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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
ICE FROM .ARTESIAN WELLS.

DR.. Irion. president of the State Board
OF Health. says he would rather drink
water from pond i'll the middle of a
cow-pen than to drink the water being
! furnished by the waterworks of Shreve-
port to the people of that city. What
kind of water is used i'll the ice factories
in Shreveport ?-Mansfeld Journal.
This view of DR.. Irion is rather too
radical and applies only to the water
which is in Cross bayou. The water
supply furnished by the Waterworks
Company is from Twelve Mile bayou
and is pumped from the bayou at the
waterworks station The water supply
Of Shreveport is not limited to nor con-
fined to the bayou.
There is an abundance of pure water
from several springs, artesian wells and
under and over-ground cisterns. The
source of the supply Of water for the fu-
ture when Shreveport's population shall
be a hundred thousand, is the problem
Of today The water from Cross bayou
was never intended for domestic use
when the waterworks plant was estab-
lished, where it is now. i'll 1885. As the
charter OF the WaterWorks Company
viii expire in nine years, the water agl-
tation is timely The condition has been
exaggerated and intensified by divergest
views as to what should be and must be
done to obtain supply of water for
the future.
The best indication OF the drinkable
water OF Shreveport is i'll the general
health OF the people, emphasized by The
official mortuary reports of the Board
OF Health published weekly.
The water from which ice is manufac-
tured is from artesian wells The ice
have artcsian wells on their
which have a supply unlim- |
tied.
Indeed we may give assurance to our |
friend. the Mansfield Journal, that good |
water, water which is water, abounds III |
Shrcveport-rain, spring and artcslan. i'll
quantity unlimited.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29

Mr.. Sanders, will you stop the viola
tons of the gambling law i'll Jefferson
parish if you are elected the Governor:
Mr. Sanders disingenuously replies
Il will enforce every law everywhere.
Purposely evasive is he, for Jefferson
parish and its methods has been the po-
litical parent OF Just such politicians as
J. Y. Sanders.
Who are these recalcitrant officials
who now permit a Bucktown spot
where crime and criminals flourish. and
have permitted Bucktown for years de
spite the Governors appeals and the de
nunciatlon OF the press-supportlng tor
Governor in the pending contest?
One need not seek far to know.
On September y the Picayune's po-
itical news relates:
Judge P f, Edrington, district
Judge of the twenty-eighth judicial dis
trict, composed Of Jefferson. St, Charles
and St John, called at headquarters and
said: Everything points to an over
whelming majority i'll my district for
Mr.. Sanders.
Hon. F. \. Middleton OF Jefferson
parish also dropped i'll to say that things
were all right in his section
'On last Friday the following gentle
ment Of the twenty-eighth judicial dis
trict met for the purpose of asking Gov
ernor Sanders to give them a date for
district rally: Sheriff L. H. Marrero,
Senator J. S. Brady, District Attorney
L. H. Marrero Jr., Hon. Fred A. Mid
dleton, superintendent of the school
board. and Hon. Horace H. Harvey,
member OF the Oyster Commission.
OF course they are for Sanders, for
birds of feather know where to flock
In. that parish are many good citizens,
but they are bound hand and foot to the
most despicable and dangerous political
ring i'll Louisiana. 1t permits the thug.
the gambler and the swindler-in return
for their votes and their physical force.
1t is a plugue spot that must be de
stroyed.
Sanders must go.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
FAIR ASSOCIATION MEETING.

4 special meeting OF the directors OF
the Fair Association was held Friday
night. at which several details were con-
sidered and approved.
Authority was granted to pass free
the children aof the public school and
their chaperons who are to take part in
the demonstration of the living Battle
Flag OF the Confederacy. This event will
take place on Veterans Day, i'll the grand
stand, on Wednesday, October Q. 1t
will require about three hundred chill
dren to execute the feature. which is in
charge Of Miss Amanda Howell.
A vote OF thanks was rendered s. B.
Hicks OF this city. and f. F. Cost. traffic
manager Of the Kansas City Southern
railway, for their efforts in bringing
about a reduction in terminal charges
for the operation OF the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas shuttle trains These
trains will be operated every half hour
between the Union depot and the Fair
grounds
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29

