The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-29

A5sELs6 brlekS Il their
shal JaIIeefH next December
unless there should be an extra ses
sion. Not only do the principal officers
remain, but the clerks and messengers
of the committees will continue to
draw their pay, although the commit
tees pass out of existence with the ex-
pfration of congress on March f.
If there could be an extra session
long enough to fill all these places with
Democrats the victorious party of last
fall would be perfectly satisfied. 1t
has been so long since there was a
change of parties in the house that the
present Democratic members had for
gotten this patronage which will con-
tinue to be In the hands of their rivals.
Justices Had Hopes.
No doubt Associate Justice Harlan
had human feelings the day he took
such prominent part in the installa-
ton of Chief Justice White. Twice
he has seen d chief justice appointed
and take his seat, but the first time
was in a Democratic administration,
and he did not expect the honor. But
he might well have hoped that as long
as an associate justice was to be adj
vanced to the great honor he might
have received consideration. No doubt
his age counted against him.
When Fuller was appointed chief
Justice by Cleveland, Associate JUS
tice Field, a Democrat, felt that he
was entitled to consideration from a
Democratic president, and he never
ceased to resent 1t. During Cleve-
lands second term the suggestion was
made that Field should retire in order
that a Democrat might be named to
succeed him, but he declared that he
would neither resign nor die to give
Cleveland that opportunity.
Not New Joke.
The house of representatives does
not have a great deal of fun. The
humorists are not numerous, but those
who do not rank as funny men oc-
casionally say things that provoke
laughter.
The house had great deal of amuse-
ment just before the holiday adjourn.
ment over the subject of looping off
an appropriation Of $500 for an at
tendant in charge of bathrooms in
the house Office building. The joke
seemed to be over the possibility of
members taking baths and whether
| the Democrats Of the next house would
use the bathrooms. It is an old joke.
In fact, there Is no one who can recol-
lect who applied the term great I'M
washed" to the Democratic party.
But the subject proved one of mirth,
and what is quite interesting is that
the house not only dispensed with the
bathroom man, but ordered the bath
room fixtures sold.
Should Make His Mark.
Martin w. Littleton, who succeeds
". w. Cocks in the next house from
the Oyster Bay district, is expected to
be among the new men who viii take
a prominent place in congress.
Littleton first gained national rep
utation as the man who placed Alton
B. Parker In nomination for the pres
idency in the st. Louis convention of
1904 He was then a delegate from
New York 1t was soon learned that
he had been a resident Of several
states, Virginia, Tennessee and Texas
claiming him. He has had three res
licences In New York, Brooklyn, Man
haitian and now down on Long Island.
The defeat OF Cocks removes one of
the Quakers from the house. Among
New York politicians he was Familiarity
called Quake
In the interest of Economy.
In my efforts to annoy and enlight-
en- tile committee on appropriations, !"
remarked Congressman Mann of Illi-
nois during the debate on an appro-
priation bill, and then went on to say
what he found out In the matter of in
equality of salaries in different parts
OF the country, and the surprising
part of it was that some Of those who
received the highest salaries were
doing the least work.
Discussion of the salary question de
veloped the fact that in the first big
appropriation bin in the house, not
withstanding the strong plea for econ
omy and the cutlery for reducing gov
eminent expenditures. the bin was
loaded with increases of salaries
which went out on points of order
made By the watchful Macon. the Ar
kansas man, who is real economist.
He was assisted by Mann. who con~
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