Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-05
BY Ralph VI. Whitcside.


Washington, April AFTER search
ing through the records of the Post
office Department of the Confederate
States of America, evidence was foun(
on which allowance of an ancien
claim was recommended. The claim
was based on the carriage of mails
on Mississippi star route, from Jan
nary l to April Is, 1861. On the lat
ter day,the state seeded and the
and was never able to collect from
the federal government because he
could not show that he had not been
paid by the Confederate government.
This matter, itself, is unimport-
tant, but it serves to evidence the i'm
portance of the records of the Con-
ffederate States to this day. 1t is a
fact that the number of persons who
are aware that the records of the Con-
federate States are preserved with
care is comparatively small.
The extent to which the records, ac-
counts, books, papers, etc. of the Con-
ferate States are employed in GER
tain departments of the government
today, as il they We're a part OF the
every day business of the government,
is remarkable.
There are number of instances OF
where these papers We're necessary to
settle disputes and claims against the
United States. Without these papers,
the claims never would have been set
tied
The government has nothing like the
entire collection of Confederate docu-
ments in its possession, but those that
are now in Washington arl being
added to yearly. Persons possessing
these records as relics when they
realize the Importance of them, ar
range that they shall be returned to !
the government by decree of will. and !
in this manner many are being re-
covered.
All the records of the Confederate
government We're taken possession of |
by the United States government at
the close of the war \ vast number
had accumulated during the war
MANY Of these concerned matters
which, for three and half yaers, We're
out OF the control Of the United States.
This fact alone evidences the impor-
lance of the document
Every week or so, one of the govern
ment officials enters the departments
where these records are kept on file
and carefully searches for some paper
which has a bearing on a recently
developed case.
THAT man La Toilette" is occupying
the center of the stage in Washington
these tays. He has not been in the :.
background at any time since he came
to the Senate two years ago, and it is
not likely that he figures on obscurity
FOR four years he has yet to serve.
After that-well, that's a long ways
INTO the future. He is a strong man v
Ii hio otile tliu the people may want -
aim TO return to Washington d
Senator La Toilette is a unique man. Il
There are no others like him in Con- S
sress. He is a partisan Republican, e:
Who generally votes with the Demo- IN
rats, after bitterly haranguing his W
'wn party. To many he is a radical, OF
nut, according to his own views, he is
conseryative-more so than the ma CT
GRITTY of men in Congress- Senator in
"a Toilette has confidence in himself, N
hitch probably accounts for his fear al
III
With the government employees q
lere is no more popular man in Wash
lgton than La Toilette With the FRI
enators, there is no more unpopular. he
here is no luke-warm opinion of La to
gillette. Everyone is either for him ap
against him, and both crowds are in dil
lad earnest about their sentiemnts. lot