The National tribune., 1910-04-14

things hot in the House the other day
in regard to the bill which proposes to
lgive Roosevelt end all ex-Presidents
free use of the United states mails. The
committee has had the bill for some
time, but had shown no disposition to
report it favorabiy until Victor Muir
dock threatened to discharge the COM
mittee and take the measure UP in the
House if the bill was not considered,
land this threat had the desired effect
and the bill will probably be favorably
reported. Mr.. Murdock said: "A bill to
give Roosevelt a purple robe trimmed
with diamonds would not fail to pass
the House at this particular time
Retired Presidents of the United
States whose real rank would be "ex-
Commanders in Chief of the Army and
Navy" will not get a pension from the
United States Government. a bill to
pension widows of Presidents was intro
duced in the Senate minus the Presi-
dental clause which had been included
in the bill. The WIDOWS will get a pen
sion all right. whether they were wild
ows of Presidents or just widows of
men who have been Presidents of the
United States.
There is talk in Kentucky that former
Senator McCreary may be nominated
by the Democrats for Governor next
year. Mr.. McCreary was Governor of
! Kentucky 35 years ago. and his COM
petitor in that campaign was Mr. JUS
tice Harland, now on the Supreme
Court Bench.
When is a ear crowded? This ques-
ton has been puzZling the Commission
ers. the electric railroad officials and
| the District Court of Appeals awfully.
| The charge of overcrowding cars on
the Capital Traction line was withdrawn
| by Judge Malone, because nobody not
even Congress. has defined what consti-
tutes the crowding of n car. and if you
will stop to think just minute when
You want to get aboard car it doesn't
make any difference whether it is
packed to the utmost, if you can find
standing room you want TO get on, and
! If that car sails by and won't let you on
| Won will be pretty hot. So who is going
to define when car is crowded? The
problem is a pretty perpleXing one, and
as old as How old is Anne"
|
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew and his
son. Chaunccy NJ. Depew. Jr. with other
| New York parties. have joined in a suit
in equity in the United States Circuit
Court against the KnollWood Cemetery
a Massachusetts corporation. They al
/ iege that the corporation is insolvent
/ having liabilities of about $4,000 and
assets of $4,000. and that the property
| is being allowed to deteriorate
Senator Depew and his son claim to
| be joint holders of 266 land owners
shares. and say they have never re-
ceived any of the proceeds from the
sale of lots.
In the midst of the trip abroad form
er President Roosevelt mingles a little
sentiment. We learn now that part of
the reason for the attraction which
drew former President and Mrs ROose-
Welt to Rome was that they might wan
der from there thru Italian cities and
view the scenery which pleased their
eyes on their honeymoon trip some %
years ago. They travelled in a funny
! Etle three-horse carriage, with bells on
! the harness, and they had only the
driver TO accompany them, Kermit and
Edith going by rail.
Got To Come to Ii.
1t is possible that corned beef or
/ corned beef hash will be made a COM
ponent of the Army havcrsack ration.
| in place of bacon. Experiments are
now being conducted by the Army sup
sistence officers with the corned beef
products put up in cans. One reason
why it is proposed to substitute corned
beef for bacon is that the price 9f bacon
| has so Increased as to make the change
! desirable on the ground of-economy. If
/ the change is made, it will probably be
! in the proportion of one pound of beef
/ for three-quarters of q pound of bacon.
| The garrison ration of the Army is
steadily advancing in price because of
the general rise in the cost of food
products. Estimates for Army subsist-
ence Tor the next fiscal year were made
| last May, when ii was assumed that a
ration would cost 20.97 cents By Jan
uary of this year the cost had increased
4.
| war Department to submit a deficiency
estimate to Congress. According to the
records of the COmmissary- General the
actual cost of the Army ration from
July to October of 1909 was 21.35 cents.
If the present rate of increase keeps up
the cost will be nearly 23 cents by the
end of the next fiscal year. When it is
remembered that the Army consumes
Iseveral million rations annually it will
be seen that an advance of even frac-
tion of a cent in a single ration means
a considerable advance in the aggregate
for a year.
The Army is now at work vaccinating
against typhoid fever. Only those who
volunteer receive the treatment The
vaccine has been administered to 235
rockies at Fort Sill, Okla, and to 240
members of the Porto Rican regiment
of infantry on duty at San Juan. Nearly
Z,ooo vaccinations for typhoid fever
have been made. and, the report is that
the patients are doing very well, indeed.
and it is considered that they will be
immune.
The War Department Will soon ap-
point a number of officers to consider
notifications in the equipment of the
cavalry soldier. Cavalry soldiers tenn
porarily carried a carbine which was
shorter and lighter than the infantry
mans rihs On adoption of the present
new Springfield rifle the arm was made
shorter than the old rifle, and the same
size issued to both foot and mounted
troops There are cavalry officers who
believe that it would be advantageous
to return to the carbinc, as they hold
the opinion that the rifle barrel should
be shorter, with saving of one pound
IN weight and avoidance of sore backs
OF horses. Another matter which will
be considered is an emergency ration
for horses to be put in a condensed and
easily portable form. 1t is now realized
that such a thing is important to have
in case of forced marches in time of
war, when forage is not obtainable or
when there is no time TO get it.