The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-29

S1l&eu ana AaEhN@4 10 DS NElu<A44 uASA
t--but not nor pabBcation- they
have been and are yet free with II
when they are IN the hands OE their
friends. They have. borne their unhappy
Iot with a commendabIe stoicism and
exceptional silence; have bartered
their convictions on the tarlR. cur
rency. and whateveE lesser item of the
moment to retain executive favor
when. the time shall come for the
sinking Of the. trees in the plum
orchard; they have as cheerfuIIy
traded on the interests of their con-
stituents in return for the selfsanae
vague promise held eut; and have
given the country as fine an example
ef automatically going, Through the
performance mapped out for them
each day by the ringmaster Of the
show as the country has ever seen.
But-the breathing point has come.
It Is probably only a small leak In the
dixie at this time, and can be repaired.
INDEED. it is stated on quite acceptable
authority that 1t VIII be; that the adj
minlstration realizes that had gone
too far; that by trying to appoint a
''niggar, sab" to be registrar OF the
treasury was blowing up a dark cloud
upon an otherwise fair horizon that
would bust up the calm and submis-
sive, even II sullen, acquescence in all
that Wilson orders which has pre-
vailed IN date.
Therefore, the name OF the culIed
,pussOn, the same being Patterson.
who halls from Oklahoma, will be
W withdrawn, and the box Will be shalE-
en- again for a new draw as to that
most desirable job
: 1t all goes to show how human it
is to err even on the part of an ad-
ministration controlled by men mostly
from the Southland and whose policy
has been to please public opinion as
it is exemplified in Dixieland. 1t is
almost Uncomfortable that such a fiux
pas, as Antoine Reymann might say,
as this sending in the name Of color
full gent, could be committed. Quite
naturally one would think that what
ever blunders this governmental out
fit has committed, or is likely to per-
petrate on the prOIetariat, there
wouldn't be the remotest danger of 1t
heading blindIy into the "nigger ques-
ton But it did, which goes to prove.
sheretofore. stated. that government
is as human on the one hand as it is
mechanical on the other.
Mr.. Wilson should have known that
there are Tillmans and Yardamau's
and whole "passel'' of roaring and
untamed lions from the southern
country in the Senate, albeit they
haven'e been roaring and ripping
around much since he's been on the
job. Likely, being such busy man
and SO new to the job, and harrassed
by lunch OF cabneteers who persist
in doing the wrong thing at the right
time, and all that sort of thing-like-
" he forgot the record OF these
shaggy-maned old fellows from the
mississippi canebrakes and elsewhere
down that way on the question OF
negro .domination-equa to
hold ofHce-right to vote, live, breath,
and race in pursuit of the elusive hap
piness Likely as not But 1t was a
fatal 'buI1'', as any slangist would
tell you, and analysize and explain
it as you may or can or will, the re-
suit Is utter amazement that 1t should
have been made.
| When Vardaman heard il he "riz''
right up, sirs, and let out a roar like
West Virginia legislator caught with
the goods on him procIaiming his In
nocence to his colleagues in the gray
dawn OF the morning after He bel
lowed so that Washington shook as
If quake had teleseopcd it, and the
president in his ONCE hustled Secre-
tary Tumulty out to see il the Japs
mac and had begun to fire up the
stinck pots and beat the gongs. But
these were only puny, preliminary
roars, not the real, genuine Vafda-
man kind at all. according to the long
| haired whfte-drapped Vardaman him
self. They were Just few small
samples to show the White House
what he could and would do if 1t at
tempted to push Patterson oveer the
confirmation plate on the senatorial
diamond. -vardaman-would see
to it that there would be no conarma-
ton Of Patterson, or any other indi-
| yidual OF the pronounced brunnetish
complexion Characteristic OF the
scions of Ham. Then he Iapsed into
solitude and awaited a White House