The National tribune., 1909-12-30


; they ought to be said in every churcI
,of his belief on the face of the earth
If the President of the United State
were to live for one week as King Leo
; pold lived his whole life, the press ant
the people would rise up and clean ou
the White House.
Creston NJ. Foraker, of New Mexico
has just been nominated by the Presi
ldent for the fourth time as United
States Marshal of New Mexico. Mr.
Foraker, who is the brother of former
Senator Foraker. of Ohio, is just nov
visiting in the city, and he is thoroly OF
the West, and has a powerful belief II
the future of New Mexico, which he de-
clares will become a State in 1910. He
says that there are between 100000
and 100000 people in New Mexico, anC
that they will rank with those of any
IState in the East. Indeed, he says thai
Mexican cities are even more modern
than some of those in the East.
| The appointment of Mr.. Foraker re.
calls the story of the meeting of the
Senator with his brother, who is con-
siderably younger than himself, and
who left the Buckeye" State more
than quarter of a century ago, where
he has grown up with the Territory
His family had lost sight of the New
Mexican Foraker for number of years.
Just after Senator Foraker retired from
the Governorship of Ohio his brother
Grafton came East, and dropped into
! Cincinnati without letting his relatives
| know of his coming. BY chance he met
his brother on the street before he had
an opportunity to call at the Foraker
home and stopped him, and, after shak-
| ing hands, began a general converse
/ ton. Gov. Foraker began to be little
| bit annoyed, and his brother then real
lied that he had not been recognized.
You don't know me, then," said
Creston in surprise. The Governor
looked at him for a few seconds. and
then exclaimed with laugh: well, if
it isn't Creston! Where did you come
from?"
The city of Alexandria is desirous of
erecting monument to the memory of
Washington in George Washington
Park, near that city, and have organ
lied the Washington Monument Asso-
ciation- Representative Carlin, of the
Alexandria District, has introduced into
the House a bill authorizing the COIN
age of 100000 memorial half dollars
for the benefit of the Association. The
bill provides that the coins shall be
placed at the disposal of the Associa-
eioii III iellti LOT TIE payment INTO
treasury of the actual amount of specie
used to make the coins. Representa-
tive Carlin believes that the coins can
be disposed of to collectors at a price
that will give the Association a hand
some profit.
Representative Mann, of Illinois. is
trying to wipe out the Canal Commits
sion, as he considers it mighty eX-
pensive and useless adjunct of that
busy zone. 1t is quite remarkable to
learn that Representatives Richardson,
of Alabama; Bartlett, of Georgia, and
Peters, of Massachusetts, three promi-
nent Democrats, are fighting to retain
the expensive Commission. The minor
ity members insist, however, that one
reason they are fighting Mann's propo-
sition is that his bill places complete
military, legislative and judicial author
lty in the hands of the President of the
United States, "in conflict with the
genius and spirit of our public institu-
tions."
We have got new Chinese Minister,
ana his name is Chang Yin Tang He
was received by President Taft one day
last week, the ceremonies being par
ticularly Interesting He was accom-
panied to the President by WI Ting
rang, the retiring Chinese Minister,
VINO was most cordial in his remarks to
the President, referring to Chinas high
regard for this country's people.
President Taft gave Christmas gifts
of liberty to seven Federal prisoners,
whose applications for pardon were ap-
proved by the Attorney-General The
men pardoned include James and Lin
coin Wolfe, Cherokee Indians, convict
ed of murder; John Leonard and Char
lie Williams, concerned in post Office
robberies; Eugene Robinson, burglary:
5. b. Hudson and Charles Clements.
1t seems not a little odd that Can't.
w. W. Whiteside. of the 18th Cav, U.
s. Army, who is Quartermaster at Fort
Myer, and who is one of the crack rid
ers of his troop, should be destined to
tumble from his bicycle and receive
very serious injury. He was pretty much
battered up by the fall, but didn't i'm
aglne Tor moment that he was seri-
ously hurt until his suffering increased
to the extent that he had a surgeon ex-
anime him and found that he had
smashed his knee cap, which will prob
ably keep him in bed six or eight weeks
and probably will leave him with q stiff
knee.
Representative Garner, of Pennsyl-
vania, has 1900 needy veterans in his
District in Pennsylvania VINO need
more pension than they are able to Sc
cure under the laws of the Pension Of
nee, and so last week he introduced q
Dill which called for pensions for those
l,soo old soldiers, and he says he is
gong after those 1,S00 pensions and
get them.
VIM. L. Agnew, chief plate vaultman
AT the Government Printing Office, shot
himsef in the head one day last week.
because he said he could not sleep and
Il was wearing on his nerves He died,
put he left his poor old mother to
mourn for his selfishness. 1t is always
our selhsh man who commits suicide |
ne is SO selfish that he hates care and !
y III uehs OF responsibility, and so shuf- |
hes them OIL on somebody else
one OF the heroic things which makes
one think better of his kind happened
in Washington the other day. 4 Mr. |
Sterling, in the dclirium of tvphoid |
FEVER left his bed and started roaming
thru the house when his trained nurse |
had left him for moment to prepare |
something for him to eat. The patient |
secured revolver, and, catching his
wife, daughter and nurse i'll the dining
room together, fired, the ball striking
MS nurse, making a hole thru one of |
her lungs and lodging in her back. |
w hen She saw the patient with the nm |
ilted revolver she jumped at him |
caught him, wrenched the revnIver |
from nm after she had received the |