The National tribune., 1911-02-23

When Secretary OF State Knox enter
ed the Cabinet of President Taft he,
alone, of all the members of the Cabi-
net could only receive $4,000 a year
where each of the others was drawing
$4,000 per annum. 1t will be Temem-
bered that Secretary Knox had been
elected a United States Senator, ana
that while Senator he had voted for the
increase in salaries of the members OF
the Presidents Cabinet from SS,OOO TO
$4,000 a year. After having served
brief period of his term he accepted
position in the Cabinet, and under the
3 Constitution was not permitted TO ENJOY
the increase of salary during the term
, for which he had been elected to the
United States Senate, altho he had
served but a short period of that term
. His term as United States Senator Will
expire March 4, when he viii be freed
from the constitutional objection and
may then receive his S12,OeO year
as the other members OF the CABINET
do.
There appeared on the desk Of Speak
er Cannon few Gays ago queer-look-
ing: double-barreled glass thing with
lot of sand in it, and there were ABOUT
500 of the nearly 400 members VINO
had not the remotest idea what the con-
traption was for. 1t is an hour-glass
and the sand in it was SO timed as TO
run thru in five minutes. The white
background made the sand visible from
any place in the hall. Under the hVe-
minute rule of debate, members often
reach the most important part OF their
arguments just as the Chairmans gavei
rTiercilessly cuts them down. and the
hour glass was planned for them to see
Just exactly how time is slipping away
United States Senator Terrell, of
Georgia, has crank notion in his head
which first saw the light of day before
a dinner in honor of Robert E.. Lees
birthday. which was held in Alexandria.
Va. He wants a monument at the Ma
tional Capital, which shall overtop that
of washington, erected TIC the memory
of Lee and Grant He wants the erec-
ton of this monument based upon the
admiration and affection OF valiant Toes
Representative William W. Cocks. of
New York, who was not reelected to
Congress is to be married early in the
Spring to Miss Jessie F. Wright IN TINS
city He has been widower for about
10 years. He was defeated for re-elec-
ton by Martin w. Littleton.
"Maine Day. was observed at the Ma
tional Soldiers Cemetery at Arlington
the other day, under the auspices or
the Seamen Gunners School OF the
Washington Navy Yard, in memory OF
the sinking OF the battieship Maine in
Havana Cuba the night of Feb. 10.
1898. In addition to the members Of
the Seamen Gunners School there were
in attendance sailors attached to the
ships at the Navy Yard and members
of the Marine Corps stationed at the
Marine Barracks.
Chief Gunners' Mate H. j. Davis. U
s. N, was master of ceremonies. Chap
lain G. Livingston Bayard, q. S. N.
conducted the memorial services An
Grafton was delivered by Chaplain Bay
ard. A detachment of the United States
Marine Band furnished the music. A
large wreath of bayieaves from Presi-
dent Taft was placed upon the anchor
monument The floral offering of the
Seamen Gunners' School was ships
anchor, six feet high, composed OF vari-
Gus flowers.
Cardinal Gibbons has been made a
member of the U. S. Board of Indian
Commissioners vice the late Archbishop
Ryan, of Philadelphia, who died last
week.
They are telling a story on Assistant
Secretary of State George AIDE. which
may or may not be true, but X reads
all right Arrangements had been made.
ii will be remembered, for the then
Secretary of War, Mr.. Taft, to open his
Presidential campaign by visit to
Hazledean, George AIDES big farm in
Indiana. Mr.. AIDE conceived the idea of
greeting the President with a savior Of
artillery or something of that charac-
ser. but found thar he could not do this.
and so sent over to Chicago for two,
bombs, thinking that two of these would
be enough. He found that bombs were
gold by the dozen. He didn't need a
dozen, and they are not thing you
can nave around, but he sent over for
al, nt,yins of4 al
the package arrived he wanted to see
the wheels go around. and so had one
of his men touch off one of these bombs
Just to see IL they would go off all right.
So the day the President arrived at the
railroad station two miles from his
farm. the arrival of the distinguished
guest was announced by telephone, and
Mr.. AIDE had the foreman start with
the bombs. The foreman, surprising
that they were all to be used, fired the
Whole II bombs. A veteran living in
the vicinity. who knew Afr. AIDE very
we'll. wandered over to Hazledeant to
congratulate Assistant Secretary of
State AIDE on the manner in which these
bombs had gone off. There isn't one
person in hundred that knew that II
guns is the proper Secretary of War
salute, just the proper number, instead
Tened TO the old soldier. and then said
with an inward grin: "Oh, rats! 1 sup
posed that everyone knew that"
o. NJ. Reid. son of ambassador Reid
and Mrs Whitelaw Reid. is to be mar
ried this Spring to Miss Helen Miles
Rogers. of Racine, Wis Miss Rogers
Is graduate of Barnard College and
comes of prominent family there. She
was for several years the social secre-
tary OF Mrs. WhiteIaw Reid. Mr. Reid
is director and secretary of the Trib-
une Association, publishers of the New
York Tribune. He Is graduate of
Yale College and the Yale Law School
and member OF the New York bar He
is a member of the Chamber of Com
merce. Union League Club, Union Club
and other leading New York clubs.
1t is said of Archbishop Patrick John
Ryan, who died in Philadelphia the
other day, that he was tloroly loyal to
the Constitution and the Flag. Cardi-
nal Gibbons said of him in his eulogy'
His patriotism was one of the great
passions of his life Second only to the
insignia of his holy office. he held his
Chaplain's uniform in the service Of the
United States: lie acknowledged a pc
culiar fraternity with every man who
had worn the blue of the early COS
who afterward marched under the flag
of the G. A. r. All the love of free.
dom native to the son of Ireland was in
him, reinforced by the great traditions
of his adopted country"
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