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Show II WASHINGTON STORIES II for high political morality at work In American politics. Senators Burnham of New Hampshire, Hamp-shire, Beveridge of Indiana, and Clapp of Minnesota, were recently present at the Sunday morning services of the Christian Science church In Washington. Washing-ton. Senators Clapp and Burnham are interested, the latter claiming to have been cured of rheumatism by the treatment. The elaborate and expensive entertainment enter-tainment which Mr. and Mrs. Long-worth Long-worth are receiving in London is filling fill-ing President Roosevelt with deep foreboding. What if the Prince of Wales should decide to take that trip to America? The President recalls that the dinner to Prince Henry cost him personally something over $1000. The recent wedding also cost quite a bunch. The United States Senate Is fast losing its veterans. Senator Proctor of Vermont is seriously ill. Senator Allison Al-lison has been confined to his room for weeks. Senator Gorman is gone, and Senators Piatt and Depew are no longer among those present. For the purpose of studying free alcohol al-cohol in all Its aspects, the President has decided to send a representative of the Government to Germany, France. Belgium and Holland. John W.. Yerkes, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has been chosen. (Staff Correspondence to The Telegram.) WASHINGTON, June 30. President Presi-dent Roosevelt vfs becoming more guarded in his talk about bills which Congress is considering. He feels that he was entirely misunderstood in the Tillman-Bailey rate bill controversy contro-versy and he does not want a repetition repeti-tion of that affair. He Is attempting now to confine himself to general principles, prin-ciples, rather than specific details. In saying what he favors, and what not. Vice-President Fairbanks called at the Rhode Island-avenue residence of Speaker Cannon the other night. He came In a hurry, alone, and on foot, to say that he was not responsible, directly or Indirectly, for the charges made by Indiana newspapers that Cannon has been holding up the pure food and meat inspection bills. He showed the Speaker a letter he had written to Delevan Smith of the News urging that such accusations be discontinued. dis-continued. Uncle Joe said It was all right. Nine out of twelve of the White House horses have the heaves, and five out of nine have influenza. This is due to the location. of the official stables on low damp ground. Congress Con-gress has been informed of the condition condi-tion of the stables, but refuses to appropriate. ap-propriate. Senator - Tillman has gone into asparagus as a side line. As a general gen-eral thing, his plantation has raised corn, cotton and fancy roses, the latter lat-ter for pleasure, not . for profit. But the Senator discovered that his farm was good ground for asparagus and that nothing brings better prices Just now. Former Senator William E. Chandler Chan-dler harbors no grudge as a result of the ' Lodge-Roosevelt-Tlllman-Balley-deliberate-mallclous-liar affair. He has told Democratic callers that he is loyal to the traditions of the Republican Repub-lican party, ' and considers Theodore Roosevelt the most potent Influence |