The Washington herald., 1906-10-10
VIEWS OF VISITING
MEN OF AFFAIRS.

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Mr. Thomas r. Hogsett. former cor
poration counsel Of Cleveland. Ohio. at
the .,ew willard.
/ Whenever it comes TO a crucial test
I Of strength and Foraker is given a
/ chance 20 De heard. be never fails 70
arouse his hearers to the highest pitch
/ of enthusiasm. carrying an before him.
There is hardly q doubt that the elo-
quenee Of the Senator saved bis colleague
from defeat AZ the hands Of the f0rmida-
/ bic combination which was formed to
/ down Senator Dick. Ny belief IS that
/ Foraker in spite Of the fact that he took
I tle unpopular side Of the railroad bill win
maintain his commanding position. both
/ ID his State and the nation at large
Ar Thomas Drewry. Of Louisville, one
/ Of the brightest politicians Of his state,
and a member Of the Kentucky legisla-
ture. is ut the Raleigh. AIr- Drewry
though quite a young man. has met with
/ signal success in his various campaigns,
and his friends say that be viii be elected
/ IN November TO the Important Office OF
railroad commissioner.
Dr. 3. J, CobIeigh, Of WiIkesbarre. Pa,
VINO is 1T the New Willard is one Of
the popular and influential young men
Of that thriving Keystone city Or. Cob
/ leigh WAS q candidate Tor the Republ-
can nomination to Congress in his dis
trict this year. and his followers claimed
that he was fairly chosen by the con-
vention which was disputed by the fac
tion supporting Representative II. W. PAL
mer the present Congressman. The mat
ter was taken 10 the courts. but the up
shot Of it is that both CObleigh and
! Palmer viii run. and 10 add % the in
! terest Of the race, Corey. reform can
didate viii also go before the voters.
while John r. Lenahan viii run as the
/ Democratic nominee with four candi-
dates I'm the field and with Dr. Cob
leigh strong with all classes. especially
the laboring element. it is believed he
VIII be the next Congressman from the
Wilkesharre district.
Wine a great many negroes are idle
and shiftIess and utterly unreliable as
laborers. I manage To get on with my
colored farm hands. and have among
those i'm my employ some as good and
faithful workers ds can be- found any
where, said 3Ir. b J. WetherIy Of South
Carolina, AT the Metropolitan
Il have negroes on my farm who have
been working for me the past sixteen
years. They like me. and we get on with
OUT friction ! think one reason Of my
/ successful employment Of black labor is
that I do not hold TOO tight a rein over
my employees. II occasionally, in going
( over the farm. ] note the absence Of
: some lumber or the disappearance Of a
pig. though ] know some slight pilfering
IS going on. I shut my eyes 20 the fact.
/ even though I have a shrewd idea as TO
p the CUlpTit. I reason that 1t IS better 10
) tolerate "a small amount Of stealing than
10 drive q good hand from the place
Some people are born with defective no.
tions as 10 the difference between meum
and tuUm. and allowance should be made
for this peculiarly. which. in the South
at least is racial
When the Fusionists first put out
3 their state ticket in Kansas. a great
5 many Republicans feared that their
5 party would suffer defeat this year"
said NIr S s Ashbaugh successful
{ lawyer Of Wichita. Kaus.. at the New
; Willard. AS the campaign progressed
tho danger seemed 10 decrease. until aow
b there is not the slightest cause % appre-
r hend Republican disaster. The opp0si-
5 tion named as its guherEatorial candi-
} date ex-senator Harris. who has the
] good viii of all the people AMI IS Tecog-
. uiZed as an able man. Ills aIdidacy,
. however. failed 10 arouse any great en-
( thusiasm. and il Is now certain that
Gov. HOCh VIII be Overwhelmingly re-
elected.
THE voters of Kansas viii stick
10 the Republican party in The COM
"a ing election because Of the wonder
i NrrH ..rae --.--
e and because of the great popularity Of
/ the President You remember that Kan
sas gave Roosevelt l2Gl0) majority in
1904. and Of these be has not since lost q
vote. Our people are ready % support
s him for another term. Next te ROose-
- welt. I should say that Secretary Root
q would be the fav0rite for the Presidential
q nomination in our State.
b 7 would advise an Americans who
e contemplate travelling In Germany next
season to reconcile themselves in ad-
vance 10 the fate that awaits Them re-
marked Capt. E. 5. Doughty, at the Eb-
bitt House.
7 speak from the depths Of experience,
a for the soaking was given in the Ksis-
Do CT's country last summer viii linger in my
memory permanently. The Germans.
Il seems, have become imbued with the
idea that al Yankees who come over
there have more money than they know
r. what to do with. and that it is "a patriotic
s duty 10 relieve them of their cash In
!. this they hardly ever make a failure
- For instance the unsuspecting citizen
from the States VIII buy a ticket on an
: I express Irain, bliss-Ully ignorant OF TIE
y fact that he VIII have 10 give up fifty
cents for a seat after getting aboard. IN
addition he VIII be requested TO fork over
: the tax which is collected for the benefit
of the government. 1 was forced 20 pay
tax Of SIS IN addition to the cost Il
{ my ticket from Cologne TO Berlin.
The worst case OF grating however
was put through in a Berlin hotel After
ordering q pretty expensive dinner. a ia
carte. at the close thereof the waiter
rendered Il couple OF peaches that would
be called quite ordinary over here. They
i were not down on the menu, and thinking
they would not be charged for unreason-
ably, 1 took them. When the bin was
rendered, those peaches We're included at
four marks, OF one dollar. II was an out
rage. but I had to pay it, though I made
y UP my mind that il ever I wandered back
Y to the fatberland peaches would be cut
= out"
Mr.. Brooks Johnson. of French Lick
Springs, Ind, is at the Raleigh Mr..
Johnson. who is closely associ1teu in bus
: mess with Hon. Thomas Tagsart. IS here
TO attend the melJiuE of wholesale drug
gists.
Col George r. Peck. general counsel of
+ the Chicago milwaukee and St. Pau
I Eaflr-.4t. ar fra G1D~t.l.trr