The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-15
Southern OflcehOIding Interests
 Grows BurdenSOnG
HOUSE WILL PASS TRUST BILL
Question of Duty on Dyed Cotton De- flnltely Settled-Famous Por.
 traits In White House Go
 to ceIIar-other Gossip.
BY wATTERsoN sTEALEY.

BY WATTERsoN sTEALEY.
 Washington, December 14-(speciaI.)- There are indications that James s. Clarksop, surveyor of the port of New York who has been designated by Post master General Payne to attend to the Presidents southern delegate interest, Is becoming sore on his position. Clark sons mail is said to be the biggest out side of the executive mansion. Every man in the south who wants a position or has a complaint to make against fed- eral offceholder, writes him. Whenever 1t is reported that change is to be made Clarl1son hears from all the friends and opponents of the offeeholder.
 MT. Clarkson was at the White House this morning to talk over the southern situation with the President. He said the work allotted to him was difficult, but with a corps of stenographers he could manage to keep up with his corre- holder is removed.
 Underwood Is SkepticaI.
 Representative Underwood of Alabama, one of the democratic members of the committee on rules, expressed the hope that the republicans will pass some meas ure to remedy the trust evil, but, who reserves, for the present at least, the right to be a least bit skeptical of the majoritys good intentions.
 ''The judiciary committee seems to be f,. Pai4 T0Ha wood, Ito perfect some measure that will afford relief It undoubtedly will report a bill to the house and the house may pass 1t; but by the time such a measure gets to the senate the session will be fairly well spent, and it would be the sim plest matter in the world for the oppo- sition to talk the bill to death at the other end of the capitol"
 Duty on Dyed Goods.
 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spaulding has settled the question of how large duty should be collected on bales of dyed cotton. The weight to be returned for duty is the actual weight of the yarn In it's condition at the time of importation. The invoice weight is usual ly taken in the gray condition. When the cotton is dyed, colored, polished, or bleached, the weight changes. If 1t is dyed or colored it averages to 10 per cent heavier; if polished, 25 per cent heavier. If bleached it averages 5 per cent lighter than the invoiced weight. This renders a fixed rate of tax unfeasi- ble, and the collector of customs at New port News. Va, has been notified to tax the actual weight on importation.
 To be Cast in Cellar.
 The White House artists have reached IL. IL, O.. which have for years decorated the walls of the public apartments conflict with the scheme of interior decorations, and are therefore to be removed to the basement. They are to be hung in the long under ground corridor running from the east entrance to a stairway leading from the basement to the main part of the house above. This corridor was built to corre- spond with the esplanade on the west wing and is for the convenience of guests at the presidential receptions.
 Distinction Paper Money.
 How much paper money is annually. destroyed treasury officials have no means knocking, but there is an i'm precision that it may go into the hum dreds of thousands of dollars. In the vaults of the treasury .here Is nearly $25, GOO in gold and silver coin and bull lion. This money cannot be touched, as it is a part of the reserve or trust fund held for the redemption of the paper cur rency of the government. Not a little of this amount must represent clear gain to the government through destroyed money, which will never be redeemed. The percentage of money never redeemed and marked as unknown currency is comparatively small.
 "BiIP SeweiI.
 The President and his family will have a picturesque visitor at the White House early in February. He is "Bilr Sewell of Maine, whom the President has known for years, and to whom he extended an invitation last August.
 Seweli is a typical woodsman and ac- companied the President on Maine hunt ing excursions when the latter was a boy. When the President went out west to rough it one of the first men he sent for was Bill Sewell who promptly re- sponded and was made one of the ranch foremen.
 Some Bear Stories.
 Mississippi is a poor bear country by comparison, if the stories the President has daily poured into his ears be true The President has been told dozen times lately about places where he can find bears every few minutes, and like the hoiicilHdH Oi Olu VIII HSdln III dll probability be lured to try his luck. Sem ator Warren of Wyoming told the Pres ident today about the multitude of bears in the Rocky mountain regions of his state. The Colorado people have suc- ceeded in impressing the President with the fact that bears almost grow on limbs of trees in that state. The President said today that he intended taking long hunt next spring, if nothing he now con templates prevents. He will spend few weeks in Colorado. and go into Wyoming and other western states. The President hopes to be able to spend most of hiA' time next year away from Washington. He will accept few social invitations, prefering to. rough 1t.
 Negroes to Contest.
 In at least five southern states-Ala- bama, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Mississippi-there is every promise that the negro population will present their delegates to the next na- tional republican convention to contest against the regular republican organiza- ton in those states which have disfran- ehised them. Even in Texas the negro has started an active campaign against the republican machine They have sent long petitions to the President request ing him to remove from office George Green, marshal of the northern district soley on the ground that he is alleged to have favored the elimination of the negro from political affairs.
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