The National tribune., 1909-02-04

President Roosevelt can dance, and
does. but he is not particularly addicted
to that form of amusement. President
elect Taft dances, dances very
well, indeed, and is fond OF it
Altho heavy man, he is light of tread
and could dance on a looking-gias
and not break it," as the old saying ha!
it, so there may be dances at the White
House next year. too. The President
elect was scheduled to leave Atlanta OF
a special train, but he was dancing wher
told that his train was ready to mov'
out, so he told them to hold the trair
for him till he finished his dancing
card, and the train was held. Now
| there is a man to joy in. When h
work in the same fashion, but he viii
also live longer. Just you watch on
for the man who never plays.
The National Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals has regis
tered a kick against the President kill
ing any animals on his African trip
in the East who put UP the same ples
against "coercing" the Indians in thu
West with United States troops. They
put up such howl that several Presi
dents inaugurated Peace policy which
commanded the troops to stand still
until they had been fired upon before
they made any attempt to shoot at ar
Indian. It was a very pleasing policy tt
the Indians, but depleted the census q
of graves in the West that this kind OF
a policy helped to fill. When Crook
and Miles got hold Of the proposition
they cut the wires and sailed in. Wher
they got into communication with
Washington, there were not nearly sc
many Indians, but those we had had
Learned a good deal of sense. We have
had no Indian wars since. Civilization
cannot advance alongside of barbarism
One or the other must inevitably give
way. 1t is sad that we cannot have oul
wild animals and our farms both. The
two are incompatible. In Africa
the wild animals that the President will
kin if he can are mostly "maneaters'
and "mankillers" and the natives hunt
them to kill them and get them out OF
the way. The President will probably
pay no heed to the protest Of the
Cruelty to Animals" people.
The National Business League OF
America, an association Of many of the
representative business men of the
West, and particularly of Chicago, have
signed q memorial to Congress indors-
ing the bill of Representative Long
worth, PIoSiuihS general Piaii iof
the building and purchase Of houses
for American diplomatic and consular
representatives abroad.
Under the proposed law the Secretary
of State is authorized to acquire sites
and buildings as may be appropriated
for by Congress, the expenditures for
that purpose not to exceed $1,000, 600
in any one fiscal year. The signatures
affixed to the memorial represent an
fnu of mil of
dollars.
Mrs. F'laviIla z. Caldwell, of Sherman
Mills, Me-, who Is totally blind, has
knitted President Roosevelt a pair of
beautiful woolen socks for his wear on
the trip to Africa. In response to the
receipt of the socks the President wrote
Mrs. Mills as follows:
"hly old friend, Bill Sewa1l, has writ
ten rne about the socks and write to
thank you for them. Have you received
the money for the gray pairs? ] under
stand that the black one is a present
from you and a blind girl. VIII you
thank her for me? am greatly obliged
to you and / wish to send you a Merry
Christmas. and hope that you will ac-
cept the inclosed picture of myself.
"Give my regards to your husband,
who, learn, is a veteran Of the great
war. Tell him I was only in small
war. but hope I acted so that the vet
Grams of the big war had no cause to
feel ashamed of me. Again wishing you
q Merry Christmas. am your friend"
The story that Senator Foraker would
be paid $4,000 to prosecute the
case after he leaves the
United States Senate is pronounced by
him TO be a lie made out Of whole
cloth-at least he would say it was
lie were that not "unparliamentary-"
Senator Foraker says that it Is true that
he spent freely his own means to get
the evidence which he finally procured,
but that he never took dollar from
else, and does intend to do so.
Mr. Bailey (Tex), he Is one of the
United States Senators from Texas, is
kicking about the Presidential or White
House conservatories. He thinks the
President ought to buy the flowers that
are used in the White House. There
are some people so constituted that
they will kick when theysget to heaven
A real good loyal American would like
to see the White House the most beau
tifuI place in the world, and to have the
President of the United States housed
as BELTS the ruler of the greatest Ma
tion on earth and surrounded by those
things which make the world prlSnIer
and life more endurable. 1t does not
stand to reason that because man
likes flowers about him that that liking
eneryates him till he is not able to
Judge properly who is the best man for
a fourth-ciass postmaster, or who Will
make US the best ambassador to the
Court of ST. James. 1t stands to reason
that if President loves flowers he VIII
give less time to grosser sentiments. To
be perfectly frank with the puDiic, IL Is
the opinion of this writer that the more
flowers the President or any other man
has around his house the better OF he
will be. The White House conservato-
ries are all right.
II is now Secretary Of State Bacon
and United States Senator Root. That
is, 1t will be Omitted ates Senator
Root" after March 4. Mr. Root will
qualify right after the Inauguration. but
as his eye teeth are cut he will not need
much breaking in. He succeeds Sem
Lincoln Memorial.
How the great Lincoln would frown
upon the discussion now going on in
Congress as to what kind of a me-
mortal shall be erected to his name!
He would not choose pefistyle, Memo
rial Bridge or Riverside Monument. He
would sternly object to any kind of
memorial in all probability. but II he
found that the people of the country,
the great common" people whom he
loved, insisted on it, he might consent,
but he would insist that the memorial