greater than the negligence of the in
jured
Senator McEnery voted No!
page 1927 Congressional Record)
Here are four tests. embedded in a
record neither time nor the senator
can alter
In these votes he arrayed himself
alone against his party. and votel with
.Aldrich, Spooner, Scott. Knox and the
whole Republican corporation gang!
In these votes and doges he was the
lone Democrat. except that his colleague
NJ. J, Foster also lodged the fourth
amendment proposed!
All these amendments were defeated
Now, Democrats Of Louisiana, you
who yell black i'll the face your hatred
OF corporate rule when no election is
nigh, what are you gong to do III this
case when one is pendne2
If you mean what you say, now is the
time to speak.
According to the Record the official
proceedings of the Senate. McEnery has
been recreant to his constituents, and
has consistently and perSiStently aligned
himself with the Aldrch gang OF SEN
atorS
What are you going to do about ii:
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
Not a Profession.

Representative Loriner of Chicago.
who is great walker, was recently
out for Il tramp along the conduit road
leading from Washington, when, after
going a few miles. he sat down to rest.
Want a lift. mistery' asked good
natured Maryland farmer driving that
way.
THANK you" responded Mr.. Lori
mer, Il will avail myself Of your kind
offer
The two rode in silence for awhile.
Presently the teamster asked. .Profes-
sional inau:'
Yes" answered Lorimcr, who was
thinking Of bill he had pending he
fore tie house.
Ali2r another long pause the farmer
Observed; Say, YOU amt Il lawyer or
you'd be tali:in': You amt a doctor
cause you amt got no satciIcl and
You >l"r" AMT a preacher from the
looks of YOU What is your profession,
anyLo--:''
i az politician" replied I.orimer.
Inc NJ, lander gave snort Of dis
gust. Politics amt 10 profession.
politics IS L Disorder Success A,oaa-
zine.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
IN THE GOBl DESERT.
The Binding Sand Storms, the Pitfai's
and the Wolves.

The Bl;ndinq Sand Storms, the Pitfalls
| and the Wolves.
| Of ty,e troubles that beset the tray
| o,or in chinese Turkestan Hans Dor
mo writes ia the North China Daily
News: "On the night OF March -
while making our last stage TO HAM,
violent storm sprung up from tne
| northeast We were literally wrapped
| in thick clouds of dust for hours ana
had TO grope our way through it like
blind men so that if it had not been
for the camels we should certainly
have lost our way. The gale COM
menced about sunset and came from
the onpOsite direction to that III which
we were travelling. This made 1t just
pOSsible for the cameiS to proceed on
their journey. feeling the W2% Win
soft hoofs. The drivers could not see
hands length before them. ana II
the storm had come from the opposite
direction we should have been com
PEELED to crouch down behind the cam
els for shelter. the last stretch OF the
desert being almost as level as a BILL
lard board. However. led by the cam
els. we arrived about midnight at the
west suburb of Hami and soon found
an inn which had been built specially
TO accommodate camel caravans. The
fine. white saltpeter charged dust OF
the Cobb desert seems to penetrate the
pores of ones head. We. as well as
our men. suffered from splitting head
aches in consequence. and other traV-
elers we believe have had q similar
experience.
'Travelers who lose their way while
crossing the desert during the preva-
Ience of these dust storms are exposed
to the possibility of perishing in one of
three different ways. First, there are
bottomlcss sWamps. the, stepping into
one of which means that the unfor-
tunate traveller will be buried alive.
Then there are deep. open wells here
and there which are not in any way
fenced in. To fall into one OF these
means certain death. And, lastly,
there are the wolves by which you
would be seized by the throat before
becoming conscious of their proximity.
There is. however. no danger Of this
happening rs lGng as the camels are
in motion. IL" wolves being scared by
the noise OF the huge bells which hang
from their necl,S.
1.-The caravans. too. generally have
huge Mongolian dogs which can tackle
Il wolf or even two. OF the fierce cOur-
age CT theS" dogs | can speak from eX-
perience. for we were attacked by
couple of them one night. But for the
thick raccoon skin in which we were
wrapped we should have been badly
bitten. As it WAS. their sharp teeth
went right through the fur, bruising
the arm, and if they had not been call
ed off by their owners we might ha We
been torn to pieces"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
Lords AL.

y New Yorker who spends his sum-
hlefS at Newport gleefully recoupts
now faithfully the English servant i'm
ported by one of the cottagers Iabored
TO give his American masters estab-
ilshment every possible air of social
distinction.
The Americans house had been Wis
tied by an Old friend of its owners
number and less snobbish days. The
guest had been in the house but a few
hours When he heard the butIsE., adj
dress him repeatedly as my lo3d."2
by do you address me soy said
the guest. 4 have no title and Won
know it,
Pardon me-" said the funky, laying
his finger on his lip. 1T isn't on YOUR
account at all. sir. It's on account of
the 'ouse, sir".'-Harpers Weekly,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
COLORED PEOPLES FAIR.

