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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

Some editors who ought to know bet
member Of the British parliament be
cause he boasts that during his twenty
four years Of service in that body he
has never made i speech and never in
tends to do so. Pray, what credit Is
that to him! There is q time to make
a speech and 4 time to refrain from
making Il speech. A wise man will
determine the psychological moment
when to- do the one thing or the other.
One editor remarks that "speeches III
Legislative assemblies are seldom made
to convince the opposition or win votes
for the measure under consideration"
That would be important If true, but it
is not true. While, Of course, the fate
Of strict party measures is not fire.
quently determined by speeches, still
they sometimes are. Were all bills
party measures the usefulness Of par
liamentary oratory would undoubtedly
be reduced to Il minimum, but nine
tenths of all the bills considered by
parliamentary bodies are nonpartisan,
and their fate is frequently determined
by speechmaking. l have served in
both the Missouri legislature and in
congress, and time and time again
have seen bills killed and bills passed
by reason Of the skill and force with
which the reasons for or against were
urged by trained speakers. The error
in the argument that all speechmaking
is futile grows out of the foolish idea
that the main duty Of legislator is
to pass a bill. The contrary is true
His chief duty is to kill vicious bills.
and one Of the most effective ways to
accomplish that is to talk them to
death. Some very good people count
that as waste Of time, while as a
matter of fact it is most valuable
consumption Of time. The plain truth
is that certain persons delight in lam
basting congressman, yet every one Of
the lambasters would be in congress
himself if he could only break in. Con-
sistency is a rare jewell Parliament
means talking body. Is it misno-
mer?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Especial Washington letter.


~ nee upon a time, SO the story
runs, there was a boy too in
Z dolent to say his prayers, SO
~ he wrote him one and glued it
to the head of his bed When he tum-
bled in at night he would point to it
and say, Lord, them's my sentiments
l am in the same frame Of mind touch
ing the news to the effect that they
have succeeded in identifying the
bones of our first and greatest naval
hero, John Paul Jones. OF course ev-
cry patriot would rejoice if bis body
could be recovered and buried in Amer
lea OF course, also, he ought to have
been buried here when there was no
doubt about the identity Of the re-
mains. There would never have been
any trouble about the matter had our
then minister to Versailles, Gouverneur
Morris. attended to his business instead
of dancing attendance on the fine Ia
dies Of gay Paris. But the so calle
identitica-io is decidedly gauZy. The
st. Louis Post-Dispatch expresses my
1dCS SAtlI 10y III tAlS SlSooA Jus ldSi1OI
At a distance the Identification of the
body Of Paul Jones is not satisfactory
There was no inscription on the coffin.
no uniform. sword or decoration to distin-
guish the remains from those of other oc-
cupants of ST. Louis cemetery. The phys
ical features of the body itself might be
possessed by 1000 or 10000 men of that
time or this. The Irregularities men,
toned in the cablegram are not peculiar
tiles. How many men are exactly" five
feet seven inches high? Besides, Is 1t not
reasonably certain that Paul Jones' body
has shrunk since his death? Why should
he be unique in this respect? How many
men have dark brown hair slightly streak
ed with gray? The arrangement Of his
hair corresponds with that in vogue among
gentlemen Of that time. The face is clean
shaven. How many gentlemen Of 1872
on the linen which looks like ~" or an
inverted "P." which reminds one Of the
cloud seen by Hamlet which looked like
weasel or q camel or a whale. 1.-The body
was carefully packed Anything ex-
traordinary in that? Tin foil was wrapped
about the limbs, presumably for sea
transportation" Why is it presumed?
And. even so, does it prove the body to be
John Paurs?
Those who seek shall find, and General
Porter may claim the triumph due to
working faith, but when the object of the
search is hero's bones lost for hundred
years a skeptical people must be pardoned
If they require a clearer proof than is Of
fered in this case.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
THE MOB AT HOMER.

