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The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
TO GUST MCCLELLAN.

The legal proceedings Instituted III
New York 10 oust Mcclellan VIII be
watched with more than ordinary III
terest by the politicians and the people
especially, who favor fair and honest
elections. 1t is not so much the simple
holding OF the office Of mayor as 1t i
whether or not Hearst was defrauded,
as he and his friends and parsisans al
lege. If Hearst has been defrauded by
any Vaccinations, or by any dishonest
and unfair dealing whatsoever, he should
be accorded simple justice, and should
he establish IS right to the mayoralty,
then Mcclellan should be ousted uncere-
moniously
There are some people who can
stretch their conscience to the limit OF
extenuating the cheating OF Republicans,
who. it is true. have never had the least
compunction OF soul ii they could sue
cessfully rob Democrat politically.
This crime may be condoned on the pre-
tense that every advantage, even the
swindling OF a political enemy is par
donable in order to secure success, but
when the cheating and the swindling is
by men Of the same party, then it is that
the story Of the gored OK Is applicable,
The campaign for the noayoralty in
New York was one OF the most intense
.,-a- LaIl =, +T,4 --,i+ef States h1, a-7,-
party, but. il at last Hearst can demon
strate that he has been swindled. even by
"a Democrat and that Democrat, even il
he be Mcclellan, shall be dcposed, such
a realization will be an encouragement in
the right direction and may have some
effect in stimulating and in unfolding
the influence u iairncs, and honesty in
elections.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
"The Mere Politician"

The business man in politics and his
friends have first and last drawn many
parallels between himself and ''the
mere politician" always to the gloriti-
cation of himself, but the B. NJ. in pol
itics must look to his laurels. for there
is "a mere politician" a Tammany one
at that. in Greater New York who has
accomplished the astonishing feat of
saving half a million a year to the tax
payers by making water thieves pay
for the water they use. If it be true
that an ounce of practice is worth a
pound Of theory, then this mere pol
itican" of the Tammany brand de-
serves well at the hands of the people.
His name is Michael Clarence Pad
den. head of the water rates depart
ment of Gotham. When he was ap-
pointed by Mayor George Brinton Nc
Clellan great howl went up from the
business interests on the ground of his
supposed unfitness for the onerouS and
important duties of the place. That
howl was voiced by, the anti-Tammany
stantially all the papers in the metrop-
oils. He and the mayor were both be
labored day in and day out by the
hoWlers, but nevertheless and notwith-
standing Colonel Padden has made
good, and the New York Tribune, or
gan of the Roosevelt administration,
edited and owned by Whitelaw Reid
American ambassador to the court of
St James. has the grace and candor to
say SO. That testimony to the valua-
bic services of political enemy is Ger
tainly a sufficient vinGication for
Mayor Mcclellan and Colonel Mike.
Strange to relate. it was ont of biz
, business men that Colonel Padden eX-
tracted the extra half million per an
mum by compelling them to be honest
and to pay for the water which they
use. Among others who had been fail
ing to pay for water and whom he
rounded up is the New York Central
Railroad company, a solid business"
institution most assuredly. To a look
er on in Vienna it seems that in this
case at least 1.-The mere politician" com
pletely turned the tables on the bust
ness men. Most any manufacturer in
New York city or anywhere else has a
soft snap in getting rich if he is per-
mitted to steal all the water he needs
for his machinery, etc Colonel Pad
den seems to have set his face like
flint against that thrifty performance
on the part of dishonest business men.
Mayor Mcclellan. Colonel Padden and
Greater New York are all to be con-
graduated on the career of "a mere
politician"
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
A JUDGMENT.

No 1o.o27-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court OF Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Mrs Lula Robertson VS.. J. D.
Robertson
In the above cause, by reason of the
default having been duly taken, and after
legal delays duly proven up in open
court, the law and evidence being in
favor thereof, it is ordered, adju. .ged
and decreed that the plaintiff, Mrs, Liza
Robertson, wife of J. d. Robertson. dc
have and recover Judgment against her
husband, J. D. Robertson, dissolvi1g the
community Of acquets and gains hereto
fore existing between them as man arc
wife, and giving and granting to tie
said Mrs. Lula Robertson the sole right
to manage and control in her own name
any and all paraphernal property that
she now has or may hereafter acquire,
1t is further ordered and decreed that
the defendant pay all cost, and that due
notice and publication OF this Judgment
be advertised as the law directs.
Thus done, read and signed in ope:'
court on this December 70, 1906.
T. F. BELL, Judge.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

