The Caucasian., 1913-08-21
Rv ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Nonexistent Bad Men.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, Aug. 20. - Especial =
Postmaster General Burleson will not
advocate one cent postage under pres
ent conditions. While he is In favor
OF one cent postage when the time
comes, he does not believe that the
time is now at hand. Mr.. Burleson
prefers to improve and perfect present
mail conditions, particularly the par
eel post and the postal savings banks,
before entering new fields.
Naturally the increase Of second class
rates is still burning question. more
particularly as the insistence upon
higher rates on newspapers and Pc
riodicals grows stronger each year. but
it Is doubtful If such changes are made
until there is an adjustment OF rail
way mail pay and more definite knowl-
edge is obtained about the cost and
profits Of the parcel post
Makes Him the Busy Man.
Settling the great problems Of the
postoffice department Is the very least
Of Postmaster General Burleson's trou-
bles It Is settling the postoft1ce fights
all over the country that takes his
time and keeps him at his desk from
morning until night. So far he has
not denied himself to visitors, like his
predecessors. but he tries to see all the
senators and representatives as we'll
as the politicians who are not In con-
gress.
Sulxer as a Presidential Possibility.
When the situation at the Demo
cratic national convention at Baltf-
more last year looked as II 1t might
result in a deadlock William Sulzer
quietly canvassed the situation among
his friends as to the possibility OF the
convention turning to him as dark
horse candidate. There was a time
one night when he thought that such
might be the outcome rather than q
split convention.
Sulzer pointed out that he had al
ways been q friend and supporter OF
Bryan and had also been a Jealous
friend of Champ Clark. He believed
that the friends Of Clark and Bryan
could unite on him. That might have
happened before the convention would
have been allowed to split.
Arizona All Right.
Very frequently a citizen Of Arizona
comes forward In an interview and as
serts that the impression which pre-
walls that Arizona Is bad" state or
is the home OF bad men Is all wrong
and that, on the contrary, Arizona is
all right. OF course Arizona suffers
In reputation on account Of the neces-
sity OF the fiction writer's, who tell
wonderful western stories that never
could have happened and who must
have some sort Of location for them.
Then the name Arizona lends itself to
tales OF devilment better than New
Mexico. Utah or Idaho. all OF which
have had their share OF bad men, In
the early days. Those who think
there Is anything the matter with Ari-
zona should hear Senator Ashurst
scatter language gems about the sen
ate In praising the new state.
viii March Across,
1t American troops go across the
Rio Grande at or near El Paso they
will not cross on bridges or pontoons.
but will march across the bed of the
river" said man from the south
west. ..The Rio Grande at this time
Of year Is much like some Of our west.
ern streams. broad. but very thin"
Experts In Demand.
Whenever there Is tariff bill before
congress tariff experts are In demand.
1t appears that there Is q large num-
ber Of them in the treasury depart
ment and In the customs service ut
New York and some other ports, and
the best OF them are brought to Wash
ington to help senators and representa-
tives In consideration OF the tariff. AS
different senators tnke charge Of the
bill In the senate an expert sits next
to him, furnishing facts and figures
and suggestions with which the sena-
tor meets the contentious Of his oppo-
nents on the Republican side.
The Democrats have never been tar
III experts before. For years they
have allowed the Republicans to take
up all the heavy work, contenting
themselves with. only such matters as
Interested them. Now they have to
understand the tariff from end to end
and necessarily need expert informa-
ton for some Of the Intricate ques-
tons.
Knock Each othsr-courtsously.
Senators occasionally knock each
other. but courteously. they assert. and
..courteously.' : Just the
other day Senator Stone rounded up
and put It over. Senator Lippitt. The
Rhode Island senator accused the Mis-
souri, senator OF having attacked him
Stone denied this and pro-
ceeded TO read into the record q se-.
ries Of criticisms Of Lippitt which the
late Senator Dolliver used and which
were more serious and more personal
than what had gone before All the