The law has been defed in Claiborne
parish by an assault, by armed men, on
Dick Craighead, who was incarceratei
in the Jail at Homer, awaiting second
trial for murder.
While this unwarranted action can not
be justified, it is at least not surprising
and must be interpreted as the outburst
OF feeling of apprehension entertained
and doubtless shared by the people of
Claiborne in the escape of Craighead
from the clutches of the law.
The crime for which Craighead was
arrested, triei and convicted in the first
instance, was committed at Athens. He
was the half-brother of the husband of
Mrs. Ike Mckee, who, with her son aged
four years, were defenseless when they
were murdered brutally, and whatever
may have been the motive of the muir
derer has never been explained. With
the deliberate purpose of shielding him
self, Craighead attempted to fasten the
crime Oh negro who was blameless.
Every circumstance fastened guilt upon
Craighead, who, after fair and ex-
haustive trial, was convicted of murder.
On legal technicality he was granted
new trial by the Supreme Court, and
when en- route from Shreveport to HON.
Ct he attempted to escape from the sher-
iH. Coupled with these incidents were
the efforts for change Of venue and
the possibility of his final release on
technicalities which are always handy
and many within the reach of resource
ful attorneys. s.
It was the enormity of the crime and
the probable failure of justice which in
tensihei the feeling of resentment, which
had been allayed, and led to this violence
by the mob. Craighead was shot in his
cell. He was riddled with bullets and
n,ortally wounded. The mob was as de-
iberate as it was orderly and disap-
peared after their deed as quietly as they
had come and broke into the Jail, which
had been left unguarded by the. sheriff,
who had been lulled into fancied Sc
eurity. . #E ss#E.s =. ~. .
Mob law has been and will ever be de-
nounced, and may be condoned only for
the crime of rape or assault on woman,
but there are times when, even the most
rigid advocate Of law, will become silent
4 ~ -. .Ia Ts ASsgae
and yield his sympathy to the mob. who,
as in the case of Craighead, have been
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

mania for Japan and everything Japa-
nese seems to be dying out, and that is
California. The people out there do not
appear to be so completely stuck on the
little yellow men as the citizens of the
rest Of the country. Quite the contrary.
Indeed, tl.ey are beginning to clamor
for a Jai:anese exclusion bill which
shall be u fitting companion piece to
the present Chinese exclusion law.
What will those enthusiasts in Ameri-
ca who have been shouting themselves
hoarse every time the Japs thrashed
the Russians think of that? If the SEN
timent in California is fair test, then
in the case of the Japs it is like unto
the cas-" 40 to moyntains-"'T IT'S dis
lance lends cnchantment to the view
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
An Important Movement.

For some time there has been
sporadic talk as to substituting Italian
labor for negro labor down south. Up
to this time it has been talk-merely
that and nothing more. At last, how
ever, it is taking definite shape. The
Italian ambassador, Signor des Plan
ches, has been revolving in his mind
project to divert the stream of
Italian immigration pouring into this
country from our northern to our
southern ports and to induce immi-
grants to seek labor rather on south
ern farms than in northern cities, in
northern workshops and on northern
railroads. With such a head to the
movement it bids fair to become of
vast Importance to all concerned.
There can be no question that negro
labor is becoming more and more I'M
satisfactory at the south and every
where else that it exists in this coun-
try. There are two reasons for this.
First, the ceaseless exploitation of the
race question by demagogues who
know nothing Of it has tendency to
make the colored people dissatisfied
with their lot; second, the negroes who
were old enough to learn habits Of in
dustry in antebellum days are rapid
" disappearing, and their descendants
do not take to manual labor with any
considerable degree Of enthusiasm,
especially to farm labor, which, when
the long day is considered, may not
improperly be regarded as the hardest
Of ell labor. They are the most gre
garious Of peoples and love to congre-
gate in the towns and cities, where
they lead very precarious life But
they prefer an opportunity to see the
passing show, even from the curb
stone, to the more solid comforts OBJ
tainable on the farm. This downward
movement Of our population generally
has been much deplored by various
philosophers, but, it seems never to
have occurred to them that 1t Is much
more marked among the coaored folks
than among the whites.
Northern newspapers with one &C
cord hail the project Of Signor des
Pianches with delight because, as they
say, It will relieve the congestion Of
population in the great cities But
query: Are they not congratutattng
themselves prematurely? 1t is safe to
say that where three Italians dispiace
three negpoes down south, at least two
and perhaps three negroes WILL betake
themselves to the great cities Of the
north, and the last condition OF both tn
cities and the negroes will be worse
than their first. Another query: VIII
the whites down south be willing to
do the very desirable thing Of substi-
tutng white for negro labor if they
must use Italians for that purpose
For it is well known that Italians are
not assiinilated with ease or rapidly.
They remain separate people wher-
ever they go, to a large extent. So
that from any standpoint Signor des
Pianches' project is much better in
theory than in practice. English, Ger
man, Irish, Scotch. Scandinavian and
even French immigrants mingle read
lily with the descendants OF the original
settlers by irte-rna-~.2r". cd :r.or :"
recreation or two tier children ar.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
SHERIFFS SALE