Protection OF guilty men in high places
by officials sworn to enforce the law '1as
been attempted and in some conspicuous
cases has been successful. But the re
cord OF the past year shows that the
time has gone in this country when
wealth and political influence .coullpur-
chase immunity from punishment Tor
statutory crime. While this df gratifying
to every citizen who knows that the Re
public can not survive with continued
favoritism in the administration of the
law. it is nevertheless a source of sorrow
to us all that so many Of the nation 5
foremost men could he Justly used as the
examples and deserved to he treated Ike
the common wretches whose lack OF
training may be pleaded to excuse their
crimes-Baton Rouge State.
The protection OF guilty men i'll high
places is due to their environment and
the influence they and their friends and
associates exercise III d community. The
man who has obtained money by fraud
or false pretense IS rarely punished, sim
ply because Ne is a gentleman and the
maudin sentiment aroused IN his behalf
saves him from term in the pen. The
ordinary man who steals watch (poor
men do not appropriately IS sure OF con-
viction ninety-nine times in a hundred
simply because he has no friends and
associates with influence in the COM
munity. After all, upon whom should
these miscarriageS of Justice rest if not
on the people, on the juries who are
always too ready to WlliteWash the
swindler who has money and friends.
but are swift in adjudging guilty the
poor wretch who is consigned post haste
to PRISON. 1t is no wonder gentlemen
who defraud and swindle should resent
any i11sinuaton as to their irregularities
or reflection on their character. 1t has
been we'll said that money like cloak,
NAV cover a multitude of-Well, any
thing on the face of the earth He is al
ways all right and right if he has some
standing and friends with standing III the
community in which he may have been
too gay in politics or i'll speculative ven
lures wit other peoples money.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
CHARTER
OF THE ANDERSON LUMBER
COMPANY, LIMITED.

State of Louisiana, Parish of Caddo ::
Before me, F. \. Blanchard, Notary
Public in and for the Parish of Caddo.
duly commissioned and sworn, personal
ly came and appeared F. ". Offenhaus-
er, H. F. -Ofenhauser and Horace Ran
dial, all residents Of Texarkana, Texas,
and Z S. Anderson, a resident OF the
Parish OF Caddo, State of Louisiana, all
of whom declared to me, notary, that
availing themselves Of the laws Of the
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
"important If True"

Hon. Charles +. Murphy. like Alex
surveys. Selkirk's bailiwick was his
desert island: Murphys is Tammany
Hail. AT the last general meeting of
the Tammany braves Murphy'S con-
duct in the last campaign was indors
ed by strong resolution which was
adopted with a warWhoop which could
be heard for blocks in every direction.
He appears to have as firm a grip on
the organization As John Kelly or Rich
ard Croker ever had. From time to
time there were small rebeIlions
against them. just as there are small re-
bellions against Murphy now. but they,
in the end, always came out on top.
just as Murphy seems to be doing now.
Whatever else may be said of it, this
must be said-that it is the best disci-
plined organization that 10 or ever was
a part of the Democratic party.
But Murphy's triumph is not the
most sensational news feature that has
lately come out of the east That is
the report that David Bennett Hill has
emerged from his retirement and is
about to take an active hand in poll
tics once more. Surely this may be
labeled Important If true" for unless
David Bennett has lost his cunning
and it's ten to one shot that he has
not-he will, If he re-enters the ring, be
powerful factor in affairs political
The rumor is that Hill and McCarren
will join forces to control the state or
ganiZation. OF course that will be in
the nature Of gall and wormwood to
Mr. Charles F. Murphy, but he will be
happy in the knowledge that even the
Hill-McCarren coalition cannot bulge
him from his Tammany stool By ju-
dicious combinat tons with parties out
side greater New York who are mimi
sal to Hill and McCarren, or to either
Hill or McCarren, Murphy may be able
to prevent the combination from get
ting control of the state organization
There is still another situation pos
sible. and that is for HILL McCarren
and Murphy to line up together, coIn-
pose their differences and thus become
the triumvirs Of New York Democracy
for certainly Murphy's quarrel with
McCarren is no more bitter than his
quarrel with William Randolph Hearst
prior to the last campaign.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

FOUNDER. What could the arrogant JaI
do if suddenly confronted with the rn-
conuuerable armor clad Mr.. Dooley? Even
the stolid Teuton would hesitate before
entering one of our harbors guarded by
The stealthy destroyer James Whitconlb
Riley. There is psychology in these
names, d terror by suggestion. that
should not be lost 1t should be trained
on the enemy by all means Already al
Panama the United States has started
this custom by naming one of its mud
scows the Poultney Bigelow. Let the
good work go on. The philosophers and
poets will do their share toward van
gushing the foe.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
"Names of Warships."

