The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-08
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

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sse' lieS uo ho' hn'" "he'hei " peie'e
| their own eyes or &c believe the tongues
| of Washington. A few wears ago Meikle-
| iobp did mot tip,,re among the .ayso rams
! -, a.. ,o,,sron,r. Wi, .oa .h, r,,,os
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OF the prominent ci'lZehs VINO ATTENDED q
| function. He was not known in the State
except as persistent ofiice-seeker. The
position of Assistant Secretary of War was
offered to two Nebraska men before it
came to Meiklejohn, who was an applicant
all the time. Now Washington says he is
| q great man; big enough man for the
United States Senate. Perhaps he is. Ne
braska never discovered it herself. but, of
course, she may be mistaken. You know
yam. 81 naps 1sha neeua solue ou'
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way 10 ia"sei WIZ 10 mere u a. euo NC
lore Inc supreme court. lie says he mas
large real estate office in connection with
his law practice, and that there is great
| deal of money in this part Of his work.
Speaking of the Northwest, he says:
You would be surprised at the amount
of immigration that is moving northward.
These immigrants are leaving the Central
and Middle West and coming into Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota, and Wis
copsip. A large number come from Can
ada. but they usually strike work in the
mines or the timber forests of Minnesota.
The farmers come into our-State or go to
North Dakota and Wisconsin. Very little
moving is done in the winter. of course,
but in the spring we get all that is COM
ing our way. There is a reason for this.
Our land is much cheaper the soil is bet
ter, and the prospects for raising good
cron Iool, very bright especialIv whan a
man has had to Till unnroductiye land for
hoard n, at a later date"
800
.1 b,vo hoard ~ stated s;noo tho e,ec-
tion that the south would some aax he
found in the Renuhlican column - said n
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u. Ail'ie' vi .naiies'on' D. w. d. 'ho
Shoreham, but let me tell you this Will
never take place while the negro contin-
ues to vote with that party. Should the
negro cast his vote with the Democrats
then the solid South would be broken.
Until this happens we will at all times
find the South credited to the Democracy.
The race question is still the paramount
issue in the South. The whites continue
to look down upon them and the negroes
want to be treated as an equal. This will
never do in our State nor in any other
in his place. II he will keep his place we
VIII treat nill WIN .he piopei ainoun LII
GOLF In the same class with the whites.
then there will be trouble. The younger
negroes are the principal aggressors IN
this respect. trust the race question
will never be brought to an issue, out
am AFRAID that some DAY mere VIII pe
iIisE,lu, cias" oet"eeh 'he WHITES anu
'he p'''eAs'
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poiitlcaAy' said o 'ii H. isN. vi
trolt, at the Eooltt- Tue "hoie 9'a.e 10
aroused over his action in issuing a par
don to Generals White and Marsh, the two
officers who defrauded the State out of
$50 900. He is condemned alike by friend
and foe. His enemies have taken this OPP
portunity = seal his political doom, while
his friends are Deserving him on all sides.
Ihere was some taiR OF running MN iol
mayor at the next electIon. Inc men "no
supported TINS Rroposi.ion eanlo' n1
lound. mere - ny one Peison W. wro WI" III
I,ana 't tba a-aci;,;He oSr,cn II u,i, he to
80 -. ,r;,.ata Iiyo .nd II lie likely thai
litical Office"
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d, -. .ne - ~. aon,ost h.e,n and had
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=. 80 Md W Lrov that
~. ~. "a o. rtr,na man in tho senate
-, and avery man In the state feels
~. ~ hos .,,ssorod gre,t loss and
nc. III ,aa.h &. - ct,ta Calamity This
Iii, ;s an.rt from ANYTHING which we
800, faoI ohnrt tho services he could have
na,,,,orod nc country within the newt few
80 Nd no Ii,e5 And there are so
-, - nc Who b,xo sense of deem
narso,,i ,rief II hardly seems natural
r. owe hare and mt tn call IN Senator
n,,;s T, was aIwavs great Measure.
IJ;. Inss 10 hoayv sorrow