The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-17
WILL BRYAN GET
CABINET PLACE =?
His ElG1lj3s Bernhard. Leading
i. Democrats.
RANK AND FILE WANT HIM IN,

RANK AND FILE WANT HIM IN,
Not Known How President E'ees VIE
SON stands--Littls interest ~ Arch
bald 1riaI--7sysng 70 Amend the
Patent 1aws>Wants e eopuae'1e
Washingtons 5sreweB Aadeesas
g. ARTHUR ". DUMB
Washington. bee a6-eSpesiasS ~
Evidently thos" who 10 Got "aN MIR.
Bryan as secSe'aSy sf state gre elak
ing their sdclS felt. not On GSseiNor
Wilson, because be Is toe tag 9WAys
but upon men who will talk - the gev
ernor about his cabinet Wha@ De re
turns to shis county. Vt Is heieSed
that many seasons wiz oe advanced
why Bryan should not be in the cab
net, but the chief will b. that severas
leading Democrats do not want him.
Very much pressure viii be brought
to bear upon Governor Wilson along
this line. and it may cause elm to
leave Bryan out Of his calculations.
And vet there is very strong BryaN
element that is just as determined
that he shall he recognized. This ele
ment does not have quite so many
prominent politicians, but it does have
strong sentiment in the Democratic
party backing the claims of the Ne
braskan. While the house and senate
Democrats have the tariff, the offices
and other questions to determine.
what to do with Bryan is one of vital
moment to the new administration.
Trial Lacks interest.
There is little interest in the Arch
bald impeachment trial With diff
Guilty a quorum of the senate is main
tanned. and frequent roll calls have
been necessary. One might naturally
think that body sitting as jury to
try a man On grave charges would
want to listen to all the testimony, but
that is not true of the senators.
Some Of them will read the~testi
mony; others will depend upon what
thef fellow senators say as to the
rights in the case. There is nothing
sensational nor exceptional in the case
On the contrary. it is rather dry, and
the facts are sordid and embarrassing
Patent Law Amendment
When the supreme court decided that
a patent holder could regulate the sale
of articles manufactured by the pat
ented machine or that patented arti
Gle must be sold according to regula
tons prescribed by the owner Of the
patent it paved the way for amending
the patent laws.
No one can tell just how far this
movement to change the patent laws
will go Nearly everybody is in favor
of every man having the fruits of his
creative faculties at least for a term
of years. which the law provides, but
there is serious opposition to the con
struction of the law by the recent de
cision. Congressman Oldfield Of the
patent committee has reported A bill,
which he hopes to have passed the
present session, which will materially
amend the patent laws and which may
luke away some of the privileges
which they have heretofore granted.
The Efficient Point of Order.
When the house was considering the
bill for the physical valuations of rail
roads efforts were made to include in
the measure Il provision granting to
the United States control of the issues
of stocks and bonds Of the railroads.
Each time point of order was made
against the amendment and sustained
because it seemed In conflict with the
rules The point of order is ever an
efficient weapon to prevent the house
from doing what a majority would
vote for if opportunity were allowed.
AdmiraIs and Vice Admirais.
Congressman Padgett chairman of
the naval committee, has. finally con
Guided that the commander of the At
the navy and has introduced bin
making such commander an admiral
when he is in command The bill also
gives the second in command the rank
Of vice admiral. 49,.
Good Reading.
Congressman Riordan of New York
has never been much in the limelight
while serving as member of the
house. but he has gained notoriety by
booming Washington's farewell ad
dress. In a resolution he has intro
duced he proposes that it shall be print
ed by the million aud sent to every
postoffice, where printed notice shall
inform every patron that the address
can be obtained free.
There is only one trouble about this
plan In these days of city letter car
riers and rural free delivery service
only a comparatively few persons 60
to the postoffices and would not see
that they could get the document free
of charge. Congressman Riordan
should have the postinasters send it to
all patrons of their offices and all per