The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-03
Associated Pres. to The Evening Times.

Washington. Jan. 3.-With con-
gress through its holiday recess,
Washington has returned to it's usual
gossiping regarding the possibilities
of the next presidential election.
Rumor mongers and mud singers are
numerous at all seasons of the year,
but the inactivity incident to the tenn
porary adjournment of Congress has
given the erst-while correspondent
opportunity to take his pen in hand"
and the result has been the normal
number of sensational stories regard
ing the alleged prospective actions Of
various public men. Many of the
Washington stories are builded on
nothing more tangible than the de-
sires of the writer. while others are
promulgated that the mentioned one
might aid in the promotion of the
clerl-correspondent
There are numerous signs Of anita
gonism to any proposition to further
Roosevelt's political career, and when
the "big" business men of the country
take hand in the game there will
be something doing" Rumor has for
sometime connected the name of E.
H. Hartman with the opposition to
Roosevelt, and passing events appear
to confirm the impression. The matter
may be dropped with the thought that
the President is too big a man to give
any attention to the attacks of cor
poration managers, but there is where
big mistake is made. Hartman has
tremendous influence with the railroad
men of the country, and as it is well
known in the Republican party, it may
be we'll to take reef in the thought
that they can not inflict incalculable
damage to any one mans aspirations.
Is the world coming to an end? 1t
would appear so when a committee
of Atlanta, Ca, business men announce
as result of their investigations that
the recent race riots in that city were
the work of the tough" element.
Twelve persons were killed and sew
enty wounded, of whom ten were white
and sixty negroes. Two white and
ten colored persons were killed, two
being females and ten males. The re-
port says:
"Among the victims of the mob there
was not single vagrant. They were
earning wages in useful work up to
the time of the riot. They were sup
porting themselves and families and
dependent relatives. Most of the dead
left small children and wives, mothers,
or sisters, with practically no means
of support. The tough element has
crucified Atlanta in the eyes of the
world, and shocked the moral sense
of our people,"
The Civil Service Commission is
struggling with another question in
volving the rights of the colored race.
A negro is the only eligible for the
position of clerk at Hattiesburg, Miss,
and he has been notified to report for
duty, but the whites of the town have
also notified the colored man that he
had better not accept the position,
and if he has good sense that will set
tie the matter. The people of the
South will not accept certain condi-
tions, and to try to force matters
results in trouble every time.
The same might reasonably be said
of the presence of colored troops at
Brownsville, Tex, where the War De-
partment had been notified that it was
the intention to get rid of the color
ed soldiers. If the hint had been taken
in time and the men transferred to
some other post the entire trouble
could have been avoided, but Wash
ington officials are adament in mat
tiers of that character. They are alb
solutely supreme, and move is not
made until they are good and ready"
High officials have been known to
roundly denounce hotel and amuse-
ment proprietors for refusing to adj
in uniform, and man was discharged
from the Norfolk navy yard for re-
fusing to rent room to a marine Yet
the "Big?" man responsible for this
action will order the Marine band to
play at reception at his house and
even offer them a sandwich or cigar
when they have finished several hours
hard work! Consistency, thou art a
jewel!
Secretary Taft is hot on the trail
of the presidency, but his path will not
be bed of roses. The fact that the
president endeavored to place him on
the bench of the supreme court shows
plainly that he is not Roosevelt's first
choice. Suspicion is directed at Sec
rotary Root as the presidents favor
lite, but whether he can dictate the
nomination convention will "all come
out in the wash" The luck of some
men never appears to desert them, but
some day they must fail.
Secretary Root is said by friends
to be considerably irritated over the
Interpretation placed on his recent
speech on Capitalization of Federal
power. From his viewpoint it has
been misrepresented from one end Of
the country to the other by newspa-
pers of both parties. 1t is explained
that the Secretary only meant to sound
bugle call to arms against the rapid
drift Of GENERALIZATION, hoping to stir
the State governments to realization
of their dilatoriness. What do you
think? There is such thing as too
much explanation after the damage
has been done. The people of the
country are getting wise beyond their
years." and politician must be in
deed shrewd to fool all the people all
the time.
Is William "Jay" Bryan getting
ready for another trouncing? He ia
hot on the trail of fha Democratic