The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-05-02
Statesmen Have Their Boxes
During Debates
AlDRIcA AND BAILEY SPAR
Where the $exas SenDtor Gas n ne
Civil Wharf.-The Census BVeau and
the Payment Of eIerhs Appoiated
From the Civil Service k6st-eapitsf
Gossip.

branch has taken queer turn this
session II re.sucesl tie general a0e1-
age Of pay for the people who are %
tie employees iii the census office from
that fixed by the hoese- This hae
caused CONSERVATION among chose hop
ing to obtain places. Those who are
familiar with matters affecein. this
important bureau insist That the cen
ate has cut too heavily and that 10 che
figures are not raised it viii BE- y diff
cult thing to procure a sufficient num-
Der Of experts to superintend many
branches of the work. There is pref
ty general feeling among senators and
representatives that a section should
be inserted in the bill to- be passed that
men and women who etand the civil
service examinations for appointment
to places under the census bureau shall
be required Grst to prove that they
have been bona fde residents of states
for not less than one year Only in
this way will it be possible for the
various states to be given their just
quota Of the 1000 extra clerks to be
appointed.
Rooseveit's Zebra Resents Captivity.
The male zebra which King Menelik
Of Abyssinia presented to former Pres
j1ent Roosevelt and which he in turn
presented to the national ZOO here il
reported to be 4 very nnruly beast.
When he first came to the United
States he was so gentle and well be-
haved that children could go in his
stall and play with him. But gradually
his temper began to rise. and some
months ago it was found necessary to
confinc the striped animal IN boz
stall with an iron grating in front.
That made the zebra madden than
ever and he has almost worn his teeth
down biting the iron, so enraged does
/ he become when visitors stand too
long In front Of him.
Ssk Baiiey's War Record.
Senator Aldrich became engaged in
heated discussion with Senator
Il Bailey The Rhode Island statesman
] happe4-fo mention that as soon as
he bec6me soldier in the Union army.
{ Turing the civil war he considered it
Ms patriotic duty to cast his vote for
Lincoln. which was in 1864. although
his family had been stanch Democrats.
-. Aidrich incidentally remarked that
IL did not know how Bailey <oted dur
sslllg the war This caused litter in
the chamber for the Texan was not
- until Oct 3. 1863 Senator Bailey
AFetotted quickly. "Oh. at that 9i&e |
helonged to the infantry"
Not Certain About His Ancestors.
B That blunt old Norwegian. Senator
4 o1Don Of Minnesota. became consider
sly agitated the other day during
3 sion Of some Of the tariff sched
6hich he considers too high. 1t
& nn be remembered that when a
D her Of the house Mr.. Nelson made
nv fnrlf record-so low. in fact. that,
oagh he was Republican, he sup
D Ited the Mills bill. And right now
"a II his state the people are petit
nlng for free this and free that until
I ~ q the high protection Repub-
is have said openly In the debates
I II several Of the Minnesotans ought
- read ont Of the party on account
stand they have taken. Senator
xich Ii the course Of IN Interrupt
lid something about the records
~ ancestors When It came Mr.
ons time to talk he said he would
M afk back to his ancestors. because
III IL knew they might have been
IT,
Advocates Ten Year Limit.
III nafor Hepburn >bf Idaho insists
10 government Jerk ought to be
D1ed to remain more than ten years
the service He has called atten-
"a d brief speech to the great mum
of old men and women In the de
t1nents who are not capable OF per
ming proper work. He says that
one has greater respect for gray
~ and age than he. but ne does
thtnk that Uncle Sam should have
kstske care Of an army of people who
not able to perform the duties ex-
ekod 0f them His idea is that men
= women who have been ten years
public crib ought in that time
I'VE start that would enable them
Into other vacations and that the
1ation OF people fer life causes I'M
dence ID their younger days.
sS Prosperity Of GarfeId's Church.
hele = q leading church in wash
non which IS called the Garfield Ale
II church because it was attended
te late martyred president.
then struggling organization. nal
hia death it began to grow rapIts
now the congregation has m
80 that the edifice IS going g
e spd. adjacent property havlnI
CHASED recently. i i % the
tan Denomination. and she s, ST.
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