The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-31
PRESIDENT TAFT
 IS A MAYFLOWER Record Is Established and He
 Has New Political Pull GRANT AS A VETERAN Boy Who Carried Messages for His Dis tingulshed Father on Battlefield May Be Commissioned as
 Captain of Congress.
GRANT AS A VETERAN
By RALPH M. WHITEsIDE.

Washington, January 30.-(Special)- From the forests of Aroostook to the breakers of Cos Cob New England may rejoice for 1t has been demonstrated that President Taft is Mayhower descendant and Is entitled to ernblazon the sacred codfish and the puissant quahang on his coat of arms.
 By close search 1t has been found that one of MT. Taft's ancestors was Francis Cook, who was one of the Mayhowerers. The general board of the Maynower socie- ty has passed on the matter and the glad tidings have been conveyed to MT. Taft.
 He will sign the roll of membership which will make him persona grata in the most exclusive circles of Back Bay society.
 This discovery will have an important bearing on politics and should MT. Taft run for President In 1912 1t Is freely pre- dicted that it will secure for him the solid electoral vote of New England.
 If la probable, too, that additional hon OTIS will be conferred on Gen. Frederlck Dent Grant A movement is on foot to have Congress declare General Grant a veteran of the Civil war. so that he may become a really, truly member or the Grand Army of the Republic. While if doesn't seem easy to make soioier of 's5 in 1910, Congress can do II; ln fact. has done It.
 As a 10-year-old boy General Grant was on the battlefelds around VicksDurg W1n bis father and on some of the days nc oarr,sd messages for his distinguished satbsr In fact. he was wounded In the leg on that field S,
 what the Grand Army of the Republic wants Congress to do is to pass q pii, II authorizing General Grant to De placed on the rolls of the army as captain ,o issue to him a commission as c@p tain as of date 1863. That would make ss. rscord complete and he would. be aI,.,b,a for the Grand Army membership.
 He would be made the youngest CIVIL war captain, and some time, a lew cen tur,es hence. would be discovered to nave been a boy hero.
 ,rh,s sten has been taken in the case of one other man. William Sherman. son of Gen. w. T. Sherman. who like Gen. Tred Grant saw some service as poy' though he was not enlisted. sherman was given a congressional rating as o,vil war veteran, and admitted to the R He is now dead, and If Gen ora1 f.rant receivessa back-dated commits sion making him civil war soldier he will he the only living man with such distinction.
 1f Senator GalIinger of New Hampshire haa bis way the District of Columbia will ,,e made A model for the country so far as the restricted sale of liquor is concerned. His license bill, which by the way has a arstrate chance to become law, provides that before license to sell liquor IS granted the Hcensee must have the writ fen consent of majority of real estate owners and bona fde residents keeping house within the square on which the pro- noeed saloon is situated.
 Provisions are made prohibiting the sale of liouor to habitual drunkards, minors etc. The sale of liquors Is prohibited be- tween the hours of 10 at night and the next morning, and on Sundays and all holidays In the case of clubs, the ex- r else board is authorized to regulate the sale between midnight and o'clock in the morning.
 The sale by druggists upon prescription is strictly regulated. and doctors are for bidden to prescribe liquor except in cases where they have made personal diagnosis and find liquor absolutely necessary as medicine. f
 No license shall be issued to any hotel having less than 30 bedrooms and none fr any station. waiting room. depot or sta ton of any steam. electric railroad oi other carrier for the transportation oi passengers in the district. The sale oi liquors in buckets, commonly known al rushing the growler," Is prohibited. Drunkenness in the district is made a nisdemeanor. punishable by hns of