The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-04-19

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recollection for taking Mason and
Slidell. the Confederate commission
era. from the British mail steamer
| Trent IN 1851. The United States
4 government did not back up Captain
Wilkes in his act OF taking the Con
federate commissioners of the Brit.
fish vessel In fact, nearly all diplc-
mats thought, and think today, that
Wilkes acted without proper authority
under international law and that the
Confederate and the British govern
ments had perfect right to protest,
and that the United States authori-
! ties could do nothing else than to dis
ayow the naval officers act.
Admirers OF Major Andrew g. Ro-
wan, U. 8. A.. who Is stlll living, have
put In a bill appropriating $1,000 for
| some memorial OF his famous exploit
IN 1898, when he was sent by Presi-
cate with General Garcia. the leader
Of tho Cuban revolution. He made
landing from an open boat near Tur.
| quino Peak and with much difficulty
succeeded IN reaching Garcia.
Mann ls Friend Of Poultry.
Representative Mann Of Illinois,
| who is the leader of the Republican
minority on the floor of the house,
has introduced a bill to require all
common carriers engaged in inter
state commerce to provide food and
water for poultry in transit. and to
prevent suffering from over-crowding
by providing crates OF SUFFICIENT size
to be humane and to be open on at
least three sides so that proper venti-
lation may be assured.
Congress has acted before this on
behalf Of cattle in transit and now 1t
Is proposed to extend the humane
effort to chickens. One congressman
said that because chickens wore
feathers II was supposed that they
were not susceptible to cold. He
added. however, that feathers, while
warm, did not provide food and drink.
The bill has gone to the proper COM
mittee and there Is fair chance OF
IT'S passage.
House "5ables" Have Frollc.
At one of the Washington res
taurants the other night there was
frolic OF the babies" OF the
house OF representatives. Men to
the number OF one hundred serving
their first terms in congress gathered
for a dinner at the restaurant. They
formed q house OF representatives of
their own and passed the time max
Ing fun of the methods of their older
/ nni ,4A hn a N
some Of their own number. In the
main, however, they pointed with
pride" to themselves as the real
statesmen and referred to members OF
longer service as being entirely out
of date and belonging In the pigeon
holes with the archives rather than
on the floor of the house with the
live ones"
, No party lines were drawn at this
gathering. Republican and Democrat
ic babies had fun together. The tar.
III came in for bit of by-play.
Protective Duty on Cats.
A high protective duty was put on
, cats in order TO protect the home
! industry. Every feline, whether a
/, wildcat polecat or domestic cat
! imported into the United States OF
|. It's island possessions, It was decid
q ed, must hereafter pay 81 a head In
order to be admitted to full American
|. citizenship. AS a rider to this bin
0 catnip was placed on the free list.
a A prize was offered to the member
who could make the most stirring ora
I ton on the American flag. Repre-
= sentative Littleton was chosen al
!. Judge, but the oratorical flights o.
! Representative Cornell OF New Yorl
: and Witherspoon of Mississippi were
4 so nearly equal in grace and distanc,
q that the Judge gave each the frs
4 prize.
4 The senate galleries broke out int
applause the other day when thu
name OF Theodore Roosevelt wal
mentioned The senate gallery ha
|, applauded at times the names of VII
! liam jennings Bryan and of man.
, other welI-known Americans withou
! regard to political party. but 1t mus
be understood that 1t is against tn
! rules OF the senate to allow applaus
!, in the gallery.
~ mustn't Applaud IN senate.
II makes no difference who 1t
that is receiving the applause. tn
y yice-president must bring down hi
y gavel while the noise Is continuin
: and say with all due solemity an
: severity that all demonstrations OF al
y prevail are not allowed and that
= they do not cease "the galleries wi
! be cleared"
= This word from the vice-presiden
y has been said thousands of times /
:, the senate and its effect has neye
- been visible for more than an hour 9
- n time. II is only rarely that tn
81 senators themselves laugh and It
only once In lifetime that they al
~ plaud. The cases where senators hav
y broken the applause rule can be coun
ed on half the fingers OF one han,
70 The senate, however. has its Joke
= frequently and while laughter is su
~ dued, broad smiles are always in ey