The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-04
Creation of New Offices.

Creation Of New Offices.
Senator James \. Hemcnway Of In
diana, late chairman of the house com
mittee on appropriations. Is out in all
interview in which he jumps on the in
crease Of public buildings with both
feet in order to stop the deficit in IT,,
treasury Brother HemenWay would
render the country an undOubted serv
ice if he would use his influence in pre-
venting the creation of new useless Of
fees. This is not only all evil. but a
growing evil Cut it off, and the deti
cit would be much reduced. Republic
ans cannot escape responsibility for
this drain on the treasury. Since 1875
they have had absolute control of both
houses OF congress, and since March +.
1897, they have also had the executives;
consequently they must be held respon
sible at the bar Of public opinion for
the constant increase Of super.iuOus Of
fees. NJ sane man can doubt that the
public business can be transacted as
we'll as it is now Transacted rs two
thirds Of the officers now drawing Saia
rieS from Uncle Sam. Nobody wants
to cripple the public service, but no
body who has the good Of the republic
at heart lciircS 10 see a continuance Of
the wicked and Wanton waste Of ti,'
public revenues. OF course public
buildings should not be erected where
they are not needed, but where needed
they should be erected
4 new and growing difficulty con-
fronts the advocates of our having the
biggest navy ever, and that is Who..'
sale desertion. More than % per cent
of our jHchies unceremONiOuSly- quit
the service annually. So great q n,.i-
sance has this become that a special!
investigation is to be made into the
causes impeling our seamen to this
unsecmly line Of conduct. Query: If
we cannot induce enough men to wear
Uncle Sans uniform to man the ships
we now have, how can we man those
in the minds of Captain HObSoI and
Admiral Melville, both retired? In the
army matters are not much better. De
sertiOns are so numerous as to cripple.
the service. A big army and the big
gest navy ever mean a CONSUMPTION
law! How will the people like that?
The Philippines are being paclfeG
once more. General Leonard Wood
has just worked off, some 800 MoroS.
which should entitle Leonard to an
other promotion He lost seven men
killed and several wounded. The
chances are that any one Of the Ameri-
can soldiers was worth the entire 300
Moros. The objection on the part Of
these obtuse Filipinos to being assimi-
lated, benignantly or otherwise, is
puzzling the assimilators
The American Economist, organ of
| the Tariff league, is particularly I'M
! fortunate as to cartoons. It's latest
contains a log marked Uncle Sans
j Prosperity" Into the end of the log
! is sticking a wedge labeled "Revision."
| On the log stands a wild eyed person,
dressed in frock coat, white waistcoat
and creased pantaloons, swinging a
| broadax, on which is printed Free
! Trade" The cartoon bears the legend
eff he had his way" Evidently the
cartoonist has never witnessed the in
teresting process Of splitting a log \
wedge is driven in by a maui. wood
| en- maui, not by broadax. The maui
er stands, not on the log. but on the
ground. He rarely, If ever wears a
frock coat, white vest and creased
pantaloons while SO engaged. That
cartoon may be acceptable in Wal
street, but not in the woods where
logs are split
i Governor Albert B. Cummins OF
! Iowa is a mild sort Of tariff revisionist
merely that and nothing more Never
| theless he is denounced savageIy as q
free trader by the stand pat organs
Anybody who proposes to reduce their
largess is in their estimation a traitor
to his country, for they believe that
the country's whole duty is to feed
! them on pap.
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