The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-22
ISpeciai WASHINGTON letter.

Especial Washington letter.
'TIS done. The Republican fegis
lature in Missouri has nomi
| mated man to succeed Gen
| eral Francis Marion Cockrel
in the senate of the United States. IL
his extreme old age, after much eX
perience in mundane affairs, Solomon
in WEAKNESS of spirit exclaimed, ''Vani
tas yanitatum! (Vanity of vanities-
all is vanity) When the veteran lead.
ers Of 'Republicanism in that imperia]
commonwealth found that they had
all been set aside for Hon. Thomas X.
Niedringhaus, an eleventh hour conner
into the vineyard. they must have
agreed thoroughly with the old king.
The election Of Mr.. Niedringhaus shows
conclusively the utter inadequacy of
the rewards of politics. kerens, Dyer.
Hauser. Parker,s Warner, Burton and
Bartholdt, who for forty years. more
or less, have blown the bugle and led
the Republican charge against the
Democratic Gibraltar, who have fought
bravely in campaign after campaign
where defeat was certain. who breathed
hope into the hopeless, always predict
ing victory next time'-sOldierS. law
yers, editors congressman. orators, men
Of affairs-all had to make way for the
unknown knight who rode unheraldel
into the lists. 1t is not my fight, and
perhaps ! would do better to preserve
silence, which is sometimes golden. but
it does not look right or fair, for it is
written. Thou shalt not muzzle the
OK that treadeth out the corn The
rewards of public career are nil ex-
cept in the ten thOusandth case. Mr..
Niedringhaus played in great luck. The
stay at home Missouri Democrats made
the Republicans a present of a sena-
torial toga, and he grabbed it. May he
prove worthy of it!
There Are Others.
Lately official circles in Washington
have been very much ripped up the
back because of impeachment proceed
ings against Federal Judge Charles
Swayne of Florida. He is charged with
several high crimes and misdemeanors.
The resolution so charging was re-
ferred to the house committee on Judi
CARY; there were majority and minori-
ty reports on all the charges except
one. The committee agreed unanimous
~ to impeach him for the high INSIDE
meanor of charging the United States
government $40 per day expense money
when holding court outside of his dis
trict, when, as matter Of fact, his ac-
tual expenses We're much under $40 per
day. In some quarters there is dis
position ito treat this very lightly,
though t. a man who is possessed of
mental integrity it looks like a grave
ofense. Some of the judges friends
appear to intend to defend him on the
ground that other judges have got
money out of Uncle Sam in the same
manner. To make the case clear, the
situation is this: When holding court
outside his own bailiwick a federal
Judge is allowed the maximum of $40
per day, provided he spends it. So one
Va lAS JuSoCS 11lCAua "IULC W SGJIC-
tary Shaw of the treasury to find out
the custom of other judges in this mat
ter, and it turns out that there are
many other judges in the same catego-
~ with Judge Swayne. Therefore an
effort will be made to clear J1Age
Swayne simply because he is one of
many who are getting more money
than the law allows. Rather peculiar
defense 49,
For instance, in Circuit b all the cir
cult and district judges except one
when holding court outside their baili-
wicks charge the maximum of $40 per
day for expenses.
In Circuit e all the judges charge less
than $40 per day except one. In Cir
cult D all the seven judges charge $40
per day expense money when outside
their own bailiwick This makes bad
showing for the federal judiciary. Sec
rotary Shaw owes it to himself and the
public to publish their names, and ev-
cry man who has drawn more than he
Is entitled to should be impeached. If
1 private citizen should do that, it
would be called by very harsh, blunt
name which it is not necessary to
write down here -
4 Fair Proposition. 49, +!
Judge contains this remarkable para
graph: |
It has been asserted that when Bryan |
s not talking he is keeping his jaws linn |
oered up by chewing gum. If he would /
but talk less and chew gum more fire. |
luently, his reputation for seloquence and |
wisdom would doubtless increase at rate |
hat would please his friends and tickle |
his own vanity. /
am not William J. Bryan's guard /
an or Keeper have had no com /
nunication with him on the subject |
Il the foregoing paragraph-but / |
NOW him very well, and also know Of
very public speaker in America of |
my note, and / herewith make the edi-
or of Judge the following unquivoeal
IL Judge will induce President |
Roosevelt and his cabinet to select |
republican orator by whose utter |
noes they are willing to be judged |
nd bound and will induce the said |