New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-12

bill For instance, unless otherwise or
dered. Mondays are devoted to the con-
sideration OF District of Columbia bills.
Wednesday Is given over to bills on the cal
endar. Friday is devoted to private bills.
and another day is set apart for pensions,
while every other Saturday is reserved for
claims. and one day a week is usually de-
voted to ''the unanimous consent ca1en-
dar' It is generally expected that the
Tariff Board appropriation will entail some
what protracted debate and there are q
number of other provisions which will cause
more or less discussion. The bill as re-
ported carries q total appropriation of near
ly s112.0ao,no
RoOSEvELTS RANK - Bx-President
Roosevelt will probably outrank every one
save the members OF royal families at the
funeral OF Edward VII According to the
established precedent at the Court OF St.
James's, special ambassadors take prece-
dence of all ambassadors regularly ac-
credited to the court and, being the special
representative of their sovereigns. rank
next TO the reigning monarchs who may be
present At the funeral of Edward VII
most If not all of the reigning monarchs
will be relat ted to the dead King and will,
therefore, be members of the royal family.
Under ordinary conditions special ambassa-
doris would rank in accordance with the
date of the presentation of their creden-
tials, but in the case of Mr.. Roosevelt II is
regarded as highly probab bic that the fact
that he is an ex-President will be taken into
consideration. and that he will, therefore,
receive precedence over all his collea CUES.
In the absence of official information on
this subject, however. President Taft caused
Mr.. Roosevelt's credentials to be cabled
to A1ba ssador Reid to-day. In order that
they may be received as early as possible,
and it is quite likely that they will be the
first to be received. This action Is under
stood to have been taken on a suggestion
from the British Ambassador which met
with the cordial approval of the President
It is understood that France purposes to
send her Minister of Foreign Affairs as
special ambassador of the President of
France
MRS. MORSE ACTIVE.-Mrs. Morse.
the wife of the convicted banker. spent to-
day in the Marble Room of the Senate,
begging Senators to sign the petition to
the President. asking Executive clemency
for her husband Mrs. Morse says she has
obtained the signatures of more than two
hundred members of Congress to this petit
ton. but she was considerably less sue
cessful in securing the signatures of mem
bers of the Senate than those of members
of the House Senators and Representa-
tives alike say that it is extremely diff
cult to refuse the fearful solicitation Of a
brave woman in great distress. and some
say they have signed the petition against
their convictions. A number of Sena TOYS,
however, told Mrs Morse as gently as pos
sible that they could not consistently ask
the President to take the action for which
she prays. Mrs Morse says she has near
" two hundred petitions of similar char
acter in circulation in different parts OF
the country. and that she hopes to get
not less than Z million signatures and thus
break down by sheer weight Of numbers
any opposition the President may feel.
UNCLE JIArs'' COOK BooK.-That is
the name which members of Congress hu-
raorously apply TO the farmers bulletin on
the economic use of meats" recently is
sued by the Secretary OF Agriculture, who
is still called by those who served with
him in the House Uncle Jim Wilson, or
occasionally ''Tams Jim" lama County.
Iowa, having been his home in the days
when he served as z Representative The
conference on the bill providing for the
printing Of q special edition of the bulletin
was agreed to to-day by both houses Of
Congress. The House passed bill pro-
viding for an edition Of one million copies
The Senate amended II by cutting the num-
Der to three hundred thousand but the con-
ferrees compromised by setting the figure
al five hundred thousand Uncle Jim's'
cook book furnishes recipes for a large
number of dishes to be made from the
less expensive cuts of meat, for sauces
with which to make such selections more
appetizing etc. It promises to have as
great a vogue as the once famous horse
book G. G. H.