The National tribune., 1910-07-21

diers' Home in Johnson City, Tenn.
Mr. BTownlow was the nephew
of the famous "Parson" Brownlow. He
had served seven terms in the National
House of Representatives, and was a
candidate for reelection. He was Door
keeper of the House in the 47th Con-
gress, and probably no man in Wash
ington was more widely known in a
quist way than Mr.. Brownlow. He was
reserved, big of body and very popular.
He was a politician and believer in the
perpetual control thru organization, and
a man who first, last and all of the time
stood for the interests of Tennessee and
particularly the First Tennessee Dis
trict, but for man who made so little
stir in the political world he left behind
him remarkable record of his achieve
ments for his constituents. He was
mainly instrumental iD having erected
at Johnson City, Tenn, the Southern
Branch of the Home for Disabled Vol
unteers.
Representative Brownlow presented
to the Government a few years ago in
the name of his constituents of the
First Tennessee District tract of land
in which the body of former President
johnson lies buried, end little later
he secured perpetual appropriation OF
$4,000 for keeping in good shape the
cemetery in which President Johnson'S
body lies.
From every point we hear of the ad-
vantages of the safe and sane Fourth
to the property holder, but we do not
hear a single word about the increase
and spread of patriotism. There has
not been the faintest suggestion up to
now that a single boy or girl was tho
least bit interested in the stories of the
glorious Fourth or that they were bit
impressed by the ceremonies which
their elders indulged in. Washington's
Fourth was eminently safe and sane,
and not a firecracker was fired inside of
the city limits. but there was powder
to burn, and they burned it just out
side of the District Line, and the next
day after the Fourth the writer of this
saw kids sitting over a manhole in the
and firing firecrackers to beat
the band. 1t looks a good deal like an
attempt to whip the devil around the
stump.
The Gaekwer of Baroda is again in
our midst; that is, he Is in New York
City, a suburb of Washington. He and
his very beautiful wife have been guests
in Washington, however. The Gaekwer
is the second greatest Maharatta Chief,
who holds sway over 100000 SUBJ
jects, and whom 1t is said in India holds
more economic ideas than any other
living man. He Is one of the richest
men in the world, and can buy 10000
00a necklaces for his wife and who does
not even wear a stickpin in his scarf.
1t is stated that he has the finest col
lection of pearls in the world, and that
he owns Star of the South the mar
velous diamond which was the delight
of Napoleon Bonaparte. He makes lit
tie excursions over to the United States
to learn how we are doing things in the
way of educating and governing our
people. Both the Gaekwer and Maha-
rani, his wife. speak the most delightful
English with very little infection They
are very up-to-date. and both herself
and husband almost accept suffrage. but
not quite. They have one daughter,
the Princess Indira, who is said to be
the most beautiful Princess in India
She is visiting America for the first
time, and is the first girl of her rank to
pass the entrance examinations to the
University of Baroda, where she will
enter as student in the Fall. The
Gaekwer is very skepticaI of former
President Roosevelt's knowledge of In
dta. He says that the former President
was never in India. that he doesn't un-
derstand its government, and conse-
quently has not any business mixing in.
OF course. this Indian and his wife are
surrounded by money lovers, and it is
this that they get very much disgusted
with in the United States. Other than
that they like the United States ex-
cessively.
Mr.. William F. Matthews, of New
York City, while in Washington the
other day was discussing the oft-made
suggestion that on the very hot days
and nights the inmates of the tenement
houses in the crowded districts of such
cities be permitted to sleep on the grass
in the parks. 1t is a mighty pretty SEN
timent, but it can't be ca-~ied out. In
the first place, so many inhabitants of
these tenements are unspeakably filthy.
both of person and OF mind. 1t would
not do for indiscriminate mixing up of
this character of people with the more
decent classes in the parks, especially
at night, unless there was very strong
guard or policing. Besides that, they
communicate the filth of their bodies
to the grass, and before long it is full
OF creeping horrors, and these, too. adj
here to the clothing of the more decent
classes, so that while permitting the
poorer classes to sleep on the grass In
the parks is mighty pretty theory. it
is like so many other theories-it won't
work out in practice.
Former Representative Joseph C. Sib-
ley, of Pennsylvania, the successful
nominee for Congress In the 28th Dis
trict at the primaries of last month,
has filed a report of his expenses with
an affidavit stating that his total ex-
penses to get the nomination to Con-
gress for a term of two years, which
would total him in sa iary about SIS, 900,
paid ont the sum of $42,518.43 to get
the nomination This is only one ex-
ample of what primaries" cost MEM
bers of Congress In other words, where
men are nominated by primaries it costs
about a hundred times as much each
as it would to "see- members of the
Legislature or the Senate or of the Con-
gressionai Convention only.
Lieut.. Jesse B. Gay. of the battIeship
Connecticut. has received letter from
the Acting Secretary of the Navy, VIM
throp, in which his courage and valor
received high praise. During a storm
on June Is last the floating derrick Her
cules was deserted by her crew as she
was just about to sink. Lieut.. Gay ran
from his ship to the Hercules. and
dived below to search for any remain
ing members of the crew. On finding
no members of the crew there he re-
manned On the deck, closed the forward
starboard hatch and fastened it secure
ly, the water meantime rising to his
waist. Several of the volunteers who
followed him closed the remaining
matches and saved the immense derrick
1t was brave thing to do.
Poor Lo wifi always be kid, Just 6
| little child, with no more idea of the
future and its demands than the ordi-
nary 10-year-old child might have; that
is. the original aborigine. There were
80 Pine Ridge Indians who woke up In