The National tribune., 1910-09-01

ion, the greatest part of the United
States 81 an
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Representative George A. Pearre, of
the Sixth Maryland District, has with
drawn from the contest for the Repub-
lican nomination for Congress Repre-
sentative Pearre. who has served is
years in the National House, declares
that during that time he has neglected
his personal affairs, and now finds il
imperative to give them more care, as
he does not wish to die poor man. It
is a little remarkable that so many
members of Congress, both inr the SEN
ate and in the House. have announced
their decision to retire from National
politics. BY the loss of Mr.. Pearre an
other of the regular Republicans leaves
the House. Mr.. Pearre was a regular
of the regulars, a "standpatter from
away back" There is no doubt at all
that Mr.. Pearre would have been NOM
mated and reelected, but he said that
he had been hOnored for a long time
by his party, and he believed that it
was time for him to withdraw and let
some other good Republican take his
place, even if there had been no con-
sideration of his own health and his
own financial interests.
The Spanish-American War Veterans
friends the other day by the death of
Capt. Lee NJ. Lipscomb. He was Past
Commander of the Department of the
District of Columbia Spanish War Vet
Grams and a Past National officer He
was a member of Col. James s. Petit
Camp, 3, of the District, and was a Ma
son Of high degree. Interment was in
Arlington, with military escort and hon.
ors. Capt. Lipscomb belonged to Co.
American War. He was the son of
Confederate veteran, and often said
that one of his chief reasons for enlist
ment was that he wanted his children
to be able to say that their father
fought for the Stars and Stripes.
Ex-Representative Joseph c. Sibley.
Republican nominee for Congress in
the 2Sth Pennsylvania District, last
week announced his withdrawal from
the race. In a brief statement Mr.
Sibley announced that his eyesight was
failing, and that he had suffered gen.
eral breakdown which he believed was
serious, and that as his wifes health
was poor he had decided that he would
not again undergo the rigors of a cam
paign. Mr.. Sibley's primaries were held
early in June, and he defeated Nelson
Fl. Wheeler, the present Representative
in Congress from the 2Sth District In
his sworn statement of expenses in
CURED during the campaign Mr.. Sibley
stated that he spent $4,000, or $3.50
for every vote he received in the Dis
trict.
The very next day after his declina-
ton of the Office won at the primaries,
Mr.. Sibley was arrested in Franklin
Pa, on a charge of conspiracy
to debauch voters" OF course, former
Sibley denies the crinii-
nal charge, and there the matter rests
Mr.. Sibley has had a most remarkable
career in politics. In 1896 he stumped
he country for William Jennings Bry-
an, preaching the doctrine for free sill
yer. Four years later he became a
and served as Republican
from the SD to the Goth Congress. re-
tiring then to take n trip around the
world. He was very popular member
of the House Being one of its tremen-
lously wealthy members. he entertained
Iavishly, and took a prominent part in
the official society of the Capital. Dur
ing the campaign Of 1908 Mr. Sibley's
name was mentioned in certain Stand
ard OIL letters read from the stump by
William Randolph Hearst. MIR. Sibley
s a large producer of oil. ~
The fine new building at theSSoldiers'
Home was completed and ready for oc-
cupancy few weeks ago. Many OF the
reterans have already moved their
quarters into this handsome new build
ng from the other buildings. which !
we're somewhat crowded. The new
is handsome in every detail, |
Ind is furnished with every up-to-date |
The rooms Will accom- |
nodate from two to eight men, and are |
very comfortably furnished. The din |
ng room now occupies the first floor of
hn hni1 nd t,n nlI tfttn cy
lall is now being fitted up as a library. |
It is said that the front doors and mar
Die pillars inside the entrance are alone |
worth going up there to see.
Esperanto
Washington had during the last week
IT two some people with it who are ex-
Decting to revolutioniZe the languages
)f the world and make one Nation al
language They had a jolly good time
and presumably a fine time |
and impressed every
Dody as being tremendously in earnest
n what they are trying to accomplish
All the newspapers of Washington pub
ished portions of the reports in Es- |
Deranto and did other stunts quite as
surprising. For instance, one of the
,ity papers printed Lincolns Gettys- |
burg Address in English. and then gave
he Esperanto version OF 1t In the par |
illel column. If the, Esperanto version
was as badly put UP as the English
'ersion was mutilated, ii must have |
been holy terror by the time the rep |
from China. Japan, Portu- |
gal, Germany and some of the other |
'oreign countries got hold of it. 1t |
,eems incredible that great newspapers |
should be so careless in printing a |
classic like the Lincoln Gettysburg Ad-
iress, which is probably quoted oftener |
han anything else in the English |
.Ongue, unless it may be the Bible and |
Shakspere. The convention was at |
.ended by DIR. Zamenhof, the Polish |
inventor of Esperanto, and he sounded |
he keynote of the Sixth International
Esperanto Congress in his opening ad- |
iress. His speech, of course. was given
n Esperanto and, at length. The OPEN |
ng sentence was as follows:
I'VE hope that as a result of our la |
Dor, sooner or later, the whole world |
will grow like us, and become one great |
human tribe, consisting of various fam
lies with separate languages and GUS |
oms among themselves, but with the |
same language and customs of the out |
,ide world"
The first business transacted was the |
election of the new officers They were |
rs follows: President. John Garrett, Of
d. c.; Vice Presidents, DIR. |
W. III. Yeamans. United States of Amer |
ca, and DR.. Ivy Kellerman Reed; Sec |
retary, Gabriel Chavet; Chairman of
Executive Committee, DIR. Edwin c. !
Reed. use tat
Capt Joe w. King, veteran of the !
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