No. o537-1n First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana =:
Albert Barnett VS.. w. E. Scriber.
By virtue of writ of heri facias, to
me issued in the above entitled and num-
bered suit, l have seized and will offer
for sale, at public auction, at the prin-
cipal front door of the court house of
Caddo Parish, in the City of Shreveport,
Louisiana, during the legal hours for
sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1905,
Lots three, four and FIVE e, and s.
Of the Patzn1an Subdivision in the City
of Shreveport, La, as per map record
ed in conveyance book 28, page 7SS, of
the records of Caddo Parish, La, to-
gether with all buildings and improve
ments thereon.
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold, without
benefit Of appraisement, to satisfy the
judgment as specified in the said writ in
the sum of two hundred dollars, with 8
per cent interest from January e. 1904,
and also 10 per cent attorneys tees on
$4,000, and same interest from said
date, and all costs of the suit. The
purchaser 10 assume the payment of
mortgage note for two hundred dollar.
and interest, due January 2S, 1906.
S. J. WARD,
Sheriff of Caddo Parish, La.
Caucasian, April II. 1oo5.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
IMM1GRAT1tf FROM EUROPE.

In we'll cons red article on Some
thing That Should Give Us Pause" the
Monroe Star direc.s attention to the I'M
migration from Europe to the Unite
State, especially the class designated or
classified as the scum which has been
and is being encouraged by corporations
seeking cheap labor, as we'll as those in
terested in plantations in the States OF
the South.
1t is true there are thousands of acres
Of land, a1luval and hill, which should
be in cultivation, but while encouraging
the poor and the oppressed from the
countries of Europe to come and dwell
in the United States, The Home of the
Free and the Brave reasonable re-
striction should be exercised in exclud-
ing what may be termed the cheap la
boring class which are desired to ope-
rate in factories, saw1nills and planta-
TONS
At the rate of the coming of this class
this country in few years will be over
run with the kind of labor which will
lead to pauperism, as in Europe, where
the distinction between the autocratic
and moneyed class and the poor is well
defined
What is called cheap labor" is curse
to any State or country, as it is detrl-
mental to substantial progress and de-
velopment, and by encouraging this
class to compete with the negro, must
in time aggravate and complicate the
labor question. The self-interest of to-
day should not jeopardize the future
with the complications which would be
entailed by the swarming into the United
States of the pauper class of Europe
On this question the Star says:
I'VE do things too suddenly here in
the South We have fair heritage, an
immense domain that will furnish vine
or fig tree for millions of people, indus
trious, frugal white people who would
be home builders, people who would as
simulate and make the country rich and
prosperous, and in our impulsive desire
to see this come about we unhesitatingly
endorse scheme of immigration that
means our own and Our country's undo
ing. The big saw mills have got what
they want, the timber of the country, and
have grown rich on it.; now they want
to grow richer by the sale of the denud
ed timber lands and their settlement by
the all but pauper labor from the Adri
attic. And they have the steamship COM
panies, the railroads and their agents in
cahoots with them 1t is money to them,
and they can't so much be blamed, but
there is something more and better in
this world than money, and that is home
and country, Godfearing, law-abiding,
patriotic citizenship, the bulwark of any
country, and that is the kind of immi
grants the South needs, or none at all.
"The Star, like many Others, endorsed
the cry for immigration, but, like many
others, it did not at that time fathom
the scheme. 1t is plain now. Let the
big land owners who bought the lands
for the timber keep the lands unless they
can bring the right kind of immigrants
to settle them. Let the proposed Castle
Garden at New Orleans go out of bust
ness before it begins, if we can not get
the right kind of immigrants"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
SHERIFFS SALE.

