The times., 1899-04-21
SEEN AND HEARD INTHE HOTELS

John H Caldwell, the new Democratic
Representative from the Springfield dis
trict in Illinois, is at the Ebbitt having
! arrived in the city yesterday with his
wife. Mr. Caldwells son, Harvard stu
dent, is visiting his parents here during
the spring vacation. Mr.. Caldwell is a tall.
rather spare man. with something of the
look of a prosperous farmer and some
thing of the successful business man. He
is the first man ever elected from his dis
trict not lawyer by profession. He prides
himself on this fact. having been born on
a farm and now being a banker. He said
last night regarding Illinois politics.: THE
Democrats of my district are very much
pleased with the local l9elections. Decatur.
a city of 10000 people, was carried by us
for the first time in several years. At
Pana. also where the labor troubles have
occurred, We were successful.
W. H. Redington, of Chicago represent
ing one of the largest ink concerns in the
country, who is at the Shoreham said last
night regarding the prosperity of the
West: Il can speak authortatively of
many of the manufacturing interests of
Chicago and other Western cities. 1t is
a fact that at present every concern of
which l have any knowledge is working
to its fullest capacity. and frequently day
and night Orders are piling up faster
than they can be executed. There has
never been much work to be done in the
past ten years, and it is certainly just to
say that the West is more prosperous than
at any time in this decade
William +. Rockwell, a prominent Con-
necticut Republican politician and presi-
dent of one of the largest manufacturing
concerns in the State, is at the Arlington.
He came from Connecticut yesterday. Il
had long conversation with Senator
Platt on the day l left home, he said
last night He is very much better, and,
in fact has almost recovered from his
severe illness" Mr. Rockwell is per-
sonal friend of Secretary John Addison
Porter. In speaking OF Mr.. Porter's Ill
ness and forthcoming resignation, he said;
Mr.. Porter has been Frustrated from over
work, and is far from being recovered. 1t
will be several weeks at least before he
can assume his duties again. AS TO his
plans later l cannot say. Mr.. Porter is
well liked all over Connecticut, and there
has been much anxiety over his illness.
1t might seem from his defeat for the
Republican nomination for Governor that
he is not popular man, but the contrary
is true"
Mr.. and Mrs. TriIbee and Miss Trubee.
of Bridgeport, Conn.,, and the Misses
| Hatch of Philadelphia, are at the Raleigh.
They are part of the returning army OF
Southern winter visitors. and have been
spending the last two months at Ashville,
n. c. 1.-THE South has been as cold as the
North this winter" Mr.. Trubee said last
night, land at Asheville We have really
suffered with the cold, not being pre-
pared for extreme cold weather. When
we reached AsheviIle 1t was as cold as
when we left Connecticut.
Walter R. Thomas. of Detroit. is at the
Raleigh. In discussing the new Pingree
municipal ownership laws last night, he
said: "It is undoubtedly the fact that
large part of the people are in favor OF
the laws. 1t was believed at first that
they would meet with strenuous opposi-
ton, but in every case where there has
been a test Governor Pingree has come
out ahead. The new order of things is
now in process of establishment. The rail-
way lines are being turned over to the
city,
Representative E. j. Hill and W. U.
Marigold, both of Connecticut, are at the
Cochran.
Representative Bankhead, Of Alabama,
is at the National Hotel.
John Pilgrim, of London. who is tour
ing in America, is at the Riggs.