The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-29

| Elu'n 40 tLIa subject. to cDArTG the
| japanese with mslemeanors which
| they are not committing and to insist
| rl,at they are trying to disc over what
| the American navy il cuGcuyulin@ to
do. - get reports concerning its TARGET
practice and in general to make VI
serious reports Of what is being Gone
in naval circles Of the United states
! Few people believe This. and certainly
| for one do not
Mayor Da,man's Interview.
There has come from the VIE
House no denial of tie prc4itlcnt'a
| statement to Mayor nahlmau of Gina
! In that he did not regret being inStru-
mental in bringing oil the recent panic
IN Wall street Two New York news
papers denounced the president bitter
ly- the World ANA tie Sun-but It'll
that IEr. Roosevelt said was-or al
that he was quoted as saying that If
the conditions in Wall street were as
rotten as they appeared to be he hrd
no apology u make for having exposed
them. n Nebraska man who is not 1T
all iJdIy, politically speaking, either
to Mr' Bryan or to Mayor nanmau
was pl 'scnt when the president mad"
his sta cmcnt and stands ready to in
dorSc all that the mayor of Omaha
has saii on the subject. It is possible.
of course. that Mr.. Dahlman will have
his name added to the long list of
members of The Ananias club: but. aft
er all. there seems to be no reason why
Mr.. Roosevelt should take such action.
Mr.. Bryan has been saying that the
Wall street panic was not due to any
thing said or done by the president,
but rather to the methods Of fnanciers
controlling insurance and railroad com
nanies which had aroused general pub
lie suspicion of the integrity of the Bic
figures in the street. If Mr.. Roosevelt
can say that he exposed these me- holds,
one sees no reason why lie should not
boast of IT. The only attacks made up
on him are made hy the well rcc@g-
nized organs of high finance in New
York, These attacks will NOT hurt.
What might hurt would he his talking
In one way in private and another in
watch kept to discover whether he is
going to repudiate the Dahlman inter
view or not. II would he unwise for
him to do it. rs 1t expresses Il some
what notorious truth
The Political Game of Chance.
Only few weeks ago the more
righteous people of the land were re
buking the president for permitting
the senator's from South Dakota to
cast lots for the selection of certain
public officials whose appointments
were in the hands of the president 1t
happened that the two senator's were
not on the very best terms of friend
ship. and it is hard to discover what
better method the president could have
adopted to make a fair division of
spoils between them. OF course it
doesn't sound like the earlier Theodore
Roosevelt. the famous civil service re-
former. the member of the civil service
commission. But with advancing years
he has become. like his friend Mr.. Har-
riman. Il practical man. and The mere
question of fitness for office seems not
to appeal to him quite as much as the
long or the short straw held in the
fist of q senator trying to take care of
a constituent.
But. after all, there seems to he no
reason why members either OF the
house or the senate can properly pro
test Recently they conducted quite
considerable lottery. Their new office
building, which is fitted up with the
gorgeousness of New York club will
be ready foc occupancy when they re
turn after the holidays. The rooms
were assigned purely by chance.
The new Office bidding is goin, to
be of great assistance to the work of
congress. Pos IDLY it Is a little over
gorgeous. all the furniture being solid
mahogany and there being swimming
baths, Turkish baths. Il magnificent
restaurant and all the appointments of
club. But to the people who have
business to do with their representa-
tives the convenience will be worth the
price Instead of having to pursue
members of congress to this and that
hotel or to distant committee rooms in
the cellars of the capitol. they can be
found hereafter in their own offices
furnished by the nation. If they can
not be found there. it Is fair indica-
ton that they are not attending to the
business for which they We're sent to
Washington.
Prohibition In the District.
One of the first measures to be press
ed after congress reconvenes in Jan
nary will be the one providing to make
the District of Columbia dry" It
is going to have some strength. 1t will
be opposed by the District commissi N
ers and by most of the property own
ers in Washington. Today the CAPITA
City exacts from its liquor dealers the
heaviest license tax of any city outside
of Boston. 1t has within the borders
of the District three extensive prohi
bition territories. No liquor is sold at
tha capitpl nor nj any pOint facing the