No. o546-1n First Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, La: NJ A
McCutchen VS.. McClelland Lumber
Company, Limited.
By virtue of writ of fieri facias to
me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court Of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, l have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction for cash,
according to law, at the premises occu-
pied by the defendant, at Uni, on the
Beasley plantation, in Caddo Parish,
Louisiana, during the legal hours for
sales, on
SATURDAY, MAY E, 1905,
the following described property, to-wit
The saw mill with all tools, machinery
and appurtenances, including engine and
boilers, machinery, ETC., a lot of lumber
and saw logs, FIVE yoke of oxen, four
wagons, six mules and six sets of har-
ANSo o1So GA AASAIo uAAAN1 Ao1Al1dNt W
tween the McClelland Lumber Company
Limited and Mrs. NJ. R. Beasley of date
February IL, 1904, as recorded in con-
veyance book 50, page 185, of Cadio
parish records.
The said property seizel as belonging
to the defendants and to be sold to sat
isfy the debt specified in, said writ in the
sum of three thousand one hundred and
dollars and thirty-one cents,
with eight per cent interest from June
80, 1903, and in the further sum of three
thousand nine hundred and seventy-fve
dollars and eighty-hve cents with eight
per cent interest from December FL,
1904, and all costs of the suit
S. J. WARD,
Sheriff of Caido Parish, La.
Caucasian. Aprii 20, 1905.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Savings DE

MERCHAN > q TAN4h -
AND TRUST CO., CO .
SPRING AND TEXAS
SHREVEPORT. LA.
The savings deposits OF
one of its deservedly pop j..
Interest at the rate Of Is
per annum is allowed onE
one dollar and upwards
the calendar three or mon
months
When made during the fl,
days Of any month, interest is al
on these deposits as if deposited oi- t.4e
first day OF the month Interest on al
sums not Withdrawn will be payable en1
the first days of February and August,
and interest not then Withdrawn is add
ed TO the principal thereby giving The
depositors compound interest.
Deposits may be made by married
women, men or minors. IN their OWE
names.
Facilities are given depositers to
draw money.
Deposits made for a longer period
than six months draw a higher rate
than ordinary savings deposits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Uncle Sam as Bond Bull.

Since President Roosevelt took his
flier in Santo Domingo politics Uncle
Sam appears in the role of bull in the
bond market of all the bankrupt re-
publics in this hemisphere. This may
pander to our national vanity, but will
it eventuate in our national we'll being:
Is not our uncle biting off more than
he can chew VIXEN he sets up as roceiy-
er general and financial agent Of these
tumultuous, debt ridden and debt con
tracing republics? What matters it to
us that the bonds of all these Contra.
and South American states are going
up? Or how does it concern u; if they
should take tumble? Nevertheless
London spectators are exploiting al.
these bonds Oh the strength Of the as.
sumed fact that we are going to 10
come sort of guarantee con. jauy f.:
all the claims. legal or illeSl'. mostly
illegal. now pending against t.ic;H al
The secretary Of the Foreign Bone
holders corporation says:
Let US compare the quotations on SOM
Of these bonds :. :ecr ;.=o with IT." I,ri- Is
ruling today. 1T tie cad of My n, 1HA4
the Colombian bonds yvc-'r tLs.SC II ).
The present pr:co Is TO- Ccst:. H'c"l hc:.s
q year ago were Is AID ar. ~ :; -: c. -
malas have advanced from i to 3: Lon
duras bonds frc:s1 to Q. and Ee:in..re:.>r
from q to 46. Tie fore :o.--: s debts a:c a.,
at present and have been for nary year.
in total default.
The rise that has taken place appoci.s
~, 10 l,,a no bat
States is going to intervene IN Some "';-,
so as to make al these dcfaulsins tuu,.-
tries pay their debts:
Whom does all that profit? Not :;
soul except the greedy gamblers VIC
have bought those bonds at ridiculous
~ low figures, taking great risks OF
realizing great gains, hoping that their
respective governments would collect
their claims at the lannon's mouth
Their respective governments being a
little slow about performing the cannon
mouth collection caper, these greedy
gamblers are no doubt retoiced because
President Roosevelt has taken that
bandit chief, Don Carlos Morales, pres
ident Of the Santa Domingo republic ~.
under the shadow Of his protecting
wing Nobody can blame these gam
hlers for being glad 1t Is the greatest
and most unexpected wfndfall that has
come to any gamblers in human folly
and distress since gambling was first
invented among men. The important
questions staring US in the face are
these: Whittier are we drifting? Are
we not playing with fire? Why should
we imperil our peace, our honor. ous
good name, by mixing in the revolution
airy affairs Of set Of the most grace
less cutthroats that ever vexed this
glorious world with their malign pres
ence? Why cannot we attend to our
own business? What mania leads Us
into poking our noses into other peo-
pies business? The idea Of being q
world power seems to have added our
Uncle Samuel.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Trouble Among the Mornons.

