Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-26
TN HOTEL CORRIDORS

ST have been a quiet student Of polltlcs
for fifty years." said Judge L. M. Han
son of Fort Worth. at WIZARDS, ana
there is less real interest in the next
presidential contest than has ever peen eA-
hibited so near the time of the nominating
conventions, There seems to be general
feeling prevailing that President Roosevelt
will receive the nomination at the repubn-
can convention with practically no opposi-
ton. This would account for the seeming
apathy upon the subject. If 1t was not for
the very widespread belief that the Presi-
dent while exceedingly popular among the
people. has not rendered himself entirely &C
ceptable to the large financial and corporate
interests These are the influences which
surprised the entire country in 1892 by the
quiet manner in which they accomplished
the election of Grover Cleveland. and they
never proclaim their intentions in advance.
The past two national campaigns have
been noisy ones upon the part Of the poll
ticians and apathetic ones upon the part or
the people. I will be surprised If the cam
paign of 1904 does not closely resemble that
of 1892 and be free from the display fea-
lures of the last two presidential elections"
= THE recent shaksup in Industrial stocks
gives me great confidence in the general
condition Of business" said Harvey
Holmes. banker of Tecumseh. Neb., at
the Shoreham. There has never been a
time when so severe a slump In the market
would not have created more widespread
trouble and especially as 1t occurred at the
time Of the usual ten-year depression
Prosperity with us has always run in. cy-
cles. We had panics in 1877. 1917. 1887 and
1857. The next was due In 1877, but was
fastened four years by the excessive spec
ulation Of the civil war and came In 1873
The next was due in 1893 and came on
schedule time. The next Is due In 1913. and
I have no doubt we will find 1t reaches
US then. Every ten years. or at a sort Of
halfway place in these periods. there Is
q financial depression. AS a rule 1t takes
but little at these times to completely upset
suspension OF Cooke & Co.. a solvent con-
Germ. caused five years Of hard times. In
1908 a slump of a thousand millions and the
failure of corporations ten times as large
as Cooke & Co. cause only few days un-
easiness It was scarcely sufficient in its
effects to be termed a financial depression
at all, and 1t looks as though our steadily
increasing foreign trade has placed US In a
merly overwhelmed our internal commerce
and Industry viii In tie future be handled
with practically no disastrous effects upon
the country at large.-
81 am glad to see the downfall Of Dowie
in New York." said J. A. Temple. promi-
nent citizen OF Sterling. Kan, at the Ra-
leigh. 1.-THE stories Of the wonderful cures
affected by the prophet as he styled him
SELF had q remarkable influence in western
Kansas. do not know what there Is in the
climate Of my state to produce exaggera-
tons. but everything grows there as it does
nowhere else. and this growth is not con-
fined to the vegetable kingdom. All kinds
of fanaticism when introduced into Kansas
bring forth the most remarkable results.
When the Dowie excitement reached west
ern Kansas. people went crazy over 1t.
Prosperous farmers and merchants sold
their possessions and gave the savings of
q life Of toll to the healer. Families were
separated on account of the influence of
man whom they never saw and car loads
Of disciples left the state for Zion. The
Madison Square Garden fiasco will break
the hold of Dowie upon the people of Kan
sas and the fanaticism will soon completely
disappear"
''You can read a good deal in books on
natural history about snakes charming
BIRDS" said R. e. Utley Of Chicago. at Viii
lards, ''but I know an instance at Hyde
Park Of bird charming snake. A friend
Of mine who is much interested in all forms
Of animal life was presented with mock
ing bird by friend In Florida and about
the same time received large specimen OF
prairie rattlesnake from Nebraska. The
snake was placed In a glass box In full
view of the cage In which the moclsing bird