The National tribune., 1908-04-30

ficiency bill. the last supply measure TO
be reported by the committee, have been
received. They aggregate $16.000,00O,
the principal item of deficit being on
account of pensions.
BY a tie vote OF to a motion to
insert in this years sundry civil bill a
limitation prohibiting the sale of in
toxicants in any of the eight Branches
of the National Soldiers Home was lost
The effect is to authorize the re-estab-
lishment of the canteen in these Homes
The unsuccessful motion was made in
an executive meeting of the committee
by Representative Smith, of Iowa.
Senator Teller the other day intro
duced a resolution. which was con
demnatiOn of executive encroachmen1
and Federal usurpation of State author
ity. He asked that it be read and lie
upon the table. as he intends to make
some remarks upon it before the close
of the session.
Iron tablets bearing Lincoln's cele-
brated address at Gettysburg will bt
placed in the n National cemeteries
thruout the United States if Congress:
enacts into law a provision in the sun
dry civil bill reported TO the House
The sum of $4,000 is made available 70,
the purpose.
Secretary Taft sails for Panama OF
April 80; that is, he expects to if he car
find time between speeches The Secre-
tary of War is in demand for speeche:
on every conceivable subject, and he
has been in Washington only long
enough to sign up official mail and papers
for the last three months. He is an easy
and a comfortable traveller, and it does
not tire him in the least to pick up and
start off to Chicago or some other West
ern seaport" make a speech and start
back the next day. His staying quail
ties seem to be as good as the Presi-
dents.
The brute of a negro who was shot
up some by Representative Heflin- OF
Alabama, got drunk the other night and
beat paralytic old colored woman who
was trying to protect her granddaughter
from his insulting attention. Represen-
tative Hefiin had no business to shoot
up the atmosphere the way he did, but
so long as he was at it it is a pity that
he was not in better practice.
Spencer i. EDDY, Secretary of the
leave of absence and will sail for Amer
ia MAY &, ! ",Inpanied by his wife and
child. Mr.. : tdy's nomination as Amer
ican Minister to Argentina has been
cou4~ned by the Senate.
ae State Department has authorized
j W. Garrett, Second Secretary OF
tn embassy, to act as Charge DAT
faires during the absence of Mr.. Tower
and Mr.. Eddy.
Secretary Metcalf has gone to San
Francisco to assist in welcoming the flee,
on its arrival at the Golden Gate.
There is to be "high jinks" sure enough
San Francisco never does things by
halves and she may not have such q
chance again in a century to be hos
pitable.
Ex-President Cleveland is better
again, but far from being in healthy
condition. Mr.. Cleveland has been a
good liver. and has a fair appetite for
liquids, and he has acquired all the ills
that go with such an appetite. Some
day his love for good things will finish
him up. The very plainest and simplest
of foods, taken regularly and partakcn
of sparingly, is what his doctor pre-
scrioes. Mr. Cleveland obeys-when he
is in bed and can't help himself When
he gets up it is a different proposition
It took just one hour to pass 1000
pension bills the other day.
Dear Willie Waldorf Astor. the ex-
patriated American, who is busying
himself to buy "ludship' or some
thing equally as good, is at it again
This time he paid something like $4,000
for the flag which once fioated over the
Chesapeake. and then presented it 10
the British Government. instead OF
sending it over to be placed in our own
Smithsonian. Well, Willie lost out on
the transaction, for he calculated that
King Edward would he pleased with his
loyalty to the English and perhaps
knight him. But dog that will fetch
will carry is the homely old saying tina,
is true. King Edward knows that Will
liam Waldorf Astor is a cad, and King
Edward hates a cad So do we, and
that is really why this particular cad is
making his home in London, and spend
ing his old pelt-gathering grandfather
millions over there instead of here
What this country needs is men, We
can easily let England have our snobs
Mrs. Roosevelt sent tremendous biz
cake to be sold at the luncheon which
the Garfield Hospital fund. The cake
which weighed over 25 pounds, was
made after favorite recipe of Mrs. Nc
Kinley's. often used when she was mis-
tress of the White House. and is in use
there now. The cake is a little like
pound cake, but il not so heavy.
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. went up in
trial trip of the war balloon the other
day. and got his full dose of it before
ne landed on earth again. The balloon
went up nearly a mile. and came near
landing out in the ocean. Theodore, Jr.
was glad enough to come home on the
railway train after soaring round in the
empyrean for a round dozen hours. The
only thing of note that happened was
that the car got tangled up in some oi
the ropes. and when the party was
about 800 feet up came near spilIine
the balloonists out. OF course. If thi:
had happened ii would have been al
day with all of them. but it didn't hap
pen. Mrs. Longworth came down In
her auto to watch her brother start
She wanted very much to take the triE
herself. but Representative Longwortt
induced her to give up the plan.
A general arbitration treaty between
the United States and Spain has beer
signed. 1t is understood the treaty vii
follow the lines of the general arbitra.
ton treaties already signed between thi:
and several of the European Govern.
meHts. which will make possible the
submission of international difference.
to The Hague tribunal.
Frank b. Raynor. life saver, for
merly connected with the Bellport life
saving station, Long Island, now Iivini