The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
PUBLIC ENTITLED
TO RAIN CHECKS
These Will Be Given, Even if
Their Money Is Not
Returned.
EXPECTED CONTEST IN THE
HOUSE is POSTPONED
Big Show, the Death GrappIe
Between Cannon and In
surgents, Is Deferred.
BY RALPH M. WHITESIDE.
Leased Wire to The Tribune.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.-The expec-
tant public is at least entitled to get
rain checks, if not their money back.
| The long expected death grapple be-
tween the insurgents and Uncle Joe Can.
nou has been indefinitely postponed,
Not that there will not be more or less
Interesting skirmishes from time TO
tire, but the main show In the big tent
will not take place at this session.
Here is how Mr. Gardner Of Massachu.
setts, next TO Vic Murdock of Kansas,
the great panjandarum of the insur-
gents, puts it: tfIn my opinion it
would be rnwise for US TO fritter away
our strength In premature skirmishes,
which might look to the public like cx,
hibitions of resentment. When this
congress was organized in March last
we were outvoted That is all there is
TO IL The fact that my paws are sore
is not sufficient reason for licking them
in public
In the meanwhile Uncle Joe with
sardonic smile and chip on his shoul-
der, is waiting for the insurgents to
start something.
About Secretary Wilson.
As the old-time almanacs would put
1t: ABOUT this time expect reports
of the resignation of Secretary of Ag
riculture Wilson, Well, they are here
on time. 1t was regularly reported and
denied that Mr.. Wilson was to retire
early in the year and would be sue
cceded by President w. C. Thompson OF
the Ohio State university Secretary
Wilson Is ambition to round out a cab
met term longer than that Of any other
American was achieved on November
so last, when he passed the record of
Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treas
ury. IN two Jefferson and two Madison
ADMINISTRATIONS, Gallatin g term ran
from May il, 1901, TO February 8,
1914. making twelve years eight months
and twentysiX days. Secretary Wilson
was appointed by President Mckinley.
March 4, 1897, and on January l. he
will have served twelve years nine
months and twenty-seven DAYS Prcsl~
dent Roosevelt told some of his friends.
Just before March 4 last, that he had
made only one request Of President
elect Taft. That was that he should re-
appoint Secretary Wilson and retain him
until he could round out the longest
cabinet term IN American history.
Portrait Wrongly Labeled.
Thousands of visitors to the capital
have stopped to gaze at the oil por-
traits of Thomas Jefferson and Patrick
Henry. Today the discovery was made
that jefferson s portrait bore the label
" Patrick Henry and that the por-
trait of Patrick Henry was labeled
s'Thomas Jefferson The discovery
was made by Eugene +. Chafin. Pro
hibitiOn candidate for the presidency
IN the last campaign. IL Is believed
the mistake in labelling thc portraits
was made the last time the frames were
regildcd,
Then They Talked.
f'Tay PAY" O 'Connor, NJ p, had the
time of his life III Washington. He
was n guest of Hon. Thomas f. Walsh
of Colorado. That alone would bear
ont the above statement but the noted
Irish leader met many kindred spirits
here to their mutual dclectation. Mr..
Walsh took "Tay Pay up to the capi.
tai and introduced him to pretty much
everybody. who is anybody, The meet
ing with the speaker was typical $50,
this is >Tay Pay7'' remarked Mr.
Cannon. And You re Uncle Joe, -
answered the lrishman. Then they had
Il long talk.
Working for Big Navy.
Representative Hobsou of Alabama is
still working hard for a big navy. The
man of the Mcrrimac is certain that
war is inevitable and that as things are
going, the United States Will probably
be in for defeat in the first stages of
the conflict "Then,'f he said, ''it vii,
have TO prolong the war for wears at
fearful cost 10 lives and treasure 10
achieve final victory" Hobson 5 plan
10 avert this calamity is to build six
battleshps a year. He SAYS; ''It Will
make war less likely aud, If IL does
come, will insure speedy victory for
Uncle Sam. Congress at this session
should authorize not less than four first
class battlcships, y TTobson said, Eng.
land is building 2ls,OO0 tons OF warsbip
displacement. Germany 2ll,0Qo tons,
Franco 1G4 ,O00 Russia, 15%,000, and the
United states only 100000 tons, with
Japan close behind with $4,000 tons.
Cannot Lay Aside Crown,
Former Senator Wilson Of Washing
ton. who was ono of the FIRST repre-
scntatiycs elected TO tho upper house
of congress after Washington was ad
mittcd as Il state, Is IN the city. Scua.
tor Wilson has been mentioned as
candidate for the senate 10 succeed
Senator Piles, who has announced that