The Forrest City times., 1912-05-10

i AuI bult W as one Oi tie Seuidi, sym i pathetic men who invite liking. close comradeship and wholesome respect At one time be was a newspaper cor respondent in the capital This was prior 10 the days Of the Spanish war l When war came he received a com. mission and went 10 the front and aft erward was given a commissioned rank in the qUartermaster's depart. I2ent. His birthplace was Georgia. There are hundreds of stories told Of Archibald w Butt during his stay I in Washington President Roosevelt i cEese him for a personal aid. and it was expected that when President 1 Tait came in some other officer would l succeed him. but Nr Taft knew the captain and asked him to act in the same capacity during the present ad- minislration. But was part Of ] Washington official and social life for ] years. and he bCre every burden well aad conducted himself with infinite 1 tact and judgment
 Cid Trying Work Well.
 Che Of the majors duties was to in- Z traduee a the great public and semi pubic receptions and al tho dinners and banGaet5 given to and by the president the guests who filed by 10 shake the hand O. the chief executive l t nay seem that this would be no par ica,arly arduols job but t is one i of tle most trying things which ] presidents aid has to do
 1 As the guests approach the presi- dent the enc who Is nearest whispers his name to the introducing officer. i Names. as everybody knows, are the hardest things ia the world 10 eaten l properly. and then there are men con ceited enough to suppose that their i faces ought 10 be known and that therefore only perfanctoTy mention Of the name is necessary. Major Butt almost invariably caught the muttered i name correctly and transmitted il just as correctly to the president. There never was any trouble with the ma jor's enunciation. The most peculiar l foregn names were spoken fuently and clearly. and this thing in itself made Major Butt invaluable, because 1 if the president had made a mistake ] himself in addressing a hanshaker the guest. as is always the case would l have felt hurt and humiliated
 The kindness of Archibald Butt was shown in a thousand ways There is a great army and navy reception given at the White House every year. The persons eligible for invitation are officers of the army. navy and marine corps. both active and retired. and all 1 the National Guard of the District Of l Columbia. The army and navy lists carry the names of all the officers who have right to be invited but Archie Butt was not satisfied with these lists. He knew that living in 1 Washington were men who had served their country in army and navy as officers. but who either had resigned from the service or had been muster cd out al the close of hostilities He took t into his hands to look up as many Of these officers as he could and to gratify them with the presidents approval, of course. with invitations to the army and navy reception.
 Still Suspicious About Alaska
 Congress has before t bill 10 grant home rule to Alaska. l. seems to be entirely probable that II Will pass the house. It makes pro visions for an Alaska legislature, each member or which will be paid s20 day This seems to be a good sum Of money for the daily service Of legislator when the ordinary pay of ike officials of the various states Is considered. but things are high in Alaska and travel Is expensive and ! moreover, If il is not wicked to sug. gest 1t. 1t may be that when a man Is well paid he is above yielding to be- setting temptations
 Alaska has not had much done for It at this session Of congress, notwith. standing the fact that there has been So much suggested in the way Of leg | islation. Just what Is to be done in the matter of subsidizlng govern ment railroad in Alaska does not yet l appear There are still all kinds Of conflicting interests at work in the matter or the northwestern territory. \ move another man says that he is headed straight to the road or graft and the man accused retorts in kind. Alaska Is still the Land of Sus- l picion"
 Wants Three Cent Piece Coined.
 Representative R. J. BulkIey of Ohio. member of the house commit tee on banking and currency, has ia. troduced bill to authorize the coin age Of three cent piece. Men whose memories cast a shadow twenty years lcng remember the ola three cent piece made out Of nickel. It resem. bied the silver dime so much that ig. norant persons constantly were cheat ed out of seven cents when it was given to them in change by unscrlp. ulous persons. It was the fact that l the three cent piece was so nuch ttLa