The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-01-28

Stili i'm Washingson-Spcnds Part oi
His Time at the White Hou~c-
Bob Was Hard 60 Get Away from
the Liberty stabie"-Presideni
and Biikins Talk Politics and
North Carolina.

Correspondence OF The Caucasian.
Enterprise.
Washington, D. C.. Jan. IS. 1909
When | writ you last | wuz lis,
fresh frum the White House an !
had SO much ter write erbout that !
didn't git hit awi told
AS | sed before. President Roose-
velt jumped on me with both fee,
bekase | didn't let him know that !
wuz in Washington sooner so he
could hev looked after me. Nothin
would do but | must quit my board
ir' house an take Bob an put up al
the White House. Mr.. Roosevelt
offered ter send fer Bob an make
me stay anyhow. But / soon con-
vinced him that hit would take at
least a regiment ov U s. soldiers
ter git Bob ter the White House.
fer he wuz havin' too guide a time
at the liberty stables, not that he
wuZ gittin' so much ter eat, but he
wuZ putin in hiz time tryin' ter
find out what them city horses lived
on. ! awlso told Mr.. Roosevelt that
/ wuz a nifty plain sort ov a man
an that | wuZ afraid that | couldn't
go the pace they go at the White
House. The President sed that wuz
awl nonsense an ter go an square
up at my boardin' house an git Bob
an come rite over, fer, seq he: 81
am tired an I'll git rested while you
stay. Them diplomats, Senators an
things keep me in trouble, 'on the
jump awl the time, an If | hev
company I'll hev a guide excuse ter
dodge 'em. Go rite erway an git
your mule an come back inside ov
an hour"
So I left the White House an
sauntered up ter my boardin' house
an paid up. l didn't tell them that
I wuz goin' ter the White House,
though, fer | wuz afraid they would
try ter set the police after me. Then
/ went ter the liberty stable an
tole 'em ter rub Bob down an put
the saddle on him. Then I mount
ed Bob an rode up ter Pennsylvania
avenue, an rite strait up hit to the
White House. Bob tried ter git
scared at so many street cars an or
termobiles, but I helt him down.
Bob" seq I you air goin' strait ter
the White House an you must be
more dignified an not be tryin' ter
dump me here in the street"
rode erround in rear ov the White
House an the Presidents horse man
met me, fer he wuz on the lookout
never seed a mule AZ the White
House before. Guess you air some
ov the Presidents kin folks?" sed
he. "No, / am nothin' but an old
friend" seq I. After gittin' into the
White House barnyard, Bob begun
ter git sorter nervous, but I patted
him on the neck an he soon got
quiet After we got Bob tucked err
way the stable man showed me how
ter git into the White House an the
President took me into hiz private
offs that he calls hiz Study or
somethin' like that. After we got
seated he offered me a cigar an
we wuz soon ta1kin' like old friends.
But he wuz doin' most ov the talk
in, fer I couldn't help feelin' sorter
shaky erbout the knees.
"How is things down in North
Carolina?" axed the President.
"How IL Major Grant an Claude
Dockery an awl the other people in
Raleigh" sez he "An' how IL Joe
Pogue an them fellers that run the
State Fair? An how IL Ashley
Horne? 1 believe he IL President
Iov the Fair Association, or was, fer
a time. He IL a nifty guide man,
too," sed Mr.. Roosevelt. I wish the
country wuz full ov such men"
eyes," sez I. "the country could
stand a million men like Ashley
Horne-five million wouldn't hurt
"An' E1wood Cox made a guide
run fer Governor, but he failed ter
land the votes necessary" seq Mr.
Roosevelt.
THAT wuz the main trouble" SCI
IL. "But he made big gains" sez l
THE Dymakrat party can't be bea'
in North Carolina when hit il scared
half ter death az hit wuz durin' the
last campane."
THAT il so," seq Mr. Roosevelt
''But hit IL now on bits last legs
Nationally hit liz dead But hit still
hez a strong followin' in most o.
the Southern an some ov the Middle
States. Hit il a party existin' OF
prejudice an sectionalizum, an hi
hez lasted beyond the natural lif'
ov parties built that way. Wha
little vitality hit hez now come
| from the men who helped form hit
an from those who we're in it year
lergo. The younger set ov voter
now actin with the party care yer,
little about hit. and they may begil
ter break erway from hit at an.
time; in fact, they are breakin' er
way every day"
/ Eyes, Mr.. President" sez chit I
the most bitter pill I have ever takel
1 ter hev ter stand an watch the part
that Tom Jefferson toiIed an swea
i ter build up gittin' kicked erbou
Hike football. Like thousands o
others | hev stood with hit throug
thick an thin, from Horace Greel
ter William J. Bryan three times.
BILLY Bryan liz a wonder" Sc
Mr.. Roosevelt. "He kin run like
: Montana steer an he kin Jump IL
foot fences any mint in the day al