The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-17
Bv HARLEs n. ARTHUR


President Roosevelt has stolen march
on official washington In his decision
10 have John w. Riddle, now Unltet
states minister to Servia and Roa-
mania, sent as ambassador to Russia
succeeding George Won L. Meyer. VINO
q 10 tako the postoffice portfolio IN
tie presidents cabinet Wheh George
Rruee CortsIyOu becomes secretary OF
rlae treasury. More or less general
Information concerning other dtplo@
nlatic changes had been available Tor
some days, but the announcement that
AtT. Riddle would represent America
Mt ST. Petersburg came as complete
surprIse. ALTHOUGH the honor confer
sr1elI On him 50 one which any man
zsxopId welcome. Mr. Riddle hesttaeed
] a, long time before deciding to accept
He = not wealthy, and. as - wen
isrfaNn American ambassadortal posts
are not for Door men. All our ambas-
sadoFs ana many OF our ministers are
conpelEad to draw heavily on thetr
nrIyate. incomes In order to maintain
their establishments. the salaries ana
allowances made them by the govern
ment not being sufficient to even pay
expenses A man who Is appoiileu
10 n high rInce IN the diplomatic serv-
ice OF this country must either pay Tor
the. distinction. out OF his own pocket
mr. ,lsp. hermit his establishment to Suf-
Ter IN prestige Representative Long
worth cE Ohio, the presidents son-tn-
law. is: urging the passage OF Il bhl
which will remedy this condition OF
affairs to- some extent. but the chances
arr. decidedly against any early acton
in the premises
Labor Feud Grows.
The feud between Samuel Gompers.
president OF the American Federation
of Labor. and the congressman whom
he unsuQcessfuIlS tried TO defeat in the
last election is increasing in bitterness.
AIR. tJompars believes that some of the
conCressmenl in. question are RESPONSE
bile for the. initiation of the movement
which has resulted In thousands OF res
olutious fRS,oring ship subsidy being
sent TO- Washington by labor unions
from @lH purts of the country In spite
of the fact that the American Fedora
tion OF Labor during its last annual
Convention vigorously upheld Mr.. Com
pers' opIIosftIOn. to the subsidy plan
An Investigations bus been set on toOG
for the. purpose, OF discovering whether
or NOT this Is true, and IL it Is shown
to bc Mr.. CsOmpers' feeling against
|, Representative. IIttBeAeld of Maine
ana others, naturally Will be inteusi-
fed. Ia. the meantime Mr.. Ltttietield
is linking advantage of every opportu-
nifty to get even with the labor lender
one Of his, lnfest performances was a
Speech 70, the. mems club OF local
chnrch which tse consented to give on
the. distinct understanding that no re
porters he. admitted and that his re-
marks be. KEPT secret The meeting
was held behind closed doors hut of
course most of the things Mr.. Little
field said Leaked out and We're PUBLISH
ed As they were not in any sense
pompIIment:,Iy II Mr.. GoTnDcFS nc Is
more anxious th:tu ever before to get
even" with Ehe AIuine congressman
To abolish Negro Regiments
Texas congressman Will exert every
effort during the present session of
congress tn bring about the enactment
into law Cr one OF two bills which seek
to repeal the existing statute PROVED
| ing that four regiments of the aFtay
must he composed OF negroes The IN
| PRODUCTION of these bills. one by Rep
resentattve SIayden and the other by
! Representative Garner, resulted from
| the trouble at Brownsville. Tex, last
| summer, In consequence of which the
l president OlSlIllSSEN
| ion OF negro troops said to have been
| implicated The president and secre-
| tary Of War Taft are very positive, In
the stand they have tnken against the
negroes, and despite the great pressure
which Ia being brought to bear by In
| tiuental men in and out OF congress-
! there does not appear to be the slight
! est chance of any of the discharged
| men hplny rainstuted. Many Republic.
ans fear the. political erect Of the incl
dent will be bad. especially In states
and congressional districts where col
ored voters are ii matertnf factor. Some
Others, both Republicans and Demo
Gratis eritTcise the presidents action
because they say it was unfair, unlaw,
full and unjust. Senator Tillman o.
South Carolina Is one of these. Mosi
Il OF the other senators and representa-
lives from the south uphold the pres
tdent.
Mrs. LenavSorth'S Hu0hand.
The friends OF Representative Mich
Olas Longworth. the presidents son-in
law, are telling a story at bis expense
which indicates who Is the head OF tht
bonse Of L.oDgworth. Mr.. Longwortl
wished to serve cigars to some callers
He couldn't md the key to his humidol
ana asked the butler for 1t. Sorry
sir" said that functionary; Mira. Long
worth has IT.
Whereupon Mrs. Longworth's hus
band sent out for the cigars.
Islo Of pines Goes over.
The Isle of Pines treaty. which seek
10 settle the title to the small islnn'
of that name near Cuba, Will not b
L Tho situation