The National tribune., 1909-09-16

was in the city last week attending TIL,
National Encampment of the Uniol
Veteran Legion. Comrade Elliott wa
delegate from Encampment No. 1SS
of the National Home. which is the only
one in the State of California. 1t ha:
rs members 1t has a fine Auxiliary il
Los Angeles, of which Mrs. Dean j.
President, and its so members are very
active in assisting the veterans of the
Soldiers Home Encampment. Comrade
Elliott has been on visit of two oil
three months at Ashburn. Mass, anG
stopped over in Washington to fulfill
his duties as a representative in thC
Encampment. He expressed himself as
delighted with the fine visit that he haC
in Washington.
Former President Roosevelt, now
known .thruout Africa as Bwana Tumba
is beginning to sit up and take notice
of the United States Government again
and it is almost the first evidence that
the public has had from the former
President personally. 1t comes in the
shape of a letter to United States Fish
Commissioner George w. Bowers. and
Is q request of the Fish Commissioner
to stock the waters of Lake Naiasha,
Africa. Mr. Roosevelt asks: would it
be possible for the Fish Commission to
send here good lot of black bass, eth
er spawn or young or in whatever shape
they are usually sent?' He describes
the waters of the lake as fairly temper
ate and slightly alkaline, and believes
any fish sent there from this country
ought to live He adds in closing his
letter: i have had great luck here SO
far. Commissioner Bowers Immediate
ly replied to the request, indicating his
intention to comply with it as soon as
possible. Mr.. Bowers says that the fish
VIII proba bly, be forwarded from a point
sY,s fn ,;a1,
the Fish Commission has sent black
bass. In his opinion there will be no
difficulty in transporting the live fish.
VIM. c. Sullivan, an attorney of this
city, was elected President of the Cath
Ollie Young Mems National Union at its
3sth Annual Convention in Boston last
week.
The delegates to the National Con-
cention of the United National ASsocia-
tion of Post Office Clerks are going to
bring back some emphatic resolutions
for the Postmaster-Generalt to act upon.
One OF them is against -baclS-stamping"
letters with the time of receipt. The
Rlerlls claim that the time consumed in
doing this work prevents quick dis
tribution of mail. The convention also
resoluted against the use OF transparent
envelopes. as it is stated that this pre-
vents the address being readily deci-
phered. the writing underneath showing
thru and confusing the clerks. c.. III.
Berkley, Chief OF the Registering Divi-
Sion at Washington, made a talk, in
which he praised the Post Office clerks
for their honesty, and suggested the
adoption of plan whereby forwarders
of registered letters must declare their
contents AMI value.
Every once in awhile Speaker Cannon
is conscious of the fact that somebody
as throwing spit-balis at hirl. The last
one, or at least the last reported up to
date. comes from Representative Coop
er. of Wisconsin. Mr.. Cooper was Chair
man of the Committee on Insular At
fairs in the Goth Congress. and. not be-
ing able to come up to the standard the
Speaker thought necessary. he lost the
Craftsmanship of the committee in the
61st Congress, whereat Representative
Cooper gets right up on his hind legs
and howls. Mr.. Cooper says that it was
because he was an inSurgent that he is
deprived of his committee Chairman
ship, and in a speech in Rochester.
Wis. the other day he declared that
Speaker Cannon is an enemy to popu-
lar government that the country must
get rid of before any legislative relief
can be secured. and pledged himself to
the fight which he declares is to be
raised with renewed vigor against
Speaker Cannon and 'Cannonism." The
kid of a correspondent who is writing
Mr. Cooper up states that Mr.. Cooper
forecasts a fight at the opening of Con-
gress in December. the purpose of which
will be to prevent Cannon's reelection
as Speaker and to modify the rules of
the House. AS a matter of fact, Mr..
Cannon was elected Speaker at the
opening of the extraordinary session of
be elected again for two years. The
rules of the House may be taken UP and
amended, modified or made more strin-
gent any time that the. majority votes to
do this.
This is the month with an "r'' in it,
you will remember and oysters are
ripe. With the arrival of the oyster
people whose brains are strings of fig
ures begin to unreel them. The follow
ing is absolutely correct, because it is
given out by the Fish Commission, and,
of course. they sat down and counted
every bushel of these oysters as they
were given out. At least that is what
you would guess on reading the figures.
This country consumes 80. 900. 200 BUSH
els OF oysters every year. Some $780,
000. .009 is invested in our shellfish in
dustry. the annual produce amounts to
$50, zoo. 900. and transactions in oysters
represent more tnan fOur-ffthS OF these
vast sums. But, tho. when the female
spawns she adds anywhere from 16,-
000. 900 TO 1000, 900 to the oyster pop
uiation. il is calculated that the baby
oyster has only one chance in 1000. 900
of reaching maturity It's enemies are
numerous. Its friends. outside of the
Fish Commission and the intelligent
dealers who perceive the need of con-
servation. have hitherto been few. 1t
is all the more pleasing to recall that
fn 1903 National Association OF Shell
fish Commissioners was organized to
promote its cultivation and protection.
The National Geographical Society is
up in the air. Its headquarters are
here, and it has membership all over
the United States and few from for
eign countries. II was preparing to
give DIR. Cook a magnificent banquet
with all the proper accessories, and
make him feel mighty good "a his re-
turn TO the United States. The Com
mittee on Banquet had one meeting
Peary surprise was sprung. They were
still going ahead and were going to
make the banquet for two. which would
have been eminently proper when
Peary began singing mud, and that
sent everything right straight up the
chute. II had a hurry-up meeting OF
its Committee on Banquet Arrange
ments, and dispersed to meet at the. call
of the Chairman, ana the Chairman
has his mind pretty well made up that