The National tribune., 1909-12-09


other day when the people were cele
brating the presence of the President o
the United States in that city. Th'
, veterans from the National Soldiers
Home at Hampton We're drawn up il
line on one side of the reviewing stand
with the Flag flying above them, ant
on the other side of the reviewing stand
were the veterans of the Confederate
army, with the stars and bars flying
over them. Now, what would for
eigner think, gazing upon a scene like
that. This country has but one Flag
and it certainly does look as tho an
Organization that is ashamed to carry
that Flag would be committing treason
toward the United States Government
No matter what Confederates may think
of the flag of the cause that was buried
at AppomattoX, it is a dead cinch that
that flag means nothing now, unless II
means treason, and it is not good breed
ing nor courtesy to the President of the
United States to flaunt in his face a
flag which he himself considers a treas
enable flag. 1t is all the more discour-
teouS because as Southern people are
the hosts of the President of the United
States he is unable to protest against
being greeted with the flag of a once
reasonable section of the country.
There is a growing disposition to dis
play the stars and bars on all occasions
in the South, and to force the President
of the United States to accept hospital
ity and honors under it. 1t is not a
courteous thing to do.
Every body remembers Puddin' Head
Wilson by Mark Twain, ami the queer
fad of Puddin' Heads for taking thumb
marks on pieces of glass. Nobody ever
thought at that time that this fad would
really become an art in itself and an
instrument for the detection of crime
and the bringing of criminals to justice,
but such it has become. A man was
picked up off the streets here in Wash
ington short time ago who professed
to have forgotten his name, his home
and everything else, and remembered
only things that were happening now.
All of a sudden somebody suggested to
somebody else that it might be de-
Iserter that the Navy was looking for,
and a photograph on file in the Navy
Department was compared with the
man. The result was not entirely con-
vincing as far as looks were concerned,
but they also had his thumb print and
when compared with the thumb of the
man they lined up to a single dot, and
the authorities have about concluded
that the man who lost himself has been
found by the Navy Department, and
that his real name is Harry Collins,
who deserted awhile ago.
NJ. ]. Moxley was elected to Congress
from the Sixth Illinois District to sue
|ceed William Lorimer, who was last
Winter elected to the U. s. Senate. Mrs
Moxley, like his predecessor, was elect
ed on platform pledging him to the
support of Speaker Cannon and the
Aldrich tariff law.
Justice David J. Brewer, one of the
I,,r nc ~ tc
out after secret divorces" Justice
Brewer says:
Divorce suits are conducted without
publicity. While I regret the disposi-
ton on the part of some journals to
hunt out the nastiness of life and lay it
before their readers, yet against any
concealment or secrecy in judicial pro-
ceedings / must earnestly protest. Bet
ter no divorces than divorces obtained
by secret judicial proceedings.
Let no man be rich enough to buy a
vail to cover the records of a court of
justice" And, somehow, a fellow feels
as tho Justice Brewer is about right
about it.
There passed away in Washington
last week one of its most ruggedly pic
turesque citizens. George Hay Brown,
Superintendent of Landscape Garden
ing for Washington, died after brief
illness. Early in life he became land
seape gardener under the tutelage of
his father, David Brown, whose work
in England made him an enviable repu-
tation. When Is years old he became
his fathers assistant in landscape gar
dening, and so mastered the art that
when he finally came to America his
services were in wide demand. He was
born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1888,
and came with his father to America,
Yv 1fQ n a
Government Experimental Gardens at
Third street and Pennsylvania avenue.
He remained in the employ of the Gov
ernment until 1861, when he enlisted in
the 7th Battalion, District Militia, and
was in the service three months. He
served in the Engineer Corps. Depart
ment of the Gulf, being stationed at
New Orleans. Baton Rouge and Port
Hudson until 1854. After the war he
went West, but in 1870 was appointed
Superintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds by President Grant, and while
thus employed supervised the laying out
of the present grounds of the Capitol
and White House. He was a Mason of
high standing and a member of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion and
a Knight Templar. He WIS an active
member of the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church.
Representative VICTOR MurQOCk, OF
Kansas. who Is young man with ideas,
has IL in for Speaker Cannon. Mr.. Muir
dock Is what is known here in this
country as an insurgent. Possibly IL he
were in England he might be counted
a suffraget. At any rate, he believes in
going at things very violently and Wig
orously when you want them done He
thinks that Speaker Cannon curtailed
the rights and privileges of the Wichita
statesmen on various occasions, and so
he proposes to curtail Mr.. Cannon's
power. Mr.. Murdock says that Uncle
Joe is westward of his zenith, and is
still on the decline. Before the end of
the coming session expect to see some
of his friends inform him that he should
resign. Cannon has become more of an
issue than ever. The country is aroused
over the situation, and is realizing that
not only is the system bad, but Cam
mons personal habit in ruling is bad,
too"
Mr.. Murdoch further embellishes his
idea by saying that he intends to pre-
sent petition to the members of the
House who dislike Speaker Cannon's
rulings to be signed by them, and he is
quite sure that he is going TO get a ma
Jority, and he also believes that Mr. |
cannon Will see the handwriting on the
wall and resign. Mr.. Murdock will
probably find when it comes to this sort
OF business that there are lots of the |
memL RS who will not have a bit more
backbone about voting Speaker Cannon
down ana out than they had against
placing the statute of Robert E. Lee in
the Hall of Horrors aItho they beIieve