Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-04-16

preparation of $4,000 for plans alone
The sum of $500 is suggested fer a
small statue to Capt Charles Wilkes.
who is chiefly celebrated in popular
recollection for taking Mason and
Slidell, the Confederate comElssion-
ers. from the British mail steamer
Trent in 1861. The Unfed States
government did not back up Captain
Wilkes in his act of taking the Con
federate commissioners of the Brit
ish vessel. in fact, nearly all diplo-
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
avow the naval officers act.
Admirers of Major Andrew S. Ro-
wan, q. S. A., who is still living. have
out in bill appropriating $4,000 for
some memorial OF his famous exploit
in 1898, when he was sent by Presi-
dent Mckinley to Cuba to communi-
cate with General Garcia. the leader
of the Cuban revolution. He made
landing from an open boat near Tur-
quino Peak and with much difficulty
succeeded in reaching Garcia.
Mann Is Friend of Poultry.
Representative Mann of Illinois.
who Is the leader of the Republican
minority on the floor of the house.
has introduced 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 it
is proposed to extend the humane
effort to chickens. One congressman
said that because chickens wore
feathers it 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 a fair chance OF
its passage.
House "Babies" Have FroIic.
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 dinner at the restaurant. They
formed house of representative OF
their own and passed the time max
ing fun of the methods of their Older
colleagues and the personalities OF
some of their own number. In tbs
main, however. they pointed with
| pride" to themselves as the rea
statesmen and referred to members oil
longer service as being entirely out
of date and belonging in the pigeon
! holes with the archivea rather thar
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
if came in for bit of by-play.
Protective Duty on Cats.
A high protective duty was put OF
cats in order to protect the home
industry. Every feline, whether q
wildcat a polecat or domestic cal
imported into the United States OF
its island possessions, it was decid
| ed, must hereafter pay 81 head IL
| order to be admitted to full American
citizenship AS a rider to this bill
catnip was placed on the free list.
A prize was offered TO the membel
who could make the most stirring ora
ton on the American flag. Repre-
sentative Littleton was chosen a!
| judge, but the oratorical flights O
Representative Council of New Yorl
and Witherspoon of Mississippi were
so nearly equal in grace and distance
that the judge gave each the frs
/ prize
The senate galleries broke out int
applause the other day when tn,
name of Theodore Roosevelt wa:
mentioned The senate gallery ha
applauded at times the names of VII
liam jennings Bryan and of man.
other well-known Americans withou
regard to political party, but it mus
be understood that it is against tn
rules of the senate to allow applaus
in the gallery
Mustn't Applaud in Senate.
It makes no difference who it
that is receiving the applause, tn
vice-president must bring down hi
gavei while the noise is CONTINUING
and say with all due solemity an,
severity that all demonstrations of ar
prevail are not allowed and that j
they do not cease 1.-The galleries vii
be cleared.
This word from the vice-presiden
has been said thousands of times il
the senate and It's effect has neve
been visible for more than an hour a
time. II is only rarely that tn
senators themselves laugh and it 1
only once in a lifetime that they al
plaud. The cases where senators hav
broken the applause rule can be count
ed on half the fingers of one hand
The senate, however. has its joke
frequently and While laughter is sui
dued. broad smiles are always in av
dence
When Senator Jonathan p. Dollivel
now dead. referred to Senator Frar
els f. Warren of Wyoming as eth
| greatest sheDherd since Abraham
the broadcast of broad smiles was Wis
BILE on the face of every senator Tn
wool bill' was under discussion an
Mr.. Warren is said to be the proprit
tor OF a considerable fold