Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-05-11
Vas hiH0f0H Letter.

the city OF New York that Maelstrom
Money and If man van to get d re
taste of the strenuous lfc let him &c t,i,
dspend 4 week after living IN the gui
country village Of Washington.
He can get all the exercise he wan
dodging all sorts and kinds Of vehicI,
and bcing scared to death ;ho mos Of II
time, fearing he viii be run over an
killed.
The greatest institution OF that gre;
city, however, is the new subway or IN
dergrounI railway. It certainly ha
pointed the way to solve the transporta
ton problem of that city. You enter on
OF those express trains at the Erookly
bridge, down town, and before you real
izo it you are at One Hundredth street
about ten miles from the starting point
You go in and take a seat, and "phitt,
you are at your destination. The dadgun
things run SO fast that the white irol
pillars about ten feet apart look like
box OF matches. If 4 man wants 10 learl
how to take one good breath and awallov
about ten miles OF longitude, let hin
take 4 ride on the New York subway.
Another thing that impressed me ovel
there is the impending battle for munic-
ipal ownership of public utilities If the
people do not think it is coming let then
60 over there and take in the situation
The fight on the gas trust made by VIII
liam Randolph Hearst has resulted in
the Legislative committee sent down
from Albany to investigate recommend
ing that the city be given seventy-ive-
cent gas, whereas it has been paying 5 |.
and it was proved during the investiga-
tion that the gas only cost to manufac-
ture about thirty cents. The reduced
price is recommended only to apply to
the gas used in city lighting, that is
streets and public buildings, and the
people are asking themselves where they
come in. While the city is to get cheap
er gas the consumers in homes will pay
the same old price. They are getting
tired of exhOrbitant prices for both water
and gas and they are going to take a hand
in the election next fall. A full munich
pal ticket is to be elected, including both
branches OF the city legislature, which
Will have the power to pass municipal
ownership bills, and it gives the people
asplendid opportunity to make q straight
out fight for municipal ownership and 4
chance to get away from the clutches of
monopoly. Mr.. Hearst is the leader in
the movement there as he was IN Chicago
and the people are lining up behind him
in 4 manner that BODIES no good for Tam
many ii they oppose him. He already
has alarmed the Tammany leaders to the
extent Of making Tammany Hall Leader
Murphy and Pat McCaTren, his arch
enemy, get together and stop their fus- !
sing in the interest OF self protection. !
They are sorry now that they ever at |
tempted to eXpectOrate in Mr.. Hearst's |
eye. They did not appreciate the fact that
it was Mr.. Hearst's paper alone that
supported Tammanv two years ago and
won for it a splendid victory. They now
know and appreciate why this was so. 1t
is because the papers conducted by Mr.. !
Hearst are read by the people and carry |
conviction. The people believe ne is
working unselfishly in their interests and |
they follow him. Tammany Halls treat I
mcnt OF Mr.. Hearst is very much like a .
fellow kicking an old hat on the street |
only to find that it contained big rock. !
stands good chance to nurse |
q sore toe. Mark the prediction.
Never before in the history of any ad
has the diplomatic service Of
this country been SO thoroly discredited
and in such a peck Of trouble as at the
present time under the administration of |
Teddy, the Strenuous One. And all the !
trouble seems to be down in the yoodoo |
republics of Central and South America,
and all the men involved are of the young |
and strenuous kind and the appointees
of the present president. Minister Bowen |
in Venezuela, accuses Assistant Secre-
tary of State Loomis OF whole passul OF |
things, and Loornis retorts that he is
another, and Bowen is ordered home. |
Minister John Barrett, to the new re-
public that Roosevelt built over night, |
Panama, has been playing the double, I,
faced act and has got himself discredited !
and di8liked, and the probability is that !
he will have to call his dogs and put out !
the fire down there and move elsewhere. /.
l knew we were in for strenuous time |
as soon as we placed ourselves in the at"
titudc OF collector in chief for all the |
nations Of the earth down in those coun- |
tries and got to swinging the big stick. :
People and nations who go around toting
a chip on their shoulders and "sp'ilin"
for fight usually get it, and get it in the
neck, at that, Taft did not hold down
the lid as we'll as Teddy thought he would
and he has cut short his visit to the bears
and will be home soon to look after things
himself. He will find plenty to do.
There has been sorrow and genuine
.crief here in the national capital tins last
week on account of the untImely death
of General Fitzhugh Lee, who was a
general favorite with everybody. Altho
nearly seventy years old, his was one OF
those sunshiny natures that refuse to
grow old, and you did not realize his age.
His was life Of activity, many parts,
courage and manliness all the way thru.
Many honors had come to him, yet he
was always the same cheery, companion
able and kindly gentleman. He never
acquired the swell head and if anything
was calculated to give it to Il man it was
his reception here in 1893, after he left
Cuba and just before the breaking out OF
the war with Spain. There never was
greater honor paid TO any man in this
lcountry, and it took a big man intellect
fually to withstand that kind of applause