The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-18
MEN MET IN THE
HOTEL LOBBIES.

MEN MET IN THE
HOTEL LOBBLES.
Mr.. NJ. L. Turner, OF Oklahoma, one Of
the prominent Republicans of the Terri
tory. is guest at the Raleigh, having
stopped in Washington for a few days on
his way TO New York. oklahoma is one
OF the best places TO live in in the United
States" declared Mr.. Turner last night.
''It is easy to prove this. The value of
the crops this year will be nearly twice
as great as the total appraised value OF
all property in the Territory. That Is,
for every thousand dollars worth of prop
erty upon which an Oklahoma farmer
pays taxes, he has raised crops to the
value Of nearly 5000. / don't suppose
there IS another section of country in the
United States or in the civilized world
that can boast of such condition. The
bonded Indebtedness of the Territory Is
less than / per cent. of property values,
and the appraisement of property Is so
low that l know of a number of cases
where farms appraised a. less than $1,000
have sold for 5000 and 5000. Wheat,
cotton, and corn are the great crops"
Mr.. Turner says the people of Oklahoma
are anxious for Statehood but it is not
expected that the necessary legislation
will be enacted at the present session of
Congress. Before the next Congress. he
believes, a determined fight for State
hood will be made. "When it is admitted
to the Union," said Mr.. Turner. "Okla-
hOma will be a Republican State. Me
Kinley would have carried it this fall. A
majority of the Democrats would have
voted for him, and even the Populists are
glad that he is elected"
Hon. Horace H LurtOn, of Nashville,
Tenn, one of the judges Of the Sixth
United States judicial circuit, is a guest
at the Shoreham. Judge Lurton came TO
Washington to meet and confer with
Judge William r. Day, of the same cir
cult who is a guest of President MeKin-
ley at the White House, the object being
to secure the necessary permission TO have
a portion of the fees paid into the office of
the clerk of the United States Court at Gin
cinnat set aside for the support of the
law library there. They called yesterday
on Senator Foraker, who has taken the
matter in charge, and who viii likely in
trOduce a bill soon authorizing the use
Of a portion Of the fees for the purpose
desired.
Mr.. George D. Gear. Of Honolulu, who
is in Washington TO contest the seat OF
Delegate Wilcox. and who is d guest at
the Arlington, has some good stories to
tell of election methods in Uncle Sans
new Pacific possession. ''Why," said Mr..
Gear last night, "the leaders of the indie
pendent, or native party have Croker and
Platt faded out of sight. The bosses in
this country are mere babes in politics
compared with the native Hawaiians. I'll
bet Croker never dreamed of making
votes for his candidates by telling the
voters that the 'kahuna' would get them
if they didn't watch out No, the 'ka-
huna is an Institution peculiar TO Hawaii,
and his induction into politics IS some
thing OF an innovation. The 'kahuna' is a
person, either man or woman, who Is
supposed TO have power 10 pray other
people to death. Their field in the past
has been rather limited. it being neces-
sary TO single out the person against
whom the prayers Of death were to be di-
rected, but to meet the exigeacies of the
recent election their powers were broad
ened TO wholesale size. and shortly be-
fore November word was passed out
that all the kahunas' on the islands
would be set TO praying for the death of
natives who failed TO vote the independ-
ent ticket. The result? Wei, Wilcox
was elected. wasn't hep
Mr.. Gear anticipates some exciting times
when the Territorial legislature meets
'@fhe law under which the Territorial gov
ernment is orginized," he said, provides
that ali the proceedings Of the legislature
shall be conducted in the English Ian
guage. Now. IL so happens that a large
number Of the members Of both Houses
can neither speak nor understand a word
Of English. There is 10 provision that
senators and members Of the lower house
may have interpreters 20 keep them post
ed as to what is being said and done. OF
course they can make no speeches on the
floor, and 1t Is hard 10 figure out how they
are even going to vote, as they are not
able 20 say even yes or no."
There are not many instances in his
| tory where a disastrous war has proved
a blessing TO a country" said Mr. Earl
c. Sfattuck. Of Birmingham. Ala. who
has just returned from a European trip.
and who was guest last night al the
| Raleigh, but such is the case with Spain.
l spent three weeks In Spain, mostly In
Madrid and Barcelona. and J IVES amaz-
/ 81 TO ind signs OF such Industrial ac-
tiyity On every hand. II the thing keebs
/ up at the present rate, Spain will, in a
| generation. become one Of the great in
| dustrial -ati9ns OF TIE world There
seems little doubt that al this rev life
| In Spain is the result OF the thrashing
We gave her Spain has been chiefly en-
gagged for the past few hundred years In
| exploiting her eClon.esi now, that she no
| longer has any considerable colonies 10
! exploit. the people must turn 10 some 9th
! er way OF gaining a livelihood. and indus
! trial activity Is the result. II Is not he
cause Spain Il without resources that her
I people have remained poor. II vas be-
cause men OF wealth and influence We're
not interested IL the development Of the
country. Aost Of them had made their
money IN the colonies. and they expected
! their sons 10 dc likewise. The common
| people were Wiling to work, but no oD-