Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-07
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

Normandie.
THE Presidents veto of the school land
lease bill is Of very great interest to us, I"
ne said, land the more SO because 1t looks
as though it might lead to renewal of the
fight against the territorial officers. Before
| the appointment of Governor Hughes.
charges were filed against him, but not
| withstanding this he was appointed and
| confirmed. Last June these charges were
| renewed, and other officials were impIi-
Gated. NO ection has been taken. The
PRESIDENT did not object to the leasing of
the school lands in Oklahoma under a law
| almost Identical with the one asked for by
| Arizona, and it Is thought that very pos
sibly the reason was that while he did not
| want to reopen.the Hughes case, he did not
| want to add to the sources from which
| FUNDS were derived for the reason that it
might serve to increase the bitterness Of
the fight made against the officials"
R. D. Blakeley of Tahlequah, Indian ter
ritory. is at the Howard. Referring to
matters in his section he said: 1.-The In
dians, I think, will never be willing to
become citizens of the United States. They
| know that while some would be greatly
benefited. others would become paupers
1t would be an interesting subject Of study
to review the results of the governments
care of the Indians from a standpoint
that 1 have never seen 1T treated from,
| that CT paternalism in government. In
dams as rule are not"riously inlprovident
| and totally ignorant of business, and yet
| in all of the five tribes there is not poor
Indian. Every one is well off, owns a
farm and an income, and they five
nations without raupers. The government
! is their guardian and while there is much
said about faith not being kept with these
| wards Of the nation, the fact remains that
| it pays well to be an Indian
Judge c. r. Black, a well-known lawyer
| of Chicago, is at the Arlington, and " hen
| seen by a Star reporter had some urgent
! objections to make against the United
States Supreme Court law library at
| present constituted. 'It is the only Ii
| brary 1 ever saw" he said. without a
| catalogue. 1t is the largest and most
| complete law library in the United States,
| but actually those contained in ordinary
| law offices are more useful to the lawyers,
| and how the justices of the United States
| Supreme Court use it do not know. The
| last catalogue is in 1868. and all of the
| publications for nearly thirty years are
| without catalogulng. The room is too full
there is not space enough. and if the Ii
| brarians were not gifted with a remarkable
| knowledge of the place it would he almost
| useless Why it should be allowed to
| main without any means of ready reference
| L
! Col. H. G. Otis, editor of the Los Angeles
Times. is at the Shoreham. Yesterday he
| took trip to Antietam battlefield, upon
| which, at the time of the battle, Col OTIS
| led the extreme left of the federal troops
| Speaking of his trip, he said: Il recognized
| the place as soon as 1 saw it. 1t is remark
able how little change there has been since
| the war. The same old stone fences that
| were there then are still standing, the
| trees appear to be almost they were
| then, and the old church is there, al
| though that has been remodeled and is
| somewhat different. My troops passed over
| d cornfield at the time of the fight, ard
| that ground is a cornfield now. In fact, 1t
| looked as though the place had not chang
| ed at all, and IL scarcely needs the tablets
| put there by the government to give per-
| feet comprehension. All of the natural
monuments mentioned in history I'M
disturbed.
There are so many stories told of the
sagacity of dogs said Albert Langworthy
at the Cochran, chat it would seem that
rothing new could be added to them. But
once owned one that kept q perfect record of
the days of the week, and by q sharp trick
succeeded in getting two days rest every
Saturday and Sunday. Our family lived in
Peoria county. Illinois. and were Advent
! lists. recognizing Saturday as the day of rest,
who observed Sunday. l had collie named
| Dick, and, having sold my cattle. disposed
| of the dog to man who observed the first
| day of the week. The first Saturday he was
| there Dick came to my house. distance of
| three miles. and spent the day, returning
| the next morning. To his surprise, he found
| in that way he had two days of rest. during
which the cattle We're kept in the barn lot
| and needed no driving. After that every
| Saturday he came to me. never on any other
| day. but 1 could never keep him over Sun
day."
'The finest collection Of temperance texts
| and precepts 1 ever saw is in n saloon in
my town." said Henry 7. Thompson of
| Iowa City, Iowa, at Wizards. 1.-THE pro-
| prietor of the saloon is the son of a very
wealthy man in the east who formerly
| travelled for his father. Whisky was his
| bane and finally at the close of one of his
sprees the father discharged him, sent him
| $4,000 in cash and told him that it was the
last cent he would ever get. The son sober
ed up and made up his mind to two things,
that he would get back the money he had
spent and he would discourage drunken
| ness. He fitted up an elegant bar, over
which was Inscribed wine is mocker."
and elsewhere are notices, "At last 1T bit
eth like serpent and stinSeth like
adder" AT one end of the room is a hand
some painting portraying with wonderful
vividness the dTunkard's fate. Along the
car are lnldiu lne WOTuS, "A Qrunkard
cannot enter the kingdom of heaven" If
a man is intoxicated he cannot buy a drink
in the saloon at any price, and the saloon
keeper claims to be doing a temperance
work. Incidentally he has stopped drink
ing and is getting rich
Talking about favorite sons" said John
c. Taylor of Indianapolis at the Cochran,
reminds me of some talk heard before 1
left home of the Indiana delegation being
asked to vote for C. w. Fairbanks.
The movement has not yet crystalized.
and 1 could not say for publication that it
will be done. but with ex-President Har-
! rison's letter regarded final there would
be very little trouble. 1 think. in having
Mr.. Fairbanks name presented, and in
case dark horse is nominated he would
stand as good a chance as any other man.
By his own efforts he has arisen to the
front rank 'of the profession and is strong
with business and financial men owing to
the reputation he acquired for safety and
conservatism during the years that he was
general attorney for the Indiana, Bloom
ington and Western Railroad Company and
confidential man of Austin Corb:n. He has
amaSsed a large private fortune He has