The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-07
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One Time Enemies Meet Fraternally
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foot, the buckeye, etc! Worse still,
this gravpdiSyrr hasn't drawn rein
over Il horse in thirteen years-f;:tal
number. No gravedigger since the one
who figures il "IIalnlet' will compare
with Governor SllaW's graveuiggtr III
) Wilderness Of fame. He will get scot
free enough advertising to make him
rich beyond the dreams Of avarice if
he has sense enough to turn it to some
useful purpose. But what must be the
ecc"rt."y'S emotions as he 2a3eS upon
that graveGigyer seated on his box and
thinks Of 1913 and Of what might have
been: We all have to die, and we all
know it, bat we do not like to be COM
PEELED to think always Of our exit
Secretary Shaw will never set eyes on
that gravediSger without thinking Of
two things death and the presidency.
And how Secretary Taft, Senator Fox
aker and the rest who have their eyes
on the White House will chuckle when
they think of the Iowan's sad plight .
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good, and this gravedigger whom Mr..
Secretary Shaw will come to loathe
will make happy divers and sunGry
other statesmen.
Haec fabula docet that the civil serv-
ice reform fad has been run into the
ground. The sole function of a coach
man for the secretary Of the treasury
is to know how to drive horses in Z
populous city, fact which can be as
certained In fifteen minutes by a man
who knows how to drive horses as Sec
rotary Shaw knows and which could
not be ascertained by an examination
indoors with paper and pencil IN three
weeks 4 man might know all the sci
ences, all history, all poetry, all the
things in o' the college curriculums in
the land, end then break your neck be-
fore he co,'d drive from the capitol to
the treasury building.
"What About the Hon. John Barrett"
In these letters frequent quotations
have been made from the columns of
the Washington Post and many refer
ences made to the brilliancy with
which that paper is edited. A fine il
lustration of it's lighter vein is found
in the following editorial under the
above caption:
We have waited long and patiently for
an official irtimation Of the fate of the
Hon. John Barrett, minister to Panama.
1t has not come. Announcement has been
made Of the reorganization of the 18TH
r,ian canal commission which will super
se,le the present arrangement. 1t is diml--
understood that the Hon. Charles E. Ma
COON will become the diplomatic head OF
the new canal regime. Mr.. Barrett, 1t is
said will be provided with something
equally good"
But what? And how? What is to be-
come of him: Patience is lovely thing,
but it ceases to be a virtue when the fate
of the Hon. John Barrett hangs In the
balance. We want to know what will be-
come of Mr.. Barrett, and we want to
know it no. Will he be rewarded with
an arnbassa dorship? Will he become as
sistant secretary Of state when the Hon.
Francis B. LOOMS is promoted? These
are questio-s that should be answered,
and the president has no right to hide In
the wilds of Texas while such matters
are pending.
John Barrett, in the language Of one Of
our esteemed contemporaries, has ''few
peers and 10 equals" He has worked
early and late for the glory Of the admin
istration. In the handling of delicate
diplomatic situations he is unrivaled. His
industry Of voice and pen is unflagging.
His pulchritnde is unquestioned. He has
earned the admiration Of the administra-
ton and needs its gratitude.
In the distribution Of diplomatic plums
Immediately after March Mr. Barrett
was cruelty overlooked But that Is the
way with the American people-they work
a good thing to death. He stuck manfully
to his post and saw the plums go to the
others There must be something good in
store. however. for the minister to Pana-
ma. The administration must realize that.
however neglectful the people may be.
they get around to the point at last.
They will rise as one man. If REQUIRED to
demand the proper disposal of the Hon.
John Barrett He must not be permitted
to retire to private life, if he was eve
there. If nothing better offers, let him
have a rowing commission among the
South American republics, charged With
the distribution Of protectorates. A good
opportunity is now open in this line for an
energetic, capable man with persuasive
tongue and winning personality, and the
Hon. John Barrett would fill the bill.
With the proper stimulus from Washing
ton there is no reason why Mr.. Barrett
should not pave the way for the estab-
lishment Of prOtectorates over most Of
the feeble South American countries. thus
putting an end to revolutions and adding
immeasurabiy to the foreign activities Of
the United States.
As to Tariff Revision.
Governor \. B. Cummins of Iowa
shows signs Of resuscitation. The stand
pat gang rolled him at the Chicago con-
vention good and hard. They thought
they had killed him, and so did most
other people. He was quiet as lamb
during the campaign, which was en-
tirely in the hands of the stand patters