Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-05-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From eur Regular Oorrespondent)
Washington, May Is, 1908,


Several communications have
reached the State Department urg-
ing a protest against the reported
persecution of the Jews in Russia,
the hope that Secretary Hay would
entertain such a request being based
on his protest against similar per-
secutions in Roumania some
months ago. That the State De-
partment, much as it deplores the
reported suffering, will feel war
ranted in taking action is, how
ever, doubtful. 1t is pointed out
at the Department that in the case
of Roumania the United States was
in a sense party to the agreement
which preserved the integrity of
that nation and could, therefore,
protest against the violation of the
pledges made by treaty. More
over, in the Rol.mania incident
there was ground on which this
country could base personal COM
plaint as the ports Of the United
States are being flooded with an
undesirable class of immigrants as
Il result of the intolerable condi-
tions which surrounded these peo-
pie in their Roumanian homes.
Russia being a sovereign state, and
the United States suffering no per-
sonal inconvenience from the per-
secution of the Jews, the condi-
tions are, it will be appreciated, en-
tirely different and this country
would be no more warranted in
PROTESTING against the present per-
secutions than Russia would be in
protesting against lynching in the
South, numbering in Connecticut or
Pennsylvania or White-capping in
the West.
The return of the Presidents s
train from the West is awaited with
no little interest by Washington
ians in view of the reports which
have been received concerning
the numerous and varied as
sortment of presents which have
been almost forced upon the Chief
Executive by his admirers through
out his trip. 1t is stated that only
by chance did Mr.. Roosevelt escape
present of a performing bear Of
fered him at Albuquerque. He
was less fortunate at Sharon
Springs, Kansas, and the result is
that there is a "cute little badger
in "the baggage car ahead.
Among the other momentoes which
now occupy space in the baggage
car, almost TO the exclusion 0
necessary provisions, are Navajo
blankets, horse hair brides. bowls
platters, jardiniers, bowie knives
! stillettoes, antlers, bearskin suit
moccasins and many other trihe
which will make interesting cN
y hibits in the National Museum, fo
: it will be impossible for the Presi
1 dent to accommodate all his gifts i
| the White House.
| The most sensational deyelOr
/ ment in the Postotiice Department
| investigation is, the statement {
| Mr.. Tulloch, formerly caashier j
/ the Washington city postof1ice
| which has just been made public
/ Mr.. Tulloch made public an inter
view some time ago in which Ii
charged Ex-Postmaster Gen era
Smith, Ex-First Assistant Post
master General Perry Heath an
other officials with failing to pre-
vent frauds in the Department
The Postmaster General replied t.
Mr.. Tulloch by saying that unles
he could prove his charges he woul
i only have succeeded in brandin
| himself a slanderer. Mr.. Tulloch'
l reply to Mr.. Payne's statement
comprehensive review of the in
/ cidents which led up to his inter
| view, and, pending the reply {
the officials involved, Mr.. Tulloc
appears to have made good hi
charges. Referring to Mr. Smit
| he says, "Some people are said t
| live all their lives within a fe'
! miles Of Niagara Falls and neve
] become aware Of the roar or I'll
| beauty of the falls"
Handkerchief Sale.