The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-03-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
CFrom Our r guar Correspond snt.)
WASHINGTON Feb. 20, 1901.

WASHINGTON Feb. 20, 1904.
The absence of eleven Senators
and thirty Representatives to attend
Senator Hanna's funeral does not
seem to diminish Congressional ac-
tivity. Still the official artificers
90 merrily on fashioning the weap-
ons for the fall campaign and put
ting in definite shape the armor they
are to wear. All the week the dis
cussiOn has centered upon the Pana-
ma canal treaty and the proposition
to fortify the Philippine Islands.
Hardly vulnerable point on either
side has escaped attention.
Your correspondent yesterday
called upon Miss Susan B. Anthony
at the ShOreham, She is just eighty
four and she looks as young as twenty
years ago. She said: ave are more
hopeful than ever. Our ultimate
success in every republic is certain"
Your correspondent referred to the
manly conduct of Representative
Shafroth in peremptorily resigning
his seat in Congress because the cleo
tJrate Of Colorado was tainted, and
to the fact that the ballOt-box stuff
fing had been deliberately performed
by the women voters, and she said,
Eyes his conduct was fine, but there
are some things about it / do not un-
derstand. / have telephOned, asking
him to come up and see me this
evening. The paper says that wO-
men repeated marked fraudulent
ballots, padded the polling list, stuff
fed ballot boxes, and permitted va
riOus other election frauds. The re-
port SAYS they We're from the Ten
derloin district. Women are very
initiative, especially of those they
have been taught 70 regard as their
superiors. ! shall know more about
this, though, after / have seen Mr.
Shafroth." Being asked where she
hoped to extend the suffrage next,
she said, "IOWa. 1t is great, rich,
enlightened State, and when we get
where" Miss Anthony did not
seem much fatigued although she
had been through the vOciterOus
racket and turmoil Of the weeks
convention here. Mr.. Shafroth says
the repeaters and ballot-box suffers
were mostly men.
The extraordinary cocduct of Mr..
Shafroth, Democrat, in quitting
Congress and giving his seat to his
Republican rival because he felt
there had been fraud at the election
from which he had inadvertently
i profited, created buzz of enthusi-
j astic compliment and admiration in
the capitol. Perhaps Colorado will
find some way to express her appre-
! citation of such sightforWard in
tegrity.
The National Museum in this city
will have a very choice and interest
ing exhibition at the st, Louis Fair
of the most artistic things made by
the Indians of the new world, illus
teating the Indians sense of the
beautiful. While not so large as the
8 exhibition at Chicago, it will be SUI
perior in quality. The best of all
these objects having an aesthetic
value, selected from the largest col
3 lection in the world, will be sent to
q st. Louis as an object lesson to civil
8 lized people demonstrating that the
untutored Indian enjoys beautiful
. things and knows how to create them
The exhibit will be undertake man.
q agement of Prof. Holmes, and will
include examples of articles in stone,
wood, metal, clay, skins, textiles
and architecture, The gold ware OF
S. ancient Colombia, Mexico and Peru
will be reproduced also models
S. made to scale, of three temples from
q South Mexico. There will be {
large and beautifuI display Of baske
try. Probably there is not white
women in the United States who
can make as fine basket as an In
dian woman, or weave blanket Of
any kind. Handwriting, which
might be profitable and useful a
we'll as artistic, appears to be los
art, save among Indians. Their
ought to be a simple hand-loom il
every home, where small rugs
sofa cushions, pieces for ssupholster
ing, borders for portieres, and othe
bits of art stuff could be manufae
tured. 1t is thought that when tn
public sees what the Indian can d
by hand aided by very simple az
planes, there will be a desire t
accomplish similar results.
In his last message to Congress
the President recommended promo
ton by selection, in the army, o
the ground that the best men couI
thus be kept at the head. But tn
General Staff ofthe Army has uuan
mously vetoed the proposition, bein
of opinion that such selections b
the President without regard to ran
would create too much discontel
- among officers in the line of prom
ton.
Rev. Cortland Myers of Brookly
n. Y. was in this city recently a
dressing the Y. NJ. G. A. After I
81 turning home he said that he she's