The National tribune., 1910-07-14


liver and Albert d. Cummins, both OF
whom have a large contract of speak
ing dates. have had to retire from the
oratorical arena. Both are very much
under the weather from hard work,
(which has augmented heart trouble
from which both are sufferers. Sena-
tor Cummins has also been ordered TO
give up golf and cigars.
William Jennings Bryan declares
that he is not candidate for the Unit
ed States Senate, but that he desires TO
remain free of politics and office for
the next two years at least to be able
to fight liquor, whereat the Democratic
Party sits up and takes notice again, as
the former candidate for the Presidency
on the Democratic ticket does not set
alis time limit for re-entrance in poll
tics late enough to tide him over the
Etruggle for the Presidency again.
Speaker Cannon, who felt himself
pretty much tired out after the close
of one of the most strenuous sessions
of Congress, slipped out of sight so
quickly that it hustled his friends
anightily to find where he had gone
and, as for newspaper men, they lost
him completely. Your Uncle Joseph
had just lighted aboard a lighthouse
| tender with few of his friends for a
sail down the Potomac and up the
| Chesapeake Bay, so as to get chance
TO breath and get his tentacles hitched
ITO his plans for his campaign speaking
tour. He was away three days, and re-
turned to the city very much refreshed.
Asher c. Kinds, who has chaperoned
Speaker Cannon thru many parliament
| tary tangles during the last eight years,
will take a seat on the floor of the
House at the beginning of the 62d Con-
gress unless the Democrats of the 1st
AI,o
5000 Republican majority of the last
election. He was nominated recently
by the Republican Convention at Port
land, Me, without a struggle.
Col. Frederick w. Hale, the son of
Senator Hale, had been a candidate for
lawrence Allen, who has been sent to
Washington regularly by his constitu-
ents ever since the 57th Congress, was
pot candidate. He is 73 years old.
The Abernathy kids, Louis and Tenn
pie, aged six and nine years, sons OF
United States Marshal Abernathy, after
riding all the way from Oklahoma TO
New York City on horseback to greet
former President Roosevelt on his re-
turn from his year in Africa, took an
automobile back to their home. The
boys had great time while East. They
were very desirous of seeing a boxing
bout, and finally teased their father
Into letting them see one in New York.
qt occurred at the Longacre Club, in
New York City, between Tom Maloney
and Kid Burns. The club members
gloves. and made them honorary MEM
bers Of the club, after which they went
away quite happy.
In the hope of increasing the eff
cheney of its coal supply, the Navy De-
ar%ry z,.s
ment at New London, Conn.,, to deter
mime whether coal can be preserved
better under water than on land.
z If the experiments show that coal
does not lose as much of its efficiency
under water as il does when piled in
the open air. radical changes will be
snade in the storage of coal at the
.karious coaling stations of the United
States. Beds for coal under water
would be constructed probably at many
bf the American coaling stations.
The President has signed several
proclamations eliminating nearly half
a million acres of land from the Ma
tionai forests and adding a little more
than 100000 acres to the reserves. The
lands taken out are more suita BILE to
agriculture than to forest purposes and
later will be opened TO settlement The
additions represent tracts best adapted
10 the growing of trees.
1t is funny TO hear of the owner of
billions of dollars and one of the great
est Governments of the world at that,
Suing a little old hotel company for a
little over $1,000, and yet that is exact
~ what the United States Government
is doing. The United States about a
year ago came into possession of a
block of houses between 14th and 18th
streets, on the Avenue. These houses
at intends to tear down ultimately and
alse the ground for National purposes
4. and one of the houses was the old Re-
gent Hotel, and the man who had DOS.
session of il left it owing the Govern
ment a months rent, amounting to 81 :.
8sS-89. And nov Uncle Sam sued him
for it.
1t is announced and denied and re.
announced that former Senator VIM
"a Clark, of Montana and New York
u 1s going to enter the race for United
States Senator against Thomas H. Car.
TER. of Montana. 1t will be remem-
bered that former Senator Clark is one
OF the great copper kings. and that he
literally has money to burn. As there
is small Democratic majority in the
. montana Legislature at the presen,
Zine, Senator Carter's friends are lust
a little bit alarmed Senator Clark
usually gets what he goes after when
he really goes after it in earnest. Just
little before Senator Clark came 70
Washington the writer of this was oc.
cupying section in a Pullman car
the other half of which was taken by
q very blonde, peach-and cream sort OF
a youth He had a tremendously vel.
low, perfectly new suitcase of the ex.
tension variety, and it was crammeC
TO the limit of the extension apparent.
1y He had on a perfectly new suit ot
clothes, wonderfully bright new tar
shoes and a perfectly new hat. He wal
also perfectly new to the ways of the
Eastern world. To the casual observ.
ance of the writer with regard to hi
apparent first visit East he said: 9.
am going to be in the United State.
i. SeEate with Senator Clark, of Montana
de is going to be Senator Clark o.
Montana They are trying TO contes
his election, but Senator Clark of Mon.
tana, has money enough to get any
thing he wants. and when he goes afte
it it's got to come" Without any sug
gestion that Senator Clark's money di,
IL, Senator Clark certainly did get ther
for that particular term and withou
any trouble whatever. So maybe Sen
/ ator Carter's friends are not feeling
unnecessarily alarmed.
Miss Helen Cannon, daughter OF tht
Speaker of the House of Representa-
fives sailed last week from New Yorl
on the Adriatic for Europe TO remain
1lntil the Autumn uybar, che rattIry