The National tribune., 1910-05-12


lthe Loyal Legion Of the United States
/ The other officers elected are: Rear
| Admiral George c. Remey, u. :. N
ICommander; Maj.-Gen. Cyrus BusseE
u. S. ", Senior Vice Commander; Brig
Gen. Theodore Schwan. U. 5. Army, Ju
nior Vice Commander: Pay Directo
Leonard J. Frailey, q. S. N, Registrar
Treasurer: Mai David S. Stanley, U.
Army, Chancellor; Capt. Jas. II. Brad
ford. Il. S. V, Chaplain. The following
Council was chosen: Capt. Robert Ar
| mour U S. v; Lieut.-Col. Henry NJ
Kendall, L. S. Army; Brevet Mai Chas
f. I.arrabee, U. S. V; Chief Engineer
George w Sensner, L. S. N, and capt
John NJ. Carson, U. S. V. The folioW
ing new members were elected: SECOND
Tjeut Victor Mcdowell Whiteside. u
;. ARMY: Thos. Scott Fillebrown, Pay
master Trevor, VIM. Leutze, u. >. NJ
and Can't. Alexander Wallace Perry, u
s. Army
Plans to abolish the famous Treasury
Library are now practically under way
II is intended to keep only documents
relating TO financial matters, and these
books will be divided among the Vari-
Gus Bureaus of the Department Whlch
need them NEST. There Will, however,
be a small library for works that may
be used by every Bureau, such as encN-
ciopediaS annual reports ana other
documents.
AT one time the Treasury Library
was considered one of the best libraries
in Washington. Even to-day the docu-
a1apt sets in this library are more com
plete than in any other library, with
the exception of that Of the United
states Superintendent of documents
only few years ago the library con-
tained % 900 volumes, but this number
has been reduced to about SOU, the
present size of the library.
When George Il. Cortelyou was Secre-
tarv of the Treasury Congress passed a
bill providing that the books of fiction,
history and travel should be taken out
of the Treasury Library and given to
the Lirc-SaVing Service. This caused
the removal of 4,5O0 volumes. Later
an order was issued for the removal OF
$4,000 volumes to the Library OF con-
Cress and the Superintendent OF Docu-
ments. The present state OF the
Treasury Library is simply skeleton of
what it once was.
Col Frederick Hale, son of United
States Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine,
who has been much with his father
here in Washington, is his mother
own bov. Some newspaper in Maine In
some unwarrantable way used the name
of Senator Hale's wife to her detrment
The son. with a copy of the newspaper
in his hand. walked into the office OF
the editor, Chas. Thornton Libby, and
asked him if he was responsible for the
article. Libby replied that he was
Hale carried a sort of a quirt in' his
hand. and Immediately began to dem
onstrate its use on Editor Libby's hide,
and by the time Hale got thru with him
Libby knew just how horsewhippinS
felt. but he made no attempt to shield
except to keep the blows off of
the face, and after the performance
was over remarked to some friends that
he thought more of young Hale than he
ever had in his life. Hale had said to
him when he got thru with the trounc-
ing that was what he did to man who
insulted his mother, and Libby replied
that a man who wouldn't stand up for
his mother wasn't worth much.
A story has been going the rounds
that there has been a good deal OF Pill
fering thru the archives of the state
and that some of the docu-
rnents had been placed on sale by auc-
tioneers and book sellers. At the State
they declared that there
was absolutely no truth in the state
ment No documents are missing and
hence none could be placed on sale.
The Administration of Mr.. Roosevelt
was often referred to as a shirt sleeve
one, and that the diplomacy of the
United States was of the shirt-sleeve
variety. and former President Roosevelt
seems to be demonstrating this in his
present visits TO royalty in the Old
World The former President travels
in a suit of soft gray fannels and
slouch hat, and as he hasn't the pref
tiest figure in the world he doesn't al
ways present a very striking appear
ance But the other day, when his
dress-suit trunk went astray and he
was due for dinner with the Crown
Prince of Denmark at the royal palace
the fact that he had not the wedding
garment didn't stop him for moment.
He Just walked right straight over to
that dinner, and told the Crown Prince
that his baggage had gone astray and
that he would have to appear in multi
The Danish court is noted for its eX-
treme formality. Indeed, it is the most
formal court in all Europe to-day. But
nobody thought of turning former Pres
ident Roosevelt down because of his
lack of formality, and so he put his
mufti-clad legs under the royal ma
hogany and had a delightful time. 1t
is whispered abroad, however, that the
lristocrats over there who met him
didn't like his gray fiannels a little bit.
Those who are saying that Secretary
Richard X. Ballinger is going to resign
don't know the Baliinger blood. They
will fight their weight in wildcats-the
men will. They none of them were ever
known to back down. Secretary Bal
linger says:
n Ia
lustion of resignation, l would not do
so so long as these vicious and unwar-
ranted attacks continue against me-"
The Secretary emphaticaliy denied
that he was considering the question at
all. II have no intention of resigning,"
he emphatically declared.
London welcomed Mr.. Peary with
open arms. and gave him gold medal,
and stamped him as the "only discover
er of the North Pole" but some of them
are commenting on the fact that Mr..
Peary, altho hailed as a commander iE
our Navy, is wearing "cits" or the sim
pie insignia of a civil engineer in the
United States Navy. In England they
do things differently from what we do.
When a man is Commander" he
wears a commanders insignia.
Representative Andrew ]. Peters, of
Massachusetts, appeared in the House
last week with his arm in a sling. He
motored out in the suburbs Sunday
and when about to return
started to crank his machine. The en-
his forearm, infiicting two compound
fractures.
The year-long row I'm the George