The National tribune., 1909-12-30

States. There is a sort of tradition L
his family that this cask of gold ant
Jewels was preferred as a gift by TIL
lGovernment of Japan to President Mon
roe in 1928. DR.. Cabell states that a
Congress never authorized the Presi
dent to receive the gift, it must hav,
remained in the Treasury vaults eve
since. DR. Cabell has enlisted Senator
Stone in his search. and he states t
Senator Stone that he has been advised
that the cask was found in the Treas
ury in 1856. where it had been over
looked for 63 years. The members OF
the Missouri delegation personally
vouch for DIR. Cabell as a man of good
reputation and intelligence. The in
Ventory of the contents of the cask in.
cludeS diamonds, pearls, otter of roses
and lump of gold. DR.. Cabelrs moth.
er. he states, was the niece of President
Monroe, being the only daughter OF
President Monroe's brother. Another
brother of President Monroe, it is stat
ed, died childless.
AT the Treasury Department they say
there is no such casket.
Drugs and Drink Evil.
Representative Phil Campbell, OF
Kansas, who is one of the youngest
men in the National House of Repre-
sentatives, and who is also an orator
has brought his brogans down with all
the weight of his nearly six feet and
eco pounds avoirdupois on the drinking
places for women in Washington. He
was delivering an address to the Anti
Saloon League of the District, and he
was very emphatic and seemed to speak
by the book. He declared that it was
shameful that Washington, the Capital
City of the Nation, should permit such
drinking places for women to exist He
thinks that pastors and temperance
organizations should not rest until sa-
loonkeepers who permit liquor to be
consumed by women are driven from
the District. He declares:
Ihere are numerous places in
Washington where young girls, either
accompanied or alone, can procure all
the intoxicants they desire. These
places are not extensively advertised,
however, and / myself did not know of
their existence until few days ago.
That they are in evidence is more than
1 can understand"
While 1t is pity, 1t is undoubtedly
true, as Mr.. Campbell has stated that
women and young girls are both of
them able to secure all the liquor they
want at almost any time of the night
or day without let or hindrance. One
OF the most shameful exposures oc-
CURED just a few weeks ago, when
about 80 boys and girls, some of them
from good families and who were of
school age, were found in one hotel in
this town drinking and playing cards.
There are plenty of places in Wash
ington where any lady, no matter how
refined, may stop in and buy a quart of
whisky and take it home or any place
else and drink it. OF course, she is not
often expected to drink the stuff she
buys on the premises where she buys
1t. 1t is stated by the physicians that
the drug habit and the drink habit
among women are both of them grow
ing tremendously In the city of Wash
lngton. 1t is mighty good thing for
the better element of the National Cap
ltal to have so energetic and enthusiasts
tic an eXpounder on the floor in the
person of Representative Compbell. He
is also a member Of the District of Co.
lumbia Committee, end this will enable
him to at least make his word good in
part to the anti-saloon peofle
Mighty Careful.
The, Navy Department some time ago
decided that as all of the figureheads
on the battleships must come off, it was
a pity to throw them away or have
them hid in some of the Navy sail
lofts, and so decided to present TO the
States after which the dismantIed bat
heads. In pursuance of this idea the
Commandant of the Bremerton Navy
Yard of Washington State wrote to the
Mayor of Franklin, Tenn, that the fig
urehead of the armored cruiser Ten
nessee was to be taken off, and IL that
State cared for it 1t would be sent d.
rect. The Mayor, Mr.. E. II. Perkins.
sent the following letter in reply:
I'VE have received your favors of
Oct. 16 and Nov. 9, os the present year;
but, as we never had any request for
the loan of the igurehead of the good
ship Tennessee, and as we had no funds
appropriated for the purpose Of paying
freight on the same, we simply remain
ed quiet. However. If the said figure
head is that of beautiful woman, we
VIII take good care of her, If she be
sent free. But if it is something scary,
like mermaid or a sea serpent, we
don't want her at a discount even
trusting this meets with your ap-
etc.
Which goes to show that the Mayor
Of Franklin, Tenn, doesn't propose to
have the morals of that State corrupted
by any fake figureheads.
Must File Statements.
A bill to require candidates in the
election of Presidential and Vice Presi-
1ential Electors and members of Com
sress and committees in charge of their
to file statements of contri-
buttons and expenditures was intro
1uced the other day by Senator Craw-
ford, of South Dakota.
The bill limits the expenditures of
funds to printing and travel
nS and personal expenses of the can
iidates, stationery, postage, freight.
.elegraph. telephone, the dissemination
)f information, the holding Of political
meetings and demonstrations, including
he payment of speakers, the organiza-
ion of clubs. the renting and mainte-
nance OF necessary offices and halls.
and the payment of clerks, stenoeraph-
.rs. the employment of watchers and
at the polls. the compensa-
ION or voters to and from the voting |
places, and legal expenses incurred on |
account Of litigation incident to the |
lection
The Presidential Sweater.
When business Is dull newspaper
akcrs resort to almost any Kind of an |
,Npedient to fill the columns of the |
sreat journals to which they are as
lgned here in Washington. A night |
n two ago President Taft, who had |
'een confined to the White House very |
'ioseiy Tor two or three days, chose to |
90 on sprint thru the city, accompa- /
ned only by his military Aid, Cant |
Archlbald Butt. The President nut on |
sweater with n short coat over that |
md slouch hat, and the two big fell |
ows-because Capt Butt, while not as |
wac OUT, Is quite as high up in the air |
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