Beginning on October and ending
October 10. the colored people will hold
at Fair at 1892 Texas avenue. where
there will be displayed their landiworll,
The opening exercises will be hell at the
Texas Avenue Antioch church beginning
at II am. At the conclusion Of the re-
likious exercises. the assemblage will 90
to the exhibition hall across the street.
The programme is attractive This Fair
promises to be a success. The white
folks are invited to come and see what
the colored people are doing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
THE PROGRAMME
The Order of Each Days Exercises at
the Fair Grounds.
!. F. HENDERSON,,
P. ?. KEITH.
Committee

Saturday, October 5, Opening Day
Press Day.
Sunday, October g. Band concert.
Monday. October !, Gubernatorial
Day.
Tuesday. October 8. Parish Fair Day.
Wednesday. October 9, Veterans Day.
thursday, October 10, Shreveport Day.
Saturday, October II, Drummers Day.
Sunday, October r. Carver Day
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
TIE Y BEAR
President Roosevelt Will Hunt Live
Bar IN louisiana

Considerable interest is being awak-
|ened IN President Roosevelt's coming to
Louisiana to hunt bear 1t has been pro-
grammed that he will spend two weeks
in the parish OF East Carroll! beginning
on Monday, October !. 1t has been an
Irounced from New Orleans that Presi
dent Roosevelt will have good bear
hunting i'll northeast Louisiana if the
painstaking preparation can produce
such sport. 1t is announced that for
weeks past the swamps i'll which the
President will hunt have been so well
guarded by the owners OF the property
i'll preparation for the Presidents hunt
that even the sound of gunshot has not
disturbed the swamp animals
Two OF the >wiftest and best trained
bear dogs Ill the South have been Sc
cured from the Kentucky farm OF Nor
vim |. Harris for use III the pack which
the President will follow The presence
Of the best dogs obtainable is necessary
because III October Louisiana bears are
usually lean after the summers heat and
consequently give hunters a swift run
Another valuable acquisition to the
hunting outfit is the horse Farmer.
said to be one Of the best hunting horses
i'll the South, The animal is from Rus
ton. All the horses to be used in tie
hunt have hal training i'll thick woods
work where heavy vines obStruct pro
greSs
1t has not been definitely decided
where the camp will be pitched, but it
may be III an ideal spot about eighteen
miles from Lake Providence. President
Roosevelt will be the guest Of several
gentlemen prominent in social and po-
litical circles in this State
According to the ColfaN Chronicle the
sheriffS and constahles Of East Carroll
and surrounding parishes are said to
have been requested to keep all news
paper correspondents. kodak tiends and
curious visitors away from the camp
during the hunt
And the CommOner says: President
Roosevelt left Oyster Bay Wednesday,
IS. for Washington On Sun
day. September 20, II will start on his
western and southern tour. He will be
at keokuk. Iowa. October 1: St. Louis
October ,. Cairo. Illinois. October 3. !
and Memphis. Tenn. October J. At
Memphis the speech making programme
will be interrupted and the president will
start for the camping grounds. He will
break camp ON October II, going direct
y to Nicksburg, Miss. to make his
promised speech there. The return to
Washington will Immediately after be
begun, and the White House will be
cached on the afternoon of October %. |
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
STAGNANT LOUISIANA.
Sanders must go !!

