The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
congressman Will Be Kent
Busy This Summer Re-
pairing Them.
FEW MEMBERS WILL GO
TO EUROPE ON VACATION
Compelled TO Remain at Home to
Explain to Their Con-
StituentS.
BY RALPH M. WIIITESIDE.
I.enSnd ANirn 40 Tho T,rIi,,nn

/ u 1S-AoI II Nls w Ill hOlDtI.
BY Leased Wire 70 The Tribune.
! WASHINGTON, D. c., July q" Go
ing TO Europe this summcr7' asked ;
Massachusetts, representative of a New
York statesman:
1" "Ahem; don't believe I will, thi:
year"
| Mountain or seashoref'
Neighbour" replied the inierroga
tee, assuming confidential air, "thC
fact is, [ guess I'll stick pretty clos,
to my district
".Think you III 90 shooting in Canada
during the fall7" asked a man from
Texas of a man from California,
"Ahem; don't believe / will this
year. !"
Taking a trip east or to Hawaii9''
NO; not exactly; you see, the fact
rs, things IN my district are In such
shape that l guess III not travel much
except from schoolhouse TO schoolhousc,
The boys out there seem 10 want me to
come home and get acquainted -
The next inquirer was a Minnesota
man, and he was talking to Georgian.
Thinking of coming north during the
hot spellH'' asked the Minnesotan.
Not tins year. thank YOU, replied
the souJberner. FThings in my dlstric;
seem to require my attention at home.
Those who are renominatcd this year
have a lot of explaining to do, and IN
arranging to get very busy with my
eXpIaInery AS soon as l can get back
home. -
Have to Explain.
That s the way they all talk. Conf
dentially-they all explain il conf
dentially-the-e will be no vacations for
the statesmen this season. They will
get right out on the hustin~~. explain-
ing why il was or WASH revised up
ward or downward. and how they did
or didn' t help do it that way or the
other way, as the case may or may
not have been. and what they would
have been glad to do. only that they
weren' t in n position TO do it, you
know.
Explaining7 There is going to be
the biggest Weld since before the last
big wind. The only man with nothing
Des Moines. He is out trying to
gather In some explanations He
doesn' u need to omit any. He re-
Gently received all he had coming
He was beaten for denomination.
Other people in like scrapes will be
comfortable. but not happy. The man
running for ANYTHING this year will be
Il very DcBbOHs NO buIJUGc
for his, except at the county fairs The
census bureau estimates. from complete
data. that more babies will be kissed in
the next four months than since Caesar
made his third run for triumvir.
Naval Nomenclature.
There are some curious results from
our system of naval nomenclature. For
instance, the rule recurring the names
Of states for battleships or first-class
cruisers has resulted in the names of
the smallest or newest states being
given the biggest ships. The TWO super
dreadnoughts authorized by this con
gress. which will be the most power.
full fighting ships ahoat, will he called
the Nevada and Oklahoma; those TO
he authorized next year Will be the
Arizona and New Mexico. The big
states took the first ships. and these are
hopelcssIy outclassed. Another result
of the rule for naming war ships is the
keeping in mind the names of the men
who have made the American navy IL
lustrious. The latest torpedo-boat de-
stroyer is the Lewis Warrington.
Commodore Warrington, for whom
she is named, was born in Hamp-
ton, Va, November 3. 1882 lie
was graduated at William and
Mary college at the age of Is, and
entered the navy as midsbipman IN
lNN1- III WIS III InS VI i'i
after having served as Il subordinate
on other vessels, that he was given
command OF the Peacock. and in her.
on April 90, 1914, off the coast of
Florida. encountered the British war.
ship Ererricr. The action thnt ensued
was brilliant. but short. The Officers
and crew Of the Enerrier fully sustained
the rcnutation of British sailors, but so
sljIlfnllv was his ship handled By War
rington, and so effective was her lire,
that forty-two minutes after the engage
ment beoan tho enemy struck h1s nag
Nearly 5000, 900 in specie was found on
board of her. sum which proved a
most timely addition to The depleted
revenues Of the country, The news of
his victory caused great enthusiasm in
the United States. He received the
thanks of congress and a gold medal
hearing a representation oT the action,
and his native state, Virginia. pre-
scnted him with a handsome sword.
Boycott on Wool Buyers.
sOreron wool growers are declaring
a bovcoIt on wool buyers said M: IL.
| Lockhart of PcndletoD, Ore, Public
wool sale days are set aside IN Pendle'
ton and other towns in Oregon about
This time OF the year AT the recent
sales held there the growers refused to
accent prices offered by the buyers
claiming that they could not grow
wool WOOL at n profit if forced to sell at
prices offered by the buyers, and as a
result, practically no wool COL has mnMtb DEGn
Although thousands of pounds of the
staple have ben offered for sale. at
many places throughout the eastern n
part Of the state, only fey small !
ci,ps have been sold, AS high as 10
cents per pound was Offered for some
clips, but none was marketed, The TO
suit Of this is that all the sale dates 10
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