The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-16
Young Senator Burkett Shoot.
a Sarcastic Shaft.
WOULD CUT OFF sUNDAY MAII
Ssbrnskaa wants All PoutOnce,
Closed on the sabbath-ship subsia,
Bin Moves sIowIy-Panana Pietur,
Message 1. Advertised.
~ cHARLEs ~. ARTHUR.

uatlon with reference 10 that measure
1t has been denied at the White Housi
that the president viii send congress
special message urging the enactment
Of the subsidy bill, and that has tend
ed to weaken the cause Of the sup
porters of the legislation stu further
The house committee on merchant ma
rine and fisheries, which has had charge
Of the matter for some time past, has
postponed action from time to time,
and the present outlook is that moth
Ing VIII be done this session. The idea
to eliminate all provisions for subsidies
for cargo carrying vessels and to sub
sidize mail carriers only is not gener-
ally approved, especially by the New
England senators and representatives,
who have been fighting for ship sub
sidy bill for years. They say that the
whole purpose Of the proposed legisla.
ton would be defeated were the cargo
carrying feature cut out.
Would Close Postoffises.
The lovers of the country are expect
ed to let Senator Burkett of Nebraska
hear from them in no uncertain man
ner. The Nebraska senator has intro
duced bill providing for the closing
OF all postoftices in the United States
on Sunday, and in explaining the
measure he said that most of those
who hasten to the postoffices on Sun
day are silly young men and girls who
are looking for letters from their
sweethearts. Carriers and clerks are
entitled to a rest on Sunday, he con-
tends. and they can get what is com
Ing to them in that direction only
through the closing Of all the post
offices. Senator Burkett is very young
for a senator-and very serious and
solemn. Some OF his colleagues think
he Will be Inclined TO change his opin-
lon about the class OF people who get
mail on Sundays when he begins to
bear from his constituents who are In
business.
Presidents Message Advertised.
The country suffered distinct shock
when II learned that President Roose-
velt's special message on conditions
in Panama. practically the whole of
which was in the nature OF report
OF his visit to the Isthmus. would be
profusely illustrated A presidents
message to the lawmaklng body had
never before been furnished with pic
lures, so 1t was natural that the pub
lie was more or less surprised. Now
another precedent has been broken.
The message Is being advertised.
Newspapers and newspaper CORE.
spondents have been furnished a neatly
printed card by the public printer. H.,
text Of which follows: "A special Ell
ton OF President Rooseyelt's Pans,r
message, literally illustrated with u.
lures taken while he was making HI,
recent inspection Of the canal, ha,
been issued by the government print
Ing office. Persons desiring copies may
obtain them at 50 cents each by send.
ing to the superintendent OF docu.
ments, government printing Office,
Washington, d. c."
President "Goes Out"
President Roosevelt is probably as
democratic In spirit as any chief ex-
ecutive the nation ever had. II Is not
usual for the president TO go out In
private society as distinguished from
official society, yet night or two ago
he attended two functions away from
the White Honse The first was din
ner given by Chief Justice Fuller OF
the Cnited States supreme court. The
dinner was in honor of William H.
Moody, the newest member of the su-
preme court, which made the event all
the more Interesting inasmuch as the
presidents presence anywhere Is as
sumed to mean that he is the guest Of
honor. After the dinner the president.
accompanied only by one OF his aids.
went TO the home OF Vice President
Fairbanks, where big reception was
in progress. There he mingled with
the guests without the slightest osten-
tatiou. Indeed. many would not have
known he was present had il not been
for the gorgeous uniform of his aid.
Social Demands onerous.
Few outsiders have an adequate idea
Of the social demands which are made
on some public men in Washington
On the night just referred to. for ex
ample, Secretary Taft not only at
tended the dinner given by the CHIEF
Justice and the reception at the home
Of the vice president but went to the
banquet of the American Institute OF
Architects at one Of the big hotels. 1t
was long after midnight when he
reached home. yet he was at his Office
early the next morning and did his
usual hard days work.
Trying TO Haze Ia FoIIstts.
While Senator La Toilette was dis.
cussing his bill limiting The hours Of
railway employees Senator DoIIiver In
terrupted and INDUCED in q few re-
marks.
Il trust am not trespassing,- he
said, turning to Mr.. La Toilette.
mot at ALL" said the Wisconsin sen
ltor. with a smile. ''The sound Of an
sther voice In the chamber seems to
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