The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-08
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. Aug. 6. [Special.] -
These are days when men frequently
speak of the bull moose party In
fact. that remark Of the gifted Arthur
Brisbane. who first applied the title
bull moose" to the eX-president, seems
TO have gone over the land and. as il
to become immortal, has imbedded it
self in the Congressional Record.
During a discussion of dry tariff mat
ters it developed that a versatile gen
JUS had made one statement for the
Republicans of the finance committee
and another statement on the same
subject for the Democratic members.
Il wonder if he could not be obtain
ed to make a statement for the bull
moose party?' inquired Senator Bo
rah. who is supposed to have leanings
toward Colonel Roosevelt.
Wild Game Preserve.
Bull moose" talk was heard in the
house over the subject of fencing a
preserve somewhere in the west to
keep in the herd of buffaloes or similar
animals which might be donated to
the government.
IF any one" interjected Jim Mann.
KNOWS Of a fence which will keep a
bull moose within bounds | am sure
he can sell the fence at very high
price
~ doubt not" remarked Fitzgerald
of New York. little further along in
the discussion. that the Republicans
will regret that they had not included
bull moses in this array Of wild ami
mails that are to be corralled some place
in the west or in some remote part of
the United States"
Then Hardy Of Texas asked for in
formation. THE gentleman from New
York" he said. has several times re-
ferred to bull mooses. Now. it Is a
question whether the plural should be
bull moses or bull meese."
THE chief bull moose" replied Fitz-
gerald. lis perhaps better equipped to
determine that question than any one
else, and refer it to him."
In the LimeIiaht.
And in this connection it is well to
that. by whatever term he
may be known or by whatever he may
do. Theodore Roosevelt is more in the
iimelight than any other man in the
country. His name appears. either as
"T. r." as the "ex-president" or the
.bull moose or the third term can
didate" or by some appellation which
means Roosevelt, more times in all the
papers than both of the other candi,
dates together All talk of the cam
paign gets around to him first or last,
and it turns out that all guessers and
figurers are in doubt because they can
not gauge his strength nor tell what
he will do before the campaign is over.
Ohio Govsrnorship.
Just at time when the Ohio Repub-
leans were sorely tried as to whom
they should name for governor the
were freely predicting that the next
governor of Ohio would be newspa-
per man of their party. James M. Cox.
Quite a number of years ago Mr.. Cox
came to Washington as the secretary
Of Congressman Paul Sorg. There
was not much in it for him. but he
wanted to "Iearn the ropes" Then he
went back home and secured control
Of two daily newspapers. one at Day
ton and the other at Springfield. Then
he came to congress, and now he Is
a candidate for governor. and many
Democrats assert that he will be
elected
Long List Of Pairs.
Every time there is record vote in
The senate the announcement of the
pairs shows how many senator's have
left the city There is an average of
thirty or more senators announced as
paired on every roll call. 1t is said
that they are '.unavoidably absent"
they may be in Europe. at
The seaside. in the mountains or else
where or simply out on political
speeehmaking tours. There are many
others who will be '.unavoidably alb
sent as soon as certain legislation Is
passed.
Knows Mammoth Cave.
The greatest living authority on the
Mammoth cave. Colonel NJ. Fl. Crump
&C Bowling Green. Ky. was in Wash
lngton recently. It is declared that he
has no peer so far as knowledge of the
Intricate passages in the wonderful
cavern is concerned and that no one
could possibly confuse him even by
turning him loose blindfolded in 1t.
During his stay here he was shown
through the capitol. and. among other
places, his guide conducted him from
the senate office building to the house
office building by way of the basement
of the capitol. The colonel was much
Il am not afraid to 60 into the Mann
moth cave alone" he said, but | don't
ever want to be left alone here I'd
never see the light Of day again. Why.