The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-29

This Was Made Years Ago by the
Late General Logan on the Fitz-Johr
Porter case-The Ship Subsidy Prop
esition Again - The Parcels Post
Proposition.
Washington, June 2S.-[Special.1-
/ When Senator La Follette's revised
speech appeared the other day In the
Congressional Record even the most
well informed people here jumped to
the conclusion that it was the longest
| speech that ever had appeared In that
publication. Such Is not the case, how
ever, although the Wisconsin states
man In contributing to the archives
OF the country will leave 1877 pages
for future generations to scan when
| they want to look up facts In connec-
| ton with the tariff law OF 1909 A
longer speech than that of Senator La
| Toilette was the one made some years
ago in the Fitz-John Porter case by
the late General John A. Logan of I'LL
nois, but as that had to do with the
military record of single man 1t con-
tanned mass of dry correspondence
and orders that will not be read by
one person In hundred thousand who
fifty years from now may happen to
search the pages of the Record In
the shape of addenda, many pages of
statistical information bearing upon
the cotton and WOODEN schedules are
Included In the La Toilette effort, but
they are necessary In view of the ar
gument he presented.
Ship Subsidy Proposition Revived.
AS several former house committees
on the merchant marine and fisheries
were SO constituted that they failed to
report anything In the way of sub
sidy, 1t was decided In the last con-
that would provide for ocean mail
subsidy. and 1t was handled by the
postofice committee, of which former
Representative Jesse Overstreet Of In
diana was chairman. But Mr.. Burton
of Ohio, since transferred to the SEN
ate, led the opposition to the PROPOSE
ton, and it was defeated by narrow
margin, the greater part Of the mega
tive votes having been cast by the
Democrats. Now Congressman Greene
Of Massachusetts has revived the reg.
ular old ship subsidy proposition In
bill which he introduced at this SEES
sion and which he and some Of his
friends insist will be pushed vigorous
ly at the next session of congress.
Local Parcel Post Bill.
Numerous bills are being introduced
this session for the establishment of q
system of local rural parcel posts
The measures are somewhat different
from those introduced in the last con-
gress In that they are strictly local and
doubtless will not provoke so much op.
position from express companies OH
the one hand aud from dealers in
smaller cities, who have feared that If
a general parcel post were put In OPP.
Grafton the department stores In the
cities would take much of their trade
away from them. Hundreds of thou
sands of petitions have been received
by congressman for and against the old
proposition. The matter doubtless will
be considered carefully by the post
office committees of both the senate
and house next winter with Il view OF
settling Ii one way or the other.
Messages More of Novelty.
When President Taft's message In
regard to the Income and corporation
tax was about to be.read In the SEN
ate hardly one-third OF the members
of that body were In their seats. No
ticing this. Senator Lodge suggested |
the absence of quorum, and practi- |
cally all of the senators came In |
and answered to their names |
to every word of the mes
sage This would not have occurred |
during the last year of Mr.. Roose-
velt's administration. He sent In SO |
many caustic messages aud congress
men of his own party were so much |
at variance with him that they would
not listen to what he had to say, al
though they realized and admitted
that Mr.. Roosevelt was pretty solid
with the people all over the land, even
though senator's and representatives OF
his own party fell out with him on
account OF bis views
New Prohibition Measure.
Representative Sims of Tennessee.
lne of the most ardent advocates of
prohibition for the District of Column
oia and the ranking Democratic mem
Der Of the committee which iegislates
'or the seat of government. is going
% press a new bill that he has pre-
Jared and offered In the house. IT
provides that III all contracts hereafter
made Tor star route mail service the
contract shall stipuiate that no inIox
eating liquors shall be carried or dc
lvered by any star route contractor
or employee IN any star
mil route In the United States.
Demand Fer Passports.
The great number of passports heing
ssued by The state department to per.
ons going to Europe this summer
would seem IN lndie:lte that times are
lot tan hsrd III this country to nres
'alat the more prosperous classes from
akfae L great E..aiss nsilllosss Of dol