Our fellow citizens of most if not all
the other States of the Nation are at
earnest effort to restore to the people
the right OF self-governmen in their re-
spectlve commemorative and in the Ma
ton a system of private interest has
seized upon the conduct Of public affairs,
and through paid attorneys in legisla-
lures. courts and executive chairs. feudal
wealth operates the government, and
spollates the people, for private ends and
to satisfy private greed
Louisiana seems stagnant
She has been l1lled to a false repose.
or like Pennsylvania is content to per
init the brigands of predatory capital to
feast at their will
The Senate OF the United States is to
be rescued from the service of corpora
tons or else free government is farce
Louisiana will be called upon to select
a senator i'll the coming primary cleo
ton
Senator McEnery's term will have ex-
pired under the law before Legislature
to be selected in 1912 could legally select
his successor, and therefore the duty de
wolves upon the General Assembly TO be
chosen in 1908
The pending primary election will de-
termine who that man will be.
Senator McEnery is candidate to
succeed himself
His recommendations are:
A long service for the party and for
the people: his age and infirmties: his
Democracy and party fealty, and the be-
lief that he represents the majesty of
man and not the corporations.
Age. infrmities. past services and
party fealty cut poor figures in these
days of moral and political regeneration
Seantor McEnery. beyond the respect
for his poverty and physical helpless
ness. must stand or fall on his relations
to the people alone
They must know if he is with or
against them, and were he our heart
dearest friend he should be rejected if
the record proves him recreant.
Now then, in the session Of Congress
just closed. Senator Robert NJ LaFol- |
lette of Wisconsin, known, tried and |
faithful friend OF the people, submitted
to the Senate certain amendments to the
railway rate BILL which, beyond their
great and good Legislative purpose, were
intended TO and did show where each |
senator stood i'll the pending battle for
public liberty. Whether he represented
Us or the corporations.
The first amendment (page 6S2z Con
gressional Record was to restore the
penalty Of Imprisonment or fine for vio-
alton of the Elkins rate law.
Senator Mclnery voted No, 1t was
defeated
The second amendment proposed was
o prohibit any Federal Judge who owned
abroad stock, or accepted railroad
passes or favors, to try cases of railroads
n which he held an interest or received
avors
Senator McEnery lodged!
page 6o73 Congressional Record)
The third, and this OF vast Importance.
vas to ascertain the actual value of all
ailway property in the United States
o as to provide the Interstate Com
nerce Commission with an accurate
aslS on which to determine what are 1t
ust and reasonable rates. II
Senator McEnery voted No. II
page 7oI4 Congressional 'Record.) II
The fourth proposed amendment was
. enable railway employee in case of
hurry to recover damages if the negli S
ence of the company or its agents was 6
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
OPPOSITION TO ASWELL

The opposition to Aswell is still silent,
Is Prof. Chambers of New Orleans to
be the opponent of Prof. Aswell2 1t is
about time he were advising the people
of his intention 1t is to be hoped that
he has not been "skeered'' off the perch
by the same influence which. apparently.
has up to date muzzled all opposition to
Aswell. whose popularity is limited a
fact which could and would be demon
strated if Prof Chambers were to en-
gage i'll a contest against him.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
JEFFERSON PARISH.

What recollection does that name con-
jure up!
Memory recalls the time when its for
ests, its marshes and its boundary sea
gave up their votes. and Jefferson could
be depended upon to save the country!
And then, when the Legislature OF
1907, responding to the demands of a
majority of the white men of Louisiana
who had Just been cheated in a State
election by Jefferson parish methods
practiced in other black belt spots had
provided for an election reasonably free
from fraud, that parish was made to re-
turn its usual stuffs vote in the Consti-
tutional Convention contest.
SO bad was this, that the lamented
Major Hearsey demanded in the col
unns OF his paper, the States, that Mar
zero, the delegate chosen to the Consti-
tutional Convention through and by that
fraudulent election, should be refused
his seat
He was kept out for time, and under
the distinct understanding that Jefferson
parish methods must end, he was ad-
nlitted Marrero had no opposition, and
the vote of his parish then returned was
wlllful and fragrant fraud, in absolute
contempt of the law and of public opin-
ion.
The Picayune of Goth says: In re-
Spouse to u complaint from the Good
Government League of the Seventeenth
Ward, adjoining the parish of Jefferson,
regarding gambling. which is alleged to
be going on at Southport. Governor
Blanchard has directed Judge P. E. Ed
rington, Sheriff L. H. Marrero ST., and
District Attorney l. H Marrero .Jr,
of the District Court, to take steps to
have the offenders arrested and the gam
bling sopped. :
The Governor responds promptly
that he has written and called upon the
officers of Jefferson parish more than
once to suppress the notorious gambling
going on openly i'll that parish, but the
judge, the district attorney and the sher-
If have done nothing.
Why should they
These officials are the product OF the
vices they are called upon to suppress
Born of the iniquites complained Of,
the servants of the criminals who sneer
at laws and defy the State, why should
they heed the pleadings of the decent
public or the remonstrances of the Gov
ernor?
The Good Government League has
pleaded specifically with the candidates |
for Governor, and demand to know |
what in the event of their election, they |
will do to suppress gambling in Jeffer-
son parish"
Mr.. Sanders replies 4 am in favor
of the enforcement OF every law upon
the statute books, and | am in favor OF
their enforcement in every parish and |
locality in Louisiana. .
This is begging the question. Every
parish and locality in Louisiana is cap
able of and does enforce the law against
gambling in their respective boundaries.
The Good Government League asks
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
f INTEREST IN THE Can
PAIGN.