Under that heading the Washington
Post of Dec. % contained the follow
ing editorial. which is one of the rich
est pieces of humor that have been
printed in America or anywhere else
since Mark Twain wrote THE Jumping
Frog of Calaveras County" The Post
says:
Several novel suggestions have been
made recently by esteemed contempo-
raries which realize the embarra ssment
of the navy department in the naming of
battleships. Counting Oklahoma, only
four states remain which are not repre-
sented on the high seas by war vessels
As the supply of war vessels will soon
exceed the supply of names something
must be done to help the department
One journal suggests that the good old
names be revived - the Macedonian the
Levant the President. the Congress and
the United States. These are all good
names, stirring names and worthy of ac-
ceptation. Another paper thinks the
British nomenclature is superior to ours
1t speaks of the hypnotic power of such
names as the Dreadnought the Teme-
raire. the Devastation and the Inyincihle
Still another journal refers to the French
habit of naming vessels after illustrious
philosophers and poets.
This strikes US opening peculiarly
rich field for the navy department. The
United States has plenty of philosophers
and poets The supply has never run
short. and we hope it never will. What
noble emotions would soon cluster around
a gigantic warship bearing the name of
Petroleum Y. Nasby, Think of the ter
ror that would overcome the enemy if he
should hear that the armored cruiser
John Kend~ick Bangs was bearing down
upon him. The name alone would du5tupefy
and stun ike the detonation of forty
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

mentioned as of equal importance as
the temperance of ID. b. I'll. in his
chosen field. Indeed, | am not at all
certain that J J. J. will not be hailed
with greater delight than ID. B. Ell. 1t
Is the fashion just now to draw the
color line, and J. J. J.. not to be out
of the fashion. drew it in fistic matters
by fatty refusing to fight Il negro
named Johnson even for the enormous
purse of $4,000. Johnson, it must be
confessed is a good deal of scrap
per. but J. J. ]. would have none OF
him. II he is criticised for this. he
can plead the precedent of the i'm
mortal Sully, who when in his prime
fatty refused to fight Peter Jackson
declaring i'll his emphatic style that the
only way to fight negro was with a
baseball bat or with d shotgun The
news that .Teffries is once more to en-
ter the rOped arena has set all fiStiana
in a quiver and has caused the stock
slump considerably. 1t may be an0th
er case of carrying the pitcher to the
fountain once too often. as some OF
the youngsters may wallop Jeff, which
would be about as sad an ending for
his career as it would be for Colonel
Roosevelt's should he permit the bread
and butter brigade to give him another
nomination and then be defeated at the
D0l1S
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
SHERIFF"S SALE.

No. Io,725-ln Fir>< Judicial District
Court of Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
Joseph X. HeroId VS. II. t. Phelps.
By virtue OF writ OF seizure and sale
to me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable F1ra
Judicial District Court OF Caddo Parish,
Louisiana. [ have seized and will offer
for sre at public auction, for cash, ac-
cordilfg to law. without the benefit OF
apprasement, at the principal front door
of the court house OF Caddo Parish, IN
the city of Shreveport, La during the
legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, JAN. 70, 1907,
Lots 4o and 81 of the Oakland subdlvls-
ion of the City OF Shreveport, LOUISIANA,
as per map in conveyance book 28, page
4o7, of the records OF Caddo Parish, La
Said property seized as belonging to
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified in the said writ IN the
sum OF 100000 with interest thereon at
the rate Of s per cent per annum from
October 8, 1904. and all costs Of the SUIT.
including ten per cent on SAID sum and
interest as attorneys fees.
cY ALEXANDER.
Coroner and Acting ~
Caucasian. Dec. IT., 1906.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

