The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-12
BY CHARLES ". ARTHuR

BY CHARLES W. ARTEuR
Washington, Jan. Y. : Especial. -
Who ae2uh,icsn leaders have dec:u.
ed definitely that there Is to be 10
movement toward tariff revision at
this session Of congress anu tic cor
sensus Of opinion Is tlaS s1e president
win not call a oDeciaI session for las
purpose or changing the existing sched-
ules, there is Belief in some quarters
that the chief executive viii recon
mend that the lawmakers authorize
the negotiation Of reciprocal rea.7
with Germany before they adjourn or
March 3. The new tariff OF She Coz.
man customs union, which becomes ef-
fective March /, will bring about an
enormous dlmlnution in the volume OF
American exports to Germany and 9th
er European countries unless some ar
rangement Is made by which the duty
on German goods entering this coun-
try is reduced The new German tar
ID, which in effect dlscriminates
against the United States in favor OF
other nations, was TO have been put In
force aast year, but action was delayed
twelve months as a result OF the e.
forts of the state department. A Unit
ed States commission Is now in Berlin
at work on the subject, and the under
standing is that the president, Il ne
acts along the lines indicated. viii 90
nothing until the report of that boay
has been submitted TO him.
International Phase Interests.
Supporters of the presidents course
In discharging the three companies O.
the Twenty fifth infantry, colo-e;,.
which were stationed at Brownsville.
Tex, when the trouble occurred there
last summer. say their position HIS
been strengthened by the claim Sled
with the state department by one Cs-
layas, citizen of Mexico Tie CLAIM
ant alleges that he was in Brownsville
the night OF the riot and that he was
set upon and beaten into unconscious
ness by negro soldiers. Acting on lie
gal advice, he has sent his claim for
damages to the state department. 1t
is said here that numerous other
claims of similar character are to be
filed, but there is no direct confirma-
ton Of this The positive declaration
that negro soldiers committed m as.
sault on this Mexican citizen Is held
by those in accord with the president
to prove that his order OF discharge
was justified by the facts. In the
meantime the lawyers Of congress- are
attempting TO decide whether or not
the order was authorized by law aud
the constitution.
Has Handled Much Money.
There is one man in Washington who
in the last twenty-three and one-half
years has handled the almost. incon-
ceiyable sum OF $19OOO0.OOO without
an error Of so much as single cent,
The money belonged to the govern
ment, and the man in question is Ma
Jor George W. Evans, chief OF the d-
vision of finance and disbursements.
department of the interior During the
whole Of the long period named Major
Evans accounts have been subjected
to examination four times a year, anG
ut no time has an error been discover.
ed by which either the government or
the disburslng officer himself lost rs
much as penny. The major entered
the government service in 1864 as
messenger boy In the interior depart
ment, being appointed at the special
request OF President Lincoln. He haa
served under sixteen secretaries OF t.
interior. He Is one of the compare.
lively few surviving washingtoniail
who were in Ford's theater the nigh:
LINCOLN was assassInated.
Colonel Piunkett Held Up.
President Roosevelt has many friena
in the west, some of whom are pictl
esque characters. One Of these is Colo
mel Dick Plunkett of wyoming, scout
COW puncher, dead shot and typical
westerner generally. When the prrsi
dent was inaugurated two years ago
Colonel Plunkett brought a band OF In
dams to Washington and rode in the
inaugural parade. A day or two agn
he returned TO the capital and went II
the White House to see the president
The messenger who guards the door to
the presidents offices did not recognize
him. and the man from the plains was
held up. He expressed himself in
about the same manner as he would
have done had the scene been ranch
out in Wyoming with nothing but the
coyofes IN hear One result was thnt
Secretary Loeb heard and came out to
see what 1t was all about. He greeted
the colonel cordially and ushere,l