The grbcrnatorial campaign does not
appear to be attracting as much notice
as the candidates would like to see. In
no previous campaign has a like apathy
been apparent. There is no intense en-
thu>iasm and stated meetings are but
poorly attended as compared to those
Of four years ago.-Baton Rouge Truth
This from one Of the leading organs
Of the Sanderite, is significant and gives
the. discrcdit to the CLAIMS Of the organs
of the Syndicate OF thousands acclaming
] Y. with rejoicing. when scarcely hun
dreds are in evidence. but Truth is true
to its name
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
AN EVASION OF LAW

Mansfield Journal There is 4 law i'll
Texas prohibiting the sale Of pistols. But
the dealers are not at all worried They
lease the pistol for a term Of years, say
fifty. for the full price Of the weapon
and there you are. Leasing is not a VIC
lation of the law
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29

The Conmoner: We will not know
whether the Cleveland municipal election
has any bearing on national politics until
it is decided whether Johnson or Burton
wins. If Burton wins it is dead sure
thing that the election is OF national
significance. viewed from the standpoint
OF an administration organ.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29

Over in GiDsland the other day J. y.
Sanders again experienced the eNhlarat-
ing delight OF debating Federal license
for whiskey and throbbed under the tu-
multuous emotions OF the sugar bounty
tissue. In the meantime the railroad rate.
the trusts and other issues can wait.
According to the New Orleans Times
Democrat Editq Edmunds Syndicate
papers are enthu Mstic on the debt-pay-
ing question but-highly ndscreet.
According to the Congressional Re
cord Sam McEnery's Democratic prin-
ciples are considerably puckered.
Anyway, freedom is reasonably safe
as long as Editor Edmunds can shrek.
Somebody III St, Tammany must have
gone to sleep at the switch.
That New Iberia Wilkinson meeting
shows that Sanders candidacy in that
section is badly frazzled
The Shreveport fines continues to
tell its troubles to the public. That's
what our contemporary gets by keeping
case, for the combine
Wonder if Editor Schwine issues rain
chcchS2
What seemed Il few days ago to be an
earthquake turns out to be the Syndicate
press changing its mind on the sinking
fund
Right now the intelligent voter has
concluded that Sanders is the object of
reform, not its promoter.
The Dona1dsonville Democrat shouts
d" y goes New Orleans and the neigh |
boring parishes, so goes the State and
then it proceeds to call the Wilkinsonites |
bad names. Some Sandersite of sense
ought to lead this editor somewhere and |
hand him some lucid advice.
\ candidate from Natchitoches pro-
claims his belief that unless we send him
to the next Legislature to look after the
trusts Louisiana 5 will be the fate of
JONAH swolowed This man seems to
he ., case hardened ,,atriot
General John McGrath' 5 assertion that
Sanders is irtrenclled i'll the hearts Of
the people of Louisiana confirms the
fact that the general when in politics,
continues to utter things purely for fab
-ication and not as all evidence of good
faith.
From the frothy and wild vaporings Of
he lherville South it would seem that
hat sheet believes all the Wilkinsonites
o be PhiliStines who should be killed
with the jawbone of an ass
Editor Schwing of the Iberville South
continues his discovery of islanders di
-ected against Sanders and notes his
discovery in language and expressions
,etitting the sl,ms.
Bud, you are correct, the Sanders
musical air is Marching
through Georgia. |.
Sanders is not standing as pat as he =,
lid at the start. F.:
Minden Democrat: The turf gambling
uestion will be before the next Legisla- :
ure. The gambling interests that abide
1 and surround New Orleans are very
much interested III the campaign They
re not supporting Wilkinson either,
Vow. who is slandered2
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29

Entered as second class matter February
II, 1904, at the postofice at Shreve-
port, La, under the Act of Con-
gress of March 81, 1879.