| Show PRESIDENT HAS i RIDDLE Servian Minister Will Succeed Meyer as Ambassador To Russia 4 CAN OAN HE STAND THE EXPENSE IA Two Bills In to h All 11 Negro n Says SaS Action Unfair Special Correspondence Washington Dec Roosevelt h has s stolen II a march on out ant cial Washington In his decision to have hac John W RIddle now United States Stales minIster to and lieu nou tannin sent as ador to Russia SucceedIng George von L M Meyer yer who j jIs Is to tal the portfolio in III cabinet when George Bruce Cortelyou secretary ot of the treasury tore Ioro or less general Information concernIng other diplo matte matle had been available for Cor some days dare but the announcement that Mr Riddle would represent America at St Petersburg as al a 11 complete surprise Although the tho confer conter conferred r red ct un on him III Ii otto aile which uny nina man would welcome Mr Riddle hesitated d a 0 Ion before deciding to lie Is not wealthy mind as is III well known American ambassadorial posts are nrc not nol for amen Ui 11 our amba and ot of our minIsters ole are compelled to draw heavily on Ii their private III ii order to their establIshments the salaries aim made them b by the moot ment not mot being to even cven va pa expenses A nan luau who iho Is appointed d to n a high place In the diplomatic sen service Ice or of this country t either elthel pa pay for forthe time the out of oC hl his own l lor or else his hIli establishment to suf ut uttel tel Ier in III prestIge worth o of Ohio the presidents sonIn ion I is urging the passage of at 1 a bill which will 1111 this lit of affairs to 10 some extent but time the chances lire against early fiction action in III time the Premises LABOn FEUD mOws GROWS Time The feud teul between Samuel Compers presIdent of oC the American ot of Lab LabOr r und onil time the congressmen whom lie he tried to 10 lit III the thelast last election Ill III tim ilL bitterness Mr that some of oC the In question Are hIe blo for the Iho of time the which hUll 11 iii thousands or of rl res favoring ship sent to hI by un lOlls trout nil fill parts o of tho country in III spite o of time tho tint the Fr of at Its annile I convention vigorously Mr s to the lie plan An n Investigation hUll has het set on foot fo foi the purpose of whether r or ll not t this Is trite and if IC IL II is III shown to M he Mr tr ot of others naturally III tIn tn In Intensified Itt III time the mae Mr LIttle LIttlefield field Is advantage of every op to get et oven even with the labor le leader One Omme of his la latest l performances It U a to the tho mens dub club of oC 1 a local c which lie he con consented to give Ic on the helmet distinct understanding no reporters be admItted mind that his remark marks be kept secret The In t lag IlIg was vae held behind closed doors doon but butof butof of course most or of the things Mr Ir Little LIWe paid leaked out mind were publish published ed cd As they were vere not III ii any len sense Q complImentary to Mr 11 lie he Is ISmore more mora anxious that ever eer he before fore to get et even with the tho daine congressman TO ABOLISH TS all wIll exert every Cery effort during the Ire ent t of to brilli about the enactment Inlo law of oC ono one of two bills which seek Ipek to repeal the existing statute provid log Ing that fOur regiments of the thel arm must lip be composed of negroes The Tho In ot of these bills billA one by Rep and the oth other r by Garner resulted from the tho trouble at Tex rex last summer In of o which the tha dl the entire Ion ot of negro troops said to hare beet been J Implicated The president and tar of War Taft ore are very ery positive In Inthe inthe the stand they have akon against the negroes and despite the great pre pressure which Is being brought to bear benr b by In men In and out of Congress there does pot not appear to h b the slight slightest est chance of nn nay ot of the discharged men being reinstated Many Republic ens fear Cear the political effect of the md dent will be ball bad especially In states and congressional districts where cob 01 are arn n a ll factor Some Somo others both and Demo criticise the action because they say flay It Is unfair ul and Senator Tillman ot of South Souti Carolina Is one of oC these Most of the other oilier senators and from Crom the soUth U Uphold th ih pres Went MRS oms Time Th friends of RepresentatIve Nich Nicholas olas Longworth the president sonIn law are telling t it story nt at his expense which Indicates who ta Is the beam of the tho house of Mr Mi Longworth wished to serve cigars to some callers lIe He find the key to hIs humidor and nil asked the butler buller for It sir that functionary Mrs Irs Longworth has hns It Whereupon Mrs rs hue hus band sent out for or the cigars iHrE OF 01 PINES FINES GOES OVER OVEn rite Isle hie of Pines trent treaty which seel seeks to settle pettie the tho title to the entail Island ot of that name near Cuba wIll not bo be nikon up this session The Tho situation in n Cuba Is too uncertAin to warrant action influential senators think |
