The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-01

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the ",tIt ri 49,, 1u ,tlr 49, III.
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A o...,;an sat g., uI,", vas
"i.'Nd' 4" ii tfn~'
Oh cars roIr1"iI,. n,h many
ndmittnn"r. About the time every ssnt
was taken n Now Nnrh visitor ar.
penl"h to Senator Drl,rw to get him !,
seat
But my dear man. said tn" senator
kindly. "thc seats are reserved for the
mrrnbcrS Of the bar and can't get
one ny self"
"Ar"nt you II ln"ml'r Of the barT
was til" surprised comment
"Wpll." said tn" srnntnr. with twin
klr in his eye. II am Il member Of III"
capitol bar. but not of tn" District
bnr."
I'll" senator haHt"urI away. nuh 1.-Two
difference IN bars in The rrtirilnl capt.
tai.
"rhr Irresistible power of logic Is II
great thing" said N"prry ntntiv" Bold
Ter Of ohio to Il part : Of "ull'ngIr = in
the house rlonkrwm III" other day
"Now | know n rh"p "Ijt in my Nn
t,, Il Il !,
dead The dream WAS Il Very vivid
one and Ii" HW"k" in tine dark rn,Hn
Impressed that he r"Hlly WIS dead. lie
nu'!yIed his srrSutinrs lie d'y".'
crsoI that h" was hungry and thjt '.j3
feet Wrr" rrlh
""Th"'.' hp said. i applied &.r t,
Il. knew that if wns in hruy"n
wouldn't b" hungry. and If was in
the other place it was cinch my feet
wouldn't he cold. 50 / knew | was
alive. and | got UP and lighted the
gas"
Many interesting "reminiscences Of the
late congressional campaigns are re-
@-cs counted in the cloak,
| W., ED4'llS anu
and more than one
scared good story Is told of
@-------------<s candidates for re-elec-
ton while on the anxious seat. waver-
ing between hope and fear as to the re.
suit of the elections.
In the late campaign in Iowa the fol-
lowing correspondence is said to have
passed between Representative
Hedge of Burlington and Representa-
tive Lacey Of Oskaloosa:
Dear LACEY am not scared. but wish
you would come over to my district and
make three speeches during the last week
of the campaign. THOMAS HEDGE.
Dear Hedge-Neither am scared, but
guess / shall stay In my own district until
election day. JOHN F. LACEY.
Thinking to tease Representative
Loudenslager of New Jersey. Repre-
sentative Babcock of Wisconsin said in
the presence of party Of their col
Leagues:
Loudly. | hear they sent you back
with n reduced Majority"
what of it," said Loudcnslagrr.
THE salary remains the same"
The clerk Of the joint committee OIL
printing has received a novel communi-
cation from fair correspondent. 1t
reads as follows:
Joint Committee on Printing, The Capitol:
Gentlemen-Please do not give date OF
papa's marriage in the next edition of
ecin mai ta
eldest daughter and the date given In the
directory Is a clean give away for me, as
am not married All the boys look up
the date and then calculate. Papa prom
ised to attend to this for me before the
first edition came out. but says he forgot
It. l do not think any end Of the gov
eminent can be served by thus giving
away my age, so please attend to 1t.
Yours respectfully.
Serving as caddies on the links Of the
Chevy Chase and Columbia Golf clubs
Is favorite method Of getting spend
ng money among Washington boys Of
high and low degree.
The other day Justice Harlan Of the
supreme court, who Is an enthusiastic
y-S-------------1 golfer. hired
N4k bright eyed
mn youngster about
lWzZsaA EAMI twelve years of
|E6xHhr. ETXA age to caddy
.ya ~. (kE1W for him. He
1 " " m N1 was exception
-ssSST ally polite and
4: 4: l.: !: !:
I attentive. 50
* J. ~ IN satisfactory Il
<9s\I5 caddy was h"
H%SX NV n that Justice
ETH 4 Harlan engaged
NNP- -<<H him for the fol
WI /Tj lowing Uay the