The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-16
AT PHILADELPHIA.

cannot be initiated. Il The strangers nov
within the gates of the city are trying
to adjust their understanding to Philadel
phia English, but they are finding it {
hard job. The cabn,an, the millionaire
the swell woman, the hotel chambermaio
alike say todoi.' Senator Penrose car
ried this pronunciation with him to the
Senate Chamber at Washington and Sena
tors and newspaper men wondered why be
thus distorted the Queens English. 1t is
easily understood now Senator Penrose
is native of Philadelphia. Almshouse in
Philadelphia English becomes ''emshouse.
Both Mayor Ashbridge and Senator Pen
rose were asked today why the word aims
was not pronounced in this city either as
most everybody else north of Mason and
| Dixon's line pTonounces it OF as it is pro-
nounced south of that line-"ams." Neither
the mayor nor the Senator seemed to com
prehend what the inquisitive visitor meant.
The "emshorse'' is situated close to the
big building in which the Republican Ma
tional Convention is to be held next week,
and as all visitors who go to the Conven-
ton hall pass by the almshouse and nat
| urally ask what the institution is, the
Philadelphia way of pronouncing the word
is striking feature of a trip out to that
| part of the city. Street car conductors, cab
| drivers, and all other accommodating ma
tves, not even excepting the policemen,
call it the 'emshouse' The visitors have
not yet become accustomed to the peculiar
tiles of Philadelphia speech, and for this
| reason considerable confusion prevails in
4 the city at present. However, as this is
the only Inconvenience noticeable. it can
be predicted with safety that the tens of
| thousands of strangers who rush to the
| city during the next week to add enthu-
siasm to the Hon. Mark Hanna's Conven-
ton will have nothing to complain Of when
| they go home, except of course, the diff
Guilty of understanding Philadelphia Eng
| lish. There is plenty to eat here, and
plenty to drink. too. Also, there is an
| abundance of sleeping room. Still, 1t takes
a good deal of money to procure food and
beds. The restaurants have raised prices
and the hotels have abandoned their regu-
! lar summer rates for the nonce and put
| them even little higher than the winter
rates.
As was to be expected Mr.. Hanna is
the biggest man in Philadelphia at pres
ent. Even John Wanamaker is consid-
cred by Philadelphians not nearly so great
| man as Mr.. Hanna. The papers daily vie
with each other in the amount of stuff
printed about Hanna. All Of them seek
his opinion of Philadelphia. And Mr..
Hanna never fails ITO give the town
great Jolly" This 'pleases the PhiladeI-
phians immensely. On street car, COM
, ing up Chestnut Street this afternoon, two
evening papers that had interviews with
Mr.. Hanna as to his opinion Of PhiladeI-
phia outsold all of the other evening pub
LEGATIONS that had overlooked the daily in
Z terview with the mighty man on this in
teresting subject. 1t is useless to state
that the newsboys cried out loudly the
, important fact that the two newspapers
which sold best had interviews with Han
ma. II is two to one that every one Of the
evening papers tomorrow, following the
example of their morning contemporaries,
will have interviews with Hanna on the
subject Of Philadelphia. The mighty man
comes into the city about II O'Clock every
morning, and goes direct to the Hotel
Walton where his National Committee
holds its meetings. He is staying at the
suburban residence of Mr.. Clement A. Girls
com, who is interested quite as much as
Mr. Hanna himself in the success of the
Hanna-Payne ship subsidy scheme now
pending in Congress. 1t is said that Mr..
Griscom is trying to persuade Mr. Hanna
to insert in the platform which he will
make public next Wednesday a strong de-
mand for the speedy passage Of the Hanna
Payne bill at the next session of Congress.
However, ii is understood that Mr. Hanna
believes the wisest policy to pursue on
this question is to simply declare in high
sounding terms for larger merchant ma
rine. and then when Congress reassembles
he will rush the bill through on the pre-
text that it was endorsed by the National
Convention and demanded by the platform.
The movements Of the Hon Matthew
Stanley Quay are causing considerable in
terest and perhaps anxiety, at present
The air is full OF rumors to the effect that
Quay is plotting trouble for next week
Just what form this proposed trouble will
take is not known. Quay. like Hanna
moves in a mysterious way his wonders
to perform He arrived In the city this
morning from his sons farm at Mountville |
a few miles out He was met at the rail-
road station by a few faithful friends and
escorted in a closed carriage 10 his city !
house in North Nineteenth Street. He did |
rot call during the day at the headquar- |
tiers of the National Committee, of which |
he is member. Senator Penrose has been |
representing him by proxy at the meetings |
of the committee. 1t is strongly suspected |
that Quay is going to play partially even |
with Hanna for turning him down at |
Washington by stirring up as much trouble |
as possible over the Vice Presidency Quay |
&c tn how ha hiey ,t,sa,, l.,
delegation very well in hand, and if he |
can arrange a deal with his old side part
ner Plat. Mr.. Hanna may have cause to |
be worse frightened by the Timothy Wood |
ruff boom than he has been for three |
months.
The Hon. Charles G.. Dawes, Comptroller
of the Currency. felt that he could leave
his duties at Washington yesterday long
enough to run over here and explain fully
the Vice Presidential mystery. Everybody
except Mr.. Hanna, Mr.. Dawes. and few
other statesmen Of that class continue to
believe that if Mr. Hanna wanted to do
so he could relieve the anxiety of the
country on the question as to who is to be
Mr.. McKinley's running mate. Mr. Dawes
had scarcely reached his hotel this after
noon when he was pounced upon by a raw
enous reporter with the usual question
Isn't It significant, Mr.. Dawes" suggest
cd the reporter. that Hanna and the Ad-
ministTation are supporting Bliss and
Grosvenor is for Dolliver?" The form of
the question suited Mr.. Dawes exactly.
Yes. it is significant" he very promptly
replied, with a sly but ominous squirt at
the abashed reporter. But Of what is it
Significant the reporter finally managed
to stammer All said Mr.. Dawes. that