Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11


seems that nobody took pains to as
certain his views on the subject.
| appears from statements by severa
Republican leaders who are in clos,
touch with the former secretary o
| war, that he is not willing to he
candidate for the gubernatorial nom
nation and there Is a great deal o
mysterious talk of letter which ex
| secretary Root Is said to have writ
ten to Governor Odell. positively de
clining the honor of becoming tn,
Republican candidate for governor
Various rumors concerning that letter
are in circulation, but nothing posi-
i've Is known, as Gov. Odei declines
TO make the contents of the letter
public Leading Republicans are
still in hopes that the united persuas.
i've powers OF President Roosevelt and
his lieutenants in the campaign will
finally succeed in changing the mind
of Mr.. Root.
William Astor Chanler, the author
and traveller, Is the latest addition to
the list OF candidates for the guberna-
torial nomination on the Democratic
ticket. He has informed his friends
that he would accept the nomination
should it be offered to him. and the
only question now Is. whether the con
Yention will see fit TO make the offer.
Mr.. Chanler has good political rec
ord, and many influential Democrats
are OF the opinion that he would make
very strong candidate.
merry war has broken out be-
tween Street Commissioner Woodbury.
ON one side and the street peddlers
and pnshcart men on the other. Com
missioner Woodbury., who has the rep.
utation of being able TO invent more
impracticable schemes in one day than
all the other heads OF municipal de.
partments together in a year. has con.
,eiyed the absurd plan of driving the
pushcart men of the streets and com
pei them to congreeate within a GER
ain place, which he has selected for
hem, and which happens to he under
he approach of the Williamsburg
bridge. That his plan Is absurd and
illogical does not seem to worry Mr.
Woodbury. at all, and it is doubtful /,
ne is aware of the absurdity of his
plan. These itinerant peddlers, it is
rue, are quite a nuisance in the
crowded DOWNTOWN streets of Manhat-
tan, but in permitting them to carry
IN their business the city silently ac-
lulesced in the principal upon which
the business of the pushcart men is
based. The only thing that enables
ihem to make living at their trade
IS the TACT that they serve the conven
enc. enGe l2s, q etas5 81 &c Compelling the patrons
to come TO them. To force these ven
iers into one certain place. away from
every possibility of reaching their Gus
toners. means to destroy their busi-
ness and deprive them of their only
chance of maying a decent living The
pushcart men decline to accept Mr.
Woodbury's proposition and seem de
termined to fight him through the
courts. In the meantime they are be-
ing driven from pillar to post, and ev-
cry day scores OF them are arrested
loi pbSii uttihB tiaiit anu HHtu.
Manager Conried of the MetroDol-
itan opera house had a narrow escape
from becoming involved in war with
he Musicians Protective Union. Some
IF the musicians of the Metropolitan
orchestra were not inclined to sign a
contract for the next season, and as
- al .,Ir bod L.
rled began negotiating with com
petent musicians in Europe. The nn.
lon threatened To appeal to the courts
to prevent the Importation of mu-
sicians under contract, and for a while
it looked as II the season would begin
with a war in musical circles The
differences We're adjusted, however,
and Mr., Conried has succeeded in fill
ing every position In his orchestra
without drawing upon the resources
of Germany. France, or any other for
eign country
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit un-
ioubtedly holds the record as the
champion killer. statistlcian has
Neufeu out lHhl On an average lOuf
hundred persons are killed or iniur.
ed by the cars of that company every
ear. 1t Is true a great many of these
cases are due to the recklessness oil
he travelling public, but quite con
siderable percentage is directly cans.
ed by the incapabilty of the manage
ment and the lnefiiciency OF its EN-
ployes.
The scarcity of meat In the local
market in consequence of the strike
Of the packing house employees has
converted more persons TO vegetarian
| ism than all the books and tracts evel
written in favor OF the vegetarian
| theory. Necessity is hard taskmas
| ter, and the poorer classes have no al
| tentative, They must eat, and as the,
cannot obtain meat they must eat veg
etable food. The change of diet hal
had such beneficial results in man,
cases that II is safe to say that
| considerable percentage of these in
| voluntary vegetarians will be becom
converted and will remain meat-ai
stainers. even after the beef strike ha