The times., 1899-05-05
SEEN AND HEARD ISTHEHoTELs

! John Addison Porter can be Governor of
Connecticut or Senator from that State
when the time comes. and will be-" said
Charles Henry Townshe;Id, of New Haven.
prominent Connecticut politician. at the
Arlington last night. "A large majority OF
| Connecticut Republicans, consider him the
| biggest man of the State. undoubtedly.
| He was not elected Governor at the last
| election, but that was not because he is
not popular. His present position is an i'm
/ portant and an honorable one, and he is a
young man yet, with plenty of time ahead
| for larger honors. Mr.. Porter comes from
one of the best families in New England,
| or in the country. His grandfather was
Joseph E. Sheffield, the man who built the
Rock Island Railroad and pat through
many other great undertakings. His father
was Prof. Porter, of Yale, and one of the
| finest men the university ever had in its
faculty. In my opinion Mr.. Porter inherits
| the traits of both these gentlemen to
| marked degree
James o. Hayden, of New Orleans. the
prominent Louisiana Democratic politician,
| is in the city on return trip from Europe,
/ where he was called hurriedly few we ks
| ago by the sickness of Mrs. Hayden. He is
| at the Arlington. Mr.. Hayden expressed
! the greatest confidence in the immediate
| great prosperity of the South and OF
| Louisiana in particular, in a conversation
| last night. THE entire business interests
of the State are in fiourishing condition.
/ better than for many years past" he said.
| p. H. Dempsey, of the Stagg Whisky
| Company, of Kentucky, is in the city. In
| conversation last night he described very
entertaining controversy that has arisen
between some of the church people of
| Louisville and the distillers of whisky. A
! short time ago the church people served
/, notice on the members of the church en-
gagged in any way in the whisky business
that they must give up their businesses
! within one year from date. Many of the
! makers and sellers of whisky We're wealthy
and important people, but they were all Ia
cluded in the order. The result of this
play of the church people was that there
| were numerous designations from church
membership turned in Immediately. The
entire offending party resigned as one man.
and, in fact, took many other members of
the church with them. The affair was
made more important and entertaining By
one of Mr.. Watterson's editorials describ-
ing the '.banishment from heaven" of the
offenders.
Charles A. Mason, of Portland, Ore, is
at the Raleigh. He said last night of the
new American policy: 1.-The Northern Pa
ciic Railroad has new line of steamers
for its business to the Orient. The Can
adian Pacific also has several steamers.
The Great Northern is now building a
| number OF steamers for an Oriental line,
and will soon have them running to China.
Japan, and probably the Philippines. These
various lines have been made necessary by
the great increase in Pacific business. where
a few years ago the Pacific Mail Company s
steamers had the entire trade alone. 1t Is
not to be doubted that more steamers will
be added by all these companies and that
they will all do great business soon
as the American interests in the Philip
pines develop and lead to the further
growth of the China and Japan trade"
U. II. Scott. of New York. an engineer
OF the Westinghouse Company, is in the
city making the preliminary arrangements
for contract work for the Government H.
H. Lane, also of the Westinghouse Com
pany, is with Mr.. Scott. Mr.. Lane has been
in charge of extensive electrical repairs
that the company has been making in the
Potomac dredging machine. They are at
Wizards Hotel. 'sn
w. Preston Harrison. brother of Mayor
Harrison, of Chicago. is at Willard's.
| 7 i CaSsa1a the Chief of polina ut l.