If a piebiscite were held among the
newspaper readers of the world for
the purpose of naming the luckleSt
man on earth, always, of course. eX-
cepting the present occupant OF the
White House. King Peter of SerVla
would perhaps receive the most votes.
His luck is not so much in becoming
king of that turbulent country, for that
seems at a distance to he a most uil-
desirable berth. but in keeping his
head on his shoulders for more than
three and one-half years while on the
throne. When. upon the assassination
of King Alexander and Queen Draga,
Peter succeeded, there wasn't Il life
insurance company in thriSttndom
or out of it that would have issued
policy on his life for twelve
month. but he was not only alive, but
in good health. to eat his Christmas tur-
key-i e., if they indulge in the luxury
of turkey eating i'll that savage coun-
try. The chances are that he would
die Il natural death finally and esta'i-
liSh the line of Kara ageorgeovitclt2S il
his Oldest son. Prince George, WAS not
a most repulsive degenerate lust why
the Servians have let Peter live pI.E-
zles those who remember that they
murdered Alexander and his queen
publicly and that no effort has ever
been made to punish the murderers.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
j, J, j.

Speaking of the recrudescence of Da-
vid Bennett Hill, it may be apropos to
refer to another recrudescence in an
entirely different field of human en-
deavor-that of James J. Jeffries. boil
ermaker Of Los Angeles and bruiser
paramount of the wide wide world
1t will be remembered that John Law
renee Sullivan-'Sully." as his admir-
ers loved TO call him-refused when az
the meridian of his fame to take off
his hat in the presence of King Ed
ward VII, then prince of Wales. on
the very reasonable ground that he
tSuIlivanl was as eminent in his pro-
fession as Albert Edward was in his,
fact which no one within striking dis
tance of .the Boston boy" dared to dis
pute. BY the same method of reason
ing / conclude that there is no cause
for complaint If the reappearance =
j. j. J. IN his chosen field should be
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
SHERTFFS SALE.
Dec. I3. 100

Rp, Io,934-In First Judicial District
Court OF Caddo Parish, Louisiana:
The Victoria Lumber Company Linz
tied vs.. John Arthur
to me issued in the above entitled and
numbered suit by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish,
Louisiana. | have seized and will offer
for sale, at public auction, for cash, ac-
cording to law, at the principal front
door OF the couG} house of Caddo Par
ish. III the City Of Shreveport, La, dur.
ing the legal hours for sales, on
SATURDAY, FEB. Q, 1907.
Eots No. twenty-one CID and twenty
two t22l of block \ of ten-acre lot No
thirty-five (35) Of the City of Shreve-
port, La. with all buildings and i'm
provements thereon.
Said property seized as belonging to
the said defendant and to be sold to sat
ifsy the debt specified III the said writ
i'll the sum of eight thousand FIVE hun
dred dollars with per cent per annum
interest on three thousand (S3,ooo,oo)
dollars from June 4, 1904, and like inter
est on fifty five hundred 5,5oooo) dol
lars from August 26, 1904, and all cost
of suit, including FIVE per cent on asld
sum and interetS as attorneys fees.
S. Y. ALEXANDER,
Coroner and Acting Sheriff of Caddo
Parish, louisiana
Caucasian, Jan 8, 1907.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
TO ADVER TIsERs.

The advertiser who would reacn
the greatest number of people, ano
secure the best results from MS aa-
vertisements. will find The eau
caaan a most profitable and desn-
able medium.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

1t seems that that eminent lawyer
senator and publicist of Pennsylvania.
Hon Philander C. Knox has walked up
to the fact that the late Senator George
Of Mississippi was a lawyer of excep-
tional ability. fact known by thou
sands while the great Mississippian
was still in the flesh Better late than
never is a dictum applicable to Sena
tor knox's recent discovery
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
Fred
Is dead.
There is no more to be said.

The feeling about Franklin j. Moses
is about the same. He's gone, and
there is IA general sense of relief.
He was IA reminder of the evil days
of reconstruction, which to the younger
generation seem as far away as the
Punic wars, but which still give the
elders the horrors every time they
think of them. Moses was not car
petbagger He was. III the parlance
of that day. IA scalaWag that IS, a
native Southerner who rated to the
carpetbaggers and helped them loot
the south Moses was ii native South
Carolinan and at the beginning of the
war between the states was private
secretary to Governor Pickens, suffi-
cient evidence of his high standing.
socially and politically. He solicited
and received the privilege of running
the Palmetto flag up over Fort Sumter
after Major Anderson surrendered it,
He was a Confederate soldier: but,
though his courage was never ques-
toned, he cut little figure in the army.
He achieved the bad eminence of being
the only ex-governor of a state ever
convicted of stealing. This happened
to him repeatedly. He was recon
struction governor, the most profigate,
the most corrupt, the most shameless,
oil all that mad orgy of crime. SO ut
terly disreputable. in fact, was he that
even the reconstruction gang could not
stomach him and refused him the usu-
al denomination. proof positive that he
was the worst OF his kind.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

