The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-14
In THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

mia. is at the Riggs for a brief stay. He is
at the Capital in the Interest of the bill in
troduced By Representative Starke Of Ne
braska. which provides for an appropra-
ton of 81, Gee. 600 for the maintenance of the
National Guard of the various States. Cen
eral Goblin holds that the passage of such
a measure would do wonders In building up
and improving the National Guard. and he
will work hard to have 1t adopted The
National Guard Association is also working
for the bill. Among the later arrivals OF
Adjutants General OF States are the fol-
lowing: C. F. Stewart, OF Pennsylvania, at
the Riggs: G. C. Lambert. of Minnesota,
at Wizards: ]. S. Saunders, of Maryland
1 S. Stryker, of New Jersey, at the Shore
ham.
J. Earl Wagner the baseball magnate is
at the Ebbitt from Philadelphia. and was
( busy holding conferences last night. He
will remain until tomorrow night.
! Roger A Pryor. jr.. son of General Pryor,
the noted Confederate commander. is at
| Chamberlin's from New York It was
/ through giving a dinner in honor of Cen
I eral Pryor that the former Librarian of
/ Congress, John Russell Young. was re-
! quested to resign from the managing edi-
| torship of the New York Herald" James
! Gordon Bennett disliked General Pryor, and
when he heard CT the dinner he demanded
the resignation which was given imme-
diately.
John K Hayes, a prominent politician
~ ~,
die as the guest Of Representative Bel
lamy of that State.
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Postmaster Baumhoff, OF St Louis, No.,
who has been in Washington for several
days asking that his city be given a pneu-
matte tube service between the main post
Office and b-stations, returned home last
night much pleased with the results of his
efforts. 81 think that the Committee on
Postoffices and Postroads can see the Won
derful advantages to be gained by the tube
system" said he, at the Shoreham, yester-
day. II have proven that where It now
takes twenty-five minutes to get the mall
from trains to the postoffice, the whole
thing could be done in two minutes by
tube. If they will give us an appropriation
large enough to put in a tube from the Re-
lay station, which is two miles from the
main Office, l can have all mail thrown off
there, placed in the tube, and before the
train can reach the depot | can have the
mail distributed and partly delivered; that
is, the carriers will be on the street with it.
The tube system should be in every large
city in the country. and viii be some day
in the near future. At present st. Louis
must have it."
ol n af
land agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
is at the Raleigh for week of business
and pleasure.
Can't. J w Best the owner of the cele-
brated Texas Siftings" farm, is at Cham
berlin's from Del Vale, Tex. Captain Best
stated last night that the Lone Star State
would go Democratic and would give Bry-
an big majority. 81 believe the Nebras-
kan will be nominated and elected" said
he. ''as have figured it out that he can
carry wenty-eight States
Capt. I. Iwato and N. Nakajuna. of Yo-
kohama, and X. Yamada and X. Kaga, OF
Nagasaki. Japan. a party of prominent
japanese shipping men, are at the Airing
ton en- route TO Newport News, where they
will visit the shipysrds at that place.
They have inspected the Cramp yards at
Philadelphia and are delighted with the
United States.
Il think am the only man In the coun
try who can say that he stopped fifty dead
men from voting" said Senator Jones of
Nevada at Chamberlin's last night, where
he dined with party of friends
Yes, l have been in politics for nearly
thirty years and have never heard OF
any other man who could say in ali truth
that he had deliberately and at his own
expense prevented fifty dead men from
casting ballots. 1t happened away back
in the early sixties. l had gone to Cali
fornia during the rush for gold and after
getting my bearing for a few years in a
town in certain inland county | thought
| would stand a good chance If ran for
the State Legislature as the nominee for
the upper house of that body. Well. I
was nominated, and the day before cleo
ton day a big Irish miner was ushered
into my quarters.
Cap Jones'. he said, how much will
We pay fer the stiffs!' What stiffs?' I
asked. Why. the dead vans he an
swered. 'Ye see. scr, we hev a nice bunch
of them that always carries the Third
precinct fer the man that gets them an
| thought you might try them this year. |
The man running against you had them |
last election. They're all dead fer years |
an none OF them ever bothers after his |
vote Is cast
How many OF them are there 1 |
asked. Fifty, at 81 apiece, he replied. |
An if they don't vote you get yer money |
back What will it cost to keep them |
from voting? 1 asked Five dollars |
apiece he answered. They're higher |
priced that way. because we've got L have |
a man at every booth Z see that they /
don't vote fer the other fellow
Well, | gave him $3.50 and instructed |
him to keep the dead men from voting
either for or against me. On election day
found that my HibeFnian friend was
earning his $3.50, as he challenged the
dead mems names every time they were
brought in to vote and finally succeeded in
preventing every one of them from pass
ing his watchful eye. | was elected by a
very small margin, and had | not PRE-
vented the dead men from voting and re-
peating. | might not have begun the
political career which made me United
States Senator
THE people of the Pacific Coast are
in favor of expansion said
Charles NJ. Broderick, OF San Francisco,
at the Riggs last night. This is so be-
cause CT the fact that the coast is the
natural outlet through which all Eastern
trade will flow The Increased demand for
everything needed TO place the Philippines
on a par, commercially. with the rest of
the world, has already begun to show
forth, and every week large consignments
Of machinery and other materials are
shipped from San Francisco alone. OF
course We will benefit from the trade, and
believe the entire country will also
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