The National tribune., 1909-03-25
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he do this thing? The pictures of the
members of the Cabinet were taken OF
! Friday. You can't make out the faces
| of any of them. excepting the President
and Secretary Knox: but, cleaning like
| hams on the arms of their chairs you
see the sprawly hands of the President
| Secretary Knox and several of the 9TH
er members. And the Presidents feet
A white marble bust of Vice Presf-
dent Fairbanks has just been placed i'll
the niche for it in the Senate Chamber.
All Vice Presidents are now represented
| excepting ex-President Roosevelt, who
was Vice President for few months
but who only presided over that body at
two or three sittings. The bust of Mr.
Roosevelt is not quite completed.
To place the bust of Mr.. Fairbanks
| in the Senate Chamber it was necessary
to remove the bust of Richard NJ. john
son, of Kentucky, Vice President at the
time of Martin Van Buren, from the
Senate Chamber to niche near the
entrance to the Senate wing, and to
| move the bust of Daniel Tompkins, Vice
President with James Monroe, to the
place formerly occupied by the bust of
johnson. The Fairbanks bust was
placed in the niche formerly occupied
by that Of Mr.. Tompkins.
Under scare headlines the public
learned last week that Magness, the
saiiorman whom Miss Ada German
married and then permitted to desert
that they might enjoy a honeymoon,
had escaped from the brig" and had
not been seen for some time. From
Portsmouth, N. H, it is learned that
Magness is confined at hard labor on
the prison ship Topeka, at that sta
ton, and that he will serve his term
out. 1t is said that Mrs. Gorman-Mag-
ness has not been to see her husband
since his incarceration, and that she
has made no effort to secure his re-
lease.
President Taft took a long horse
back ride In Rock Creek Park last
Thursday, accompanied by Capt Archi-
bald Butt, his Army Aid. The Presi-
dent finds that to get to where he can
take any real physical exercise he has
to go SO far out that horseback riding
will be almost a necessity. President
Taft does not care for tennis. as Presi-
dent Roosevelt did, and unless he keeps
up the tennis court in the back yard of
Welt did, he will have to go about five
or six miles to reach park where he
can take any kind of outdoor exercise.
In 1905 Capt. John Donnell Smith, of
Baltimore, presented to the Smithsonian
Institution his herbarium and botanical
library, perhaps the most valuable pri-
vate botanical collection in this coun-
try. The herbarium consists of more
than 100000 mounted plants and the
library of 1900 superbly bound volumes.
This gift was made with the under
standing that the books and such part
of the collection as was needed by Capt.
Smith should remain in Baltimore. At
that time, however, some 0,000 speci-
mems were sent to the Smithsonian. He
has now sent to Washington his entire
fern collection, consisting of more than
1000 sheets. This collection will be of
great aid in certain research work now
being carried on in the institution.
First the bluejackets and marines saw
a gift and then they didn't. The Navy
Department, at the suggestion of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, had several thousand
fine bronze medals struck off, each bear
ing the face of President Roosevelt. On
the opposite side was the date and the
reason for the presentation. These
medals were to be presented to each
sailorman and marine who went around
the world on the globe-encircling trip,
and hereby hangs the tale. The sugges-
ton was that each man would be glad
to have little memento of that won
derful trip. As there was no appropria-
ton for the medal. the Navy Depart
ment had some $4,000. more or less,
struck off. and word went forth that all
applicants would receive one. The ap-
plications nearly numbered the person
L.
when the distribution began and each
recipient was told that he could have
the 10y" medal by paying the sum of
81 for the same, he, several thousands
of ''he" in the personnel, announced
that he would be several blanks and
then some if he would buy himself
medal to commemorate his own brave
deeds. Result, the Navy, Department
has a fine assortment of bronze medals
bearing the face of ex-President Roose-
welt, of which it would like to dispose
at cost. About half those entitled 20
them took the medals.
Sometimes, you know, you just think
1t is no use at all. During inaugural
times some of the visitors TO Washing
ton really seemed to have holes in their
heads where the bump of knowledge
ought to be. For instance, Que lady was
showing some men about the city-men
cf some means, fair education and good
business understanding. That man Is
Mr. Justice Holiness" said the lady,
pointing out the famous son of q fam
Gus father, who is now on the Supreme
Bench and who has also a gallant rec
ord and four wounds as a Colonel in
the Union army.
"Holmes-Holm-oh yesi Now, real
ly, you don't say so? Is that sure enough
Sherlock Holmes? Well. 1 Declare! lie
doesn't look a bit as l expected him to.
Say, but isn't he just grsat? I've read
every one of his books" And the lady
let 1t go at tha-.
Representative Richmond Pearson
Hobson, of Alabama, went down with
his war colors nailed to the mast, so ne
did. Almost his last utterance was as
follows, and is to be continued when
Congress reconvenes in extraordinary
session:
LAS to the question Of power. will
refer to that of Japan. 1T has an army
of a million and half men. She has
made provisions for IL more Dread
noughts. We have to-day IL battle
ships. IL armored cruisers and are GO
ing to have two more. That means we
are absolutely defenseless.
IF We get down to q question Of
equilibrium, that we can discuss mar
tiers with Japan, we must maintain a
great fleet in the Pacific Ocean.
Until the canal is completed the enc
my's feet will be closer to the Pacific
Coast than our own ships in the Allan
tic