The Washington herald., 1906-12-21
HEARD AT HOTELS.

HEARD AT HOTELS.
Il am here 10 make the prediction that
President Roosevelt win be reelected in
1905 and that he will have the solid SUD
/ port of both the great parties" said Mr..
! 3. G. Underwood. a prominent citizen OF
/ Maiden, Mass, at the shoreham
"The Democrats will not only see th.,
fuulity Of putting up "A candidate against
/ him. but they viii support him cordially.
/ especially the Southern Democrats. ana
for this substantial reason: The Southern
! people know that the one project Of vital
Importance to the prosperity and develop
ment Of their section is the digging OF
the Panama Canal They realize that
there is secret and sinister opposition Z,
this great undertaking and that with
Roosevelt out Of the White House it viii
not be so difficult for the enemies Of tile
canal 20 carry out their policy Of OBJ
! struction and delay. AS long as he IS
Chief Executive the work will be pushed
with vigor and carried so far toward a
successful contamination that its com
pletion would be in sight.
1t is worth far more 70 the States
south OF Mason and Dixon's line 10 have
/ this waterway than even 10 elect a Demo
| cratic President. Roosevelt and the Canal
VIII be mighty slogan. and you will Hes
the hltnerto solid South shouting II in the
next campaign"
The State Of Colorado has been ran-e-
scented in Washington for the PAST week
| by group Of its ablest and most sue
! CeEgfuf = u-T-a-e me-,
fessional attachments, and likewise Of the
best standing as citizens. In the list are
Judges D. c. Beaman. chief counsel Of
| the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company:
Judge Charles D. Hayt. formerly Of the
supreme bench; Clyde c. Dawson. Joel
| F. Vale, Ben W Ritter, Judge PIatt Rog-
| ers. and Attorney General \. c. Miller
/ (Ali Of these, with the exception Of Judge
/ Rogers, are Republicans who have rem
/ dered good service to their party. soThera
/ is not a man IN the list who would not
/ make an excellent United States Seue-
tor" said d former citizen Of Colorado
at the Raleigh Not one Of them. how
/ ever, has the TemOtest chance. apparent
/ ~, Of being chosen as Senator Patter-
! sons successor. Influences have been
| at work for three or four years 10 elect
! Simon Guggenheirn. and there is scarce
ly a doubt OF the programme going
| through unless the unexpected should
happen"
Before leaving for his home in Pitts
burg, the brilliant and popular young
/ Congressman from that city. James
Francis Burke, did a good act in obtain
ing a pension Of so a month for former
well-knowD Washington correspondent,
! Charles T. Murray. Mr. Murray was in
other days one Of the leading lights Of
! Newspaper Row, having been connected
with the Philadelphia Times and the New
! York Herald. He was also one OF the
founders Of the Gridiron Club. OF late
years he has been in poor health, and the
! pension for his services in the Union
army was just recognition Of his merit
The dignity Of the Supreme Court got a
shock the other day, but in such a funny
way that even the learned justices en-
ioyed it, said Judge Hayt. Of Denver, at
the Raleigh
1t was brought about in the most IN
f conscious way by my brother al the bar,
Judge Beaman, who was making an ar
gument In favor of his States side Of the
suit brought by Kansas against Colorado
/ in the matter Of the diversion Of the
waters of the Arkansas River. Judge
Beaman, who is a mighty hunter and who
/ has been known 10 back his opinion with
coin, told the court that the vast ma
i jority Of Kansas people did not approve
the suit; that it had been instigated by
Col Marsh Murdoch. editor OF the
! Wichita Eagle, who had kept the matter
stirred up for twenty years in the col
umrs of his newspaper He minated,
moreover. that although the Kansas leg
/ islature had passed resolutions demanding
! the bringing Of the suit they had
( been worked UP and had been passed in Il
/ perfunctory sort Of way.
/ / suppose quered Mr. Justice Har-
/ Ian. in a semi-jocular way that Col.
! Murdoch really put the legislature up 10
I passing those resolutions
You bet he did answered Beaman.
/ impulsively, not stopping 70 think that
! this was not the usual mode OF answering
la question propOunded by justice Of the
! United States Supreme Court. But resliz-
/ ing the innocence Of the slip. the justices
/ only smiled. and the next day Judge Bea-
man made a graceful and apologize
! explanation"
Now, when one stops to consider the
tremendous fluctuations in values that
/ New York has witnessed Of late, and the
great depreciations. together with the eX-
/ cessfve high price of money in that finan-
! ciaI center. does not this good Old town
of Washington appear to be a much bet
ter and safer field of investment" re-
marked Mr.. ". 3. Hibbs, the well-known
( banker and broker, at the Shoreham.
Wealthy men from all parts of the ma
/ ton are focking 10 the Capital TO make
/ it their home but they could with as
sound reason bring their money here IS
well as their families. There Is never a
duplication here Of such bad financial
periods as New York undergoes: interest
scars TO . per cent there. but remains
at here. While securities go tumbling
In the metropolis. values remain Unchakeu
here. Riots strikes. and lOckouts are un-
known things I'm Washington. and our
civic conditions make this an ideal field
for investment. Capitalists are bound 10
see the logic of this, and the day Is coming
when Washington viii be a financial
stronghold"
The New Willard had big deputation
Of leading citizens Of Pittsburg who
came TO confer with Secretary Shaw in
cit