The National tribune., 1908-06-18

sionally. He looked the part he played.
a man of the world. all of 1t, upper
crust and lower and the middle swell.
He dressed with exquisite care, but
many a hod carrier had more intelli-
gent face His philaitthropies were nil
The man seemed TO have absolutely no
aim in life He burned the candle at
both ends in his earlier youth. and
spent the rest of his life 'regretting it
in all probability. He was rich, and
that is the sum total of his real value
to the world. He died from an opera
ton for appendicitis.
John S. Leech, the new Public Print
er, arrived in Washington last week
from Manila, having, comedy way of
San Francisco and Bloomington. Ill.,,
his parents home
Mr.. Leech comes from the trade, y
to speak in craft vernacular. He comes
from a high position in the Govern
ment service to q higher and even
more active Office in the same service
Since 1901 he has been stationed al
Printing Office He organized that Of
flee. and the success with which he ad-
miHistered its affairs is responsible, in
large part, for his appointment as Pub
lie Printer
The new Public Printer is 80 years
old and unmarried. He was born in
Bloomington, ILL.,, where he learned the
printing trade on the Bloomington
Paragraph. In 1889 he came to Wash
ingtOn as compositor in the Govern
ment Printing Office. He was advanced
to the position of proofreader and pres:
reviser. and held il until 1897, when he
was made foreman of the fifth division
one of the largest typographical divi-
sions in the office. Four years of sue
cessful foremanship led to his selection
by Gen. Edwards, Chief of the insular
Division of the War Department. to &c
to Manila, organize and take charge
of the Philippine Printing Office.
MIR. Leech is an honorary member OF
Columbia Typographical Union, Loca
No. 101, of this city. and twice has
represented that union in the c6nven-
ton OF the International Typographical
Union.
United States Senator Gusgenheim
was taken to ST. Joseph's Hospital in
Denver last week for n minor opera
ton for hernia. No alarm is felt by
the family and friends. 1t is expected
the Senator will be well within a week
Since his return home from Wash
ington he has frequently remarked thai
his general health was better than ever
before, and, as an operation was neces-
sary at some time, the present was
chosen as the most favorable oppor-
tunity for it.
Ex-United States Senator Wellington
of Maryland. has been made core
spondent in divorce case in his town
Representative Heflin's case has been
put off till Autumn, or until after the
campaign and election are over. 1t Is
thought now that he will never be
punished for shooting the negro Lundy
and the horseman who came near dy-
ing, but finally got we'll.
The Memorial Amphitheater at Ar
linSton is an assured fact. The Com
mission appointed by the President met
in the office of the Secretary 'of War
the other day and an organization was
tary of the Treasury. being elected
Chairman of the Commission.
Present were Secretary Taft, Secrc-
tary Cortelyou. ELLIOTT Wood. Superin-
tendetn of the Capitol Building and
Grounds; Judge T. c. Kiinball, repre-.
sentative of the Grand Army of the
Republic. and Mai, w. s. Hall. who
said Gov Curtis Guild, of MassASfI,-
sets, had been named by the Spanish
them on the Commission.
Judge Kimball presented telegram
from Carrere, & Hastings, architects
of New York. offering their ala. Judge
Kimball was appointed to arrange 8
conference with the architects
Victor II. Metcalf. Secretary of til.
Navy, will leave Washington on hi:
Summer vacation between June Is ant
June 20. He will go to Faut Springs
in the mountains of California, where
he spent his vacation last Sun mer.
He Will deuUke most of his leisure
hours to walking and camping cut. Hc
will not be in San Francisco on July
to witness the departure of The allan
tic battleship fleet for its cruise to the
Orient. He will be gone about tN'f
months. r0H o..
Bishop Brent says NO" and so the
Episcopal Bishopric of Washington vii
have to hunt another man to wear it
Bishop Brent is away off in the Phil
ippines. enduring hardships. trials anC
suffering, but he can see results eacf
day from his labors there He declines
the soft job in Washington. and pre-
fers to remain among the savage.
across the sea. Sensible man. Their,
will be Il reconvcning of the Diocesan
Convention to elect another Bishop.
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, who i
in a hospital here to have his eye
treated in the hope that he will SCI
again, was ovcrjoyed the other mornin,
to find that he could see a CLEAN o
| light. 1t was d bit of a CLEAN, but h
has not seen so much as that in 8
years. There is some hope that h.
| will ultimately regain at least martha
use of one eye.
| Here is what Mr.. Joseph Letter, tn
rich and just married, thinks of AIR
Bryan. Mr.. Letter is a Democrat, too
To many of us, Bryan and his can
didacy are regarded as a joke. Indeed
| / am frank to say that he is to me
| personally, in more tlan one way.
remember Mr.. Bryan quite well whel
| he was youth in d Chicago law office
| The world was not going very well. il
those days. for the Nebraskan. With
number of other young men of abou
our own age / used to gather in thi
law office for chat and joke nov
and then. ri .-.-.t.-...t-
Bryan was the butt of many jok
on account of his lack of wit and ur
banity. All that is changed now, o
! course, for he must be a wealthy mar
His perpetual candidacy and the con
Sequent free advertising he has gotte
has built up the circulation of his pa
per, the Commoner, to more than 300,
900, and / am told he has made a
enormous sum out of. his lectures sine
he put himself I'M the :. limelight an
insisted upon staying there to the eX
i clusion of all other Democrats
I, Bryan was ambitious even whe
| he was Young remember hearin