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

| John d. Collier, of Chicago. Is a guest
| OF the Arlington. Speaking to a Times
| reporter last night of the status of the
South African republics, Mr. Collier. who
| is prominent mining engineer in the
| Windy City. and spent many years IN the
Rand district OF the TransvEai. said:
The crushing out of existence OF the
| South African republics by the might OF
superior force and power will be marked
| in history as one of the greatest political
| tragedies of the nineteenth century. No
| doubt there were faults on both sides
when the trouble commenced. The rug
| ged Dutch. true 20 their nature were
brusque and stubborn. They might have
| yielded somewhat more than they were
willing to grant. though from the first
| their statesmen were convinced that the
| aim of Great Britain was conquest, pure
and simple Hence 1t was not to be OK
| pected that these simple and sincere peo-
| pie. unschooled in the arts of diplomacy.
| should manifest the same patience and
| forbearance that would have character
lied them had they felt confidence in Eng
lands honesty. | think that few. II any,
| fair-minded persons conversant with the
| facts involved would hold that England
| would have pressed her contention to the
| extent she did had the Stuth African re-
publics been strong and powerful nations
| such as Germany or France for example:
| believe that in the long run it will he
| shown that the statesnaGship of Great
Britain that involved her in this mise-a-
| BILE and unholy war was pitifully short
| sighted. From my point of view a great
| moral wrong has been committed. which
sooner or later viii bring home TO Eng
| land a terrible reckoning
| 1.-The Democratic caucus last Saturday
selected F. e Corbett. of Butte. Speaker
of the House of Representatives of NJ In
tana,' said W. l. McMaster who is regis
| tered at the Shoreham. last night. This
action goes a great way to ensure the
| election OF W. A. Clark to the United
| States Senate. The balloting for the two
| Scholarships will begin week from to-
| day Ccr5ett is a Clark man. and was
| able to outvote the entire opposition in
| the caucus. and there were men included
| in this opposition who will. | am sure.
vote for Clark A number of candidates
for the other Senatorship are in the field.
including F. August Heinz, H. L. Frank.
W c. Conrad, and ". A. Cooper. Matters
are somewhat complicated. l believe,
however. that neither of these men, but
a dark horse. will land the prize AS for
Clark he is one of those men who insist
on carrying out what they have decided
to accomplish. He is fighter
Charles T. Wilson, of New York.
prominent member OF the Empire State
bar association. was at Chemberlins
/ last night, and speaking OF direct legis-
! lation said: The Republic of Switzer
F., land leads the democracy Of the world
] so far as it represents a government of
by, and for the people. The great refor-
nation measures introduced TO preserve
under present conditions truly repub-
! liean government include tie initiative.
referendum, proportional representation.
and the imperial mandate; and these,
I said Mr. wilson have been fully tried
and have proved eminently practical In
no country are changes along the line
/ SO successfully pursued by Switzerland
so imperatively demanded as in our own:
| and. though much has been already ae-
/ complished in arousing the electorate to
the importance of these reforms, said
Mr.. Wilson. far more educational agita-
ton is needed
John E. McDonough. of Chester, Pa, is
a guest at the Raleigh. Speaking of the
! prospective candidates for Congressional
honors for Delaware and Chester Counties.
Mr.. McDonough. who is considered one of
the shreSdest politicians of the Twenty
| third Pennsylvania Congressional district.
/ said last night. Tom Butler will not go
back again TO Washington as the Repre-
sentative of this dual bsiliwick, Jack
I Robinson his old time opponent, VIII try
| to square cid accounts at the next election.
/ and it will be interesting to see how the
/ Robinson and Mathues forces viii come
! together in the fight. Robinson is a
| shrewd politician said Mr. McDonough.
/ but l believe he has outlived his real
! usefulness as Congressman. Some of the
! younger element will come to the front
and you can set it down in your memoran-
! dunn that the next Congressman for this
district will be either State Senator w.
! Sprodl. editor of the Chester Times or
ex-Mayor Crosby N. Black. 1t is. however.
! not at all out of the proposition that Will
| lie Schaffer. former district attorney for
Delaware County. might enter the field
and carry of honors. One thing. however,
| is sure" said Mr. McDonough. land that
is that Thomas Butler. son-in-law of ex-
Congressman Darlington Will not be re-
| elected