The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-02-28
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY CARL scHOFIELD. Special Core
sp0ndent.

spOndent.
j Confirmation promptly followed the
report to the senate, with favorable
recommendation from the District
committee, of the names Of Cuno
ii. Rudolph and General John A.
Johnston to be District commissioners.
This action insured the reorganization
of the board of commissioners without
further delay in circumstances to war
rant the belief that the business or
the national capital municipality will
be carried on without interruption and
with jealous attention to their assign
ments by the new administrators. The
acquaintance Of both the two new
commissioners with local affairs Is so
wide that they will readily slip into
their new positions.
President Taft's Genealosy.
The Society Of Mayflower Descend
ants In the District of Columbia has
acted favorably on the application for
membership of William Howard Taft,
president Of the United States
The president is a direct descendant
in the eighth generation from Francis
Cooke, one of the pilgrims who came
over in the Mayfower and landed at
Plymouth rock in 1920. A committee
from the society, consisting Of the
governor, Justice Brown; the deputy
governor, DR.. William S. Washburn;
the secretary, e. w. Bradford, and
ex-Governors Thomas s. Hopkins and
William L. Marsh, recently waited
upon the president and extended to
him an invitation to apply for men,
bership, acquainting him at the same
time with his correct line of descent,
which had been previously prepared
by the historian of the society, A. A.
Aspinwall.
The president very gladly assented
and prepared and signed his applica-
ton papers, at the same time express
ing his appreciation of having his line
authoritatively established.
A Portrait In Pine.
A wood carving of William A. Rich
ards, former commissioner Of the gen.
eral land office under President Roose-
welt, has been placed In position in the
office Of the present commissioner, Fred
bennett 1t Is about "a by 80 inches
and is regarded as a perfect likeness.
1t was carved from block Of pine by
Frank Bond, chief clerk Of the land
office, who served under Mr. Richards
while commissioner. Mr. Bond, who
was a close friend Of the former COM
missioner, was occupied about three
months In the carving.
| New ANIMALS at the Zoo.
Crouching in their cages in the lion
house at the zoo, gazing out upon
new world with blinking, bewildered
eyes, the five East African lions and
the spotted leopard that A. B. Baker,
assistant director Of the national ZOO
logical park, recently brought from
Nairobi, are gradually getting accus-
| toned to their new surroundings.
Beautiful specimens are these newcom-
ers at the 200, their condition being in
strong contrast to that Of the others
Of the cat tribe in the same house.
Young vigorous and healthy, their
skins show all the luster and flexibility
Of the jewellers In the wild.
Gifts Of Mr.. Mcmillan.
The leopard is the least uneasy. He
is specimen Of unusual beauty, young
and exquisitely formed and marked.
In the cage next to his is a leopard
| that has been at the zoo several
months. The contrast between the
two is striking. The older leopard is
the larger, but In every other respect
he is far inferior to the new arrival.
The five lions and the leopard were
presented to the ZOO by w. N. McMil-
Ian of st. Louis, who owns a large
shooting box twenty-five miles from
Nairobi, where former President
Roosevelt has made his headquarters
during his hunting trip to East Afri-
ca. They were brought across the
plains on a wagon drawn by oxen,
| shipped from Nairobi to Mombasa
by rail and thence by sea via Port
Said to Philadelphia.
Farmer Heads Labor Committee.
Just why John Gardner, repre-
sentative in congress from Atlantic
county, N. j., farmer at the seaside,
should be selected as chairman Of the
committee on labor Of the house Is
puzzle that has often caused criticism.
| Mr. Gardner is proud Of the fact that
there are a number Of manufactures
in his district, which comprises Bur
lington, Atlantic, Cape May and Cum
berland counties. But the total num-
Der Of skilled labor In that district is
not many. Yet for many years Mr..
Gardner has been head Of the labor
| committee.
| Mr.. Gardner is not susceptible In a
great measure to the labor vote in his
district, although 1t cannot be ignored.
But it is one Of the oddities Of the sys-
tenn Of government that seaside
farmer should preside as the head Of
a body that proposes to regulate labor
conditions In the country.
Oddities of Government.
Along the same line it is question
Of comment that the chairman Of the
committee on naval affairs, instead Of
coming from the seaside. is a fresh
water admiral In the person Of George
e. Foss Of Illinois.
The chairman Of the committee on
Pacific railroads, instead Of hailing