The National tribune., 1910-05-19

the Capitol. and was the guest of both
| Houses, going in upon the floor. For a
| few minutes he held the little ivory
cube of the Vice President in the United
States Senate, and watched the opera
tions there very closely. He was later
guest of Vice President Sherman at
luncheon. Prince Iyesato Tokugawa
had only two secretaries with him, but
he kept them both busy with the notes
which he was making of what he saw,
DR.. w. Hutchison, the literary physi-
clan authority and a member of the
Senate Committee on Jublic Health, one
the appointment of a Department of
Public Health. A bill to that effect has
been introduced by Senator Owen, of
Oklahoma. DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, of
National fame, and DR.. Frank Darling
ton, former Health officer of New York,
also commend this bill. DIR. Darlington
told of the work which is being done by
the New York Board at cost of s3,-
100000 a year.
| The question whether the word in
surgent," as applied to Republican SEN
ators. may be offensive, was raised In
the Senate by Mr.. Dixon. He also made
complaint of a charge of alliance by
himself with the Democrats, which, he
said, had been made on the floor of the
Senate by Senator Elkins, in charge of
the railroad bill.
Mr.. Dixon was speaking to a ques-
ton of personal privilege, his theme be-
ing the indiscriminate use of the word
'.insurgent-" He complained that both
on the floor of the Senate and in the
newspaper reports this term was ban
died about in way to cast reflections
upon some of the Senators.
Do you know what "dik-dik" is ?
If you don't, you know just as much as
any ybody else does. But the Government
is now in possession of real "dik-dik."
1t was sent to the Smithsonian Institu-
ton by former President Roosevelt, who
captured a dead one, or, as the little
boys say, beaded It," and then took it
down in Africa. The "dik-dik" is said
to be a foot tall, and Director Wolcott,
of the Smithsonian Institute, seems to
be real glad that he has one in his col
lection, but he has not described it up
to now. DIR. Wolcott said that the speci-
mems received from the Roosevelt ex-
pedition will not be segregated from
the others of the collection, but will
take their place according to classifica-
tons. He stated that $4,000 specimens
from Africa have been received. The
skulls and skins of lions are an espe-
cially valuable feature of the Roosevelt
contribution
President Taft wanted tTra, battle
ships. and he will get them, because
Congress has said so.
The census returns of some of the
'Latin-Amerfcan States" or that sec
ton of the country that was first occu-
pied by Spanish, French and Indians.
are showing UP some remarkable in
stances of old age. Francisco Espor
and his wife, Rafael, of Florence, Colo.
claimed the remarkable ages of 10 and
lot years respectively, and have been
married 80 years. According to the re-
ports turned in to the Census Bureau
by Mrs. Julia Montya, with whom they
lived, Espor, who is of French parent
age, was born in what is now New Mex
leo in 1900. and his wife was born in
Taos, Mexico, IN 1903, and they were
married at Santa Fe in 1910. They had
10 children. but only one son survives.
He still lives at Taos, n. NJ, and Is S5
years old. 1t is not at all unusual to
find among the Pueblo and Moqui In
dians many men and women who are
considerably over 100 years of age.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., accompanied
by his fiancee, Miss Edith Alexander, of
New York, and Mrs. Alexander, were
guests last week of Representative and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth at the Long
worth home.
Young Roosevelt accompanied by
Mrs Alexander and Miss Alexander, ar
rived here the first part of last week.
Last Thursday. accompanied by Repre-
sentative Longworth, they were inter
ested spectators of the House proceed
ings from the galleries. Last Saturday
they took an automobile ride to Great
Falls, and later Mr.. Roosevelt and his
bride-to-be visited photographer and
were photographed together. The party
then returned to New York. Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., has served his appren-
ticeship in the carpet shop, and after
his marriage, which will take place
about the middle of June or a little
earlier. 1t is expected that he will go
West as the representative of the estab-
lishment.
Brig. Gen. Nathan A. NJ. Douglass. U.
A. Army, a veteran of the civil war,
died at his home at Roxbury, Mass.
one day last week, and his remains
were brought to Washington for inter-
ment in the National Cemetery at Ar
lington.
What do you think of this? Former
Presidential Candidate Mr.. VIM Jen-
nlngs Bryan announced that he would
at lnt SOuTt f1OuSS III Lincoln at
a meeting in favor Of the initiative-ref-
erendum amendment, and to his con-
sternation word was sent him by the
Democratic Party of County Commits
sioners, all of whom oppose his plan for
roundup, and Informed him that he
could not have the Court House. Now
Mr.. Bryan says that the people of Ne
braska will now understand what inter-
est II is that is endeavoring to repress
free speech and free use of the press on
public opinions"
Representative VIM. Sulzer has intro
duced a bill providing for an appro-
priation of $500 for the erection of
a statue of Samuel J. Tilden in Wash
ington.
Those people who imagine that about
all that the United States Senator and
Representative in Congress does is to
set on his hunkers in his seat in the
House or Senate and TO perform the
same duty In the cloak room whenever
he can, and az soon as the session of
either body is completed to sautter leis-
urely to his automobile or carriage and
be whirled to his destination, is letting
his Imagination run riot II is an in
teresting sight to walk down Pennsyl-
vania avenue about 10 o'clock in the
morning or a little later and count the
members OF the National House of Leg
islation who are vending their way in
pairs, trios and quartets and even in
squads of from seven to 10 toward the
Capitol Most of thsm live within a
radius of a couple of miles of the Capi-
| tol. and they take as much delight as
boys in going to and from school, in