The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-10-02
Capital FACES
WINTER WORK
Sad and Melancholy Days In
Washington.
WILSON MAKING No PLANS.

Secretary of State Greatly Annoyed by
Constant Criticism of His Lectures.
Printers Oppose Process of Washing
Money, as 1t Deprives Many Of Work.
Who Owns Isle Of Pines?
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Oct. 1.-[Special. Win
tpl,s work is upon Washington For
several weeks clerks have been work
ING upon estimates, and bureau chiefs
have been compiling annual reports
Estimates and reports belong to the
winter Or late fall The period for max
ing them has come before congress
has had a recess, and before many peo
pie have been able to secure vaca
ton. those at least whose vacations
dcncnd upon the time when congress
adiourns.
"Thc sad and melancholy days have
come" one is reminded when Wash
inoton begins upon annual reports.
Nearly everybody holding any kind OF
i responsible position makes such
report, eliminating finally, as they
the presidents message. And that is
! what makes that tired feeling steal
over the capital about this time Of
year.
Making No Plans.
President Wilson is making no plans.
Unlike his predecessors, who planned
long trips ali about the country and to
Panama. the president has found that
it is impossible to make plans with
congress on his hands," as Grover
| Cleveland once remarked. And con-
gress will stay, or, rather. the presi
dent is determined that congress shall
stay, until it does it's work.
| That Constant Hammerng.
Secretary Bryan has begun to chafe
somewhat under the constant hammer
ing he has been subjected to for sew
eral months He is used to newspaper
criticism and even to- misrepresenta-
4
it as a matter of course. But now the
newspaper attacks brought frequently
to his attention have become annoy
ing to him.
Why Washed Money?
The campaign against washed money
continues by the plate printers. who
j are deprived of printing new money
! It is claimed that it is almost 1mpossi
BILE to tell the difference between wash
ed money and counterfeit and that
! counterfeiting has been increasing
since the washing process began. The
washing system was installed because
it cost cent apiece to print bills
There is no difference whether it is q
dollar bill or thousand dollar bill
Naturally the dollar bills are most il
use, and they are mostly the bills that
go through the washing process. Bu1
the washing process is to be continued
for time -
Isle of Pines.
When the United States decreed thai
Cuba should be free it was natural t.
suppose that the Isle Of Pines. always
considered part Of Cuba. was in
cluded in that freedom. but rs yet the
Isle of Pines is without definite gov
ernment Nothing has been determin
ed as to whether it belongs to Cuba O.
/, the United States. except that the STATE
department through treaty has. con
, ceded Cuba's sovereignty. though th'
senate has never ratified that treaty
!. There are 5000 people on the Isle .
Z Pines" said Il man who has visited th'
place, ''but-9O per cent Of the land i
, owned by American syndicates. Th,
people are renters. This is :; sur
cause Of trouble In the future, for tn
natives are getting poorer and becon
ing dissa tisfied."
Too Much Fuss For Vic.
Victor Murdoch. the Progressive lead
er, tells this about himself 1t wa
lust after be had made his big figh
against the railroads and caused &C
ton which Topped off about S5.O0O,OO
V Of their railway mail pay. and be wa
soon to return home He had mad
: lNuu1te name LOT DlulSell. duu Tue pGO
' pie Of Wichita decided to give him
r reception After it was arranged the.
1 sought out one of the good speakers,
prominent lawyer, who they had fol
gotten was railroad attorney, an
asked him 70 preside at the meeting.
NO. | don't think will" be replied
Il think there is altogether too nue.
! fuss being made over Victor"
g Doing Double Duty
. Senator Overman is doing doubl
duty. He is chairman of the commit
tee on rules. and owing to the contir
a ued absence of Senator Culberson b
5 is the acting chairman Of judiciary
9 But lie does not object In fact. | ney
err heard of !, senator Directing to dot
|, BILE duty of that kind. On the othe
5 hand. have known senators to Wor
, it SO that they would be acting chail
( men OF az many committees as poss
5 BILE The. North Carolina senator. how
S ever, has had the lobby investigated
. on his hands. which Is something b
( did not bargain for