The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-04-12
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| Dalzell bill, which gives the Court of
Claims jurisdiction
To Make Gov over suits brought by
eminent Pay. the owners of patents
against the United
States. At present the owner Of a
patent whose device is used or in
fringed on by the Government has no
recourse, and it is believed that this
is a legitimate cause of complaint.
One serious protest emanates from
the inventor of a torpedo, who alleges
that the Government is using his
device and that he has offered to ac-
cept any compensation the Govern
ment may deem proper, but has been
unable to obtain anything.
X X X
Inquiry in diplomatic circles, apro-
pos of the Roman incident, reveals the
fact that a number of the courts of
Europe are experiencing
Roosevelt various phases of serious
in Royalty. embarrassment as re-
suit of the declaration of
Emperor William that he would re-
ceive Mr.. Roosevelt with royal honors.
OF course, no other nation cares to do
less for the distinguished ex-President
than Germany, and yet it is asserted
that there is absolutely no precedent
for such action in some of the stricter
courts, and they are appalled, at the
idea of establishing a new precedent
and according such honors to purely
private citizen. This Is notably the
case in the extremely conservative
court of Vienna, and the colleagues of
Baron Hengelmuller are enjoying a
good deal of quiet fun at the expense
of that diplomat, who has returned
| to his country to receive "the colo
| nell" Nor has Mr.. Roosevelt helped
this situation, for he has taken oc-
casion more than once to announce
| that he is travelling merely as pri-
vate citizen, so that it is difficult to
assume the position that as an ex-
President he occupies a peculiar
status closely akin to that of roy
atty. The representatives of foreign
powers in Washington are being con-
stantly consulted, but they are I'M
able to throw much light on the situa-
ton of a nature helpful to their gov
ernments.
Victor, I'm glad to see that you're
not smoking to-day"
Thus was the Kansas Insurgent
Representative, Victor Murdoch, ac-
costed by trim little
s'Now, Victor, old lady with a black
Do Stop satin sunshade, as he
\ InsuTging." was leaving the House
Office building in great
haste just before noon, in order to
reach the floor in time for the open
|. ing. 1t was Mrs. Myra McHenry, of
! Wichita, the Congressmans home,
Fand she wanted to talk to him about
lots of things. Mr.. Murdoch had to
forego the opening of the House,
\ for Mrs. McHenry, who was at one
time Mrs. Carrie Nations right bower
in the Kansas anti-whisky fight, is an
insistent conversationalist
II am trying to stop smoking, Mrs.
McHenry," said the Congressman.
Il find that | was doing a little too
much of it.
ooh, Victor, I'm so glad" she an
swered. Now, l want you to quit
insurging, too, but if you must in
surge, don't insurge all the time; be
| moderate about it, be temperate. I
/ know your mother well, Victor. and
! she would be better pleased If you
wouldn't insurge so much. Really,
don't believe she'd like it at all If she
knew how you were going on"
Mr.. Nurdock bowed and fastened
to the House.
Mrs. McHenry is almost as much
of regular as Uncle Joe Cannon
he said.
Apparently on the principle that
cleanliness is next to godliness, the
Senate Committee on Appropriations
has made generous pro-
Senators vision for the bathroom
Bound to in the Senate Office build
30 Clean. ing. For this purpose
there is authorized ian
attendant in charge, who shall be
professional masseur," at a salary OF
$500 a year, two assistants at sal
aries of 1920 each and janitor at
like pay. The need of O professional
masseur, capable of limbering up stiff
joints and adding to the f1exibility
of members of the Senate, is certainly
obvious, although there may be some
who will question the necessity of
having such work done at the ex-
pense of the public. For many years
the Senators have enjoyed one of the
most luxuriously equipped barber
sAopS III the CITY Oh washington.
X X X
Referring to a multitude of in
stances in which old men had per-
formed the browning work of their
lives, Mr.. Sheppard, of
Disputes Texas, in the House COM
OsIer's bated the Osler theory,
Theory. and maintained that after
the age Of forty men and
women not only possessed their best
faculties for scientific and profess
sional work, but were fully qualified
in many instances for efficient SER
vice to the Government. General j.
Warren Keifer, Of Ohio, who is in
his seventy-fifth year, and was for
merly Speaker, frequently applauded
Mr.. Sheppard and when he had
finished his speech crossed over to
the Democratic side and gave the