The National tribune., 1910-06-02

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vote, lacking that much OF n constitu-
ttonal majority.
! For the last few days the advance
class of The Coast Artillery School at
Fortress Monroe has been encamped on
the river shore near Yorktown. Va.
Studying the plans of the old battle
| fields. The class. which is under the
command of Maj. F. W. Coe. started
| from Richmond, going over the ground
| followed by Mcclellan. The members
| of the artillery class were delighted to
| find that many of the forts and in
trenchments erected by both the Con-
federate and Federal armies are in a
good state of preservation.
The Navy Department was startled
the other day when news was cabled
from Manila that our great ,drydock
Dewey had sunk. OF course. everybody
jumped to the conclusion at once that
the japanese had something to do with
the damage, and that it was deliberate
purpose on the part of the station en-
ployes in Manila, who are all japanese.
The Dewey drydock is by long odds the
largest in the world 1t was built in
Baltimore and towed over to Manila,
being one of the greatest sea feats ever
of money. and to hear that it had sunk
was a shock. 1t is now learned that 1t
was entirely due to carelessnesS. and
that only one corner of it is sunk, ana
they are at work raising her, as she
lies in shoal water. The electrical ma
chinery which operated the valves is
supposed to have been the cause of the
sinking. and they in turn were operated
by careless electricians.
The convention of the National Re-
publican League is to be held in Car
negie Hall. New York City. June "a and
%. and is to be opened by President
Taft. John Hays Hammond Is Presi-
dent of the League. Vice President
Sherman and at least Is Republican
Governors will also be present, and also
a large number of Senators and Repre-
sentatives and other prominent Repub-
licans from all over the country. The
convention will be the first political
of the kind held in New
York since 1883. and promises to be
the largest ever held in that city. on
the evening of June 25 banquet will
President Taft with Vice President
Sherman will be the guests of honor.
1t is expected the banquet will be a
record one both as to its size
and the prominence Of the diners.
An area of about 606,0S6 acres in
central Arizona, which was Withdrawn
in 1901 for forest purposes,
has been restored to the public domain
by the Secretary of the Interior. The
land lies in Yavapai and Maricopa
Counties
About 10, 900 acres of land in Idaho, |
which had been reserved for irrigation
projects, also have been restored to the
public domain by the Secretary. The
involve $1,000 acres in the
Boise land district and $4,000 acres in
he Blackfoot district.
President Taft is once more happy in |
hat he is able to go to the golf links !
Utmost every day. Our big President is |
;ery fond of outdoor exercises, but golf |
appeals to him more than any other of
he field games. He does not play |
baseball at all, but is a great baseball |
an.
One of the guests of the House the |
)ther day was Charles P. Taft, brother
If President Taft, who occupied a sect |
IN the floor between Speaker Cannon
md Representative Longworth during
he debate on a point of order made
against the proposed appropriation of
$3.50. 900 for the Tariff Board. Mr.. Taft
vas accorded the privileges of the floor
because of being a former member of
Congress.
If Mr. Clifford Pinchot. whilom Chief
Forester of the United States, went
,broad to greet his friend, former Pres
dent Roosevelt, on his arrival in Eu-
'Ope to have a political talk with him,
lie evidently accomplished his purpose.
is he is now on the high seas on his
way back to this country, not waiting
or President Roosevelt, who will prob
ibly arrive between the 10th and the
L5th of June.
For years there has been a spot on
campus which has been
practically NO Mans Land" 1t has
,een called simply the parade
ground" and is the place where ath-
etic contests and drills have always
,een held. Last week an order was is
ued by Capt. Bowyer, Superintendent
Il the Academy, announcing that in fu-
ure in all orders and notices issued the
erm parade ground" will apply to the
lew grounds in front of Bancroft Hall,
the harbor and facing the
Bay and Kent Island
The old parade ground is to be known
IS "Worden Field" and will thereby
become a memorial to the late Rear
ADMIRAL John l.. Worden, hero of the
Ierrimac and Monitor battle of the
ivil war.