surviving hquldator. In case Of deax
or any changes III the individuals .on1-
posing this corporation. the affairs n
same shall be conducted by the remain
ing members until their successors are
elected. No stakeholder shall have 3
right to dispose of his stock without first
giving the other members thirty davs'
notice of his desire to sell giving his
said associates the refusal oi said stock.
ARTICLE VII.
A4o stockholdGx of this corporation
shall et9er be held liable or responsive
for the contracts or faults of the cor
porauon in any further sum than the I'M
paid balance due the corporation on the
shares Of stock owned by him; nor shall
any informally IN organization have the
effect OF rendering this charter null, on
exposing stockholder beyond such un~
paid balance. { any
Thus done and signed i'll my Office in
The City OF Shreveport, on this 10Th! day
OF December 1000, in the presence OF
/. {. Blanchard and K F. Morris, COM
petent witnesses, who hereunto subscribe
their names, after reading the same in
full together with the stockholders. and
me, notary,
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13
F. W. OFFENHAUSER,
II. F. OFFENHAUSER.
II. RANDALL.
f. S. ANDERSON.
Attest:
L. {. BLANCHARD.
K. F. MORRIS.
F. \. BLANCHARD.

F. \. BLANCHARD.
Notary FubIic, Caddo Parish, La.
State of Louisiana. Parish of Caddo:
Having examined the above and forego-
hing act Of Incorporation, and finding
Bnothing therein contrary to the law, I
hereby approve the same on this the 18th
day of December 1000.
]. NJ. FOSTER.
District Attorn@ First Judicial District
&BLousiana.
Endorsed: Filed and tftcorded De-
cemb@D12, 1000,
IL S. I9. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder.
State OF Louisiana, Parish of Caddo:
I hereby certify that0lh above and fore
going is a true and correct copy Of the
original act, as the same now appears on
file and of record in my office
Given under my hand and seal Of Of
fee this 18th day of December 1906.
S. O. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oflcio Deputy Re
corder.
Dec I.3, 1906.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

Many persons who take President
Roosevelt's declaration that he will not
again be candidate for the pres-
dency eXpend considerable ingenuity
in arranging his future after he quits
the White House. Some make him
president of Harvard, some the great
mogul of the isthmian canal. some
send him to the United States senate
as successor to the effete Platt. while
still others insist that he shall be made
perpetual president of The Hague
peace tribunal. which shall be sufii-
GENTLY endowed by Andrew Carnegjs'
to support its president in royal state
One thing may be certainly assumed,
and that is that Colonel Roosevelt will
find something to do and viii com
mand his own salary. In this connec-
ton it is pertinent to state that only
four eX-presidents have held offices OF
any prominence. John Quincy Adams
served seventeen years in the house Of
representatives after his presidential
term expired, Andrew Johnson was
elected to the United States senate.
John Tyler died member of the Con
federate congress, and George Wash
ington was lieutenant general during
our troubles with France
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

State q Louisiana relative to the organ
lzatlon q corporations, they have cove
nanted and agreed, and by these pres
ents DO covenant and agree and bind
themselves TO form a corporation and
body polite i'll law, for the purpose ana
objects and under the articles following,
tC-Wit.
The Caucasian., 1907-01-13

Colorado is peculiar in having min
lister of the gospel for governor. Dr.
Henry A. Buchtel. There never was
a gang Oh this earth more in need OF Il
spiritual adviser than the Republicans
of Colorado, who two years ago stole
the goyernorship from that splendid
citizen and Democrat, Alva Adams. as
barefaced a piece of political grand
larceny as even the records of the Re
publican party can show. The bene-
ficiary OF that theft did not dare to
accept the gubernatorial nomination.
when it was rendered to him. so it
was given to DIR. Buchtel and. to the
surprise of everybody, he was elected.
Let us hope that he is at least better
than his party in Colorado If he is
not. he's in a bad way.