The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-29
A Hard Road.

that when Republicans talk reform
their words must be taken in i Pick
wickian scnS,-merely that and moth
ing more; hut Joseph was Il verdant
kansan and thought 60 render himself
persona s,rutisSima to the Republican,
administration by doing stunt at
genuine reform. By making that mis-
take he got himself bounced. which
most probably settles his senatorial
hash, as the Jayhawkers will never run
the risk Of going hungry by electing 60
the senate a man who is frOwned on by
the powers that be. The Jayhawkers
have fine eye for pap. They propose
to have n and they do not intend to
take any chances in losing il. Gonse-
quently they will be prone % look
askance on Joseph 4. when he asks
them to place the Burton toga on his
shoulders No Goubt Mr.. Bristow De-
calls the lines:
If so soon I am done foA
What the deuce was begun 0orA
Grue, the president undertook 10
break his fall by giving him a more
lucrative job down on the isthmus.
where no doubt the numerous would be
Kansas senators wish he would stay.
but that appointment will fool nobody
If the president were his friend he
would have retained him as fourth as
sistant postmaster general
Ohio Politics.
The political pot in Ohio bois al
ways-in fact, is sort of perpetual
motion. 1t is some ten months until
the gubernatorial election. but things |
are so hot out there that General
Charles Dick. junior United States sen
ator, who aspires to be the Buckeye |
boss, has cast his senatorial duties to
the winds and has fastened to Column |
bus as. fast as steam can pull him. |
rick, is in danger. Herrick wants to |
be reelected, but unfortunately for |
him both the temperance people and |
the saloon people are fighting him. It's |
the old story. He tried to please both |
and pleased neither. George r. Cox, |
the hoodlum chief of Cincinnati. has |
Endorsed Herrick, but that does not |
satisfy General Dick, so he wends his |
way la the star of empire to take !!
charge in person. His eggs are in the !
Herrick basket; hence his anxiety. In |
the meantime it may be taken for |
granted that Senator Joseph Benson
Foraker has finger in the pie. He is
q nfi + rin1y |
Joseph Benson always and in all
things.
IF congress passes a bill to cut down
the number Of Panama canal commits
siOners from nine to three and to put
The three to work there will be such an
outpour of tears as to cause a phenome-
nal food in the Chagres river. but the
taxpayers will not shed them.
All parties in Panama have protested
to our minister plenipotentiary. Hon.
John Barrett. against our scheme to
the two Offices Of minister
and governor of the
canal. zone into one, which with us is
4 matter of economy. OF course the
real reason why the Panamans do not
want that done is that it would reduce
The bigwigs by one. Loss of dignity
and prestige is the reason, they alIege.
President futile of the Boston and
Maine railroad says that President
Roosevelt's plan for congressional con-
:rol and regulation of freight rates, if
into effect, will cut down the
wages of 100000 railroad employees,
n that connection he declares that last
rear the average dividends on railroad
stocks was less than per cent. OF
course that includes watered stocks,
hough he failed to say so.
Woe is me! Woe is me: Some person
without the fear of God before his
yes. but instigated by the devil, is pro-
esting to the president against the ap-
continent of Mr.. Whitelaw Reid as
to the court of st. James.
ice Mr.. Joseph H. Choate. who resigns
'nder compulsion. No greater calamity
las happened lately to Mr. Reid. Per-
laps the country can stand it.
One United States senator out of for ,
y-f1ve is now under indictment. II the
anne percentage Of our entire popula-
ion were similarly situated, there
would be about 100000 indictments
ending in the courts; but, thank heav-
n, the percentage does not hold up
utside 1.-The most august deliberative
ody on earth."
Revenge is sweet says Byron, or
lords to that effect. 1.-The whirligig Of
lme brings it's own revenges" is an
Their way of expressing the same idea.
Time at last sets all things even is
till another. All of these may occur to
lr. Speaker Cannon when he comes to
lace General J. Warren Keifer on /
ommittees in the Fifty ninth congress. i
lone of them may occur to him, but
lark Twain says that human nature
J very strong and we all have heap |
it in u.s." General Keifer when =,
peaker honored Hon. Frank Hiscock
New York over Uncle Joe's head and