The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-06-23

SENATOR CoCKRELL AT HIS DESK.
is greatly depleted. the ambassadors.
ministers and subaltern officials seek
ing rest at other American points in
their own country. TO remain away
until September or October. But this
summer the cabinet officers will not he
able to enjoy the vacation they Gus
tomarily take during the sultry months.
for the Cuban problem still confronts
them, as well as knotty questions re-
garding our other insular possessions.
For that reason the city will not be al
together as quiet and deserted looking
as it usually is during July and Au-
gust.
One of the few representatives of the
upper body of congress who win be ia
millar figures on the streets of Wash
ington during the summer Is Francis
NJ. Cockrell, the senior senator from
Missouri Another is Senator Morgan
Of Alabama and still another Senator
Hawley of Connecticut. Senator Cock
rell has n comfortable residence at 1913
Il street, where he does the greater
part of his work when congress is not
in session.
Senator Cockrell is noted for his me-
thodical way of doing business. With
him punctuallty and system are every
thing. and he has things so arranged
that he can give every letter he re-
ceives careful personal attention. While
he retains a very efficient clerk to as
sist him, the senator follows closely ev-
erythlng intrusted to him. and the ma
jority of his letters are answered In
the senator's own handwriting. That
he is a very busy man is attested by
the fact that besides being a member
of the most important committee Of
congress, the senate committee on ap-
preparations, he is chairman of the
committee on engrossed bills and a
member of the military affairs. Pacific
islands and Porto Rico, library and
rules committees.
Besides being noted for his great at
tention to details, Senator Cockrell Is
probably the only man in congress who
does his own marketing. This habit
he has continued for years, except when
visited by illness. and he may be seen
daily in the Center market purchasing
the necessities of life. He does not go
quite so far as to carry his packages
home like an everyday "commuter,"
but has them sent to his house. and aft
err finishing his marketing turns his at
tentlon to more weighty affairs. OF
course the center of respectful atten-
ton in the city just now is the White
House. and the eyes of the people are
directed to it all the more frequently
on account of some strange shadow
graphs that are from time to time ap-
pearlng on the pillars of the presi-
Dental portico. The attaches have be-
come lmbued with superstition. and
residents of the executive establish
ment are puzzled t. account for the
queer shadows seen. Faces of the dead
and outlines of the living are to be
traced when the conditions are right,
and every one is asking himself If the
shadowy phenomena have any dread
meaning.
On the snow white pillars of the por-
tico the shadows show themselves with
startling distinctness of outline and
can be easily traced by an observer.
But they are defiant of solution. About
the time the health of the presidents
mother became such as to cause alarm
the shadow since called the pointing
finger" made its appearance. 1t was
seen on the central pillar. Gradually
the superstitious became imbued with
the belief that II referred to the presi-
dents mother. Then came a shadow