The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-11
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.


Of the largest drug concerns in this coun-
Try, are registered at the Raleigh They
are here 90 urge the removal OF the War
Revenue tax on patent medicines and pro
prietary articles said Mr. Blake last
night: There is no good reason why the
tax should be continued on patent medi-
cines, which are necessity. and used ex-
tensively among the middle and poorer
classes. If these people had the same in
fuence with legislation as financial insti-
tutions have, the tax on the medicine
would have been removed long ago. Mr.
Dawson said: AS the tax. as l under
stand it. was created for the purpose Of
raising money to pay the costs OF the
Spanish war, | don't see why 1t SHOULD be
continued on anything now. since the AZ
with Spain is a thing Of the past The
Philippines are ours and they are, if the
reports of the War Department are at all
reliable. in a state OF heavenly peace and
reeking prosperity. with the exception of
a few notorious distuTber5 Of the peace
and Mr.. Aguinaldo.'
"Our Legislature which commenced bus
mess this week" said c. B. Wilson, Of
Charleston. ". Va, at the Arlington last
night. will be one Of the most impor-
tant in the history of West Virginia. The
new Reapportionment bill by which the
State Will acquire a Fifth Congressional
district will probably be the most inter
esting feature Of several proposed enact
ments. The Republican leaders have cal
cuIated things to a nicely, and according
to the plan mapped out by them, the re-
apportionment viii be effected in such a
manner as to preclude even the possibili-
ty Of electing a single Democratic Repre-
sentative for many years to come. The
fcur districts heretofore we're so arranged
as to give both parties an equal chance
Fine managem ent, isn't it2''
D. 4. Holmes, of Chicago, is guest at
the Ebbitt House. Speaking of remedies
for trust abuses last night Mr. Holmes,
who is wealthy merchant of the Windy
City, said: Trusts and combines have
mere than doubled in the last three
years. They are doing our business in
terests incaIculabIe damage; killing the
small concerns, building monopolies that
enable few men TO control the output
and the prices of staple products and nee
essaries of life, cenering the arbitrary
sway OF national Industries in little
groups of Industrial aristocrats-coal
barcns. sugar dukes, railroad princes.
steel kings, oil eEperors. etc.-and levy
ing taxes on US without representation.
and for private purposes. by the side of
which the taxes of King George were but
q zephyr as compared to a cyclone These
lawlcss concerns should be taxed 10 the
full extent of their incomes. for it is ali
the tainted product of fraud and viola
ton Of law; and If they stin persist IN
doing business on the anJagOnistic plan,
endeaYoring tc conceal their incomes,
etc. their plants and property should be
confscated TO public use for defiance of
law Use the taxing power, repeal the
protective tariff on trust goods, abolish
railway discrimination. and put the Coz
eminent in the hands Of brave and honest
men that viii enforce the law, and the
monopoly evil will vanish.
1T would be difficult indeed to find a
man better fit to I'LL the office Of Justice
of the Supreme Court Of tie state of New
Jersey, than Representative J. s Salmon
of that State" said John R. Mullen OF
Newark. y J., at the Riggs House. last
night The vacancy must be filed ~
the appointment Of d Democrat said
Mir. Mullen. and Mr.. Salmon is one of
the best-known Democrats in New Jer-
sey, and lis selection Tor the high office.
1 am sure, would be highly acceptable to
the Democracy of our State"
It latest news from Kitchener from
the at of war in South Africa" said
General Pearson. Of The Boer Army. who
is at the Shoreham. would indicate that
he T-
women ana children in the larger towns
and cities of the South African Republic,
so as to enable him 10 devastate the
whole cOuntry-by burning the smaller VII
lagos and hamlets. This measure how
ever, viii not IN any manner help Kitch-
ener TO bring about the surrender Of our
people. CommauGant General Louis 6oJha
in his reply TO Lord Roberts OF September
,, said II the last paragraph: Nothing
done By you in the PAST, nothing that viii
be done by you in me future will prevent
Us from continuing the strife for our in
dependence The burning of farms and
homesteads viii be Of no avail to Kitch-
ener. Regarding the reports Of BOer peace
ENJOYS negotiating with the British for
peace, know that they are untrue and
sent out for the purpose Of misleading the
world and to misrepresent the true state
Sf affairs
L y. Moore. of Buffalo. is registered
at the Normandie- Speaking of the Pan
American Exposition Mr. GIoore said.
At the Pan-American Exposition there
VIII be fired a long range shot by a gun
that would shoot half way from Kauka-
kee TO Kalamazoo. tearing countless
thousands Of human beings into shreds so
small that they would be good only TO
wad other guns with There viii also be
a Beautiful Orient in which you may
see how the inhabitants Of North Africa
live and dance and have fun. In the Pat
ent Office exhibit, in the Government
Building. You may see models and models.
each representing hours or days or years
OF the strenuous life. aud then you
may rest your weary brain by riding on
the Aerio-Cycle 200 feet in the air. The
village features will be no. exactly nu-
merous. but at the same time plentiful.
The Beautiful Orient VIII be similar TO
the Cairo Street OF Chicago fame There
viii be also an Old Plantation. with
hundred negroes. a Mexican village. q
Hawaiian volcano. a Philippine village
an Indian congress-. a German village.
constructed 10 some extent for irrigatIug
purposes and an African village from
the West Coast. A Street in Venice
viii have a canal. the Bridge Of Signs. the
Rialto, pigeons from St Marks and fine
copies of the most beautiful Venetian
art in pictures and stationery