The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-08
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


Hon. T. W. Phillips of Pennsylvania. is
at the shoreham. Mr.. Phillips is chairman
of the Industrial Commission now in ses-
sion in this city, and formerly represented
| his district in the House.
II cannot say just when the report of the
| Commission will be presented to Congress. y
said he last night, but it will be ready
about the end OF August You see. the re-
| ports OF the subcommissions on agricul-
| ture. manufacturing. and general business,
| transportation. and mining must be c. n
sidere6 after all OF the evidence and statis-
| tics have been concluded and prepared, and
! when these matters have been decided upon
and adopted by the commission as body,
the whole will be boiled down into syn0p-
sis and presented. together with sugges-
lions for remedial legislation. Few people
have any idea of the scope OF the work of
the commission. We not only consider the
conditions existing in this country. but in
Europe ard Asia. and draw comparisons. |
think that the report will show that Eng
land is far advanced in labor legislation
yes. far ahead of the United States. The
only States having anything like the Eng
lish labor legislation are Massachusetts, and
New York. and they lack in many needed
things. The report will be very valuable
document. in that it will contain the ideas
of the greatest and most experienced minds
on both sides of all disputed questions. to-
gether with rare statistics and the opinions
OF experts. The Commission will expire n
October. and We believe that We can show
many splendid results Of cur lahors.'
A delegation of prominent leaders OF the
A. o. II. arrived at the Ebbitt last night
and will remain here for few days. The
party includes p. ]. o'Connor. OF Georgia;
j. +. Dolau. OF New York: f. j. Slattery
Of South birmingham. Mass; Patrick
o'NeiI and James o. Sullivan. of Philadel-
phia. J. T. Heating, OF this city. come to
confer with the visitors. A secret meeting
was held at the hotel last night. and while
it was whispered among the waiting news
paper men that the conference was in the
nature OF pro-BOer demonstration. moth
ing could be obtained. however, as the dele
gates refused TO be seen.
Hon. Judsou Harmon. formerly Attor-
ney General of the United States under
President Cleveland. is at the Shoreham.
from Cincinnati, Ohio. Judge Harmon
win remain here several weeks on legal
business. He is accompanied by his
daughter
Edward Cramp. Of the Cramp Ship
building Company. is at the Arlington
from Philadelphia Mr.. Cramp is here on
pleasure trip and is accompanied by his
wife and daughter.
The big drainage canal has at last bees,
completed. and the Chicago River joke
win be relegated into the depths Of the
waste basket" said J. II. Packard of Chi
eago. at the Raleigh last night. Already
the much maligned stream has begun TO
clear, and whole legions OF adIniring citi-
zens stand along the wharves and watch
for blue and white streaks in the black
coy mass. While the completion CT the
new channel has caused flow which must
clear the water and givt better sanitary
conditions, those who ar compelled to
cross the river to and from their homes
will find much delay as they will be
compelled to wait when the swing bridges
are open. Before you know n man could
climb on to the solid mass in the river and
walk across, but l hardly think this will
be safe in the future.
II am on here attending to some bust
ness for my clients said T. A. Armstrong
New York lawyer. at Chamberiin's last
night II was going over some old papers
the other day and happened to find a num-
Der of cases in which | had been inter-
ested, and II struck me as an odd fact that
there Is today not one place of refuge in
the world for criminal When l began
praetieing Law. a modest American Grim
iual could find freedom from extradition
almost anywhere on the globe. Murderers |
could secure relief from the worrysome
warrant in Japan. Turkey. Holland Spain. |
Algiers. Ecuador. Chile. Cuba the Philip |
pines. and in nearly all Of Central America. |
while embezzlers had a much wider range |
or summering or winteiing resorts. A trip /
to Canada was the most common event i'm |
aginable. and the bank asher was as safe |
as though he had gone to Manila. One /
by one. however. the resorts have been |
gradually closed to the retiring criminal. |
Finally Canada was lost 20 the anxious /
tribe. and the crooks found themselves in |
the position of Dick SwiYeiler who could 1
hardly dare traverse certain streets foS fear !
of meeting creditors Thea Honduras, the /
final refuge was lost and as l have said,
today there is no spot on earth wherein
an American criminal is safe from the man /
with the warrant"
After all, there is something in the title
one gives a horse. and the old story about
giving dog bad name may have some
thing to do with it, said A. c. Scheney. a
New Orleans horseman, at the National last
night Some of the best horses on the |
running turf have the 1gliest names and
vice versa, while animals named after
famed percentages do not always show up.
Take General Shafter. for instance; there
is horse that could hardly win q race with
a street car stable. Then again Kitchener
is frequently in the money. Joe Wheeler
is skate, and has burnt his hackers. |
Julius Caesar is naturally good old horse
and Ellen Terry manages TO show nearly
every time she is entered, while Tom
Sharkey came in second one day last week.
Spurs is a little horse that n pltchfork
couldn't get speed out OF, while Brisk is as
speedy as his name. Gold Standard gets
placed once in a while, but the Populist
Isn't a safe proposition. Yuba Dam seldom
disapponts those who back him. Old Tank
is not as bad as the name implies, while
Swamp Angel looks and acts the part"