The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-03-06

Extravagant-canno Fitzgerald and
Mann Ars Example,.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. March 3.-(SpeciaI.1- AL
though economy in public expenditures
IL frequent political battlecry. the
real economist Is seldom popular.
Economy is good thing to talk about.
It is a fine thing to preach. and 1t
makes a good weapon with which to
hit tho other fellow for being extrava-
CANT, but as soon as q man or set of
men begin to practice economy they
incur the displeasure Of everybody.
could give a number Of examples.
but I do not want to be personal. I
will say that the men who have been
most industrious with points of order
against increased salaries and other
appropriations have made themselves
unpopular In both senate and house.
The real economists, like Cannon, FitZ-
gerald. Mann and others. may not be
really unpopular. but they have thank
less Jobs.
Different Kinds Of Economy.
There are many different kinds of
economy. I have seen men fight for
hours over salary increases and vote
without a murmur for big river and
harbor bills and for extravagant pub
lie building bills. The same men will
ingly support appropriations for good
roads which would lead to expendi-
lures far beyond anything we have
known In what is called pork barrel
legislation. But men who fight against
''pork barrel" appropriations lay them
selves open to criticism and are gen
orally unpopular.
Poetry For Sherman.
Poetry strews the pages Of the Con-
gressional Record when eulogies are
delivered. but the late Vice President
Sherman received more tokens Of this
kind than almost any other man. "Sun
ny Jim" was not poetic character.
but his friends were inspired to ex
press their thoughts In melancholy
verse in paying their last tributes to
him.
Cost OF National Health.
When Senator Works Of California
introduced a resolution calling on the
treasury department for statement
a. to what the national government
pays for maintaining physicians. med
teal corps, health bureaus. ETC.. 1t was
well understood that he wanted the
Information for the purpose Of fight
ing the Owen health department bill.
The result was all he anticipated.
for II furnished the senate with the
Information that we pay for national
health about &c. OOO, 900 year. includ-
ing, Of course. everything like army
and navy surgeons and supplies and
for many other departments which
maintain health bureaus, as well as
the general national health service.
Works does not intend to allow that
bill to pass II be can help 1t.
Taft's Future Title.
I have heard ex-presidents addressed
40 INF. President" and that is not
proper. We call .ex-governors and ex-
senators governor and senator
but that seems different Our only
living ex-president at present is per
fectly satisfied with being called ''col0- |
nell
Mr.. Taft has no military title. Prob
ably he win become professor" al
though that does not seem to be an
exalted enough title for man who
has been president. Yet 1t seems to |
be the only real title he will bear. un-
less It should be plain ''Mr." How
ever. do not expect that the many |
who have been subordinate to him for |
the past two years can ever be brought |
10 the point OF addressing him as "Mr. |
Taft"
A Distinct Advantage.
In removing the desks from the
house one distinct advantage will be
gained. No more win the desk OF
lead member be decked In grewsome
black. which has been the custom for
l26 years. There was a time when the
department. buildings were draped In
whenever q man died who
had been cabinet officer. That has
been stopped. and It is a good thing.
Tor there L. nothing quite 90 ludicrous
- the @trappings Of unfelt woe" and
{ IL always grewsome.
HE Polite Notice.
Senator O'Gorman OF New York oc-
cupies seat near the main door Of
he senate. and It Is the most natural
hing IN the world for members Of the
house upon entering the chamber to
1rop into II. O'Gorman has recently
adopted the method Of tipping the
hair forward. as walters do in dining
looms, a. polite notice that the seat
. not TO be appropriated.
Jim Mann's inquiry.
'When are you going to have this
protection beginT asked Jim Mann
when the house was considering the
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