New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
THE DAyINWA SHINGTON

culiar construction of sentences and mlxee
metaphors embalmed in THE Congressional
Record" but IT is declared by the literary
lights OF the Senate that Senator Craw-
ford's will take its place among the most
mixed OF the latter. Mr.. Crawford was DIS
cussing the French spoliation claims ana
the condition Of the Republic
in the days which followed the Revolution
when he declared that at that time TINS
country was the football IN the game oi
battledore and shuttlecock.'' 1t is credioiy
asserted that no sooner had the soutn "a
kotan uttered this expression than Senator
Lodge left the chamber and was not seen
again for an hour.
WOULD PROTECT MOUNT VERNON.
The protection OF Mount Vernon Is the
object Of a petition which was nieo
in the Senate and House to-day by Sen
ator Dupont and Representative Head oii
behalf of a special committee Of the Mount
Vernon Ladies Association 1t appears
that the authorities of the District OF Co
lumbia have purposed to establlsh ciiiii-
inal reformatory on q peninsula "iiioi'
these women declare is within two anu one
half miles Of Mount Vernon and only nan
a mile from the homes OF Neliie CustiS
and George Mason. The association pc
tieves that It would be desecration OF the
last resting place Of the first Presoeht
and a blot on exceptionally historic Grouhn
to place a penal institution IN this loca-
ton, and the members hope that their
view will appeal to members OF congress
and to the public generally. and, too' that
the public will urge on members the I'M
propriety of the proposed action.
CHIEF JUSTICE LATE.-For the first
time in sixteen years Justice White was
late In reaching the court this morning,
to his decided discontinue and to the
amusement of his colleagues, who Siyiy
suggested that the Chief Justice was be-
ginning to put on airs because of his eie-
walton to that high office. The Chief JUS
tees tardiness was due to the kindness OF
his friends he hastened to explain, and
he added that he had been simply hooded
with congratulations ever since his ap-
pointment was announced. Some news
paper photographers say that the Chlei
Justices tardiness was due to his kindness
to them. They had been waiting OUTSIDE
his house to get some snapshots, ana he
yielded to their opportunities and posed
for them with courtesy which won their
hearts No man could be more genuinely
gratified than is Chief Justice White with
his promotion. The American people are
extraordinarily kind he said to-day. "ex-
traordinariIy kind. They will forgive and
forget a mistake in judgment, but they are
terribly intolerant Of dishonesty
DAYS OF -Washington-that
is. the rank a, file which composes the
population of the national capital-has
been experiencing a reign of terror beside
annrfhenSiOn
fornians OF a japanese invasion, and even
the dire forebodings of Richmond Pearson
Hobson, pale into insignifcance. A men,
ber of the Cabinet who shall be nameless,
suggested recently that it might make for
economy in the government service If the
working day were heightened by hall an
hour. so that the clerks would work from
Q a. M to Q. m, instead of to 4:30 p M
The mere suggestion created consterna-
tion A delegation of business men, chieny
merchants, rushed to the sWhlte House 10
petition the President not to take such
revolutionary step, which. they said, woulo
ruin the retail business they now enjoy
between 4:3o and p. m Then local
newspaper printed ballots and took a poll
of the government clerks, and, incredible
as that may seem, large majority Voteo
against working longer hours AT to-day $
- g c-eeting the question was iaid 10
Il v-;.s decided that any member OF
the Cabinet had ample authority to extend
the working day whenever the work OF his
department demanded 1T, and that no gen.
eral order should be issued. The fact IS
that a much more serious problem con-
fronts most heads Of departments. and
that is the difficulty OF finding sufficient
work to keep busy the present force OF
clerks now that some attention is being
given to syster tizing the work and the
addition Of time saving methods
G. G. H.