The Washington herald., 1906-12-23
HEARD AT HOTELS.


featuring IN Alabama, and who came 20
/ Congress as a Republican from the
Fourth district Of that state for three
successive terms. is az the Raleigh. Each
time he came 20 Congress he was Obliged
to win his seat through a contest. and
though his claims were invariably up-
held, ne finally wearied of the game and.
being man Of independent fortune. con-
cluded he had enOugh OF 0ficeholdin~..
But it was hard for him TO quit politics
altogether. and 50 he was appointed ore
i Of three Republicans referees whom
President Roosevelt consulted on Alabama
matters
/ In talking with a Herald reporter last
evening Mr.. Aldrich said;
! Our Alabama Republicans deplore the
announcement that the President abso-
lutely refues TO consider any further can
didacy But since there Is no doubt that
his mind IS made up, friends Of other
/ leading statesmen are beginning 20 be
/ heard in behalf OF their respective
faYorites. There are two men who are
particularly strong in our sectiOn-Sena-
/ tor Foraker and Vice President Fair
banks. Both can command big following5
/ all over the South, and il IS my belief that
/ the nomination will go to one Of these.
/ THE Republican party in Alabama Is
suffering from the excessive domination
/ of Federal oficehOlders Through their
control Of the State committee the plan
/ OF allowing the Democrats 10 elect their
State ticket By default was adopted,
against the better judgment OF thousands
Of loyal Republicans who wanted 10 put
up a full ticket and work for 1t as en-
Enthusiastically as II success We're certain.
a party that follows systematic policy
OF surrender can never amount 10 any
thing"
The usual Christmas stagHation was ap-
parent in the lobbies Of hotels last even
ing. Nearly all the statesmen who make
their homes in the uptown hostelries were
conspicuous by their absence. Mark Smith.
the Arizona Delegate. was one Of the last
to go. departing with a joyous smile as
he thought Of the slaughter ne was going
to make of quail down in the broomstraw
fields Of North Carolina. in the Riggs
House Capt. Doyeuer TO mitigate the 70
nereaI look. gave a trick cigar &c Cole Mar
tin, and as that patriarch pulled it, a
snickeTing crowd gathered 20 witness the
denOuement
Gone were the Senator'S and Members
/ from the New Willard, the Sh0rebam. the
Arlington. the Raleigh, and the Cochran,
end for a fortnight the Capital viii have
I 10 worry along without them.
Col John L. Smlthmeyer beckoned TO
the leader Of the orchestra at the Shore
/ ham.
Play for me-" said the famous archi-
/ tect and golden-hearted gentleman, The
Blue Danube, for its enhancing strains
/ cheer my old heart. 7 always love 10 hear
+ it." continued Col Smithmeyer. by way
+ Of explanation, for il carries me back 70
my native Vienna and the days when
+ John Strauss and I were boys going TO the
same school in the Austrian capital Some
+ OF our modern musicians are very gifted.
/ but their compositions do not begin 10
/ thrill and inspire me ike those Of my old
play-fellow.'
/ Hon. D. h Watson, OF Ohio. who for
/ the past eight years has been a mem
/ Der Of the commission 20 codify the Fed
/ eral statutes. was bidding good-by last
evening 10 many of his friends at the
/ Riggs House. Gle was the youngest man
/ who ever held the Office Of attorney gen.
/ eTal in Ohio. and his prosecution of the
Standard oil Company in that capacity
/ blazed the way for the recent proceed
ings against that monopoly. Afterward
Gen. Watson served his people in Con-
gress, coming from a strong Democratic
districD. He now goes back to Columbus.
Ohio, 10 resume the practice Of law. and
with his great experience and profession
al learning, his friends are certain that
/ his subsequent career viii be successful.
/ inexperienced and incompetent men
/ are running our. constitutional convention
/ in Oklahoma. and there is great danger
+ that they viii fail 70 construct q consti-
tuition that VIII r.eet the approval Of the
/ people when they take a vote on the
adoption of that instrument" said Hon.
Bird Mcclure, the welI-knOwn Delegate
/ in Congress from that Territory, at the
/ Normandie.
From all over the country come notes
/ Of warning and protests OF conservative
men of both parties that the whole
scheme Of Statehood may be wrecked By
the radical and unWise course Of the ma
/ jority controlling the convention. II is
/ fair to say. however, that in that BODY
are quite a number of intellectual and
weIl-equipped men who are thoroughlv
competent 10 deal with the important
task before them, but, being in the
minority. they are unable TO shape the
policy Of the convention"
What would he the effect of the failure
/ of the people Of the Territory 70 ratify
the constitution submitted TO them?'
It would, of course, render the en-
aiding act nugatOry, and would defeat
statehood temporarily. causing the In
dian Territory and Oklahoma TO resume
their prior status and former relations 10
the nation at large"
Three prominent Louisiauians at the
NOrmandie are Nessrs. Y. Loisel. F. Du-
gas, and J. Bergeron. The first named is
United States marshal for the Eastern
district of louisiana; Mr. Dugas Is one
of the leading sugar planters OF Assump-
ton Parish. and Mr. Bergeron is noted
engineer. Asked as TO conditions in his
State, Mr.. Dugas said:
This has been a bad year for the
planters. owing TO the short crop. We did
not produce over half a crop Of sugar, but
as there was a good yield Of cotton and
rice. our State is fairly prosperous. The
great trouble, and it has become serious,
IS the lack of labor. We cannot get r
supply either OF skilled or unskilled work
men. The negroes are deserving the plan
tations TO work in the saw mills the lum-
Der camps, and on the railroads. They
are the best class Of laborers we have. 1
would not give one negro for two Italians,
when It comes TO farm work and il IS not
probable we can ever get immigrants who
can take the places of the blacks on the
Southern plantations The only trouble IS.
we can't get enough of them, and had It