The National tribune., 1910-03-24

In washington on business. and talked
very freely of politics. Insurgency ap-
pears to be decidedly on the wane IN
Indiana and some other States in the
Middle West" he said. He thinks there
is no doubt at all that the Republicans
will carry the State of Indiana at the
next election. He thinks that if the
question we're brought to vote of the
people the attitude Of Senator Bever-
idge on the tariff would not be in
dorsed, and he also says that he lives
in the district Just across the line from
: Uncle Joe" Cannon, and he knows
something of the sentiment that pre-
walls over there among the Speakers
constituents, and he does not think
there is any doubt that Cannon will be
! returned.
The new National Museum was
! opened last Thursday. This marks the
beginning of a National Gallery of Art.
something that the United States has
never had. The building is a tremen-
dous great big white marble structure,
and will have 10 acres of floor space
when completed. 1t has seven great
( galleries and has been six years in
building. Its cost, when completed, will
be over $S,5oo,00O.
After all, We toady a good deal For
week or so the papers were loaded
down with stories of young PhiIander
c. Knox. better known to his familiars
as Tip Knox, Jr., and what wonder
ful things he was going to do because
his father had thrown him out on the
world to look out for himself. This
young man is 20 years old. He has had
all the advantages of a fine home train
ing with a good mother. has had the
very best educational advantages pos
sible for a young man to have, and has
In nf fba word had .'tn
burn If he had just ordinary hard
horse sense he ought TO be able to win
out in the battle of life. He is big
enough and strong enough to work on
the railroad or on the street, and all
honest work is honorable. He happens
to have a taste for automobiles-and
why shouldn't he. as he owned three or
four?-and an automobile manufactur-
er saw that there would be big money
made in having as salesman the son
OF the Secretary of State, and so pays
the youth 800 a month and expenses
for selling automobiles. Just why the
newspapers OF the country and society
in general should go into Mysteries over
the fact that Tip Knox was able to
sell two automobiles in a single day is
difficult to understand; but the kids"
day is over now, and we are forgetting
all about the fact that the son of the
Secretary of State is selling automo-
biles.
Harry Wilson, Of Boston, has been
making a long business tour in the
Philippines, and visited Washington on
his way home He declares that the
Philippines have prospered more under
, the short American rule than during
the previous century of Spanish domin- |
ion. He says that the natives appre-
ciate more than anything else the edu-
cational system that the American Gov
ernment now has under full swing in |
every island. For centuries under the
rule of Spain the whole Philippine pop
ulation, with the exception of q few
members of the wealthy classes, who |
were educated in Spain and Paris, re-
mained in the denSeSt ignorance, for /
the Spanish Government did not wish |
that the people acquire learning. Now
in practically every city, hamlet and |
town the American school teacher can
be found, and one of the results of this
is that the English language, within |
another decade, Will be as generally
spoken as the native dialects or Span
lsh- He says that the Filipinos are not
entirely satisfied with the American
rule, but that they fully appreciate what
the United States did for them, and
while they plead for independence he
thinks that they prefer the control of
the United States to that of any other
Nation, If they have to be dependent. !
Just the same, they want their own Re-
public.
Senator Plat was supposed to be a
tremendously wealthy man, with
enough to be in almost complete con-
troll of the United States Express Com
pany. His will shows that his estate
stacks up only about S125, 900, and that
his holdings in the United States Ex-
press Company are only about SIS, 900.
Charles H. Evans, one of the we'll
known statisticians in Government en-
ploy, died last week, and was buried in
Arlington Interment was under the
direction of the Loyal Legion and the
Grand Army of the Republic. Mr.. Evans
was born in Martinsburg. W. Va, Nov
2, 1881.
The District of Columbia League of
Republican State Clubs will give Presi-
dent Taft dinner about April 8. They
can only seat about $50 at the dinner.
and have already had about 500 appli-
cations.
President Taft has a new horse and
that makes four riding horses. The
new one is named Starlight, and he is
q native of Oklahoma, coming from
Fort Reno. where he received his train
ing as a saddle horse from the soldiers
OF that garrison Starlight Is SIX years
old, 16 hands and one inch high, black
as Jet. with a single beautiful white star
in his forehead and he weighs 1900
pounds. He carries his head high with
out checkrein and is full of spirit. and
his tail is long and graceful, never hav-
ing been docked. He has two distinct
marks showing his Western origin. One
is great ragged ID on his left hip
and on the left shoulder a ragged ~.
s." Starlight is the heaviest of the four
horses which the President now owns
and much the handsomest.
II is said that the reception at the
American Embassy In Paris last week,
at which ambassador and Mrs. Bacon
made their initial bow to official Paris,
was one OF the most brilliant functions
of the year. The magnificent salon was
beautifully decorated with flowers, and
q splendid string orchestra was installed
ia-the gallery. Among the guests were
Gen. Dalstein. Military Governor OF
Paris: BI. Lepine. Prefect of Paris; the
officials of the universities, and the
members of the general stats of the
Army and Navy. There was aiso large
attendance of the members of the
French Cabinet and the Diplomatic
Corps, headed by the Marquis Del
MUM. the Spanish ambassador and
dean of the corps.
All the diplomats appeared in full
uniform, and. with the beautiful gowns
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