Good news comes from Utah-the
Morlnons are falling out among them
selves. There is fat rebellion against
the despotic rule Of the hierarchy of
which President Smith is the head. His
rule is too much Of the iron variety. 1t
is claimed by the recalcitrants that the
church governs the moral, religious, ed
ucational and business movements Of
the people as though the latter were
serfs or poems. Hitherto it has been
matter of gravest danger for any Nor
mon to raise his voice against the pow
ers that be-gravest danger in every
way. The kicker was certain to be
ruined. At LEAST it has been currently
reported to % so. Now, however, the
opposition to the twelve apostles APP
pears to be widespread and systematic.
Perhaps it is and perhaps it isn't.
There may be more smoke than fire.
At any rate, gentiles will watch the rev.
dictionary proceedings with intense in
terest- Utah possesses many resources
and will become rich and prosperous
whenever non-Mormons feel assured
that they will have a square deal out
there.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Il Il y 4 = = Il Il Il Il II It = !

really Ampricn.l citizens, but the Ital-
ians prefer or are forced to herd by
themselves. All these matters will
have effect in helping along or hinder
ing the italian colonizat ton scheme for
southern farms.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

aroused to resentment by the enormity of
the crime and the probable escape of the
murderer through the legal delay and
techllicalities.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

Hon. Robert NJ. La Toilette is still
holding ON to the governorship Of Wis
cons1n, though the term Of six years in
gan to run March 4. He has q prece-
dent In the case Of David Bennett Hill,
who held on to the governorship for
ten months after the beginning Of his
senatorial term.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Where Japs Are Unpopular.

1T-sc-e IS 1t least ore place IN t:ca
United States where the unaccountable
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

Mr.. Circuit Attorney Jerome Of
Greater New York has pronounced
Thomas Jefferson to be fak1r There
is an old saying that living ass may
kick dead lion with impunity.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30
Beauty and the Heather,

The Chicago Inter Ocean asks this as
founding and far reaching question:
"Can ugly people convert heathens?"
and for answer quotes Mrs. Dora S.
Soper's remarks as follows:
The practice of churches in regard to
foreign missionaries Is to send to the
heather those who are not good looking
enough to get married. You can't be too
good looking to be a missionary Good
looks is the fundamental qualification of
an up to date evangelist Beauty acts as
an opening wedge to the soul Of the be-
nighted heather.
Sister Soper may not know it, but IN
this regard at least 1.-The heather" seems
to be "allee samee Mclean man."
Those astute political philosophers
who in 1900 endeavored to make SO
much capital out of the fact that Will
liam Mckinley carried William ].
Bryan's precinct would do we'll to turn
their luminous minds to the fact that
at the recent municipal election Oyster
Bay went Democratic. What's sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander.
There is precisely the same Importance
in the Democratic victory In President
Roosevelt's home town as there was In
the Republican victory in the Bryan
precinct The effect in each case was
nil.
People generally will be delighted to
know that Marse Henry Watterson is
about to shake the dust Of Europe from
his shoes and to return to his own
country for he is a prime favorite
with all sorts and conditions Of people.
He will be able perhaps to tell US some
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-30

Kaiser William stirred up Europe by
his brief visit to Morocco, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt is stirring up the bears,
wolves, rattlesnakes and other deni-
zens Of the great and gorgeous west
by his exploits as the modern Nimrod
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, Togo, Nog,
Aneyitch and the rest Of the bigwigs
viii have to get move On them or
they Win be lost to view completely in
these strenuous times, There's not
iimet1ght enough for all. Just at pres
ent William and Theodore are monopo-
lizing about all there is.