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There is a rumor that Huntington
| Wilson, Assistant Secretary of State,
will soon be made ambassador to Tur-
| key, a post which he is extremely de-
! sirous of obtaining. 1t is also rumored
! that former Vice President Fairbanks
may possibly be named successor to
| Thos ]. O'Brien, who is now Embassa-
dor to Japan. A good many of the
| friends of Senator Beveridge have been
! talking of q diplomatic appointment for
him, since he may not return to the
Senate, but ZIP to now the President has
not cottoned to that suggestion very
hard.
Vice President Sherman has been
elected Chancellor of the Smithsonian
Institute to succeed the late Chief JUS
tice Fuller.
Washington L. Capps, United States
Navy, former Chief of the Bureau of
Construction and Repair of the Navy, in
his annual report made public last
week, declares that the whole cost OF
battleships Of the United States Navy is
less than that of foreign battleships,
and the rapidity of construction, he de-
clares, compares favorably with that Of
foreign vessels.
The high cost of living, or, more
properly putting it, the cost of high
living, is no longer considered a live
political issue. There came up in the
Senate the other day the resolution au-
thorizing the special committee of the
Senate to investigate prices and to ex-
pend $65,000 in continuing the investi-
cation begun last Winter, and by unani-
nous consent was allowed to go over.
There was a very broad smile in the
Senate Chamber when the Vice Presi-
dent announced this.
Rear-Admiral Reginald F. Nicholson.
Chief of the Bureau of Investigation, in
making his annual report, declares that
European critics who labor under the
impression that the American Navy is
made up largely of men picked up in
different ports of the world, are making
a very grave mistake. The Admiral
shows that of the 30,743 enlisted men,
other than petty officers, in the Naval
Service, 91.51 per cent are native-born,
3.46 per cent are naturalized and Al
per cent have declared their intentions
of becoming citizens.
1t is recognized that many young men
desert because they are homesick, and
as homesickness is now a recognized
disease the Navigation Bureau has I'M
dertaken to save these youngsters from
the severe penalties of desertion by
seeking the cooperation of their par
ents or guardians in securing their re-
turn to the service at once, in which
case they would not be treated as de-
Serters.
An example of the willingness of
Representatives to please their constitu-
ents was presented by Senator Taylor,
of Tennessee. recently. He introduced
a bill in the Senate. the provisions Of
which would remove sunmarily every |
Government employe in the Civil Ser
vice when he reached the age of sol
years, no matter what his efficiency. |
Absolutely no discretion was vested in |
the head OF the Department. Some
body went after him for introducing a |
bill of such sweeping character, and he
declared that he had no knowledge of
the introduction of such a BILL When
1t was shown him that he had present |
ed it and that it WAS then in the office !
of the secretary, being properly record
ed for its passage thru the legislative
mill, Senator Taylor frankly admitted
that it had been handed him by some-
body that wanted it introduced, and he
had presented 1t without knowing its
purpose was SO drastic. 1t Is easy enough
to present a bill to Congress, and most
of the Senators and members present. |
ing such bills forget all about them
after they are emptied into the Iegisla-
tive hopper.
The United States gunboat yorktown
has arrived at Corinto and saluted the
Nicaraguan flag with 81 guns Thet
to salute the Republic since the rising
against Zelaya.
The concurrent resolution authoriz-
ing the Secretary of War to return to
the State Of Louisiana the original ordi-
nance of secession that was adopted by
the people in constitutional convention
was before the Senate last week.
Objection to its consideration came
from Senator Hepburn, WHO opposes the
presence of the statue of Robert E. Lee
in Statuary Hall. and who recently
protested against the playing of Dixie"
by band at a Republican mass meet
ing in Idaho.
Senators will have their fun, even on
the floor of the United States Senate. |
Senator Rayner. of Maryland, one day
last week called a page to dispatch him
for some cigars. He pulled a So bill
from his pocket, and it was a brand
new greenback, which had never been
folded. He stretched out his arm with
the bill in his hand just as Senator
Overman leaned over TO speak to him.
He continued talking with the money
held out in his hand, and the Senators
on the Democratic side began to laugh.
Dignified Senator Bacon, of Georgia
VINO SITS some seats away, finally said:
Does the Senator from Maryland wish
to introduce that biIi?" Whereuponl
Senator Clark, of Arkansas, chimed in
with: 1T would be very well received
but I do not think 1t would pass"
About that time Senator Overman
caught on, and he declared: More
work for Chief Wilkie." Senator Ray
ner, all unconscious of what was going
on, thrust the S. bill into the hands of
the waiting boy, and did not know I'M
all laughing about.
Representative Longworth is now the
dean OF the Ohio delegation in Con-
sress. He was elected first to the 59th
Congress, and is the only Republican in
the Ohio delegation to the 59th Con-
gress. He will serve in the 62d.
United States Senator Aldrich, of
Rhode Island, seems determined to
meet his fate under the tires of an au-
tomobile or the wheels of a street car.
Early last Fall Senator AIdrich was run
down by a street car, and his hand Sc
verely hurt, so that in the tumble under
the street car some of the tendons of
his right hand were pretty badly
strained and a slight operation seems
to be necessary to relieve that strain
Senator Aldrich was starting from his
home at Warwick Neck to catch a.
train for New York TO have the opera
tion on his hand performed. When
about half way to the railroad station
his automobile skidded across the road
and chugged into a ditch. The ma
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