The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-27

lie mas been thr most determined ad.
'octte OF the policy of Sllackling cum
hlhg- lie WAS elected as president in
l9oi Can yen give me the name of
one trust that has been destroyed dur
his Ills administration! | can give You
the names of fifty or sixty trusts that
nave been organized and that have
thrived while he has lived in the
hite House. Can You give me the
name OF one man who has suffered rs
q trust magnatc? Can you tell me
who has been shackIed because of
using his cunning to dcfrard the poo
pie! | cannot. The Roosevelt pro
gfhlnlne seems tu he very much ora
tory and very little action"
w. r. Hearst, Republican.
Here in Washington there is some
lively interest in the acIion of the Re
publicans in New York. who have ftis-
Ell with lfearst's Independence league.
y year ago Hearst fused with Tam.
nIny-or. rather, forced Tammany to
fuse with him. As Il result everybody
on his ticket was elected save him
''Nii L MS year lie lHSbS with me he-
publicans. He divides Offices with
them. six for him and five for them.
The office which brings to its holder
the biggest profit has been given to
Max Ihmsen, HearSt'S political man
ager. He is nominated for sheriff, a
place that pays almost twice the salary
given to the president of the United
States
Make no mistake about Ihlnsen. He
is an able fellow. For years he was
the city editor of Mr.. IIearst's New
FORK American: Prior to that lie had
been press agent for Il New York the
alter. Later he was the Washington
correspondent for the Hearst news
papers. Then he became the manager
of the Hearst politics. Now he is the
Republican candidate for sheriff. " hat
the Republican voters are likely to
think of him remains to he proved
But it is fair 10 say of Ihmsen that he
would make as good sheriff rs New
York ever knew. 1t is inconceiyablc
to think of him as Il CRATER His one
weakness is his willingness to make
political trades. and the combination
which he arranged between Hearst
and the Republican organization is his
latest triumph-or his last disaster-of
this sort.
Roosevelts Attitude.
One wonders what President koose
welt thinks of this New York com
II,
more bitterly than he. When Mr.
Hearst was candidate for governor
Secretary Root was sent into New
York ut the presidents own incentive
to make the most acrid attack upCn
him that has ever been made on the
stump. When Hearst was working
hand and glove with Murphy and Tam
many, Republicans. from Roosevelt
down had no words too fierce to use
in his condemnation. Now that Hearst
is working with Herbert Parsons.
Koosevelt's own choice for leader in
New York. politicians are wondering
what the national administration will
do.
But what will the Democratic party
do? Is 1t TO regard Hearst as mem
Der of its organization In New York
he has fused with the Republican par
ty. In Massachusetts he is running an
independent ticket. The only party
to which he shows pronounced antag-
onism is the Democratic party. which
was foolish enough to nominate him
for governor of New York two years
ago. What does that party think of
him today?
How to Hurt. Good Candidate.
Perhaps some readers of this letter
may have seen in other newspapers IL
cartoon showing the birth-or Matching
of the Chanler presidential boom"
1t depicts the Democratic party as a
somewhat aged and dccrepit goose. \
sunbonnet is Oh its head. and Il pair of
stands second fowl possibly par
rot possibly Il vult,Ire. lint with its
head distorted into some shadow of
resemblance to Nj. Bryan That there
may he no doubt ns To the purpose
both birds are labeled. the one DE
mocracy" the other Bryan
In the center Il bright and gamesome
young chick is leaping from a broken
eggshell labeled "a Presidential Pos
siblity" 1t is Chanler.
| mention these matters only be-
cause they tend to show how an able
and earnest man may be handicapped |
in political strife by unwYse utterances
ON the part of his friends. Mr.. Chan !
Ter deserves all possible credit for his |
devotion to the popular cause. He has |
used his riches and his social position /
not for pleasure but for true service I
to the people.
/ recall that few days after Judge
Parker was nominated in 1904 one of
the most prominent men in the Demo
cratic party said that Parker was beat
en- before he was nominated. What he
meant was that the methods by which
the Parker nomination was accom-
plished were such as to antagonize q
great element in the Democratic party
The election returns showed the Justice