Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-11-24

In the seventies Louisiana purchased
the mommoth building and it was used
as state house till the seat of gov
eminent was removed to Baton
Rouge. Here crowned heads and DIG
| nitaries of the world have been en-
tertained. After all this vain pomp the
old place is now condemned and stands
only as silent monument to the ari-
stocraey of generations now passed.
The parks, the markets, the wharves
and many other things of ancient and
modern interest may be seen in st.
Louis that are not in evidence in any
other city | have ever visited.
TAFT's RECEPTION IN THE SOUTH
The open-armed hospitality every
where in the south extended to the pre-
sident, republican of pronounced type.
served to convince me that the bitter
animosities engendered by civil strife
and bloody war have given place to
ambition for commercial progress and
social tranquility. These southern peo-
pie admire Taft because they believe
he stands for big problems that interest
a large country of pushing people. They
apper to be more interested in business
than peanut politics, and they are CON
WINGED that Taft is square and manly.
Too, they like his charming personality
and the cordial recognition that he
has accorded them. may
say, personally, that for several days
1t was my pleasure, two years ago, to
be close to and hear President Roose-
velt speak many times, and while
then admired and still like his dash
and frankness, think Taft looms up
immensely superior from every stand
point. he is a man with real red blood
in his veins, able, conscientious and
honest, and the people may rely on the
ract that he will in every case do the
square thing by them. This big pre-
sident will doubtless disagree, at times.
with some OF the stage performing
statesmen who make starring a pro-
fession and see nothing of honesty of
purpose in others, but Taft will ever
maintain the dign ty and do the right
thing in the high station to which he is
exalted.
ODDS AND ENDS OF TRAVEL
1t is a little remarkable, the barren
wastes of country along the river. Most
of the distance the banks are crumbling
clay and low, with marshes and second
growth pine, willow, cypress and tama-
rack. Much of the lower Mississippi
country is protected by continuous
levees to prevent overflow during stages
of high water. The principal products
of that lower territory are sugar cane,
rice, cotton, tobacco. Neither along
the river nor through the interior at
any point is there shown anything APP
preaching the thrift to be witnessed in
Illinois and Wisconsin.
AS upon other journeys in the south,
found few who worked manually eX-
cept the ,olored people, and | am at a
loss to knew how their services could
be dispensed with. A great majority
of them have child minds although
grown to mans estate. Their oppor-
tunities for education have been zero
and it is lamentable fact that in all
south traversed scarcely a country
school house could be seen. was as
sured that the reign Of prohibition, or
strict regulation of the liquor traffic in
the south, has bee n very beneficial TO
all classes and all manner of industries,
because it is now next to impossible for
the eolored man to satisfy his natural
appetite for strong drink. o. C, NJ.