Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-25
IN the HOTEL coRRrpoRs.

tuoI" rOtat ltbIut- thrones NAV
totser. great political parties disintegra,e. tho
eeograr hicsl msp Of Europe change. bloody
wars rage and woman suffrage come. but On.
hold of the little peanut upon the hearts % the
great American people can never be dislodged.
Life would indeed be = dresry waste. unroslized
ambitions doubly bitter. circuse. . forlorn
failure sad the occupation Of the olve-.liuned
son of sunny climes gone we're 1t not for tho
little peanut
Il can't talk politics because nv side isn't I'm
Il this wear" said genial Judge u. l. Russell.
ek-Congressmsn from North Carolina. at the
tooitt, but will talk peanuts l love pea
nuts. YES. suppose pretty much everybody
else does. too. But IL scarcely paws 20 raise
them down our way. Nv state is the home OF
the peanut But now Tennessee and Virginia
have gone 90 extensively into the business that
they have cut into our Industry seriously. They
raise larger. but OF course. not finely
Favored nut as we do. The peanut grows on .
night. sandy soil not worth much For anything
else. out at sixty cents = bushel there's little
money IN IT. However. the reputation OF
Americans ss peanut eaters must and shall no
maintained. even IL we have 90 grow peanuts
out OF pure patriotism and philA nthrophy."
al don't think there will be any difficulty in
accommodating the crowds at the world fair in
my city, said Potter Palmer OF Chicago at In.
Arlington. I've have been building largely in
anticipation Of the Influx Of people Flat
houses BY the mile have gone up. These will
be used as hotels during the season and ~ill be
changed iLto apartment houses " hen the fair 10
over.
The districts reached bv the nlinoi. Central.
the cable and elevated are territorially very
large. Thousands OF private families will throw
open their houses, 20 saw nothing 70 the many
who will rely upon roomers. No. there need be
no spprehensions this score. There is an
impression, especially in New York that the
people are 20 be robbed by hotel keepers and
others. cannot of course speak for all. but
several OF the large hotels will not raise their
rates IL would be very detrimental to the fair
and also to Chicago 20 have peorle remain
away upon this assumption. and I believe that
the feeling has been unnecessarily mAgni6ed-"
stout gentleman with flowing gray beard
sat in the lobby Of the Riggs last evening talk
ing with friend His name IL I. ". Philhps.
and he will represent the twenty-ffth congress
sional district of Pennsylyania in the next
House.
This is Mr.. Phillips first entrance into the
political arena a public official, though he
has always been prominent in republican poll
tics in his district Mr.. Phillips hails from
Newcastle. Laurence county, and he succeeds
Mr.. Gillespie. He is banker and il largely
/ Interested In oil, there being MANY petroleum
and gas wells in his district.
j. {. McDearman. Congres-mau-elect from
! the ninth congressional district Of Tennessee
like Mr.. Phillips, viii also make his initial bow
and maiden speech in the next House. He. too,
has never before held public ofio. and succeed.
Representative Pierce. who IL now serving his
third term. Mr. McDesrman is one Of the
most prominent LAWYERS in his district which
| borders the Mississippi in the southwestern
| part OF the state. Mr.. McDearman's district il
also largely agricultural, though Trenton.
his home, and Union City and Humboldt
pro-I erons manufacturing centers.
ID. H. Goyan- . popular Young man from
Shelby vile. XIV, Is In Washington, the happy
po-ss--or OF an Enforcement from the legisla-
,Gre o: bis state for q foreign mission Mr..
Goyan !. painter and q forcible orator well
knorn or d. stump Of his state. He 10 known
:rcra one end Of iis confines to the other 80 the
painter orator"
The time has gone by" said George Bliss,
the republican leader Of New York, at the Ar
hnstOn, ia the state OF New York when IL was
necessary 70 60 down on your knees to Mr.. Hill
| in q political sense The democratic party II
bound 10 60 70 pieces, not to disintegrste, but
to separate. The split may become . repetition
Of the old barn burners and hunkers
I'VE can tell better three months after Mr.
Clevelsnds Inauguration how things will 20.
There has been q great deal said in the papers
about Tammany sanection for Mr.. Cleveland aud
1
is and its sincerity will depend upon the distri-
button Of the loaves and the fishes. Tammany's
sense OF gratitude will lie in the realization Of
future expectations. Its LOYALTY TO the admin
| istration depends upon the distribution OF
| patronage. The anti-snapper element Q back
number before election in Tsmmsny's eyes, IL
now in the front Thew were antagonists then.
and in the scramble for patronage and recogni.
| ton which is now TO come there will ensus Q
fight which will result in a split"
Ex-Congressman E. p. Allen Of Ypsilant,
Mich, was busy man last evening at the Ne.
tional shaking hands with the Detroit delega-
ton Of city fathers. Mt. Allen served tive
terms in the House, is q lawyer and much in
terested in educational matters. In discussing
the Ann Arbor University he said:
| The university is the pride OF the state.
There is at present bill pending before the
legislature appropriating one-ffth Of mill On
every dollar received bv taxation for an annual
appropriation for the college, which will give
it an income of about $500. 900. Ii is already
| the greatest university in America and will be-
| come one Of the greatest in the world. Over
5000 students are on its rolls. among which are
| over 800 from fifteen foreign countries some
| hailing from old England, while manv are from
South and Central Americs and the West
Indies. There Is a large attendance Of Canada
ans, and students from the south and west. in
| stead. OF being sent TO lale and Harvard and
other eastern colleges go to Michigan. The
course OF study is enlarged and the standard OF
admission raised. There 800 law students,
the law college Of which Judge Cooley wss so
long dean being the foremost OF all the col
leges."
In the rotunda Of the Capitol yesterday after
noon a gentleman dressed with scrupulom
neatness in a black broadcloth Prince Albert
coat paused q moment before the picture OF
Pocahontss. Perhaps the Indian figures called
up memories Of days spent in the saddle scout
ing on the plains, Of hunting the buffalo and
the Indian, and Of many escape from .
hostiles bullet and keen-edged scalping knife.
The long locks. however. that hung over Col
William F. Cody shoulders. now streaked with
silver. were ordained to add TO his strikingly
picturesque figure rather than ornament the
belt of q Comanche warrior. Though il 10
many years since Buffalo BIZ first became
prominent ss q scout and Indian tighter, his
form is erect and muscular, his eye bright
| and piercing, as in the DAYS when he was the
| beau ideal OF an American frontiersman- Now
| Col. Cody devotes his spare time 10 chipping
| coupons from his government bonds instead Of
| cutting the headgesr and hair Of the untAmed
savage, and rests serenely upon his well-earnsA
| laurela