The National tribune., 1910-12-08

of State His grandfather was Johl
Seward, a Colonel in the Revolution
He was born in 1910 in Florida, \. Y
When 81 years old Mr.. Seward wa
made United States Consul to Shang
hal, China. Three years later he wa:
made Consul-General of the United
States for all of China. In 1875 he wa!
appointed United States Minister tc
China. He held the post for five years
4 Fred Read, recently appointed by
President Taft Clerk of Customs at TIL,
port of Newport News to succeed ]. e
B. Stuart, has received his commission
and assumed his position. The arrival
of the commission ends long contest
Capt. Stuart, with strong influences be-
hind him, including, it is said, the in
dorsement of former President Roose-
welt: John B. Lock. with the support OF
Representative Slemp ana the State
Republican organization, and A. c
Garrett. prominent Taft Democrat,
were Reads opponents. Read had the
support of Postmaster General Hitch
cock.
There is at least one instance of no
claimant for money from the Govern
ment. Some 40 years ago % mules
belonging to individuals supposed to be
in sympathy with the Confederates dur
under orders from Admiral Porter, and
the money has been in the United
States Treasury ever since. The Dis
trict Supreme Court held that the Off
GERS and crew of the vessels which
made the capture in the Upper Tennes-
see River were entitled to the money,
and ordered the $1,000 deposited here.
No officers and no member of the crew
ever claimed the money, and now it is
gathered into the Treasury.
Richard w. Sherman, former Mayor
of Utica, N. Y. and the Democratic
brother Of our Republican Vice Presi-
dent Sherman, desires to be State Su-
perintendent of Public Works of New
York, which it looks now as tho he
might achieve.
The statue in this city of Maj.-Gen.
Won Steuben, of Revolutionary fame,
will be unvailed in Lafayette Square
Dec. 7. The line of march is to be
made up of bands, German singing So
cieties, some National Guardsmen and
an escort of the Army and Navy. The
veterans of the G. A r. are not in it.
Out in Arizona they certainly do be-
lieve in taking things to the Lord in
prayer. The Constitutional Convention
which opened there one day last week
was presided over by Chaplain Crutch-
field. He laid himself out to tell the
Lord all about it. He prayed that the
newspapers would cease unfavorably
headlining the convention, and that the
people would not reject the Constitu-
ton because it did not include female
suffrage, and then he implored AL
mighty Intervention for President Taft,
as follows:
And. Lord, we hope that President
Taft will not turn down the Constitu-
ton for a little thing like the referen-
dunn. Lord. don't let him be SO narrow
and partisan as to refuse us self-gov-
ernment." Just like that.
There has been more than sugges-
ton that both President Taft and form
er President Roosevelt were catering to
the solid South, each in the hope of
it. But here is a story which
goes to show that liking a man does
not mean by any sort of suggestion that
you will vote for him. President Taft
has a great liking for Richmond, Va,
and it is believed that liking is recip-
rocated by great many citizens of the
Virginia Capital. In witness of these
truths the President recently has told
friends this story, which was related to
him by Deacon j. M. Hemphill, editor
Of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Dea-
con Hemphill sat at a banquet beside a