to raise ftinds 90 build a monE-
ment above Mary Washington's grave.
This monument, which IS tall, stately
shaft, was dedicated about 1895. That
is the only monument ever erected to
the mother of Washington.
Admiral Evans, who retired from
command of the feet in San Francisco,
and who is now at home, Is somewhat
sarcastic. He says.
I'VE win always have war as long
as we have anything worth while to
fight over, and the more battIeships
and the fewer statesmen we have the
longer we will have peace"
Martin Van Buren, nephew of Presi-
dent Van BHren, died IN a cheap Iedg-
ing house IN Greene street. Albany last
anlr 8 I. ~< s<-l
in the soldsery plat Of Rural Cemetery.
of that town
known only to few comrades, who
had served with him In the civil war,
and to few business aequainfanees,
Van Buren led quiet and secluded
life. barely managing to exist
In his youth Van Buren, spent many
days in the White House with his uncle,
the President. His father. who died in
1856, was one Of the weaIthiest and
best-known physicians in that city
From the small remains of once large
fortune viii be purchased a stone to
mark the grave Of the son.
When the Senate went into executive
session the other day young lady
passing the doorkeeper to the ladies'
gallery said to him. What are we or
iered dut for?-
THE Senate is going to have an
executive session, miss
Executive session, What is that %
well" said the doorkeeper, "seme
Senator moves for executive session,
the bells ring three times, and our or
ders are to clear the galleries. That
is all know about IL, miss"
1t is stated for a fact that Ruth
Bryan Leavitt. daughter of william
Jennings Bryan, expects to see her
father nominated for the Presidency,
and that she Is making every prepara-
tion to stump the suffrage States for
him.
President Roosevelt never does any
thing by halves. He intends that waste
of the materials of the United States
, shall stop. He said to the Governors
on Wednesday last:
Il have begged Congress for an ap-
preparation to perpetuate the Inland
Waterways Commission, but my ap-
peals have been unheeded If Congress
does not perpetuate the Commits
sion, I will find way to do so without
the aid Of Congress.
We have become great because of
the lavish use of our resources, and we
have just reason TO be proud of our
growth. But the time has come to in
quire seriously what will happen
when our forests are gone, when the
coaf, the iron, the oil and the gas are
exhausted, when the soils shall have
been still further Impoverished and
washed into the streams, polluting the
rivers, denuding the fields and OBJ
structing navigation. These questions