Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-09
Washington Life
The inaugural Crowd, what n
win Cost, Years Of Rstired PrsHi-
dents, ana . Budding Statesman.

Senator Dixon OF Montana has the unique
distinction Of upsetting an sdverseJcom-
mittee report by a combination of eloquence
and hustle. The question was grant Of
pensions to two Grow Indians who fought
with general Crook i'm the Rosebud fight
thirty-four years ago and were wounded
When petitions for pensions came up in
the senate and were in danger of defeat
Senator Dixon came TO the rescue with
this appeal:
when General Crook was hemmed In
by the Sioux on the Rosebud reservation
he sent oouriers to the Crows for help
They sent 100 OF their young men. and these
two Indians. Old Bull Snakes leg was
shattered in the fight by a musket ball.
Old Coyotes shoulder blade was shattered.
For thirty-four years these old men have
dragged over the country without pension,
without reward of any kind from the gov
eminent. Both of them are very old men
at this time, and l do think $40 a month
under these circumstances is certainly a
pitiful allowance for this great government
to render to these two old men who were
shot in battle"
Enough was said The bill passed the
senate in spite Of the committee report.
Senator Borah of Idaho the other day
made a speech before the Americas club
of Pittsburg on Ulysses S. Grant. During
the course of this address he quoted Gen
eral Robert K. Lee to the effect that Grant
was without superior in all history as
commander Of armies.
No sooner had the newspapers printed
the story, reports the Washington Times,
than old confederate soldiers from a score
of states said they didn't believe Lee ever
said it. They said it did not sound like
Lee, and that II the great confederate had
given vent to such a sentiment II took the
country a mighty long time to find 1t out.
On the whole, the southerners discredited
the senator's authority for the quotation.
1t has now developed, though. that old
union soldiers are denying that Lee ever
gave such praise to Grant. A half a hun
dred OF them have written to Senator
Borah to tell him what they think about
it. They say that Senator Borah just con-
ceived that idea himself in an effort to
smooth over the rumpus which Senator
Hepburn, also Of Idaho, stirred up over
the position of Lees statue in Statuary
hall One or two of the letter writers re-
called that Senators Borah and Hepburn
parted ways on the Lee ISSUE
Now the westerner has come to the con-
clusion that when civil war subjects are
being even calmly discussed that it is i'm
possible to please any of the people any
of the time.
The appointment of Representative Cor
don Russell, democrat, of Texas to be fed
deral justice ends unique contest for this
high office. Judge Russell few weeks ago
went to the White House and proposed the
name of Henry Marsh, a distinguished
lawyer of Texas, for this position. After
Mr.. Taft had listened to Russells elo-
quent advocacy of the cause of his friend
the president turned around in his chair and
said
| IAN that is very good, Russell, but 1t is
too late. 1 have already made up my
| mind to appoint you to this position"
But, Mr.. President, 1 cannot allow you
to consider me. AS long as Mr.. Marsh
wants the appointment, 1 am for him.
4 cannot allow you to regard me as his OPP
ponent," replied Mr.. Russell.
We'll we will think it over,'' concluded
the president
Friends of Judge Russell heard of the
| conversation, and wind of it got to Mr..
Marsh. The latter Immediately withdrew
from the contest and yesterdays appoint
ment was the result
Many Of the women tourists who would
visit the White House are always disap-
| pointed when not permitted to roam over
the private residence of the president
even to the innermost closet They want
| to know how house is kept in the execu-
tive mansion, and they imag CINE that this is
their right as American citizens. They
are permitted to see the east room and
the east wing, together with its basement
rooms and its exhibition of old White
House china, but it requires card to see
the other rooms of the lower floor Of the
White House, and then one is only per.
mitted to peep into the rooms, for the
doors are barred by velvet cords.
But the women would like to 60 up
stairs to look at the bedrooms and so on
And they use their tongues when dlsap-
pointed.
Il have always supposed that this was
a free country they often retort when
politely refused.
But if they cannot get inside they will
stand gazing into the windows, and the
least detail visible interests them. There
now!" remarked a woman the other day
II at all events, have seen a maid ironing "
Speaker Cannon went over into the sen.
ate the other day when LaFollette was
making speech the railroad bill
Cannon engaged Senator Cullom in ar
animated conversation. LaFolette was
annoyed. Except when he is upon the
chautauqua circuit he's one OF the most
easily annoyed persons that we know
} about. And so LaFollette turned toward
Cannon with an ugly look. Said he:
las soon as the conversation nearby
) ceases l shall continue. What / have &c
say on this important matter is for the
, benefit Of the senator's"
} THE man whose health does not permit
of strenuous office labor. the man of mod
crate income with booklsh taste, the re-
tired capitalist, the superanuated bank
president, all have hard time in obtain
ing sufficient human companionship," com
ments the New York Post, This is par
ticularly true OF retired army and navy
officers. A fixed day, their 64th birthday
finds them promptly shelved. They Civ,
up their regiments or the command Of de
partments or OF fleets at the stroke Of moor
on the fatal anniversary. They wander
| homeWard to the towns they came from